Jerry Leroy Unzicker
May 23, 2021
Jerry Leroy Unzicker, was born on July 20, 1946 in Great Bend, KS to Earl and Florine Unzicker. He was proceeded in death by his parents and was survived by one sister Nadine.
Jerry grew up in Belpre, Kansas and graduated from high school in 1964. He attended Kansas State University and graduated in 1969 with a...
Marvin Duane Barker
May 22, 2021
Marvin Duane Barker, 72, passed away May 22, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.
He was born August 3, 1948 in Larned, the son of Fred H. and Norma L. Turpen Barker.
A lifetime area resident, he was of the Christian faith. He was a 1966 graduate of Larned High School and following graduation he attended...
Allan C. Smith
May 17, 2021
Larned – Allan Chase Smith, 74, passed away May 17, 2021 at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital- Wichita, KS.
He was born July 31, 1946 in Phillipsburg, KS. the son of Virgil T. Smith and Twila Luster Smith; and step son of Lucille "Skippy" (Spacil) Smith. Â A Larned area resident since 1973, moving from Manhattan, KS....
Craig C. Knobbe
May 15, 2021
Jetmore – Craig C. Knobbe, 75, passed away May 15, 2021 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.
He was born January 22, 1946 in Dodge City, the son of John and Leah Gibbs Knobbe. Craig was a graduate of Spearville High School, Dodge City Community College, and Saint Mary of the Plains College. A longtime area resident,...
Craig Allen Miller
May 8, 2021
Craig Allen Miller, 81, passed away May 8, 2021 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
He was born February 23, 1940 in Great Bend, the son of Orville Clarence and Hazel Erlain Fulton Miller.
A lifetime area resident he was a car dealer at C & O Miller Used Cars, Larned....
Gracie L Perez
May 6, 2021
Gracie L. Perez, 88, passed away May 6, 2021 at the Center at Waterfront, Wichita.
She was born March 13, 1933 in Mountain Home, Arkansas, the daughter of James Henry and Addie Clutch Henderson.
Moving from Arkansas, she has been a Larned resident since she was 18. She worked as an LPN at St Joseph...
Philip T Kyle
May 3, 2021
Philip T. Kyle, 80, passed away May 3, 2021 at Cedar Village Long Term Care Unit in Ness City, KS.
He was born January 7, 1941 in Wichita, the son of Boyde (Tug) and Grace R. Ryan Kyle. A longtime area resident, he was a Magistrate Judge in Hodgeman County for 24 years and prior to being...
Bonnie Lee Loughrige
May 3, 2021
Bonnie Lee Loughrige, 91, passed away May 3, 2021 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned.
She was born July 15, 1929 in Dodge City, the daughter of Myrl Lador and Gladys Pearl Ackley James.
Moving from McPherson, she was a Larned resident for 64 years. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Larned,...
Thomas Louis Stejskal
May 2, 2021
Thomas Louis Stejskal, 72, passed away May 2, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned.
He was born February 17, 1949 in Great Bend, the son of Leonard Ralph and Anna Mae Cramer Stejskal.
A lifetime Pawnee and Edwards County area resident, he was a farmer/rancher; a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Sacred Heart Endowment...
Wesley Gene Linder Jr.
Apr 28, 2021
Wesley Gene Linder Jr, 51, passed away April 28, 2021 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned.
He was born August 27, 1969 in Fresno, California; the son of Wesley Gene Sr. and Barbara Hermes Linder. A longtime area resident; he was a MHDD Tech at Larned State Hospital.
He was a member of the First...
Barbara J. Whipple
Apr 27, 2021
Jetmore – Barbara J. Whipple, 84, passed away April 27, 2021 at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, KS.
She was born April 17, 1937 in Ashland, the daughter of William Chester and Alice Louise Betschart Bailey. A longtime area resident, she was a homemaker, mother and caregiver to many children and was a retired secretary for...
Jessica Renee Chapman
Apr 19, 2021
Pawnee Rock – Jessica Renee Chapman, 35, passed away April 19, 2021 at Topeka, KS.
She was born July 15, 1985 in Sacramento, CA, the daughter of Duffie Roland and Wendy Eileen Forrest Chapman. She was a lifetime area resident.
She was of the Pentecostal faith. She enjoyed music and dancing and was always cooking....
Hector Aaron Marrufo
Apr 18, 2021
Hector Aaron Marrufo II, 26, passed away April 18, 2021 at his home in Larned, KS.
He was born September 23, 1994 in Dodge City, the son of Eric and Liliana Marrufo Houser.
A lifetime area resident he was a painter and welding Student. He was a friendly person who enjoyed driving, time with family,...
Jason Scott Clapham
Apr 16, 2021
Jason Scott Clapham, 41, passed away April 16, 2021 at his home in Burdett.
He was born June 27, 1979 in Great Bend, the son of David E. and Cathreen "Cathi" A. Rainbolt Clapham.
Growing up in Larned, he was a graduate of the Pawnee Heights High School class of 1998. He later moved to...
Norbert L Burkhart
Apr 15, 2021
Hanston – Norbert L. Burkhart, 88, passed away April 15, 2021 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.
He was born May 28, 1932 in Spearville, the son of Jerome Fred and Agnes Marie Stegman Burkhart. A lifetime area resident, he was a Farmer/Rancher.
He was a member of Faith Fellowship Church in Hanston where he...
Charles "Ed" Edward Arnold
Apr 10, 2021
Charles Edward "Ed" Arnold died April 10, 2021 at Hillside Village in DeSoto, Kansas. He was born May 22, 1931 in Garfield, the son of Charles and Mary (Gum) Arnold. He grew up in Pawnee County and attended Rozel Schools, graduating in 1949. On February 12, 1950, he married Eloyce Franz in Rozel, Kansas.
He was a...
Norma J. Blake
Apr 9, 2021
Larned - Norma J. Blake, 86, passed away April 9, 2021 at The University of Kansas Health Systems, Pawnee Valley Campus, Larned.
She was born December 8, 1934 in Larned; the daughter of Harold and Lois Balman Arnold. A lifetime area resident; she was a farm wife.
She was a member of the First Baptist...
Morgan Lee Cavanaugh
Apr 7, 2021
Morgan Lee Cavanaugh of Jetmore, Kansas, died April 7, 2021, in Wichita, Kansas.
She was born in The Bronx, New York, August 13, 1947, to Bernard and Jean (Covati) Cavanna. She was an only child who grew up in The Bronx spending time with her Italian relatives and friends, going to school and church, and enjoying time...
Kay Ruth Bowie
Apr 5, 2021
Hanston – Kay Ruth Bowie, 72, passed away April 5, 2021 at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City, KS
She was born November 4, 1948 in Spearville, the daughter of Thomas Carl and Naomi Helen Woodworth Bowie Sr. A lifetime are resident, she helped at Arrowhead West.
She was a member of the United Methodist...
Deborah Mangen
Mar 28, 2021
Deborah Jolene Snodgrass Mangen, 70, of Cedar Vale, Kansas, passed away Sunday afternoon, March 28, 2021 on the family ranch.
Born November 12, 1950 in Great Bend, Kansas, she was the daughter of Paul Estel and Ramona Jean (Lewis) Snodgrass. She was raised and received her education in Rozel, Kansas graduating from Rozel High School in 1967. ...
