Junior A. Steinbring
Nov 19, 2020
Junior A. Steinbring, 93, passed away November 19, 2020 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.
He was born August 22, 1927 in Spearville, the son of Fred and Lillian Demain Steinbring.
A lifetime area resident he was the owner and operator of Jetmore Lumber. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lions Club,...
Karol Ann Carden
Nov 19, 2020
Larned – Karol Ann Carden, 73, passed away November 19, 2020 at Diversicare of Larned.
She was born January 5, 1947 in Horton, KS, the daughter of Dean and Loretta Bell Mitchell Querry. A longtime area resident, she was a Health Aide at the Larned State Hospital.
She was a member of the First Christian...
Eloise M. Reece
Nov 19, 2020
Burdett - Eloise M. Reece, 91, passed away November 19, 2020 at Medicalodge of Kinsley.
She was born July 30, 1929 in Larned; the daughter of Willard and Minnie Showalter Branine. A lifetime area resident; she was a farm wife and homemaker.
She was a member of the Burdett United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women...
Ellen L. Sherrill
Nov 17, 2020
Ellen L. Sherrill, 94, passed away November 17, 2020 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom.
She was born July 20, 1926 in Englewood to Frederic Solomon and Mary Henrietta Klotz Ward.
A lifetime area resident, she was a member of the First Baptist Church, Jetmore, and the VFW Auxiliary, Kinsley.
In 1941 she married...
Claude Rogers
Nov 16, 2020
Claude M. Rogers, 81 passed away on November 16, 2020 at the Sun Porch of Dodge City, Kansas.
He was born on April 6, 1939 at Jetmore the son of Otto and Fae (Sloan) Rogers.
A lifetime area resident he was a member of St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Spearville. He was a farmer...
Richard Dean Wasko
Nov 16, 2020
Richard Dean Wasko, 84, passed away November 16, 2020 at the University of Kansas Health Systems Hays Campus.
He was born June 1, 1936 in Hodgeman County to Lou and Ada Hubin Wasko.
A lifetime area resident he was a member of the Hanston United Methodist Church. He was a farmer and rancher, a past...
Michael Ernest Flannagan
Nov 12, 2020
Larned - Michael Ernest Flannagan, 64, passed away November 12, 2020 at his home. Michael was born September 15, 1956 in Chicago, IL, to Ernest and Lucille Denofrio Flannagan. A Larned resident for 15 years, he was a talented painter and sculptor and worked professionally as a graphic artist. Despite living in the Midwest throughout his life, scuba diving...
Marlene Betty Albert
Nov 12, 2020
Larned - Marlene Betty Albert, 85, passed away November 12, 2020 at The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
She was born January 19, 1935 in Osborne County, Kansas; the daughter of Louie and Betty Boehner Tonne. A longtime area resident; she was the Secretary at the Pawnee County Health Dept., Larned.
She...
Norma Mae Gatterman
Nov 5, 2020
Norma Mae Gatterman passed away on November 5, 2020 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned. She was born July 6, 1925 at Lewis, the daughter of W.R. "Ray" and Iva (Jarvis) McClaren.
Norma graduated from Lewis High School in 1943, and attended Fort Hays Kansas State College for 2 years. She was introduced to Thoran Gatterman...
Juanita M. Gillaspie
Oct 28, 2020
Juanita Mae Gillaspie, 88, went to be with the Lord October 28, 2020, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, in South Hutchinson. She was born April 7, 1932, in Haviland, KS, to Dwight B. and Vida Mae (Jennings) Hardy.
Juanita graduated from Pratt High School in 1949 and in 1952, graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield, KS with an...
Diane Jane (Dreiling) Walker
Oct 25, 2020
Larned – Diane Jane (Dreiling) Walker, 57, passed away October 25, 2020 in Larned.
She was born  July 29, 1963 to Ralph Edgar and Anna Marie "Peg" Turner Dreiling.
A lifetime area resident she was an administrative assistant for the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of Sacre Heart Catholic Church, Larned, and KOSE...
Debra Lynn Belcher
Oct 24, 2020
Debra Lynn Belcher, 60, passed away October 24, 2020 at Hospice House of Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Kansas.
She was born September 8, 1960 in Norton to Robert and Mary Jo Sparkman Horesky.
Moving from Norton in 1990, she was a longtime area resident and worked at Larned State Hospital as a mental health developmental disability technician....
Leland S Mcalister
Oct 24, 2020
Leland Sylvester McAlister, 86, passed away October 24, 2020 in Larned.
He was born September 30, 1934 in Wayne, Oklahoma, the son of Grover Wilburn McAlister and Veta May Gregory Burris.
A longtime area resident, he was a welder. He served in the United States Air force at McConnell Air Force Base in the 3520...
Shirley Ann Mcgee
Oct 22, 2020
Larned – Shirley Ann McGee, 84, passed away October 22, 2020 at Diversicare of Larned.
She was born October 23, 1935 in Linn, Kansas. The daughter of Vergil Samuel and Edna Marie Peterson Hanna, she was one of fifteen children.
A longtime area resident she worked at Alco in Larned. She was a member of...
Tamara Kay Okon
Oct 16, 2020
Larned - Tamara Kay Okon, 59, passed away October 16, 2020 at The University of Kansas Health Systems, Hays Med campus, Hays, Kansas.
She was born June 20, 1961 in Mississippi; the daughter of William Elgra and Janette Sue Vincent Wedgeworth. A Larned resident since 2010, moving from Great Bend; she was a Certified Nurses Aide.
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Charles "Phil" Aldrich
Oct 16, 2020
Charles Phillip Aldrich, 79, passed away October 16, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center.
He was born in Garfield, Kansas on April 17, 1941 to Charles Edgar and LaVergne (Appel) Aldrich.
Phil graduated from Garfield High School in 1959, Fort Hays State University in 1964 and then
Washburn Law School in 1967. He started...
John Eldon Thompson
Oct 14, 2020
Following a weekend spent with family, including his grandchildren, great grandchildren, and his wife of 62 years, Billie, Pawnee County native and lifelong Burdett resident John Thompson, 84, passed on October 14. Born March 20, 1936, he was the son of John "Howard" and Doris "Jean" (Bindley) Thompson.
John was a quintessential Kansas farmer and...
Leta (Maxine) Yeager
Oct 11, 2020
Larned – Leta (Maxine) Yeager, 90, passed away October 11, 2020 at Diversicare of Larned.
She was born April 5, 1930 in Great Bend, KS, the daughter of Arnold B. and Leta Ross Clawson. A longtime area resident, she was a homemaker, loved going metal detecting with her kids and she devoted her whole life to her...
Robert Eugene Seyfert
Oct 5, 2020
Robert Eugene Seyfert, 74, passed away October 5, 2020 at the University of Kansas Health Systems Pawnee Valley Campus, Larned.
He was born March 20, 1946 in Great Bend to William Junior and Connie White Seyfert.
A longtime area resident he was an electrician. He enjoyed putting things together, inventing things, fixing things, cooking, and...
Joanne M. Clarke
Oct 5, 2020
Jetmore – Joanne M. Clarke, 81, was born January 25, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, to John P. Babin and Blanche E. (Bourget) Babin and passed away on October 5, 2020 in Jetmore. She was raised on Mission Hill, MA and lived there until her marriage to Velven D. Clarke on May 30, 1958 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help...
