Raymond (Ray) L. Charles
Jul 26, 2017
Jetmore- Raymond (Ray) L. Charles, 84, passed away July 26, 2017 at Brookdale Senior Living, Dodge City, KS. He was born June 30, 1933 in Barton County, Kansas, the son of Raymond W. and Lucile (Kay) Charles. A longtime area resident, he was a Farmer/Rancher and Truck Driver. He was a member of United Methodist Church, 4-H Club Leader, Eagles...
Frank D. Price
Jul 17, 2017
Burdett - Frank D. Price, 75, passed away July 17, 2017 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. He was born June 19, 1942 in Larned, the son of Clovis and Mabel Schenk Price. A lifetime area resident he was a farmer/rancher. He was a member of the Faith Fellowship Church, on the Burdett COOP board, U.M.C Ministerial council board...
James Kent Rittenhouse
Jul 15, 2017
Hanston – James Kent Rittenhouse, 74, passed away July 15, 2017 at Osage City, KS. He was born August 1, 1942 in Great Bend, KS, the son of N. James and Grace (McNabney) Rittenhouse. Kent grew up on the family farm northeast of Hanston, KS and graduated from Hanston High School in 1960 before attending college at Kansas State University...
Marvin "Bud" Ruehlen
Jul 13, 2017
Larned - Marvin "Bud" Ruehlen, 88, passed away July 13, 2017 at Country Living of Larned. He was born April 27, 1929 in Larned; the son of Forrest Wade and Kathryn Minnie Bauer Ruehlen. A lifetime area resident he was a Pharmaceutical Business Owner. He was a member of the Larned United Methodist Church, was a trustee on the board...
Margaret (Marty) L. Dryden
Jul 10, 2017
Larned- Margaret (Marty) L. Dryden, 59, passed away July 10, 2017 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS. She was born February 6, 1958 in Larned the daughter of Benjamin Manning and LaVera S. Schartz Giles. A lifetime area resident she was a farmer and Auction Clerk for Carr Auction and Real Estate for 33 years. She was a...
Sarah Wells
Jul 10, 2017
Sarah Wilson Wells, 72, of Germantown, TN passed away June 27 after a long battle with cancer. Sarah graduated from Larned High School in 1963 and attended college at the University of Oklahoma. Early in her life she was interested in fashion and worked in Kansas City, MO and Los Angeles, CA. On 7-1-71 Sarah married George Wells who grew...
Grant Wilson Wells
Jul 10, 2017
Grant Wilson Wells, 42, of Collierville TN passed away peacefully at home April 11th, 2017. He and his twin brother were born September 22, 1974 in San Jose, CA. He grew up in Kansas City, KS, Great Bend, KS, Spokane, WA, Roseville, CA, and Germantown, TN. He graduated from Germantown High School in 1993 and held Bachelor Degrees from the...
Mary Elizabeth Schartz
Jul 9, 2017
Larned – Mary Elizabeth Schartz. 99, passed away July 9, 2017, at Country Living of Larned. She was born December 4, 1917, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of John A. Jr. and Nellie E. Hanville Northart. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and loved being a farm wife. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church...
Janet Sue Warren
Jul 6, 2017
Janet Sue Warren, 65, passed away July 6, 2017 at Diversicare of Larned. Born March 21, 1952 in Larned; the daughter of Ralph and Donna French Wickstrom. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was a business owner. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Great Bend. On April 25, 1990 she married Ralph Warren...
Anna (Ann) May Lynam
Jul 4, 2017
Burdett – Anna May (Ann) Lynam, 92, passed away July 4, 2017 at the Olathe Health Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. She was born June 10, 1925 in Larned, at the home of her parents, the daughter of William R. and Mabel B. (Buck) Marley. She graduated from Larned High School in 1943 and attended the University of Kansas. Following graduation...
Laveda I. Cross
Jul 3, 2017
Lewis - LaVeda I. Cross, 80, passed away July 3, 2017 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 23, 1936 in Lyons, Kansas, the daughter of Olin R. and Irene M. Kitchen Bernstorf. LaVeda moved to Chase at a young age and lived there until she was in the third grade, then her family moved to Lewis,...
Janet L. Adams
Jun 25, 2017
Larned - Janet L. Adams, 76, passed away June 25, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born March 22, 1941 in Garden City, the daughter of Guy and Ruth Proffitt Cronenberg. A longtime area resident; she was a homemaker. On December 12, 1998 she married Fred Adams, he survives. Other survivors include; two sons, Darin (Brenda) Bryant,...
Franciene Daisy Kenton
Jun 21, 2017
Jetmore- Franciene (Daisy) Kenton, 84, passed away June 21, 2017 at Medicalodge in Kinsley, KS. She was born October 10, 1932 in North Roscoe Township in Hodgeman County, the daughter of Thomas William and Pearl Jones Sinclair. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and Jolly Jayhawker 4-H Club, both...
Curtis (Curt) E. Pebley
Jun 21, 2017
Larned - Curtis (Curt) E. Pebley, 76, passed away June 21, 2017 at Pratt Health and Rehab, Pratt, Kansas. He was born October 4, 1940 in Lakin, Kansas; the son of Harold J. and Ruby Kash Pebley. A resident of Larned since 1982, moving from Great Bend, he was a petroleum engineer and owner and operator of Phoenix Wireline Inc....
Irene C. Blackwell
Jun 21, 2017
Larned- Clara "Irene" Blackwell, 106, passed away June 21, 2017 at the North Shore Health & Rehab Facility, Loveland, CO. She was born January 18, 1911 in Larned, KS the daughter of O.H. and Stella L. Wheeler Fell. A Longtime area resident moving from Pawnee Rock in 1983 she was a Records Registrar at the Santa Fe Trail Center. She...
Maria Hilda Phillips
Jun 20, 2017
Larned – Maria Hilda Phillips, 82, passed away June 20, 2017 in Larned, Kansas. She was born May 20, 1935 in Durazno, Uruguay, the daughter of Maria Hilda Arriola. A longtime area resident, she was a CNA and CMA at the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Great Bend,...
Armella Marie Dechant
Jun 19, 2017
Larned – Armella Marie Dechant, 92, passed away June 19, 2017 at Pawnee Plaza, Larned. She was born January 31, 1925 in Pheifer, KS. the daughter of John M. and Margaret M. Dinkel Stegman. A longtime area resident she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Ladies Altar Society both of Larned....
Joyce L. Greathouse
Jun 7, 2017
Larned – Joyce L. Greathouse, 85, passed away June 7, 2017, at Diversicare of Larned. She was born March 27, 1932, in Pueblo, CO, the daughter of Roy Lee and Mary Velma Curtsinger Swartz. A resident of Larned since 1953, she was a retired L.M.H.T. from Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sacred...
Richard Norman Schwartzkopf
Jun 6, 2017
Larned – Richard Norman Schwartzkopf, 60, passed away June 6, 2017 at his home in Larned. He was born September 7, 1956 in Larned, the son of Everett E. and Georgia A. Ellis Schwartzkopf. A lifetime area resident, he was the graphic designer at Tiller and Toiler Newspaper in Larned. He was a 1974 graduate of Great Bend High School...
Jeffrey C. Hahn
May 30, 2017
Hanston - Jeffrey Christopher Hahn, age 55, of Hanston, Kansas passed away in the afternoon of May 30, 2017. Jeff, a lifelong resident of Hanston, was in an accident on an ATV while checking cattle in a pasture. Jeff was born on March 11, 1962 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Dodge City, KS to Joseph and Alice Marie Pfeiffer Hahn....
