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Garvan Dale Galliart

Garvan Dale Galliart

Feb 13, 2017

Larned - Garvan Dale Galliart, 72, passed away February 13, 2017 at his home, Larned. He was born April 14, 1944 in Great Bend, the son of Glenn Dale and Evelyn Sooby Galliart. He was a longtime area resident. He was a member of the Santa Fe Trail Auto Club and the American Legion, both of Larned, also served in...

Julius Dewayne Thornburg

Julius Dewayne Thornburg

Feb 9, 2017

Larned- Julius Dewayne Thornburg, 77, passed away February 9, 2017 at his home in Larned, KS. He was born October 24, 1939 in Pawhuska, OK the son of Marion M. and Maxine Gunkel Thornburg. A lifetime area resident he was a Janitor. He was of the Christian faith. He loved to tell stories, fishing, doing leather hand crafting and was...

Evelyn J. Hertel

Evelyn J. Hertel

Feb 8, 2017

Jetmore – Evelyn J. Hertel, 77, passed away February 8, 2017 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born April 1, 1939, in Hodgeman County, the daughter of Harry B. and Mildred Hull Hamm. A lifetime area resident, she was a retired cook at the Hodgeman County Grade School, Jetmore. She attended the United Methodist Church and Red...

Anita "Gail" Steinbring

Anita "Gail" Steinbring

Feb 6, 2017

Jetmore - Anita "Gail" Steinbring, 79, passed away February 6, 2017 at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born February 19, 1937, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the daughter of William L. Gwen D. Finnamore Scott, she was a retired secretary for the Pawnee Watershed in Jetmore and was an avid K-State fan. She was of the...

Ellen Louise Unruh

Ellen Louise Unruh

Feb 6, 2017

Ellen Louise Wilson Unruh passed away February 6, 2017 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born July 11, 1935 in La Crosse, Kansas; the daughter of Everett and Ruth Renner Wilson. She was a lifetime area resident. Louise graduated from Larned High School and Kansas State University with a BS in Home Economics in 1957. She taught home...

Josephine G. Perez

Josephine G. Perez

Feb 3, 2017

Larned - Josephine G. Perez, 80, passed away February 3, 2017 at her home, Larned. She was born March 19, 1936 in Larned; the daughter of Pedro A. and Isabel Gurerro Perez. A lifetime area resident, she was a Domestic Houseworker. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Altar Society, Larned. Survivors include; two brothers,...

Paula Diane Wells

Paula Diane Wells

Jan 24, 2017

Larned- Paula Diane Wells, 74, passed away January 24, 2017 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, KS. She was born June 7, 1942 in Wichita, the daughter of Clarence W. and Winnifred M. Seglem Gallegher. A lifetime area resident she was a retired secretary at the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Larned. She...

Francis (Frank) Patrick Callahan Jr.

Francis (Frank) Patrick Callahan Jr.

Jan 21, 2017

Larned - Francis (Frank) Patrick Callahan Jr. 60, passed away January 21, 2017 at his home, Larned, after a year long battle with brain cancer. He was born October 2, 1956 in Larned; the son of Francis P. Sr. and Hazel D. Skelton Callahan. A graduate of Washburn University, he received his Bachelors in Business. A lifetime area resident, he...

Dorothy Belle Querbach

Dorothy Belle Querbach

Jan 21, 2017

Hanston – Dorothy Belle Querbach, 94, passed away January 21, 2017 at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born November 6, 1922 in Hutchinson, KS. the daughter of Edward J. and Mary Baker Fraser. The family moved to Dodge City, KS. where she attended the public schools and graduated from Dodge City High School in 1939....

Kent Arlyn Kirkwood

Kent Arlyn Kirkwood

Jan 20, 2017

Larned – Kent Arlyn Kirkwood, 63, passed away January 20, 2017, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born October 1, 1953, in Larned, the son of W. Arlyn and Verna Lea Murphy Kirkwood. A lifetime area resident he was a Farmer/Stockman. He was a former Pawnee County Coop board member and a Walnut Township board member. On August...

Mary Charlene Hainer

Mary Charlene Hainer

Jan 17, 2017

Garfield – Mary "Charlene" Hainer, 56, passed away January 17, 2017, at BSA Health System, Amarillo, Texas. She was born September 11, 1960 in Larned, the daughter of Charles Clement and Mary Louise Hall Lange. A longtime area resident, she was a happy homemaker, beloved and dedicated wife of 37 years. She was a member of the Larned Assembly of...

Marilyn J. Hawk Warkentine

Marilyn J. Hawk Warkentine

Jan 17, 2017

Marilyn J (Davis) Hawk-Warkentine, 86, was promoted to her eternal home on January 17, 2017, at Diversicare of Larned. Born February 18, 1930, at Kinsley KS to Leslie S and Rita L. Sanford Davis, she moved to Larned, KS in 1935. On December 12, 1946, she married Lewis Junior Hawk at Sterling KS. Four children were born to this union:...

Franklin Winston Nelson

Franklin Winston Nelson

Jan 17, 2017

BURDETT – Franklin Winston Nelson (Lynn) 74, passed away January 17, 2017, at Aberdeen Village in Olathe, Kansas. He was born November 25, 1942 in Ness City, KS, the son of Albert & Irene Nelson. Lynn met Sharon, his wife of 53 years at Ft Hays State University. The couple moved to Burdett, Kansas after college where Lynn had a...

Debra Jean (Dreiling) Robinson

Debra Jean (Dreiling) Robinson

Jan 10, 2017

Larned- Debra Jean (Dreiling) Robinson, 53, passed away January 10, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. She was born July 29, 1963 in Great Bend, KS, the daughter of Ralph and Anna Marie (Peg) Turner Dreiling. A longtime area resident she was an Assistant Manager at Pizza Hut of Larned. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Survivors...

Florence Evelyn Johnson

Florence Evelyn Johnson

Jan 10, 2017

Pawnee Rock - Florence Evelyn Johnson, 91, passed away January 10, 2017 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born March 2, 1925 in Fowler, the daughter of Robert Lee and Evelyn Rose Chipman Stillwell. Moving from Cunningham in 1957 she was a lifetime area resident of Pawnee Rock, she was a GBM Welder. She was a member of...

Esthel Fern Cook

Esthel Fern Cook

Jan 6, 2017

Larned- Esthel Fern Cook, 94, passed away January 6, 2017 at the Hospice House of Reno County. She was born January 23, 1922 in Nekoma, KS. the daughter of John and Emma Phillips Nash. A lifetime area resident of Larned, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Larned, the Home Demonstration Unit and the...

Laura (Janie) Benish

Laura (Janie) Benish

Jan 6, 2017

Spearville- Laura (Janie) Benish, 63, passed away January 6, 2017, at her home in Spearville. She was born August 16, 1953, in Scott City, the daughter of Jim Graham and Dorothy Clinton Blackmon. A longtime area resident, she was a retired Optometrist Assistant. She was a member of the Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Spearville. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting...

Eileen Ida Hagerman

Eileen Ida Hagerman

Dec 27, 2016

Larned - Eileen Ida Hagerman, 94, was promoted to her eternal home on December 27, 2016 at The Gardens assisted living facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Eileen was born March 22, 1922, in Bison, Kansas to Henry and Eva Wienick Schwindt and was the youngest of six children. She graduated from Bison High School in 1940 after which she worked...

Sherman Leon Mcintyre

Sherman Leon Mcintyre

Dec 26, 2016

Rozel - Sherman Leon McIntyre, 78, passed away December 26, 2016 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born December 13, 1938 in Iowa City, Iowa; the son of Vernon and Arez Anderson McIntyre; a resident of Rozel for the last 27 years, moving from Norton, Kansas. He was a painter and drywall finisher. He was a member of...

Ruby May Hunter

Ruby May Hunter

Dec 26, 2016

Larned – Ruby May Hunter, 80, passed away December 26, 2016, at Diversicare of Larned. She was born February 18, 1936, in Missouri, the daughter of Victor and Luzelle Mitchell Chase. A longtime area resident, moving from Arkansas, she was a retired Licensed Mental Health Technician at the Larned State Hospital, Larned. She was a member of the First Southern...

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