Eldred Deverne Bruntzel
Apr 14, 2017
Larned – Eldred Deverne Bruntzel, 90, passed away April 14, 2017 at Country Living of Larned. He was born March 25, 1927, in LaCrosse, the son of Alfred Frederick and Mildred I. Ellis Bruntzel. He lived his early years in Rozel, moving to Ulysses in 1959 then moved back to Larned in 2011. He was an oil and gas Distributer...
Justin Keenan Perez
Apr 11, 2017
Larned – Justin Keenan Perez, 37, passed away April 11, 2017, at the Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born November 17, 1979, in Larned, the son of John P. Perez and Rebecca D. Kirchgassner. A lifetime Larned and Dodge City resident, he was a D.J. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Forest "Cee" Cephus
Apr 1, 2017
Larned - Forest Cee Cephus, 65, passed away April 1, 2017 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born August 14, 1951 in Smithville, Texas; the son of Jonah and Ruth Harris Cephus. A longtime area resident; he was the director of the drug and alcohol addiction program at the Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility. He was of the Apostolic...
Mildred "Millie" K. Oetken
Mar 29, 2017
Larned - Mildred "Millie" K. Oetken, 64, passed away March 29, 2017, at Diversicare of Larned. She was born May 18, 1952 at Dodge City, the daughter of Marvin and Margaret Leonhart Rupp. A lifetime area resident; she was a homemaker. She was a member of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary, Larned. On July 2, 1972 she married Charlie Oetken in...
Emmett Keith Kasselman
Mar 25, 2017
Pawnee Rock- Emmett (Keith) Kasselman, 78, passed away March 25, 2017 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born October 24, 1938 in Great Bend the son of Emmett "Johnny" and Norma Argyle Kasselman. A lifetime area resident he worked in retail sales and Great Bend Manufacturing for 10 years. He served in the National Guard. On June 23, 1962...
Hazel D. Wagley
Mar 24, 2017
Kinsley – Hazel D. Wagley, 92, passed away March 24, 2017 at Medicalodge of Kinsley. She was born February 1, 1925 in Gould, Arkansas, the daughter of Roscoe and Etta Truhett Loveland. An area resident, she retired from working in a bank. She was a member of Hilltop Assembly of God Church, Richmond, California. In 1943 she married William Thomas...
R.A. Prather
Mar 22, 2017
Hanston- R. A. Prather, 75, passed away March 22, 2017, at his home in Hanston. He was born March 30, 1941, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Charles Orvle and Mary Stella Whatley Prather. Moving from Texas to Kansas in 2015, he was a business owner and an entrepreneur. R.A. was a member of the First Baptist Church, Hanston. He...
Jack R. Dipman
Mar 20, 2017
Larned - Jack R. Dipman, 76, passed away March 20, 2017 at Kansas Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was born February 20, 1941 in Larned; son of James Russell and Charlotte Elva Cooper Dipman. A lifetime area resident; he was a retired Prison Guard for the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility. Jack was a past commander of the Burdett...
Janice Kay Gleason
Mar 10, 2017
Janice Kay Gleason, of Larned, KS passed away at Hospice House, in Hutchinson, KS, on March 10, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was 74 years old. Janice is survived by her son, Johnnie (Karine) Gleason of Belpre, KS, and daughter, Donita (Darin) Clawson of Larned, KS. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Tyler Gleason, Madison Gleason, Aylice Clawson...
Fletcher C. Lock
Mar 2, 2017
Lewis - Fletcher C. Lock, a.k.a. "Christmas Tree Joe", 90, passed away March 2, 2017 at his home, Lewis, Kansas. He was born May 12, 1926 in Noble County, Indiana; the son of Charles Henry and Lura Birdie Grimes Lock. A Kinsley-Lewis resident for 35 years; he was a farmer. He loved fishing, hunting, being outdoors, his dogs and working...
Floyd Glen Loughrige
Feb 27, 2017
Larned – Floyd Glen Loughrige, 89, passed away February 27, 2017 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. He was born January 3, 1928 in Stafford County, KS, the son of William Louis and Louisa Carolina Mitchell Loughrige. He was the meat department manager at Dillon's for 37 years in Larned and also worked for H & R Block for 17 years,...
Mable Ann Robbins
Feb 25, 2017
Larned – Mable A. Robbins, 100, passed away February 25, 2017, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born September 18, 1916 in Dodge City, the daughter of William M. and Mabel Ann McConnell Williams. A longtime Pawnee County resident, she retired after 23 years with Duckwalls and Alco as a retail clerk. On March 14, 1934, she married...
Betty L. Schartz
Feb 23, 2017
Larned – Betty L. Schartz, 87, passed away February 23, 2017 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. She was born June 19, 1929, in Pawnee County, the daughter of David and Nellie Fillman Henning. A lifetime area resident, she was a farm wife/homemaker and was the church organist for many years at Ingalls, Ellinwood and Belpre. She was a...
Robert Minor
Feb 21, 2017
Larned - Robert Minor, 62, passed away February 21, 2017 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, Kansas. He was born December 20, 1954 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma; the son of Charles and Jewell Swepston Minor. A longtime area resident; he was a mill operator for Bert and Wetta. He loved motorcycles, guns and loved his nieces and nephews. Survivors include; his...
Eugene T. Blattner
Feb 19, 2017
Rozel- Eugene T. Blattner, 93, passed away February 19, 2017 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born December 11, 1923 in Rozel, KS; son of Charles and Elizabeth Hahn Blattner. A longtime area resident he was a welder. He was a member of the Rozel City School Board, Rozel City Council, Lions Club, he was a School Bus...
Walter R. Martin Jr.
Feb 15, 2017
Larned – Walter R. Martin Jr., 92, passed away February 15, 2017 at Country Living of Larned, Memory Care, Larned, Kansas. He was born October 10, 1924 in Trousdale, KS, the son of Walter R. Sr. and Nellie Morey Martin. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer/stockman and enjoyed carpentry. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic...
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
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
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
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...
