Michael (Mike) A. Giles
Dec 23, 2016
Larned - Michael (Mike) A. Giles, 67, passed away December 23, 2016 at Country Living of Larned. He was born May 11, 1949 in Stafford, KS; the son of Benjamin M. and LaVera Schartz Giles. A lifetime area resident; he was a Farmer, Rancher and a Commodities Broker. He loved the simple life and lived on his own terms. He...
James W. Crowe
Dec 17, 2016
Garfield - James W. Crowe, 55, passed away December 17, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born June 2, 1961 in Cheyenne, Wyoming; the son of Orville and Patricia Olson Crowe. A lifetime area resident; he was a truck driver. James loved hunting and fishing and was a big outdoorsman. He loved his grandchildren and taking care...
Lois R Colburn
Dec 17, 2016
Jetmore – Lois R. Colburn, 91, passed away December 17, 2016, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born July 23, 1925, in Great Bend, the daughter of Marcellus A. and Ethel B. Whitchurch Gibbs. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker/farmwife. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Women, taught Sunday school,...
Mary Katherine Hinkle
Dec 17, 2016
Pawnee Rock – Mary Katherine Hinkle, 67, passed away December 17, 2016 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born October 23, 1949 in Rogers, AR., the daughter of Burl and Cleva (Dean) Schell. Mary worked in the Laundry service and she was a volunteer for Community Support Service Program in Dodge City. Survivors include: son Leland (Mickey)...
Cleo Dick
Dec 15, 2016
Burdett - Cleo Dick, 97, passed away December 15, 2016 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born October 23, 1919 in Rush County, Kansas; the daughter of Issac E. and Bertha Williams Miller. A lifetime area resident; she was a homemaker. She loved making wedding cakes, gardening, canning, making quilts and Clothes. She also loved raising chickens....
Wanda M. Kollhoff
Dec 15, 2016
Burdett- Wanda M. Kollhoff, 90, passed away December 15, 2016 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born February 18, 1926 in Burdett, KS. the daughter of W.T. and Leora Moore Crockett. An area resident, she was a homemaker and a Nurses Aid. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Burdett, United Methodist Women and the American...
Patricia A. Barrett
Dec 12, 2016
Larned- Patricia Ann (Schinstock) Barrett, 78, passed away December 12, 2016 at Diversicare of Larned. Pat was born in Kinsley, KS to Joe and Edna Schinstock on October 29, 1938. She graduated from Kinsley High School. She then attended the St. Rose Dominican School of Nursing in Great Bend, KS, where she earned her RN degree. On December 31, 1959...
Robert (Rip) C. Gorman
Dec 11, 2016
Burdett - Robert C. (Rip) Gorman, 83, passed away December 11, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born March 16, 1933 in Waco, Texas; the son of J. Paul and Winnie Reagan Gorman. He was an Oil and Gas Engineer. He was a member of Faith Fellowship Church, American Legion, Burdett, the Society of Petroleum Engineers and...
Mary Lou Sinclair
Dec 9, 2016
Jetmore - Mary Lou Sinclair, 91, passed away December 9, 2016 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore, Kansas. She was born September 16, 1925 on the family farm south of Hanston; the daughter of Leland Clair and Maybelle Viola Avery Rumford. A lifetime area resident, she was a School Bus Driver for the Hodgeman County School System. She also worked...
Nola E. Ochs
Dec 9, 2016
Jetmore- Nola Essie Ochs passed away on December 9, 2016, at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City, Kansas. She was born November 22, 1911, near Ramsey, in Fayette County, Illinois, the oldest daughter of Ollie and Ethel (Lawson) Hill. Nola's family moved to a farm near Ainsworth, Nebraska, and she attended elementary school in small, rural, one-teacher schools there. In...
James V. Cossman
Dec 7, 2016
Jetmore- James "Jim" Vernon Cossman, 91, passed away December 7, 2016 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born December 7, 1925 in Dodge City, KS the son of John V. and Dessie Glunt Cossman. A lifetime area resident of Jetmore he was a farmer. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Jetmore. He attended Pleasant View...
Darlene R. Smith
Nov 29, 2016
Jetmore – Darlene R. Smith, 89, passed away November 29, 2016, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center at Via Christi St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born March 9, 1927, in Hodgeman County, the daughter of Nicholas and Irene Beck Hahn. A lifetime area resident, and a recent resident of Regent Park, Wichita, she taught school for two years at...
Wilma Rose Fraser
Nov 28, 2016
Larned - Wilma Rose Fraser, 103, died November 28, 2016, at Diversicare of Larned, Larned, Kansas. Born on March 9, 1913, in Larned, Kansas, Wilma was the daughter of Orlando Hiram (O.H) and Lucy Stella (Stella) Wheeler Fell. A life-long Christian, Wilma was a member of First Christian Church of Larned, KS, and was extremely active in her faith. She...
Duane Lee Mead
Nov 26, 2016
Larned- Duane Lee Mead, 56, passed away November 26, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born January 9, 1960 in Larned, the son of Richard and Carolyn Beamer Mead. A lifetime area resident, he was a Truck Driver. He loved working on old cars, he was very proud of Fat Boys Trucking, loved electronics, hanging with his...
Alfred A. Ludlum
Nov 25, 2016
Rozel – Alfred A. Ludlum, 78, passed away November 25, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born January 23, 1938 in Moran, Kansas; the son of Arthur E. and Margaret Laver Ludlum. A longtime area resident, he was a retired Mill Manager for Pawnee Valley Feeders. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Rozel. He...
Harriet D. Housman
Nov 23, 2016
Spearville – Harriet D. Housman, 78, passed away November 23, 2016, at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born August 21, 1938 in Spearville, the daughter of Harry and Blanche Broomfield Speck. A lifetime area resident, David and Harriet were the restaurant owners and managers of the North Joint. She was a member of the United Methodist Church,...
Brett Eugene Hamby
Nov 21, 2016
Burdett – Brett Eugene Hamby, 38, passed away November 21, 2016 near Great Bend, Kansas He was born January 15, 1978 in Great Bend, the son of Rita Hamby. A longtime area resident, he was the owner/operator of Hamby Trucking LLC. He was of the Baptist faith. He loved watching his boys play sports, working on vehicles, helping people, drag...
David H. Mackintosh
Nov 21, 2016
Larned - David (Dave) H. Mackintosh, 58, passed away November 21, 2016 at his home, Larned. He was born August 16, 1958 in Salina, Kansas, Son of Donald H. and Barbara A. Bayles Mackintosh. A longtime area resident, he was a farmer/stockman. He was a graduate of Hyannis High School, Hyannis, NE, where he was active in FFA, band, football...
Beulah F. Vratil
Nov 17, 2016
Radium - Beulah F. (Susie) Vratil, 99, passed away November 17, 2016 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. Susie was born on October 17, 1917 in Stafford County, the daughter of Earl, Sr. and Jessie Carr. She grew up on a farm near Radium and graduated from Radium High School in 1935. In 1937 she married Eddy Vratil, and...
Robert S Diehl Sr.
Nov 9, 2016
Hanston – Robert S. Diehl Sr., 81, passed away November 9, 2016, at his home in Hanston. He was born June 16, 1935, in Dodge City, the son of Benford and Jewell Cloud Diehl. Moving to Hanston in 2007, he was a truck driver. He was a member of the New Horizon Community Church, Jetmore. On May 13, 1957, he...
