Dora May Cooley
Jun 11, 2016
Burdett – Dora May Cooley, 87, passed away June 11, 2016, at Edwards County Hospital, Kinsley. She was born November 8, 1928, in Larned, the daughter of James Carl and Nellie Taylor Northern. A lifetime area resident, she was retired from the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary, both...
Helen Marie Finger
Jun 10, 2016
Helen Marie Finger, 89, died early on the morning of June 10 at the Hospice of Reno County in Hutchinson after a brave struggle against pancreatic cancer. Faith and family were the pillars of Helen's life. She was born on Aug. 27, 1926, in a farm house with no electricity or indoor plumbing just outside of Timken, KS, to B.F....
Betty Jean Cherry
Jun 9, 2016
Betty Jean Cherry, 92, of Nacogdoches passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016, in Nacogdoches, Texas. A graveside service will be held at Larned Cemetery in Larned, Kansas at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, with Robert Sallee presiding. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 13, 2016, from 9:00 AM-8:00 PM at Beckwith Funeral Home in Larned, Kansas....
Eldred Earnestine Dipman
May 30, 2016
Larned - Eldred Earnestine (Sanders) Dipman, age 93, formerly of Larned, passed away May 30, 2016 at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson. Eldred was born July 10, 1922 at home in Rodney, Arkansas to parents Ida Matilda Langston and James Elbert Sanders, the next to the youngest of seven children. Eldred attended school up to the seventh grade at Hall's...
Trevor Allen Blair
May 28, 2016
Ellinwood- Trevor Allen Blair, 17, passed away May 28, 2016 at Ellsworth County Medical Center, Ellsworth, Kansas. He was born August 22, 1998 in Hoisington, Kansas; the son of Barry Brinkman and Tina Blair. Living in Ellinwood, moving from Salina; he was a farm worker for Mattinson and Son Farms. He was of the Christian faith and attended Emanuel four...
Joan K. Coughlin
May 23, 2016
Joan K. (Clover) Coughlin, 105, a resident of the Parsons Presbyterian Manor, died there at 2:36 P.M. Tuesday, March 1, 2016. She was born October 8, 1910, at Enid, Oklahoma to John R. and Nancy (Carpenter) Clover. Her great grandfather, another John R. Clover, was considered the founder of Oswego, Kansas. Her parents moved from Oswego to Enid shortly after...
Alice Jean Seltman
May 23, 2016
Larned – Alice Jean Seltman, 99, passed away March 27, 2016 at Diversicare of Larned. She was born January 24, 1917 in Pawnee Rock, the daughter of Vernon (Pete) and Thelma Williams Daniels. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and a retired Occupational Therapist from the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church,...
Rebecca Clowers
May 21, 2016
Rebecca Zook Clowers was born March 2, 1941 to Daniel W. and Joyce S. Zook in Great Bend, Kansas and departed on May 21, 2016 at her home in Centennial, CO where she had resided for 35 years. Becky was a 1959 graduate of Zook High School in Zook, Kansas. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State...
Richard J. Cash Sr.
May 16, 2016
Larned - Richard J. Cash Sr., 77, passed away May 16, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born March 11, 1939 in Siler City, North Carolina; the son of Herman Woodrow and Jacksie Mildred Poole Cash. A current resident of Larned, moving from Stafford in November he was a Stafford resident for 30 years. He was a...
Enid P. Davis
May 14, 2016
Enid Phyllis Mann Davis, of Culbertson, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned, Kansas. She was 90 years old. Enid was born on July 18, 1925, on the Burton place near Chardon, Ilion Township, Rawlins County, Kansas, to Cris William Mann and Blanche Agnes (Palmer) Mann. She attended Fairview Country School, Atwood Grade...
John Allen Wilhite
May 7, 2016
John Allen Wilhite - "JW", 69 JW was a character and really loved life. He was always tickled to share his latest story with you, usually following his special recipe of a kernel of truth wrapped with a layer of exaggeration and topped with a dash of speculation. JW was a proud wheeler and dealer, always excited when he made...
Rex Lee Fulton
May 5, 2016
Rex Lee Fulton was born on December 16, 1928 in Burdett, Kansas, the son of Earnest Virgel and Geraldine Murphy Fulton. On April 18, 1951, he married Dorma Jean Tammen at Peace Lutheran Church in Albert, Kansas. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. He loved sales. The past 35 years, he worked as a real estate broker. He...
Harold Ray Good
May 3, 2016
Larned – Harold Ray Good, 88, passed away May 3, 2016, at his home in Larned. He was born March 30, 1928, in Wichita, the son of Adam Franklin and Bernice Covington Good. He was a carpenter and mechanic. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Jack Kreiger Post No. 7271, Larned. Survivors include: two daughters, Sanda Hopkins,...
Nelson Lee Warren
May 2, 2016
Rozel -Nelson Lee Warren, 88, passed away May 2, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born May 9, 1927 in Pryor, Oklahoma the son of Samuel and Maude Warren. A longtime area resident of Larned, he was a Night Forman/Machinist Welder at Justice Supply Machine Shop in Farmington, NM. He was a member of the First Baptist...
David K. Clapsaddle
Apr 28, 2016
David K. Clapsaddle, 81, Larned was born October 9, 1934 in Thayer, KS, son of John and Ida Ethel Peterson Clapsaddle and died April 28, 2016 in Larned, KS. He married Alice Ann Powell on January 2, 1971 in Oswego, Kansas. Graduating from Thayer High School, he obtained an AA from Southwest Baptist University in Boliver, MO. He received a...
Michael A. Naugle
Apr 25, 2016
Garfield - Michael Andy Naugle, 60, passed away April 25, 2016 at his home in Garfield, Kansas. He was born December 12, 1955 in Great Bend, Kansas; the son of Edward A. and Viola M. Banes Naugle. A lifetime area resident, he was a mechanic and truck driver. He loved to tinker with engines. On February 12, 1982 he married...
David Lusk
Apr 20, 2016
Larned - David Lusk, 78 passed away April 20, 2016 at his home, Larned. He was born March 7, 1938 in Beaver, Oklahoma. The son of William Lloyd and Gladys Hazel Higgins Lusk. A longtime area resident; he was a road construction worker and also threw newspapers for the Great Bend Tribune. He liked tinkering with lawn mowers, farming and...
Eula Ackerman
Apr 14, 2016
Eula Francis Cheney Ackerman died peacefully on April 14, 2016 at 100 years old at the Shar-Mar Nursing Facility in Pueblo, Colorado Eula Francis Cheney was born in Rush County on October 11, 1915 in La Crosse, Kansas to Frank and Mary Cheney. After graduating high school in La Crosse, Kansas, she married Clinton R (Bill) Ackerman. They resided and...
Maria Alejndra Gomez
Apr 9, 2016
Garfield - Maria Alejndra Gomez, 35, passed away April 9, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born June 8, 1980 in Escondido, California, the daughter of Vincent and Maria I. Elizondo Saavedra. Living in the area for 10 years, she was a homemaker. She was of the Catholic faith, loved to dance and listen to music, loved...
John Lytle Shepherd
Mar 31, 2016
Larned – John Lytle Shepherd Sr. – Following a long illness, our Heavenly Father called John Lytle Shepherd Sr., 70, home on March 31, 2016 at Diversicare of Larned. He was born February 7, 1946, in Larned, KS., the son of Samuel Lytle and Thelma Rose (Caro) Shepherd. John graduated from Larned High School, then moved to Denver, then to...
