Earl Ray Schaffer
Jul 28, 2016
Jetmore-Earl Ray Schaffer,85, passed away July 28, 2016 at Brookdale Sr. Living, Dodge City, KS. He was born on October 13, 1930 in Spearville, the son of Andrew and Ruth Blecha Schaffer. A lifetime area resident he was a farmer/dairyman. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Jetmore. He also was on the Wright COOP Board, Farm Bureau...
Johnnie L. Collins
Jul 27, 2016
Larned, Kansas – Johnnie L. Collins, 95, passed away July 27, 2016 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born March 6, 1921, in Cleburne, Texas, the daughter of John B. and Murry Stanford Coble. A longtime area resident, she was a Teacher and a Homemaker. She was a founding member of the Church of Christ in Larned. She...
Fredrick (Buck) Owens
Jul 24, 2016
Larned - Fredrick F. (Buck) Owens, 86, passed away July 24, 2016 at his home surrounded by family. He was born January 4, 1930 in Woodward Co., Oklahoma; the son of Franklin Oliver and Velda Hawkins Owens. A longtime area resident; he was a custodian at Larned High School. He was of the Baptist faith, a member of the Veterans...
Ralph W Klinge
Jul 20, 2016
Dodge City – Ralph W. Klinge, 91, passed away July 20, 2016, at his home in Dodge City, Ks. He was born December 20, 1924, in Hodgeman County, the son of Walter and Bessie Clark Klinge. He moved to Dodge City in 1968 and was the owner/operator of K&T Trucking. He was of the Christian faith. On November 28, 1942,...
Bryan E Laing
Jul 17, 2016
Larned – Bryan E. Laing, 60, passed away July 17, 2016, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born June 16, 1956, in Enid, Oklahoma, the son of Larry and Phyllis Depoy Laing. A longtime area resident, he was a carpenter. He was a member of the Assembly Of God Church, Larned. He loved to fish and ride motorcycles...
John Allen Zink
Jul 16, 2016
Larned – John Allen Zink, 62, passed away July 16, 2016, at his home in Larned. He was born December 26, 1953 in Larned, the son of Clarence L. and Venita M. Clayton Zink. A lifetime area resident, he was an electrician and was a retired MHA at the Larned State Hospital. He belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars,...
Leo V. Skelton
Jul 16, 2016
Larned – Leo V. Skelton, 90, passed away July 16, 2016, at Country Living of Larned. He was born February 11, 1926, in Larned, the son of Eli and Celia Weber Skelton. A lifetime area resident, he was a retired manager for Dillons. He was a member of the Larned United Methodist Church and a past President for the Chamber...
Wanda C Eye
Jul 11, 2016
Larned - Wanda C. Eye, 90, passed away July 11, 2016 at Country Living of Larned. She was born September 9, 1925 in Junction City, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Nora Wolfe McVaugh. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and an avid painter She was a member of the Larned United Methodist Church and the United Methodist...
Coletta Mae Meier
Jul 9, 2016
Larned – Coletta Mae Meier, 75, passed away July 9, 2016, at St. John's Medical Center, Tulsa, Ok. She was born January 28, 1941, in Larned, the daughter of Ralph and Fern Atwood Ostrander. A lifetime area resident, she was a retired mental health technician at the Larned State Hospital. On September 12, 1961, she married Joseph Meier in Larned....
Twyman Walters
Jul 1, 2016
Jetmore - Twyman Walters Jr., 65, passed away July 1, 2016 at his residence in Jetmore, KS. He was born October 6, 1950 in Fort Bragg, CA. the son of Twyman Sr. and Mildred Thompson Walters. He was a Truck Driver. He was of the Christian Faith. Twyman served in the U.S. Navy Seabees for 6 years. On September 11,...
Ronald F. Scranton
Jun 15, 2016
Larned – Ronald F. Scranton, age 70, died June 15, 2016, at his home in Larned. He was born September 8, 1945, in the Hays Hospital, the son of Alvin E. and Ava June Worcester Scranton. He graduated in 1963 from Hill City High School and attended KU and KSU, earning BS and MS degrees in Horticulture and Business. Ron...
Ruby Emma Williams
Jun 13, 2016
Jetmore – Ruby Emma Williams, 90, passed away June 13, 2016, at the Cedar Village Long Term Care Center, Ness City. She was born November 30, 1925, in Jetmore, the daughter of E.B. and Emma Tomlinson Kline. A lifetime area resident, she was a farmer and rancher. She was a member of the Sunny West Club. Ruby especially loved children,...
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...
