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Eunice M. Lampe
Jul 12, 2015
Jetmore – Eunice M. Lampe, 92, passed away July 12, 2015, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born May 22, 1923 in Hodgeman County, Kansas, the daughter of Oren E. and Elizabeth Love Pitts. A lifetime area resident she was a homemaker. In 1949 she married Sgt. Richard McKivergan in Raton, New Mexico. He passed away February...
Beverly Ann Comer
Jul 8, 2015
Albert – Beverly Ann Comer, 68, passed away July 8, 2015 at her home in Albert, KS. She was born July 8, 1947 at Miles City, Montana, the daughter of Harry F. and Lola M. Hartman Harmoning. She graduated in 1965 from Billings High School in Billings, MT. A longtime Barton/Pawnee County resident, she was a Senior Administrative Assistant in...
Virginia Colleen Delp
Jul 7, 2015
Burdett – Colleen Delp, 84, passed away in her home in Burdett on July 7, 2015. This obituary was written personally by Colleen in her own words. My obituary – Colleen Delp Born April 14, 1931 - Died July 7, 2015 Blessed with many friends and a great family, I had a good life. I was privileged to be a...
Virginia Marie Keast
Jul 6, 2015
Larned – Virginia Marie Keast, 87, passed away July 6, 2015 at Country Place Senior Living, Larned. She was born on May 7, 1928, in Larned, the daughter of Ralph E. and Marie Lawton Taylor. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and enjoyed tennis, golf, playing bridge and was a loving mother and faithful Christian. She was a...
Beatrice (Bea) F. Seba
Jun 18, 2015
Larned - Beatrice (Bea) Faye Seba, long time resident of Larned and Pawnee Co., died June 18, 2015 at Via Christi Village in Hays, KS. Bea was born to Abram and Alyce Amber (Stewart) Amrine on Sept. 18, 1925 in Kinsley, KS. On Aug. 11, 1943 she married Leonard Loyd Seba. He died July 21, 1998. Bea attended Kinsley schools...
Lawrence Dean Lucas
Jun 17, 2015
LARNED – Lawrence Dean Lucas, 89, passed away June 17, 2015, at his home in Larned. He was born July 16, 1925, in Enid, Oklahoma, the son of Walter Lee and Audi Wilson Lucas. A longtime area resident, he was roofer for commercial buildings. He was a member of the Christian Church, Pawnee Rock. He enjoyed gardening, being outside, tinkering...
Brenda Sue Matthews
Jun 15, 2015
Larned - Brenda Sue Matthews, 53, passed away June 15, 2015 at her home, Larned. She was born June 23, 1961 in Great Bend, the daughter of Donald H. and Mary L. Powell Matthews. A Larned resident for the last 30 years, she was a Homemaker. She was of the Christian faith. Survivors include; her father; a son, Henry Ostrander,...
Ronella "Della" Maxine Skelton
Jun 14, 2015
Larned – Ronella "Della" Maxine Skelton, 91, passed away June 14, 2015, at Diversicare of Larned. She was born January 12, 1924 in Rozel, the daughter of Leslie A. and Clara Imogene Elmore Deighton, she was retired from the Larned State Hospital where she worked in the property control department. She moved to Bartow, Florida in 1992 then moved back...
Lois Elaine Winkler
Jun 14, 2015
Jetmore- Lois Elaine Winkler, 87, passed away June 14, 2015 at the Touchstone Living Center, Sioux City, Iowa. She was born June 12, 1928 in Fort Worth, TX., the daughter of Loyce and Juanita Claybrook Mayfield. A lifetime area resident of Jetmore she was an Antique Dealer there and towards the later years of her life she moved to Alamo,...
Wilma Louise Mcallister
Jun 6, 2015
Hanston – Wilma Louise (Watts) McAllister, 85, departed this life on June 6, 2015, in Bartlesville, OK. She was born September 13, 1929 in Quincy, KS., the daughter of Charlie and Ruby Crouch Watts. A longtime area resident, she was a homemaker, cleaned the office for Pawnee Valley Feeders for years and babysat for friends around town. Wilma enjoyed gardening...
Carolyn S. Rein
Jun 4, 2015
Larned – Carolyn S. Rein, 53, passed away June 4, 2015 at her home in Larned. She was born May 31, 1962, in Great Bend, the daughter of Robert H. and Rosemarie H. Henrici Rein. She was an Insurance Medical Clerk. She was of the Christian Faith. Survivors include: her parents; a brother, Robert H. Rein Jr. and companion, Stacey...
Ruth Darlene Barker
May 28, 2015
Larned – Ruth Darlene Barker, 85, passed away May 28, 2015, at Diveriscare of Larned. She was born February 6, 1930 at Viola, Missouri: the daughter of Thomas and Ann May Ryder Martin. She was a Restaurant Cook for the Don Do café before retiring. On October 5, 1949 she married Charles Darrel Barker at Carthage, Missouri. He passed away...
Gladys Kesterson
May 22, 2015
Gladys Kesterson (1917 – 2015) On Friday, the 22nd of May, 2015, the world lost a true original: Gladys Kesterson (nee' Rodriguez). Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico on 20 Dec 1917, Gladys was a unique, energetic, and adventurous person who touched many lives as a nurse, teacher, and world traveler. After working as an Army combat nurse in Europe during...
Mabel Marie Kirby
May 20, 2015
Larned - Mabel Marie Kirby, 96, passed away May 20, 2015 at the Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born February 11, 1919 in Vesper, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Ollie (Parks) Herman. On May 4, 1941 she married Clarence A. Kirby in Kanapolis, Kansas. He passed away January 30, 2001. A resident of Larned since 1958,...
Walter Mac Fox
May 20, 2015
Larned – Walter (Mac) Fox, 92, passed away May 20, 2015, at Diversicare of Larned. He was born September 12, 1922 in Larned, the son of Walter M. and Gladys Strader Fox. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer; worked at Larned State Hospital as the plumbing shop foreman for 32 years and also worked at Boeing for one...
Thayne Allen Shank
May 16, 2015
Larned - Thayne Allen Shank, 74, passed away May 16, 2015 at the Brookdale at Palmer Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born September 7, 1940 in Larned, KS the son of Leo and Violet Nusser Shank. On August 7, 1965 he married Margaret Kay Sturdivant in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She survives. Other survivors include; two sons, Brendan Shank (Nicky)...
Johnnie C. Frazier
May 12, 2015
Larned – Johnnie C. Frazier, 86, passed away May 12, 2015, at Diversicare of Larned. He was born April 17, 1929 in Larned, the son of Lee and Irma Miller Frazier. A lifetime area resident, he worked at the Larned Post Office for 35 years, the Fairmont Dairy and Frazier Grocery. He was a member of the First United Methodist...
John Paul Gordon
May 10, 2015
Houston, TX – John Paul Gordon, age 45, passed away on May 10th, 2015 in Copperas Cove, TX after a battle with stomach cancer. John Paul Gordon, born April 22, 1970 in Saigon, Vietnam, the son of Gary A "Scratch" Gordon Sr and Nu Thi "Cindy" Gordon. He was a longtime resident of Houston, TX and is survived by three...
Naomi L. Converse
May 10, 2015
Garfield – Naomi L. Converse, 76, went to Heaven on May 10, 2015, at Via Christi Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born December 11, 1938 in Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Vernon Henry and Ella Angela Wilson Meckfessel. A lifetime area resident, she was a beloved wife, mother, grandma, sister, nana and aunt. She farmed alongside her...
Blanche Georgia Hagerman
May 6, 2015
Larned - Blanche Georgia Hagerman, 95, passed away May 6, 2015 at the Lexington Park Nursing Home, Topeka, Kansas. She was born October 22, 1919 in Pawnee County, Kansas; the daughter of Charles and Stephina Svatos Vratil ; she lived in Rush County and Larned until 1998, moving to Manhattan in 1998 and later moving to Topeka. She was a...
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