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...
Brian J Geier
May 5, 2015
Jetmore – Brian J. Geier, 49, passed May 5, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, Wichita. He was born June 6, 1965 at Garden City, the son of Alexander Anthony and Rosa Lena Billinger Geier. He was a resident of Jetmore since 1994, moving from Garden City. He was a Maintenance Mechanic for Cargill Meat Solutions in Dodge City....
John Daniel "Danny" Dipman
May 2, 2015
Larned - John Daniel "Danny" Dipman, 72, passed away peacefully at his home in rural Larned on May 2, 2015, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born on April 18, 1943, in Larned, KS, the son of John W. and Eldred E. (Sanders) Dipman. He was a farmer/stockman, residing on the farm that had been in his...
Ingo O'Rourke
May 1, 2015
Larned - Ingo O'Rourke, 61 passed away May 1, 2015 at his home, Larned. He was born February 1, 1954 in, Germany. The son of Arthur P. O'Rourke Jr. and Vera Ann Suchy. He has been a resident of Larned since 1985. He is survived by two sisters, Sue Williams, Diggs, Idaho and Barbara O'Rourke, Boca Raton, Florida, and a...
Marjorie Louise Barnes
Apr 26, 2015
Marjorie Louise Barnes (March 9, 1929 - April 26, 2015) Larned--Marjorie Louise Barnes, 86, was called home to be with our Heavenly Father on April 26, 2015 at Diversicare, Larned, Kansas. She was born March 9, 1929, in Larned, Kansas. The daughter of G.W. and Ethel Bird, a longtime resident of Pawnee County; She was a Faithful Woman of God,...
Darla L Dotson
Apr 26, 2015
Ford – Darla L. Dotson, 66, passed away April 26, 2015 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born January 1, 1949 in Osmond, Nebraska the daughter of Lorene Hunt. She was a resident of Ford since 1988 and was a Wal-Mart Greeter. Survivors include: a son, Shawn Dotson, Ford and three grandchildren, Nick, Nathan and Tristan Dotson....
Jim W. Kolb
Apr 25, 2015
Larned- James (Jim) W. Kolb, 70, passed away April 25, 2015 at his home in Austin, Texas. He was born June 8, 1944 in Dodge City the son of Harold "Sandy" and Rhoda Jean Donovan Kolb. A longtime area resident of Larned then moving to Austin, TX; he was an Licensed Mental Health Technician and later changing positions to Activity...
Keith C. Boedecker
Apr 23, 2015
Larned - Keith C. Boedecker, 85, passed away April 23, 2015 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, Kansas. He was born June 22, 1929 in Hays, Kansas. The son of Lawrence and Jane Wineland Boedecker, a resident of Larned; he was a Boilermaker. He was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps. He was married to Marilyn Boedecker,...
Robert Hugh Bowman
Apr 19, 2015
Larned - Robert Hugh Bowman, 87, passed away April 19, 2015 at the Salina Regional Medical Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born September 21, 1927 in rural Macksville, Kansas. The son of Hugh and Velma Rice Bowman, Bob attended Zook School, played on the football and basketball teams, sang in a quartet, and graduated in 1945. Bob served in the...
Dora B. Wagner
Apr 18, 2015
Larned - Dora B. Wagner, 95, passed away April 18, 2015 at the Country Living of Larned. She was born April 19, 1919 in Pawnee County, Kansas; the daughter of Emery and Laura Blackwell Elmore. A lifetime area resident; she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church and attended the Welcome Inn Senior Center, both...
Beverly A. Wilson
Apr 15, 2015
Larned – Beverly A. Wilson, 67, passed away April 15, 2015, at AMG Specialty Hospital, Wichita. She was born March 12, 1948, in Great Bend, Kansas; the daughter of Raymond and Juanita Woelk Smith. A lifetime area resident she was the Medical Records Director at the Larned State Hospital, She was also the Owner of the Rainbarrel Restaurant, Larned. She...
Larry Nuss
Apr 11, 2015
Jetmore – Larry Nuss, 67, passed away April 11, 2015 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born May 14, 1947 in Dodge City, the son of Gerhard Alexander and Frances Martha Neville Nuss. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer/rancher. He attended the United Presbyterian Church, Jetmore and was a Hodgeman County Commissioner. On August 23,...
