Francis O. Salmans
Nov 26, 2014
Jetmore- Francis O. (Curly) Salmans, 85, passed away November 26, 2014 at the Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City. He was born March 19, 1929 in Jetmore, the son of Ora W. and Hazel Powell Salmans. A resident of Great Bend and Garden city over his lifetime, he was a Safety Supervisor for Koch Industries. He was a member of...
Doyle Forrest Mayse
Nov 24, 2014
Larned - Doyle Forrest Mayse, 64, passed away November 24, 2014 at his home, Larned. He was born September 3, 1950 in Hays, the son of Emmett and Verna Clara Schneider Mayse. A longtime resident of Larned, he worked for the KANS Radio, the Larned Police Department as a dispatcher and Supervisor, the Great Bend Police Department as a dispatcher,...
David Eugene Sprout
Nov 23, 2014
Larned- David Eugene Sprout, 52, passed away November 23, 2014 at his residence in Larned, KS. He was born July 17, 1962 in San Diego, California the son of Leonard E. and Shirley K. Suiter Sprout. A resident of Larned since 2007 from Wichita but his heart was always in Hawaii or Florida. He was a Laborer. He was of...
Gary Wayne Larkin
Nov 21, 2014
Jetmore - Gary Wayne Larkin, 58, passed away November 21, 2014 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born January 15, 1956 in Dodge City, Kansas the son of Carl Jr. and Joelene Crouse Larkin. A resident of Jetmore; then living in the Warsaw, Missouri area for the past 10 years; he was a Carpenter. He...
Bernice S. Zook
Nov 20, 2014
Larned – Bernice S. Zook, 91, passed away November 20, 2014 at Diversicare of Larned. She was born November 28, 1922, in Stafford County, the daughter of Owen E. and Powerley Gilliland Smith. A lifetime area resident, she was a beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and homemaker. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Larned, the Zook EHU. She...
William (Bill) R Smidt
Nov 10, 2014
Jetmore – William R. (Bill) Smidt, 64, passed away November 10, 2014, at Cedar Village in Ness City. He was born April 21st, 1950 in the Feis home in Campbell, Nebraska, the first born of R.L. (Bud) and Twila J. Hendrickson Smidt. Moving to the farm of his great grandfathers in North West Hodgeman County later that year, became his...
Winnie I. Ashley
Nov 5, 2014
Larned - Winnie I. Ashley, 81, passed away November 5, 2014 at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born September 11, 1933 in Oklahoma the daughter of George and Edna Messner Neal. A longtime area resident; she was a Licensed Mental Health Technician at the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Larned...
Patty Wyman
Oct 30, 2014
Larned – Patty (Robertson) Wyman, 88, passed away October 30, 2014 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was born June 17, 1926, the daughter of John Harrison and Hazel Browning Robertson. A lifetime area resident she was a retired bookkeeper for the City of Larned and clerk of the Muncipal Court. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church...
Ladine Peterson
Oct 29, 2014
Pawnee Rock – Ladine Peterson, 95, passed away October 29, 2014 at the Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born April 2, 1919, in Bison, she was the daughter of Everett and Frances Bitter Edwards. A lifetime area resident of Rush and Pawnee County, she began her career as a teacher and retired from the ASCS office in Larned. She...
Fern L Gibbs
Oct 24, 2014
Jetmore – Fern L. Gibbs, 95, passed away October 24, 2014 at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born December 19, 1918, in Hodgeman County, the daughter of Andrew L. and Sarah M. Ely Goller. She was a retired Elementary school teacher having taught for 38 years. She began her teaching career at the Kidderville School...
Dale Otte
Oct 17, 2014
Larned - Dale Otte, 76, passed away October 17, 2014 at the Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born January 4, 1938 in Great Bend. The son of Wilmer and Leah Dorfshaffer Otte. A longtime area resident he was a farmer/stockman. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Pawnee County Relay for Life, Santa Fe Trail Center Wet/...
Delane Pfaff
Oct 15, 2014
Jetmore – Delane Pfaff, 54, passed away October 15, 2014 at his home in Jetmore. He was born May 31, 1960 in Dodge City, the son of Robert and Shirley Scothorn Pfaff. A lifetime area resident, he was a truck driver. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Jetmore. On May 31, 2012 he married Terri Burns in...
Laura Jean Miller
Oct 9, 2014
Pawnee Rock – Laura Jean Miller, 86, passed away October 9, 2014, at her home in Pawnee Rock. She was born June 19, 1928, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Horace B. and Laura Crawford Rogers. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Great Bend and the Moose...
Donald D. Froetschner
Oct 7, 2014
Larned – Donald D. Froetschner, 82, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2014. He was born November 16, 1931 in Pawnee County the son of Roy William and Mary Stauffer Froetschner. A lifetime area resident, he was a Farmer/ Stockman. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Larned. He was a life member of the V.F.W. and...
Shirley F Donovan
Oct 4, 2014
Larned- Shirley F. Donovan, 76, passed away October 4, 2014 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born August 25, 1938 in Mosby, Missouri the daughter of Richard and Amy Guy Roe. A longtime area resident, she was a Supervisor of Housekeeping at the Larned State Hospital and then she was the head cook at Phinney School in Larned....
Calvin C. Blattner
Sep 30, 2014
Rozel - Calvin C. Blattner, 86, passed away September 30, 2014 in Wichita. He was born January 14, 1928 in Rozel; the son of Charles and Elizabeth Haun Blattner. A longtime area resident; he was a rural Mail Carrier. During WWII, he served in the Army, Pacific Theater. He loved bowling, coaching youth sports softball and baseball, was an avid...
Edith M. Haun
Sep 30, 2014
Larned – Edith M. Haun, 102, passed away September 30, 2014, at Country Living, Larned. She was born April 11, 1912, in rural Pawnee County, the daughter of John L. and Ruth C. Scott Dryden, she was a homemaker/farm wife. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Sunflower Club, Garden Club, Music Club, D.A.R. and was a...
Joan C. Roberts
Sep 27, 2014
Larned- Joan C. Roberts, 70, passed away September 27, 2014 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born August 3, 1944 in San Pedro, CA the daughter of Robert and Beatrice Connel Boyd. Moving from California on July 4, 1996 to Larned, she was a retired teacher's aid. She was of the Christian faith and loved playing online bingo....
Carl R. Mckittrick
Sep 23, 2014
Larned – Carl R. McKittrick, 73, passed away September 23, 2014 at Diversicare of Larned. He was born December 27, 1940, in Cimarron, the son of Elmer P. and Vera E. Ebersole McKittrick. A longtime area resident, he was a registered nurse. He was a member of the Church of Nazarene and the Fort Larned Lions Club, both of Larned....
Leota M Price
Sep 21, 2014
Garfield – Leota M. Price, 97, passed away September 21, 2014, at Diversicare of Larned. She was born March 31, 1917, in Haviland, the daughter of Lindsey and Olive Grimes, a longtime area resident she was a Licensed Mental Health Technician for the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church and the Senior Companion, both...
