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...
Glenn Presley
Sep 21, 2014
Larned – Glenn Scott Presley, left for heaven September 21, 2014 from Mayo's St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota at age 66. He was born February 8, 1948, in Wichita, Kansas to Glenn and Ruby Elzey Presley. After graduating from McPherson College, he moved to Larned to begin teaching high school industrial arts classes. He taught for 40 years, helping...
Predo (Pete) Mariche
Sep 16, 2014
Larned- Pedro R. (Pete) Mariche, 88, passed away September 16, 2014 at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson Kansas. He was born July, 13, 1926 in the Mexican Village, Dodge City, the son of Tibercio and Casimira Rameriz Mariche. Retiring in 1988, He worked for seventeen years at High Plains Dressed Beef as a meat processor and also five years...
Sylvia M. Van Eaton
Sep 13, 2014
Larned - Sylvia Marjorie Van Eaton, 89, passed away September 13, 2014 at the Country Living, Larned. She was born July 13, 1925 in Monument, Kansas. The daughter of Henry and Lydia Ehrlich Herdt; an area resident since 1976, she did clerical work for J.C. Penny's. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Lutheran Woman's Missionary League, Bridge Club...
Norma Jean Jarrett
Sep 13, 2014
Dodge City – Norma Jean Jarrett, 50, passed away September 13, 2014 in Dodge City. She was born August 1, 1964, in Metairie, Louisiana, the daughter of Bob and Eleanor K. Sell Jarrett. A longtime area resident, she was a graduate from Hanston High School. She was also an employee for FedEx. She was a member of the First Church...
John Russell Branine
Sep 12, 2014
Great Bend - John Russell Branine, 65, passed away September 12, 2014 at the Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born February 23, 1949; the son of Ralph Sweet and Helen Helms Branine. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. John was a resident of Sunflower Diversified Services for many years; until moving to the Great Bend Health and...
Vern Arlyn Steffen
Sep 12, 2014
Larned – Vern Arlyn Steffen, 83, passed away September 12, 2014, at his home in Larned. He was born June 18, 1931, in Burdett, the son of Clarence O. and Jessie L. Whaley Steffen. A lifetime area resident he was a farmer, a real estate agent for 24 years and real estate appraiser for 12 years. He was a member...
George F Turnbull Jr.
Sep 12, 2014
Jetmore – George F. Turnbull Jr., 89, passed away September 12, 2014 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge. He was born March 6, 1925, at Stockton, the son of George and Ethel Miller Turnbull Sr. A longtime area resident, he was a farmer, an Insurance Agent and a Teacher. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, the...
Richard C. Barstow
Sep 7, 2014
Larned – Richard C. Barstow, 90, passed away September 7, 2014, at the Veranda Senior Living, Wichita. He was born May 20, 1924 in Larned, the son of Harold and Beda Carlson Barstow. A longtime area resident he was the Power Plant Supervisor for the City of Larned. On April 9, 1947, he married M. Rae Harris in Pratt. She...
Kimberly A. Hayward
Sep 7, 2014
Pawnee Rock - Kimberly A. Hayward, 46, passed away September 7, 2014 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born September 22, 1967 in El Cajon, California. The daughter of Howard M. and Dora Prince Hayward; a longtime area resident, she was a home health nurse. She was of the Christian faith. Survivors include; her parents of Pawnee Rock,...
Richard M. Coleman
Sep 7, 2014
Rozel – Richard M. Coleman, 87, passed away September 7, 2014 at Waldron Place Assisted Living in Hutchinson. He was born July 30, 1927, in Valley View, Pennsylvania, the son of Morris E. and Elura Schadel Coleman. A longtime area resident, he was a farmer and was a Mental Health Technician for the Larned State Hospital. He was a member...
Lyle C. Salmans
Sep 7, 2014
Jetmore – Lyle C. Salmans, 78, passed away September 7, 2014, at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born June 20, 1936, in Larned, the son of Cecil R. and Stella G. Adams Salmans. A lifetime area resident, he was a Dairy Farmer/Rancher and later worked for the Hodgeman County Road Maintenance Department. He retired in June of...
