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...
Vera L. Davis
Sep 6, 2014
Larned – Vera L. Davis, 77, passed away September 6, 2014 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned She was born January 14, 1937 in Houston, MO the daughter of Arthur E. and Zella M. Goddard Ellis. An area resident for 30 years, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church as well as an...
Ralph C. Arnold
Sep 5, 2014
Larned- Ralph C. Arnold, 88 passed away September 5, 2014 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born August 10, 1926 in Rozel to Elmer and Bonnie Compton Arnold. A lifetime area resident of Larned, he was an assistant to the Superintendent at the Larned State Hospital. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...
Emily Margaret Dannels
Aug 29, 2014
Larned – Emily Margaret Koerner Dannels, 90, died August 29, 2014 in Larned, Kansas. Emily was born April 18, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY to Charles and Margaret Habich Koerner. She lived with her husband George in Haysville for over 55 years and worked as a florist for Derby Floral. Emily was active in St. Mary's Altar Society, Girl Scouts, and...
Lola M. Shane
Aug 23, 2014
Larned - Lola M. Shane, 97, passed away August 23, 2014 at the Diversicare of Larned. She was born December 11, 1916 in Marshal Town, Iowa; the daughter of William and Elizabeth Heintz. A resident of Larned since 1979; she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church, Lutheran Women's Missionary League, Larned Garden Club and...
Dr. Thomas Dale Ewing
Aug 22, 2014
Dr. Thomas Dale Ewing, 92, passed away August 22, 2014 at the Rice County District Hospital, Lyons, Kansas. He was born May 17, 1922 at Kanopolis, Kansas; the son of Thomas Henry and Iris Ulrickson Ewing. A longtime area resident; he was a Medical Doctor, Chief of Staff at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned and a family practice physician...
Virginia E. Potter
Aug 20, 2014
Hanston – Virginia Ethel Potter, 80, passed away August 20, 2014, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born November 8, 1933 in Caddo, Oklahoma the daughter of Murphy Dock and Addie Bell Sparkman Vaughn. She was a cook at the nursing home. She was a member of the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Bloom, Kansas. Survivors include: a...
Adam M Chlumsky
Aug 18, 2014
Larned – Adam M. Chlumsky, 66, passed away August 18, 2014 at the Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita. He was born August 4, 1948 in Larned; the son of Edward and Rebecca Christ Chlumsky. A lifetime area resident he was a cafeteria worker for the Larned State Hospital. He was of the Catholic faith and served in the United States...
Charles Lee Phemister
Aug 17, 2014
Larned - Charles Lee Phemister, 77, died at Diversicare of Larned, August 17, 2014. He was born July 31, 1937 in Los Angeles, the son of the late Charles Ardell and Leota Chamness Phemister. He was a 1959 graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and later attended Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA and Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Ft. Worth, TX. He...
Donna Marie Goforth
Aug 11, 2014
Jetmore – Donna Marie Goforth, 62, passed away Aug. 11, 2014 at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born March 13, 1952 in Kansas City, the daughter of John and Joyce Brown Zagar. She was a Nurse Aide and of the Christian Faith. She married Larry Goforth, March 19, 1987 in Kansas City, Kansas, he...
Verona M Diehl
Jul 29, 2014
Jetmore – Verona M. Diehl, 90, passed away July 29, 2014, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born February 21, 1924 in Jetmore, the daughter of Roy C. and Nancy H. Brumfield Kellogg. A longtime area resident, she was the Central Supply Manager for the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was a member of the United...
Nancy E Staats
Jul 28, 2014
Spearville – Nancy E. Staats, 64, passed away July 28, 2014, at her home in Spearville. She was born September 14, 1949 in Dodge City, the daughter of James W. and Laura Corey Law. A longtime area resident, she was a CMA at Fort Dodge for over 30 years. She was of the Christian faith. On September 27, 1974, she...
Bonetta Fay Davis
Jul 27, 2014
Larned - Bonetta Fay Davis, 81, passed away July 27, 2014 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born December 10, 1932 in Stafford County, Kansas. The daughter of Arthur L. and Eva Lena Burns Buhrer. A lifetime area resident she worked in the Laundry for the Larned State Hospital. Bonetta loved reading, playing cards and marbles; but...
