Joe D. Hicks
Dec 9, 2013
Joe Dudley Hicks, 64 died December 9, 2013 at his home, Larned. He was born September 19, 1949 in Great Bend; the son of Burl Dudley and Eunice Lucille Shuss Hicks. A lifetime area resident he was a Registered Nurse at the Larned State Hospital for 30 years retiring in 2001. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,...
Stella Louise Parker
Dec 7, 2013
Larned- Stella Louise Parker, 73, passed away December 7, 2013 at Wesley Towers Retirement Community in Hutchinson, KS She was born January 2, 1940 in Altamont, KS the daughter of Paul and Nellie Thompson Wood. A long time area resident, she was a Food Service Supervisor for the Larned State Hospital. She was of the Christian Faith and a member...
Norma J. Haynes
Dec 6, 2013
Larned – Norma J. Haynes, 82 passed away December 6, 2013, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. She was born May 1, 1931, in Cloud County, Kansas. The daughter of Earl and Alberta Allen Snavely, she was the Vice President of Haynes Electric, Inc. She belonged to the Larned Presbyterian Church, Larned County Club and Li Ra Mu, Salina....
Mildred May Bohannon
Dec 6, 2013
Mildred May Bohannon, 86, died December 6, 2013 at the Homestead Health and Rehab in Garden City. She was born June 16, 1927 in Neodesha. The daughter of Earl and Ethel Fender McDonald: a resident of Larned since September 1999, moving from Neodesha where she lived for 21 years; she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First...
Lawrence L. Bauer
Dec 6, 2013
Burdett - Lawrence L. Bauer, 88, died December 6, 2013 at the Country Place Senior Living, Larned. He was born December 28, 1924 in Burdett, the son of Philip and Frances Mooney Bauer. A lifetime area resident; he was a farmer/stockman. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned. On April 26, 1952 he married Eleanor Hammeke...
Janet Y. Murphy
Dec 5, 2013
Larned - Janet Y. Murphy, 66 died December 5, 2013 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born November 24, 1947 in Compton, California; the daughter of Hubert and Lu Disney Hanes. A longtime area resident; she was a Program Technician at the FSA office in Larned. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist...
Joyce Reed
Dec 2, 2013
Kalvesta – Joyce Reed, 77, died December 2, 2013, at St. Catherine Hospice, Garden City. She was born June 6, 1936, at Dodge City, the daughter of Irvin Wesley and Daisy Ellen Pitts Hendrickson, she was a farm and ranch wife. She grew up in northwest Hodgeman County and graduated from Jetmore High School in 1954. She belonged to the...
Marla (Berger) L. Holmes
Nov 26, 2013
Hanston- Marla L. (Berger) Holmes, 55, died November 26, 2013 at the Houston Hospice in Houston, Texas. She was born June 10, 1958 in Dodge City, the daughter of Milton Lee & Wanda Dunn Berger. A lifetime area resident of Hanston, She was a Speech and Language Pathologist for Southwest Kansas Area Cooperative District # 613. She was a member...
Lloyd K Scothorn
Nov 26, 2013
Lloyd Keith Scothorn (Las Vegas, NV) Lloyd Keith Scothorn, 81, was born 2 January 1932 to Raleigh and Nola Burdue Scothorn in Jetmore Kansas. Lloyd passed away suddenly on 26 November 2013 in Las Vegas Nevada with his family at his side. Lloyd was preceded in death by his wife of 56 hears, Betty Lou (Bess) Scothorn in 2008, by...
Sandra L. Kitchen
Nov 25, 2013
Sandra L. Kitchen, 54, died November 25, 2013 at her home in Larned. She was born August 31, 1959 in Amarillo, Texas. The daughter of Marilyn and Mickey Horacek; she moved to Larned in 2013 and was a Custodian for USD #495. Survivors include; two sons, Michael Clinton, Larned and Raymond Clinton, Denver, Colorado; two brothers, Frank Horacek, Wyoming and...
Joann Simmons-Selzer
Nov 22, 2013
JoAnn (Bruntzel) Simmons Selzer, 82, passed away peacefully November 22, 2013 at the Linnwood Park Senior Care home in Meriden, Kansas. She was born October 21, 1931 in Rozel, KS, the daughter of Alfred and Mildred Ellis Bruntzel. JoAnn was a Pawnee County resident until 1985, when she and her husband, Clyde, sold their beloved Melody Ranch southeast of Larned...
Georganna Froetschner
Nov 18, 2013
Georganna Froetschner, 89, died November 18, 2013 at the Haven House, Haven, Ks. Georganna was born March 17, 1924, in Hutchinson, Kansas., to George and Mary Anna (Sears) Bacon. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941 and Kansas State University, School of Home Economics in 1945, after graduating Hutchinson Junior College in 1943. She married E. Glenn (Shorty) Froetschner...
Linda Kay Parr
Nov 16, 2013
Zook - Linda Kay Parr, 66 passed away November 16, 2013 at the Southwind Hospice, Pratt. She was born December 8, 1946 in Larned; the daughter of Melvin C. and Dora F. Flanders Kasselman. A lifetime area resident; she was a social worker for 41 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Larned and the Zook...
Madeline Vinson (Hall)
Nov 10, 2013
Garfield- Madeline Vinson (Hall), 92, died gracefully November 10, 2013 in Wichita, KS. She was born January 29, 1921 in Kansas City, MO the daughter of Beverly and Bessie Sprague Hall. She was a longtime Garfield resident, moving to Wichita in 2007. She worked for the Larned State Hospital as a Clerk in the Administration Building for 20 years until...
Leon Shearrer
Nov 10, 2013
Leon Shearrer, 72, passed away November 10, 2013 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born January 29, 1941 at Wagner, Oklahoma; the son of David Fred and Edna Witt Shearrer. A lifetime area resident; Leon was retired from the Pawnee County Sheriffs Office in Larned. He was in Law Enforcement for 37 years, worked in the Pawnee County Sheriffs...
Dennis Ovid Webster
Nov 6, 2013
Dennis Ovid Webster,75 of Blanco, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 6, 2013. Dennis was taken from this world in a jobsite accident. Dennis was born on October 14, 1938 in Jetmore, Kansas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Wilma (Abbott) Babcock and Ovid Webster. He is survived by his wife Loretta of...
Mary R. Rogge
Nov 5, 2013
Mary R. Rogge Burdett -Marie Wilhelmina Reich, 97, died November 5, 2013 at Diversicare of Larned, Kansas. She was born south of Down, Kansas in Osborne County, November 3, 1916, to William and Pauline Lessman Reich. Her mother passed away when she was 4 years old. William raised Marie and her older brother Walter until he married Anna Albrecht in...
Robert (Bob) Clark
Oct 27, 2013
Robert (Bob) Clark was born on May 18, 1928 in Kent City, Michigan to Boyd and Sonja Larson Clark. After graduating from Kent City High School, Bob served three and half years in the U.S Army where he obtained the rank of corporal. Bob worked for Mulvihill Oldsmobile in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fly fishing and woodworking were his lifelong hobbies,...
Wilbur (Gus) W. Schraeder
Oct 26, 2013
Jetmore – Wilbur (Gus) W. Schraeder, 86, of Jetmore died at home on October 26, 2013. He was born Oct. 21, 1927 on the family farm near Rozel, Kansas, the 3rd son of Frank and Clara (Pivonka) Schraeder. He graduated from Larned Kansas High School, served in the navy as Yeoman 3rd class aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock CV-19,...
Richard H. Lewis
Oct 23, 2013
Larned - Richard H. Lewis, 80, died October 23, 2013, at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. He was born July 22, 1933, in Timken; the son of Willis (Tad) and Hazel I. Vanderford Lewis. A lifetime area resident; he was a heating and air conditioning technician. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Larned. On June 18, 1965,...
