Stacy Ann Berends
Aug 30, 2013
Phillipsburg- Stacy Ann Berends, 36, died August 30, 2013 at Phillipsburg KS She was born December 21, 1976 in Kansas City. She was a resident of Hill City and the Philipsburg area for the past ten years. She was a mother and a homemaker. She attended the First Baptist Church of Larned. In 2011, she married Kenneth Berends in Hill...
Fannie I. Smith
Aug 24, 2013
Dodge City - Fannie I. Smith, 87 died August 24, 2013 at the Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita. She was born January 16, 1926 in Lawton, Oklahoma, the daughter of Glenn B and Ida S. Tuggle Wade. She was a past resident of Larned; moving to Dodge City in 1997, and a current resident of Sedgwick since 2013. She was a...
Patty Meckfessel
Aug 22, 2013
Patricia (Patty) Colleen Engler-Meckfessel, 63, died August 22, 2013, at the South Wind Hospice, Pratt. She was born December 16, 1949, in Garden City. She is survived by her husband, Neil Meckfessel, Rozel; a daughter, Trish Davis, Abilene; a sister, Mary Erb and husband Fred of Longmont, Colorado; a brother, Jeffry and wife Jennifer Smith of Ness City; a sister,...
Lynn A. Welch
Aug 17, 2013
Lynn A. Welch, 79, died August 17, 2013, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born January 17, 1934, at Great Bend, the son of J. Albert and Edna Unruh Welch. A lifetime area resident; he was a retired crop adjuster. He belonged to the New Jerusalem Church, Pawnee Rock, the American Legion, Larned, was a former Lions Club member...
Gilberta M. Forrest
Aug 13, 2013
Gilberta M. Forrest, 92, died August 13, 2013, at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born March 10, 1921, in Anthony, the daughter of Gilbert A. and Marie Schmidt Stiles. She was a lifelong Argonia and Freeport resident until moving to Larned 3 years ago. She was a farmwife. She belonged to the United Methodist Church, V.F.W. and...
Eulah Belle Pieschl
Aug 5, 2013
Rush Center- Eulah Belle Pieschl,78, died August 5, 2013, at the Hays Medical Center. She was born Janurary 8, 1935 the daughter of Carl and Elizabeth Ratzlaff Holle. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and the UMW all of Rozel. She was past member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Ash...
Gail Evan Wells
Aug 3, 2013
Great Bend- Gail Evan Wells, 65 died August 3, 2013 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays KS. He was born November 12, 1947, in Denver Colorado, the son of Dwight and Idel Vanbeber Wells. A Lifetime area resident, he was a Laborer On December 9, 2006 he Married Susan Hughes in Larned, Kansas, she survives. Other Survivors include: two step...
Cecil Duaine Denton
Aug 2, 2013
Jetmore – Cecil Duaine Denton, 81, died August 2, 2013 at his home in Cawker City. He was born June 26, 1932 in Montezuma, the son of Cecil Raymond and Wilma Gertrude Culver Denton. A longtime area resident, he was a Dairyman/Farmer and the owner of Denton Trucking. He belonged to the United Methodist Church, Jetmore and attended the Lighthouse...
Theo Dale Smith
Jul 29, 2013
Theo Dale Smith, 97, died July 29, 2013, at Diversicare of Larned. He was born February 10, 1916, in Frizell, the son of Theo D. and Goldia McComb Smith. He was retired from the Missouri Pacific Railroad as the agent/telegrapher at Argonia, Freeport, Larned, Hutchinson and Iola. He attended the First Christian Church in Moran. He served in the United...
Dr. William Rush Brenner
Jul 19, 2013
Dr. William Rush Brenner, MD, 98 passed away July 19, 2013 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned. Dr. W. R. Brenner, MD was born May 22, 1915 in McCracken, the son of William Albert and Rose Sweeney Brenner of Bazine, KS. He was born and raised in Rush County, KS. He attended Creighton University Medical School where he received...
Nadine H. Reed
Jul 18, 2013
Larned – Nadine H. Reed, 93, died July 18, 2013, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend. She was born March 5, 1920 at Kincaid, the daughter of Harry and Bertha Foster. A longtime area resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include: two sons, Worth M. Reed, Kingman, Dayle...
Vernon E. Koehn
Jul 16, 2013
Larned- Vernon E. Koehn, 82, died July 16, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born September 21, 1930, at Great Bend, the son of Henry and Virginia Unruh Koehn. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer and worked at the Pawnee County COOP. He was the bicycle repairman for the whole neighborhood and his adopted grandchildren and...
Robert Ward Dalen
Jul 15, 2013
Hanston – Robert Ward Dalen, 60, died July 15, 2013 in Wichita. He was born June 10, 1953 in Colorado, the son of Vincent and Tressa Morehead Dalen. He was a Welder. Other survivors include: his mother, Tressa Neumann, Dodge City; two daughters, Jaclyn Dalen and Jenna Dalen both of Texas; one son Sam Dalen, Texas; three sisters, Beth Cossman,...
Michael P. Bartz
Jul 10, 2013
Michael P. Bartz, 45, died July 10, 2013, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. He was born July 10, 1968 in Columbus, Nebraska, the son of Melvin and Carol Walsh Bartz. He was the owner of Bartz Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He coached Larned Jr. Football along with...
Robert L. Nielson
Jul 1, 2013
Jetmore – Robert L. Nielson, 82, died July 1, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Center, Dodge City. He was born Jan. 31, 1931, in Jetmore, the son of Hans Sr. and Mary Angelton Nielson. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer for Shriwise Inc. On September 23, 1986, he married Betty Helfrich in Jetmore. She passed away January 8,...
Lucy L. Craghead
Jun 27, 2013
Jetmore- Lucy L. Craghead, 83, died at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore, Ks. She was born July 14, 1929 in Hodgeman County the daughter of Francis and Clara Schwab Hey Sr., a lifetime area resident, she was a cook in the Jetmore school district for 25 years and a homemaker. She was of the Christian faith and...
George L. Wiedemann
Jun 21, 2013
Burdett - George L. Wiedemann, 73 , died June 21, 2013 at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. He was born November 7, 1939 at Larned, the son of Fred G. and Laura Lillian Spreier Wiedemann. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer/rancher. He was of the Christian Faith. He served in the United States Army. He was a member...
Judith A. Zook
Jun 19, 2013
Zook, KS – Judith A. Zook, 72, passed away very peacefully on June 19th 2013, at her home in Zook, KS surrounded by her family. She was born July 16, 1940 in Lyons, KS, the daughter of Clyde William and Genevieve Mortimore Cutler. Judy was very active helping her husband David with the farming and ranching operation in the Zook...
David D. Anderson
Jun 9, 2013
Hanston – David D. Anderson, 61, died June 9, 2013 at his home in Hanston. He was born December 11, 1951 in Newark, Ohio. The son of Harry and Ann Young Anderson. He was a Truck Driver. He also was U.S. Veteran. He was of the Christian Faith, a member of the V.F.W. of Larned, and the American Legion of...
Mantford Edwin Dellinger
Jun 7, 2013
Larned- Mantford Edwin Dellinger, 85, died June 7, 2013 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born Marc h 23, 1928 in Dodge City, Ks the son of George and Attie Counterman Dellinger. A resident of Larned, He was a Mechanic and World War II Veteran. He belonged to the American Legion and the VFW of Larned. On...
