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...
Amy K. Zielke
Jun 6, 2013
Amy K. Zielke, 68, died June 6, 2013 at Diversicare of Larned, Kansas She was born December 12, 1944 at Laredo, Texas, the daughter of Bernard and Alice Wallace Weller. A lifetime area resident, she was an Office Assistant for the Department of Corrections. She belonged to the United Methodist Church of Larned and The Order of the Eastern Star;...
Paul H. Moore
May 31, 2013
Larned – Paul Heaton Moore, 86, died May 31, 2013, at the Diversicare of Larned, Larned. He was born January 13, 1927, in Veedersburg, Indiana, the son of Clarence Dove and Anna May Heaton Moore, he was a licensed Mental Health Technician. He was of the Christian faith. On December 8, 1947, he married Flora Virginia Nicholson at Dodge City....
Verne Jack Gibbs
May 25, 2013
Jetmore – Verne Jack Gibbs, 82, died May 25, 2013 at Cedar Village Nursing Home, Ness City. He was born June 29, 1930 in Hodgeman County, the son of Jasper and Emma Anderson Gibbs. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer. He was of the Christian faith. He served in the United States Air Force and was a member...
Maxine Foster
May 25, 2013
There were few things Maxine Foster prized more than a good homegrown, vine-ripened Kansas tomato, except maybe farm fresh eggs, a good stand of wheat, family around her kitchen table and maybe her two constant companions in later life – pet dogs, Muffy and Gizmo. Some people say so-and-so was a last of a kind. Well, Maxine Foster was exactly...
Dorothy Dawn Fox
May 16, 2013
Larned - Dorothy D. Fox, 88, died May 16, 2013 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. She was born October 12, 1924 at Muskegon, Michigan, the daughter of Ernest W. Goldsmith. A longtime area resident of Larned; she was a farmer's wife, a Rosie Riveter for Boeing during WWII and worked in the Dietary Department at Larned State Hospital....
Harry W. (Bob) Hairfield
May 15, 2013
Larned – Harry W. (Bob) Hairfield, 86, died May 15, 2013, at Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was born September 22, 1926, at Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Harry R. and Clara He graduated from Hoisington High School in 1944 and Fort Hays State College in 1965. He attended the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri in 1965 on a NASA...
Bonita (Bonnie) M. Johnson
May 6, 2013
Jetmore – Bonita (Bonnie) M. Johnson, 72, died May 6, 2013, at Ness County Hospital, Ness City. She was born April 9, 1941, in El Dorado, the daughter of Floyd Francis and Willie Marie Hollis Tong. A longtime area resident, she was a daycare provider (Bonnie's Daycare). She was of the Christian Faith and belonged to the Red Hat Society,...
Gerald L. Shuss
May 4, 2013
Garfield – Gerald L. Shuss, 88, died May 4, 2013, at Larned Health Care, Larned. He was born September 1, 1924 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, the son of John and Elizabeth R. Buhrer Shuss. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer/stockman. He belonged to the Church of Christ and the Saddle Club, both of Larned, was a member...
Evelyn Edith Galliart
Apr 27, 2013
Larned – Evelyn E. (Sooby) Galliart, 88, died April 27, 2013 and the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born February 26, 1925 in Larned the daughter of Ben H. Sooby Sr. and Edith (Hays) Sooby, She graduated from Larned High School in 1943. Evelyn married Glenn Galliart on August 8, 1942, at Jetmore. They farmed in the Zook...
