Wilbur Dean Dirks
Nov 22, 2012
Wilbur Dean Dirks, 84, passed away November 22 at his home in Larned. He was born March 7, 1928 in Pawnee County, the son of John Jacob Dirks and Anna Marie George. He was a resident of both Larned and Wichita. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Larned and attended Evangel Assembly of God, Wichita. Wilbur began farming...
Brant Adam Colglazier
Nov 20, 2012
Rozel – Brant Adam Colglazier, 18, died November 20, 2012. He was born March 11, 1994 in Great Bend, the son of Ray Colglazier and Debra Wedge Colglazier. A lifetime area resident he was a grocery stockman at Dillons. He was of the Christian faith. He was a member of the National Honor Society and was Valedictorian of Pawnee Heights,...
John D. Snodgrass
Nov 4, 2012
John D. Snodgrass, 60, died November 4, 2012. He was born January 23, 1952 in Larned, the son of Paul and Romona Lewis Snodgrass. A lifetime area resident; he was a Truck Driver. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Rozel. On June 5, 1977 he married Julie Ann Miller at Wamego. She survives. Other survivors include; his...
Barbara Joyce Bradford
Nov 3, 2012
Rozel - Barbara J. Bradford, 72, died November 3, 2012 at home with her family by her side after a long battle of fighting cancer. She was born July 17, 1940 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Thomas Virgil and Violet Marie Waggoner Murphy. She was a 1958 graduate of Hutchinson High School. She married Clarence LeRoy Bradford on January 4,...
Mary Alice Grubbs
Oct 26, 2012
Mary Alice Grubbs, 80, died Oct. 26, 2012 at the Larned Healthcare Center, Larned, KS after battling the effects of Alzheimer's for 6 years. She was born Nov. 24, 1931 at McPherson. The daughter of Carl E. "Mick" and Lillian Richerson Heilman. She graduated from Graham High School, Graham, Texas in 1949. A longtime Larned area resident, she was retired...
Kenneth W. Hullett
Oct 9, 2012
Kenneth W. Hullett, 74, passed away October 9, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born June 11, 1938 in Larned the son of Ralph Calvin and Grace E. Mornhenwig Hullett. He was retired from the U.S. Army and was an area resident; he was the Service Manager for Al Hanken Motors, Larned. He was of the Christian faith...
Weldon L. Ewy
Oct 9, 2012
Hanston – Weldon L. Ewy, 89, died October 9, 2012, at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. He was born April 22, 1923, in Hodgeman County, Kansas, the son of Henry and Anna Ewy. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer/stockman. He belonged to the Hanston Mennonite Church, Sunday school teacher, and served on the church board,...
Jean D. Ward
Sep 30, 2012
Jean D. Ward, 91, passed peacefully on Sunday, September 30, 2012 in Colorado, where she had resided for the last five years. Jean was born on June 2, 1921 in Plymouth, Kansas to Andrew James and Carrie Wood Drummond. She attended Elmdale schools and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Home Economics and received her teaching certificate...
Gerald J. Basgall
Sep 24, 2012
Gerald J. Basgall, 69, died September 24, 2012 at the Hays Medical Center. He was born April 11, 1943 in La Crosse. The son of Everett and Eupharosenca Hartman Basgall; a resident of Larned since 1969, moving from La Crosse, he was an auto mechanic and did building maintance for USD 495. He was of the Catholic Faith, he served...
Ernadene M. Bascom
Sep 19, 2012
Jetmore – Ernadene M. Bascom, 89, died September 19, 2012, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born November 17, 1922, in Payson, Utah, the daughter of John and Grace Oleson, she was an executive secretary. She was of the Christian faith. She married William Bascom at Cardiff, California. He is deceased. Survivors include; one daughter, Kim Shewry,...
Arlene A. Halling
Sep 18, 2012
Hanston – Arlene A. Halling, 91, died September 18, 2012, at the Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born January 19, 1921, in Hanston, the daughter of George F. Jr. and Ruth Warnock Hertel. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and a secretary for the Soil Conservation Office, retiring in 1997. She belonged to the St....
Stuart Lee Compton
Sep 16, 2012
Stuart Lee Compton 88, of Alma, formerly of Larned, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Mid-Michigan Medical Center-Gratiot. Stuart was born April, 8, 1924 in Larned, Kansas the son of Thorn and Ruby (Mills) Compton. He was a 1942 graduate of Larned High School and went on to serve his country in the Army during WWII from 1943...
Eula R. Wilson
Sep 15, 2012
Eula Reath (Connes) Wilson, age 100 years and 8 months, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at home with family in Wichita, Ks. She was born January 14, 1912 in Hoosier, Ks (near Great Bend, Ks) to Edward Connes and Ada America (Martin) Connes. She moved to Hodgeman County at age six and has...
James F. Graner
Sep 10, 2012
Father James F. Graner, 83, died September 10, 2012, at the Larned Healthcare Center, Larned. He was born September 15, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Carl and Marialice Ludeman Graner. He graduated from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He worked for the G.M. and Republic Aviation, then went to St. Luke Seminary, at Sewanne, Tennesse. Where...
Martha L. Sauer
Sep 10, 2012
– Martha L. Sauer,81, died September 10, 2012, at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born June 1, 1931, in Rozel. The daughter of Elmer and Bonnie Compton Arnold; a lifetime area resident, she was a Secretary for USD 496 and also was the Rozel City Clerk. She was a member of the Rozel United Methodist Church, Rozel...
Joyce H. Shriwise
Sep 5, 2012
Jetmore – Joyce H. Shriwise, 88, died September 5, 2012, at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born March 27, 1924, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, the daughter of James and Odessa Webb Barlotti. She was a retired Registered Nurse at Humana/Western Plains Regional Hospital, Dodge City. She belonged to the St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Altar Society,...
Imogene E. Eilers
Aug 28, 2012
Imogene Eileen Avery Eilers, age 86, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 after a brief illness. She was born August 30, 1925 in Larned, Kansas to Brian Jennings Avery and Edna May Keller Avery Buhrer. She was married to August E. Eilers from Missouri in 1945 and divorced in 1958. They had five children together....
Roberta Jane Grant
Aug 23, 2012
Roberta Jane Grant, 78, dearly loved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Roberta passed away peacefully at home on August 23, 2012 in Larned surrounded by family members. On October 12, 1954 she married John Richard Grant in White Lake, South Dakota. She will be deeply missed by her husband of 57 years, and her children, Rita O'Gwin and husband David...
Wilbur "Jim" J. Robinson
Aug 15, 2012
Wilbur " Jim" Robinson, 80, died August 15, 2012 at the Larned Healthcare Center, Larned. He was born October 25, 1931 at Larned, the son of Merne F. and Lola Belle Hager Robinson. He was a lifetime resident of Larned, and was a retired employee of the City of Larned. He was of the Christian faith, liked to collect old...
Richard Burns
Aug 3, 2012
Jetmore – L. Richard Burns, 74, died August 3, 2012 at his home in Jetmore. He was born March 21, 1938, in Hodgeman County, the son of John E. and Joy Koontz Burns. A lifetime area resident, he worked for Curtis Machine in Dodge City for 19 years, a farmer/rancher, and was a heavy equipment operator for the Hodgeman County...
