Reva Louise Ross
May 14, 2012
Larned – Reva Louise Ross, 94, died May 14, 2012, at the Presbyterian Manor, Topeka. She was born June 18, 1917, in Pawnee Rock, the daughter of Eugene F. and Alice N. French Bloom. She was a wife, mother and homemaker. She belonged to the Methodist Church, Pawnee Rock. On April 21, 1934, she married Gerald Ross at Wakeeney. He...
Roger Allen Meeker
May 12, 2012
Roger Allen "Butcher" Meeker, 62, passed away May 12, 2012 at his home, Jay, Oklahoma He was born November 12, 1949 in Larned, the son of Frank and Lucille Steadman Meeker; He was a welder, working for Superior Boiler Works. He was in the US Army in the Vietnam War, he was a member of the ADVA, the American Legion,...
Leora Hammond Kristufek
May 5, 2012
Larned - Leora D. Hammond Kristufek, 98, passed away May 5, 2012 at the Golden Living Center, Wilson. She was born January 25, 1914 in Grigston, the daughter of William and Ina Fay Watson Nulf. A longtime area resident she owned and operated the Hammond Holiday Home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Larned, was the...
Esther Faye Powell
May 4, 2012
Hanston – Esther Faye Powell, 96, died May 4, 2012, at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born December 30, 1915, near Americus, Kansas. She was the 4th child of Sarah May Ely and Andrew Levi Goller. She graduated from Hanston High School and attended Fort Hays State College for one year receiving a teaching certificate. She...
Mary Helen Cross
Apr 22, 2012
Lewis – Mary Helen Cross, 85, died April 22, 2012, at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt. Mary Helen was born December 25, 1926, at Fellsburg, the daughter of LeRoy G. and Helen Hilts Gatterman. She was a lifetime area resident. She was a retired insurance agent for the Home State Bank and Lewis Insurance Service. Mary Helen was a member...
Betty Jean Fleske
Apr 13, 2012
Betty J. Fleske, 88 died April 13, 2012 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born May 8, 1923 in Pawnee County the daughter of Elmer and Bessie Flick Kirkwood. A lifetime area resident; She worked on the farm with her husband for many years. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church, Lutheran Woman Missionary League...
Agnes G. Ohnmacht
Mar 31, 2012
Agnes Gertrude Ohnmacht, 102, died March 31, 2012, at The Legacy at Parkview, Ulysses, Kansas. She was born May 30, 1909, in Olmitz, Kansas, the daughter of Mary (Mayne) Corrigan and Andrew Hickey. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned where she was active with the Altar Society and in later years was a Laudator for...
Ailsa Myrtle Morgan
Mar 28, 2012
Ailsa Myrtle Morgan, 92, passed away March 28, 2012 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born February 22, 1920 in Barton County, Kansas the daughter of George and Etta M. Hopkins Hofmaster. A lifetime Barton and Pawnee County resident, she was a homemaker, bookkeeper and an Aide at the Larned State Hospital. She was of the Methodist...
Earl A. Cure
Mar 24, 2012
Hanston – Earl A. Cure, 98, died March 24, 2012, at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born November 25, 1913, in Ashland, the son of Horace S. and Edith Isenbart Cure. He was a farmer/stockman. He belonged to the St. Anthony Catholic Church and was a school board member for many years, both of Hanston. On August 3,...
Lorraine Ann Woods
Mar 17, 2012
Larned – Lorraine Ann Woods, 85, died March 17, 2012, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born August 19, 1926, at Winona, Minnesota, the daughter of Edward and Ester Joswick Ebertowski, a Larned resident since 1974, moving from Sulphur Spring, Texas. She was a homemaker. On February 25, 1945, she married William "Bill" Woods at Dallas, Texas. He died...
Velven D. Clarke
Mar 6, 2012
Jetmore – Velven D. Clarke, 74, died, Tuesday March 6, 2012 at his home in Jetmore. He was born May 30, 1937 at Densmore, Kansas, the son of Laurence and Pearl Pierce Clarke. He was a Ret. Heavy Equipment operator for Hodgeman County. He served in the US Navy. He was a member of the Gold Wing Roadriders Association, Gold...
Violet "Vi" C. Snyder
Feb 26, 2012
Violet "Vi" Smith-Snyder, 88, died February 26, 2012 at her home, Larned. She was born December 17, 1923 in Larned, the daughter of James W. and Ketha Blanche Hanon Kitterman. A lifetime Larned resident she was a Beautician for 25 years, a Nurses Aide for 10 years and a Receptionist for 10 years. She was a member of the First...
Raymond H. Smith
Feb 23, 2012
Raymond H. Smith, 67, died February 23, 2012 at his home, Larned. He was born January 17, 1945 in Syracuse, Kansas; the son of Walter R. and Eva M. Grippin Smith. A lifetime area resident, he was a MH-DD Technician at the Larned State Hospital. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Larned. Survivors include; two brothers, Warren...
Helen Margaret Brown
Feb 19, 2012
Helen M. Brown, 92, died February 19, 2012 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born June 2, 1919 in Pawnee County, Kansas; the daughter of Ira Gilbert and Clara S. Fenton Rainbolt. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Larned and the VFW Auxiliary in Niland, California....
Ruby Dell Pinkston
Feb 18, 2012
Ruby D. Pinkston, 81, died February 18, 2012 at her home. She was born June 30, 1930 in Artesian, South Dakota. The daughter of Walter and Dorthy Gus May; she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Radium Rangers Senior Citizens Club. On December 20, 1952 she married Milton D. Pinkston at Pensacola, Florida. He survives. Other survivors...
Walter Eugene Stapleton
Feb 18, 2012
Dodge City – Walter E. Stapleton, 91, died February 18, 2012, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born September 5, 1920, in Plains, Colorado, the son of Edward and Mary Schlereth Stapleton. He was a farmer/rancher/mechanic. He served in the United States Army in the European Theater WWII. He belonged to Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Knights of...
Berniece M. Hanson
Feb 15, 2012
Larned – Berniece M. Hanson, 89, died February 15, 2012, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born March 28, 1922, at West Salem, Wisconsin, the daughter of Alfred and Clara Labus Nuttelman. A lifetime area resident she was a farmwife and homemaker. She was a graduate from Great Bend High School and attended Kansas State University for 2...
Emma L. Bondurant
Feb 11, 2012
Hanston - Emma L. Bondurant,89, died Feb. 11, 2012, at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore.
Esther Alice Beer
Feb 5, 2012
Larned - Esther A. Beer Long-time Larned resident and retired school teacher died Feb. 5, 2012 at the Larned HealthCare Center. She was 92. She was born on Nov. 21, 1919 to Roy and Eva Conard of Ash Valley. On March 4, 1943, she married Wayne E. Beer at Alexandria, LA. At the time, Wayne was serving in the U.S....
Basilia Vieyra
Feb 3, 2012
Larned - Basilia Vieyra, 103, formerly from Larned, died February 3, 2012 at Medicalodge Nursing Home in Kinsley. She was born to Ricardo and Sanjuana Hernandez Chavez on September 10, 1908 in La Aldea, Gjto., Mexico. She married Pasqual Vieyra on May 1, 1926 at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Hutchinson, KS. He died October 7, 1971. They had 7...
