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...
Flora V. Moore
Feb 2, 2012
Larned – Flora Virginia Moore, 90, died February 2, 2012, at the Larned Healthcare Center, Larned. She was born January 20, 1922, in Larned, the daughter of Everett Thomas and Edith Mae Beebe Nicholson, a lifetime area resident she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church and Christian Women Fellowship both of Larned. On December...
Richard Frank Pope
Feb 1, 2012
Richard F. Pope - of Great Bend, KS. Formerly of Newark Valley, NY passed away on February 1, 2012. Born November 4, 1934 to Lyman and Cora (Spicer) Pope. On June 23, 1956 he married Joan D. Robinson whom he is survived by. Other survivors include three daughters: Cathy (Stuart) Yetter, Newark Valley, NY; Lori (Colin) Hammeke, Great Bend, KS;...
Ruth I Steffen
Feb 1, 2012
Larned – Ruth I. Steffen, 78, died February 1, 2012, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born August 11, 1933, at Ellinwood; the daughter of Melvin Cornelius and Dora Flanders Kasselman. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Rural Life of Farm Bureau, Country Club, Fort Larned Historical Society, VFW Auxiliary and Gem Gals unit...
Roger Alan Caldwell
Jan 29, 2012
Larned – Roger Alan Caldwell, 69, died January 29, 2012, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born January 12, 1943, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Franklin Eugene and Lucille Hicks Caldwell. He was an account Executive for Fox 49, in Tallahassee, Florida. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, a member and board member of the...
Elsie R. Rankin
Jan 24, 2012
Elsie R. Rankin, 94, died January 24, 2012, at the Larned Health Care, Larned. She was born July 29, 1917, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Robert and Dorotha Cramer Cummins. She was an Accounting bookkeeper She was a member of the Assembly of God Church, Larned. On July 20, 1935, she married Charles W. Rankin in Wheeling, West Virginia....
Glenn N. Johnson
Jan 22, 2012
Larned – Glenn N. Johnson, 90, died January 22, 2012, at South Wind Hospice, Pratt. He was born October 29, 1921, at Conway Springs, KS. the son of Glenn Newton and Lola A. Clemmer Johnson. He was a locksmith. He belonged to the United Methodist, VFW, American Legion, Good Samaritan, was in the United States Army and was awarded the...
George Dennis Martin
Jan 21, 2012
George Dennis Martin, 63, passed away January 21, 2012 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born April 15, 1948 at Great Bend. The son of George Earl and Maxine Salmans Martin. A lifetime area resident; except for 17 years when he was a warehouse manager for Houghton Mifflin Publishing Co., Batavia, IL. He also assisted with the...
Philip Clifford Atteberry
Jan 18, 2012
Philip Clifford Atteberry, 74, died January 18, 2012, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born December 12, 1937, in Larned, the son of Clifford C. and Wanda Mae Artz Atteberry. He was a lifetime area resident. He graduated from Larned High School in 1956, and entered the United States Marine Corps, Tanks-Recon in 1956. Then he went into law...
Joann M. Halling
Jan 8, 2012
Hanston – JoAnn M. Halling, 86, died January 8, 2012, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born July 14, 1925, at Rozel, the daughter of Harvey and Maggie Milton Unruh. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and was a retired bookkeeper for the Coop in Hanston. She was a member of the United Methodist Church...
