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Larry Carver

Larry Carver

Nov 23, 2011

Larned - Larry Carver,60, died November, 23, 2011 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. The Body has been Cremated and No service are planned at this time.

Hazel Frances Timken

Hazel Frances Timken

Nov 23, 2011

JETMORE-Hazel Francis Timken went to be with the Lord November 23, 2011, at The Good Samaritan Center, Hays. She was born September 11, 1912, on the Ed Frizell ranch close to Fort Larned, the daughter of John and Lillie Miller Bird. They moved to the Frizell farm on the Pawnee River twelve miles northwest of Jetmore. She grew up there...

Linda Gayle Converse

Linda Gayle Converse

Nov 22, 2011

Garfield - Linda Gayle Converse, 69 passed away November 22, 2011 at her home. She was born November 10, 1942 in Larned, the daughter of Leo and Elaine Williams Galliart. A lifetime area resident she was a Music Teacher. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Garfield; The Larned Music Club, Rotary International, Larned, a member of the...

Virginia L. Shortridge

Virginia L. Shortridge

Nov 17, 2011

Jetmore – Virginia Lee Shortridge, 80, died November 17, 2011, at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born February 7, 1931, at Hays, the daughter of Henry F. and Joyce Lyon Foreman. A lifetime area resident, she was a retired CNA at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, 4-H Leader,...

Arlyn W. Buzz Bradford

Arlyn W. Buzz Bradford

Nov 15, 2011

ARLYN W. "BUZZ" BRADFORD Arlyn W. "Buzz" Bradford, age 77, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri passed away at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at the Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon. He was born September 4, 1934 in Jetmore, Kansas, the son of Israel White and Edith Lorraine (Blecha) Bradford. Buzz, as he was affectionately known, was a 1952...

Fern D. Nelson

Fern D. Nelson

Nov 14, 2011

Fern D. Nelson, age 86, died September 30, 2011, in Lemoore, CA. She was born September 18, 1925, in Stafford County, KS, to Arthur and Eva Burns Buhrer. She was married to Harold McWithey and, later, to Charles Nelson. Both are deceased. She is survived by three sons—Gary McWithey, Ronnie McWithey, and Michael Nelson, all of California—and by 12 grandchildren...

Kay Leet

Kay Leet

Nov 12, 2011

Jetmore – Carolyn "Kay" Leet, 72, died November 12, 2011, at Oakwood Annapolis Hospital, Wayne, Michigan. She was born May 18, 1939, in Dodge City, the daughter of Olin E. and Marie I. Nelson Shumard. Her given name was Carolyn Kay, but she always went by Kay. During WWII she lived in Marquette, Kansas, and after the war her family...

John Roy Van Cleave

John Roy Van Cleave

Nov 6, 2011

John Roy Van Cleave 99, passed away November 6, 2011 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born August 11, 1912 in Toronto, the son of Roy C. and Nellie Stump Van Cleave. A Longtime area resident; he was a farmer. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Larned, the W.P.A., the Master of Grange...

Leo R. Schinstock

Leo R. Schinstock

Nov 4, 2011

Leo Schinstock, 66, died November 4, 2011, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born November 2, 1945, at Great Bend, the son of Joseph and Edna Countryman Schinstock. A lifetime area resident, he was an Entrepreneur. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned, was a 4-H leader, A Township Trustee, a member of the...

Virgie J. Rector

Virgie J. Rector

Nov 2, 2011

Virgie J. Rector, 79 passed away November 2, 2011 at Larned Healthcare Center. She was born October 1, 1932, the daughter of Charles T. Dalton Sr. and Alta Leatherman. A Larned resident since 1975 moving from Dodge City, she was a Licensed Mental Health Aide for the Larned State Hospital. She was of the Christian Faith. On April 15, 1948...

Mary Ann Gibbs

Mary Ann Gibbs

Oct 30, 2011

Jetmore – Mary Ann Gibbs, 72, died October 30, 2011 at her home in Jetmore. She was born March 1, 1939, at Ness County, Ks., the daughter of Harvey and Anna Sophia Klinge Hertel. A lifetime area resident, she was retired from the Hodgeman County Register of Deeds, Jetmore. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, American Legion...

Thelma "Wanda" Nelson

Thelma "Wanda" Nelson

Oct 29, 2011

Larned - Thelma Wandalee "Wanda" Nelson, 81, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, was called from this earth on October 29, 2011, due to congestive heart failure. She was nearly a lifetime resident of Pawnee County. Wanda was born in her grandparent's farmhouse bedroom in Reno County, Kansas, July 27, 1930 to Willard K. Wright and Marie O. Wright. She...

Mina Berryman

Mina Berryman

Oct 24, 2011

Larned – Mina Berryman, 89, died October 24, 2011, at her home in Larned. She was born November 27, 1921, in Kinsley, the daughter of Leslie L. and Martha Amerine Mack. A lifetime area resident, she was a retail sales agent. She was a member of the First Christian Church and V.F.W. Auxiliary, both of Larned and the Eagles of...

Carl D. Immenschuh

Carl D. Immenschuh

Oct 22, 2011

Larned – Carl Dean Immenschuh, 70, died October 22, 2011 at Promise Regional Hospital, Hutchinson, of asbestos related lung cancer. Born April 18, 1941, at the family home in Fellsburg, Ks. the son of Edward and Bernice Ingraham Immenschuh. He attended the University of California-Riverside. Carl & Vallene started Pelican Photographics, The Pelican Press and the Kinsley Graphic. He was...

Jack B. Stairrett

Jack B. Stairrett

Oct 21, 2011

Jetmore – Jack B. Stairrett, 77, died October 21, 2011 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born September 2, 1934, at Winfield, Kansas, the son of Leonard L. and Louisa M. Frusher Stairrett. He was a farmer and stockman. He was of the Christian faith. He was a member of the American Legion, served in the U.S. Army's 82nd...

Doris May Clutter

Doris May Clutter

Oct 14, 2011

Doris M. Clutter, 93, died, October 14, 2011 at Midland hospice, Topeka. She was born Feb.6 1918 at, Radium, Kansas, the daughter of Lotus and Ethyl Cromer Zink. She was a longtime Larned resident. During World War II she worked at Boeing for two and one half years. While at Boeing she saw the first B-29 come off the line...

Dawn Suzanne Hardgrove-Thornton

Dawn Suzanne Hardgrove-Thornton

Oct 7, 2011

Jetmore – Dawn Suzanne Hardgrove Thornton, 45, of Dover, New Hampshire, died October 7, 2011. She was born September 27, 1966, in Dodge City, the daughter of Dean and Linda (Spreier) Hardgrove. She worked for Liberty Mutual Insurance for 20 years. Her current position was Unit Manager of Excessive Claims & Workers Compensation Claims in the Commercial Markets Examining Unit...

Steven D. Alsup

Steven D. Alsup

Sep 27, 2011

Larned - Steven D. Alsup, 60, passed away September 27, 2011 at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri. He was born February 4, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The son of Clarence R. and Norma L. Brantley Alsup; A resident of Larned for the past 10 years. He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church, Larned. On...

Amil A. Hanson

Amil A. Hanson

Sep 25, 2011

Amil A. Hanson, 95, passed away September 25, 2011 at the Larned Healthcare Center. He was born April 18, 1916 in rural Pawnee County. The son of Axel and Mae Nelson Hanson; a lifetime area resident he was a farmer/stockman. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend, he sat on the Pawnee County COOP board, a...

Tina Louise Phillips

Tina Louise Phillips

Sep 13, 2011

Larned - Tina Louise Phillips-Marler, 46, passed away September 13, 2011 at her daughters home, Larned. She was born October 20, 1964 in Sparta, Illinois; the daughter of Stanley Stanko, Charles Sylvester and Judith Ann Carlyle Marler. A Larned resident since 1984, moving from Scott City; she worked in Dietary at the Larned State Hospital and also various restaurants. She...

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