William J. Cole
Jan 6, 2012
Larned – William J. (Bill) Cole, 65, died January 6, 2012, at his home in Larned. He was born March 21, 1946, at Larned, the son of A.E. and Drusilla Post Cole. A lifetime area resident, he was the Pawnee Coop Service Station Manager and was retired from the Larned State Hospital after 21 years. He was a member of...
Grace Olive Grandy
Jan 2, 2012
Grace Olive Grandy, 90, passed away January 2, 2012 at the Country Place Living Center, Larned. She was born September 20, 1921 in Rozel, the daughter of Louie and Ora Renfro Pfenninger. A lifetime area resident; she was a homemaker. Her family and church were first and foremost in her life. She was a member of the United Methodist Church,...
Earl M. Unruh
Dec 28, 2011
Rozel - Earl M. Unruh, 82, died December 28, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center. He was born August 30, 1929 in rural Pawnee County; the son of Harvey and Maggie Unruh. A lifetime area resident he was a farmer-stockman. He was a member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Ash Valley; the United Methodist Church, Rozel, the Rozel...
Robert S. Dryden
Dec 28, 2011
Larned - On December 28, 2011, the Lord of life and death granted eternal life to His servant and long time Larned resident, Bob Dryden. Robert Scott Dryden was born September 10, 1924, in Pawnee County Kansas, the seventh of eight children born to John Lincoln and Ruth Claire (Scott) Dryden. He was made a redeemed child at his baptism...
Patricia Jean Goertzen
Dec 19, 2011
Larned- Patricia Jean Goertzen, 89, died Dec. 19, 2011, At Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Larned. She was born March 20, 1922, at Hutchinson Ks, the Daughter of Richard and Mildred Switzer Coleman. A schoolteacher she taught at USD 495 school district. She was of the First United Methodist Church, Larned; Patricia graduated from Kansas State University and later obtained a...
John "Lorraine" Couchman
Dec 17, 2011
Garfield – John "Lorraine" Couchman, 78, died December 17, 2011 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born April 25, 1933, at Larned, the son of John and Hazel (Deets) Couchman. He was a farmer/stockman all of his life, retiring in 1998. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Rozel. He graduated from Garfield High School. He...
Janice Lou Boyd
Dec 15, 2011
Janice Boyd passed away Thursday morning December 15th, 2011 at Sapulpa Oklahoma with daughter Heather at her side. Mrs. Boyd was born Janice Lou Dundas January 22nd, 1928 in Osage City Kansas, the daughter of Ned and Ethel (Hanson) Dundas. She attended both Bethany and Sterling Colleges where she studied music. In 1952 she married Edward Boyd of Larned and...
Donald E. Mcwhirt
Dec 13, 2011
Jetmore – Donald E. McWhirt, 79, died December 13, 2011, at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. He was born July 16, 1932, at Cherryvale, Ks., the son of Charles H. and Nellie M. Sawyer McWhirt. He was retired from being a Jetmore High School Principal and a Superintendent for USD 227. He was a member of the...
Tracey L. Sinclair
Dec 11, 2011
Jetmore – Tracey Leon Sinclair, 84, died December 11, 2011, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born July 29, 1927, at Jetmore, the son of Albert T. and Nellie Love Sinclair. He was retired from the Kansas Department of Transportation after 36 years and served as the supervisor. He was a member of the United Methodist Church,...
Elsie Witt
Dec 7, 2011
Elsie Virginia Witt, 99 passed away December 7, 2011 at the Larned Healthcare Center. She was born August 9, 1912 in Cimarron, the daughter of Eugene Camden and Bernice Deem Crow. An area resident since 1997 moving from Cunningham she was a teacher and a receptionist for various nursing facilities. On July 27, 1938 she married E.E. Witt at Cunningham;...
Thomas Leslie Martin
Nov 28, 2011
Thomas Leslie Martin, 69, died Nov. 28, 2011 at his home following a courageous battle against cancer. Born on Sept. 9, 1942 he was the first born son of George Earl and Maxine (Salmans) Martin of Larned, Kansas. Tom graduated from Larned High School, received a bachelor of education degree from Emporia State Teachers College, and a master of education...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
