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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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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