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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...

Betty Jane Dryden-Monical

Betty Jane Dryden-Monical

Sep 10, 2011

Larned – Betty Jane Dryden-Monical, 89, died September 10, 2011, at Country Place Senior Living, Larned. She was born June 16, 1922, in Pawnee County, Kansas, the daughter of Bryan T. and A. Edna Linder Williamson. A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and secretary. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Farm Bureau...

Terry Ray Foos

Terry Ray Foos

Sep 3, 2011

Terry Ray Foos, 60, passed away September 3, 2011 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born February 11, 1951 in Great Bend, the son of Theodore C. and Glendoris Rein Foos-Blattner. A lifetime area resident; he was a member of the United Methodist Church, Burdett and the Assistant Director for the Burdett EMS, and a volunteer for the...

Wendell W. Fertig

Wendell W. Fertig

Sep 3, 2011

Garfield - Wendell Wayne Fertig, 86, passed away September 3, 2011 at the Medicalodge, Kinsley. He was born June 10, 1925 in Garfield; the son of Frank Abraham and Freda Blume Fertig. A lifetime area resident he was a farmer. He was of the Christian Faith. On April 3, 1955 he married Patty Jane Blackburn at Larned. She passed away...

Wayne J. Seba

Wayne J. Seba

Sep 1, 2011

LARNED-Wayne J. Seba, 77, died September, 1, 2011 at Denver, CO. He was born March 8, 1934 in Pawnee County, KS, the son of John and Louise Josefiak Seba. He graduated from Rozel High School, Rozel, KS, in 1952, worked as a cement mason in Denver, CO, and retired in 1984. He enjoyed fishing in the Colorado mountains with his...

Alice Katherine Elizabeth Ebert

Alice Katherine Elizabeth Ebert

Aug 31, 2011

Larned - Alice Katherine Elizabeth Ebert, 94, passed away August 31, 2011, Dallas, Oregon. She was born April 17, 1917 in Barton, County, KS, the daughter of Fred and Ann Steinert Heinze. A lifetime area resident, moving to Oregon in 2008; she was a Licensed Mental Health Technician for the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the American...

Alice Marie Chaffee

Alice Marie Chaffee

Aug 30, 2011

Alice Marie Eakin Chaffee, 80, passed away July 24, 2011 at her home in McAllen, Texas. Memorial Service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 at the United Methodist Church, Burdett; with Pastor Brad McCoy presiding. Inurnment will be in the Brown's Grove Cemetery, Burdett. Memorials may be given to the Paralyzed Veterans or the Local Food Bank, both in...

Joe Slavin

Joe Slavin

Aug 29, 2011

Joe Slavin, a longtime resident of Burdett, Kansas walked on peacefully at the age of 94, on August 29th, 2011. One of eleven children, Joe was born on December 18th, 1916 to parents James Slavin and Dellie Ott Slavin. He resided in Lexington, Oklahoma until age 16 where after obtaining permission from his father, James Slavin, hitchhiked throughout the United...

James F. English

James F. English

Aug 18, 2011

James "Tex" English, 74, died August 18, 2011, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born September 15, 1936, in Texas. A longtime area resident, he was a truck driver. He was of the protestant faith and a member of the Lion's Club, Larned. On Feb. 11, 1971, he married Anne A. Robbins at Larned. She died December 13,...

Velma Harman

Velma Harman

Aug 9, 2011

Velma Harman – 77, died August 9, 2011, at her home in Garfield. She was born March 5, 1934, in Stafford County, the daughter of James Henry and Carrie Weve Cassady. A longtime area resident, she was a USD #495 school bus driver. She was a member of the Fort Larned Lions Club. On February 18, 1954, she married G-...

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