Loren "Tink" Ralph Parr
Jan 18, 2011
Larned – Loren "Tink" R. Parr, 64, died January 18, 2011 at the Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson. He was born November 7, 1946 at Medicine Lodge, Kansas the son of Joe F. and Faye I. Wood Parr. A lifetime Larned, Macksville resident, he was former owner of Jim's Septic Tank and Parr Backhoe Service. He was a member...
Leta Viva Nelson
Jan 13, 2011
Garfield – Leta Viva Nelson, 98, died January 13, 2011 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, Kansas. She was born September 26, 1912 at Rozel, Kansas the daughter of Edgar and Hattie Steeley Van Eaton. A former resident on a farm between Newton and Wichita, moving to a farm in Leon, Kansas in 1942, and then to a farm...
Dennis Ray Hunt
Jan 8, 2011
Larned – Dennis Ray Hunt, 46, died January 8, 2011 at his home in Larned. He was born September 1, 1964 at Larned, the son of Dennis James and Carolyn (Swartz) Hunt. A lifetime Larned resident he had been a Psychiatric Aid at Larned State Hospital. Survivors include: his mother, Carolyn Hunt, Larned; twin brothers, Michael Dean, Garfield, Mark Allen,...
Beverly Louise Kolb
Dec 18, 2010
Beverly Louise Kolb, 80, died December 18, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born February 22, 1930 in Ottawa; the daughter of Leo Clarence and Frances Louise Doty Howard. A former resident of Pawnee Rock, moving to Great Bend in 2008; she was a telephone operator for the South Western Bell and Larned State Hospital. She...
Sue Greathouse
Dec 11, 2010
Larned- Sue Greathouse, 67, died December 11, 2010, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born September 6, 1943 in Wagner, Oklahoma, the daughter of David L. and Edna Mae Wiley Shearrer. A lifetime Larned resident, she was a Registered Nurse at Larned State Hospital for 38 years. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary; American...
Eric Rulon Colglazier
Dec 7, 2010
Larned - Eric Rulon Colglazier, 61, died Decemeber 7, 2010 at Hays Medical Center. He was born May 3, 1949 in Great Bend, the son of Harlan Dean and Jadene Eva Stickler Colglazier. A lifetime Pawnee County resident, he was a Registered Nurse for the Larned State Hospital. He was a member of and a Deacon at the First Southern...
Arlene Velma Avery
Dec 7, 2010
Larned - Arlene Velma Avery, 91 died December 7, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born January 6, 1919 in Rush County, Kansas; the daughter of Emil K. and Antoinette Vesecky Kaufman. A lifetime Pawnee county resident; she was a Homemaker. She was of the Christian Faith. She enjoyed visiting with the Wendy's Coffee group, was a 4-H...
Milton Lee Berger
Nov 30, 2010
Jetmore – Milton Lee Berger, 82, died November 30, 2010 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. He was born May 5, 1928 in Hodgeman County, the son of Theodore & Ellen Lupfer Berger Sr. a longtime resident of Jetmore. He was a tool & dye machinist at Curtis Machine, managed South West Grain, Jetmore, and an Oil Field Pumper....
Blanche Mary Fern Courtney
Nov 28, 2010
Larned - Blanche Mary Fern Courtney, 94, died November 28, 2010 at her daughter's home in Sumter, South Carolina. She was born December 20, 1915 in Franklin County, Kansas the youngest child of Charles and Clara Curtis Adams. A former resident of Larned moving from Gove Kansas in 1956, she retired in 1978 from the Larned State Hospital where she...
Mary E. Lonnberg
Nov 27, 2010
Jetmore- Mary Elizabeth Lonnberg, 87, died November 27, 2010 at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center of a long illness. She was born November 24, 1923 at Hanston Kansas, The daughter of Wilbur and Annie Baldrey Housman. She was a homemaker and housewife. She belonged to the United Presbyterian Church, the American Legion Aux. Both of Jetmore. On November 8,...
Adelaida Viegra Perez
Nov 26, 2010
Adelaida Viegra Perez (Lile) (Abby), Larned, died Friday, November 26, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with illness. Born in Garfield, KS, December 16, 1940, to Pasqual and Basilia Vieyra, Abby was a 1958 graduate of Garfield High School and lived all of her adult life in Larned. Abby was a devoted mother to eight children and a kind...
Lucille Dante Wilson
Nov 23, 2010
Lucille Dante Wilson, 105, died November 23, 2010 at the Larned Healthcare Center. She was born April 9, 1905 in Topeka; the daughter of William Ezra and Florence Troxell Wilson. A lifetime Larned resident she was a Teacher. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Woman, both of Larned, KNEA, Graduate of University of Kansas in 1933,...
Chester Junior Unruh
Nov 20, 2010
Chester J. Unruh, 87 died November 20, 2010 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, He was born September 21, 1923 in Pawnee County; the son of Chester F. and Erma L. Flick Unruh. A lifetime area resident he was a farmer for over 40 years. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a past member of the Fort Larned...
Kenneth Eugene Ellis
Nov 15, 2010
Larned – Kenneth Eugene Ellis, 61, died November 15, 2010 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born August 31, 1949 at Hays, Kansas the son of Don and Mary Fuller Ellis. A resident of Larned since 1996 moving from Eureka, he was a retired prison guard at Larned Correctional Metal Health facility. He was a member of...
Edgar Allen Drake
Nov 8, 2010
Larned – Edgar Allen Drake, 72, died November 8, 2010 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born June 5, 1938 at Wamego, the son of Malcolm K. and Rheva A. Meskimen Drake. A Larned resident for 1 ½ years moving from Topeka. He was a retired meter man for Westar Energy. He was a member of the...
Joseph L Thoben
Nov 2, 2010
Jetmore – Joseph L. Thoben, 27, died November 2, 2010 at Lawrence, Kansas. He was born December 1, 1982 at Hays, Kansas, the son of Eric Thoben and Janice (Nusser) Thoben. He was a resident of Olathe, Kansas. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Jetmore. Survivors: include: Mother Janice Thoben, Jetmore; Father Eric Thoben, Hurley, New York;...
Velda Irene Ashworth
Oct 29, 2010
Larned - Velda Irene Ashworth, 96 passed away peacefully in her sleep October 29, 2010 at the Larned Health Care Center, Larned. She was born February 26, 1914 on a farm north of Lewis, the daughter of Robinson James and Myrtle Bell Ary Abrams. She graduated from Lewis High School in 1933, and married Myrl Kenneth Ashworth November 28, 1933...
Loretta Anne Fagen
Oct 26, 2010
Larned – Loretta Anne Fagen 76, died October 26, 2010 at Larned Healthcare, Larned. She was born March 29, 1934 at Garfield, the daughter of Thomas "Tim" Oscar and Marguerite Evelyn Giddens Fagen. She was a lifetime Larned resident. She was a member of the Larned United Methodist Church. Survivors include: a brother, Arlyn, Wichita; and a sister, Charlene Bridges,...
Mildred Ruth Spreier
Oct 18, 2010
Mildred Ruth Spreier, 83, died October 18, 2010 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. She was born January 13, 1927 in Hodgeman County, the daughter of Theodore and Ellen Virginia Lupfer Berger. A lifetime area resident of Jetmore and Larned; she taught school for 3 years in Hodgeman County, and worked at the Larned State Hospital for 22 years...
Michael Lee Walter
Oct 16, 2010
Jetmore - Michael Lee Walter, 57, died October 16, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Valley, Nebraska. He was born April 8, 1953 in Jetmore the son of Thomas and Norma Lee Schawe Walter, He was a farmer, rancher, artist and craftsman. He graduated from Jetmore High School and Fort Hays State University. He was a member of the...
