Albert Earl Querbach
Jul 27, 2011
Hanston – Albert Earl Querbach, 91, died July 27, 2011, in Hanston. He was born January 18, 1920, at Hanston, the son of William John and Ellen Jane Baldrey Querbach. He was a well-known and respected farmer/rancher who lived most of his life in the Hanston area except for in the mid 1920's when the family moved to Montrose, Colorado,...
Wayne H. Ward
Jul 26, 2011
Wayne H. Ward, 89 passed peacefully on Tuesday, July 26th in Loveland, Colorado where he has resided for the last four years. Wayne was born on April 22, 1922 in Elmdale, Kansas to William H. and Beth Ward. On June 19, 1943 he married Jean Drummond in Emporia, Kansas. He attended Elmdale schools and in 1940 he was named the...
Cheryl R. Lytle
Jul 22, 2011
Larned - Cheryl R. Lytle, 67, died July 22, 2011 at the Country Place Senior Living Center, Larned, KS. She was born July 31, 1943 in Great Bend. She was the daughter of Chet and Elaine (Davidson) Lytle. Her pre-school years were spent in Belpre, KS. The family moved to Leoti, KS during her elementary school years. For 40 years...
Ruth V. Wells
Jul 21, 2011
Ruth V. Wells, 91 died July 21, 2011 at Via Christi St. Joseph Campus in Wichita. She was born October 28, 1919 in Kinsley, Kansas the daughter of Harry and Gladys Jones Husted. A longtime resident of Larned, she had been employed by Doerr's Mercantile and the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church,...
Jayme W. Salmans
Jul 16, 2011
Garden City – Jayme W. Salmans, 56, died July 16, 2011, at his home in Garden City. He was born April 1, 1955, in Great Bend, the son of Francis and Delores Service Salmans. He was a longtime area resident. He was of the christian faith and loved to play with trains and big trucks. Survivors include: father, Francis Salmans,...
George Van Vleet
Jul 9, 2011
Jetmore - George Van Vleet, 83, died July 9, 2011, at his home. He was born June 20, 1928 at Goodwell, Oklahoma, the son of George and Myrtle (Henderson) Van Vleet. He came with his family from the Greely County area in 1937 in a drought to Valley township where he died in a drought. He raised hogs and cattle...
Vernon Wilbur Smith
Jun 22, 2011
Vernon Wilbur Smith, 99, died June 22, 2011 at the Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse. He was born December 10, 1911, the son of Arthur & Iona Newport Smith. A lifetime area resident, he was a Farmer. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, and Lions Club both of Burdett, a former bank Director of Burdett State Bank...
Douglas E. Thomas
Jun 20, 2011
Jetmore - Douglas E. Thomas, 62, died June 20, 2011, at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City. He was born March 4, 1949, at Dodge City, the son of Lewis Gilbert and Lucille B. Rynerson Thomas. He was a schoolteacher at Sharon Springs prior to moving to Hanston in 1976. He was a truck driver and equipment operator around the Hodgeman...
Roy Connelly
Jun 16, 2011
Roy "Bill" Connelly, 69, died June 16, 2011 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born September 17, 1941 in Hutchinson, the son of Isom Roy and Elizabeth Williams Connelly. A longtime area resident, he was a Printer for 25 years then a Larned Juvenile Justice Authority for 21years at the Larned State Hospital. He was a member...
Donna Cauble
Jun 16, 2011
Donna Cauble, 74, died June 16, 2011 at her home. She was born June 25, 1936 at Garden City, the daughter of Albert and Stella McFessell Strader. A lifetime area resident, she was a Homemaker and retired Interior Decorator. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Larned and the Zook EHU. On November 22, 1953 she married...
Dorothy Hannah
Jun 15, 2011
Memorial Service for Dorothy Hannah will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Trinity United Methodist Church, Great Bend with Pastor Jeffery Slater presiding. Inurnment will be in the Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore. Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore is in charge of arrangements
Clarence (Pete) N. Webster
Jun 13, 2011
Hanston – Clarence N. (Pete) Webster, 86, died June 13, 2011 at the Hamilton County Hospital in Syracuse, Kansas. He was born March 22, 1925 at Burdett, Kansas, the son of Dewey and Anna Beil Webster, He was a Farmer and Mechanic. He moved from Hanston to Syracuse a Year and half ago. He was a member of the United...
Jackie K. Walker
Jun 13, 2011
Rockport, Texas - Jackie Kaylene Walker, 74, died June 13, 2011 in Rockport, Texas. She was born June 17, 1936 in Sun City, Kansas the daughter of Byron W. and Ruby N. (Olmsted) Quinby. She married the love of her life, Robert H. Walker, Jr., on September 14, 1957 and lived most of her life in Larned. Jackie was a...
William R. Rasmussen
Jun 10, 2011
Jetmore – William R. Rasmussen, 85, died at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore, Kansas. He was born November 28, 1925 at Jetmore, the son of Louis and Sarah Fern Benge Rasmussen. He was a Farmer and Business owner of R&R Auto Parts Supplies both in Jetmore. He was a member of the Church of Christ, Dodge City;...
Kolita Ann Hullett
Jun 5, 2011
Kolita Ann Hullett, 66, died June 5, 2011, at the Leisure Homestead, St. John, Kansas. She was born September 27, 1944, in Larned, the daughter of William F. and Viola M. Marlett Kirchgassner. She was a Juvenile Correctional Officier for the Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility. She was a lifetime area resident of Larned. She attended the United Methodist Church, Larned...
Jeane Debes
Jun 1, 2011
LARNED- Lores Jeane Debes, 74, died June 1, 2011, at the Cox Hospital, Springfield, MO. She was born September 6, 1936, in Bunker Hill, KS, the daughter of Siegmund and Katherine Herdt Steinert. She married Bernard J. Debes on November 12, 1971 at Great Bend, Kansas. Survivors include two sons, Brad Weaver and wife Susan of Springfield, Missouri and Rod...
Billie Darlene Denton
May 23, 2011
Larned - Billie Darlene Denton, 76 died May 23, 2011 at Larned Healthcare Center. She was born November 25, 1934 in El Dorado the daughter of William Adolphus and Beulah Fanning Noel. Moving from El Dorado to Larned; she was a Cook for the El Dorado School District and also worked at the El Dorado State Lake Marina. She was...
Rolla Galen Renfro
May 4, 2011
Larned – Rolla Galen Renfro, 73, died May 4, 2011 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born October 14, 1937 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Rolla G. and Viola B. (Elmore) Renfro. A Larned resident most of his life, he was a guard at the Larned Correctional Metal Health Facility, Larned retiring in 2005. He...
Ellen L. Boyd
May 2, 2011
Larned – Ellen L. Boyd, 88, died Monday, May 2, 2011 at her son's home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born August 9, 1922 at Burrton, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Edna (Shinn) Cochran. A resident of Larned since 1947 moving from Wichita, she was a retired Licensed Mental Health Technician at Larned State Hospital. She was a...
Donna Mae Clutts
Apr 29, 2011
Donna Mae Clutts, 71, died April 29, 2011 at the Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born October 4, 1939 in California, the daughter of Roy and Blanche Arnold Forgy. A lifetime area resident, she was an Administrative Assistant for the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and VFW Ladies Auxiliary, both of...
