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Iva Mae Grandy

Iva Mae Grandy

Jan 3, 2010

Iva Mae Grandy died on January 3rd at Hays Medical Center after a lengthy battle with congestive heart failure. She was born September 23rd, 1919 in Newton, KS, the daughter of Troy and Pearl Vesper. She met Harold Grandy at Garfield High School, and they were married October 22, 1937. They made Garfield their home while raising their family. She...

Lisa Deann Land

Lisa Deann Land

Jan 1, 2010

Dodge City – Lisa DeAnn Land, 44, died January 1, 2010 at her home in Dodge City. She was born December 3, 1965, in Dodge City, the daughter of Claude E. and Lena M. Horn Worley. A lifetime area resident of Dodge City, she was a school cook. On June 23, 1984 she married Wayne Land in Dodge City. He...

Hans Martin Nielson, Jr.

Hans Martin Nielson, Jr.

Dec 28, 2009

Jetmore - Hans Martin Nielson Jr., 86, died December 28, 2009 at the Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. He was born April 5, 1923 in Hodgeman County, the son of Hans and Mary F. Angelton Nielson. A longtime area resident, he was a hog farmer and a retired Coop truck driver. He was of the Catholic faith, and a...

Lucille Kathryn Spreier

Lucille Kathryn Spreier

Dec 27, 2009

Rozel – Lucille K. Spreier, 92, died December 27, 2009 at Larned Healthcare Center, Larned. She was born December 15, 1917 at Dawson Springs, Kentucky, the daughter of Verdie and Callie Young. A longtime Rozel resident, she was a homemaker. On July 23, 1936 she married John Franz at Garden City. He died August 23, 1977. On January 3, 1979...

George Raymond Sydow

George Raymond Sydow

Dec 27, 2009

Larned – George R. Sydow, 87, died December 27, 2009 at Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 5, 1922 at Lincoln Nebraska, the son of George Frederick and Rose Mae Burge Sydow. He was a Master Mechanic , working for a Chevron Station in Vernon City of Industry, Los Angles, California. He retired from U.S. Army serving...

Mary Frances Worley

Mary Frances Worley

Dec 25, 2009

Hanston – Mary Frances Worley, 82, died December 25, 2009, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore. She was born January 5, 1927 in Hodgeman County, the daughter of Clarence Elmer and Lelia Ruth Ruff Salmans. She was a longtime resident, as well as a homemaker. She belonged to the First Baptist Church, V.F.W. Women's Auxiliary, Senior Center, all of...

Hazel B. Holman

Hazel B. Holman

Dec 24, 2009

Larned – Hazel B. Holman, 102, died December 24, 2009 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. She was born June 23, 1907 at Larned the daughter of Henry Franklin and Amelia Miller Barstow. She was a retired retail clerk for the Lynch Drug Store in Larned. She had moved to Lakeland, Florida, and later moved to Salina in...

Glenn E. Bryant

Glenn E. Bryant

Dec 24, 2009

Larned – Glenn E. Bryant, 71, died December 23, 2009 at St. Francis Via Christi, Wichita, Kansas. He was born August 21, 1938 at Great Bend, the son of Ralph Lester and Ida Panning Bryant. A resident of Larned since 1962 moving from Rozel, he was raised in the Ellinwood area. He was a member of the United Methodist Church,...

Dwight Lee Smith

Dwight Lee Smith

Dec 17, 2009

Dwight Lee Smith, 92, died December 17, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born August 3, 1917 in Hodgeman County, the son of Curtis D. and Blanche H. Haywood Smith. A Larned resident since 1936 moving from the Hanston-Jetmore area; he was a painter. He was baptized in the United Methodist Church of Jetmore, Veterans of...

Evelyn M. Cossman

Evelyn M. Cossman

Dec 11, 2009

Jetmore – Evelyn E. Cossman, 84, died December 11, 2009 at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. She was born January 12, 1925 at Spearville the daughter of Hiram and Bessie Bomberger Colburn. She was Homemaker/Farm wife. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Women, Past School Board Member all of Jetmore. On August 3,...

Claude E Worley

Claude E Worley

Dec 8, 2009

Dodge City – Claude E. Worley, 84, died December 8, 2009 at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover. He was born November 26, 1925, in Hanston, the son of Chester and Herime Goller Worley. A lifetime area resident, he was an Electronic Technician. He was of the Christian Faith and served in the United States Army. On November 10, 1950, he...

Sherry L. Law

Sherry L. Law

Dec 4, 2009

Jetmore – Sherry L. Law, 55, died December 4, 2009 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born December 29, 1953, in Dodge City, the daughter of Stephen and Evelyn Baldwin Krueger. A longtime area resident, she was in the nursing field and management. Survivors include: three sons, David Romesburg, Jetmore, Danny Romesburg, Dodge City, Ricky Krueger, Tulsa,...

Kindle Bret Rouse

Kindle Bret Rouse

Nov 30, 2009

Larned - Kindle Bret Rouse, 37, died November 30, 2009 at his home, Larned. He was born March 29, 1972 in Larned, the son of Walter B. and Ethel E. Whited Rouse. A longtime area resident he was an LPN II and an EMT I. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Church of the...

Patricia Marae Seeman

Patricia Marae Seeman

Nov 29, 2009

Larned - Patricia Marae Seeman, 57, died November 29, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born November 20, 1952 at Larned, the daughter of Vernon Lawrence and Mary Ann Desemo Schartz. A longtime resident, she was an Administration Assistant at the Larned Correctional Facility, Larned. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and also...

Wallace Edwin Cherry

Wallace Edwin Cherry

Nov 16, 2009

Larned - Wallace Edwin Cherry, 87 died November 16, 2009 at his home in Larned. He was born October 15, 1922 in Wichita, the son of Esezra and Blanche Newton Cherry. A resident of Larned since 1977 moving from Beloit, he was a retired Life Insurance Agent. He attended the Larned First Christian Church, was a member of the VFW,...

Margaret Ruth Corbet

Margaret Ruth Corbet

Nov 14, 2009

Larned- Margaret Ruth Corbet, 87, died peacefully at her home in Larned, November 14, 2009, after a lengthy and complicated illness. She was born September 20, 1922, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to William L. and Ruth J. Keene Buzzard. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1940 and from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in...

Ruth L. Buehler

Ruth L. Buehler

Nov 5, 2009

Larned – Ruth L. Buehler, 93, died November 5, 2009 at Larned Healthcare, Larned. She was born July 8, 1916 at Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Lester E. and Lena (Cook) Proffitt. A prior resident of Great Bend moving to Larned in 2002, she was a homemaker and nurse aid at Gleason Hospital and St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned....

Connie L. Burger

Connie L. Burger

Oct 28, 2009

Larned – Connie Loreen Burger, 55, died October 28, 2009 at Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita. She was born May 1, 1954 in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Slim and Bonnie Bee Buller Elder. A Larned resident since 1973 moving from McPherson, she was the Head Cook at the Larned Middle School. On October 29, 1971 she married Kennith Leon...

Hazel Elaine Fairchild

Hazel Elaine Fairchild

Oct 25, 2009

Larned - Hazel Elaine Fairchild, 97, died October 25, 2009 at the Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born March 9, 1912 in Larned, the daughter of Harry E. and Catherine Torrance Hartman. A lifetime area resident, she was a Homemaker. On November 21, 1931 she married Keith Armstrong at Kinsley, he died April 7, 1961. In 1967...

Maloy D. Breitenbach

Maloy D. Breitenbach

Oct 24, 2009

Great Bend - Maloy D. Breitenbach, 91, died October 24, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. He was born July 27, 1918 in Belpre, the son of Peter and Glenna Noble Breitenbach. A lifetime area resident of Belpre moving to Great Bend, he was a farmer. He was a member of the Kiwanis in Belpre and Great Bend,...

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