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Richard "Rich" Eugene Hager
Oct 13, 2009
Richard E. Hager, 88, died October 13, 2009, with his son by his side. As was Rich's wish, he will be laid to rest in the family plot in Belpre, Kansas. A graveside service will be held on November 7, 2009 at 3 p.m. with Rev. Bill Fitzgerrel presiding the service will be conducted by Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned. A...
Roy B. Bauer Jr.
Oct 10, 2009
Larned – Roy B. Bauer Jr. 77, died October 10, 2009 in Pawnee County, Kansas. He was born October 3, 1932 at, St Rose Hospital in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Roy Bauer Sr., and Katie Gipson Bauer. He was a life-long farmer/stockman in the Pawnee Rock/Radium areas. Roy was a talented artist. He was a member of Sacred...
Elma Lillian Kershner
Oct 8, 2009
Elma Lillian Kershner, formerly of Rozel, died at St Ann's Rest Home in Oklahoma City, Thursday October 8th, at the age of 100. The funeral service will be held at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned on Monday October 12 at 10:00 a.m. Family will recieve friends from 9 a.m. until service time at the mortuary Monday. More information will be posted...
Shirley M. Vonfeldt
Oct 2, 2009
LARNED- Shirley M. VonFeldt, 72, died October 2, 2009 at the Larned Healthcare Center with her family at her side. She was born March 22, 1937, at Victoria, the daughter of Edwin and Armella Dreiling Schmidtberger, she was a housewife. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and the Altar Society. On July 21, 1954, she married...
George Ernest York
Oct 2, 2009
Burdett - George E. York, 90, died October 2, 2009 at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. He was born April 28, 1919 in Hodgeman County the son of Harry Brown and Elsie Burnett York. A resident of the Burdett area for many years he was a Farmer, Stockman. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Burdett and the...
Richard (Doc) White
Sep 30, 2009
Hanston - Richard Allan (Doc) White, 86, died September 30, 2009 at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. He was born May 29, 1923 in Wilmore, the son of John H. and Zelma Baker White. A lifetime area resident; he was a rural mail carrier for the Postal Service. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Boyscouts...
Robert D. Moore Sr.
Sep 29, 2009
Dodge City - Robert D. Moore Sr., 80, died September 29, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born March 1, 1929 in Leavenworth, the son of Daniel and Mary Wallace Moore. A lifetime area resident, he was a contractor. He was a member of the Classic Scratch Bowling League and a lifetime member of the American...
Wincle O. Shearrer
Sep 28, 2009
Great Bend - Wincle Shearrer, 76, died Sept. 28, 2009 at the Medicalodge, Douglas. He was born November 20, 1932 in Wagner, Oklahoma, the son of David Lee and Edna Mae Witt Shearrer. A lifetime area resident of Great Bend, he was a construction worker. He was a member of the Eagles in Great Bend. Survivors include; a son, Terry,...
Terry Lee Einspahr
Sep 25, 2009
Larned - Terry Lee Einspahr, 59, died September 25, 2009 at his home, Larned. He was born February 21, 1950 in Kensington. The son of Lula B. Hanson: a resident of Larned since March of 2008, moving from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a Food Service Worker. Terry served in the Army and loved fishing. On April 2, 2003...
Brandon Lee Hammeke
Sep 19, 2009
Belpre - Brandon Lee Hammeke, 27, died September 19, 2009 in Pawnee County, Kansas. He was born November 23, 1981 in Great Bend, the son of Joe A Hammeke and Shirley J. Fox Hammeke, he was a Farmer and avid hunter. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned, the 4-H Zook Zippers, National Rifle Association and...
Jane Garcia
Sep 18, 2009
Larned - Jane Garcia 87, died September 18, 2009 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 29, 1922 in Dodge City, the daughter of Ponciano E. and Carmen S. Serbantez Garcia. A lifetime Larned resident, she was a Beautician at the Larned State Hospital. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Alter Society, she also...
Eleanor Allyn Winkler
Sep 5, 2009
Rozel - Eleanor A. Winkler died September 5, 2009, in Chandler, Arizona. She was born Eleanor Allyn Thompson on Oct. 25, 1917, in Pawnee County, Kansas. Her parents were Edward and Catherine Thompson, and with her sibling lived east of Larned. In 1935 she married Howard Winkler and lived north of Rozel on the family farm. There she and Howard...
Amber Rose Schmitt
Aug 30, 2009
Burdett - Amber Rose Schmitt, 17, died, August 30, 2009 near Jetmore. She was born March 28, 1992 in Newton, the daughter of Bill and Amy D. Skinner Schmitt. She was a Senior at Pawnee Heights High School, Rozel, and a former student at Macksville. She was a member of; Kays, 4-H, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, many after school...
Lula May Ellis
Aug 30, 2009
Rozel - Lula May Ellis, 97, died August 30, 2009 at Larned Healthcare Center. She was born November 5, 1911 in Rozel, the daughter of James Henry and Nellie Bell Stilts. A lifetime are a resident, she was a Homemaker. On September 29, 1930 she married Guy Marvin Ellis in Flandreau, South Dakota. He died January 3, 2002. She was...
Edward Bruce Boyd
Aug 23, 2009
Larned - Edward Boyd passed away Sunday morning August 23, 2009 at Aberdeen Heights Assisted Living Center in Tulsa Oklahoma, in the presence of his wife and children, after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born January 31, 1926 at Larned Kansas, the son of Louis Melvin Boyd and Fawney May (Myers) Boyd. A lifelong Pawnee County Kansas...
Donna Louise Robinson
Aug 20, 2009
Larned - Donna Louise Robinson, 70, died August 20, 2009 at Promise Regional Hospital, Hutchinson. She was born May 23, 1939 in Larned. The daughter of John Aurthur and Bernice Maxine Smith Caro, she was a Certified Nurses Aide for Larned Healthcare. She was a member of the Escue Chapel, Red Hatters, Black Heritage Club all of Larned and also...
Adrian Walter Fisher
Aug 12, 2009
Larned - Adrian Walter Fisher, 91, died August 12, 2009 at the Country Place Senior Living, Larned. He was born May 4, 1918 in Topeka, Kansas. The son of James Walter and M. Naoma Polley Fisher; he was a retired Pipe Fitter for the State of Kansas and a Mechanical Consultant in Natural Gas and Oil Production. On April 8,...
Elizabeth "Euline" Euline Sloan
Jul 29, 2009
Larned – Elizabeth " Euline" Sloan, 98, died July 29, 2009 at the Larned Healthcare Center, Larned. She was born May 23, 1911 in Larned, the daughter of Clifford Dalis and Julia Frances Potter Hill. A lifetime Pawnee County resident, she was a Supervisor at Ideal Laundry, worked at A. A. Doerr Hardware in Larned and at the Post Office...
Olive Irene Montgomery Rudd
Jul 28, 2009
Belpre - Olive Irene Montgomery Rudd was born March 26, 1917 on the Montgomery farm 3 1/2 miles west of Belpre Kansas, to Maurice Robert and Mabel Ellen McGuire Montgomery. She, to use her words "GRADUATED TO GLORY" on July 28, 2009 in Mesa, Arizona. Olive graduated from Belpre High School as valedictorian of the class of 1934 and married...
Freeda L. Smith
Jul 26, 2009
Burdett - Freeda L. Smith, 95, died July 26, 2009 at the Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse. She was born October 11, 1913 in Competition, Missouri. The daughter of Phillip E. and Myrtle I. Wood Carney. A lifetime area resident, she was a Homemaker and Mother. On December 14, 1947 she married Vernon Wilbur Smith at Lewis. He survives. Other...
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