Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Jul 26, 2009

Jetmore – Robert L. Crabill, 87, died July 26, 2009 at Hodgeman County Long Term Care Center, Jetmore. He was born May 26, 1922, in Norton County, the son of Fred P. and Jessie M. Patterson Crabill. He attended rural school in Norton County and graduated May, 1939, from Norcatur, Kansas Rural High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army...

Jul 24, 2009

Hanston – Isaac David Korf, 17, died July 24, 2009 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. He was born February 24, 1992, in Yekaterinburg, Russia. He was adopted by Darren Korf and Shannon Gleason on September 30, 1997 and became a US citizen on August 19, 1998. He was a student and a farmer. He attended the Hanston Mennonite...

Jul 23, 2009

Larned – Sarah Lucile Plowman, 93, died July 23, 2009 at her home in Larned. She was born March 28, 1916 at Carlisle, Arkansas, the daughter of John T. and Bertha E. Nettleton Oldham. Living in Larned since 1990 moving from Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of Christ, Larned. She married C....

Jul 20, 2009

Watch Video Tribute Larned – Gerald E. Hertach, 63, died July 20, 2009 at his home in Kansas City, Missouri.

He was born May 12, 1946 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Leo A. Jr. and Mary Frances Oberle Hertach. In 2002 he retired from practicing law.

He was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual...

Jul 16, 2009

Larned – Elton L. Johnson 83, died July 16, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation, Great Bend. He was born February 27, 1926 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Gilbert Martin and Lena Margaret Bortz Johnson. A lifetime Larned resident he was a farmer. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Larned. On May 21, 1950...

Jul 14, 2009

Watch Video Tribute LARNED- Nina M. Vratil, 90, died July 14, 2009, at the Larned Healthcare Center, Larned.

She was born May 30, 1919, in Pawnee County, the daughter of Thomas and Fidelis Bodine Wimberly. A long-time Larned resident, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Altar Society, Larned.

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Jul 3, 2009

Pawnee Rock – Donald Boman, 68, died July 3, 2009 at the Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson. He was born April 4, 1941 at Parsons, Kansas the son of Chester and Hazel Sprinkle Boman. A lifetime Pawnee County Resident he was an oil field worker and farmer. He was a member of Bass Masters. On October 14, 1967, he...

Jul 3, 2009

Watch Video Jetmore – Sandra (Sandy) Kay Betz, 64, died July 3, 2009 at her home in Jetmore. She was born November 30, 1944, in Ness City, the daughter of George & Marie Scott Knotts. On May 28, 1962, Sandy married Donnie Betz in Miami, Oklahoma. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Ness City and a...