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Pauline Helen Batman
Jan 8, 2015
Sublette - Pauline Helen Batman, 94, died January 8, 2015 at the Satanta Long Term Care Unit. She was born on January 5, 1921 on the family farm in rural Ford County, near Kingsdown, the daughter of William and Margaret Grace (Isaac) Petrowsky. Pauline attended Kingsdown Schools and graduated in 1939. On September 21, 1940, she married Robert Glen Batman...
Geneva Lucille Van Valkenburg
Jan 7, 2015
MONTEZUMA - Geneva Lucille Van Valkenburg, 97, passed away quietly, surrounded by family, on January 7, 2015 in the home of her daughter and son-in-law Gail and Jim Marvin of Salina. She was born on September 23, 1917 to Frank and Lula (Stover) Steen on a farm near Baldwin City. She attended Franklin County schools, Parsons Junior College, and graduated...
Diana L. Clark-Wiehebrink
Jan 7, 2015
DIANA L. CLARK-WIEHEBRINK Dodge City: Diana L. Clark-Wiehebrink, 59, died January 7, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on June 2, 1955 at Indianapolis, IN the daughter of Donald and Patricia (Reed) O'Brien. Diana served in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was owner of the Park Street Lounge, worked for several years at Pancake...
Ray Kenton
Jan 2, 2015
Dodge City - Ray Kenton, 85, died January 2, 2015 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on February 5, 1929 on the farm south of Ingalls in Gray County, the son of Clifford V. and Mary Naoma (Green) Kenton. Ray was a graduate of Dodge City High School. On August 9, 1947, he married...
Ramona Catherine Hutton
Jan 2, 2015
Dodge City - Ramona Catherine Hutton, 80, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on December 19, 1934 in Dodge City, the daughter of Ralph A. and Marjorie Eileen Pittman. She grew up in Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School and attended Dodge City Junior College. She married Neil...
Wilma (Jones) Ridgway
Dec 28, 2014
Dodge City - Wilma (Jones) Ridgway, 95, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 at , Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City. She was born on February 17, 1919 in Sylvia, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Perry and Mildred (Yust) Jones. She married Harmon L. Ridgway on April 22, 1937 in Dodge City. Wilma and Harmon owned and operated Ideal Laundry and...
Norma J. Unruh
Dec 25, 2014
Montezuma - Norma Jean Smith Unruh joined her family in Heaven on Christmas morning, December 25th, 2014. She was born in Fairview, Oklahoma on September 5, 1928 to Dan and Katie (Nightengale) Smith, the eighth of eleven children. The Smith family life was filled with love, song, adventure and humor. She married the love of her life, Ervey Unruh, on...
Josefina Morales
Dec 25, 2014
Dodge City - Josefina Morales, 76, died December 25, 2014 at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born on May 27, 1938 at Durango, Mexico the daughter of Doroteo and Piedad (Arumbula) . She married Lorenzo Morales in 1954in Chihuahua, Mexico, he survives. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing and knitting. Mrs. Morales was very active in numerous church...
Jose "Roby" Robert Guillen
Dec 24, 2014
JOSE ROBERT "ROBY" GUILLEN DODGE CITY - Jose Robert "Roby" Guillen, 62, died December 24, 2014 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on September 2, 1952 at Dodge City, the son of Joseph and Guadalupe (Moreno) Guillen. On May 8, 1971 he married Dorothy Ramos at Dodge City. She preceded him in death on December 19, 1999....
Barbara Colleen Ross-Carpenter
Dec 21, 2014
BARBARA COLLEEN ROSS-CARPENTER Colorado Springs - Barbara Colleen Ross-Carpenter, 83, died December 21, 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado after a brief illness. Her husband Thaine Carpenter, was by her side. She was born on March 5, 1931 in Phillipsburg, the daughter of Claude and Inez (Barham) Runyan. She grew up and graduated from public school in Almena in 1949. After...
Irene Smith
Dec 18, 2014
Montezuma - Irene Koehn Smith was born to Andrew and Minnie (Schmidt) Koehn on August 12, 1921 at Chickasha, Oklahoma. She was the ninth of eleven children, of which one died at four years of age. Her ninety-three years of time came to an end at midnight on December 18, 2014, in Bethel Home at Montezuma, Kansas. In her childhood...
Cecil Joseph Herron
Dec 16, 2014
SPEARVILLE - Cecil Joseph Herron, 89, died December 16, 2014 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born to Joseph and Iva (Offerle) Herron on February 4, 1925 at Spearville. He was born in the house, grew up and later married and raised a family there. Cecil graduated from Spearville High School in 1943. On June 5,...
Leonard E. Cartmill
Dec 14, 2014
Dodge City - Leonard E. Cartmill, 86, died December 14, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on December 28, 1927 at Blencoe, Iowa. Mr. Cartmill was a veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1946 until 1949. He married Bettie Bienroth Guenthner in October of 1978. She preceded him in death on April 8,...
Roberto Martinez-Marquina
Dec 10, 2014
Dodge City - Roberto Martinez-Marquina, 70, died December 10, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born on June 7, 1944 in Mexico, the son of Concepcion and Feliberta (Marquina) Martinez. Funeral mass will be held at Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 10:00 AM with Rev. Terrance Klein...
Janiece E. Hedrick
Dec 7, 2014
Dodge City - Janiece E. Hedrick, 81, died December 7, 2014 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. She was born on January 17, 1933 at Grand Island , Nebraska the daughter of George and Eva (Roush) Calvin. She married Robert "Bob" Hedrick on February 17, 1957 in Dodge City, he preceded her on October 2, 1992. She worked...
Axel Javier Rivera-Sosa
Dec 4, 2014
Dodge City - Axel Javier Rivera-Sosa, 11 months, died December 4, 2014 at Children's Hospital of Colorado. He was born on December 10, 2013 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Hector Rivera and Ilma Sosa. He is survived by his parents; two brothers, Jonathan Menendez and Gerson Menendez and a sister Arline Menendez, all of Dodge City. Funeral service...
Judith Kay Bird
Dec 3, 2014
Judith Kay Bird, 75, died December 3, 2014 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on October 1, 1939 in Dodge City, the daughter of Joe and Faye (Abbot) Ross. Judith was raised in Meade. She attended Meade High School, graduating in 1957. Judith then went on to further her education at Colorado Women's College for one year,...
Delite Rumsey
Dec 1, 2014
DODGE CITY - Delite Rumsey, 94, died December 1, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on March 5, 1920 at Centerview, the daughter of Thomas and Gertrude (Derley) Welsch. On December 21, 1943 she married George Riley and moved to Wilroads Gardens. He preceded her in death on October 27, 1957. She later married Albert...
Robert "Bob" Neil Hadley
Nov 30, 2014
ROBERT " BOB " HADLEY Dodge City - Robert "Bob" Hadley, 77, died November 30, 2014 at his residence near Dodge City. He was born on January 23, 1937 at Mullinville, Kansas, the son of Jim and Alta (Beckett) Hadley. He was a graduate of Mullinville High School in 1955. On July 20, 1957, he married Sandy Moore. Bob was...
Wanda Mae Brogden
Nov 29, 2014
WANDA MAE BROGDEN Dodge City - Wanda Mae Brogden, 90, died November 29, 2014 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on June 17, 1924 at Gracemont, OK the daughter of William Roy and Zela (Balock) DeSpain. Wanda was raised in Hinton, OK. She married Eli Brogden, Jr. on September 20, 1943 in Oklahoma City,...
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