Obituaries

May 25, 2014

DODGE CITY - Joyce Jeannette Felts, 81, passed peacefully surrounded by her children on May 25, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on December 26, 1932 at Dodge City. Joyce was reared by her father Chester Morley, grandmother, Mina L. Morley and aunt, Mina V. Morley. A lifetime resident of Dodge City and graduate of...

May 24, 2014

Norma Irene Perkins-King, 87, died May 24, 2014 at Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. She was born on September 10, 1926 in Wichita, the daughter of Fred and Myrtle (Hupp) Busch. Norma grew up in Wichita and attended schools there. She was a home maker and took pride in caring for her family, especially cooking for them. Norma also liked to...

May 17, 2014

MARVIN BOYD COLLINS SR. Wichita - Marvin Boyd Collins Sr, 93, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born on February 28, 1921 to Alvin and Faye Collins on a farm in Weskan, Kansas. He graduated from Weskan High School in 1939. He then attended Dodge City Business College where...

May 16, 2014

BENJAMIN "CHAMIN" CRUZ DOMINGUEZ Dodge City - Benjamin Cruz Dominguez, 56, died May 16, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on January 11, 1958 at Villa Matamoros Chihuahua Mexico, the son of Lorenzo Cruz Ramirez and Paula Dominguez Quintana. He lived in his hometown until the age of 18. Benjamin then traveled to the...

May 15, 2014

DODGE CITY - Donna Dee Marconnette, 80, died May 15, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on March 5, 1934 on the family farm near Ford, the daughter of L.E. (Jack) and Irene Maude (Sanders) Paulin. Donna grew up in the Ford Community and attended schools there and graduated from Ford High School. She then...

May 8, 2014

Beaver - Raul Torres, 52, died May 8, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born on September 7, 1961 in Uvalde, Texas, the son of Juan Sanchez and Fransica (DeLeon) Torres. Raul moved to Copeland as a child and attended Copeland schools. He worked for various farmers and elevators in Southwest Kansas. In 1984, Raul married Johanna...

May 6, 2014

Dodge City - Loren L. Barngrover, 74, died May 6, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on February 7, 1940 in Dodge City to Loren L. and Esther M. (Emrie) Barngrover, Sr. He grew up on the family farm near Ford and attended Ford schools. Following graduation from high school, he attended Fort Hays...

May 6, 2014

Dodge City - Donald Lee Thomas, 74, died May 6, 2014 at his daughters home in Dodge City. He was born on February 4, 1940 in rural Ford County, the son Glen and Lena Lucille (Mullinex) Thomas. He married Connie Mowry on December 25, 1960 in Aurrora, Colorado, she preceded him in death on May 10, 1998. Mr. Thomas worked...

May 6, 2014

JEAN IONE BONE

Dodge City - Jean Ione Bone, 82, died May 6, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on August 14, 1931 in Dodge City, the daughter of Charley and Thelma (Gunkle) Holtfrerich.

Jean was a graduate of Dodge City High School and married her high school sweetheart,...

May 4, 2014

Lindsborg - Mary Burnett, 87, died May 4, 2014 at Bethany Home in Lindsborg, Kansas. She was born on March 8, 1927 on a farm near Minneola, the daughter of Elmer and Alice Bradley. She had two sisters, Clara and Gloria, and a brother, Harold, all now deceased. In 1946, she married a handsome young navy pilot, Glenn Burnett. They...

May 1, 2014

RODNEY DEAN KILLIAN

Dodge City - Rodney Dean Killian, 59, died May 1, 2014 at Via Christie St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on August 16, 1954 at Dodge City the son of James L. and Yvonne (Gabbert) Killian.

He graduated from Dodge City High School. Rodney was a self-owner of Southwest Sand...

Apr 30, 2014

Sublette - Harry D. Bunnell, Jr. , 59, died April 30, 2014 at his home in Sublette. He was born on December 27, 1954 in Dodge City, the son of Harry and Deloris (Salem) Bunnell.

Harry graduated from Copeland High School in 1972. On December 18, 1984, he married Cindy Brown in Miami, Oklahoma. She survives. In...

Apr 29, 2014

Dodge City - George E. Flinn, 71, died April 29, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on June 9, 1942 at Dodge City, the son of Arthur R. and Helen Marie (White) Flinn.

A lifetime resident of Dodge City. George was a graduate of Dodge City High School. Mr. Flinn worked for...

Apr 28, 2014

Dodge City - Erin Marie Killian, 41, died April 28, 2014 in Dodge City. She was born on July 31, 1972 in Dodge City, the daughter of Ed and Mary L. (Gibbons) Killian.

Erin was a lifetime resident of Dodge City, graduating from Dodge City High School in 1990. She then attended Dodge City Community College. Erin...

Apr 28, 2014

VINCENT Q. MARTINEZ

Dodge City - Vincent Q. Martinez, 80, died April 28, 2014 at Good Samaritan Center, Dodge City. He was born on December 17, 1933 at Dodge City, the son of Jose and Juana Quesada Martinez.

A lifetime resident of Dodge City, he attended Coronado School in the Mexican Village in Dodge City....

Apr 28, 2014

Guwendola (Gwen) Herron

Marian Guwendola (Gwen) Herron, 97, died Monday, April 28, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Home in Dodge City.  She was born on September 15, 1916 in Spearville, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn Henry and Clara May (Hugg) Johnson.

Gwen was raised in Spearville and graduated from high school there in...

Apr 27, 2014

CIMARRON - Nona R. Reed, 76, died April 27, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on January 28, 1938 at Memphis, Tennessee the daughter of Clyde R. and Frances (Rogers) Mosier.

Nona graduated from high school in Memphis, Tennessee. She received her bachelor degree from Blue Mountain College in Mississippi...

Apr 27, 2014

Montezuma - On December 16, 1934, Paul Emory Ensz was born to Abraham A. and Anna Lowen Ensz on the farm near Inman. He quietly slipped away to be with Jesus early Sunday morning, April 27, 2014, due to complications from Parkinson's.

Emory was baptized on May 3, 1949, into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite,...

Apr 27, 2014

MAGDALENE E. MCGROARTY

Dodge City - Magdalene E. McGroarty, 94, died April 27, 2014 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. She was born on July 25, 1919 at Spearville the daughter of John and Mary (Braun) Dasenbrock.

Magdalene graduated from St. Mary of the Plains Academy. She taught school six years in Hodgeman...

Apr 27, 2014

Montezuma - Jake J. Redger was born to Julius and Leah Schmidt Redger on June 21, 1924 near Tampa, Kansas. He left this world just like he lived in it - quietly and peacefully - at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas, on April 27, 2014. He was just 2 months short of 90 years old.

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