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Terresa Ann Carmona

Terresa Ann Carmona

Feb 9, 2014

TERRESA ANN CARMONA Dodge City - Terresa Ann Carmona, 54, died February 9, 2014 at Via Christi St. Teresa Campus in Wichita. She was born on June 30, 1959 at Dodge City the daughter of David and Mary Jane (Sandoval) Sanchez. Terresa attended schools in Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School. She married Thomas Carmona on March...

Melvin Dean Tuxhorn

Melvin Dean Tuxhorn

Feb 9, 2014

DODGE CITY - Melvin Dean Tuxhorn, 81, died February 9, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita . He was born on August 5, 1932 at Montezuma, the son of Clarence and Leeva (Unruh) Tuxhorn. Melvin was raised in Monezuma and graduated from Montezuma High School. On February 9, 1953 he married Nadine McDonald at Montezuma. They shared 61 years together....

Doris Elaine Schriner

Doris Elaine Schriner

Feb 8, 2014

DORIS ELAINE SCHRINER Dodge City - Doris Elaine Schriner, 89, went to be with her Lord on February 8, 2014 at Good Samaritan Society, Dodge City, Kansas. She was born on August 26, 1924 at Gillette, Wyoming to Frank and Maude (Henderson) Watkins. At the age of 14 months, she moved with her family to Red Cloud, Nebraska where she...

Mandena Litwiller Johnson

Mandena Litwiller Johnson

Feb 1, 2014

Montezuma - Mandena Decker Litwiller Johnson was born to Peter and Dena Schmidt Decker January 5, 1922, in Verdon, Oklahoma. She departed this life on February 1, 2014, at Bethel Home, Montezuma. Her parents moved to Littlefield, Texas when she was a child. There she received her education. At a young age, she had a new birth experience and was...

Howard Trahern

Howard Trahern

Jan 31, 2014

Sublette - Howard Trahern, 93, died January 31, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. He was born on January 13, 1921 on the family farm south of Sublette in the Banner Community, the son of Andrew M. and Millie (Pohling) Trahern. Howard was a lifetime resident of Sublette, spending his childhood years in the Banner Community. He graduated...

Harold L. Dawley

Harold L. Dawley

Jan 25, 2014

WICHITA - Harold L. Dawley, 90, died January 25, 2014 at Meridian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Wichita. He was born on February 19, 1923 at Spearville, the son of Lloyd and Nettie (Hines) Dawley. Harold was a graduate of Ford High School. He served in the US Army during WWII where he received a purple heart while serving in the...

Myrna Faye Austin

Myrna Faye Austin

Jan 22, 2014

Dodge City - Myrna Faye Austin, 86, died January 22, 2014 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. She was born on January 12, 1928 at Kingsdown, the daughter of Ray Edward and Florence (Winsor) Vanatta. Myrna graduated from Kingsdown High School in 1946. She married Lloyd J. Logan on September 21, 1945 in Dodge City. They later divorced....

Owen B. Abbey

Owen B. Abbey

Jan 22, 2014

Owen B. Abbey died at the age of 81 on January 22, 2014 in Richland, Washington. Owen lived a full life and will be fondly remembered by all. Owen Brent Abbey was born on March 20, 1932, in Cimarron, Kansas to Norman J. and Thula R. (Sharp) Abbey. He spent his younger years in Dodge City, Kansas, where he graduated...

Evalena Schmidt

Evalena Schmidt

Jan 22, 2014

MONTEZUMA- Evalena Unruh Schmidt, mother of one child, Victoria Schmidt Paige, was born to Benjamin and Eva Unruh on October 13, 1922 in Montezuma. She died January 22, 2014 at the Mohall Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mohall, North Dakota, reaching the age of 91 years. She spent her childhood on a farm two and a half miles west of...

Lola "Lavera" Swank

Lola "Lavera" Swank

Jan 21, 2014

Dodge City - Lola "LaVera" Swank, 90, died January 21, 2014, at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born on October 10, 1923, at Spearville, KS the daughter of Uel Kenyon and Carrie (Moody) Rucker. She graduated from Spearville High School in 1941.She married Clifford "Wendell" Swank on July 8, 1945 in Spearville, he preceded her in death...

Collid A. Salem

Collid A. Salem

Jan 20, 2014

CIMARRON - Collid Alex Salem, 83, died January 20, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on June 6, 1930 in Gray County, Kansas the son of Alex M. and Debly (Hymour) Salem. Born and reared in Gray County and graduated from Cimarron High School in 1949. He was a lifetime resident of Gray County. He married...

Harry Lindbergh Peterson

Harry Lindbergh Peterson

Jan 17, 2014

Dodge City - Harry Lindbergh Peterson, 90, died January 17, 2014 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on July 15, 1923 in Hodgeman County, the son of Henry and Myrtle (Smith) Peterson. Harry attended Rocky Point Country School. He married Audrey Diehl on July 15, 1943 at Larned. He was a veteran of W.W....

Phyllis Ann Merz

Phyllis Ann Merz

Jan 17, 2014

Satanta - Phyllis A. Merz, 70, died January 17, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. She was born on May 21, 1943 in Kinsley, the daughter of Harvey Layfayette and Clara Bell (Ellis) Faurot. Phyllis graduated from Springfield High School in 1961. On May 31, 1963, she married Richard Arnold in Clayton New Mexico. He survives. Phyllis worked...

Duane D. Martinez

Duane D. Martinez

Jan 15, 2014

Wichita - Duane Darren Martinez, 47, died January 15, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita . He was born on April 26, 1966 at Dodge City, the son of Phillip Alfonso "Poncho" and Juanita (Trujillo) Martinez. Duane lived his early childhood in Dodge City and moved to Ulysses where he attended schools. He moved to Wichita in 1979. Duane was...

David Owen Cotton

David Owen Cotton

Jan 13, 2014

Kismet - David Owen Cotton, 78, died January 13, 2014 at his home. He was born on January 3, 1936 in Liberal, the son of Albert E. and Gertrude Ann (Berghaus) Cotton. David graduated in 1954 from Kismet High School. He then attended Dodge City Community College for one year. On July 7, 1956, he married Nancy Joan Light. High...

Dale Schmidt

Dale Schmidt

Jan 13, 2014

Montezuma - Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Dale Schmidt, was born to Walter and Della (Unruh) Schmidt on February 9, 1931, at the old home place southeast of Evan's Cemetery, Montezuma. On January 13, 2014, as the sun was setting, Dad left us without saying goodbye, although he had spoken with each one of his children that day. He...

Glora I. Kimbrel

Glora I. Kimbrel

Jan 11, 2014

Wichita - Glora I. Kimbrel, 87, died January 11, 2014 at Comfort Care Home Wichita, Kansas. She was born on November 25, 1926 at St. John ,Kansas the daughter of Levi E. and Pearle (Dixon) Odle . She married Kenneth Kimbrel on October 23, 1944 in Ensign, he preceded her in death on December 31, 2000. Glora served as a...

Ronald Keith Gall

Ronald Keith Gall

Jan 11, 2014

RONALD KEITH GALL Dodge City - Ronald K. Gall, 76, died January 11, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on January 11, 1938 at Dodge City, the son of Chester Walter and Delora Kathryn (Hirsh) Gall. As a small child, he moved with his family to Wichita, Kansas, where he attended schools. After graduation from...

Angela Pauline Burkhart

Angela Pauline Burkhart

Jan 10, 2014

ANGELA PAULINE BURKHART Dodge City - Angela Pauline Burkhart, 44, died January 10, 2014 at her home from health complications due to asthma. She was born on January 26, 1969 at Dodge City the daughter of Darrell Eugene Burkhart and Nancy Alice Baber. Angela attended Ensign grade school, Dodge City public schools and was employed by Gladden Farms. She enjoyed...

Katherine Sutton

Katherine Sutton

Jan 9, 2014

ENSIGN - Katherine Sutton, 93, died January 9, 2014 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on September 23, 1920 at Cave, the daughter of Alonzo J. and Margaret Rosanna (Ryan) Sutton. Katherine was born and reared on the family farm and was a graduate of Ensign Rural High School. Miss Sutton stayed on the family farm...

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