Charles R. Gripe
Feb 6, 2013
Dodge City - Charles R. "Charley" Gripe, 87, died February 6, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. He was born on January 25, 1926 at Thomas, Oklahoma, the son of Felix and Vesta (Gripe) Mathis. Charles attended a country school before going to Thomas High School in Thomas, Oklahoma. He joined the United States Army during World...
Thelma A. Wetzel
Feb 6, 2013
Offerle - Thelma Wetzel, 81, passed away February 6, 2013 at her home south of Offerle. She was born July 24, 1931 in Hodgeman County to Martin C. and Bertha (Kregar) Setzkorn. She was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church and Zion Ladies Aid. She married Robert W. Wetzel on December 4, 1949 at St. Michaels Lutheran Church north...
David V. Carter
Feb 3, 2013
DAVID V. CARTER David V. Carter of Dodge City, died February 3, 2013 at Trinity Manor in Dodge City. Mr. Carter was born in Great Bend, Kansas, on July 25, 1934, to Virgal A. Carter of Osceola, Iowa, and Estey Mae Beals Carter of Coffey Missouri. He was 78 years old. Mr. Carter spent most of his life in and...
Lola Marie Boger
Feb 2, 2013
DODGE CITY - Lola Marie Boger died February 2, 2013 at Brookside Inn, Castle Rock, Colorado after attaining 90 years of age. She was born to Carl J. and Marie K. (Peterson) Schoen on December 23, 1922 at their home in Hodgeman County. Lola attended grade school at District 37 (Schoen School) in Hodgeman County and graduated Salutatorian of the...
James G. "Jimmy" Grotts
Feb 2, 2013
Dodge City - James G. "Jimmy" Grotts, 43, died February 2, 2013 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on September 29, 1969, at Gardena, California, the son of Phillip B. and Shirley Ann (Rains) Grotts. Jimmy was a truck driver for many years and later he was an auto glass installer for Discount Glass, Inc....
Dorothy E. Moon
Feb 1, 2013
DODGE CITY – Dorothy E. Moon, 90, died February 1, 2013 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on February 7, 1922 at Crescent, Oklahoma the daughter of Edward C. and Beatrice May (Reeves) Leatherman. Dorothy grew up in Fowler and graduated from Fowler High School. On January 7, 1950 she married Clifford Wayne Moon and made their...
Manuel "Lefty" E. Gonzales
Jan 31, 2013
MANUEL "LEFTY" E. GONZALES Dodge City - Manuel "Lefty" E. Gonzales, 92, died January 31, 2013 at Life Care Center in Andover. He was born on October 2, 1920 in the Mexican Village at Dodge City the son of Domingo and Angelita (Espinoza) Gonzales. Mr. Gonzales attended and graduated from a school that was taught by Miss Lola Adams Crumb....
Donald E. Foster
Jan 30, 2013
Dodge City - Donald E. Foster, 84, died January 30, 2013 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City. He was born on April 24, 1928 at Great Bend, KS the son of Everett and Ina (Davis) Foster. He moved to Haskell County in 1930 and attended school at Sublette. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean...
Bernice Toews
Jan 30, 2013
Montezuma - Bernice Toews, 84, died January 30, 2013 at Bethel Home, Inc. in Montezuma. She was born on February 28, 1928 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, the daughter of Andrew C. and Minnie (Schmidt) Koehn. On August 13, 1950, she married Henry Toews. Henry passed away on February 16, 2004. They lived in Central Kansas before moving to Alabama in 1978....
Flo B. Myers
Jan 25, 2013
Flo Myers, 89, died January 25, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on June 24, 1923 in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Oliver and Kathryn (Baker) Bertram. Flo is survived by one daughter, Susan Turner of Jefferson City, Missouri; three sons, Peter Myers and wife Toni of Dodge City, Michael Myers and wife...
Josephine "Jo" O. Carroll
Jan 24, 2013
DODGE CITY - Josephine "Jo" O. Carroll, 92, died January 24, 2013 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on August 12, 1920 in Minneola, the daughter of Roy Carl and Josephine Bell (Omo) Glaze. Jo graduated from Minneola High School. On September 12, 1944 she married Boyce G. Carroll in Minneola. He died January 29, 2005. She...
Rose Mary Hammons
Jan 24, 2013
DODGE CITY - Rose Mary Hammons, 52, died January 24, 2013 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on February 19, 1960 at Dodge City the daughter of Robert and Thelma K. (Frances) Durr. Rose was a good mother, excellent wife, and loved her grand children. She loved cooking, reading books, and collecting movies. Rose Mary is...
Edward P. Martinez
Jan 21, 2013
Dodge City - Edward P. Martinez, 64, died January 21, 2013 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City . He was born on October 10, 1948 at Abilene, Texas the son of Leo and Dora (Roman) Martinez. He loved working on cars and riding motorcycles and spending time with friends in his spare time. Edward was a avid Dallas Cowboys...
Marshall Lane Hefner
Jan 18, 2013
MARSHALL LANE HEFNER Dodge City - Marshall Lane Hefner, 90, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at Halsey Hall in Fort Dodge. He was born on August 16, 1922 at Hartville, MO the son of Marshall F. and Ruby Olive (Krause) Hefner. Marshall served in the U.S. Army in the 163rd Infantry during W.W. II from 1941 - 1945. He married...
Donald Dean Pray
Jan 18, 2013
DODGE CITY- Don passed away in his home surrounded by his family, Friday morning, January 18, 2013 after a valiant and difficult struggle with cancer. He was seventy-three years old. Born October 7, 1939 in Abilene, Don was raised in Hutchinson, where he met and married his high-school sweetheart, Elizabeth Jane Stockton, on September 11, 1957. Over the next forty...
Jack Woods
Jan 17, 2013
Jack Woods Dodge City - Jack Woods, 89, died January 17, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on January 1, 1924 in Sterling, Oklahoma, the son of Dave and Myrtle Mae (Hayes) Woods. He grew up and attended schools in Sterling, Oklahoma, graduating high school there. He entered the U.S. Army during WWII,...
Stacy Karen Cognasi
Jan 17, 2013
Eustacia "Stacy" Karen Cognasi, 66, entered into eternal peace on Thursday, January 17, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Stacy was born April 27, 1946 in Amherst, Texas, the daughter of AJ and Bettye (Hammer) Givens. She grew up in Texas, moving to Dodge City, Kansas in 1980. She married Ray "Spike" Cognasi in 1982 at the First United Methodist Church in...
Edward J. Gibbons Jr.
Jan 14, 2013
Ft. Dodge - Edward J Gibbons Jr., 87, died January 14, 2013 at Ft. Dodge, Kansas. He was born on January 3, 1926 at Topeka, KS the son of Edward J. and Alice E. (Miller) Gibbons . He married Iris McKinley on June 14, 1948 at Dodge City. He later married Patricia Head on June 28, 1974, she preceded him...
Lelah L. Waggoner
Jan 12, 2013
Dodge City - Lelah L. Waggoner, 77, died January 12, 2013 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City. She was born on October 21, 1935 at Dodge City, the daughter of William Carl and Leah Christine (Nufer) Harms. She grew up on the family farm in Hodgeman County and graduated from Dodge City High School. Lelah worked for Western Power...
Gerry Sullivan
Jan 11, 2013
FOWLER - Gerry Sullivan, 85, died January 11, 2013 at the Fowler Nursing Home, Fowler. She was born on June 7, 1927 at Lamont, Kansas the daughter of Frank Webb and Fannie Eve (Burnett) Overley. Gerry attended school in both Hamilton and Lamont. On July 16, 1943 she married Gale Sullivan. He preceded her in death on September 8, 2006....
