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Kludas Dewain Mead

Kludas Dewain Mead

Dec 6, 2011

Kludas DeWain Mead, 74, died December 6, 2011 at Meade District Hospital, Meade. He was born on July 18, 1937 at Dodge City, the son of Kludas A. and Lorene (Doran) Mead. Private family services will be held at a later date. There is no visitation as cremation has taken place. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online...

Ricky Joe Myers

Ricky Joe Myers

Dec 4, 2011

Dodge City - Ricky Joe Myers, 28, died December 4, 2011 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on May 6, 1983 at Ulysses, KS the son of Virginia Garcia (Myers) . He married Donna Parsons on May 5, 2008 in Dodge City, she survives. Ricky was a 2001 graduate of Dodge City High School. He loved...

Clara "Lou" B. Love

Clara "Lou" B. Love

Dec 2, 2011

Clara B. "Lou" Love, 88, died December 2, 2011 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hugoton. She was born on December 29, 1922 in Dodge City, the daughter of Clarence Lee and Alice Mabel (AuBuchon) Carmichael. Mrs. Love was a lifelong resident of Dodge City, graduating from Dodge City Senior High School and from St. Catherine Hospital Diploma Nursing Program....

Nancy Parker

Nancy Parker

Nov 22, 2011

Nancy Parker, 74, died November 22, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City. She was born on March 6, 1937 in Brixey, Missour, the daughter of Floyd and Radie (James) Garner. Nancy grew up in Missouri. She worked as a waitress and a cook in many different restaurants. Nancy lived in Ava, Missouri and Enid, Oklahoma before returning to...

Cordelia Froetschner

Cordelia Froetschner

Nov 19, 2011

Cordelia Froetschner, 93, died November 19, 2011 at Hays Medical Center in Hays. She was born on September 5, 1918 in rural Bellefont, the daughter of Emil and Ida (Kurth) Gall. She was baptized on October 6, 1918 and confirmed on March 20, 1932 both at Zion Lutheran Church rural Offerle. She was raised on the family farm in the...

Lynn Proctor Turner

Lynn Proctor Turner

Nov 19, 2011

Dodge City – Lynn Proctor Turner, 74, died November 19, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center, Dodge City. He was born on December 12, 1936 at Dodge City, the son of James Rhea and Emma (Proctor) Turner . Lynn graduated from Dodge City High School in 1957. He married Carol Stotler on July 5,1958. They later divorced. He worked at Ideal...

Vanita Fern Mentzer

Vanita Fern Mentzer

Nov 18, 2011

Vanita Fern Mentzer, 86, died November 18, 2011 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on June 25, 1925 in rural Ford County, the daughter of L.A. and Oda Mae (Brown) Nelson. Vanita was a graduate of Ensign High School class of 1942. She then attended Chilicothe Business College of Missouri and graduated in 1943....

Edna Mae Moomaw

Edna Mae Moomaw

Nov 18, 2011

DODGE CITY - Edna Mae Moomaw, 93, died November 18, 2011 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born on August 20, 1918 in Ford County the daughter of Edward and Sadie B. (Bealmear) Archer. Living her life in the country made her the person she was. She experienced the "dirty thirties' which brought to her an...

Ronald Lee Penick

Ronald Lee Penick

Nov 17, 2011

Ronald Lee Penick, 72, died November 17, 2011 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on February 5, 1939 in Elk City, Oklahoma, the son of Q. T. and Rose (Vaughn) Penick. Ron attended school in Elk City. He married Ramona Roberts in December of 1956 in Elk City. They later divorced. He worked at Howard's Propane. In...

William "Bill" Richard Setzkorn

William "Bill" Richard Setzkorn

Nov 16, 2011

DODGE CITY - William "Bill" Richard Setzkorn, 91, died November 16, 2011 at the Hodgeman County Longterm Care Center, Jetmore. He was born on October 22, 1920 at Dodge City the son of Theodore Henry and Wilhelmenia (Boger) Setzkorn. On Aug 8, 1959 he married Betty Mallonee in Dodge City. Bill enjoyed snow skiing, reading, hunting, and spending time with...

John B. Haviland

John B. Haviland

Nov 14, 2011

John B. Haviland, 86, died November 14, 2011 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on August 7, 1925 in Kansas City, the son of Holmes and Dorothy (Bodman) Haviland, Sr. John graduated from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City. He then joined the United States Army during WWII, serving from 1943 until 1946. John married Camilla Klein...

Henrietta Marjorie Rose Betz

Henrietta Marjorie Rose Betz

Nov 9, 2011

HENRIETTA MARJORIE ROSE BETZ Ness City - Henrietta Marjorie Rose Betz, 89, died November 9, 2011 at Cedar Village Long Term Care in Ness City. She was born on October 5, 1922 in Francis, daughter of Henry and Albertine (Schoendaller) Dechant. Henrietta married Dewain M. Betz on February 2, 1944. He preceded her in death. She was a willing servant...

Catarino "John" "Mr. Cat" Amaro

Catarino "John" "Mr. Cat" Amaro

Nov 7, 2011

Dodge City - Catarino R. "John" "Mr. Cat" Amaro, 85, died November 7, 2011 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on March 22, 1926 in the Mexican Village in Dodge City, the son of Juan P. and Petra (Ruiz) Amaro. John worked at Jones Packing, Dodge City Meat, Stottler's Grocery Store, Cow Town, and the Golden...

Metissa Dawn Tolbert

Metissa Dawn Tolbert

Oct 28, 2011

Wichita - Metissa Dawn Tolbert, 39, died October 28, 2011 in Wichita. She was born on July 27, 1972 in Bucklin, the daughter of Doug and Donna (Gepner) Hinshaw. Metissa liked horses, writing poetry, camping and fishing, spending time with her family and friends, loved the outdoors and she had a passion for music. She graduated from Dodge City High...

Madella Crouse

Madella Crouse

Oct 24, 2011

DODGE CITY - MaDella K. Crouse, 79, died October 24, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center, Dodge City. She was born on June 11, 1932 at Montezuma, the daughter of Ben and Esther (Schmidt) Voth. MaDella attended schools in Cimarron, Wilroads Gardens, and Dodge City. She worked at several restaurants as a waitress throughout Kansas and at the Dodge City Laundry...

Pamela Gale Nightengale

Pamela Gale Nightengale

Oct 23, 2011

Pamela Gale Nightengale, 57, died October 23, 2011 at Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater. She was born on January 11, 1954 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Max and Irene (Caywood) Hinshaw. Pam was a very loving and caring person who's heart and door was always open to everyone. She was loved by everyone including the Protection Valley Manor nursing...

Grace May Hartman

Grace May Hartman

Oct 22, 2011

Dodge City - Grace May Hartman, 99, died October 22, 2011 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born on February 11, 1912 in Rural Ford County the daughter of Walter Sidney and Mary Adel (Pelton) Day. She moved south of Dodge City when she was four years old. She attended school at West Hopewell School in...

Doris (Clark) Batt-Engel

Doris (Clark) Batt-Engel

Oct 19, 2011

LAS VEGAS - Doris (Clark) Batt-Engel, 83, died October 19, 2011 at Prescott, Arizona. She was born on August 25, 1928 at Dodge City the daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Baxter) Clark. Doris was born and raised in Dodge City. She owned Doris's Ceramic Shop in Dodge City. Doris was a former resident of Dodge City, Hutchinson and Liberal prior...

Jessie T. Rodriguez

Jessie T. Rodriguez

Oct 18, 2011

Jessie T. Rodriguez, 79, died October 18, 2011 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on January 26, 1932 in Dodge City, daughter of Jose V. and Sara (Jaso) Torrez. Jessie was born and raised in the Mexican Village in Dodge City. She attended school in the village until her mother died when Jessie was 13. She...

Ana Margarita Arredondo

Ana Margarita Arredondo

Oct 15, 2011

ANA MARGARITA ARREDONDO Dodge City - Ana Margarita Arredondo, 45, died October 15, 2011 at her residence in Dodge City. She was born on June 26, 1966 at Parral, Chih, Mexico the daughter of Pedro and Elena (Favela) Arredondo. Ana loved to play bingo and was an avid collector of cow memorabilia. She had a passion to spend time with...

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