Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez
Feb 17, 2012
GUADALUPE "LUPE" LOPEZ Dodge City - Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez, 81, died February 17, 2012 at her residence in Dodge City. She was born on July 13, 1930 at Dodge City the daughter of Refugio and Leonarda (Muro) Carmona. Lupe attended schools in Spearville and Offerle. In 1946 she moved to Dodge City with her family. She married Aurelio Lopez on...
Forrest Dale "Tim" Davenport
Feb 11, 2012
MINNEOLA - Forrest Dale "Tim" Davenport, 74, died February 11, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born on October 2, 1937 at Dodge City the son of James Frank and Iona Wesley (Netherton) Davenport. Tim grew up in Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School. After graduating he served in the US Navy. Tim was a...
Vera G. Glasco
Feb 10, 2012
Garden City - Vera G. Glasco, 92, died February 10, 2012 at Homestead Nursing Home in Garden City . She was born on May 28, 1919 at Greenwood County, KS the daughter of Frank and Daisy (O'Burn) Brown . She married Forrest Glasco on June 4, 1943 at Tarrant Field Air Base in Ft. Worth, Texas, he preceded her in...
Janice K. Simmons
Feb 7, 2012
Janice K. Simmons, 68, died February 7, 2012 at Via Christie St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on August 12, 1943 in Dodge City, the daughter of Erwin A. and Edna Marie (Misegadis) Dirks. Janice grew up in Dodge City, graduating from Dodge City High School in 1961. She then attended Dodge City Community College and graduated in...
Marvin Clark
Feb 7, 2012
MARVIN CLARK Kalvesta - Marvin Clark, 90, died February 7, 2012 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on February 3, 1922 at Winslow, Arkansas, the son of Ebenezer Sheals and Lela B. (Pearce) Clark. Marvin came to Finney County in 1941 to work the wheat harvest as a farm hand. On September 13, 1942, he married...
Verrne Leroy Markel
Feb 6, 2012
Verne LeRoy Markel, 88, died February 6, 2012 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. He was born on February 2, 1924 in Gray County, the son of Clarence David and Mary Belle (Kerr) Markel. Mr. Markel served in the U.S. Army with the 77th Infantry Division in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and was awarded two Purple...
Kenneth G. Hink
Feb 3, 2012
Dodge City - Kenneth G. Hink, 84, died February 3, 2012 at Manor Of The Plains, in Dodge City . He was born on December 7, 1927 on the homestead of his great grandparents south east of Ensign in rural Ford County, the son of and George and Gwendolyn (Hartshorn) Hink. He was raised there along with a sister, Mathalee,...
Mary Ellen Buddy
Jan 31, 2012
DODGE CITY - Mary Ellen Buddy, 84, died January 31, 2012 at Sunrise Creek Assisted Living Center, Montrose, Colorado. She was born on May 24, 1927 at St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of William and Agnes James (Murphy) O'Herin. She grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri and graduated from Nerinx Hall High School. She then attended Maryville College. On January...
Alfred F. Steimel
Jan 29, 2012
Alfred F. Steimel, 88, died January 29, 2012 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. He was born on May 20, 1923 on a farm in Spearville, the son of Adolph and Anna (Durler) Steimel. Alfred graduated from Spearville High School and Dodge City Community College before joining the Navy during World War II where he served for years...
Richard Eugene Willey
Jan 22, 2012
RICHARD EUGENE WILLEY Dodge City - Richard Eugene Willey, 56, died January 22, 2012 at his residence . He was born on October 4, 1955 at Mcomb, IL the son of Richard Willey and Jane (Fulmer) Willey . He worked as a home builder and contractor for many years. He is survived by a companion Jan Estell of Dodge City;a...
Willa "Maxine" Beadle
Jan 19, 2012
Willa "Maxine" Beadle died 11:24 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born in Dodge City on February 16, 1920 to Lee Herbert Clothier and Nathalie Evangeline Shanteau (Formerly of Ensign, KS. later of Dodge City). She married Kenneth Bunyan in 1940. They were later divorced. He preceded her in death...
Ricky Lynn Cecil
Jan 16, 2012
Ricky Lynn Cecil, 53, died January 16, 2012 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on January 24, 1958 in Dodge City, the son of Gary Erwin and Carlene E. (Morgison) Cecil. Ricky worked early on as a dishwasher at the family business the Lamplighter Club, for Cecil and Sons Excavation, was former owner of the Paddock Club...
Lorna Deane "Nanny" Spillman
Jan 16, 2012
Dodge City - Lorna Deane "Nanny" Spillman, 84, died January 16, 2012 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City. She was born on March 28, 1927 at St. John, the daughter of Wesley E. and Bertha C. (Henning) Wise. She graduated from St. John High School and Hutchinson Community College of nursing. She married Melvin L. Spillman on May 24,...
Marjorie Mary Hefner
Jan 13, 2012
Marjorie Mary Hefner, 88, died January 13, 2012 at Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City. She was born on July 24, 1923 in Leola, South Dakota, the daughter of Carl and Josephine (Grabowska) Lapka. Marjorie married Marshall Lane Hefner on May 5, 1980 in Golden Colorado. They moved to Dodge City in 1980. She was a member of the Cathedral...
Ira Paul Dixon, Sr
Jan 12, 2012
DODGE CITY - Ira Paul Dixon, Sr, 80, died January 12, 2012 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City. He was born on September 22, 1931 at Flat, Texas the son of Dennie D and Artie E. (Lambright) Dixon, Sr. Ira worked for the Santa Fe railroad for 33 years where he was the supervisor of the Car department retiring...
Betty Mae Hamilton
Jan 6, 2012
BETTY MAE (BURNS) HAMILTON Ingalls - Betty Mae (Burns) Hamilton, 78, died January 6, 2012 at her home in Ingalls. She was born on November 5, 1933 in Wright the daughter of Frank and Viva (Baird) Burns. Betty grew up on a farm around the Kalvesta area. She attended grade school in Kalvesta and graduated from Cimarron High School. She...
Nancy Jane Mcleod
Jan 5, 2012
Nancy Jane McLeod, 77, died January 5, 2012 at Hill Top House in Bucklin. She was born on March 20, 1934 in Dodge City, the daughter of Lewis and Beulah (Davenport) Miller. On March 9, 1952, Nancy married Guy McLeod in Dodge City. He preceded her in death on June 26, 1985. Nancy worked at Trinity Manor in Dodge City...
Hilda Rodriguez-Orozco
Jan 4, 2012
Hilda Rodriguez-Orozco, 60, died January 4, 2012 at Via Christie St. Joseph's, Wichita. She was born on March 19, 1951 at Nuevo Laredo Tams., Mexico, the daughter of Emilio Rodriguez-Torrez and Josefina Orozco-Cardenas. On December 20, 2011, she married Efrin Gamboa-Cabrera in Dodge City. He survives. Hilda was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ...
Robert "Steve" Stephen Harper
Jan 2, 2012
DODGE CITY - Robert Stephen "Steve" Harper, 69, died January 2, 2012 at the Meade District Hospital. He was born on February 6, 1942 at Macomb, Illinois the son of Robert Lee and Helen (Mixer) Harper. Steve was a graduate of Dodge City High School. He moved to California and then later to Detroit, Michigan. Steve was well known in...
Eulalio Olivares
Dec 30, 2011
EULALIO C. OLIVARES Dodge City - Eulalio C. Olivares, 81, died December 30, 2011 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on January 27, 1930 at Falls County, Tx the son of Jose and Maria Luisa (Castaneda) Farias. He married Mary V. Vargas. She preceded him in death on January 5, 2008. Survivors include eight daughters, Rebecca...
