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Filiberto Rivera-Armendariz

Filiberto Rivera-Armendariz

Mar 23, 2010

Filiberto Rivera-Armendariz, 41, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010 in Pratt County, Kansas due to injuries sustained in a auto accident. He was born on August 12, 1968 at San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He enjoyed playing soccer,rodeos and spending time with his family, and remodeling his house. Survivors include wife Victoria Ramirez, two daughters Natalia Rivera,Emily Rivera and two step daughters...

Ignacio Morales

Ignacio Morales

Mar 18, 2010

DODGE CITY - Ignacio Morales, 83, died Thursday, March 18, 2010 at Western Plains Medical Complex at Dodge City. He was born on January 20, 1927 at Zacatecas, Mexico, the son of Florentino and Eduarda (Morales) Perez. On November 25, 1929 he married Maria de Jesus "Lila" Raucho Tavison at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She preceded her in death on November...

Maxine Mae Green

Maxine Mae Green

Mar 11, 2010

Maxine Mae Green, 81, died Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. She was born on May 31, 1928 in Medicine Lodge, the daughter of Clifford and Leona (Wren) Phye. Maxine was raised in Medicine Lodge and attended school there. She married Howard Green on May 30, 1944. He preceded her in death on April...

Patricia Sanchez

Patricia Sanchez

Mar 10, 2010

Patricia Sanchez, 67, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at her residence in Dodge City, KS. She was born on March 13, 1942 at Roy, NM the daughter of Benjamin and Manuelita Lovato. She owned and operated Patricia's Cafe in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She enjoyed crafts, Bingo,ridding horses and praying the rosary. Survivors include three daughters Lucy Martinez and husband...

John D. Gholson

John D. Gholson

Mar 10, 2010

DODGE CITY - John D. Gholson, 87, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City. He was born on June 26, 1922 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri the son of Cary Dow and Martha (Roberts) Gholson. John served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII where he was a flight instructor and bomber pilot. He later...

Edwin "Eddie" Hertel

Edwin "Eddie" Hertel

Mar 8, 2010

Edwin "Eddie" Hertel, 91, died Monday, March 8, 2010 at Western Plains Medical Complex at Dodge City. He was born on January 27, 1919 at Munjor, Kansas the son of Alexander and Margaret (Pfannenstiel) Hertel. He grew up on a farm Southeast of Ness City. Mr. Hertel served in the U.S. Army from 1941 thru 1945. On April 13, 1950...

Lillian Lorraine Spohr

Lillian Lorraine Spohr

Mar 5, 2010

Lillian Lorraine Spohr, 83, died Friday, March 5, 2010 at Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City. She was born on March 4, 1927 in Dodge City, the daughter of Herman and Pauline (Heronemus) Maskus. On July 23, 1945, Lorraine married Herbert Spohr in Dodge City. He prededed her in death on March 8, 2003. In 1954, they moved to the...

Dale D. Durr

Dale D. Durr

Feb 23, 2010

Dale D. Durr, 83, died on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on July 2, 1926 in Hodgeman County, the son of Lester S. and Clara (Maskus) Durr. He received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism and Confirmation at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in rural Hodgeman County. Dale attended elementary school...

C.W. Abney

C.W. Abney

Feb 22, 2010

DODGE CITY - C. W. Abney, 77, died Monday, February 22, 2010 at his residence at Dodge City. He was born on June 18, 1932 at Waskom, Texas, the son of Albert and Annie Bell (Washington) Abney. Mr. Abney grew up in Jefferson and came to Dodge City in 1965. On March 25, 2966 he married Mona Murray at Miama,...

Phyllis M. Giersch

Phyllis M. Giersch

Feb 20, 2010

DODGE CITY - Phyllis M. Giersch, 76, died Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on May 15, 1933 at Fowler the daughter of John Henry and Carrie Eleanor (Van Norman) Wright. Phyllis was an office manager for C&M Supply, Stewart Plumbing and Sunflower Telephone all of Dodge City. She was active in...

Kandy Kay Trent

Kandy Kay Trent

Feb 17, 2010

Kandy Trent died on the 17th of February 2010 in Wichita, Kansas at Wesley Medical Center. She was born on October 1st 1945 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Robert Trent, Sr. and Betty(Cecil) Trent, both long time residents of Dodge City. She lived in Los Angeles as a child and often spoke about the wonderful days of California....

Moises S. Llamas

Moises S. Llamas

Feb 16, 2010

Moises S. Llamas, 87, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Western Plains Medical Complex at Dodge City, KS. He was born on February 4, 1923 at Tenamaxtlan Jalisco Mexico the son of Louis and Herlinda (Salcedo) Llamas. He enjoyed working as a mechanic and and working in the fields. He married Socorro Mercado on June 1, 1955 in Mexico. He...

Frieda Irene Counterman

Frieda Irene Counterman

Feb 16, 2010

FRIEDA IRENE COUNTERMAN CIMARRON - Frieda I. Counterman, 78, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Via Christi St. Francis Campus at Wichita, Kansas. She was born on August 19, 1931 at Cimarron, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Grace Sands Warren. A lifetime Cimarron resident, she was a graduate of Cimarron High School in 1949. She married Jerald D. Counterman...

James H. Freeland

James H. Freeland

Feb 14, 2010

James H. Freeland, 82, died Sunday, February 14, 2010 at his home in Dodge City, KS. He was born on October 25, 1927 at Kingman, KS the son of Henry and Beth (Baldwin) Freeland. Mr. Freeland grew up in Wichita and graduated from Wichita State University with a degree in Business. Jim entered the Navy at the age of 17...

Bryan Thomas Murphy

Bryan Thomas Murphy

Feb 12, 2010

Bryan Thomas Murphy, 16, died Friday, February 12, 2010 at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on August 20, 1993 at Dodge City the son of Eric Allan Murphy and Gretchen Rae Gattenby. Bryan attended Miller Elementary School in Dodge City before moving to Konawa, Oklahoma in 2002, then moved to Alameda, California and then back...

Alejandro Cayetano Dimas

Alejandro Cayetano Dimas

Feb 9, 2010

ALEJANDRO CAYETANO DIMAS DODGE CITY - Alejandro Cayetano Dimas, 26, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on May 16, 1983 at Mexico the son of Ernie and Felipa Dimas Santigo. Vigil service will be held at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 7:00 PM...

Joan Janet Sayre

Joan Janet Sayre

Feb 9, 2010

Joan Janet Sayre passed into God's heavenly kingdom on February 9, 2010. A celebration of life will be held Friday, February 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Swaim Funeral Home, Dodge City, KS. with Lay Minister Brad McCoy and Rev. Dick Robbins officiating. Burial will follow at the Ensign Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, February 11, from noon until 8:00 p.m....

Bernard H. Kinkelaar

Bernard H. Kinkelaar

Feb 5, 2010

Bernard H. Kinkelaar, 83, passed away peacefully at his home in Dodge City on Friday, February 5, 2010. He was born on April 15, 1926 at Lewis, the son of Henry Garrett and Elleanora Anna (Minet) Kinkelaar. Bernard was a retired farmer and building contractor. He also served in the U.S. Naval Amphibious Forces in the Southwest Pacific from 1944...

Georgia Ruth Greenwood

Georgia Ruth Greenwood

Feb 5, 2010

Georgia Ruth Greenwood, 67, passed away Friday, February 5, 2010 at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City. She was born on March 5, 1942 in San Fernando, California, the firstborn daughter of George Holdsworth and Ruth Aileen (Bay) Greenwood. The family moved to Santa Monica, Calfornia. At the age of three, Georgia moved with her parents to northeast Gray County...

Norma Jean Mills

Norma Jean Mills

Jan 29, 2010

DODGE CITY - Norma Jean Mills, 80, died Friday, January 29, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Center, Dodge City. She was born on August 13, 1929 at Dodge City the daughter of Emmet Martin and Hazel May (Scott) Burdue. On April 7, 1963 she married Delbert Mills in Dodge City, he survives. She was a grade school teacher for several...

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