William (Bill) Austen
Jul 30, 2009
DODGE CITY - William Jacob (Bill) Austen, 76, died Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on April 22, 1933 at Wichita the son of George L. and Dora (Paulsen) Austen. He grew up in Arkansas City, Kansas, graduated from Ark City High School and attended Cowley County Community College. He served...
Sofia Rosie Blea
Jul 25, 2009
Sofia "Rosie" Blea, 78, died Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on December 3, 1930 at Dodge City the daughter of Miguel and Tomasa (Delgado) Espinoza. She was raised in Dodge City, attended Dodge City schools and graduated from Dodge City High School. She married Joseph D. Blea Sr. on April...
Doris Ida Slaven
Jul 23, 2009
Doris Ida (Walker) Slaven, 75, died Thursday, July 23, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City. She was born on September 22, 1933 in Lakin, the daughter of Leslie and Opal (Strode) Walker. Doris attended grade school in Grant County before moving to Wesken. She graduated from Weskan Consolidated School on May 18, 1951. On May 20, 1951, she...
Oda F. White
Jul 20, 2009
DODGE CITY - Oda F. White, 77, died Monday, July 20, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on October 23, 1931 at Hooker, Missouri the daughter of Morris Carl and Inez Mable (Ross) O'Dell. Oda was a graduate of Doniphan High School in Doniphan, Missouri. She married Robert White on December 18, 1954 in Rolla,...
Elma Ida Briggs
Jul 20, 2009
Elma Ida (Hill) Briggs, 90, passed away Monday, July 20, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, KS. She was born on January 25, 1919 in Springview, Nebraska, daughter of Milton and Mary (Sanders) Hill. Elma graduated from Jetmore High School in 1936. On July 15, 1939, she married John Briggs at Kinsley. He preceded her in death...
Dorothy H. Byers Davis
Jul 14, 2009
Dorothy H. Byers Davis, 89, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita where she was called home to be with her Lord. She was born on August 6, 1919 at Dodge City the daughter of Frederick and Anna Elizabeth (Feebeck) Gall. A longtime resident of Dodge City, Mrs. Davis was a homemaker. She married Kenneth...
M. Kathleen Winter
Jul 9, 2009
M. Kathleen Winter, 81, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 at Alterra Sterling House in Dodge City. She was born on September 8, 1927 in Dodge City, the daughter of Edgar Earl and Velma Lily (Barton) Moore. Kathleen grew up in Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School in 1946. She then attended Dodge City Community College. On November...
Eileen E. Lee
Jul 5, 2009
Eileen E. LEE, 90, died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City. She was born on October 21, 1918 at Plains, CO the daughter of Edward and Mary (Schlereth) Stapleton. She moved to Hodgeman County in 1930. Eileen married John L. Lee on February 9, 1938, he preceded her in death on March 13, 1988. She...
Cleora Ann Gough
Jul 4, 2009
Cleora Ann (Robinson) Gough, 90, died quietly on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at her home in Denver, Colorado with her husband and best friend holding her hand and Grace, their beloved caregiver beside her. She was born on December 26, 1918 on the family farm 10 miles south of Dodge City, the daughter of Irvin William and Florence Elizabeth (Adams)...
Dick W. Stevens
Jul 2, 2009
Dick W. Stevens, 80, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born on December 14, 1928 in Lincoln, the son of J. Rex and Alice (Goodykoontz) Stevens. Dick graduated from Lincoln High in 1946. He then attended Kansas State University. Mr. Stevens graduated from the School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin...
Donald D. Fowler
Jun 28, 2009
DONALD D. FOWLER CIMARRON Donald D. Fowler, 80, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home at Dodge City. He was born on September 17, 1928 at Dodge City, the son of George William and Mae L. (Dooley) Fowler. He grew up in Dodge City and Wilroads Gardens and graduated from Ford High School. Donald attended Dodge City...
Paul Leroy Kraft
Jun 28, 2009
Paul LeRoy Kraft, 77, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Kansas Soldiers Home in Ft. Dodge. He was born on November 26, 1931 on the family farm in rural Trego County, the of Jacob and Eva (Eichman) Kraft. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1951 - 1953 and in the reserves until 1959. He was a Corporal and...
Kennneth Roy Cupples
Jun 24, 2009
DODGE CITY- Kenneth Roy Cupples, 61, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at his home in Dodge City, KS. He was born on September 7, 1947 at Winnsboro, Louisiana, the son of Landis R. and Doris (Crooks) Cupples. Mr. Cupples served in Vietnam as an Air Force mechanic and was stationed in Wichita, Kansas. While there, he married Janet Larimore, and...
Donald E. Crane
Jun 22, 2009
Donald E. Crane, 84, died Monday, June 22, 2009 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains at Dodge City, KS. He was born on September 10, 1924 at Dodge City, KS the son of Donald E. Sr.and Ellen (Baird) Crane. He married Pauline Diehl on October 12, 1947 in Dodge City, Kansas, she survives. Don was a lifelong farmer and stockman...
J.B. Glassco
Jun 21, 2009
J. B. Glassco, 73, died Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, after complications from back surgery. He was born on September 17, 1935 on the family farm near Copeland, the son of Jay Bird and Lucille (Emons) Glassco. He grew up in Copeland, graduating from Copeland High School in 1953. On June 15, 1958,...
Myrtle "Myrt" J. Gibson
Jun 20, 2009
Myrtle "Myrt" J. Gibson, 86, died Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on April 11, 1923 in Dodge City the daughter of John Clarence and Mary Angeline (Northern) Kimbrel. Mrs. Gibson was a lifetime resident of Dodge City. She graduated from Dodge City High School. She married Willie A. Gibson on...
Gilbert R. Dowling
Jun 18, 2009
Gilbert R. Dowling, 98, died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on August 12, 1910 in Ford County the son of David and Mattie O. "Martha" (Alexander) Dowling. Mr. Dowling attended schools in Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School in 1929. On December 17, 1930 he married...
John Grant Bone, Jr
Jun 15, 2009
DODGE CITY - John Grant Bone, Jr., 79, died Monday, June 15, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on May 8, 1930 at Halstead the son of life-long Dodge City residents John G. Bone, Sr and Nora Mae Nelson-Bone. Also the grandson of 19th century Dodge City residents James Carl Bone and Frances Dennis-Bone and...
Oleta Irene Hall
Jun 11, 2009
Oleta Irene Hall, 94, died Thursday, June 11, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on April 10, 1915 at Cassoday, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Anna Laurie (Voorhees) Blackmore. She married Donald Raymond Hall on May 9, 1934 in El Dorado, Kansas, he preceded her in death on April 18, 1985. Mrs. Hall...
Virginia Ruth Bell
Jun 8, 2009
Virginia Ruth Eberhardt Lemery Bell was born on June 22, 1916 in Racine, Wisconsin, the oldest daughter of Waldemar and Elsa (Goeman) Eberhardt and died June 8, 2009. She was baptized in July of 1916 and confirmed on Palm Sunday in 1930 at St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Racine Wisconsin. She attended eight grades at St. John's Lutheran School and...
