Obituaries

Mar 20, 2009

Laverne Sherman Kirby, 86, died Friday, March 20, 2009 at Wesley Medical Center at Wichita, KS. Sherman was born June 29, 1922 to Ura Laverne Kirby and Hattie M. Kirby at Mullinville, Kansas. Sherman graduated from Dodge City Senior High School in 1940 and attended Hutchinson Junior College until his dad found out how much fun he was having and...

Mar 19, 2009

DODGE CITY - Otto Lee Walters, 84, died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex , Dodge City. He was born on May 30, 1924 at Dodge City the son of Vernon and Mary (Davis) Walters. Otto grew up in Bloom and graduated from Bloom High School in 1943. He served in the US Army from 1945 to...

Mar 19, 2009

Cressie Monroe Enlow, 91, died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Minneola Long Term Care Unit in Minneola. He was born on December 15, 1917 in Pawnee County the son of Ottis Monroe and Lillie Vietta (Crews) Enlow. He married Blanche Vance on January 1, 1939 at the William Converth residence in Ford County. He lived his life on the family...

Mar 16, 2009

GLENDA C. LANCASTER Glenda Christine Lancaster, 61, died Monday, March 16, 2009 at her home in Dodge City, KS. She was born on September 18, 1947 at Dodge City, the daughter of Maxson Berns and Winifred (Snook) Greene. Mrs. Lancaster was a lifetime Dodge City resident. She did volunteer work for the American Legion Post 47, Dodge City, and was...

Mar 10, 2009

Jay E. Martinez, 88, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center at Dodge City, KS. He was born on December 28, 1920 at Copeland, KS the son of N.A. and Carmen (Rodriguez) Martinez. He married Ruth Ascencio on June 23, 1941 in Ingalls, Kansas, she survives. After living many years in Copeland he and wife Ruth moved to...

Mar 9, 2009

Grace C. Hessman, 90, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at Dixie Medical Center in St. George, Utah. She was born on June 23, 1918 in Ravenscrag, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of Albert Ross and Myrtle Arminta (Covalt) Wilcox. She lived with her family on the homestead in Ravenscrag. The family moved back to Dodge City when...

Mar 8, 2009

Robert Alexander "Ande" Ervin, III, 62, died Sunday, March 8, 2009 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on February 27, 1947 in Winfield, the son of Robert Alexander and Mary (Puckett) Ervin. Ande graduated from Dodge City High School. He attended Dodge City Community College, Wentworth Military College, and Bethany College. While in school, he participated in...

Mar 7, 2009

Joyce S. Day, 78, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at her residence at Dodge City. She was born on July 10, 1930 at Garnett, Kansas the daughter of Sargent and Irene C. Salsbury. She grew up in Garnett and Lawrence and graduated from Lawrence High School in 1948. Joyce came to Dodge City in August of 1960. In 1961 she...

Feb 28, 2009

Dora Bishop, 95, died Saturday, February 28, 2009 at her son's residence in Dodge City. She was born on November 23, 1913 in Haskell County, KS, the daughter of Jonathan Orlando and Hetta Rebecca (Thornburg) Alexander. Dora completed High School at Garden City, Kansas. Next in her educational process was completion of Normal School at Elkhart, Kansas. She later attended...

Feb 25, 2009

Dodge City - Jean Elaine Kephart, 75, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex at Dodge City. She was born on December 23, 1933 at Ford, Kansas, the daughter of Jesse R. and Veda Lucille (Davis) Taylor. She grew up in Ford and graduated from Ford High School and later she attended Dodge City Community College. In...

Feb 25, 2009

BERNADEAN E. MOORE DODGE CITY- Bernadean E. Moore, 93, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, KS. She was born on November 6, 1915 in Livingston County, Missouri, the daughter of William Roy and Pearl B. (Shinogle) Templeman. Mrs. Moore moved with her family to a farm northeast of Minneola. Her family spent their winters in Aransas...

Feb 24, 2009

Jane Roberts Dunsford,92,died Tuesday, February 24,2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on January 14, 1917 in Flemington, Missouri, the daughter of Howard Darius and Lillian Margaret (Haussermann) Roberts. Mrs. Dunsford attended Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri and graduated from the University of Kansas. On November 18, 1950, Jane married John C. Dunsford, Jr....

Feb 23, 2009

VIDEO TRIBUTE Mary Ellen Fergerson, 85, died Monday, February 23, 2009 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover. She was born on November 12, 1923 in Argonia, to Gail and Hallie (Kudoo) Hamilton.

She was raised in Milton, Kansas, and graduated from Milton Hight School. Mary attended Emporia State Teachers College and then went to work for...

Feb 22, 2009

Epimenio "Mingo" Torrez, 81, died on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on March 24, 1927 in the Mexican Village of Dodge City, the son of Jose V. and Sara (Jaso) Torrez. Mr. Torrez married Susana D. Garcia in March of 1948. She preceded him in death on August 4, 2003....

Feb 19, 2009

Carl W. Wade, 90, died Thursday, February 19, 2009 at his home in Dodge City, KS. He was born on May 9, 1918 in Jewell County , KS; the son of Edgar and Ola Orpha (Cox) Wade. Mr. Wade grew up in Seymore, Iowa, where he attended school. In 1937 he moved to Dodge City. He married Clara May Beadle...

Feb 11, 2009

Rodney Dee Musick, 59, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on February 17, 1949 at Great Bend the son of Carl "Rex" and Bessie Gertrude (Foster) Musick. He served our country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He married Michele Moyer on November 15, 1975 in Wellington. Mr....

Feb 10, 2009

CLARENCE EUGENE "GENE" CARLYLE DODGE CITY-Clarence Eugene "Gene" Carlyle, 69, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Kansas Soldiers Home in Ft. Dodge. He was born on June 25, 1939 in Abilene, Texas, the son of Clarence Emerette and Lyda Leola (Norris) Carlyle. Gene graduated from Dodge City Community College. He served in the United States Navy during the Cuban Missile...

Feb 6, 2009

Bob Benton, 52, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at his home in Ingalls. He was born on February 26, 1956 in Dodge City, the son of Don and Joan (Nolder) Benton. Bob was raised in Ingalls and graduated from Ingalls High School in 1974. On April 26, 1980, he married Mary Klaus in Cimarron. Bob worked for Ingalls Feedyard for...

Feb 4, 2009

Dodge City - Ervin H. McComas, 89, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains at Dodge City. He was born on March 17, 1919 in Ford County, Kansas the son of Francis Marion and Sarah Jenney Bellle (Mabbitt) McComas. He grew up on the family farm 12 miles north of Dodge City. Mr. McComas was a...

Jan 26, 2009

DARLENE L. HORNBAKER CIMARRON- Darlene Lucille Hornbaker, 73, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains at Dodge City, KS. She was born on November 26, 1935 on a farm about 6 miles northwest of Ensign, the daughter of Guy Robert and Zella Mae (Prescott) Salem. She attended grade school not very far from her home at...