Obituaries

Jan 16, 2023

Salomon "Salo" Montes, 70, of Dodge City, KS, was called upon and ran to our heavenly father on January 16th, 2023 surrounded by our family after a long battle with heart disease.

Born to Rosario Montes and Camerina Monares (Rodriguez) in Chihuahua, Mexico. He immigrated to the US at 8 years old, graduated from Dodge City High...

Jan 16, 2023

Dodge City - Rene Orlando Figueroa, Jr., 42, died January 16, 2023 in rural Clark County. He was born on April 29, 1980 at Bakersfield, California the son of Rene Orlando Figueroa, Sr. and Gloria Blanco.

Rene grew up in McFarland, California and graduated from McFarland High School. The family later moved to Dodge City in 2015....

Jan 14, 2023

Dodge City - Carolyn Ruth Stude, 77, died January 14, 2023 at St. Catherine Hospital of Dodge City.  She was born on December 15, 1945 in Dodge City, the daughter of Herman and Vera (Brock) Stude.

Carolyn's early childhood was spent in Bucklin.  Her family then moved to the farm northwest of Dodge City, near St. Michael's...

Jan 13, 2023

Montezuma – Our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother Sadie "Marlene" Koehn was born February 19, 1935, in McPherson County, to Peter B. and Esther (Unruh) Koehn.  She peacefully passed away at Bethel Home, Montezuma on January 13, 2023, reaching the age of 87. She leaves us to join the rest of her siblings.

Her childhood years were...

Jan 13, 2023

Erik Lawrence De Leon was born on January 8, 1981 to Avalino De Leon and Esmeraldo Alvarado. On January 13, 2023, Erik unexpectedly passed away leaving behind his loving family.

He was a loving father who was very committed to his family and growing as an individual and always put effort, thought, care and consideration into himself...

Jan 12, 2023

Wichita - Marvin Dale Roth, 63, died January 12, 2023 at his home at the Starkey residence in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on July 11, 1959 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Verl Raymond and Sadie Marie (Rentfrow) Roth.

Family was very important to Marvin, and he loved when family and friends would stop by...

Jan 10, 2023

Dodge City - Edgar Ruiz, 12, falleció el 10 de enero del 2023 en Children's Mercy Hospital en Kansas City, Missouri. Nació el 2 de julio del 2010 en Dodge City, Kansas, hijo de Reydecel y Graciela (Robles) Ruiz.

A Edgar le encantaba pasar tiempo con sus padres y hermanos.

Lo sobreviven sus padres; y...

Jan 9, 2023

Dodge City - Jose Silvestre Garcia, 78, died January 9, 2023 at Trinity Manor in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born on December 31, 1944 in Durango, Mexico, the son of Lazaro Garcia and Jovita Medrano. He was a delivery driver for Pizza Hut for 20 years. Jose was a musician. He loved to sing and play different instruments....

Jan 6, 2023

Dodge City - Erica Eunice Donjuan, 47, died January 6, 2023 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on December 6, 1975 at Guerrero, Mexico the daughter of Manuel Donjuan and Evelia Marino.

Erica enjoyed cooking, dancing and listening to music in her spare time. She loved taking care of her parents and always...

Jan 6, 2023

Copeland - Roxie Jean Tucker, died January 6, 2023, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Gray County.  She was born on December 29, 1952, at Cheyenne Wells, Colorado the daughter of William and Geneva (McGregor) Jones.

Roxie spent her childhood in Sharon Springs where she graduated from high school.  She went on to further...

Jan 5, 2023

Satanta - Carol A. Wilson, 80, died January 5, 2023, at Satanta Long Term Care Unit.  She was born on December 29, 1942, in Hartner, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer and Dorothy (Joachims) Hartwig.

Carol's childhood was spent in Alva, Oklahoma. She graduated from Alva High School in 1960 and went on to further her education at...

Jan 4, 2023

Montezuma - Virginia Fern Koehn, 85, passed away on January 4, 2023 at Bethel Home in Montezuma. Virginia was born December 28, 1937 to Herman and Elsie (Dirks) Ratzlaff in Fredonia.

Virginia accepted the Lord as her Savior and was baptized March 23, 1950 in Scott City. Errol Koehn and Virginia Ratzlaff met each other when they...

Jan 4, 2023

Montezuma - Kathryn (Katie) Schmidt, 90, of Montezuma passed away January 4, 2023. She was born on March 6, 1932 in Hitchcock to Joseph and Mary (Schmidt) Eck. She married Franklin J. Schmidt on November 18, 1947.

Kathryn was raised in Hitchcock and Ringwood, Oklahoma during the great depression. She moved to Montezuma and lived with her...

Jan 2, 2023

John Bradley Andrews, 67, of Dodge City, Kansas passed away peacefully on January 2, 2023. He was born in Denver, Colorado on November 3, 1955. He grew up in Hudson, Colorado where he enjoyed hunting, 4-H/FFA, livestock judging and showing livestock in his youth.

Following high school, he attended Texas Christian University's Farm and Ranch Management program...

Jan 2, 2023

Sublette - Ruth Adele Phoenix, 87, died January 2, 2023 at Good Samaritan Society in Olathe. She was born on October 14, 1935 in Garden City, the daughter of Robert C. and Hedwig M. (Krug) Messerly.

Ruth was a lifetime resident of Sublette. She graduated from Sublette High School in 1953. On January 31, 1954, she was...

Jan 2, 2023

Montezuma –Mom was born on April 24,1935 to Wallace and Bertha (Yost) Schmidt at home in Haskell County, Kansas. She passed away on January 2, 2023 at Bethel Home in Montezuma.

She attended the Colusa school house. She grew up with my Dad not knowing they would fall in love and become soulmates for life. They got...

Dec 30, 2022

DODGE CITY - Edward Henry ("Eddie") Bergkamp passed away on December 30, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. Eddie was born September 5, 1939 in San Bernardino, California, the eldest son of Mabel Gerber and Joseph Edward Bergkamp.

The family moved to Dodge City, when Eddie was a child. He attended Sacred Heart Cathedral and Saint Mary of the...

Dec 29, 2022

Dodge City - Abel Rodriguez, 75, died December 29, 2022 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City.  He was born on December 6, 1947 in Mexico the son of Patricio Rodriguez and Maria Luisa Quezada.

Abel grew up in Mexico and married Martha E. Terrazas on February 14, 1969 in Mexico. After their marriage they moved to Colorado...

Dec 26, 2022

Our beautiful son, Cyrus Anthony Koehn, was born to us, Rick and Tamra, on November 22, 2022. He went to be with God on December 26, 2022.  He was four weeks old.

Like most parents, we expected a healthy baby, but in the days after Cyrus was born, we saw him struggling. He was flown from Liberal...

Dec 24, 2022

Dodge City - On August 15, 1933, on a small farm in Haskell County, Kansas, Mary Lou Frank was born to Edward and Elizabeth Frank. She was the 5th of 7 children. She peacefully passed away at the age 89 in the early morning of December 24, 2022 in Aurora Colorado.

Mary Lou spent her childhood on...