Obituaries

Nov 20, 2022

Cimarron - Ronald Burns, 83, died November 20, 2022 at his home in Cimarron. He was born on July 25, 1939 at Dodge City, the son of Frank and Viva (Baird) Burns.

A lifelong resident of Gray County, Ronald grew up and attended grade school in Kalvesta. He graduated from Cimarron High School....

Nov 19, 2022

Copeland - Richard Dean Unruh was born to Cecil and Ruby Unruh on February 12, 1962, at Garden City. He passed away on the farm on November 19, 2022, hunting pheasants with his son Cody and his Mississippi friends. This was something he loved to do.

As a child, he really enjoyed riding his horse, fishing, and...

Nov 15, 2022

Dodge City - Allen Dean Eberhart, 66, died November 15, 2022 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on August 24, 1956 at Wichita, the son of Allen Eberhart and Betty Jean Cummins.

Allen grew up in Los Angeles and was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School. He served in the United States Marine...

Nov 14, 2022

Bucklin – Tim J. Rabe, 63, died November 14, 2022 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was born on July 30, 1959 in Kinsley, the son of Marvin and Agnes (Arensdorf) Rabe.

Tim graduated from Spearville High School in 1977.  After graduation, he worked for Crustbuster and the City of Coldwater. He married Cindy...

Nov 12, 2022

Dodge City- Alan Lee Robins, 61, died November 12, 2022 in Wichita, Kansas.  He was born on May 5, 1961 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Don and Karon (Melia) Robins.

Alan worked as a parts manufacturer for Curtis Machine Co. Inc. He enjoyed fishing and was an avid Kansas City Chiefs and KU basketball fan....

Nov 9, 2022

Dodge City - Emilio Rodriguez-Lopez, 24, died November 9, 2022 at St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado.  He was born on October 15, 1998 at Dodge City, the son of Raymond Lopez and Catherine Rodriguez-Herrera.

Emo was a lifetime resident of Dodge City and a 2017 graduate of Dodge City High School. He was active in the band...

Nov 8, 2022

Dodge City - John R. Powell, 87, died November 8, 2022 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on April 6, 1935 at Ingersoll, Oklahoma the son of Grover and Minnie (Maloney) Powell.

He proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1958 aboard the USS Roanoke. He married Sue Alexander on...

Nov 5, 2022

Dodge City - Elfriede M. Whiteside, 91, died November 5, 2022 at St. Catherine Hospital in Dodge City. She was born on January 15, 1931 in Vienna, Austria the daughter of John and Emily (Hummer) Fruehbauer.

She married Rex Kenneth Holbrook Whiteside on March 26, 1949 in Vienna, Austria, he preceded her in death on January 18,...

Oct 27, 2022

Montezuma - Jacquelin J. Borth was born on October 29, 1937 in McPherson, to Homer and Irene (Stucky) Kaufman. On October 27, 2022, just two days short of her 85th birthday, she departed this world for her next journey.

Jackie's childhood was spent in McPherson, where she graduated from McPherson High School. On June 5, 1955, she...

Oct 24, 2022

Jennie Lou Jantz was born at the beginning of the dust bowl years in Greensburg on March 29, 1930. She was the daughter of Lincoln and Frances (Nichols) Jantz. The oldest of 6 children, she remembers the struggles her father had making a living on poor farmland. Some of Jennie's earliest memories recall worried times when crops failed...

Oct 23, 2022

Cody Wayne Hanna, 43, died October 23, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona, after a two year battle with cancer. Cody was born in Dodge City, Kansas, on June 9, 1979, the son of Michael S. Hanna and Nancy Foulks Hanna.

The family lived in Cimarron, Kansas...

Oct 21, 2022

Copeland - Gay Beth Moore-Briggs, 86, passed away on October 21, 2022 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City following a lengthy health battle. She was born on November 13, 1935 in Bloomington, Kansas, the daughter of Otto and Helen (Smith) Fritche.

She was raised in Osborne County. After completing high school, Gay...

Oct 19, 2022

Offerle - Ed Molitor, 95, of Offerle, Kansas passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City, Kansas.  He was born on February 18, 1927 at Offerle, Kansas the son of Charles Carl and Lenora Alice Baier Molitor in their home south of Offerle.

Ed attended school at Offerle and graduated from...

Oct 18, 2022

Cimarron - Louis Wayne Love, 77, died October 18, 2022 at the Shepard's Center, Cimarron, Kansas.  He was born on June 23, 1945 in St. John, Kansas, the son of Carl Wayne and Norma Lee (Keeler) Love.

Louis obtained an associate's degree and worked as a back shop foreman for the Daily Globe. He was married to...

Oct 15, 2022

Great Bend - Norma Jean Smith, 82, died October 15, 2022 at her home. She was born on July 24, 1940 in Wellington, the daughter of Robert Joseph and Vera Maddy.

The family moved to California when Norma was a young child. When Norma was a teenager, they returned to Kansas. On January 1, 1960, she married...

Oct 15, 2022

Cimarron- Jerry Speakar ,75, passed away on October 15, 2022, at The Shepherd Center in Cimarron, Kansas, after a valiant three year fight with cancer. Jerry was born May 31, l947 in Mason City, Iowa, son of Robert and Rita Speakar.

He graduated from Mason City High School in l965, and Iowa State University in business in...

Oct 4, 2022

Copeland - Anita Sharon Spanier, 82, died October 4, 2022 at her home in Copeland.  She was born on June 8, 1940 in McPherson, the daughter of Harold and Nora (Becker) Fulkerson.

Sharon spent her childhood in McPherson.  Her family then moved to California.  Sharon married Ron Spanier on April 1, 1958. He preceded her in death...

Oct 2, 2022

Dodge City - Diana Ivette Hernandez Aguilar, 30, died October 2, 2022 in Dodge City, Kansas.  She was born on July 10, 1992 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Bernardo Hernandez Aguilar and Odilia (Quintero) Aguilar.

Diana grew up in Dodge City graduating high school in 2010. She married Jose Hernandez in 2015; they have been...

Sep 29, 2022

Dodge City - Dorlene Elsa Radke Steele went to meet her heavenly father on Sept 29, 2022. She was born September 24, 1925 in Milberger, Russell County, Kansas to William Fredrick Radke and Ida Magdalena Karst Radke.

As a child, Dorlene attended a one room country school house in Milberger, Kansas. She graduated from Salt City Business...

Sep 23, 2022

Dodge City - Wesley R. "Wes" Underwood, 84, passed away on September 23, 2022 at St. Catherine Hospital in Dodge City.  He was born on April 11, 1938 in Great Bend, the son of Wilbur Roy and Zazle Katherine (Wesley) Underwood.

Wes grew up on a farm in Hodgeman County.  He graduated from...