Obituaries

Dec 24, 2021

Thomas D. Taylor, 88, passed away on December 24, 2021 in Dodge City. Tom was born July 21, 1933, on the family farm in Stafford County Kansas.  His parents were Jesse (Jack) and Opal Taylor. He was the youngest of four siblings, with an older sister Virginia and brothers Roger and Daniel.

Tom attended a country grade...

Dec 20, 2021

Gary Roger Chaffin was born in Satanta, KS on June 6, 1937, and passed in Overland Park, KS on December 20, 2021. Gary was preceded in death by his father, Owen Charles Chaffin; mother, Leona Irene (Dale) Chaffin; and only sibling, Billy Wayne Chaffin and wife, Nona.

Gary, a loving husband, dedicated father, proud grandpa and "GG-Pa"...

Dec 20, 2021

Carl Ross Bjork, 76, passed away December 20, 2021, at the Robert J Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita. He was born July 30, 1945, in a Lutheran Children's Home in Richmond, Virginia. That same day his loving adoption parents, Stanley & Donna Bjork, were there to receive him as their own. They immediately applied for a girl, and Linnea...

Dec 20, 2021

Patrick James Slattery passed away on December 20, 2021, in Topeka, KS at the age of 71.

Pat was born in Dodge City, Kansas to Ignatius"Niter" and Beatrice "Snooky" (Stegman) Slattery.  He graduated from St. Mary of the Plains High School.  He enlisted in the US Army and served in the Vietnam War from 1968-1970 as an...

Dec 16, 2021

Dodge City - Jaime Antonio Garcia, 53, died December 16, 2021 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on June 13, 1968 at Guasave Sinaloa, Mexico the son of Rafael and Maria (Mendoza) Garcia.

He married Alicia Torres on December 21, 1994 in Mexico, she survives. He loved watching movies and eating snacks. Mr. Garcia...

Dec 6, 2021

Copeland - My loving husband and our dear father, Merle Dean Schmidt, was born on December 3, 1937 to Wallace and Bertha Yost Schmidt in rural Haskell County at the family home. He peacefully fell asleep on December 6, 2021 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, Kansas, reaching the age of 84 years.

Dad spent his childhood...

Dec 5, 2021

Cimarron – Don Atchison Clark, 70, died December 5 th , 2021 at his home in Cimarron, KS.  He was born on March 5 th , 1951 in Zanesville, Ohio.  He was the son of Richard and Dorothy (Brill) Clark.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Barbara Clark.  They were married on August 8...

Dec 3, 2021

Lenexa - Linda Kay Crane, 69, died December 3, 2021 at her home in Lenexa.  She was born on October 7, 1952 in Dodge City, daughter of Robert Eugene and Marilyn Kay (Kennedy) Crane.

Linda grew up in Dodge City, graduating from Dodge City High School. After high school, she attended Kansas State University where she received...

Dec 3, 2021

Dodge City - Rita Marie Allen, 82, passed December 3, 2021 in Dodge City. She was born on January 13, 1939 in Clay Center, the daughter of Roy and Gertrude (Smith) Knoettgen.

Rita's childhood was spent in Clay Center before the family moved to Sublette.  They lived at the Northern Natural Gas Plant south of Sublette.  Rita...

Dec 2, 2021

Fort Dodge - David Fredrick Dennis, 68, died December 2, 2021 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  He was born on April 18, 1953 at Independence, the son of Ertie and Bessie (Harrison) Dennis.

David grew up in Independence. After high school, David joined the United States Army, serving during the Vietnam War. After his...

Dec 1, 2021

Norma Jean Stein, 75, of Baldwin City, Kansas died Wednesday, December 1, 2021 in Baldwin City. She was born August 16, 1946 in Spearville, the daughter of Henry Schulte and Mary Norma (Hess) Schulte.  She grew up on the family farm in Spearville and graduated from Spearville High School with the class...

Nov 30, 2021

Dodge City - Allen (Al) Dale Kiser, 89, Dodge City, was born September 12, 1932 in Beloit, Kansas during the days of the Great Depression, and died November 30, 2021 at SunPorch of Dodge City under the care of Hospice of the Prairie in Dodge City.

Al served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955 during...

Nov 30, 2021

Satanta - George Lee Purcell, 76, passed away peacefully on November 30, 2021 at his home in Satanta.  He was born on March 8, 1945 in Carbon, Indiana the son of Archie and Merrie (Kiger) Purcell.

George's early year were spent in Indiana.  The family moved to Ulysses his freshman year of high school.  George graduated from...

Nov 29, 2021

Katherine Anita Espinosa Woolwine, 55, died November 29, 2021 at her home in Hutchinson. She was born on November 20, 1966 at Richmond, Virginia the daughter of Alexander Espinosa and Peggy (Moncrief) Heath.

Growing up, Kathy moved around to many places with her family while her dad was in the Air Force. They eventually settled in Dodge...

Nov 28, 2021

CIMARRON - Mary Karlene Woods-Koehn, 82, died November 28, 2021 at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  She was born on April 27, 1939 at Corpus Christi, Texas the daughter of Edgar W. and Fern M. (Charlet) Steinkuehler.

Karlene was a Kalvesta and Cimarron resident most of her life, recently moving to Ft. Garland, Colorado with...

Nov 28, 2021

Sublette - Heinrich Froese Wiebe, 80, passed away November 28, 2021 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, with his family by his side.  He was born on November 13, 1941 at Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico  the son of Abraham and Judith Wiebe.

Heinrich married Elizabeth Neudorf Dyck.  She survives.  Heinrich farmed for much of his life.  He retired...

Nov 27, 2021

Montezuma - Helena Fehr, 53, died November 27, 2021 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, with her family by her side.  She was born on January 30, 1968 at Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico,  the daughter of Peter and Katherina (Driedger) Neufeld.

Helena spent her childhood in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico.  On November 13, 1988, she was...

Nov 27, 2021

Dodge City - Mary Louise Gall, 75, died November 27, 2021 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on May 18, 1946 in San Fransisco, California the daughter of Victor Maxine Burton and Mary Ann (Casey) Rosproy .

At a young age, Louise moved to Kansas with her family; growing up in Dodge City, Garden...

Nov 26, 2021

Sublette - John Dee Mosttler, 62, died November 26, 2021 at the University of Kansas-St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.  He was born on March 14, 1959 in Julesburg, Colorado the son of Walter Doral and Elsie Katherine (Land) Mosttler.

John spent his elementary years in Sedgwick, Colorado.  The family later moved to Sublette and John graduated from...

Nov 25, 2021

Leavenworth – Arno G. Kroeker, 87, died November 25, 2021 at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on October 28, 1934 at Dodge City, the son of Peter W. and Helen (Seibert) Kroeker.

After his service in the Air Force during the Korean War Arno traveled America up until he went home to heaven....