Obituaries

Jan 14, 2022

Garden City – Florentina "Nikki" Chacon, 48, died January 14, 2022 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas.  She was born on May 30, 1973 at Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Florentina and Connie (Lopez) Chacon.

Ms. Chacon loved going to church and spending time with her church family. She loved watching movies on Net...

Jan 13, 2022

Dodge City - Delores Claudetta (Meadows) Welch, 84, died January 13, 2022 Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  She was born on September 14, 1937 at Little Rock, Arkansas.

Delores grew up in Arkansas and Kansas. She enjoyed reading, and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was also an active member of the...

Jan 13, 2022

DODGE CITY - Icyl Irene Wood, 99, died January 13, 2022 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born on January 6, 1923 at Ness County, the daughter of Ira E. and Laura V. (Stewart) Baldwin.

Icyl moved with her family to Reno County when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Hutchinson...

Jan 12, 2022

Dodge City - Marilyn Sauer, 77, died January 12, 2022 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on October 6, 1944 in Cimarron, Kansas the daughter of John and Leola (Miller) Wendel.

She married Vincent "Mike" Sauer on September 28, 1963 in Cimarron, he passed away on January 12, 2022.Mrs. Sauer enjoyed Gardening and taking...

Jan 12, 2022

Dodge City - Vincent "Mike" Sauer, 78, died January 12, 2022 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on December 22, 1943 at Dodge City the son of Vincent and Margaret (Smith) Sauer.

He married Marilyn Wendel on September 28, 1963 in Cimarron, she passed away on January 12, 2022. Mr. Sauer loved working in...

Jan 11, 2022

Dodge City - Daniel Edward Pierce, 64, departed this life on his birthday to be with his Lord and Savior. He passed away at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City on January 11, 2022 after a short illness. Dan was born on January 11, 1958 at Independence, to Earl and Patsy (Chambers) Pierce.

Danny lived most...

Jan 11, 2022

Dodge City – Jose Luis Quiñonez-Loera, 42, died January 11, 2022 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  He was born on March 31, 1979 in Juarez, Mexico, the son of Lorenzo Quiñonez and Nicolasa Loera-Salinas.

At the age of 5, he moved to Dodge City with his family where he attended school.  Jose was a...

Dec 31, 2021

Janice Katheryn (Friess) Hornung's life was a life of love. She was born on February 3, 1939 to Matthias and Mary (Mayme) Friess of Ransom.  She was born into a large family, the 16th of 19 children.

Janice earned a bachelor of education degree and began her love of teaching.  She taught elementary students in Spearville, Windthorst...

Dec 31, 2021

Dodge City - Virgil Martinez, 63, died December 31, 2021 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.  He was born on May 22, 1958 in Dodge City, the son of Manuel Q. and Josefina (Espinosa) Martinez.

Virgil spent his childhood in Dodge City.  He graduated from Dodge City High School.  After graduation, Virgil worked in construction...

Dec 28, 2021

Dodge City - William Thomas Pittman "Bill" "Tom" passed away on December 28, 2021, at the age of 60 with his family by his side. Bill was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Kenneth and Carolyn (Braswell) Pittman on January 16, 1961. Bill completed the family as their third son.  Bill (Tom) moved often as a child throughout East...

Dec 28, 2021

Eileen K. Stegman, 87, of Dodge City, Kansas, died December 28, 2021, at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on February 9, 1934, at Brownell, Kansas, the daughter of Emanuel and Marie (Gumescheimer) Heronemus.

She married Patrick A. Stegman on May 2, 1955, at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Dodge City. He preceded her...

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...