Obituaries

Oct 25, 2021

Montezuma - Clara Jean (Jeanne) Jantz was born June 16, 1931 to Porter and Laura Hightower in Lindsay, Oklahoma. She went home to Heaven on October 25, 2021, at the age of 90. Jeanne loved the Lord and was a devoted faith and prayer warrior. She was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed flower gardening, crafting, cooking,...

Oct 25, 2021

Offerle - Nicholas Rylee Williams, 8, died October 25, 2021 in rural Ford County.  He was born on January 10, 2013 in Dodge City, the son of Curtis and Kimberlee (Bonnette) Williams.

Nicholas attended school in Spearville, where he was currently a 3 rd grader at Spearville Elementary. He knew no stranger, and loved helping people. He...

Oct 24, 2021

Cimarron – Kathy J. Winkler, 71, died October 24, 2021 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on May 24, 1950 at Liberal, Kansas the daughter of Harry and Opal (Hicks) Heape.

Kathy married John Winkler on October 24, 1969 in Satanta, he survives. Mrs. Winkler was a very active blood donor to...

Oct 22, 2021

Ingalls - Carl Christensen, 87, died October 22, 2021 at SunPorch of Dodge City.  He was born on March 5, 1934 in Marshfield, Wisconsin the son of Victor and Katherine (Lowe) Christensen.

Carl spent his childhood years on the family farm near Marshfield, Wisconsin.  He attended a small, two room country school before attending Mansfield High School. ...

Oct 21, 2021

Effie Mae Ross has passed into the arms of Our Savior today October 21, 2021 at the age of 100. Effie was born July 1st 1921 in Barkeyville, Pennsylvania to Myrtle nee Hoffman and Thomas Ayers McFadden and grew up in the Bully Hill neighborhood of Franklin, PA.

She was courted and wed by J. Vance Robinson...

Oct 20, 2021

Dodge City - Mark Steven Thomas, 71, died October 20, 2021 at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover.  He was born on October 7, 1950 at Dodge City, the son of Walter and Zola (Algrim) Thomas.

Mark grew up in Dodge City, attending Dodge City Public Schools and graduating from Dodge City High School. After high school, Mark...

Oct 18, 2021

Montezuma - My dear wife, our mother, and grandmother Lola Jane Koehn, was born to Reuben and Alice Koehn on January 6, 1932 at Dodge City, Kansas. She peacefully went to her reward on October 18, 2021, reaching the age of 89 years.

When our mother was 3 years old, her family moved to Goltry,...

Oct 16, 2021

Montezuma - Ruby Fern (Jantz) Nightengale passed away October 16, 2021 at the age of 87 years. She was born to Marcus and Adina Jantz on October 13, 1934. She grew up on a farm south of Montezuma with much hardship during the depression years. Her Uncle Tobe and Aunt Mary Koehn took much care of the family.

Oct 16, 2021

MONTEZUMA - Velda Ruth Ratzlaff, age 88 of Moundridge, formerly of Montezuma, passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021. She was the daughter of Herman A. and Virginia (Lohrey) Dirks.

She was born September 16, 1933 in Chinook, Montana. Velda attended Prairie Flower and Gem School near Halstead, Kansas.

On November 25, 1956,...

Oct 16, 2021

Montezuma - Laura Powell, 88, died October 16, 2021 at The Shepherd's Center in Cimarron. She was born on November 1, 1932 on the family farm north of Montezuma, the daughter of Emil and Eva (Koehn) Koehn.

Laura attended Montezuma schools, completing the eighth grade. She later completed her GED and attended Dodge City Community...

Oct 14, 2021

Bucklin – Michael Lynn Barnett, 61, died October 14, 2021 in Kansas City, Kansas.  He was born on November 18, 1959 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Ivan Paul and Florence (Nolder) Barnett.

He was the youngest of 14 children. He was a loving son, brother, husband and father. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Elson...

Oct 14, 2021

Cimarron - Otto  Salem, 97, died October 14, 2021 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  He was born on February 6, 1924 at Ellinwood, Kansas the son of Alex and Debly (Heymour) Salem.

The Salem family moved to Gray County in 1928 to a farm northeast of Cimarron. He graduated from Cimarron High School in 1944....

Oct 11, 2021

COPELAND - God has called an angel to heaven on October 11, 2021. Ina Jean Whetzel Hinderliter was born on December 2, 1932, and was the daughter of John T. and Lottie Whetzel of Kingman, Kansas. She attended school in Kingman, and college in Columbia, Missouri. In 1951, she married Paul Hinderliter, her high school sweetheart and they resided...

Oct 10, 2021

Montezuma - Gloria Ann Schmidt, 80, died October 10, 2021 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. She was born on February 3, 1941 on the family farm northeast of Copeland to Pete G. and Alvina (Unruh) Koehn. Gloria spent her childhood years on the family farm. She attended school in Copeland. She was baptized on January 22,...

Oct 9, 2021

DODGE CITY - Hoa Thanh Nguyen, 52, died October 9, 2021 at the Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado.  He was born on November 24, 1968 at My Tho City, Vietnam the son of Phung Van Nguyen and My Thi Duong.

Hoa moved to the United States in 1992 and went to barber school in Virginia. He moved...

Oct 8, 2021

Satanta - Brett Alan Miller, 58, died October 8, 2021 in Satanta. He was born on March 9, 1963 in Peoria, Illinois the son of Larry and Bonnie (Siegfried) Miller. Brett worked as an insurance adjuster for over 20 years in central Illinois, mostly adjusting for Lewistown Mutual in Lewistown, Illinois. He moved to Kansas three years ago to...

Oct 8, 2021

Dodge City - Ernestine G. Robinson, 68, died October 8, 2021 at Trinity Manor in Dodge City.  She was born on October 20, 1952 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Ernest and Geneva Robinson.

Ernestine worked for Kansas State Grain Inspection for many years. She also worked for USD #443, in the school cafeteria.

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Oct 7, 2021

Van A Tenny, 74, of Dodge City, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.

Van was born December 16, 1946, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Willis and Mabel (Solze) Tenny. He was a graduate of Beeler Rural High School and attended Goodland, KS, VoTech where he trained as...

Oct 7, 2021

Ulysses - Joyce Forester, 87, went to her eternal home October 7, 2021 while residing at Bethel Home in Montezuma.  She was born October 15, 1933 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Percy and Rose Etta (Schepers) Smith.

Joyce grew up in Ryus, Kansas just outside Satanta as part of a wonderful community of families called...

Oct 7, 2021

Dodge City - Theo Jean Melia, 92, passed away October 7, 2021 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on October 3, 1929 at Stormont Vale Hospital in Topeka to Glenn Thomas and Mary Ruth (McCrackin) Faulkner.

Theo graduated from Dodge City High School. She married Albert Melia.  After raising six children, she went back...