Obituaries

Oct 4, 2021

Dodge City – Randy C. Frey, 68, died October 4, 2021 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on August 10, 1953 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Chester Lee Frey and Welda Grace (Scott) Frey.

He married Christine Young on May 21, 1983 in Dodge City, Kansas, she survives. Mr. Frey worked as...

Oct 4, 2021

Melvin Boner passed away on October 4, 2021. He was born on July 9, 1924, the son of Clarence "Clyde Boner and Pearl Medley Alpers. He married Coleen Liebert in July of 1951.

Melvin served in the United States Navy, and was discharged in 1947. He then returned to Dodge City, working as a mechanic for Rexroad...

Oct 3, 2021

Fort Dodge - Jerry Allen Gaida, 74, died October 3, 2021 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  He was born on April 21, 1947 at Klamath Falls, Oregon, the son of Jerry John and Gwen R. (Robinson) Gaida.

Jerry served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War.

He is survived...

Sep 22, 2021

Montezuma - Neil Krahn Peters was born on October 16, 1967, to John and Elizabeth Peters at Rubio, Chihuahua, Mexico.  He was the 13 th of 17 children.  His life was tragically taken in a vehicle accident as the sun was setting on September 22, 2021, reaching the age of 53 years.

When Neil was 15 years...

Sep 21, 2021

BENTONVILLE - Jeffrey Allen Kerbs was born to Larry and Marie (Killian) Kerbs on February 7,1969, in Dodge City. He passed away surrounded by his loved ones on September 21 , 2021 , in Bentonville, Arkansas.

He graduated from Dodge City Senior High in 1987 and earned both a Bachelor & Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from...

Sep 20, 2021

Dodge City - Robert Duane Askew, 78, died September 20, 2021 at Brookdale Senior Living in Dodge City.  He was born on May 17, 1943 in Dodge City, the son of John and Jessie Mae (Smith) Askew.

Duane grew up in Dodge City, graduating from Dodge City High School. After high school, Duane began farming. While farming,...

Sep 18, 2021

Dodge City - Tomasa  Rincon, 75, died September 18, 2021 at The Shepherd Center in Cimarron.  She was born on March 7, 1946 at Palau Coahuila, Mexico the daughter of Miguel and Juana (Vasquez) Ramirez.

She married Eleuterio "Don Lute" Rincon on December 20, 1962 in Mexico, he preceded her in death on March 11, 2011.Tomasa loved...

Sep 17, 2021

Dodge City - Roberto Marino, 63, died September 17, 2021 at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Missouri.  He was born on May 16, 1958 at Chichihualco, Guerrero, Mexico the son of Canerino Marino and Maria  (Portillo) Marino

He loved coaching and playing soccer and spending time with his family. He was a very friendly person. He also...

Sep 16, 2021

Dodge City - Kenneth Ray Rogers, 76, died September 16, 2021 at Select Specialty Hospital, Wichita.  He was born on February 24, 1945 at Scott City, the son of Burl J. and Fern (Strobridge) Rogers.

Kenneth grew up and attended schools in Leoti. He was a homebuilder in Bartlesville and Tulsa, Oklahoma prior to his police career....

Sep 13, 2021

Montezuma - Our beloved father, grandfather, and husband, David Russel Unruh was born on August 15, 1929 to Abe J. and Elizabeth (Unruh) Unruh in rural Gray County. He quietly and peacefully passed to his eternal reward on September 13, 2021. He reached the age of 92 years.

He spent his childhood years on the...

Sep 13, 2021

Dodge City- Ruby "Cleo" (Blanchett) Hughes, 88, of Dodge City, died Monday, September 13, 2021, at her home.

She was the second of twin babies (brother: Orville "Leo") born on March 10, 1933, near Weathers, Arkansas, to Joe and Nettie (Weber) Blanchett. In 1940, her family moved back to Minneola, Kansas where she attended school.

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Sep 5, 2021

M. Leah Hayes passed away on September 5, 2021, at the age of 94. Leah was born October 6, 1926, in Pittsburg, Kansas to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn D. Smith.

Moving around as a young child, the family finally settled in Joplin, Missouri where she graduated from Joplin High School in 1944. Upon graduation she attended Kansas...

Sep 5, 2021

Sublette - Shirley Ruth Wait Shotton passed away on September 5, 2021. She was born on November 2, 1932 in Finney County, Kansas to the late Raymond and Allie Wass Wait. Shirley married her high school sweetheart; Victor Lynn Shotton in Sublette, Kansas on July 18, 1951 and began a family together.

Shirley was an entrepreneur at...

Sep 5, 2021

Linda D. Koch (West), age 78 passed away peacefully at home in Naples, Florida on September 5, 2021. Linda was born in Dodge City, Kansas on November 19, 1942, the daughter of the late Emerson C. and RoseMary (Williams) West.

After graduation, she married her sweetheart Hugh R. (Bud) Koch in 1960 and shortly after, moved to...

Sep 3, 2021

Dodge City- Ronald Lavern Hunter passed from this earthly life on Friday September 3, 2021, at the home of his son in Tucson Arizona. Ronald was born in Dodge City Kansas to Daniel L and Hazel V (Woods) Hunter on Saturday October 19, 1929. Ron spent his entire life in Dodge City, graduating from high school in 1947. Ron...

Aug 28, 2021

Dodge City - Frances Irene Wedel, age 87, passed away Saturday morning, August 28, 2021 at the Manor of the Plains nursing home, Dodge City. She was born April 10, 1934 at Enid, Oklahoma, the daughter of Cornelius H. and Tena A. (Kroeker) Ediger.

She was born in a Christian family where she was taught about the...

Aug 24, 2021

Helen Mae Alexander, age 57, of Amorita, Oklahoma, passed away August 24, 2021, in Omaha, Nebraska after a brave and lengthy battle with breast cancer and sarcoma of the lung.

Helen was born November 21, 1963, in Kiowa, Kansas to William Alexander, Jr. and Mary Katherine (Stewart) Alexander. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1982 and...

Aug 23, 2021

Roy Noble Snyder 89, died August 23, 2021, at Bethel Home in Montezuma. He was born on September 16, 1931, in rural Ford County, Kansas, the son of Frederick Luther and Leah Darline (Ford) Snyder.

He married Bertha "Birdie" Ochs on June 6, 1956. She preceded him in death on May 24, 1962. He later married Valetta...

Aug 15, 2021

Dodge City – Ingeborg "Inge" Amelia Johnson, 93, passed away August 15, 2021 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on August 12, 1928 at Koblenz, Germany the daughter of Andreaus and Amelia Karbach.

Inge married Samuel D. Gill on July 13, 1951 in Wiesbaden, Germany, he preceded her in death on January 12, 1990....

Aug 15, 2021

Montezuma – Twin girls were born to Clarence and Wilma Ruth (Hart) Rylant on November 11, 1962 in Kiowa, Oklahoma.  When the girls were several years old, the family was separated. A couple of years later, Jake and Mary Koehn of Montezuma adopted one of the twins.  They named her Kathy Jo. Finally, Jake and Mary had a little...