Bill Baker
May 18, 2021
Dodge City - Harold William "Bill" Baker, 70, died May 18, 2021 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on October 27, 1950 at Independence, the son of Harold J. and Robyn Thais (Ivy) Baker.
At the age of two, Bill moved with his family to Amarillo, Texas, where he spent his childhood years....
Travis Woody
May 18, 2021
Cimarron - Travis Woody, 102, died May 18, 2021 at the Shepherd Center in Cimarron, Kansas. She was born on February 19, 1919 at Rodney, Arkansas, to Benjamin H. and Rose Woodcock Dewey.
Travis attended school in Calico Rock, Arkansas and graduated from the University of Arkansas. She taught high school math until her enlistment in the...
Samuel Rangel
May 18, 2021
Dodge City - Samuel Rangel, 59, died May 18, 2021 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on July 10, 1961 at San Felipe, GTO, Mexico the son of Agustin and Maria Elena (Gomez).
He married Maria (Mendez) on January 1, 1983 in Mexico, she survives. Mr. Rangel loved to play baseball and play his...
Karen Sue Koehn
May 18, 2021
Montezuma - Karen Sue Koehn was born to Lewis and Kleda (Dirks) Koehn on July 27, 1955 in Garden City. She passed away peacefully in her sleep at Wesley Hospital in Wichita on May 18, 2021, at the age of sixty-five years.
Karen grew to womanhood in Montezuma. She accepted the Lord as her Savior at the...
Nick James Hibbert
May 17, 2021
Ingalls - Nicholas James Hibbert, 28, died May 17, 2021. He was born on January 29, 1993 in Liberal, the son of Joe and Shelly (Vath) Hibbert.
Nick was a lifetime resident of southwest Kansas. He attended elementary school in Cimarron and then attended South Gray High in Montezuma, graduating with the class of 2011. While in...
Ethel Arlene Rooney
May 10, 2021
Dodge City - Ethel Arlene Rooney, 84, long time resident of Dodge City, passed away on Monday, May 10, 2021. She was best known as Rusty for her red hair and fiery spirit and was born January 17, 1937, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Clevella Marguerite Martin Klimek and Charles Lawton Bridges.
She worked many years in...
Jeffrey Scott Wright
May 9, 2021
Dodge City - Jeffrey Scott Wright, 60, died May 9, 2021 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. He was born on June 4, 1960 at Wichita, Kansas the son of Jimmy and Jackie (Speer) Wright.
He lived most of his life in Dodge City, and was a proud member of the 1978 Red Demons graduating...
Benjamin Dyck
May 7, 2021
Ensign - Benjamin Dyck, 56, died May 7, 2021 at his home following a long illness. He was born on August 2, 1964 in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico the son of Johann and Elizabeth (Quiring) Dyck.
Benjamin spent his childhood in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico where he attended school. He went to work at the age of 13, working in a...
Floris Jean Hampton
May 7, 2021
Floris Jean (Snyder) Hampton died May 7, 2021, in Dodge City, at the age of 93. She was born to Russell and Mary Lee (Wortman) Snyder on May 3, 1928, in Dodge City. Except for brief periods away attending college, she lived in the area all of her life, most of it in the rural Dodge City home that...
James "Jim" G. Lacy
May 6, 2021
CIMARRON - James G. "Jim" Lacy, 74, died May 6, 2021 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. He was born on July 3, 1946 at Dodge City, the son of Keith Willis and Dorothy (Whitmer) Lacy.
Jim grew up in Cimarron and attended Cimarron Schools. He joined the US Navy serving during the Vietnam War. After the...
Kenneth Lee Koehn
May 6, 2021
Dodge City - Kenneth Lee Koehn, 87, died May 6, 2021 at Trinity Manor in Dodge City. He was born on May 27, 1933 in Moundridge, the son of Cornelius H. and Lena (Becker) Koehn.
Kenneth spent his early childhood in the Moundridge and Halstead areas, where he also attended school. As a teen, his family moved...
Lex Hartnett
May 6, 2021
Ensign - Lex Hartnett, 64, died May 6, 2021 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. He was born on June 16, 1956 at Ensign, Kansas the son of Arnold and Bette (Reese) Hartnett.
Mr. Hartnett worked as a carpenter all his life and enjoyed playing music and spending time with his family in his spare...
Eric Bryan Dirks
May 4, 2021
Dodge City - Eric Bryan Dirks was born to Kenneth and Mary Alice Dirks on March 5, 1960 in Denver, Colorado. He passed away of natural causes at his home in Dodge City, Kansas on May 3, 2021 at the age of 61 years.
Eric returned to rural Copeland, Kansas with his parents after their term of...
Harold Waggoner
May 3, 2021
Dodge City - On Monday, May 3, 2021, Harold William Waggoner, loving father and grandfather passed away at the age of 60. Harold was born on October 25, 1960 in Dodge City, to Gary and Lelah (Harms) Waggoner.
Harold grew up around Dodge City and graduated from Ensign High School in 1979. After leaving school he spent...
Luis Felipe Mejia-Salgado
May 2, 2021
Dodge City - Luis Felipe Mejia-Salgado, 23, died May 2, 2021 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Dodge City. He was born on December 31, 1997 in Guerrero, Mexico, the son of  Felipe Meia and Maria Salgado.
Luis spent his childhood years in Mexico where he attended school. After he graduated, he moved to...
Teri Valencia
May 1, 2021
Teri Valencia of Wichita, Kansas went to her Eternal Home in Heaven on May 1, 2021. Teri was born on May 21, 1949 in Ensign, Kansas. She was the youngest child born to Jesus and Candida Sanchez.
Ms. Valencia was a beautiful, kind person who loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grand children as...
Isaias E. Lopez
Apr 30, 2021
Dodge City – Isaias E. Lopez, 77, died April 30, 2021 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on July 6, 1943 at San Francisco de Asis, Durango Mexico the son of Francisco and Carmen (Escobar) Lopez.
He married Juana Vidana in December of 1979. Mr. Lopez loved taking care of his lawn,...
Evelyn Louise Helm
Apr 28, 2021
Dodge City - Evelyn Louise (Trummel) Helm was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world suddenly on April 29, 2021 at age 98. She was born in Wilmore Kansas to Orda and Ethel (Baker) Trummel on November 1, 1922.
She married Louis Helm and together, they had 3 children: Virginia, Carolyn,...
Sandy L. Unruh
Apr 23, 2021
DODGE CITY - Sandra "Sandy" Louise Unruh, 80, passed away from Pancreatic Cancer on April 23, 2021 at Dodge City. She was born on December 11, 1940 in Bowie, Texas, the daughter of Lawrence and Mary (Melton) Rudd.
Sandy was a graduate of Bucklin High School and then attended Emporia State University. On November 11, 1961 she...
Jules Racy
Apr 23, 2021
Ensign - Jules Racy, 81, died April 23, 2021 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on November 5, 1939 at Independence, Kansas the son of William and Eva (Merchant) Racy.
He married Carole Short on October 17, 1964 in Liberal, Kansas, she survives. Mr. Racy proudly served his country in the U.S....
