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Roxanne M. Dowling

Roxanne M. Dowling

Jun 17, 2021

Dodge City - Roxanne Marie Dowling, 65, of Dodge City, KS joined her loved ones in Heaven on June 17th at home, with her family, after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer.

Roxanne Marie Jacobs, first of six children to Casper and Jeanie Jacobs, was born December 11th, 1955, in Dodge City and grew up on the...

Sonia Lynn Offerle

Sonia Lynn Offerle

Jun 16, 2021

Sonia Lynn Offerle, 48, passed June 16, 2021 in Offerle, Kansas.  She was born April 11, 1973 in Hayward, California to Bonnie (Richardson) and the late Douglas Gobin.

At the young age of 2, Sonia and her family relocated to Hanston, where she attended kindergarten through 4 th grade. Following, she attended Hill City public schools until...

James (Jim) Robert Allen

James (Jim) Robert Allen

Jun 16, 2021

Dodge City - James (Jim) Robert Allen, 75, died June 16, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.  He was born on July 13, 1945 in Belleflower, California, the son of Horace J. and Vivian B. (Tucker) Allen.

When Jim was three, the family moved from California to Dodge City. Jim graduated from Dodge City High School...

Adrian Salazar

Adrian Salazar

Jun 10, 2021

Dodge City - Adrian Salazar, 34, died June 10, 2021 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  He was born on January 19, 1987 in Beaver, Oklahoma, the son of Oscar and Elsa (Martinez) Alvarado-Salazar.

Adrian spent his early childhood in Beaver, Oklahoma.  The family moved to Satanta in 1997.  Adrian graduated from Satanta High School...

Ray L. Woods

Ray L. Woods

Jun 5, 2021

INGALLS - Raymond Leslie "Ray" Woods, 71, died June 5, 2021 at his home in Gray County.  He was born on December 18, 1949 at Dodge City, the son of Kenneth and Arvilla Zeda (Hines) Woods.

Growing up, Ray helped with his family custom wheat harvesting business traveling from Oklahoma to Montana. He was a graduate of...

Mark Carter

Mark Carter

Jun 1, 2021

Ensign - Mark Carter, 66, died June 1, 2021 at his home in Bloom.  He was born on April 7, 1955 in Wiesbaden, Germany, the son of Wilmer "Will" V. and Jacqueline "Jackie" (Jehle) Carter.

Shortly after Mark was born, the family moved from the military base in Germany to Riverside, California where he spent most of...

Jone Starks

Jone Starks

May 27, 2021

Dodge City - Jone Starks, 74, died May 27, 2021 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on August 31, 1946 at Salt Lake City,Utah the daughter of Joseph and Dora (Wiggs) Sturzenegger.

She married John Starks on November 14, 1969 in Salt Lake City, Utah, he survives. Mrs. Starks loved reading books, playing cards...

Dennis "Doc" L. Netherton

Dennis "Doc" L. Netherton

May 26, 2021

Dodge City - Dennis Leon "Doc" Netherton, 84, died May 26, 2021 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City.  He was born on September 18, 1936 at Dodge City, the son of Harley G. and Mary Elizabeth (Warren) Netherton.

Doc grew up in Chicago and went to work at Wisconsin Steel in Chicago when he was only...

Tom Perez Sr.

Tom Perez Sr.

May 22, 2021

Dodge City - Thomas Perez Sr., 78, died May 22, 2021 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on January 17, 1943 at Dodge City, the son of Tony Perez and Mary (Garcia) Martinez.

Tom married Helen Blea on October 29, 1959 in Dodge City, she preceded him in death on October 11, 2020, the...

Russell Eugene Fischer

Russell Eugene Fischer

May 21, 2021

Wright - Russell E. Fischer, 89, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, May 21, 2021. Russell was born to Otto A. and Minnie E. (Flair) Fischer October 14, 1931 at Trinity Hospital, Dodge City, Kansas.

Russell was a lifetime resident of Ford County.  As a child, he attended Pleasant View country...

Anna Marie Eckles

Anna Marie Eckles

May 21, 2021

Dodge City - Anna Marie (Stark) Eckles passed peacefully with her immediate family by her side on May 21, 2021.  She was born on November 26, 1917.

Murry will be remembered fondly by the many whose lives she touched. Family, friends, artists, musicians, neighbors and many fellow travelers she met and inspired on her path through life....

Bill Baker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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