Obituaries

Dec 17, 2020

Peggy Molitor, age 92, of Offerle, Ks, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City, Ks.  She was born January 15, 1928 in Quinter, Kansas to Frank and Elizabeth (Leiker) Herzog.  After graduating from Quinter High School she attended cosmetology school and opened her own beauty salon in Dodge City, Ks.  She sold the...

Dec 17, 2020

COPELAND - Edythe Joan Ward, 91, of Copeland, passed away on December 17, 2020 in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born to Thad and Edythe (Nichols) Tyler on May 1, 1929.

Joan spent her childhood in Copeland, attending school there. On December 7, 1949, Joan was united in marriage to Leonard Ward in Copeland. The newly married couple...

Dec 17, 2020

Montezuma - Clara Melvina Loewen, 98, died December 17, 2020 at Bethel Home in Montezuma. She was born on November 22, 1922 in Balko, Oklahoma the daughter of Jacob and Anna (Just) Karber.

Clara spent her childhood in Balko, Oklahoma. She graduated from Balko High School in 1941 and continued her education at Tabor College. Clara attended...

Dec 13, 2020

DODGE CITY - Brett Anthony Phillips-Besser, 31, died December 13, 2020 at El Dorado.  He was born on November 7, 1989 at Dodge City, the son of Shawn Besser and Shawna Phillips.

Brett grew up in Dodge City and Cimarron and attended schools in both communities. He worked at National Beef, Howell County Feeders, The Truck Washout,...

Dec 13, 2020

Vera Mae Mackey, 96, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020 in Lawton, Oklahoma.  She was born on October 21, 1924 on a farm north of Montezuma, to Mabel Eugenia (Courbot) and Arthur Henry Steward.

Vera graduated from Montezuma High School in 1942.  In the fall of 1942, she received a letter offering a Civil Service position...

Dec 12, 2020

Gracene Eleanor Holuska, 82, died December 12, 2020 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on February 21, 1938 in Dodge City, to Aaron Allen and Geraldine (Teagarden) Bailey.

After many moves, her folks settled in Syracuse where she graduated from Syracuse High School in 1955.  On May 28, 1955, she married Roger...

Dec 11, 2020

Dodge City - Carlos Estrada, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, was delivered comfortably into the open arms of our Lord on December 11, 2020. Carlos was born in Chihuahua, Mexico on April 30, 1945.

He married the girl next door and the love of his life, Margarita Gutierrez, on February 16, 1969. Carlos was...

Dec 11, 2020

Dodge City – Alan D. Esplund, 64, died December 11, 2020 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  He was born on October 4, 1956 at Minneola, Kansas the son of  John R.and Edith Mae (Vandervort) Esplund.

He married Vivian Smith on August 22, 1975 in Dodge City, she survives. Mr. Esplund loved to go hunting...

Dec 10, 2020

Sarah Janell Moote, 37, died December 10, 2020 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on September 5, 1983 in Jay, Oklahoma the daughter of Tom and Kay (Hamilton) Moote.

Sarah spent her childhood in Grove, Oklahoma.  She was a 2004 graduate of Grove High School.  In 2008, Sarah moved to Dodge City with her...

Dec 8, 2020

Wichita - Phyllis Elaine Hasty, 88, died December 8, 2020 at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita. She was born on December 25, 1931 at St. Anthony Hospital Dodge City, Kansas during a blizzard, the only child of Willie Earl and Geneva (Wright) Thompson.  She grew up on various farms around Dodge City, attended primary grades in the one...

Dec 8, 2020

Sharon June Unruh

Montezuma - Our wife, mother and grandmother, Sharon June Unruh was born on June 1, 1945 to Elmer and Viola (Unruh) Jantz in Merced, California. She left us on Dec. 8, 2020, at the age of seventy-five. Her death was a result of complications of COVID-19. Her earthly body was tired, and she was...

Dec 8, 2020

Dodge City - Catherine Marie Lockman died December 8, 2020 at Trinity Manor, Dodge City. She was born November 1, 1928 on Avenue C in Dodge City,  to Phillip Landis and Jeannie Tressa (Boetto) Higley.

She was married to Jesse Speer Gilbert on February 28, 1944 in Dodge City. The made their home in Dodge City and...

Dec 6, 2020

Sublette - Bernhard Letkeman, 11, died December 6, 2020 at his home in Hough, Oklahoma surrounded by his family.  He was born on September 9, 2009 in Wichita,  the son of Heinrich Friesen and Margaritha Dyck (Fehr) Letkeman.

Bennie was loved very much by his family.  They had a way of making him smile.

He...

Dec 5, 2020

Montezuma - Mary L. McCalmont passed away peacefully December 5, 2020 in Montezuma.  Known as "Mar Mar" by her grand and great grandchildren, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lynn Krueger McCalmont, their infant son Mathew, her parents, Clayton and Lucille Robertson, and her siblings, Eva and Richard.  She is survived by her 5 children – Jack,...

Dec 5, 2020

DODGE CITY – Eleanor "Ellie" Basgall, 90, died on December 5, 2020 at Addington Place of Prairie Village. She was born April 29, 1930 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Hays, the daughter of Michael and Teresa (Zodrow) Karls.

On August 17, 1959 she married Richard J. Basgall at Leoville, he preceded her in death on September 7,...

Dec 5, 2020

Satanta - Gerald Lee Lightcap, 91,  joined the love of his life, Mrs. Patsy Lightcap, in Heaven on December 5, 2020. just six days after losing her.  He was born on October 17, 1929 in Spearville to Earl and Anna Lightcap. He was raised on the farm near Offerle, the youngest of five boys, John, Leander, Melvin, and Earl,...

Dec 3, 2020

Spearville - Agnes Rabe, 93, died December 3, 2020 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on August 1, 1927 at Willowdale, Kansas the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Reibein) Arensdorf.

She married Marvin Rabe on January 5, 1954 at Willowdale, Kansas, he preceded her in death on April 27, 2001. Mrs. Rabe...

Dec 1, 2020

Montezuma - Our loving mother and grandmother, Julia Fern (Koehn) Jantz was born to Raymond and Alice (Jantz) Koehn on April 28, 1934 in Walsh, Colorado. The Angels came and quietly took her home at midday on December 1, 2020 after a brief illness due to complications from pneumonia. She reached the age of 86 years.

Mom...

Nov 30, 2020

DODGE CITY- Joe Q. Martinez, 88, longtime resident of Dodge City passed away on November 30, 2020 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City.  He was born on May 30, 1932 at Dodge City, the son of Jose and Juana (Quesada) Martinez.

Joe grew up in Dodge City and served in the United States Navy. On February...

Nov 29, 2020

Satanta - Patsy Edd (Scarbrough) Lightcap, 88, went to Heaven on Sunday, November 29, 2020 after a short battle with Covid-19 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. Pat, as she was known by her family and friends, was born on November 3, 1932 to Thomas and Jessie Scarbrough in Poteau, Oklahoma, while the family was visiting relatives there....