Alvin H. Wehkamp
Feb 14, 2020
Cimarron - Alvin H. Wehkamp, 95, died February 14, 2020 at the Shepherd's Center, Cimarron. He was born on April 12, 1924 at Cheney, the son of Henry and Lucy (Meng) Wehkamp.
Alvin married Louise Harbert on February 12, 1947 in Kingman and they moved to Cimarron in 1948. He was a longtime resident and farmer in...
Marilyn Kay Crane
Feb 11, 2020
Marilyn Kay Crane, 88, died February 11, 2020 at the Pratt Rehabilitation and Residence Center in Pratt. She was born on November 25, 1931 at Dodge City, the daughter of Benoni and Virginia (Anderson) Kennedy.
Marilyn grew up in Dodge City, graduating from Dodge City High School. On October 2, 1949, she married Robert Crane in Dodge...
Vaneita June Hahn
Feb 8, 2020
Dodge City - Vaneita June Hahn, 87, died February 8, 2020 in Dodge City. She was born on August 3, 1932 at Kinsley, Kansas the daughter of Ira and Hazel (Ricketts) West.
She moved to Dodge City from Kinsley in 1942. Vaneita married Don Hahn on August 20, 1950 in Dodge City, he survives. She was very...
J.T. Cox
Feb 6, 2020
Dodge City - J.T Cox, Jr., 96, died February 6, 2020 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge. He was born on December 31, 1923 in Gray County, the son of John T. and Lula F. (Pittman) Cox.
J.T. attended Cimarron schools, graduating from Cimarron High School in 1941. He served in World War II from 1943...
Aloysious M. Werner
Feb 6, 2020
Ft. Dodge - Aloysious M. Werner, 76, died February 6, 2020 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Ft. Dodge. He was born on July 5, 1943 at Leavenworth, the son of Edward P. and Catherine Cannon.
Aloysious was born and raised in the Kansas City Area and was a graduate of North Kansas City High School in 1962....
Manford Nichols
Feb 5, 2020
Montezuma - Merle Manford Nichols was born on November 7, 1933 to Noah and Frances (Koehn) Nichols in Copeland. He peacefully went to his heavenly home on February 5, 2020 at Bethel Home in Montezuma, reaching the age of 86 years.
Manford was the oldest of eleven children. Growing up in rural Haskell County he attended Lakeview...
Vernon D. Woods
Feb 4, 2020
Ft. Dodge - Vernon D. Woods, 84, died February 4, 2020 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Ft. Dodge. He was born on August 24, 1935 at Ormsby, Minnesota the son of Glenn and Sophia Marie (Kreuger) Woods.
Private family interment will take place at a later date in South Dakota. There will be no public viewing as...
Sam Schmidt
Feb 4, 2020
Montezuma - My husband, our father and grandfather, Sam Schmidt, was born August 10, 1933 to Urias and Susie (Koehn) Schmidt at Fairview, Oklahoma. He passed away in the early morning hours of February 4, 2020 at his home in Montezuma, reaching the age of 86 years.
Dad spent his childhood days on the family farm together...
Max Kline
Feb 2, 2020
Max A. Kline, Summerville, South Carolina, died February 2, 2020 after a long illness. Max was born January 11, 1952 to Richard and Donna Kline in Dodge City, Kansas.
He is survived by his wife, Iris, daughter Sara (Matt) Campbell (Summerville) and three grandchildren: Keegan Sell, Jolie White, and Ava White. Max also leaves behind a sister,...
Jack Gail Blanchett
Feb 2, 2020
Jack Gail Blanchett, 85, died February 2, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on May 26, 1934 at Fowler the son of Orville "Jupe" and Viona "Toots" (Rogers) Blanchett.
He married Nancy (Milford) on May 29, 1955 in Dodge City, she survives. Jack was an artist, he enjoyed painting western themes and built...
Margarette Louise Behee
Jan 26, 2020
Hewitt, Texas - Margarette Louise Behee, 93, died January 26, 2020 at the home of her son Mark in Hewitt, Texas. She was born on July 12, 1926 at Ulysses, Kansas the daughter of Elmer and Mary (Byers) Kratzer.
She graduated from Ulysses High School and went to work for the telephone company in Dodge City, where...
Vanessa Guzman
Jan 25, 2020
Dodge City - Vanessa Guzman, 26, died January 25, 2020 at Dodge City. She was born on May 11, 1993 at Dodge City, the daughter of Luz Adriana Peña and Ezequiel Guzman, Sr.
Vanessa was born and raised in Dodge City. She graduated from Dodge City High School in 2011. She then attended Dodge City Community College...
Bob Harmon Elder
Jan 24, 2020
Robert "Bob" Harmon Elder, 91, died January 24, 2020 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on September 10, 1928 in WaKeeney, the son of Harmon and Ada Marie (McDaniel) Elder.
Shortly after Bob was born, his family moved to Dodge City. He attended Dodge City schools. As a young boy, Bob worked for Fairmont...
Robert "David" Woods
Jan 24, 2020
Robert "David" Woods, 59, passed away peacefully at his home in Cimarron on January 24, 2020. He was born on August 20, 1960 in Dodge City, the son of Virgil "Butch" and Mary Karlene Woods-Koehn.
David grew up in the Kalvesta and Cimarron areas, graduating from Cimarron High School in 1978. After high school he attended Dodge...
Victor C. Vasquez
Jan 22, 2020
Dodge City - Victor C. Vasquez Sr., 98, died January 22, 2020 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on March 6, 1921 at Stamford, Texas the son of Valente and Arcadia (Cardona) Vazquez.
Victor was born and raised in Stamford, Texas. He served in the US Army during World War II in the 740...
Shirlene Herrick Walters
Jan 22, 2020
Shirlene M. Herrick Walters, 94, died January 22, 2020 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on October 23, 1925 in Dodge City, the daughter of Russell Thomas and Gussie (McLaughlin) Walker.
Shirlene graduated from Dodge City High School in 1943. She went to work at the tailor shop on the Air...
Donald Dean Webb
Jan 22, 2020
Dodge City - Donald Dean Webb, 83, died January 22, 2020 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on March 24, 1936 in Lincoln County, the son of Willie M. and Selma Frankie (Johnson) Webb.
The young family moved to Michigan for a brief period, for work in the freezing cold oil...
John Larry Matthews
Jan 20, 2020
John Larry Matthews, 77, passed away January 20, 2020 at home in Manhattan. He was born on October 14, 1942 in Wichita, the son of Earl Matthews and Margaret (Whitaker) Matthews. On July 20, 1963 he married Nancy K. Eining at Spearville. She preceded him in death September 7, 2006. On May 3, 2008 he married Karen Droste-Lorimor in...
Larry Birney
Jan 19, 2020
Copeland - Larry Birney, 81, died January 19, 2020 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. He was born on July 1, 1938 in Liberal, the son of Claude D. and Mildred E. (Farris) Birney.
Larry attended school in Sublette, graduating from Sublette High School in 1956. On June 7, 1969, he married Doris Feuers in Copeland. ...
Rodney Woods
Jan 15, 2020
Rodney Kent Woods, 54, died January 15, 2020 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born on August 8, 1965 in Meade, the son of Kenneth and LaVon Woods.
Rodney grew up in Dodge City, graduating from Dodge City High School. After high school, he worked for Fergusons and Pepsi before beginning a career in...
