Obituaries

Nov 27, 2019

Dodge City - Frank  Anderson, 92, died November 27, 2019 at Minneola District Hospital in Minneola .  He was born on May 24, 1927 in the rural Dodge City area, the son of  Frank Sr. and  Zula (Miller) Anderson.

He attended Blue Bell School for six years and then attended Dodge City Middle School and Dodge City...

Nov 25, 2019

Dodge City - Maria "Tere" Perez de Jorge, 62, died November 25, 2019 at Phoenix Hospice of Wichita.  She was born on November 6, 1957 at Etzaltán, Jalisco, Mexico the daughter of Fidel Perez-Parades and Amparo Espinoza-Gonzales.

Maria was a high school graduate at Etzaltan, Jalisco, Mexico and after graduating she worked as a secretary. On October...

Nov 22, 2019

Satanta - Sonia Rodriguez, 55, died November 22, 2019 at her sister's home in Ulysses after a long battle with cancer. She was born on June 9, 1964 in Mexico, the daughter of Simon and Maria Rodriguez. As a young child, Sonia came to the United States with her family. The family moved to Satanta and Sonia attended Satanta...

Nov 21, 2019

Dodge City - Maria de Luz "Lucy" Rosales de Montes, 65, died November 21, 2019 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.  She was born on June 3, 1954 in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Lino Diaz-Hernandez and Maria De Jesus-Ibarra.

Maria spent her childhood in Juarez, Mexico where she attended elementary school.  At the age...

Nov 21, 2019

Cimarron - Ann Penner, 97, died November 21, 2019 at The Shepherd's Center in Cimarron.  She was born on January 16, 1922 in Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada the daughter of John and Anna (Siebert) Thiessen.Ann grew up in Inman, graduating from Inman High School. After high school she attended Tabor College, graduating with an Associate of Arts degree. Ann then...

Nov 19, 2019

Dodge City - Larry Lee Jones, 81, died November 19, 2019 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City.  He was born on March 13, 1938 at Garden City, Kansas the son of Donald R. and Avis L. (Vandeeree) Jones.

Larry was a 1956 graduate of Garden City High School and after graduating he married Doris JoAnn Vannaman....

Nov 18, 2019

Dodge City - Raul Rodriguez Crisostomo, 57, died November 18, 2019 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  He was born on December 22, 1961 at Usmajac, Jalisco, Mexico the son of Magadaleno and Ramona (Crisostomo) Rodriguez.

Raul married DeeAnn Copeland on May 25, 1995 in Dodge City. She survives. He worked for Cargill for over...

Nov 15, 2019

Sherri Lee Ernst, 83, died November 15, 2019 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on January 21, 1936 at Wichita, the daughter of Lester "Pete" and Ruth (Johnston) Schubert.

She married Gary Ernst on December 27, 1967 in Dodge City. He survives. Mrs. Ernst worked as a sophomore English teacher at Dodge...

Nov 13, 2019

Dodge City – Elizabeth "Tina"Gibbons McKivergan Agur, 66, died November 13, 2019 at Trinity Manor in Dodge City. She was born on November 29, 1952 at Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Iris (McKinley) Gibbons.

She married Roger Agur on February 14, 1998 in Dodge City, he survives. She loved sewing, quilting, gardening and reading...

Nov 10, 2019

Dodge City - Ben F. Looney, 73, died November 10, 2019 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on August 18, 1946 in Dodge City, the son of Harvey Looney and Helen Bates.

Ben enjoyed a mischievous childhood, being a supportive brother in Dodge City, Ford, and Oregon. In his early years, he worked as...

Nov 10, 2019

Montezuma -Neva Louise Eicher was born on July 9, 1931 to Frank and Hannah Gearig Eicher, at Alma, Michigan. She quietly passed away on November 10, 2019 in her room at Bethel Home in Montezuma, in the evening hours, reaching the age of eighty-eight years.

Mom grew up on a farm close to Ithaca, Michigan, receiving her...

Nov 4, 2019

Dodge City - Barbara Miller, 56, died November 4, 2019 at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born on October 14, 1963 at Mainz, Germany.

She married Ronald Miller on February 28, 2018 in Golden, Colorado, he survives. Mrs. Miller loved traveling around the country and seeing new things. She enjoyed collecting...

Nov 2, 2019

Dodge City - Deborah Foote, 70, died November 2, 2019 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on March 23, 1949 at Hamtramck, Michigan the daughter of James B. and Ada V. (Sadler) Scott.

She married Arthur Foote on April 22, 2012 in Liberal, he survives. Mrs. Foote ran a daycare for several years and...

Oct 27, 2019

Montezuma - Jeffrey Keith Koehn was born on February 6, 1963, the first of five children, to Russell and Winona Jantz Koehn at Ulysses, Kansas. He passed away on October 27, 2019, at the age of 56, as a result of complications of an earlier stroke.

Jeff had a happy, secure childhood growing up on a farm...

Oct 25, 2019

Dodge City - Irma Jean Churning, 81, died October 25, 2019 at Sun Porch of Dodge City.  She was born on June 29, 1938 at Dodge City, the daughter of John Arthur and Edna A. (Kreger) Williams.

Irma Jean was born and raised in Dodge City and was a graduate of Dodge City High School.  On February...

Oct 24, 2019

Sublette - Gilberto Moreno, 71, died October 24, 2019 at the Satanta District Hospital.  He was born on September 13, 1948 in Mexico,  the son of Gilberto Lozano and Antonia Moreno.

Gilberto spent his childhood in Mexico.  In 1965, he married Juana Lopez in Chihuahua, Mexico.  She survives. Gilberto and Juana moved to Texas in 1987.  He...

Oct 21, 2019

Dodge City - Dora Hernandez, 55, died October 21, 2019 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on March 14, 1964 in Levelland, Texas the daughter of Joe and Geneva (Valardez) Hernandez.

Dora attended high school in Ulysses.  She later earned her CNA certificate and worked in a nursing home in Ulysses.  Dora later moved...

Oct 16, 2019

Dodge City - Normalee Konecny, 93, died October 16, 2019 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.  She was born on December 12, 1925 on the family farm in Ford County, the daughter of Joseph Andrew and Matilda Josephine (Kimbrel) Reinert.

Normalee attended school at Sacred Heart Catholic School and then at St. Mary's Academy until...

Oct 11, 2019

Dodge City - Beth Elaine Pankratz-Fox was born to Vivian Elizabeth (Glenn) Pankratz and John Henry Pankratz on October 17, 1946.  Beth passed on Friday, October 11, 2019.

She was raised among her family including her Aunt Hulda and Aunt Margaret.  She received her cosmetology certificate and then moved to Dodge City where she was a successful...

Oct 9, 2019

Dodge City - Carl Robert Churning Jr., 85, died October 9, 2019 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on March 17, 1934 in Ashland, the son of Carl Robert and Irene (Moore) Churning Sr.

As a child, Carl moved to California with his family.  After his graduation from high school, he enlisted in the...