Obituaries

Jun 22, 2018

Dodge City - Arlyce Gerdes, 78, died June 22, 2018 at Sun Porch Nursing Home in Dodge City. She was born on December 10, 1939 at Beatrice, Nebraska the daughter of Philip Lee and Martha (Mahloch) Burney.

She married Gerhard Gerdes on April 9, 1961 at Hope Lutheran Church in Dodge City, he preceded her in death...

Jun 20, 2018

Dodge City - Janie Marie Lloyd, 84, died June 20, 2018 at her home near Dodge City.  She was born on February 8, 1934 at Baca County, Colorado the daughter of Louis and Bertie (Thornton) Durham.

Janie married Vernon C. Lloyd on August 17, 1951 in Meade.  She worked as a dispatcher for Ford County Fire Department...

Jun 11, 2018

Dodge City – Clifford D. "Cliff" Bone, 57, died June 11, 2018 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on July 1, 1960 at the son of   James and Alice (Cone) Bone.

He loved playing foosball, golfing, DJing, horseback riding and telling stories. Cliff was the owner of the Longhorn Saloon and founding member of...

Jun 10, 2018

Rowena Grace (Belden) Taylor Whitewater Rowena was born on February 5, 1928, East of Saxman in Rice County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Nelson Templeton Belden and Wanda Neva (Ball) Belden. Her mother died eight days after her birth. Rowena's Aunt Ernestine Mae (Belden) Taylor and Uncle Milton Franklyn Taylor subsequently adopted her.

Raised in Springfield,...

Jun 8, 2018

Montezuma- My dear wife, our mother and grandmother, Karen Jolene (Ensz) Koehn was born on August 13,1950, in McPherson, to Rueben and Margaret Ensz. After bravely battling brain cancer for a year, she heard the call for supper time in Heaven and peacefully left us on June 8, 2018. Mom grew up on a farm a few miles north east...

Jun 8, 2018

Derby - Sheila Ann Lampe, 71, died June 8, 2018 at her home in Derby.  She was born on December 23, 1946 at Dodge City, the daughter of William Joseph, Sr. and Juanita June (Stinson) Heinz.

Sheila grew up in Dodge City and attended St. Mary's High School in Dodge City.  On July 26, 1963 she married...

Jun 6, 2018

Dodge City – Steven Clyde Downing, 74, died June 6, 2018 at Hays Medical Center, Hays.  He was born on September 29, 1943 at Anthony, Kansas the son of Clyde Wayne and Julia (Olivier) Downing.

Mr. Downing married Sara Carter in 1981, she survives. He loved to go golfing and fishing in his spare time. Mr. Downing...

Jun 5, 2018

Lillianne Jeanne Headley, 94, died June 5, 2018 at Dodge City, Kansas.  She was born on February 28, 1924 at Wellington, the daughter of Claude and Thelma (Butters) Swift.

On June 10, 1945 she married Ivan Headley in Wellington. He preceded her in death on December 20, 2000. They lived in Wellington, Kiowa, Dodge City and La...

Jun 5, 2018

Montezuma - Our father, grandfather, and great grandfather, David W Toews was born to Henry and Anna Wiens Toews on August 15, 1926.   He passed on to his heavenly reward on June 5, 2018 at Bethel Home at the age of 91.  His childhood home was in the Montezuma area.  They were poor, so Dad started working out at a...

Jun 4, 2018

Dodge City - Dixie L. DiPaolo, 79, died June 4, 2018 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City.  She was born on August 31, 1938 at Sterling, the daughter of William and Velma (Reddick) Stout.

Dixie grew up in Sterling and moved with her family to Nickerson when she was ten. She graduated from Nickerson High School....

Jun 2, 2018

Dodge City - Denise Hargett, 73, died June 2, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on April 28, 1945 at Sublette, Kansas the daughter of Sam and Fern (Derby) Hollopeter.

Denise was raised in Sublette and attended Sublette grade school and high school. She started working at the drug store in...

Jun 1, 2018

Copeland - Robert F. "Bob" Briggs, 82, died June 1, 2018 at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby. He was born on October 21, 1935 in Holyoke, Colorado to Claude James and Bessie (Jones) Briggs.

Bob was raised in Holyoke, Colorado where he graduated from high school in 1955. He went to Northeastern...

Jun 1, 2018

Dodge City - Kelly G. Frey, 60, died June 1, 2018 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita.  He was born on April 19, 1958 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Chester and Welda (Scott) Frey.

He graduated from Dodge City High School in 1976. Mr. Frey worked as a truck driver for Graves Truck Line for...

Jun 1, 2018

MONTEZUMA - Our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Elda Jantz Giesbrecht was born to David and Anna Schmidt Jantz at Montezuma. She was born on July 4, 1926 and God called her home on June 1, 2018, reaching the age of 91. She was a resident at Bethel Home, Montezuma. Our mother spent her young years at Montezuma. Here she...

May 30, 2018

On Wednesday, May 30 th , Barbara Ann Rogers, 82 years old, passed away in her home at 1209 N.2 nd Ave, Dodge City after an extended illness. Barbara was born June 17 th , 1935 to Claire and Opal Kincheloe in Iola, KS. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. She moved to Dodge...

May 27, 2018

Cimarron - Jim Hardesty, 91, died May 27, 2018 at The Shepherd's Center in Cimarron.  He was born on December 20, 1926 in Ashland, the son of Charles Samuel and Edith Fae (Roberts) Hardesty.

As a child, Jim lived in the Ashland-Englewood area.  His family then moved to Greensburg, Dodge City and Meade.  Jim graduated from Meade...

May 26, 2018

Dodge City - Ramona "Mona" M. (Alcaraz) Ortiz, 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City.  She was born on December 7, 1950 in Garden City, the daughter of Leonard and Lupe Alcaraz.

On May 22, 1971, Ramona married Nicholas Ortiz, Jr. in Garden City, to that union...

May 23, 2018

Eleanor Bell (Hull) Laughead, 98, of Dodge City, died May 23, 2018 at Brandon Woods, Lawrence.

She was born September 16, 1919, in Loveland, Colorado, to Raleigh W. and Julia (Connor) Hull. She graduated from Loveland High School in 1938. She was Queen of Loveland's Pioneer Celebration and Queen of Larimer County, Colorado Rodeo, both in 1939....

May 23, 2018

Spearville - Harry Leroy Burns Jr., 92, died May 23, 2018 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Ft. Dodge.  He was born on January 27, 1926 at Dodge City, the son of Harry L. Burns, Sr. and Ellen (Konward) Burns.

Harry grew up in Dodge City and was a graduate of Dodge City High School.  He served in...

May 8, 2018

Dodge City - Mariaamelia Pimenta, 91, died May 8, 2018 at Dodge City.  She was born on September 8, 1926 at River Rouge, Michigan the daughter of Jose Pimienta and Rosario Garcia.

Funeral Mass will be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadlupe on Friday May 11, 2018 at 2:00 PM with  Rev. Wesley Schawe...