Obituaries

Dec 1, 2018

Dodge City – Patsy R. Pierce, 79, died December 1, 2018 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on December 16, 1938 at Altoona, Kansas the daughter of Albert and Twyla (Frankbury) Chambers.

She married Earl Edward Pierce on October 8,1954  he preceded her in death on August 14, 2009. She worked at McDonalds for...

Dec 1, 2018

Spearville - Mary Ann Schmidt, 82, died December 1, 2018 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born on February 23, 1936 in Dodge City, the daughter of Paul F. and Veronica (Meyeres) Mages.

Mary Ann spent her childhood on the family farm south of Spearville.  She attended elementary school in Spearville and...

Nov 29, 2018

DODGE CITY – Jonathan Martin "Jonny" Mills, 28, died November 29, 2018 in Dodge City.  He was born on January 16, 1990 in Dodge City, the son of Chris Mills and Veronica (Cervantes) Hefner.

Jonny was a lifetime resident of Dodge City,  graduating from Dodge City High School in 2008.  He continued his education at Dodge City...

Nov 20, 2018

Coldwater – Lyle Thomas Stein, 70, died November 20, 2018 at Pioneer Lodge in Coldwater, Kansas.  He was born on March 25, 1948 at St. Anthony Hospital in Dodge City, the son of Thomas and Marcella (Knobbe) Stein.

Lyle was raised in the Windthorst , Kansas area. He attended grade school and graduated from Immaculate Heart of...

Nov 18, 2018

Dodge City - Ruth Ann Bridges, 88, died November 18, 2018 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.  She was born on January 16, 1930 at Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of George and Edna (Williamsen) Mears.

She married Fred Casterline Jr. in 1950, and later married Jarrell Bridges in 1995, he preceded her in death...

Nov 14, 2018

Dodge City – Terence "Terry" Lee Stecklein, 84, died November 14, 2018 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on December 27, 1933 in Ness County, the son of Isidor and Pauline (Gabel) Stecklein.

Terry was raised on the family farm near Ness City.  He attended school there until his freshman year.  The family moved...

Nov 13, 2018

Dodge City - Katherina M. Morrison, 94, died November 13, 2018 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.  She was born on August 9, 1924 at Schwetzingen, Germany the daughter of  Wilhelm  and Margaret (Reinhard) Schmitt.

She married George Morrison Jr. on May 28, 1947 in Dodge City, he preceded her in death on January 9,...

Nov 10, 2018

DODGE CITY - Phyllis Catherine Cohoon, 94, died November 10, 2018 after a short illness under hospice care. She was born in Ensign, Kansas on February 14, 1924 the daughter of Frederick and Margaret Mary (Spanier) Kramer.

She graduated from Cimarron High School and was a member of the First Christian Church, Dodge City.

In...

Nov 9, 2018

Dodge City - Esther M. Andra, 95, a loving wife, mother and grandmother died November 8, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on February 9, 1923 in rural Ford County the daughter of Ben and Helen (Schrek) Indiek.

She married Vincent J. Andra on August 28, 1946 at Windthorst, he preceded...

Nov 9, 2018

El Dorado - Marilyn Frances (Solbach) Ayers, 82, died November 9, 2018 at Lakepoint Nursing Home, El Dorado.  She was born on September 13, 1936 in Washington County, the daughter of John and Martha (L'Ecuyer) Solbach.

Marilyn attended grade school in Washington County, District 71, and high school at Clifton Rural. She worked as a nurse aide...

Nov 7, 2018

Montezuma -My husband, our father and grandfather, Wilbur Loyd Yost, was born on April 1, 1930 to John and Lena Smith Yost at Montezuma, in Gray County, Kansas. He went to be with the Lord on November 7, 2018 while he was in the Bethel Home at Montezuma, reaching the age of 88 years. Dad grew up in the Gray...

Nov 7, 2018

Montezuma - Lizzie Carolina Kanagy was born to Noah and Hettie Peachey on November 14, 1929 in Allensville, Pennsylvania. The Lord peacefully took her home in the morning, November 7, 2018 at the Bethel Home, Montezuma, Kansas. She was one week short of her eighty ninth birthday. She was the seventh in a family of eleven children.

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Nov 6, 2018

Dodge City - Charles (Chuck) Eldon Babcock, 81, passed away November 6, 2018 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City.  He was born on February 23, 1937 in Hutchinson, the son of Leon and Wilma (Taylor) Babcock.

Charles is survived by his wife Ruth of the home; children, Susan (John) Ellmore of Garden City, Kris Babcock...

Nov 4, 2018

Sublette - Brian Kelly Quimby, 52, died November 4, 2018 in Haskell County. He was born on October 18, 1966 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Dennie Lee and Vivian Viola (Randle) Quimby. Brian moved with his family several times before they came to Sublette. He graduated from Sublette High School in 1986. Brian became a father to Ryan on...

Nov 3, 2018

Spearville - Mary Norma Schulte, 92, died November 3, 2018 at the Hodgeman County Health Center in Jetmore. She was born on December 4, 1925, Kingman, the daughter of Leonard and Mary Ethel (Moorhouse) Hess.

On February 10, 1944, Mary Norma was united in marriage to Henry Schulte.  The couple made their home in Spearville where they...

Nov 2, 2018

Cimarron - Carol Fern Hargett, 87, died November 2, 2018 at Brookdale Senior Living Center in Dodge City.  She was born on May 26, 1931 at Horace, Kansas, the daughter of George Kenneth and Lulu (Harper) Foster.

She married Roy Gene Hargett on February 23, 1952 in Dodge City.  He preceded her in death on January 30,...

Oct 29, 2018

Carla Kay Pettay, 56, died October 29, 2018 at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park.  She was born on December 14, 1961 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Carl and Edith (Alberding) Pettay.

Carla moved from Hutchinson to Montezuma with her family.  Later the family moved to Sublette where Carla graduated from Sublette High School in 1980. ...

Oct 27, 2018

Dodge City - Norma Jean (Newell) Bradfield-Schoen, 92, died October 27, 2018 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City.  She was born on January 14, 1926 on a farm south of Dodge City to Hardin H. and Blanche M. (Durham) Newell.

Norma Jean attended South Hopewell school in Ford County and was a 1943 graduate of...

Oct 24, 2018

Montezuma - Clayton Ferguson, 90, died October 24, 2018 at Bethel Home in Montezuma. He was born on December 15, 1927 at his grandparents farm in Gray County, the son of Stephen Leroy "Roy" and Alice Gertrude (Anton) Ferguson. Clayton was a lifetime resident of Gray County. He was the valedictorian of Montezuma High School class of 1945. Clayton began...

Oct 24, 2018

Dodge City - Mary Jo Tasset, 68, died October 24, 2018 at her home in Dodge City surrounded by family.  She was born on April 16, 1950, the daughter of Edward & Marion (Mallow) Schinstock.

Mary Jo was born in Dodge City and raised on the family farm in Ford County.  She attended school in Ford.  On...