Obituaries

May 7, 2018

Dodge City - Pat Jo Dalgarn, 83, died May 7, 2018 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.  She was born on July 15, 1934 in Dodge City, the daughter of Guy and Ella (Schechter) Mallonee.

Pat was a lifetime resident of Dodge City.  She was the fifth child born into the family and the first...

May 7, 2018

Cimarron - Joan Payne Jantz, 89, died May 7, 2018 at Brookdale Senior Living in Dodge City.  She was born on November 26, 1928 in Elida, New Mexico the daughter of George and Dorothy "Dot" (Womack) Berry.

Joan graduated from Elida High School in 1945.  She married Robert "Bob" Benton Payne on November 1, 1945 in Roswell,...

May 6, 2018

Dodge City - Wayne Neese, 72, died May 6, 2018 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on October 4, 1945 at Ulysses, Kansas the son of Robert Lewis and Christine (Crawshaw) Neese.

He married Jill Smith on December 26, 1970 at Holton, Kansas, she survives. Mr. Neese served his country in the United States...

May 5, 2018

Dodge City – Audrey Jane Pogue, 92, died May 5, 2018 at her home in rural Ford County.  She was born on July 28, 1925 at Everett, Massachusetts the daughter of George and  Mae (Vaughn) Sweetland.

She married Cleve Charles Pogue on July 1, 1945 in Salisburg, New Hampshire, he preceded her in death on September 26,...

Apr 30, 2018

Dodge City - Theresa Vasquez, 87, died April 30, 2018 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on July 21, 1930 at Lowe, Kansas the daughter of Felix and Rosa (Ortiz) Arteaga.

Theresa grew up in Garden City. On September 8, 1946 she married Victor Vasquez in Garden City. She was a homemaker who stayed...

Apr 27, 2018

Satanta – Richard "Dick" Arnold Merz, 79, died April 27, 2018 at Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He was born on December 16, 1938 in Garden City, the son of Arnold and Bonnie (Maxwell) Merz.

Dick was a lifetime resident of Satanta.  He graduated from Satanta High School in 1956.  He went on the further...

Apr 27, 2018

Wichita - Former Dodge City resident Shirley Ann Laukala passed away on Friday, April 27 th , 2018, in Wichita, Kansas.  Shirley was born in Belden, North Dakota, on August 26 th , 1938, to Nestor and Annie Laukala.  The family including her brothers:  Donald; Elroy; and Glenn farmed in Mountrail County, North Dakota.

Shirley attended school...

Apr 26, 2018

Dodge City - Patricia Lynn Childress, 65, died April 26, 2018 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma .  She was born on March 21, 1953 at Montezuma, Kansas the daughter of   Roy Dean and Colleen Abonale (Gum) Houser.

She married Bill Childress on  August 7, 1971 at the First United Methodist Church in Dodge City,...

Apr 25, 2018

Montezuma - Our sister and aunt, Sadie Frank was born to Edward and Elizabeth Frank on June 7, 1925 in rural Gray County. She was the oldest of seven children. She peacefully passed away at the age of 92 in the evening of April 25, 2018 at Bethel Home surrounded by her family. Sadie spent her childhood on a farm...

Apr 24, 2018

Montezuma -Our mother, Lorene Schmidt Schmidt, was the sixth child born to William and Carrie Nightingale Schmidt on June 11, 1929, at Chickasha, Oklahoma. She peacefully fell asleep on April 24, 2018 at Bethel Home, Montezuma, Kansas, reaching the age of almost 89 years.

Mother's growing up years was in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She had many fond memories...

Apr 23, 2018

Dodge City - Amy Eleanor Winkler, 87, died April 23, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  She was born on February 7, 1931 the daughter of George and LuLu (Crego) Lenz

She married Bill Winkler on September 25, 1949 in Garden City, he preceded her in death on March 18, 2002. She was the...

Apr 21, 2018

Dodge City - Augusta E. Perkins, 88, died April 21, 2018 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on December 25, 1929 in Dodge City, the daughter of Lloyd and Lena (Kreger) Keenportz.

Augusta was a lifetime resident of Dodge City.  She graduated from Dodge City High School in 1947.  On November 15, 1947, she...

Apr 18, 2018

Hutchinson - Madelene Leonard, 96, died April 18, 2018 in Hutchinson.  She was born on June 4, 1921 in Dodge City, the daughter of Ernest and Ethel (Wright) McGee.

Madelene married Bernard A. "B.A." Leonard on March 1, 1943 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Dodge City,...

Apr 14, 2018

Dodge City - Victor Douglas White died peacefully on April 14, 2018 in Dodge City at age 65.

Victor was born on December 2, 1952 in Hugoton to Dr. Herbert Calvin and Rowena Grace (Taylor) White. He graduated in 1971 from Dodge City High School, where he earned the nickname "Victor Vicious" for his ferocity as the...

Apr 4, 2018

FT. DODGE - John R. Collins, 67, died April 4, 2018 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Ft. Dodge.  He was born on December 18, 1950 at Dodge City, the son of Jack E. and Ladine (Schweitzer) Collins.

John was a 1968 graduate of Garden City High School. He then attended Dodge City Vo-Tech where he received his...

Apr 2, 2018

Dodge City - Joseph Davidson Braley, 93, died April 2, 2018 at Kansas Veterans Home at Ft. Dodge.  He was born on August 7, 1924 at St. Louis, Missouri the son of Joseph D. Braley and Grace M. (Guliford) Braley.

He married Carrie Booker on July 31, 1953 in Great Bend, she preceded him in death on...

Apr 1, 2018

Dodge City - Wendell L Hargett, 77, died April 1, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City.  He was born on October 23, 1940 at Dodge City, the son of William Floyd and Minnie (Feldman) Hargett.

Wendell was the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Montezuma High School in 1958 and Dodge City Community College....

Mar 27, 2018

SUBLETTE – Ruby A. (Blasdel) Powell died March 27, 2018 at the Lone Tree Retirement Center in Meade.  She was born on July 7, 1925 in Kalispell, Montana, the daughter of Jesse and Ethel Eliabeth (Bowman) Blasdel.

Ruby graduated from Kalispell High School in 1945.  She worked as a telephone operator and school bus driver.  Ruby moved...

Mar 26, 2018

Sublette - Tony Tyrone Torson, 76, died March 26, 2018 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City.  He was born on April 22, 1941 in Alamosa, Colorado the son of Vernon  and Mary Alice (Teeters) Torson.

His family moved to Dighton when he was an infant.  Tony attended school there. He married Rose Marie Pfenninger on December...

Mar 25, 2018

WRIGHT - The Good Lord came for Wilbur Floyd Cornitius of Spearville, on Monday, March 25, 2018 in his home.  Wilbur was born September 20, 1928 in Gonzales, Texas to Rupert & Cleo (Harris) Cornitius.

He married Arthurene Simmons in San Antonio, July 20, 1950.  He was Sergeant First Class in the US Army during the Korean...