Dixie L. Dipaolo
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....
Denise Hargett
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...
Robert F. "Bob" Briggs
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...
Kelly G. Frey
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...
Elda Giesbrecht
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...
Barbara A. Rogers
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...
Jim D. Hardesty
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...
Ramona "Mona" Ortiz
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...
Eleanor Laughead
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....
Harry L. Burns, Jr
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...
Maria Amelia Pimienta
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...
Pat Jo Dalgarn
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...
Joan Payne Jantz
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,...
Wayne Neese
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...
Audrey Jane Pogue
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,...
Theresa Vasquez
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...
Richard (Dick) Arnold Merz
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...
Shirley Ann Laukala
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...
Patricia Lynn Childress
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,...
Sadie Frank
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...
