Obituaries

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...

Mar 23, 2018

MONTEZUMA - Ernest Koehn, son of John A. and Rachel Koehn, was born on November 25, 1923, in Montezuma. He was the youngest child of seven children, and his departure from this life leaves no remaining siblings of John and Rachel's family. His passing in the early hours of March 23, 2018 marked the end of ninety-four years of...

Mar 22, 2018

Cimarron - RaeVella (Giddens) Friesen, 79, died March 22, 2018 at Hospice House in Hutchinson.  She was born on September 7, 1938 in Macomb, Oklahoma the daughter of Willard Ray and Vella Lucille (Johnson) Pope.

RaeVella spent her childhood in central Oklahoma.  She graduated from Macomb High School at the age of 14 and was the class...

Mar 19, 2018

Dodge City - Marjorie J. Knauer, 84, formerly of Hutchinson, passed away March 19, 2018 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on December 18, 1933 in Sylvia. Per her request cremation has taken place. Private family services will be held in the near future. Swaim Funeral Chapel of Dodge City is assisting the family with arrangements....

Mar 19, 2018

Overland Park – Dr. Charles McElhinney, 81, died March 19, 2018 at the Forum in Overland Park, Kansas.  He was born on November 8, 1936 at Sylvia, Kansas the son of Frederick and Madge (Austin) McElhinney.

Dr. McElhinney graduated from Sylvia High School in 1954 and attended Hutchinson Junior College on a basketball scholarship. He graduated from...

Mar 17, 2018

Sublette  –  On March 17, 2018, the life of Shaun Dejon Ruddle (Fuzzy) was taken from him in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born in Wichita on January 26, 1979, the son of Dennis Ruddle and Denice Phoenix.

Fuzzy was raised in Sublette and after graduation moved to Norman, Oklahoma where he attended Oklahoma University…Forever Boomer Sooner!...

Mar 14, 2018

Ingalls - Ruben Rojas, 49, died March 14, 2018 as the result of an automobile accident in Lubbock, Texas.  He was born on June 27, 1968 in Mexico, the son of Javier and Juana (Aguilar) Rojas.

As a child, Ruben lived with his family in Mexico.  At the age of 16, he moved to the United States...

Mar 14, 2018

Dodge City – Renata Cheri Blanchett, 58, ran into the arms of the Lord on March 14, 2018.  She was born on March 21, 1959 at Dodge City the daughter of Jack and Nancy (Milford) Blanchett.

Renata graduated from Dodge City High School and later attended Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, Kansas. Her smile could preach a...

Mar 13, 2018

Hanston - K. Gerald (Jerry) Bowlin, 83, died March 13, 2018 in Jetmore.  He was born on January 17, 1935 in Wichita, the son of M.L. (Blondie) and Virginia Lee Bowlin.

Jerry married Elma Trent on May 24, 1953. She preceded him in death on January 5, 1974. He later married Donna Blundell on June 2, 1978....

Mar 9, 2018

MONTEZUMA- Kurt Leon Krey passed peacefully into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, March 9th, 2018 at his home in Tennessee surrounded by loved ones and his loving wife of over 40 years, Henrietta Krey. Kurt was born December 19th, 1945 in Garden City, Kansas to his parents Ernest and Nola Krey and grew up...