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Jerome Herrera

Jerome Herrera

Oct 6, 2018

Dodge City - Jerome Herrera died October 6, 2018 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.  He was born at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Casimiro and Carmen (Mendoza) Luera Herrera.

He worked at IBP in his early years and later went to work for Taco Tico and other restaurants in Dodge City. Mr. Herrera loved taking...

Shirley Arlene Koehn

Shirley Arlene Koehn

Oct 4, 2018

My wife, our mother and grandmother, Shirley Arlene Koehn was born to Jesse and Frances (Yost) Schmidt on May 9, 1941 in Gray County Kansas. She peacefully passed away in the early morning hours of Oct. 4 th 2018, at the Fairview Fellowship Home reaching the age of 77 years.

She grew up on the farm northwest...

Dona Gay Wallace

Dona Gay Wallace

Oct 2, 2018

Dodge City - Dona Gay Wallace, 90, peacefully passed October 2, 2018 in Dodge City, at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains. She was born October 10, 1927 in Comanche County, the daughter of Abe and Cathryn Darroch. As a child Dona Gay lived in Coldwater, where she attended school and graduated from Coldwater High School. She then graduated from...

Marie Fern Grover

Marie Fern Grover

Oct 1, 2018

Marie Fern (Bartholomew) Grover

Marie Fern Grover, 97, passed away on October 1, 2018 at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City, Kansas. She was born December 22, 1920 in rural Rooks County, the daughter of Earl R. and Alice (Hale) Bartholomew.

Marie attended the Mt. Lebanon one room school until the family moved to Stockton,...

Donald Dean Hayes

Donald Dean Hayes

Oct 1, 2018

Dodge City - Donald Dean Hayes, 85, died October 1, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  He was born on January 24, 1933 at Esban, Kansas the son of Fred and Mabel (Healey) Hayes.

Donald married Donna Beth Lehr on July 26, 1953, and to this union three children were born. He later married...

Lorena Grace Rouse

Lorena Grace Rouse

Sep 30, 2018

Dodge City - Lorena Grace Rouse, 63, died September 30, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  She was born on July 25, 1955 in Fort Benning, Georgia the daughter of Denton and Helen (Stockwell) James.

As a child, Lorena moved often with her family as her father was transferred to various military bases.  Medicine...

Billy Gene Stills

Billy Gene Stills

Sep 25, 2018

Dodge City - Billy Gene Stills, 73, died September 25, 2018 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on March 27, 1945 in Lamar, Colorado the son of John and Emily Jean (King) Stills.

Billy was raised in Lamar.  He joined the United States Army and was stationed in Germany for several years.  On May...

Raymond H. Nau

Raymond H. Nau

Sep 25, 2018

Dodge City - Raymond Nau, 91, died September 25, 2018 at Sunporch of Dodge City.  He was born on December 31, 1926 at Spearville, Kansas the son of Louis and Adellia (Koechner) Nau.

He married Hazel Barger on October 11, 1958 at Windthorst, she preceded him in death on April 6, 1994. Raymond worked at Hy Plains...

Conard Armantrout

Conard Armantrout

Sep 25, 2018

Hanston - Conard Armantrout, 84, died September 25, 2018 at Hodgeman County Health Center in Jetmore. He was born on October 14, 1933 at Scott City, Kansas the son of Enard "Babe" and Lillian (Erskin) Armantrout.

He married Carla Sword on January 28, 1969 in Perryton, Texas, she survives. Mr. Armantrout loved drawing, painting, his show dogs...

Clarence O. Wright, Jr.

Clarence O. Wright, Jr.

Sep 24, 2018

Dodge City - Clarence O. Wright Jr., 72, died September 24, 2018 at his home in Dodge City.  He was born on March 24, 1946 at Topeka, the son of Clarence O. Wright, Sr. and Billie D. (Payne) Pope.

Clarence was born and raised in Topeka and was a graduate of Topeka High School. He served in...

Ruby Kash

Ruby Kash

Sep 24, 2018

Ruby Kash, 82, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

She was born Oct. 4, 1935, to Lochlin and Gracie (Campbell) Johnson.

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Kathleen M. Knoeber

Kathleen M. Knoeber

Sep 19, 2018

SPEARVILLE – Kathleen M. Knoeber, 61, died September 19, 2018 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born on October 31, 1956 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the daughter of Orville Bernard and Wanda Marie (Maurice) O'Brien.

Kathi married Mark Knoeber on August 27, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. She loved traveling, working in the garden, and...

Joan Gerstner

Joan Gerstner

Sep 19, 2018

Copeland - Mary Joan Gerstner, 85, died September 19, 2018 in Montezuma. She was born on January 9, 1933 in Herford, Texas the daughter of Roy and Nancy Lucille (Bivins) Burges.

As a child, Joan moved throughout the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle with her family. She attended school in Boise City, Oklahoma and in Bagdad, Arizona where...

Richard Olivarez, Sr

Richard Olivarez, Sr

Sep 17, 2018

Dodge City - Richard Olivarez, Sr., 75, died September 17, 2018 at Dodge City.  He was born on May 27, 1943 at Dodge City, the son of Antonio Olivarez Sr. and Tomasa (Espinosa) Olivarez.

Richard was a lifetime resident of Dodge City. On April 24, 1965 he married Martha Rodriguez at Dodge City. He worked at Hy-Plains/National...

Alice Beulah Hayden

Alice Beulah Hayden

Sep 15, 2018

Fowler - Alice Beulah (Lollar) Hayden, age 84 went home to glory on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at Meade District Hospital surrounded by many of her family members.  She was born to Benton and Mayme (Highley) Lollar in Hooker, Oklahoma on October 26, 1933.

Alice graduated from Guymon High School, 1951 and on...

Linda Ann Phillips

Linda Ann Phillips

Sep 13, 2018

Dodge City - Linda Ann Phillips, 72, died September 13, 2018 at her home in Dodge City.  She was born on August 21, 1946 at Dodge City, the daughter of Fred and Lilly (Hopper) Lewis.

Linda was born and raised in Dodge City and attended Dodge City Schools. In September of 1964 she married Jim Phillips at...

Benjamin Vasquez

Benjamin Vasquez

Sep 8, 2018

Dodge City - Benjamin Vasquez, 58, died September 8, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family.  He was born on February 16, 1960 in Mexico, the son of Benjamin and Socorro (Gonzalez) Vasquez.

Benjamin attended elementary school in Mexico.  In 1976, he moved to the United States and lived in El Paso, Texas. He met Elisa...

Herbert Calvin White

Herbert Calvin White

Sep 7, 2018

Herbert Calvin White was born to Sebina E. (Leighty) White and Byron F. White in Mulvane, Sumner County, Kansas, on 30 January 1928. He grew up on the farms where his family moved near Mulvane, Lyons, Valley Center, Kingman, Sun City and back to Kingman during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. He graduated from High School in...

Daniel "Poe" Snyder

Daniel "Poe" Snyder

Sep 5, 2018

Dodge City - Daniel "Poe" Snyder, 96, died September 5, 2018 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home, Dodge City.  He was born on November 20, 1921 in rural Ford County, the son of Fredrick Luther and Leah Darline (Ford) Snyder.

Poe grew up on the family farm northwest of Dodge City and attended school through the 8 th...

Bernice Elinor Magouirk

Bernice Elinor Magouirk

Sep 5, 2018

Cimarron - – Bernice Elinor (Spence) Magouirk was born September 24, 1927, and died peacefully at her home September 5, 2018. She was the daughter of Thomas Isaac and Eva Marie (Brock) Spence. She married Lewis Glenn Magouirk in 1946 in Cimarron where she came to teach after attending the then Emporia State Teachers College. "Grandma Bernie" enjoyed pictures...

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