Obituaries

Jan 18, 2018

Dodge City - Anna I. Avritt, 56, died January 18, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  She was born on May 18, 1961 at Bristol, Indiana the daughter of Fred and Isabel (Adamski) Wordelman.

She married Phillip K. "Skeeter" Avritt on May 2,1997, he preceded her in death on August 26, 2014. She worked...

Jan 18, 2018

SUBLETTE - Edith M. Pettay, 77, died January 18, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City.  She was born on August 26, 1940 in Winfield, the daughter of Jack and Donella (Hockett) Alberding.

Edith spent her early childhood in Winfield.  On April 28, 1955, she married Carl J. Pettay in Hutchinson.  He preceded her in...

Jan 13, 2018

Dodge City - Gerald J. Herrman, 91, died January 13, 2018 at Manor of The Plains in Dodge City. He was born on June 25, 1926 at Liebenthal, Kansas the son of Bart and Dorothy (Schaffer) Herrman.

He married Virginia Scoggins on May 26, 1947 in Dodge City, she preceded him in death on November 19, 2016....

Jan 13, 2018

Dodge City - Ken William Strobel, 78, died January 13, 2018 in Dodge City.  He was born on September 11, 1939 at Trinity Hospital in Dodge City, the son of William H. and Marie D. (Phillips) Strobel.

Ken was seven years old when the family moved to Great Bend. He married Carol Kaiser of Great Bend on...

Jan 13, 2018

Dodge City - Socorro Mercado De Llamas, 85, died January 13, 2018 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City.  She was born on January 8, 1933 at Tenamaxtlan, Mexico the daughter of Andres Mercado and Anastacia Loza.

Socorro grew up in Mexico and later moved to California.  On June 1, 1955 she married Moises Llamas in Mexico....

Jan 8, 2018

GARDEN CITY – Valoise Mae Marconnet, known as "Valo", peacefully passed away January 8, 2018, at Garden Valley Retirement Home, Garden City, at the age of 83.  Valo was born on April 30, 1934 in Minneola.

Her children are Vicki Downey, Kent Marconnet, Curtis Marconnet and wife, Wilma, Dedra  Koehn, Russell  "Rusty" Marconnet (preceded in death), and...

Jan 7, 2018

Ensign – Gordon Michael "Mike" Coate, 76, died January 7, 2018 at Hays Medical Center in Hays.  He was born on January 10, 1941 in Dodge City, the son of Richard and Velma Laverne Coate .

Mike graduated from Fowler High School in 1959.  On January 12, 1968, Mike married Joyce Brown-Young in Lancaster, Texas.  After their...

Jan 7, 2018

Dr. Horace W. ("Buddy") Van Cleave, 86, of Cimarron, Kansas, (formerly of College Station, Texas),  passed away at the Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City, Kansas on Sunday, January 7, 2018.

Horace was born to Robert and Louise (Wilkins) Van Cleave in Cherryvale, Kansas.  He grew up in the Rio Grande Valley at Mission, Texas.  He graduated...

Jan 4, 2018

Scott City - Cloide Boyd, 87, died January 4, 2018 at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.  He was born on November 24, 1930 at Barton County, the son of Ellis and Thalma (McDonald) Boyd.

Cloide grew up in Montezuma and attended Montezuma schools. As a young man he moved to eastern Colorado so he could help...

Jan 3, 2018

Fort Dodge - Noel Spirgen Jr., 73, died January 3, 2018 at the Kansas Soldiers Home in Fort Dodge.  He was born on July 24, 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the son of Noel and Betty (Johnson) Spirgen Sr.

Noel moved with his parents and 6 siblings from Oklahoma to Oregon.  He joined the United States Navy on...

Jan 1, 2018

Cimarron - Carolyn Pearl Crotts, 82, died January 1, 2018 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas.  She was born on November 3, 1935 in Dodge City, Kansas. She was  the daughter of  Ed DeVore and  Pearl (Suiter) DeVore.

Carolyn graduated from Macksville High School in 1953. She married Johnny L. Hager on March 27, 1955 in...

Dec 31, 2017

Lake Havasu City, Arizona - Edna May Jenkins-Norton, 92, died December 31, 2017 at Lake Havasu City, Arizona.  She was born on May 3, 1925 at the daughter of Grant Newton and Jesse Elvina (Potts) Dunn.

She married Everett Harvey Norton on November 21, 1941 in Dodge City, he preceded her in death on Nov. 20, 1970....

Dec 25, 2017

Spearville - Alice Zurbuchen, 101, died December 25, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.  She was born on June 15, 1916 in Wright, the daughter of Gerhard and Dena (Bosman) Bleumer.

Alice attended the country school in Wright.  She married Paul Zurbuchen on February 19, 1938 at Wright.  He preceded her in death...

Dec 24, 2017

DODGE CITY - Carl Monroe Mackey, 91, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, in Lawton, Oklahoma, at Comanche Co. Memorial Hospital.  He was born on April 22, 1926, in Rockbridge, Missouri, to Hazel Faye (Edwards) Mackey and Homer Charley Mackey.

Carl joined the US Army on September 27, 1944.  He served in the Philippines and in...

Dec 19, 2017

Ezekiel (Zeke) P. Rodriguez

Dodge City - Ezekiel (Zeke) P. Rodriguez, 86, died December 19, 2017 in Dodge City, Kansas.  He was born on April 14, 1931 at the Mexican Village in Dodge City, Kansas the son of Calletano and Rafaela P. Rodriguez.

Ezekiel entered into his heavenly reward where he was reunited with his...

Dec 18, 2017

Overland Park - Nona Chaffin, 75, died December 18, 2017 at her home in Overland Park. She was born on June 30, 1942 at Ness City, the daughter of Eugene Worth and Winona Mae (Newcomb) Damon.

Nona was a graduate of Olathe High School. Following graduation, she attended Emporia State Teacher's College where she met Bill W....

Dec 17, 2017

MONTEZUMA - Rick Jantz, 34, died December 17, 2017 in Independence.  He was born on July 30, 1983 in Dodge City, the son of Burl and Shelley (Reid) Jantz.

Rick graduated from South Gray High School in Montezuma in 2001.  He later enlisted in the United States Army in 2007.  After his discharge, Rick returned to school,...

Dec 17, 2017

Montezuma – Our dear brother, Donald Dean Schmidt, was born to Norman and Caroline Schmidt, on July 28, 1950 at Bethel Home in Montezuma.  God called him to his heavenly home on December 17, 2017 at the age of 67.

The youngest of nine children, Don brought joy and laughter to our hearts.  In Don's early years,...

Dec 15, 2017

Dodge City - Cyrilla L. Brace, 76, died December 15, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on November 15, 1941 at Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Louis and Francis (Gerber) Milford.

She married Billy Craig Henderson, he preceded her in death in 1990. She later married Clyde Brace, he preceded her in...

Dec 12, 2017

Dodge City - Ellis Wesley "Bob" Bailey, 92, went to be with the Lord on December 12, 2017 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Ft. Dodge.  He was born on May 23, 1925 at Ft. Riley, the son of Clifford D. and Agnes M. (Piper) Bailey.

Ellis was a graduate of Canton High School in Canton.  He joined...