Charlene R. Sneddeker
Jun 14, 2017
Dodge City - Charlene Rae Sneddeker, 82, died June 14, 2017 at Kinsley, Kansas. She was born on January 6, 1935 at Mason City, Iowa the daughter of Ray and Oral (Smiley) Ryan.
Charlene married Jerald J. Sneddeker on July 4, 1954 at Lockport, Illinois. Charlene loved her family, and her booming voice and unique personality will...
Jorge "George" Valdez
Jun 10, 2017
Spearville - Jorge "George" Valdez, 59, died June 10, 2017 at NW Texas Healthcare, Amarillo, Texas. He was born on June 6, 1958 at Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Pedro and Dora (Lopez) Valdez.
George moved to Dodge City in 1983 and then to Spearville in 2010. He was currently working for Alliance Ag of Spearville...
Anna Mae Allen
Jun 9, 2017
Topeka - Anna Mae Allen, 86, died June 9, 2017 in Topeka. She was born on June 20, 1930 at Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of   C.N. "Tiny" and Lucille (Castor) Winkelman.
She was raised in the Bloom community, graduating from Bloom High School in 1947. She married Leon Allen on October 26, 1947 and they made...
Susana W. Fehr
Jun 6, 2017
Sublette - Susana W. Fehr, 52, died June 6, 2017 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. She was born on August 22, 1964 in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Gerhard and Maria (Krahn) Wieler.
Susana spent her childhood in Campo #78 Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico. On July 4, 1982, she was united in marriage to Ben...
Frances Marie Koenke
May 29, 2017
Frances Marie Koenke
Dodge City - Frances Marie Koenke, 89, died May 29, 2017 at her residence in Dodge City. She was born on December 2, 1927 at Winfield, Kansas the daughter of Wallace E. Pierce and Neva L. (Shingloff) Pierce.
She married Kenneth Leroy Koenke on September 21, 1947 in Arkansas City, Kansas. She...
Leon Baird
May 27, 2017
Dodge City - Leon R. Baird, 59, died May 27, 2017 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on March 13, 1958 in Dodge City, the son of Thurman and Arlene (Stegman) Baird.
Leon was a 1976 graduate of Dodge City High School. In 1979, he married Rita Jones. They later divorced. He...
Beverly J. Chappell
May 25, 2017
Dodge City - Beverly Jean Chappell, 96, passed away May 25, 2017 at the Brookdale Foundation in Dodge City, Kansas. She was born on December 9, 1920 in Pawnee Rock, Kansas the daughter of Harry Herbert and Elsie (Bayon) Houdyshell.
Bev's family moved to California when she was two years old. They owned and operated Houdyshell Bakery's...
Genaro Ramirez
May 24, 2017
Dodge City - Genaro Ramirez, , died May 24, 2017 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City, . He was born on March 16, 1973 at Juan Aldama, Zacatecas, Mexico son of  Juan Ramirez-Luna and Beatriz Chairez. Genaro came to the United States at the age of 16 to start his own business with what little he had, which...
Alma Bencomo
May 20, 2017
Dodge City - Alma Bencomo, 66, died May 20, 2017 in Ford County. She was born on January 16, 1951 in Casa Blanca, Chihuahua, Mexico, the daughter of Lamberto and Maria (Torres) Ruiz.
Alma spent her childhood in Mexico. She moved to Dodge City with her family about 30 years ago. Alma married Abraham Bencomo in Dodge...
Derrol R. Dvorak
May 18, 2017
Dodge City - Derrol Richard Dvorak, 91, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on April 8, 1926 in Spearville, to Joseph F. and Lydia L. (Parthie) Dvorak.
On October 8, 1945, he married JaNeva (Pat) Kirmer at St. John's Catholic Church in Spearville. She preceded him...
Richard (Dick) Mackinnon
May 13, 2017
Richard (Dick) A. MacKinnon, 76, died May 13, 2017 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita. He was born on July 18, 1940 in Leadville, Colorado the son of Richard and Edna (Essemier) MacKinnon, Sr.
Dick spent his childhood in Florence, Colorado. He attended school there, was on the football team that won the state championship in...
Isabel Kelly
May 12, 2017
Dodge City - Isabel Kelly, 83, died May 12, 2017 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. She was born on September 27, 1933 at the Mexican Village in Dodge City, the daughter of  Jose V. and Sara Jaso Torrez.
She loved gardening, dancing, and listening to music. Mrs. Kelly was a very caring and compassionate...
John Schmidt
May 9, 2017
Montezuma - John Ervie Schmidt was called to his heavenly home early Tuesday morning, May 9, 2017 Dad, also fondly known as "Papa John" as many of our childhood friends still call him, was 92 years old. He was born August 9, 1924 to Ben and Susie Schmidt of Montezuma, the 11th of 13 siblings. Dad loved the Lord...
Paul Yost
May 8, 2017
Paul Lee Yost was born April 28, 1929, to Gerhard and Ida (Ratzlaff) Yost at Montezuma. He passed away on May 8, 2017, reaching the age of 88 years.
Dad spent his boyhood years in the rural Montezuma area. He received his education at the North Lone Star School northwest of Montezuma. After...
Bernice Holloway
May 7, 2017
SUBLETTE-Bernice Kelman Holloway died on May 7, 2017, in Louisville, Colorado, at the age of 99. She was born February 1, 1918, in Kansas City, Kansas, to William O. and Gertrude (Scholtz) Kelman. In 1922 she moved with her family to Ensign, Kansas; later they resettled in Haskell County where she lived for most of the next 80 years....
Hermelinda Ruacho De Quintero
May 6, 2017
Dodge City - Hermelinda Ruacho De Quintero, 89, died May 6, 2017 at Dodge City, Kansas. She was born on April 25, 1928 at Durango, Mexico; the daughter of Camerino and Herminia (Tavison) Ruacho.
Funeral service will be held at Swaim Funeral Chapel in Dodge City on Wednesday May 10, 2017 at 2:00 PM with  Elias Castillo...
Betty Jane Duesing
May 4, 2017
Dodge City - Betty Jane Duesing, 93, died May 4, 2017 at Halsey Hall in Fort Dodge. She was born on September 12, 1923 on the family farm between Spearville and Kinsley in Edwards County, the daughter of Adam and Josephine (Dolecheck) Spahn.
Betty began her schooling at St. Nicholas school in Kinsley. Her remaining elementary school...
Kenneth Burrell
Apr 30, 2017
Dodge City - Kenneth K. Burrell, 91, died April 30, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on June 7, 1925 in Chambers, Nebraska the son of Wilbur and Myrtle (Donigan) Burrell.
He attended school in Lebanon, Missouri. On August 28, 1943, he married Bonnie Reekie in Kingman. She preceded him...
Gailand D. Bartlett
Apr 26, 2017
Dodge City - Gailand D. Bartlett, 90, died April 26, 2017 at Manor of The Plains in Dodge City. He was born on July 24, 1926 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Gus and "Teenie" Bartlett.
He married Bettye Jo Dick on March 27, 1948, she preceded him in death on December 8, 2011. Mr. Bartlett...
Luella P. Koehn
Apr 25, 2017
Luella Pearl Unruh Koehn was born on January 12, 1927 in rural Haskell County, Kansas to Sam I. and Agnes Smith Unruh, the third child in a family of eleven children. She passed away from complications of old age in the early morning hours of April 25, 2017 at Bethel Home, Montezuma, Kansas and reached 90 years of age....
