Richard Eugene Torline
Feb 14, 2017
Richard Eugene Torline, 91, died February 14, 2017 at Manor of the Plains Nursing Home in Dodge City. He was born on December 2, 1925 in the Wheatland Township of Ford County, the son of Fred and Frances (Heeke) Torline. Richard was a lifetime resident of Ford County. He completed his education at Windthorst High School, graduating in 1943. After...
Leonard R. Stutsman
Feb 13, 2017
Dodge City - Leonard Robert Stutsman, 70, died February 13, 2017 at Dodge City. He was born on September 25, 1946 at Edina, Missouri the son of Charles Stutsman and Margaret (Miles) Stutsman. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Wayne. Leonard is survived by wife and companion Linda Stutsman; son Leonard Robert Stutsman Jr. and wife...
Bradley Aaron Blackburn
Feb 13, 2017
DODGE CITY - Bradley Aaron Blackburn, 56, died February 13, 2017 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on May 5, 1960 at Dodge City the son of Melvin W. and Deloris J. (Fulton) Blackburn. Bradley was a graduate of Ensign High School. He was a forklift operator for Millard refrigerated services and National Beef both of Dodge...
Dean Robert Young
Feb 12, 2017
Dodge City - Dean Robert Young, 90, passed away February 12, 2017 at the Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. A 4TH generation native of Dodge City, he was born April 16, 1926 to Maurice R. Young and Ruth Winifred Davis. He was later adopted by Margaret States Young. After graduating with the class of 1944, he joined...
Lillie Davis Stith
Feb 11, 2017
Dodge City- Lillie Davis Stith, 94, formerly of Dodge City, passed away February 11,2017 in Salina. Lillie was born March 15, 1922 to Orpha and Claude Davis, the seventh of nine children, on the family farm near Moscow. She graduated from Moscow High School, Dodge City Junior College, and Emporia State University. She married Thomas Edwin (Ed) Stith on August...
Duane Lester Unruh
Feb 10, 2017
Dodge City - Duane Lester Unruh, 82, died February 10, 2017 at Schowalter Villa Nursing Home in Hesston. He was born on September 11, 1934 at the family farm near Montezuma, the son of Ernest E. and Adina (Unruh) Unruh. Duane spent his childhood in Montezuma. He attended school in Montezuma, graduating from Montezuma High School in 1954 where he...
Nicholas Andrew Sandoval
Feb 7, 2017
DODGE CITY - Nicholas Andrew Sandoval, 60, died February 7, 2017 at St. Lukes Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on November 10, 1956 at Dodge City, the son of Eutimeo "Tim" Blea-Sandoval and Pilar Moreno. Nicholas was born and raised in Dodge City. He was a carpenter and home builder in Colorado. He married Dedra Manis and...
Dr. Carl August Vierthaler
Feb 4, 2017
Dodge City - Dr. Carl August Vierthaler, 63, died February 4, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on July 13, 1953 in Spearville, the son of Lawrence and Erma (Heskamp) Vierthaler. Carl spent his childhood in Spearville and graduated from Spearville High School in 1971. Carl went on to further his education, first at St. Mary's...
Marie R. Burke
Feb 4, 2017
Jetmore - Marie Rosella Burke, 91, passed away February 4, 2017 at Hodgeman Co. Long-term Care in Jetmore. She was born on November 8, 1925 in Spearville, the daughter of Joseph and Kunigunda (Bogner) VanNahmen. Marie graduated from Spearville High School in 1942 and went to work in Wichita at Farm Credit. She married Leo V. Burke on September 5,...
Helen M. Harper
Feb 3, 2017
Dodge City -Helen Harper, 98, passed away peacefully in her sleep February 3, 2017. She was born on June 19, 1918 in Beverly, Illinois, the daughter of Edward and Edith (Triplett) Mixer. After her father died she spend the rest of her early years in an orphanage. Helen graduated from Hamilton, Illinois High School and started college at Western Illinois...
Richard E. Maxwell
Feb 3, 2017
Life long farmer and WWII veteran Richard Eugene Maxwell passed away February 3, 2017 at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. He was born to Roy Benjamin Maxwell and Grace McCrea Maxwell on August 20, 1927 in Sterling, Kansas. His Aunt, Dr. Maggie McCrea delivered him in his grandparent McCrea's home. He was an only child. He grew up on...
Elizabeth Ann Eck
Jan 29, 2017
Montezuma - My sister and aunt, Elizabeth Eck was born on July 10, 1924 in Hickok, to Joseph and Mary (Schmidt) Eck. She quietly slipped away January 29, 2017 at Bethel Home in Montezuma, reaching the age of 92 years. She grew up at Hickok and later and Ringwood, Oklahoma. She started to work at a very young age to...
Fred L. Webster
Jan 29, 2017
Dodge City - Fred Lawrence Webster, 85, died January 29, 2017 at Trinity Manor in Dodge City. The oldest of eight children, he was born October 22, 1931 in Dodge City to Lawrence "Shorty" and Myra (Willis) Webster. On June 22, 1951 he married Nora Garner in Tucumcari, New Mexico. She passed away on May 13, 2002 after 51 years...
Xyla M. Bennett
Jan 28, 2017
Elkhart - Xyla M. Bennett, 93, died January 28, 2017 at the Morton County Hospital in Elkhart. She was born on June 25, 1923 on the family farm in Woodward County, Oklahoma the daughter of Rosco and Laura Bell (Benne) Bellows. Xyla spent her childhood on the family farm in Woodward County near Sharon, Oklahoma. She attended school in Sharon....
Myrna J. Brandenburg-Christiansen
Jan 27, 2017
DODGE CITY - Myrna Joyce Brandenburg-Christiansen, 87, passed away January 27, 2017 at Trinity Manor, Dodge City. She was born November 24, 1929 in Luray, to Howard and Lulu (Weese) Griffin. Myrna grew up on a farm nine miles north of Bunker Hill, along the Saline River. Myrna attended elementary school at a small country school across the road from...
Genevieve B. Laggart
Jan 27, 2017
WICHITA - Genevieve B. Laggart, 98, died January 27, 2017, in Wichita, Ks. She was born on June 14, 1918 at Saint Leo, the daughter of Michael and Anna Marie (Bugner) Kerschen. On January 5, 1943, she married Anthony Arensdorf at St. Leo. They moved to Wilroads Gardens in 1946. Anthony died June 10, 1973. She later married Alois Laggart...
Jean Rollins
Jan 24, 2017
Satanta - Jean Rollins, 84, died January 24, 2017 at her home in Satanta. She was born on June 2, 1932 in Fulton, Kansas the daughter of Arthur Walter and Lena Mae (Ferguson) Robinson. Jean spent her childhood in Americus, graduating from Americus High School in 1952. On December 20, 1953, she married her high school sweetheart, William (Bill) Rollins...
Thomas Leon Brady Jr.
Jan 22, 2017
El Dorado - Thomas "Tom" Leon Brady Jr., 53, died January 22, 2017 at Wesley-Woodlawn Hospital in Wichita. He was born on October 2, 1963 in Dodge City, the son of Thomas Leon "Leon" Sr. and Martha Jane "Marty" (Gow) Brady. Tom lived most of his childhood in Winfield. In 1997, Tom moved to El Dorado and resided in the...
Audrey V. Peterson
Jan 20, 2017
DODGE CITY - Audrey Venita Peterson, 93, died January 20, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge Ctiy. She was born on October 31, 1923 in Dodge City, the daughter of Sadie Diehl. Audrey was a lifetime resident of Dodge City. She attended Dodge City schools, graduating from Dodge City High School in 1942. On July 15, 1943, she...
Franklin Giesbrecht
Jan 20, 2017
Our beloved Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather, Franklin U. Giesbrecht, was born May 18, 1933, at Walsh, Colorado, to John and Ida Giesbrecht. He peacefully left this life on January 20, 2017, at Bethel Home in Montezuma, Kansas. He reached the age of 83 years. Dad grew to manhood and received his education in the Gray County, Kansas area. At the...
