Rex Kenneth (Holbrook) Whiteside
Jan 19, 2017
Dodge City - Rex Kenneth (Holbrook) Whiteside, 90, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2017 at Kansas Soldiers Home in Ft. Dodge. He was born on July 27, 1926 in Dodge City, to Ralph and Suzie Holbrook and was later adopted by Walter and Mary Whiteside of Spearville. Rex was a farmer and stockman. He graduated from Jetmore High School...
Roberta F. Cook
Jan 17, 2017
DODGE CITY - Roberta F. Cook, 97, died January 17, 2017 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on March 24, 1919 at Benkelman, Nebraska the daughter of Harry H. and Josephine (Gallagher) Walker. Roberta grew up in Elkhart and was a graduate of Elkhart High School. She then attended Dodge City Junior College for two years....
Phyllis Jean Leonard
Jan 15, 2017
Sublette - Phyllis Jean Hoskinson was born to Joseph and Dora (Black) Hoskinson in Cimarron on August 27, 1931. She lived her entire childhood on a farm just outside of Copeland. Phyllis was a very adventurous little girl. She ran away from home when she was five, packed her bags without any help, but returned in time for supper! The...
Nancy Gaye Mosttler
Jan 11, 2017
Sublette - Nancy Gaye Mosttler, 69, died January 11, 2017 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita. She was born on July 17, 1947 in Grand Island, Nebraska the daughter of Ben and Geneva (Bissell) Ewoldt. Nancy was raised in Thedford, Nebraska and attended a country school close to her home. She moved to Montezuma in 1976. On September 7,...
Jerry Wilmot
Jan 8, 2017
Jerry Wilmot, 66, died January 8, 2017 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. He was born on December 11, 1950 in Garden City, the son of Jesse and Ida Mae (Oxford) Wilmot. After high school, Jerry worked as a custodian at a school and while he received training as an auto mechanic. He worked at the Ford and Chevrolet...
Allen L. Barrand
Jan 7, 2017
DODGE CITY - Allen L. Barrand, 54, died January 7, 2017 at Dodge City. He was born on January 11, 1962 at Garden City, the son of Lurleen and Larry Barrand. Allen was a lifetime resident of Dodge City. He attended Miller, Lincoln and Northwest Elementary Schools and Dodge City Jr. High School. He graduated from Ensign High School in...
Ronald K. Sidebottom
Jan 6, 2017
DODGE CITY - Ronald K. Sidebottom, 74, died friday, January 6, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Center, Dodge City. He was born on December 1, 1942 at Dodge City the son of Ronald Willis and Margaret (Urton) Sidebottom. Ronald and his family resided in Colorado for many years before moving back to his hometown. Left to cherish his memory are...
James "Sonny" Marbut
Jan 6, 2017
Garden City - James "Sonny" Marbut, 74, died January 6, 2017 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City. He was born on October 5, 1942 in Cassville, Missouri the son of Elijah and Josephine (Womack) Marbut Sonny grew up in Cassville, Missouri where he attended Oak Grove Country School. He worked as a cowboy for various places before moving...
Verlie R. Stout
Jan 5, 2017
Verlie R. Stout, 95, died January 5, 2017 at Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City, Kansas. She was born on October 27, 1921 at West Haven, California the daughter of Ben and Ann Marie Kelly (Willis) Turpin. She married William M. Stout on September 19, 1941 in McPherson, Kansas, he preceded her in death on February 7, 1991. After their...
Louis I. Chappell
Jan 3, 2017
Dodge City - Louis Ivan Chappell, 95, passed away January 3, 2017 at the Brookdale Foundation in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born April 6, 1921 in Plevna, Kansas. His parents H.E. Chappell and Minnie (Nusser) Chappell moved to a farm North of Plains when he was four years old. He attended Mertilla Township rural grade school and graduated from...
Bradley L. Tepe
Jan 1, 2017
Dodge City - Bradley L. Tepe, 56, died January 1, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on March 1, 1960 at Dodge City the son of Robert and Carol (Voth) Tepe. Mr. Tepe enjoyed working on cars, drawing, writing and collecting antiques as well as building small airplanes. He was a licensed pilot and enjoy...
Steve Tucker
Dec 31, 2016
Copeland - Steve Tucker, 67, died December 31, 2016 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. He was born on August 3, 1949 in Montezuma, the son of Wayne and Alrena (Unruh) Tucker. Steve was a lifetime resident of Gray County. He graduated from Montezuma High School in 1967. After graduation, he went to Fort Hays State University for one...
Wilma P. Goertz
Dec 30, 2016
DODGE CITY - Wilma P. Goertz, 94, died December 30, 2016 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born on February 22, 1922 at Waurika, Oklahoma the daughter of William L. and Ella (Lewis) Peters. Wilma was a graduate of Amarillo High School and Amarillo Junior College. On May 4, 1953 she married David J. Goertz at...
Geraldine "Gerry" Lee
Dec 30, 2016
Fort Dodge - Geraldine "Gerry" Lee, 84, died December 30, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on November 21, 1932 in Longview, Texas the daughter of Riley Elkin and Ethel Pauline (Sorey) Skaggs. Gerry spent her early childhood in Texas, moving with her family to Kansas in 1945. In 1949, they moved to Dodge...
Mary Lou Spanier
Dec 30, 2016
SUBLETTE - Mary Lou Spanier, 84, died December 30, 2016 at Satanta District Hospital in Satanta. She was born on February 2, 1932 five miles south of Sublette on the family farm the daughter of Otto R. and Gladys H. (Thomas) Wallace. Mary Lou was a lifetime resident of Sublette. She graduated from Sublette High School in 1950 and went...
Ronnell K. Schmidt
Dec 27, 2016
CIMARRON - Ronnell K. Schmidt, 55, died December 27, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on February 18, 1961 at Garden City, the daughter of Kent and Shirley Mae (Dewitt) Erickson. Ronnell was a 1979 graduate of Dodge City High School. She attended St. Mary of the Plains college and later Dodge City Community College....
Glennys E. Chalkley
Dec 22, 2016
Cimarron - Glennys E. Chalkley, 90, died December 22, 2016, at The Shepherd's Center, Cimarron. She was born June 24, 1926 in rural Gray County to Pearl and Frances (Israel) Moore. She married Verne A. Chalkley on August 5, 1945 in Cimarron. Glennys was a retired government employee and her passion was being a Mary Kay Cosmetics beauty consultant. She...
Mae Koehn
Dec 22, 2016
Montezuma - Our mother and grandmother, Lydia "Mae" Koehn was born to Samuel and Lydia Nichols on September 9, 1934, at Ulysses, Kansas. She peacefully passed away on December 22, 2016, at the Bethel Home in Montezuma, reaching the age of eighty-two years. As a little baby, she lost her mother at the age of three days. Her oldest sister,...
Donald M. Weece
Dec 21, 2016
Donald M. Weece, 87, died December 21, 2016 at his home in Dodge City. He was born December 2, 1929, in Cimarron, Kansas the son of Leonard and Mae (Gardiner) Weece. Don grew up in Cimarron where he graduated from Cimarron High School and was very active in sports. After High School he served his country by enlisting in the...
Beryl Dee Underwood
Dec 21, 2016
Beryl Dee Underwood, 65, died December 21, 2016 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on October 4, 1951 in Garden City, the son of Eldon and Rosetta (Bell) Underwood. Beryl's mother died at a young age and he was raised by his aunt and uncle Ken and Kate Olinger and his grandparents, Wesley and Georgia Bell. Beryl...
