Obituaries

Aug 31, 2016

Cimarron - Wilma G. Culver, 101, died August 31, 2016 at The Shepherd's Center in Cimarron. She was born on February 25, 1915 in Wright, the daughter of Isaac Moler and Ida Mae (Reay) Roberts Imel. At five months of age, Wilma moved with her family to Gray County south of Montezuma. In 1922, the family moved to a farm...

Aug 26, 2016

DODGE CITY - Manuel Robles, 52, died August 26, 2016 at Denver, Colorado . He was born on February 8, 1964 in Jalisco, Mexico the son of Eliseo and Luisa Robles. Manuel J. Robles was a native from Mexico who came to California in 1980 to live the American Dream at the age of 16. He started to work in...

Aug 24, 2016

DODGE CITY- Abraham Mateo Munoz, died August 24, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex Women's Center, Dodge City. He was born on August 24, 2016 the son of Victor and Marlett (Villa) Munoz. Funeral service will be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. Thoughts and memories may be shared...

Aug 21, 2016

Dodge City - Severo "Fred" Perez, 52, died August 21, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on February 21, 1964 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Antonio and Marguerita (Lozano) Perez. He was a avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan as well as a Kansas City Royals and KU Basketball fan. Mr. Perez loved spending time...

Aug 14, 2016

Sublette - Mary Nell (Walters) Oringderff went to be with our Lord on August 14, 2016.  She was born in Sublette, Kansas, on July 2, 1927, to HF "Frank" and Mary Walters, the fourth of six children.

Mary Nell attended school in Sublette, graduating from high school in 1945.  In 1947, she and Bob Oringderff were married...

Aug 11, 2016

James (Jim) W. Strother of Lansing passed away on August 11, 2016 at the age of 94. James was born on May 18, 1922 at Clarksburg, West Virginia to Fredrick Lambert and Mary Pearl (Nay) Strother. The family moved to the Texas Panhandle in 1926. James graduated from Stinett, Texas High School in 1941. SGT Strother served in the United...

Aug 10, 2016

Marvin was born July 20, 1923, in Yates Center, KS, the third of six children born to Charles William and Mary Martha (Fortner) Hampton. He passed away on August 10, 2016 in Dodge City. In his early teens, his family moved to his father's Cherokee Indian Land Claim near Pryor, OK. As an adult he appreciated and took pride in...

Aug 8, 2016

Jeffrey A. Hill, 70, died August 8, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on October 8, 1945 in Dodge City, the son of Virgil and Anne (Shultz) Hill. Jeffrey was raised in Fowler, graduating from Fowler High School in 1963. He went on to further is education at Fort Hays State University where he...

Aug 7, 2016

Earl Lowry Jr., 88, died August 7, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born on December 13, 1927 in Wichita, the son of Eva (Arthur) Simmons. Earl served in World War II on the battleship the USS Warrick. On August 24, 1952, Earl married Margaret L. Edwards in Iola. She preceded him in death . Earl worked for Cessna...

Aug 6, 2016

Mrs. Bonnie May Drewes, age 80, passed away on August 6, 2016 at Brookdale in Dodge City, Kansas after a valiant battle with Lewy Body Dementia. She was born on May 30, 1936 in rural Ford County (Bellefont) to Harry W. and Helen (Kuhn) Wetzel. She was baptized on June 21, 1936 and confirmed on April 2, 1950 at Zion...

Aug 3, 2016

Ingalls - Michael Volker, 60, died August 3, 2016 at his residence in Ingalls. He was born on December 16, 1955 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of William Clifford and Marjorie Ruth (Bier) Volker. Michael grew up in New Brunswick where he became an arborist. He later moved to Colorado where he continued to work as an arborist....

Aug 2, 2016

Dodge City - The second child of five, Robert (Bob) Holt was born to William and Rosa Hubmann Holt on July 30, 1936, in Dodge City. Bob became a child of God through the waters of Holy Baptism on Aug. 30, 1936 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. He affirmed that faith into which he was baptized when he was confirmed...

Aug 1, 2016

DODGE CITY - Jerry Ann McFadden-Gleason, 74, lost her valiant struggle with chronic lung disease and found peace with the Lord on August 1, 2016 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on May 29, 1942 at Wichita, daughter of Jerald Eugene and Betty (Johnson) McFadden Jerry grew up in Montezuma and graduated from Montezuma High School in...

Jul 25, 2016

DODGE CITY - Dale R. Crumb, 69, died July 25, 2016 at Wichita. He was born on September 25, 1946 at Sherburne, New York the son of Gordon and Beatrice (Downing) Crumb. Dale grew up in Sherburne, New York and was a graduate of Sherburne High School. On February 10, 1968 he married Peggy Harris at Dodge City. A Dodge...

Jul 23, 2016

Dodge City - Vivian V. Clinton, 95, died July 23, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on January 28, 1921 at Hutchinson, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Nettie(Nickels) Clinton. Ms. Clinton received her teaching degree from Emporia State University, and was a teacher at the Dodge City Junior High School for over 40...

Jul 21, 2016

Charles Lester "Les" Pelnar, 95, died July 21, 2016 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was born on June 12, 1921 to John Evan and Sarah Elizbeth Pelnar in Holcomb. He married Maebelle Walter on July 5, 1970. After her passing on May 29, 1997, he went on to marry Beverly Boyd on August 16, 1999. He graduated from Sublette High School....

Jul 20, 2016

ULYSSES - John J Koehn, 90, died July 20, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on February 27, 1926 in Copeland, the son of Jake T. and Lizzie (Koehn) Koehn. John attended the Liberty Knoll school in Plains. He married Verda Mae Smith on August 4, 1949 in Copeland. She preceded him in death....

Jul 20, 2016

DODGE CITY - Melvin Wayne Blackburn, 85, died July 20, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on July 12, 1931 at Ft. Dodge, the son of Joseph William and Ella Mae (Smith) Blackburn. On October 17, 1959 he married Deloris Fulton. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. Wayne was a...

Jul 19, 2016

Montezuma - Bonnie J. Miller, 76, died July 19, 2016 at Bethel Home in Montezuma. She was born on September 7, 1939 in Stafford the daughter of Ike and Josephine (Willinger) Kreie. Bonnie grew up in Hudson, graduating from Hudson High School. She went on to further her education at Fort Hays State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree...

Jul 16, 2016

Dodge City - Donald L. Ross, 86, died July 16, 2016 at his residence in Dodge City. He was born on December 17, 1929 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Earl and Vida (Arnold) Ross. A longtime Dodge City resident he married Effie Mae in 1973, she survives. Don enjoyed hunting and fishing with his hunting buddy Reverend Sherman...