Elisabeth Teichroeb
Mar 26, 2016
Copeland - Elisabeth Teichroeb, 46, died March 26, 2016 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City after battling an extremely hard fight with cancer for four years and four months. She was born on January 17, 1970 at Mexico, the daughter of Johan and Maria Doerksen (Dyck) Neufeld. Elisabeth married Enrique (Henry) Teichroeb on July 11, 1987 in Mexico. He...
Rowena Huff
Mar 21, 2016
Rowena Huff, 95, died March 21, 2016 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on September 3, 1920 in Lyons, the daughter of William Frank and Irene (Worth) Temple. Rowena attended Mitchell School in Rice County thru the eighth grade. She then went on to Lyons High School, graduating in 1937. Rowena worked as a telephone operator in...
Virginia R. Miller
Mar 18, 2016
Ensign - Virginia R. Miller, 85, died March 18, 2016 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born on July 21, 1930 near Mullinville, Kansas the daughter of Clay and Sybil (Gordon) Neier. She graduated from Mullinville High School in 1948. Mrs. Miller continued her education by attending and graduating from St. Anthony School of Nursing in...
Vicki Marie Reed
Mar 15, 2016
Montezuma - Vicki Marie Reed, 57 passed away at her home in Montezuma on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. She was born April 1, 1958 in Dodge City, the daughter of Victor & Louise (Blackwelder) Thomas of Montezuma. Vicki was a graduate of Montezuma High School, and Fort Hays State University, with a B.S. in Elementary Education, and later a Masters...
Barbara Jean Carter
Mar 11, 2016
Dodge City- Barbara J. Bauer Carter formerly of Dodge City, Kans., died March 11, 2016 at Avita Senior Living Center in Wichita. Mrs. Carter was born in Larned, on December 10, 1934, to Vernon Earl Bauer of Radium and Kathryn Mildred Mallow Bauer of Dundee. She was 81 years old. Mrs. Carter grew up on a farm near Radium. She...
Lula May Woodson
Mar 10, 2016
COPELAND - Lula May (Craver) Woodson, 101, died Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. Lula May was the daughter of Robert (Bob) E. and Anna E. (Phillips) Craver. She was born on March 21, 1914 in Natrona, Pratt County, and moved to Copeland with her family when she was four years old. Her...
Russell Lee Hargett
Mar 4, 2016
MONTEZUMA - Russell Lee Hargett, 91, died March 4, 2016 at Halsey Hall in Fort Dodge. He was born on December 13, 1924 in Montezuma, the son of William Floyd and Minnie (Feldman) Hargett. Russell was a graduate of Montezuma High School. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater. On...
Virginia L. Nicolet
Mar 3, 2016
Cimarron - Virginia L. Nicolet, 90, died March 3, 2016 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on February 5, 1926 at Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of O.M. and Virginia (Richmond) Larsen. She married Albert "Skeet" Nicolet on February 16, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, he preceded her in death on December 9, 2011. They met...
Betty Jane Broadbooks
Mar 3, 2016
DODGE CITY - Betty Jane Broadbooks, 90, died March 3, 2016 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born on June 15, 1925 at Edwardsville, the daughter of James and Bettie E. (Hurd) Barger. Betty was a 1943 graduate of Dodge City Senior High School. On December 30, 1965 she married Ray Broadbooks, Jr at Cimarron. She...
Robert L. Swaim
Feb 28, 2016
Dodge City - Robert L. Swaim, 87, died February 28, 2016 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. He was born on September 18, 1928 at Hooker, Oklahoma, the son of Harold Lee and Cynthia Nelda (Alloway) Swaim. Bob grew up at Hooker, Oklahoma, and attended schools there through ninth grade. He moved with his family to Dodge City...
Donald Lee Skinner
Feb 26, 2016
Dodge City - Donald Lee Skinner, 90, died February 26, 2016 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. He was born on September 8, 1925 in Stevens County, the son of Troy Tony and Hazel Mae (Hageman) Skinner. Don attended elementary school at Center Valley Country School in Stevens County. At the age of 15, he moved to Rose...
Larry J. Maurer
Feb 24, 2016
DODGE CITY - Larry J. Maurer, 85, died February 24, 2016, at Morton County Senior Living, Elkhart. He was born on February 25, 1930 at Montezuma, the son of John J. and Adeline E. (Eck) Maurer. Larry grew up in Montezuma and was a 1948 graduate of Montezuma High School. He joined the US Navy immediately after high school and...
John R. Alger
Feb 21, 2016
Dodge City - John Russell Alger passed away at his home on February 21, 2016, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. John was born in Dodge City on February 8, 1933, to Oak and Anna Alger. He graduated from Dodge City High School, class of 1951. He was also a graduate of Kansas State College in 1956 where...
Nellie Trujillo
Feb 21, 2016
Dodge City - Nellie Trujillo, 93, died Sunday, February 21, 2016 at her home in Dodge City. She was born on June 7, 1922 in the Mexican village, Dodge City, the daughter of Joe V. and Sara ( Jasso ) Torrez. She grew up in the Mexican village and attended Dodge City schools. In 1947, she married Frank Trujillo in...
Rebecca Ruth Knight
Feb 21, 2016
Wright - Rebecca Ruth Knight, 72, died February 21, 2016 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City. She was born on November 13, 1943 at Rural Ford County, KS the daughter of Calvin Amos and Grace F. (Harzmann) Paxson. She married Norman Leslie Knight on April 11, 1964 in Dodge City, he preceded her in death on December 10,...
David Charles Loucks
Feb 20, 2016
Sublette - David Charles Loucks, 96, died February 20, 2016 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City. He was born on September 16, 1919 in Gray County, the son of Jesse and Carrie (Becker) Loucks. David was a lifetime resident of Copeland. He was a graduate of Copeland High School. David served his country overseas during World War II from January...
Janice A. Riedlinger
Feb 19, 2016
DODGE CITY - Janice A. Riedlinger, 76, died February 19, 2016 at Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on July 6, 1939 at Spearville, the daughter of William and Margaret (Schulte) Stegman. Janice grew up in Offerle, Kansas and attended St. Joseph Catholic Grade School. She graduated from Saint Mary of the Plains High School, Dodge City, Kansas in 1957....
Susanna K. Unruh
Feb 19, 2016
Montezuma - Our mother and grandmother, Susanna K. Unruh, was born on September 26, 1923 to Jacob B. and Carrie (Koehn) Wiens in Gray County. She slipped away to eternal rest at home in the morning hours of February 19, 2016, reaching the age of 92. Mom grew up in rural Gray County. She received her education at Sunnyside School...
Mary Joan "Jo" Hink
Feb 17, 2016
Mary Joan "Jo" (Watts) Hink, 85, of Dodge City, Kansas, passed away on February 17th, 2016, at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, her son and daughter at her side. Jo was born in Wellington, Kansas, on March 27th, 1930. She graduated from Wellington High School as a part of the Class of 1948, of which she had many...
Larry J. Burkhart
Feb 8, 2016
DODGE CITY – Larry J. Burkhart, 68, died February 8, 2016 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on October 4, 1947 at Dodge City, the son of Victor and Agnes (Schlereth) Burkhart. Larry was a foreman for Gladden Excavating and APAC Kansas, Inc., until he retired in 2009. He was a fantastic baseball player in his younger...
