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Patricia Ann Durr
Dec 2, 2015
DODGE CITY - Patricia A. Durr, 78, died December 2, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on February 3, 1937 at Iowa City, Iowa the daughter of Cecil and Alvina (Rosekrans) Duryea. Patricia was a graduate of Rozel High School. She moved to Dodge City in 1956. On July 15, 1973 she married Robert Durr....
Arthur F. Brown
Dec 1, 2015
DODGE CITY - Former San Francisco 49er, Arthur "Pat" Franklin Brown, Sr. took his last defensive stance on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 in Dodge City, Kansas. He loved football so much that his idea of quality time with his children was to have them huddled around him so he could teach them the basics, even the girls. The team he...
Harry Schmidt
Dec 1, 2015
Montezuma - Harry Schmidt was born as the ninth child to Ben and Susie (Unruh) Schmidt on September 5, 1919 in Las Animas, Colorado. Early Tuesday morning, December 1, 2015, the Lord requested him home. He reached the age of 96 years. Harry grew up in Montezuma on a farm. He attended school in Montezuma. On December 29, 1938, Harry...
Vera M. Stauth
Nov 30, 2015
Cimarron - Vera M. Stauth, 90, died November 30, 2015 at the Shepherd's Center in Cimarron. She was born on February 4, 1925 at Stafford County, Kansas the daughter of John Lee and Laura E. (Webring) Brock. She grew up in Gray County north of Ensign and graduated from Ensign High School. On July 24, 1943 she married Bill Arden...
Juston Dale Agee
Nov 28, 2015
JUSTON DALE AGEE Dodge City - Juston Dale Agee, 73, died November 28, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on October 2, 1942 at Rush Springs, Oklahoma, the son of Judston Barry and Ella Florence (Lovett) Agee. He graduated from Wichita North High School, Wichita, Kansas and the Law Enforcement Academy, Hutchinson, Kansas. He worked...
Walter Schmidt
Nov 26, 2015
Montezuma - Walter Schmidt, 91, died November 26, 2015 at Bethel Home in Montezuma. He was born on February 28, 1924 at Chickasha, Oklahoma, the son of Peter B. and Anna (Koehn) Schmidt. Walter attended school at Valley View School in Chickasha. He married Nadine Bartlett on August 22, 1947 in Chickasha. She survives. Walter worked at various jobs including...
Ten Lee Mah
Nov 24, 2015
Dodge City - Ten Lee Mah, 80, died November 24, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on October 25, 1935 at Canton, China the son of Bill and Soon Mah. In 1953 he moved to Wales, England, then in 1980 he moved to Dodge City. He married Yuk Mui Mah in Gloucestershire, England in...
Katharina Friesen Wiebe
Nov 24, 2015
Copeland - Katharina Friesen Wiebe, 70, died November 24, 2015 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born on August 17, 1945 in Mexico, the daughter of Peter and Aganetha (Dyck) Friesen. On June 18, 1967, she married Diedrich Wiebe in Mexico. He survives. Deidrich and Katharina moved to Copeland in 2001. Katharina enjoyed cooking,...
Mary Beatrice "Bea" (Carmichael) Schaffer
Nov 21, 2015
Dodge City - Mary Beatrice "Bea" (Carmichael) Schaffer, 97, died November 21, 2015 at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City . She was born on March 4, 1918 in Ford County, daughter of Clarence Lee and Alice Mabel (AuBuchon) Carmichael. Bea grew up on the family farm north of Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School. She attained...
Rev. Robert E. Meanor
Nov 18, 2015
DODGE CITY - Robert E. Meanor, 82, died November 18, 2015 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. He was born on February 3, 1933 in Hartwick, Pennsylvania the son of Frank and Helen (McWhirter) Meanor. Robert received his Bachelor of Science degree from Sterling College in 1954. He then attended Pittsburg Seminary in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania where he received...
Katie Webb
Nov 17, 2015
Dodge City - Katie Webb, 78 years old, passed away on November 17th, 2015 at the Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. Catherine Fredericka Hogue was born on February 12, 1936 in Goodland Kansas to Sid and Tempa (Taylor) Hogue. She graduated from Goodland High School in 1954. In 1954 she enrolled at Fort Hays State University to pursue...
Thomas D. Martin
Nov 11, 2015
Dodge City - Thomas D. Martin, 83, died peacefully with family at his side on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2015. He was born July 16, 1932 in Wichita, to Bess Ellen (Butterworth) and Fredrick Martin. After graduating from Dodge City Senior High School in 1950, he attended Wichita State University. Tom came back to Dodge City and worked at Caves...
Faye Preston
Nov 9, 2015
DODGE CITY - Faye Preston, 101, died November 9, 2015 at Brookdale Senior Solutions, Dodge City. She was born on January 2, 1914 at Richfield, the daughter of Guy and Maggie (Combes) Tipton. She lived in Wilroads Gardens until 1972 prior to moving to Dodge City. Faye taught school in Kingsdown and later worked at Montgomery Ward. She also worked...
Sara "Beth" Elizabeth Jantz
Nov 5, 2015
Sara Elizabeth Wyrill was born on March 10, 1919 in the family farm home located just outside of Kirwin, to John Bruce Wyrill and Angie (Scott) Wyrill. She attended the local schools and graduated first in her class from Kirwin High School in 1937. Her senior year, she did substitute teaching in the grade school. After high school, Beth, as...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Claire Trindle
Nov 3, 2015
DODGE CITY - Jacqueline "Jackie" Claire Trindle went to be with her family in heaven on November 3, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on April 22, 1925 at St. John, the daughter of Frederick J. Fry IV and Mabel Claire (Brown) Fry. She graduated from high school in Kansas City, Missouri in 1943 and...
Judy Marie Ricke
Oct 31, 2015
Dodge City - Judy Marie Ricke, 67, died October 31, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on March 27, 1948 at Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Serena (Rodenberg) Schoonover. She was raised in Scott City, and graduated from Scott City High School in 1965. She attended Dodge City Community College and graduated...
William E. "Billy" Wordelman
Oct 31, 2015
Dodge City - William E. Billy Wordelman, 56, died October 31, 2015 at his residence in Dodge City. He was born on January 19, 1959 at Elkhart, Indiana, the son of Fredrick John and Isabel Margaret (Adamski) Wordelman. He grew up in Dodge City and attended schools here and graduated from Dodge City High School in 1979. He was a...
John Todd Steinmitz
Oct 28, 2015
Dodge City - John Todd Steinmitz, 71, passed away on October 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. He was born on December 17, 1944 to Virginia Marie Graham and John Edward "Jack" Steinmitz of Parsons. After graduating from Dodge City Senior High in 1962, he went on to receive his Masters Degree from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He served...
Robert (Gene) E. Eastin
Oct 28, 2015
Robert Eugene (Gene) Eastin died October 28, 2015 at Kansas Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge. Gene was born April 17, 1924 in Hutchinson to Robert C. and Elvra (Snider) Eastin. Gene's parents moved to Stanton County in 1942 where their family farmed. In 1944, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in World War II, serving in the European Theatre. Gene...
Walter J. Page, Jr.
Oct 21, 2015
Fort Dodge - Walter J. Page, Jr., 89, died October 21, 2015 at Halsey Hall in Fort Dodge. He was born on September 14, 1926 in Dodge City, the son of Walter J. and Mabel (Myers) Page, Sr.. Walter was a lifetime resident of Dodge City, attending Dodge City schools. He enlisted in the Navy in August of 1943 at...
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