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Freddy Jason Granados
Jan 17, 2015
DODGE CITY - Freddy Jason Granados, 29, died January 17, 2015 at Pratt. He was born on July 10, 1985 at Los Angeles, California the son of Jose Anibal Granados and Constanza Suarez. Freddy was a 2003 graduate of Dodge City High School. He then attended Dodge City Community College. Freddy is survived by his mother, Constanza Suarez of Dodge...
Maxine E. Beery
Jan 16, 2015
Cimarron - Maxine E. Beery, 84, died January 16, 2015 at The Shepherd's Center in Cimarron. She was born on November 4, 1930 at Dodge City, the daughter of Verne and Ilene (Dillman) Norton. She grew up on the family farm near Kalvesta. Maxine graduated from Cimarron High School. On September 8, 1948 she married A. L. "Bud" Beery. He...
Doris May Schmidt
Jan 14, 2015
MONTEZUMA-Doris May Schmidt was born to Clarence and Lafina (Schmidt) on May 8, 1935 at her parent's home near Ingalls. She peacefully passed away on January 14, 2015 at Bethel Home in Montezuma reaching the age of 79 years. Her childhood years were spent on the family farm near Copeland where she enjoyed many good times outdoors. Doris attended Copeland...
Barry Kevin Gunderson
Jan 12, 2015
Minneola - Barry Kevin Gunderson, 71, died January 12, 2015 at his residence in Minneola. He was born on January 4, 1944 at Long Beach, Ca the son of B.E."Gundy" and Frances M. (Yungers) Gunderson. Barry served in the U.S. Army and Kansas National Guard. In 1967 he graduated with a business degree from the University of Kansas. In 1972...
Lori Ann Ostrander
Jan 12, 2015
DODGE CITY - Lori Ann Ostrander, 40, died January 12, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on November 19, 1974 at Larned, the daughter of Ronald Eugene and Judy Marie (Fuhrman) Ostrander. She grew up in Larned and graduated from Larned High School. After graduating she moved to Dodge City and has resided there since....
Eleanor "Jean" Zimmer
Jan 12, 2015
Dodge City - Eleanor Jean Zimmer, 77, died January 12, 2015 at Leisure Homestead in Stafford. She was born on May 29, 1937 in Dodge City the daughter of Paul W. and Larene Pearl (Wilson) Zimmer. Jean grew up on the family farm N.W. of Dodge City and lived most of her life there. She graduated from Dodge City High...
Dale W. Hull
Jan 9, 2015
Ft. Dodge - Dale W. Hull, 96, died January 9, 2015 at Halsey Hall at Ft. Dodge, Kansas. He was born on July 15, 1918 at Scott City, KS the son of Clarence Albert and Laura (Irwin) Hull. He married Julia McCabe on April 12, 1947 in Dodge City, she preceded him in death on December 13, 2000. Dale worked...
Valentin Acosta-Trujillo
Jan 8, 2015
Dodge City - Valentin Acosta-Trujillo, 86, died January 8, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. He was born on November 14, 1928 at Zacatecas,Mexico,the son of Juan Acosta-Sanchez and Maria Trujillo. He came to Dodge City in 1995 from Zacatecas, Mexico, where he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Cathedral of Our Lady...
Pauline Helen Batman
Jan 8, 2015
Sublette - Pauline Helen Batman, 94, died January 8, 2015 at the Satanta Long Term Care Unit. She was born on January 5, 1921 on the family farm in rural Ford County, near Kingsdown, the daughter of William and Margaret Grace (Isaac) Petrowsky. Pauline attended Kingsdown Schools and graduated in 1939. On September 21, 1940, she married Robert Glen Batman...
Geneva Lucille Van Valkenburg
Jan 7, 2015
MONTEZUMA - Geneva Lucille Van Valkenburg, 97, passed away quietly, surrounded by family, on January 7, 2015 in the home of her daughter and son-in-law Gail and Jim Marvin of Salina. She was born on September 23, 1917 to Frank and Lula (Stover) Steen on a farm near Baldwin City. She attended Franklin County schools, Parsons Junior College, and graduated...
Diana L. Clark-Wiehebrink
Jan 7, 2015
DIANA L. CLARK-WIEHEBRINK Dodge City: Diana L. Clark-Wiehebrink, 59, died January 7, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. She was born on June 2, 1955 at Indianapolis, IN the daughter of Donald and Patricia (Reed) O'Brien. Diana served in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was owner of the Park Street Lounge, worked for several years at Pancake...
Ray Kenton
Jan 2, 2015
Dodge City - Ray Kenton, 85, died January 2, 2015 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born on February 5, 1929 on the farm south of Ingalls in Gray County, the son of Clifford V. and Mary Naoma (Green) Kenton. Ray was a graduate of Dodge City High School. On August 9, 1947, he married...
Ramona Catherine Hutton
Jan 2, 2015
Dodge City - Ramona Catherine Hutton, 80, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born on December 19, 1934 in Dodge City, the daughter of Ralph A. and Marjorie Eileen Pittman. She grew up in Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School and attended Dodge City Junior College. She married Neil...
Wilma (Jones) Ridgway
Dec 28, 2014
Dodge City - Wilma (Jones) Ridgway, 95, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 at , Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City. She was born on February 17, 1919 in Sylvia, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Perry and Mildred (Yust) Jones. She married Harmon L. Ridgway on April 22, 1937 in Dodge City. Wilma and Harmon owned and operated Ideal Laundry and...
Norma J. Unruh
Dec 25, 2014
Montezuma - Norma Jean Smith Unruh joined her family in Heaven on Christmas morning, December 25th, 2014. She was born in Fairview, Oklahoma on September 5, 1928 to Dan and Katie (Nightengale) Smith, the eighth of eleven children. The Smith family life was filled with love, song, adventure and humor. She married the love of her life, Ervey Unruh, on...
Josefina Morales
Dec 25, 2014
Dodge City - Josefina Morales, 76, died December 25, 2014 at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born on May 27, 1938 at Durango, Mexico the daughter of Doroteo and Piedad (Arumbula) . She married Lorenzo Morales in 1954in Chihuahua, Mexico, he survives. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing and knitting. Mrs. Morales was very active in numerous church...
Jose "Roby" Robert Guillen
Dec 24, 2014
JOSE ROBERT "ROBY" GUILLEN DODGE CITY - Jose Robert "Roby" Guillen, 62, died December 24, 2014 at his home in Dodge City. He was born on September 2, 1952 at Dodge City, the son of Joseph and Guadalupe (Moreno) Guillen. On May 8, 1971 he married Dorothy Ramos at Dodge City. She preceded him in death on December 19, 1999....
Barbara Colleen Ross-Carpenter
Dec 21, 2014
BARBARA COLLEEN ROSS-CARPENTER Colorado Springs - Barbara Colleen Ross-Carpenter, 83, died December 21, 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado after a brief illness. Her husband Thaine Carpenter, was by her side. She was born on March 5, 1931 in Phillipsburg, the daughter of Claude and Inez (Barham) Runyan. She grew up and graduated from public school in Almena in 1949. After...
Irene Smith
Dec 18, 2014
Montezuma - Irene Koehn Smith was born to Andrew and Minnie (Schmidt) Koehn on August 12, 1921 at Chickasha, Oklahoma. She was the ninth of eleven children, of which one died at four years of age. Her ninety-three years of time came to an end at midnight on December 18, 2014, in Bethel Home at Montezuma, Kansas. In her childhood...
Cecil Joseph Herron
Dec 16, 2014
SPEARVILLE - Cecil Joseph Herron, 89, died December 16, 2014 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. He was born to Joseph and Iva (Offerle) Herron on February 4, 1925 at Spearville. He was born in the house, grew up and later married and raised a family there. Cecil graduated from Spearville High School in 1943. On June 5,...
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