HIGHLAND CEMETERY at Medicine Lodge is one of the older urban cemeteries within the county, 
August 26, 1880, George W. Ellis sold to the city of Medicine Lodge the following described 
land: NE 1/4 2-32-12, to be used as a city cemetery. The plat was drawn April 14, 1881, and 
filed in the county registrar's office. John Ramsey purchased the first lot December 22, 
1882, for the burial of Ann Ramsey.

Burials from 1948-1988

Last Name           First/Second           Place of death         Date buried            Undertaker            Undertaker Address
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Abt                 Mrs. Henry             Tulsa, OK              February 16, 1967      Yost-Gwynn Funeral
Abt                 Marion E.                                     November 8, 1971       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Paul                   Medicine Lodge, KS     August 16, 1949        Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               John Joseph            Medicine Lodge, KS     July 11, 1951
Adams               Edwin                  Medicine Lodge, KS     September 14, 1955     Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Ray Williams           Rural Medicine Lodge   August 29, 1956        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Maude Alberta          Medicine Lodge, KS     September 12, 1963     Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Minnie May             Medicine Lodge, KS     June 20, 1964          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Virgil                 Medicine Lodge, KS     August 30, 1976        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Pearl                  Pratt, KS              November 16, 1976      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Wendell Stone          Medicine Lodge, KS     May 30, 1979           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Glenn R. "Bill"        No. Kansas City        July 14, 1984          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adams               Francis C. Werner      Pampa, TX              August 10, 1984        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Adkins              Jessie                                        February 17, 1973      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Albright            Donald Keith           Kiowa, KS              February 11, 1974      Fisher Funeral Hm.
Aldrup              Vera Joyce             Pratt, KS              December 12, 1978      Ayres-Calbeck         Pratt, KS
Aldrup              Edgar Ernst            Medicine Lodge, KS     August 21, 1979        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Alexander           George Ernest          Wichita, KS            January 12, 1953       Downing Mortuary      Wichita, KS
Alexander           Nell J.                Medicine Lodge, KS     November 28, 1958      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Allen               Kristy Kay             Medicine Lodge, KS     November 17, 1960      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Allen               Clyde                                         November 12, 1971      Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Allen               John                   Coldwater, KS          December 5, 1986       Hatfield Mortuary     Coldwater, KS
Allen (Clyde)       Ms. Roberta            Medicine Lodge, KS     October 7, 1978        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Anderson            Infant                 Ulysses, KS            August 30, 1956        Phillips Funeral
Anderson            Fayleen Comer          Medicine Lodge, KS     November 17, 1964      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Anderson            Everett                                       October 27, 1975       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Angell              Will                   Eagle twp., KS         September 29, 1957     Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Angell              Erma Woodcock          Medicine Lodge, KS     June 2, 1958           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Angell              Elmer                                         April 14, 1971         Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Angell              John                                          April 21, 1986         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Angell (Will)       Ms. Sarah A.                                  July 29, 1978          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Angle               Lillian Jane           Hardtner, KS           January 10, 1950       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Angle               Clarence Claude        Anthony, KS            February 4, 1955       Parsons Funeral Home  Anthony, KS
Angle               Howard                 Medicine Lodge, KS     December 22, 1980      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Angle               Mabel (Mrs. Howard)                           August 3, 1974         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Arnold              Andrew N.                                     March 7, 1985          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Ash                 Justin Wade                                   February 25, 1972      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Ash                 Harry                                         July 26, 1972          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Ash                 Orrin W.                                      May 21, 1973           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Ash                 Bertha May             Medicine Lodge, KS     April 19, 1984         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Ash                 Lyla                                          December 20, 1984      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Aubley              William                Medicine Lodge, KS     May 10, 1961           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Aubley              W. Carl                Medicine Lodge, KS     January 2, 1974        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axline              Roger Andrew           Medicine Lodge, KS     April 30, 1950         Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Axline              Roger Carton           Medicine Lodge, KS     May 21, 1954           Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Axline              Minnie                 Oklahoma City, OK      July 24, 1957          Hahn-Cook             Oklahoma City, OK
Axline              Albert Waldron         Rural Medicine Lodge   June 9, 1962           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axline              Louis                  Medicine Lodge, KS     May 20, 1980           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axline              Robert M.              Norfork, AR            June 27, 1986          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axtell              Goldie Elizabeth       Medicine Lodge, KS     May 8, 1956            Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axtell              Thomas Franklin        Sacramento, CA         October 31, 1959       Nightingale's Chapel
Axtell              Bobby Ann              Medicine Lodge, KS     January 22, 1962       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axtell              Goldie Blanche         Medicine Lodge, KS     August 21, 1962        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axtell              Ned V.                 Medicine Lodge, KS     January 15, 1968       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Axtell              Myrtle                                        October 28, 1968       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Axtell              James Harvey           Medicine Lodge, KS     November 2, 1983       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Axtell              Colleen Clarke         Medicine Lodge, KS     June 21, 1985          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Baier               Leonard John           Medicine Lodge, KS     December 22, 1958      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Baier               Mary Elizabeth         Medicine Lodge, KS     January 17, 1966       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Baier               George                 Medicine Lodge, KS     October 16, 1967       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Baier               Mrs. George (Ella)                            November 20, 1975      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bailes              Roy L.                 Holdrege, NE           February 2, 1951
Bailes              Rita Mae               Milan, KS              December 12, 1955      Frank Funeral Home
Bailes              Billy Bob              Milan, KS              December 12, 1955      Fisher Mortuary
Bailey              Jesse                  Pratt, KS              June 1, 1967           Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bain                Bonnie Jo              Hardtner, KS           June 28, 1948          Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bain                Jill Kathleen          Medicine Lodge, KS     March 24, 1953         Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bain                Gary Harold            Hanford, CA            April 6, 1972          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Baker               Betty                  Larned, KS             April 9, 1956          Beckwith Mortuary
Balding             Ray                    Wichita, KS            April 3, 1952          Downing Mortuary      Wichita, KS
Balding             Robert                                        August 3, 1971         Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Balding             Lois                   Medicine Lodge, KS     June 28, 1976          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Balding             John                   Medicine Lodge, KS     October 20, 1980       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Balding             Mildred Blanche        Medicine Lodge, KS     September 20, 1982     Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Balding             Lewis                  Medicine Lodge, KS     May 21, 1984           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Balding             Carrie Louella         Medicine Lodge, KS     February 6, 1988       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Balmer              Rachel                 Medicine Lodge, KS     July 2, 1962           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Barnard             Charles E.                                    June 21, 1968          Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Barnard             Lucy Elizabeth         Pratt, KS              January 31, 1973       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Barnett             William C.             Mingona twp., KS       November 19, 1955      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Barrett             Hama W.                                       November 23, 1982      Kitch Funeral Hm.
Barrett             Hazel Faith Willise    Medicine Lodge, KS     February 21, 1983      Larrison Funeral Hm.
Barrows             Carl Otis              Medicine Lodge, KS     June 17, 1960          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bartholomew         Audrey                 Texas                  August 2, 1986         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bartholomew Jr.     Chas. F.               Houston, TX            November 5, 1980       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Basey               Harry Atward           Medicine Lodge, KS     September 29, 1955     Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Basey               Carrie Amelia          Cunningham, KS         January 29, 1959       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Batterton           James Orao             Hardtner, KS           July 5, 1948           Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Batterton           Elsie                  Medicine Lodge, KS     June 15, 1953          Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Batterton           James Wayne                                   July 11, 1979          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bauman              Roy Arthur             Medicine Lodge, KS     April 20, 1964         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bayliff             Debra Ann              Oklahoma City, OK      September 8, 1955      Watts Funeral Home    Oklahoma City, OK
Bayliffe            Mrs. Ida Jane          Kiowa, KS              September 12, 1967     Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bayliffe            Minnie                 Houston, TX            July 16, 1980          Turner Funeral Hm.
Bedwell             Robert William         Rural Medicine Lodge   February 23, 1959      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bedwell             Mary C.                Medicine Lodge, KS     February 1, 1968       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bedwell             Roy E.                                        December 3, 1984       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bell                Ed                                            April 17, 1968         Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bell                Margaret C.                                   August 31, 1974        Leonard Miller
Bell                Maude                                         March 31, 1976         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bell                Alpha Lytle            Medicine Lodge, KS     December 18, 1976      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bell                Glen Nelson            Medicine Lodge, KS     April 18, 1983         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bell                Harley Glenn           Medicine Lodge, KS     April 18, 1983         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bell                Richard (aka Dick)     Medicine Lodge, KS     March 18, 1974         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Benedict            Edwin E.               Medicine Lodge, KS     January 8, 1964        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Benefiel            Maude DeEtte           Medicine Lodge, KS     October 17, 1948       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Benefiel            Fred                   Medicine Lodge, KS     December 5, 1966       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Benefiel            Laura Wadsworth        Tujunga, Los Angeles   February 12, 1971      Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Benefiel            Clarence               Lyons, KS              November 30, 1976      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Benefiel            Raymond                Medicine Lodge, KS     May 20, 1981           Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Benefiel            Nellie (Mrs. C.C.)     Rice Co., KS           November 8, 1971       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bennett             Marion                 Medicine Lodge, KS     November 9, 1987       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Berry               Lloyd                  Medicine Lodge, KS     September 23, 1969     Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Berry               Minnie                 Medicine Lodge, KS     October 10, 1984       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Best                Thomas J.              Wichita, KS            August 28, 1952        Downing Mortuary      Wichita, KS
Best                Isabella               Medicine Lodge, KS     February 26, 1981      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bevans              Edna                   Joplin, MO             March 13, 1982         Fisher Funeral Hm.    Kiowa, KS
Binning             Mattie                                        July 19, 1976          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bird                Paul Wayne             Wichita, KS            July 20, 1981          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bishop              Charles Laverne        Medicine Lodge, KS     February 3, 1965       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bishop              Hazel Alta                                    November 1, 1986       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Blackmore           Emma B.                Nashville, KS          September 30, 1948     Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Blackwell           Alta Laura             Halstead, KS           December 31, 1964      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Blackwell           Charles O.             Medicine Lodge, KS     February 25, 1967      Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Blackwell           Doris Stallard         Wichita, KS            March 26, 1977         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Blackwell           David Wm.              Medicine Lodge, KS     June 15, 1987          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Blankenship         Mary Frances           Wellington, KS         July 18, 1949          Frank Funeral Home    Wellington, KS
Blankenship         Alta Vanna             Medicine Lodge, KS     May 2, 1984            Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bloom               John V.                Medicine Lodge, KS     June 8, 1949           Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bloom               Laurie Christine       Kansas City, MO        July 30, 1983          Ames Funeral Home     Kansas City
Bloom               Lorie Christine                               March 13, 1985         Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Blunk               Dorothy Ruth           Medicine Lodge, KS     June 21, 1958          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Blunk               David Adam             Hardtner, KS           December 8, 1964       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Blunk               John J.                Medicine Lodge, KS     October 11, 1985       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Boggs               George Arthur          Medicine Lodge, KS     April 21, 1952         Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bolser              Carl                                          October 1, 1969        Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Bolser              Anna                                          June 17, 1980          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Boor                Betty                  Hardtner, KS           April 9, 1965          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bowman              Anna May               Medicine Lodge, KS     January 27, 1959       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bowman              J.K.                                          May 11, 1968           Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Boyle               Edward                 Wichita, KS            October 21, 1958       Downing Mortuary      Wichita, KS
Bragg               James Orvis            Cunningham, KS         December 22, 1957      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bragg               William                                       October 6, 1973        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brass               William Howard         Medicine Lodge, KS     July 12, 1983          Hatfield Mortuary     Coldwater
Brass               Jeanne Winter          Medicine Lodge, KS     May 1, 1985            Hatfield-Prusa        Coldwater
Briggs              Cynthia E.             Hardtner, KS           November 11, 1950      Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Brittain            Ruth Etta              Canoga Park, CA        August 14, 1975        Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brittain            Guy E.                 Medicine Lodge, KS     December 3, 1976       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brittain            Florence Mariam        Larned, KS             February 19, 1988      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brooks              Merrill Culver         Medicine Lodge, KS     February 17, 1949      Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Brooks              Mabel M.               Wichita, KS            January 26, 1967       Quiring Funeral Hm.
Brown               Pansy                  Wichita, KS            August 10, 1950        Downing Mortuary      Wichita, KS
Brown               Frank F.               Denver, CO             January 7, 1961        Olinger Mortuary      Denver, CO
Brown               Roy H.                 Medicine Lodge, KS     April 5, 1978          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brown               Leroy                                         January 13, 1982       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brown               Nirene                                        September 3, 1986      Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brown               Ruth                   Medicine Lodge, KS     October 28, 1988       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Brugger             Jacob                  Manhattan, KS          October 14, 1964       Burluw-Cowen          Manhattan, KS
Bryan               Cory Michael           KU Medical Center      January 25, 1988       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Buell               Floyd Everett          Medicine Lodge, KS     October 27, 1986       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bunch               George                 Pratt, KS              October 27, 1973       Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Burkes              Harold Lewis           Medicine Lodge, KS     June 21, 1959          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Bush                Clarence G.            Hardtner, KS           June 27, 1964          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Butcher             Charles E.             Brush, CO              September 9, 1956      Frezieres Funeral
Byers               James Carl             Wichita, KS            September 8, 1965      Downing Mortuary      Wichita, KS
Byers               Dora                   Medicine Lodge, KS     January 16, 1967       Forsyth & Son         Medicine Lodge, KS
Byers               Gerald W.              Ellis, KS              July 26, 1975          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Byers               Roy                    Medicine Lodge, KS     June 13, 1981          Forsyth Mortuary      Medicine Lodge, KS
Byers               Sally                  Enid, OK               February 3, 1982       Ladusau-Evans Funer.  Enid, OK