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
=========       ============           ==============       ===========          ==========            ==================
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