Fredrick T. Bailey

 
 
 Fredrick T. Bailey, 96, died on January 28, 1999, at Westview
 Manor, Derby.
 He was born on June 22, 1902, in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to
 Christopher C. and Mae E. Snyder Bailey. He had worked for Beech
 Aircraft and had lived in Wakita, Oklahoma, Hazelton, Waldron,
 and Medicine Lodge.
 On January 22, 1930, he married Hope N. Campbell at Anthony.
 She died on July 28, 1979.
 Survivors include: two daughters, Laverta Jean Ryan, Anthony
 and Thelma L. Smith, Wichita; a sister, Venus V. Swazy, Wakita,
 Oklahoma; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one
 great-great-grandchild.
 He was preceded in death by three brothers, a sister and a
 daughter.
 Graveside service were Tuesday, February 2, 1999, in Rose Hill
 Cemetery, Hazelton, with Steve Tinius presiding.
 Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa, was in charge of arrangements.

Lydia Jane Evans

 
 
 Lydia Jane Evans, 1 month, died March 17, 2001, at Medicine Lodge
 Memorial Hospital, Medicine Lodge.
 She was born February 15, 2001, at Pratt, the daughter of David
 R. and Loretta L. Davis Evans.
 Survivors include: parents, Medicine Lodge; a sister Destiny
 Raeschell Evans, Medicine Lodge; grandparents, Rocky and Pat Davis,
 Medicine Lodge, Joe and Luetta Liberatore, Winterhaven, Florida,
 Jane Smart, Medicine Lodge; great-grandparents Jim and Marva Powell,
 Hardtner, Larry and Sue Singletare, Lauraville, Florida, Raymond and
 Dian Davis, Medicine Lodge, and Robert and Eva Miller, Larned.
 She was preceded in death by her grandfather Bill Evans, and great-
 grandfather Wallace Crosby.
 Funeral services were held Monday, March 19, 2001, at First Christian
 Church, Medicine Lodge, with Rev. Tom Walters presiding. Burial was in
 Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be made to the Lydia Jane Evans Memorial in care of
 Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge.

Floyd E. 'Cap' Conard

 
 
 Floyd E. 'Cap' Conard, 88, died January 29, 1999, at Golden
 Plains Health Center, Hutchinson.
 He was born March 19, 1910, in Stanton County, the son of
 Arner A. and Alice C. Pickerill Conard. A Kiowa resident since
 1964, moving from Barber County, he was a farmer and mechanic.
 He belonged to Hazelton Baptist Church.
 On August 25, 1940, he married Edith Todd in Comanche County.
 She survives.
 Other survivors include: a daughter, Connie Plumb, Hutchinson;
 a sister, Maurine Cox, Attica; two grandchildren; and two great-
 grandchildren.
 He was preceded in death by a son, Daniel F; and two half-
 brothers.
 Funeral services were held Wednesday, February 3, 1999, at
 Fisher Funeral Home Chapel, Kiowa, with the Rev. Paul Banister
 presiding. Burial was in Attica Cemetery, Attica.
 Memorials may be sent to the Ronald McDonald House, Kansas
 City, Kansas, in care of the funeral home. 

Helen L. Mott

 
 
 Helen L. Mott, 80, died June 21, 2000, at her home in
 Kiowa.
 She was born October 20, 1919 west of Cherokee, Oklahoma,
 the daughter of Henry and Dorothy Huddleston Diel. A life-
 time resident, she was a homemaker.
 She was a member of First Christian Church at Kiowa.
 On July 24, 1938, she married John Franklin Mott at
 Cherokee. He died August 8, 1968.
 Survivors include: three sons, Fred, Kiowa, Stephen,
 Wichita, and Roger, Hutchinson; two daughters, Deanna Wetzel,
 Wichita, and Darlene Cloyd, Burlington, Oklahoma; 10 grand-
 children; three great-grandchildren; and sevral nieces and
 nephews.
 She was preceded in death by a brother, and two infant
 grandsons.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, June 24, 2000, at First
 Christian Church, Kiowa. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to Kiowa Historical Society, Kiowa
 Public Library, or the donor's choice, all in care of Fisher
 Funeral Home, Kiowa.

L. Gayle Winter

 
 
 L. Gayle Winter, 85, died October 30, 1999, at her home in
 Medicine Lodge.
 She was born February 26, 1914, at Nashville, the daughter of
 Clarence Oliver and Edith Tibbitts Louthan. A Medicine Lodge
 resident for 35 years, moving from Sharon, she was a homemaker.
 She had been a cook at Medicine Lodge High School, the Truck
 Stop Restaurant and Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital.
 She belonged to Trinity Lutheran Church, Medicine Lodge.
 On February 4, 1934, she married Henry John Winter, at Anthony.
 He died July 1, 1999.
 Survivors include: two sons, Allen L., Mulvane, and Ronald W.,
 Medicine Lodge; two daughters, Virginia L. Lentz, Wichita, and
 Vickie J. Scarbrough, Tampa, Florida; three sisters, Mildred
 Sleeper, Isabel, Laurene Dicke, Manhattan, and Geneva Mattal,
 Nashville; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by four brothers, Lloyd, Jack, Dean
 and Donald Louthan; and a sister, Lauretta Woodard.
 Graveside services were held Tuesday, November 2, 1999, in
 Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. Paul Beyer
 presiding.
 Memorials may be sent to Southwind Hospice or Trinity Lutheran
 Church, both in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine
 Lodge. 

Dwight E. Overstreet

 
 
 Dwight E. Overstreet, 96, died January 29, 1999, at Kiwoa District
 Manor.
 He was born December 29, 1902, at Hutchinson, the son of Samuel E.
 and Lula Patterson Overstreet. A Kiowa resident since 1927, moving
 from Medicine Lodge, he was a jeweler.
 He was a member of the Congregational Church of Christ, Cosmos
 Lodge No. 278, OES and the Wichita Consistory.
 On June 15, 1930, he married Caroline E. Sippel at Medicine Lodge. 
 She died July 10, 1991.
 He is survived by a sister, Nerva Trimble, Thayer, Missouri.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 2, 1999, at Congregational
 United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Harald Wisegarver presiding. 
 Burial was in Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa.
 Memorials may be sent to Kiowa District Hospital Manor or to the
 church, both in care of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa. 

Ina Mae Benfield

 
 
 Ina Mae Benfield, 82, died August 10, 2000, at St. Francis
 Hospital, Wichita.
 She was born March 20, 1918, in Iredell County, North Carolina,
 the daughter of Ernest L. and Mattie Poole Warren. A Kiowa resident
 since 1959, moving from Amorita, Oklahoma, she was a homemaker and
 managed a dairy barn.
 She belonged to Congregational United Church of Christ, Kiowa.
 On September 21, 1940, she married James Grier Benfield at South
 Carolina. He survives.
 Other survivors include: a son, Gary, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; a
 daughter, Gloria Jones-Wolf, Elk Falls; four brothers, Floyd, James,
 Ernest and Clyde Warren, all of Statesville, North Carolina; a sister,
 Ada Gaton, Statesville; and three grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by a brother, Lee; and a sister, Ollie.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, August 12, 2000, at Congregational
 United Church of Christ, Kiowa, with the Rev. John Attaway presiding.
 Burial was in Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa.
 Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa, was in charge of arrangements. 

Vinson Irvin

 
 
 Vinson Irvin, 62, died January 25, 1999, at his home in 
 Greensburg.
 He was born Jaunary 9, 1937, at Dorchester, Virginia, the
 son of Green and Minnie Brock Irvin. He was employed by the
 Kansas Department of Transportation for 26 years, retiring
 in 1994.
 He attended Faith Tabernacle Church and belonged to Promise
 Keepers and Greensburg Masonic Lodge No. 293 AF&AM. He served
 in the U.S. Navy from 1957 until 1963.
 On December 24, 1964, he married Elsie Elzine Keller at Sun
 City. She survives.
 Other survivors include: a son, Jason Eric, Greensburg; two
 daughters, Carolyn Kay Irvin, Greensburg, and Roberta Lynn
 Irvin, North Kansas City, Missouri; and three grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Thursday, January 28, 1999, at
 Faith Tabernacle Church, Greensburg, with the Rev. Willard
 Olinger presiding. Burial was in Sunnyside Cemetery, Sun City.
 In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Vinson Irvin
 Fund in care of Fleener Funeral Home Chapel, Greensburg. 

Lillian Yvonne Durant

 
 
 Lillain Yvonne Durant, 66, died March 14, 2001, at Via Christi
 St. Francis, Wichita.
 She was born September 27, 1934, at Galatia, the daughter of
 John E. and Elizabeth Wilhelm Kaiser. She was a Medicien Lodge
 resident for 34 years, coming from Great Bend. She was a
 Community Living Instructor at Arrowhead West. 
 Survivors include: two sons, Robert Durant, Albuquerque, New
 Mexico, and Russell Durant, Medicine Lodge; two sisters, Joyce
 Schiller, Great Bend, and Donna Kaiser, Barstow, California; and
 one grandchild.
 She was preceded in death by her parents.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Larrison-
 Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. Tom Walters
 presiding. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to Arrowhead West in care of the funeral
 home.

Carrie E. Hendricks

 
 
 Carrie E. Hendricks, 96, died October 25, 1999, at Alva Share
 Medical Center, Alva, Oklahoma.
 She was born March 29, 1903, near Wakita, in the Oklahoma
 Territory, the daughter of Albus Lewis "Burt" and Lucy Elizabeth
 Howell Lieblie.
 She attended Wakita schools. A Shares, Oklahoma resident since
 1994, moving from Capron, Oklahoma, she was a farm wife.
 She belonged to Capron United Methodist Church, Capron, Oklahoma.
 On November 10, 1924, she married Burnes Hendricks at Bartlesville,
 Oklahoma. He died September 11, 1986.
 Survivors include: a son, Richard, Sharon; two sisters, numerous
 grandchildren, great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren;
 and a number of nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services were held Friday, October 29, 1999, at Wharton
 Funeral Chapel, Alva, Oklahoma, with Father Dave Imming presiding.
 Burial was in Capron Cemetery, Capron, Oklahoma.
 Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva, Oklahoma, was in charge of arrangements. 
 
Bertilla Mary Ketzner

 
 
 Bertilla Mary Ketzner, 88, Sharon, died on February 14, 2001.
 She was born July 19, 1912, in Ost, the daughter of George and
 Rose Anna Ast Seidl. She was a homemaker and resident of Sharon
 for 47 years.
 She was a member of the St. Boniface Catholic Church and Altar
 Society.
 On July 30, 1946, she married John Edward Katzner in Andale.
 He preceded her in death on January 1, 1997.
 Survivors include: a son, David J. Katzner, Valley Center; four
 daughters, Mary Rose Colman, Alexandria, Virginia, Carol Ketzner,
 Macksville, Helen Telford and Marilyn Stewart both of Wichita; two
 brothers, George Seidl and Ben Seidl both of Benton; three sisters,
 Rose Orth, Andale, Sister Lecine Seidl, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and
 Marie Seidl, Benton; and six grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held on Saturday, February 17, 2001 at St.
 Boniface Catholic Church, Sharon with Father Anthony Suellentrop
 officiating. Internment was at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Sharon.
 Memorials have been established with the St. Boniface Church, Sharon,
 or the Alzheimer's Association. 

Theodore G. 'Ted' Ricke

 
 
 Theodore G. 'Ted' Ricke, 64, died January 13, 1999, at Clara
 Barton Hospital Hoisington.
 He was born July 31, 1934, at Medicine Lodge, the son of
 Theodore H. and Violet Bowman Ricke. A Hoisington resident since
 1963, moving from Larned he had been a licensed funeral director
 and emblamer since 1957 and was co-owner of Nicholson-Ricke
 Funeral Home, Hoisington, and Bryant-Christians Funeral Home,
 Great Bend.
 He belonged to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the
 Knights of Columbus, was a past president of the Lions Club,
 a former member of the Clara Barton Hospital Board, the USD 431
 Board of Education and was on the zoning board, all at Hosington,
 and belonged to the Kansas and National Funeral Directors 
 Associations, the Order of the Golden Rule and National Selected
 Morticians.
 On November 2, 1951, he married Darlene Huffman at Hazelton.
 On June 7, 1976, he married Marilyn J. Kaiser at Hoisington. She
 survives.
 Other survivors include: a son, Kirby Ricke, Hoisington; four 
 daughters, Crista McMillin, Omega, Oklahoma, Teresa Cain, Garden
 City, Kathy Lynch, Medicine LOdge, and Terri Swalley, Great Bend;
 four brothers, Jim, Frank and Glenn, all of Medicine Lodge, and
 Paul, Canon City, Colorado; four sisters, Dotty Miller, Attica,
 Lois Watt, Kiowa, Wanda Harding, Medicine Lodge, and Fonda Lawrence,
 Norton; and 15 grandchildren.
 He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Ricke.
 Funeral services were held Sunday, January 17, 1999, at St. John
 the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hoisington, with Fathers Pascal
 Klein, Gerald Hammeke and David Flaglor presiding. Burial was in
 the church cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to the church, the Clara Barton Foundation,
 or the Claflin Ambulance Service, all in care of Nicholson-Ricke
 Funeral Home, Hoisington. 

Emery Merrel Harper

 
 
 Emery Merrel Harper, 86, died January 5, 1998, at Meade
 District Hospital.
 He was born June 29, 1911, at Norwich, the son of Emery
 Fernando and Mary Sophia Jenkins Harper. A resident of
 Plains since 1970, he was a retired heavy equipment operator.
 On August 25, 1938, he married Betty May Lytle at Medicine
 Lodge. She died February 11, 1963. On June 10, 1965, he
 married Patsy Darrough Fose at Ashland. She died April 11,
 1988.
 Survivors include: two sons, Howard and Harold, both of
 Dodge City; a stepson, Leroy Fose, Coldwater; six grand-
 children; and his companion, Yvonnie H. Crittenden, Plains.
 Funeral services were held Friday, January 9, 1998, at
 Plains Christian Church with Michael Martin presiding.
 Graveside service was held Friday afternoon in Crown Hill
 Cemetery, Coldwater.
 Memorials may be sent to the American Lung Association
 in care of Fidler-Orme Mortuary, Meade.

Neva I. Lukens

 
 
 Neva Irene Lukens, 87, a longtime Richland, Washington resident,
 died Sunday, November 14, 1999, at Walnut Grove Nursing Home.
 She was born November 15, 1911, in Kingman. As a teenager her
 family moved to Medicine Lodge. The Lukens family moved to Richland,
 Washington in 1948. She worked for the Atomic Energy Commission at
 the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State until retirement.
 She was a member of First Baptist Church of Richland.
 On December 20, 1929, she married Glenn W. Lukens in Medicine
 Lodge. He died on December 10, 1972.
 Survivors include: two sons, Douglas Lukens, LaQuinta, California,
 Kenneth Lukens, Texas; three grandchildren, David Lukens, Shelly
 Smithy, and Steven Lukens; and three great-grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by a daughter, three brothers and a
 sister.
 Funeral services were held Thursday, November 18, 1999. Interment
 followd in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Richland, Washington. 

Gilbert S. Louthan

 
 
 Gilbert Shirley Louthan, 80, died Sunday morning, July 16, 2000,
 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt.
 He was born February 24, 1920 at Chester, Oklahoma, the son of
 Charley and Nellie Vincent Louthan. He grew up around Chester and
 later went to Colorado to work in the mines. He lived in Enid, and
 worked for Pillsbury Mills. Later moved to Medford, Oklahoma where
 he went back to school to learn shoe repair. After graduating, they
 moved to Harper, where they have lived since that time. He opened
 the Harper Shoe Repair Shop. He also had a shop in Medicine Lodge
 for several years until retiring due to health problems.
 He was a member of the Harper Christian Church, Harper Masonic
 Lodge #206 AF&AM, Rebekah Lodge #32 and a lifetime member of the
 Odd Fellows.
 On June 14, 1950 at Garber, Oklahoma, he married Rosie Jaide.
 She survives at home in Harper.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Vernon Louthan, Jacksonville,
 North Carolina, and Royal Lee Louthan, Mississippi; three daughters,
 Bessie Haraldson, Enid, Oklahoma, Mary Ann Fisher, San Jose, California,
 and Eva Louthan, Beverly; sixteen grandchildren; seven great-grand
 children; three brothers, Calvin Louthan, Salem, Oregon, Leroy Louthan,
 Redding, California, and Harry Louthan, Tulsa, Oklahoma; one half
 brother, Earnest Wahl, Wichita; two step-sisters, Dorothy King and
 Edna Nelson, both of Enid, Oklahoma; other relatives and friends.
 He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Francis and
 Paul, two half brothers, Elbert Nelson and Johnny Derick, and one
 grandson, Shawn Hays.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 18, 2000, in the Elliott
 Funeral Home with Pastor Clayton Portenier officiating. The Odd Fellows
 conducted a service also. Military graveside services were conducted
 by a group from Ft. Riley Military Division, Fort Riley, and the
 Masonic service was conducted by Harper Lodge #206 AF&AM at the Harper
 Cemetery.

Aetna Alice Adams

 
 
 Aetna Alice Adams, 87, died October 25, 1999, at Medicine Lodge
 Memorial Hospital.
 She was born April 26, 1912 near Sharon, the daughter of John
 E. and Ethel C. Clough DeWitt. A Medicine Lodge resident since
 1940, moving from Cullison, she was a registered nurse, working
 for the Kansas school system from 1951 to 1976.
 She belonged to the United Methodist Church and the Mary Martha
 Circle, both at Medicine Lodge, and Kansas Nurses Association.
 On September 21, 1940, she married Wendell Stone Adams at Pratt.
 He died May 27, 1979.
 Survivors include: two daughters, Mary Jane Klym, Dickinson,
 North Dakota, and Patricia A. Graves, Phoenix, Arizona; two sisters,
 Donna Harris, Alpharetta, Georgia, and Doris Bryant, Copeland; four
 grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and
 ten step-great-grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by a sister, Peggy DeWitt, in infancy
 and a sister, LaVon Rucker.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, October 30, 1999, at United
 Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. Jim Godbey presiding.
 Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the church or to Medicine Lodge Memorial
 Hospital Extended Care, both in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home,
 Medicine Lodge.

Mary L. Fiegel

 
 
 Mary L. Fiegel, 71, died September 1, 2000, at the home of
 her son in Azle, Texas.
 She was born August 22, 1929, at Belefont, the daughter of
 Leo and Mary Gleason Laudick. A lifetime Dodge City - area
 resident, moving to Azle, Texas, in July, she was a retired
 bookkeeper for John Stickney Distributors and Southwest
 Distributing, both at Dodge City, retiring in 1994.
 She belonged to Sacred Heart Cathedral and the Altar 
 Society, both at Dodge City.
 On January 25, 1949, she married Walter A. "Babe" Fiegal
 at Sharon. He died March 20, 1979.
 Survivors include: two sons, Craig, Lockport, Illinois, 
 and Robert, Azle; three brothers, Vincent Laudick, Pheonix
 Arizona, Paul Laudick, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and John
 Laudick, Ardmore, Oklahoma; a sister, Leora Mitchel, Wood-
 ward, Oklahoma; and four grandchildren.
 Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, September 5, 2000, at 
 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dodge City, with Father John R.
 Strasser presiding. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery, 
 Dodge City.
 In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the American
 Cancer Society, both in care of Burkhart Funeral Chapel, 
 Dodge City. 


Donald Robert Thompson

 
 
 Donald Robert Thompson, 78, died May 15, 2001, at Rogers,
 Arkansas.
 He was born January 7, 1922, at Isabel, the son of Owen
 E. and Bernice H. Thurston Thompson. He was a resident of
 Garfield, Arkansas eleven and a half years, moving from
 Isabel. He was retired from the County Road Department.
 He was a veteran of WWII serving in the Army where he
 received the Purple Heart and four Bronze Stars, good
 conduct ribbon and EAME ribbon.
 He was a member of VFW, and Knights of Columbus.
 Survivors include: son, Earl Thompson, Rogers, Arkansas;
 daughters, Joyce Erskin, Springdale, Arkansas, and Lee Beutler,
 Norman, Oklahoma; brother, Orman Thompson, Andover; sisters,
 Margaret Harding, Pratt, and Mary Patterson, Norman Oklahoma;
 12 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, May 19, 2001, at
 Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge, with Dave
 Imming presiding. Special Military Honors were provided by
 U.S. Army, Ft. Riley. Burial was in the Isabel Cemetery.

 Lola Maurine Allen

 
 
 Lola Maurine Allen, 88, died March 17, 2001, at Share Convalescent
 Home, Alva, Oklahoma.
 Visitation is Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Fisher Funeral Home,
 Kiowa.
 Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at 10:30 a.m.
 at the United Methodist Church, Hardtner, with Rev. Jan McDaniel
 officiating. Burial wil be in Hardtner Cemetery, Hardtner.
 Suggested memorials are to Kiowa District Hospital and/or United
 Methodist Church, both in care of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa. 

Marjorie Ann Schroeder

 
 
 Marjorie Ann Schroeder, 72, died February 20, 2001, at Via
 Christi St. Francis, Wichita.
 She was born January 28, 1929, in Larned, the daughter of
 Charles Otis and Lura Maude Christy Blackwell. She was a
 Medicine Lodge resident for 16 years, coming from Macksville.
 She was a CMA and Ward Clerk.
 She was a member of Rebekah's, Macksville.
 In February 1878, she married Norman Schroeder in Macksville.
 He preceded her in death on October 23, 1985, in Macksville.
 Survivors include: a son, Freddie Hogan, Cullison; two
 daughters, Gloria Taylor, Macksville, and Maria Angle, Anthony;
 three brothers, Charles Blackwell, Derby, Robert Blackwell,
 Medicine Lodge, and Leroy Blackwell, St. Louis, Missouri; a sister,
 Mary Rhea, Medicine Lodge; ten grandchildren, four step-grandchildren;
 and three step-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held on Friday, February 23, 2001 United
 Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge, with Doctor Jim Godbey and Dallas
 Hull, presiding. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to Lincoln Library, Medicine Lodge, or Pratt
 Dialysis, Pratt, both in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, 
 Medicine Lodge. 

Gary Wayne Adams

 
 
 Gary Wayne Adams, 60, died February 10, 2001, at Kiowa County
 Memorial Hospital, Greensburg.
 He was born January 15, 1941, at Pratt, the son of Carl Wayne
 and Nina Pauline Faulkner Adams. A farmer and stockman, he had
 lived on a farm southeast of Greensburg, a farm near Coldwater,
 and in Hutchinson for a time.
 He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Kansas Farm
 Bureau.
 On March 21, 1960, he married Sharon A. Deewall at Greensburg.
 She survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Brian, Coldwater, and Brent,
 Medicine Lodge; a daughter, Lesa Peroutek, Esbon; a sister, Karen
 Wylie, Durango, Colorado; and seven grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 13, 2001, at First
 United Methodist Church, Greensburg, with the Rev. Lawrence Lambert
 Jr. presiding. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Greensburg.
 Memorials may be sent to Kiowa County Library and the Heritage
 Park Foundation, Coldwater, both in care of Fleener Chapel, Greensburg.

Rosa S. Dohm

 
 
 Rosa S. Dohm, 92, died Sunday, February 11, 2001, at Harper
 Hospital, Harper.
 She was born October 31, 1908 northwest of Sharon on a farm, 
 the daughter of John and Molly Armbruster Ditgen. A life long
 Sharon resident, she was a homemaker.
 She was a member of st. Boniface Catholic Church, Sharon, and
 the Altar Society.
 On August 12, 1935, she married Louis Dohm at Sharon. He died
 April 10, 1979.
 Survivors include: three sons, Robert and John both of Sharon,
 Bill, Tulsa, Oklahoma; three daughters, Darlene Tracy and Helen
 Sage, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Shriley Duello, Kansas City, 
 Missouri; three brothers, Julius Ditgen, Attica, Alfred Ditgen,
 Kiowa, and Ralph Ditgen, Augusta; a sister, Lucille Stevenson,
 Kiowa; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by an infant son Peter, two brothers,
 Albert and Roman Ditgen, three sistes, Theresa Ricke, Anna Taber
 and Cecilia Ricke.
 Funeral services were held Wednesday, February 14, 2001, at St.
 Boniface Catholic Church, Sharon, with Father Anthony Suellentrop
 officiating. Burial was in St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Sharon.
 Memorials may be made to the Attica Long Term Care and/ or the
 Harper Hospital. Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa, was in chare of
 arrangements. 

Richard C. Erickson

 
 
 Richard C. Erickson, 78, died July 21, 2000, at Wesley Medical
 Center, Wichita.
 He was born July 4, 1922, at Tipton, the son of Andrew R. and
 Mary Theresa Schulte Erickson. A Sharon resident since 1997, 
 formerly of St. Joseph, Missouri, Branson, Missouri, and Salina, 
 he was an iron worker in various parts of the U.S. retiring in 
 1981.
 He belonged to the Kansas City Iron Worker's Guild.
 He married Eula Faye Erickson. She died in 1997.
 Survivors include: two sons, Dick, Sharon, and Bob, San Diego,
 California; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Lasley, Lafayette, Colorado;
 a brother, Larry Erickson, Grand Junction, Colorado; a sister,
 Mildred Cassaw, Salina; seven grandchildren; and six great-grand
 children.
 He was preceded in death by a son, Donald.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 25, 2000, at Ryan
 Mortuary, Salina, with Father Barry Brinkman presiding. Burial was
 in Mount Auburn Cemetry, St. Joseph.
 Memorials may be sent to a hospice organization of the donor's
 choice, in care of Ryan Mortuary, Salina. 

Lysle Osborn "Sam" Rickard

 
 
 Lysle Osborn "Sam" Rickard, 95, died Saturday, February 24, 2001,
 at Cedar Crest Manor Nursing Home, Medicine Lodge.
 He was born September 22, 1905, at Zenda, the son of Charlie and
 Mima Osborn Rickard. He moved to Medicine Lodge in 1926, coming from
 Zenda. He was a horse trader.
 He was a 32nd Degree Mason, Consistory-Scottish Rite, Wichita. He
 was a member of Medicine Lodge Stockade, Lions Club, Chamber of
 Commerce, Medicine Lodge Saddle and Roping Club, and Pratt Saddle
 Club, Pratt. He was a pioneer of the Peace Treaty.
 He belonged to the United Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge.
 In September 1941, he married Betty Jones at Winfield. She died
 July 4, 1982.
 Survivors include: a son, Grady, Gold Canyon, Arizona; a daughter,
 Mary Jane Coolidge, Fort Worth, Texas; three brothers, Dorcil, Los
 Alamos, New Mexico, Francis, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Laurel "Dub",
 Medicine Lodge; 15 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and three
 great-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at United
 Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge, with Doctor Jim Godbey presiding.
 Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to United Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge or 
 Medicine Lodge Stockade, both in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home,
 Medicine Lodge.