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 grandchildren; 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 grandchildren; 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-grandchildren; 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, Phoenix, Arizona, Paul Laudick, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and John Laudick, Ardmore, Oklahoma; a sister, Leora Mitchel, Woodward, 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-grandchildren. 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 Cemetery, 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.