Milo Eugene Cook
Jul 13, 2017
Milo Eugene Cook, son of Winton Alex and Cora Mae (Holler) Cook, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017. Milo was born on November 10, 1937, in Ashland, KS. He attended Ashland Schools and graduated from Ashland High School in 1955. After graduation, Milo enlisted in the Navy, becoming an Engineer 3rd Class. He received an Honorable Discharge on September...
Joyce Louise Comfort
Jul 2, 2017
Joyce Louise Comfort, 82, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017, at Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Born October 31, 1934, in Ashland, KS, she was the daughter of Richard and Bessie (Nicholas) Jarnagin. Joyce was a longtime resident of Comanche County, KS, previously living in Wichita, KS and Suitland, MD. She graduated from Protection High School in 1952 and...
Frank Clark
Jun 29, 2017
Franklin Wayne "Frank" Clark was born on September 12, 1953 in Sterling, Kansas to A. B. Clark and Judy (Sells) Kindle. Frank's father passed away at an early age. His step-father, Cliff Kindle, raised him and passed on his love for the oilfield to Frank. Frank grew up in Little River, Kansas and graduated from Little River High School in...
Ruby Irene Booth
Jun 21, 2017
Ruby Irene Booth, 96, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at the Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Born April 30, 1921, in Scotland County, MO, she was the daughter of Samuel Ernest and Daisy Grace (Rush) Lawrence. Ruby came to Kansas in 1929 in a Model T Ford with her parents, sister: Wilma, brother: Ernie, and grandpa: Don Rush....
Lyman W. Mcgee
Jun 15, 2017
Lyman "Bud" W. McGee, 79, departed this life on Thursday, June 15, 2017, at home with his wife in Protection, Kansas. Lyman was born on January 13, 1938, in his childhood home in Protection, Kansas. He was born the fourth child of seven to Dwight McGee and Mary (Wilson) McGee. Lyman was raised and attended school in Protection and graduated...
Robert "Bob" Dean Hackney
Jun 13, 2017
Robert Dean "Bob" Hackney, 90, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Born July 24, 1926 at the family farm south of Wilmore, KS, son of William and Ollie (Deewall) Hackney, he was a farmer and rancher. Bob was a lifetime resident of Comanche County, KS. He attended New Eden Country School and graduated...
James "Jim" Dillon Herrington
Jun 13, 2017
James Dillon "Jim" Herrington, 93, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Born March 9, 1924, at Huntington, TX, he was the son of James Gordon and Lola (Walker) Herrington. Jim was a longtime resident of Coldwater, KS, moving there in 1951. He graduated from McCamey Texas High School in 1941 and attended Tulsa...
Larry Leroy Ellis
May 14, 2017
Larry Leroy Ellis, son of Harold W. and Naomi Ruth (McKinney) Ellis, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Larry was born on September 21, 1939. He attended Pleasant Ridge Rural School and Coldwater High School, graduating in 1957. After graduating, he attended Fort Hays State University. Larry married Eleanor Gregg on May 31, 1959 in the Coldwater United Methodist...
Melvina Ilene Caldwell
May 4, 2017
Melvina Ilene Caldwell, 56, passed away on Thursday, May 4 , 2017 at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington. Born June 2, 1960 in Coldwater, KS, she was the daughter of Melvin and Jean Thompson. Melvina lived many years in Mukilteo, WA, previously living in Little Rock, AR, Ashland, KS, and Plains, KS. She attended Plains Elementary School and...
Cynthia "Cindy" Ann (Duer) Offield
Apr 17, 2017
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" (Duer) Offield, 67, passed away Monday, April 17, 2017, at her residence in Coldwater, KS. Born May 30, 1949, at Hays, KS, she was the daughter of Russell A. and Alice Jane (Bear) Duer. When she was two years old, the family moved to Protection, KS, where her dad accepted a teaching position. Cindy graduated in 1967...
Gloria Lynn Monroe
Apr 13, 2017
Gloria Lynn Monroe, 63, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017, at Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Born September 8, 1953, in Coldwater, KS, she was the daughter of Wade and Melba (Maris) Harmon. Gloria was a lifetime resident of Protection, KS. She graduated from Protection High School in 1971. She attended Dodge City VoTech in Dodge City, KS, and...
Floyd O. Thompson
Mar 25, 2017
Floyd O. Thompson, 80, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, KS. Born February 9, 1937 at Patterson Township, OK, he was the son of Floyd and Mary (Baker) Thompson. Floyd was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy from 1956-1960. His basic training was in Great Lakes, IL and he served aboard the U.S.S....
Melvin Darrell Thompson
Jan 13, 2017
Melvin Darrell Thompson, 84, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017, at the Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Born April 12, 1932, in Protection, KS, he was the son of Edson Aubrey and Leta Hazel (Cline) Thompson. Melvin was a longtime resident of Coldwater, KS, previously living in Plains, KS, Mullinville, KS, and Protection, KS. He was a veteran, serving...
Karen Ann Perschbacher
Jan 6, 2017
Karen Ann Perschbacher, 59, of Coldwater died at her home in her sleep Friday night, Jan. 6, 2017. Born in Detroit, Mich., June 18, 1957, she was the daughter of George and Francis Wood. She grew up in Detroit, graduating from high school and attending college there. She married Wayne Perschbacher July 27, 1988. The Perschbachers moved to Coldwater after...
Raelene Affeldt-Pritt
Jan 4, 2017
Joyce Raelene Pritt, 76, of Coldwater, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 4, 2017, at the Comanche County Hospital. Born April 2, 1940, in Coldwater, she was the only child of Raymond and Betty Shultz. Growing up in Coldwater, she graduated from Coldwater High School in 1958. While married to Jim Affeldt, the couple had one child, Raymond, and moved back to...
Laurene Vanderree
Dec 31, 2016
Wilma Laurene (Heckman) Vanderree passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016, on her 96th birthday. She was born to Hannah Gertrude (Clites) and Charles W. Heckman on December 31, 1920, near Uniontown, Ks. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Donald Vanderree, brother Charles Elmo (Irene) Heckman and sister Beulah (Les) Shore. Her brother Bob (Caroline) Heckman and sons...
Everett E. Keller
Dec 28, 2016
Everett E. Keller, 89, died Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at Kansas Veteran's Home in Winfield, KS. Born August 6, 1927, in Sun City, KS, he was the 5th of 13 children born to George Melvin and Ethel Beatrice (Ward) Keller. Everett graduated from Sawyer High School in Sawyer, KS, in 1946. He was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Army...
Norma Jean Starks
Dec 11, 2016
Norma Jean Starks, 84, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016, at the Kiowa County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg, KS. Born June 19, 1932, on a farm south of Wilmore, KS, she was the daughter of Clyde Norman and Ruth Mildred (Jordan) Denney. Norma Jean graduated from Wilmore High School in Wilmore, KS. On December 23, 1950, she married Darl Ivan...
Charles Kim Leeper
Nov 30, 2016
Charles Kim Leeper, 63, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016. Born April 27, 1953, at Coldwater, KS, he was the son of David Paul and Doris Anne (Dorsey) Leeper. Kim graduated from Protection High School in 1971 and attended Garden City Community College. On July 29, 1972, he married Sharon Kay Webster in Protection, KS. He was Co-Owner of Leeper...
Fonda Mae Dollar
Nov 28, 2016
Fonda Mae Dollar, 73, passed away on November 28, 2016, in Chandler, Arizona. Fonda was born in Lawton, Oklahoma to Alma Jo and Charles Douglas on October 30, 1943. She served in the United States Army from 1976-1978 and was the first female officer to complete training as a correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute. After...
