Joyce Louise Puderbaugh
Mar 27, 2021
Joyce Louise Puderbaugh, 75, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver, CO. Born June 21, 1945, at Abilene, KS, she was the daughter of Carl and Velma (Crider) Baldwin.
Joyce graduated from Abilene High School in 1963; received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Washburn University; and received a...
Judith "Judy" Ann Odell
Mar 25, 2021
Judith Ann "Judy" Odell, 70, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021, at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, KS. Born January 3, 1951, at Coldwater, KS, she was the daughter of Nelson Lawrence and Nellie Marie (Blake) Mosher.
Judy was a resident of Pratt, KS, previously living in Clark County and Comanche County, KS. She attended Wilmore...
Barbara Dean Mcginnis
Mar 9, 2021
Barbara Dean McGinnis, 90, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at Wheatlands Health Care Center in Kingman, KS. Born September 5, 1930, at Booneville, AR, she was the daughter of James and Delta (Greenwood) Barbour.
Barbara was a long time resident of Kingman, KS, moving there in 1975, previously living in Greensburg, KS and Coldwater, KS. She...
James "Jim" Crosby Wright
Mar 9, 2021
James "Jim" Crosby Wright, 67, passed away March 9, 2021 in Minneola, KS. Jim was born October 13, 1953 at Medicine Lodge, KS. He is the foster son of Don & Judy Kerstetter and biological son of Richard & Ellen (Jones) Wright Meacham. He was a resident of Comanche, Reno, and Meade Counties in Kansas. Jim and wife, Laurie,...
James Philo "Jim" Booth
Feb 18, 2021
James Philo "Jim" Booth, 74, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021, at Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS, after a brief illness. Jim was born November 23, 1946, at Ashland, KS, weighing in at 2 pounds, 10 ounces, the second son of Donald and Rachel (Gregg) Booth.
Jim attended Coldwater, KS schools, graduating in 1964. ...
Jordan Jae (Hamilton) Stauth
Feb 17, 2021
Jordan (Hamilton) Stauth of Haviland, Kansas left this world suddenly on February 17, 2021, at the age of 37, less than 2 miles from her home in a motor vehicle accident. She was a loving wife and mother and will be greatly missed.
She was born on April 19, 1983 to Paige Rambo Hamilton and Bradley K....
Aaron Travis Carter
Feb 16, 2021
Aaron Travis Carter, 6, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021, in Wichita, KS. He was born July 5, 2014, in Pratt, KS.
Aaron had attended South Central Elementary School in Protection, KS. He loved the outdoors and experiencing ranch life. He liked riding in the truck checking cattle, riding 4-wheelers, horses, dancing, and swimming.
Aaron...
Harriette Irene Darnell
Feb 8, 2021
Harriette Irene (Murry) Darnell was born February 23, 1932, in Anthony, KS, and passed away  February 8, 2021.
She was the daughter of J. Allen and Hattie Mae Murry of Jet, OK. Her parents were both teachers. Her schooling began in Kiowa, KS, then Beloit and Clay Center, KS, and she graduated from Ashland, KS High School...
Martha "Jo" Mathews
Jan 28, 2021
Martha "Jo" Mathews, 91, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Pioneer Lodge in Coldwater, KS. Born August 18, 1929, at Wilmore, KS, she was the oldest of eight children born to Lester Paul Fry, Sr. and Clarice E. (McMillin) Fry.
Martha was a longtime resident of Illinois, recently moving to Coldwater, KS. She graduated from Wilmore...
Lila May Webster
Jan 25, 2021
Lila May Webster, age 89, went to her heavenly home on January 25, 2021 at Protection Valley Manor. She was born December 27, 1931 on a farm southwest of Protection, Kansas. Lila was the daughter of Albert Hazen and Edith Irene (Thomas) Hazen. She lived most of her life in Protection and was a homemaker, a restaurant cook and...
Gary Lyman Northern
Jan 23, 2021
Lake Kiowa, TX - Gary Lyman Northern, 84, passed away peacefully on January 23, 2021, in Gainesville, TX.
Gary was born in Greensburg, KS, on October 29, 1936, to Harold and Leona (Herd) Northern. He attended Coldwater High School in Coldwater, KS and then on to college at Northwestern in Alva, OK.
Gary joined the...
Anna Marie (Schenk) Hecht
Jan 6, 2021
Anna Marie (Schenk) Hecht, 90, died on January 6, 2021, in Emporia, Kansas.
Anna Marie, or Marie, was born in Coldwater, Kansas on November 7, 1930, to August W. and Mabel (Schultz) Schenk, joining her older brothers Willis and Clarence on the family farm twelve miles southeast of Coldwater in Eastern Comanche County, Kansas. A younger brother,...
Earl Edward Webster Ii
Dec 29, 2020
Earl Edward Webster II, 59, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the Pratt Regional Medical Center in Pratt, KS. Born October 18, 1961, at Coldwater, KS, he was the son of Earl Edward and Lila (Hazen) Webster.
Earl was a lifetime resident of Protection, KS. He graduated from Protection High School in 1979. He was the...
Peggy Jean Moreton
Dec 26, 2020
Peggy Jean Moreton, 88, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020, at the Protection Valley Manor in Protection, KS. Born August 23, 1932, at San Antonio, TX, she was the daughter of Mack and Edith (Boubel) Bowman.
On October 14, 1950, she married Billy Frank Moreton, Sr. at Seguin, TX. He preceded her in death on January 31,...
Bobbi Jean Hackney
Dec 25, 2020
Bobbi Jean Hackney, 64, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS. Born April 13, 1956, at Coldwater, KS, she was the daughter of Robert Dean and Phyllis Jean (Harris) Hackney.
Bobbi was a longtime resident of Comanche County, KS, recently living in Independence, KS. She attended Wilmore Grade School, graduated...
Micheal "Mike" Eric Crowe
Dec 23, 2020
Micheal "Mike" Eric Crowe, 69, passed away at Chisholm Place Assisted Living in Wichita, KS on Wednesday, December 23 rd , 2020. He was born on February 23 rd , 1951 at the Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS by Dr. McCoy who also delivered his son Bradley in Dodge City. Mike took great pride in sharing a birthday...
Wanda Marie Booth-Wait
Dec 22, 2020
Wanda Marie Booth-Wait, 87, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at the Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Born April 23, 1933, at Belmont, KS, she was the daughter of Walbert James and Margaret Ruth (Amos) Ravenstein.
Wanda was a longtime resident of Comanche County, KS. She attended grade school in Belmont, KS, graduated from Adams High...
Jerry L. Allen
Dec 18, 2020
Jerry L. Allen, 90, passed away December 18, 2020 at the Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. He was born August 26, 1930, in Coldwater, Kansas and shared a birthday with his father. He was the first-born of six children to Renous and Ruth (Beeley) Allen. Jerry grew up in Coldwater where he was a lifetime resident. In his...
Patricia "Pat" Ann Sanders
Dec 17, 2020
Patricia Ann "Pat" Sanders, 87, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020, at Pioneer Lodge in Coldwater, KS. Born July 9, 1933, at Ashland, KS, she was the daughter of Lane Michael and Lila Opal (Pettigrew) Myers.
Pat was a long time resident of Protection, KS, also living in Wichita, KS and Long Beach, CA during her life. ...
Robert "Bob" Eugene Currier
Dec 14, 2020
Robert "Bob" Eugene Currier, 85, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020, at the Pioneer Lodge in Coldwater, KS. Bob had been a resident of the Lodge since 2013.
Bob was born on November 19, 1935 in Dodge City, Kansas to Howard and Helen (McCauley) Currier and spent some time in the Dodge City and Coffeyville, Kansas areas...
