Woodrow 'Woody' Conrad
Woodrow "Woody" Conrad, 68, died Dec. 24, 2001, at Hutchinson Hospital,
Hutchinson.
Madena T. Chittenden
HAYS - Madena T. Chittenden, 89, died Dec. 19, 2001, at Marriott Brighton
Gardens Nursing Home, Colorado Springs, Colo.
She was born May 7, 1912, at Jetmore, the daughter of Clifford Ray and
Madena Jane Leighton Hoagland. A 65-year-resident of Hays, she moved to
Colorado in 2001. She attended Fort Hays State University, and served as
state secretary of the Republican Party of Kansas in the 1950s. She worked
at The Hays Daily News and Hays Travel Agency.
She belonged to the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
In June 1932 she married Herbert H. Chittenden at Hays. He died in June
1965.
Survivors include: three daughters, Jane Seeman, Vienna, Va., Susan
Wittwer, Colorado Springs, and Pamela Birchfield, Prairie Village; three
sisters, Lavone French, Tulsa, Okla., Juanita Weedman, Houston, and Marchetta
Rassmussen, Montrose, Colo.; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Keith Hoagland; a half brother,
Ted Gumble; and a sister, Marguerite Johannes.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cline's Mortuary, Hays,
with the Rev. Bill Miller presiding. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m.
Saturday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Mount Allen died Dec. 26, 2001, at St. Francis
Hospital, Topeka.
Merle L. Schwab
PARTRIDGE - Merle L. Schwab, 90, died Dec. 25, 2001, at Hutchinson
Hospital.
Helen Peterson
MCPHERSON - Helen Peterson, 90, died Dec. 25, 2001, at Angel Arms,
McPherson.
Salvador P. Rodriquez
DODGE CITY- Salvador P. Rodriquez, 79, died Dec. 24, 2001, at Via Christi
Regional Hospital, St. Francis Campus, Wichita.
Charles A. Briggs
OSAGE CITY - Charles A. Briggs, 77, died Dec. 23, 2001, at a Topeka
hospital.
Elizabeth 'Liz' Vogel
DODGE CITY - Elizabeth "Liz" Vogel, 51, died Dec. 25, 2001, at Western
Plains Regional Hospital, Dodge City.
Robert J. 'Bob Popeye' Patterson
CHASE - Robert J. "Bob Popeye" Patterson, 72, died Dec. 24, 2001, at
Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson.
Mabel E. Burton
LYONS - Mabel E. Burton, 85, died Dec. 25, 2001, at Kingman.
She was born May 5, 1916, at Lyons, the daughter of Hiram and Kate Tobias
Cherpitel. A resident of Lyons since 1973, formerly of Saratoga, Wyo.,
she was a homemaker.
On Dec. 25, 1938, she married Selz Burton in Okla. He died in 1972.
Survivors include: a brother, Wray Cherpitel, Lyons; a sister, Mary
Harrison, Amarillo, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by: a sister, Ruth Burroughs.
Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sillin Funeral Home,
Lyons. Friends may visit from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial
will be in Lyons Municipal died Dec. 24, 2001, at Newton Medical
Center, Newton.
Margaret C. Hafermehl
MARQUETTE - Margaret C. Hafermehl, 89, died Dec. 25, 2001.
Olga A. Gutschenritter Hilger
GARDEN PLAIN - Olga A. Gutschenritter Hilger, 90, died Dec. 25, 2001,
at Wichita.
Dr. Larry F. Glaser
CLEVELAND, Mo. - Dr. Larry F. Glaser, 60, died Dec. 15, 2001, after
a two-year battle with cancer.
Lory P. Long
LIBERAL - Lory P. Long, 40, died Dec. 26, 2001, at her home, Liberal.
Mary Elizabeth Graham
PEABODY - Mary Elizabeth Graham, 104, died Dec. 26, 2001, at her home
in Peabody.
Wilfred Herman Jr.
GARDEN CITY - Wilfred Herman, 66, died Dec. 26, 2001, at St. Catherine
Hospital, Garden City.
Greg Charles Oakes
DODGE CITY - Greg Charles Oakes, 47, died Dec. 25, 2001, at his home
in Dodge City.
He was born Feb. 8, 1954, at Wichita, the son of Lawrence and Donna
Rooney Oakes. A 1972 graduate of Scott Community High School, he was a
self-employed contractor.
He belonged to AMBUCS, Dodge City.
Survivors include: his father, Dodge City; a son, Joshua, Dodge City;
a sister, Vicky Armstrong, Dodge City; a stepmother, Evelyn, Dodge City;
and a stepfather, Lloyd Short, Muskogee, Okla.
Memorials may be sent to the Greg Oakes Memorial Fund, in care of Swaim
Funeral Home, Dodge City.
Aletha M. Marshall
NEWTON - Aletha M. Marshall, 87, died Dec. 23, 2001.
Mary A. 'Marie' Wilson
HOLYROOD - Mary A. "Marie" Wilson, 88, died Dec. 24, 2001, at Good
Samaritan Village, Ellsworth.
Rose Koehler
KINGMAN - Rose Koehler, 85, died Dec. 26, 2001, at Attica Longterm
Care Center, Attica.
She was born Dec. 14, 1916, at Gibbon, Okla., the daughter of Thomas
and Annie Gallagher Kenny. A Kingman resident since 1956, she was a homemaker.
She belonged to St. Patrick's Catholic Church, the Daughters of Isabella
and the Altar Society, all at Kingman.
On Jan. 19, 1937, she married Conrad Koehler Sr. at Manchester, Okla.
He died in September 1962.
Survivors include four sons, Raymond, Bucklin, Roger, McPherson, Conrad
Jr., Great Bend, and Tim, Kingman; three daughters, Karen Tatro, Hutchinson,
Linda Batchman, Bushton, and Kathy Dark, Attica; three brothers, Ed, Medford,
Okla., Joe, Pueblo, Colo., and Gerry, Davis, Calif.; a sister, Irene Cummings,
Enid, Okla.; 34 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Florence Walsh; four brothers,
Tom, John, Bernard and Phillip; and two sisters, Mary Peterson and Katherine
Koehler.
Parish and Daughters of Isabella rosaries will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday
at Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday
at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Kingman, with Father Joseph Tatro presiding.
Friends may call after 12 noon on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will
be in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman.
Memorials may be sent to the Attica Longterm Care Center or to St. Patrick's
Grade School, both in care of Livingston Funeral Home.
