In Memoriam

Audrey Hysom

March 07, 2023
Widow of former Kansas West Conference pastor

Julia Bland

February 18, 2023
Widow of former Kansas West pastor

Sherri Ewertt

February 17, 2023
Spouse of Great Plains pastor

Christopher Nord

February 16, 2023
Chris Nord, a part-time local pastor serving Rossville UMC

Arthur Swarthout

February 09, 2023
Retired pastor served churches in New York state, Pennsylvania, Baltimore-Washington, West Virginia and Nebraska

Charles "Chuck" Chipman

February 08, 2023
Rev. Charles "Chuck" Chipman, 92; retired Great Plains Conference clergy

Bonnie Forney

February 05
Retired fulltime local pastor, served Greeley, Atkinson and Curtis.

Ernest "Leo" Chance

February 03
Leo Chance, retired pastor and former National Guard chaplain

Christian Wegehaupt

January 31
Christian Wegehaupt, 9; child of a Great Plains Conference clergy.

Darrell Pickett

January 29
Former clergy at Julian, Crawford Valley, Stark Valley, Trumbull and Red Cloud

Kate Jones

January 25
Kate Jones, former pastor at Baldwin City Ives Chapel UMC

Janice Braker

January 04
Janice Mae Braker, 93, widow of Great Plains Conference pastor

Ellen Schroeder

January 03
Widow of Great Plains clergy; worked in editorial department of national offices of UMC

Jon W. Jones

December 29
Rev. Jon W. Jones, 81. Retired Great Plains Conference pastor and district superintendent. Born January 28, 1941; died December 29, 2022.

Chester Osborn

December 22
Updated with celebration of life service info

Janet Weathersbee

December 22
Janet (Brigman) Weathersbee, 68, retired Great Plains Conference pastor

Dusty Sprague

December 17
Dusty Sprague, 55; former licensed local pastor in the Great Plains Conference. Born February 15, 1967; died December 17, 2022.

Ruth Kruse

December 13
Ruth A. Kruse, 92, widow of a Great Plains Conference clergy and diaconal minister

Ann Davis

December 12
Ann Lee (Slattery) Davis, 85. Widow of a Great Plains Conference pastor. Born September 23, 1937; died December 12, 2022.

Maria Heim Ford

December 08
Maria Heim Ford, 75; widow of a retired Great Plains Conference pastor. Born January 22, 1947; died December 8, 2022. She married the Rev. Ralph ...

Aldine Jackson

November 17
Aldine Margaret Jackson, 89; widow of a Great Plains Conference pastor.

Gladys Barnett

November 06
Gladys Marie Dees Barnett, 94, widow of Great Plains Conference clergy

Norma Jean Andrews

November 04
Rev. Norma Jean Andrews, 88, retired Great Plains Conference clergy

Eunice Higgins

October 17
Eunice Marie Higgins, 84, wife of a retired Great Plains Conference pastor

Richard Haden

October 10
Rev. Richard Haden, 66, retired deacon and elder in the Great Plains Conference

Barbara Pearle Sheldon

October 07
Barbara Pearle Sheldon, 77, retired deacon in full connect and diaconal minister and spouse of a retired elder

Ruby Ann Edwards

October 07
Ruby Ann Edwards, 68, spouse of a retired Great Plains Conference pastor

Vicki Whitaker

September 18
Vicki Diane Whitaker, 70; retired Great Plains Conference clergy spouse

Edna Mae Rymph

September 10
Edna Mae (Heath) Rymph, 93, widow of a Great Plains Conference pastor

Betty Davidson

August 26
Betty Davidson, 87, widow of a Great Plains Conference clergy. Born September 25, 1934; died August 26, 2022.

Mark Bliss

August 25
Mark S. Bliss, 62, son of a late Great Plains Conference clergy

Barbara Gaither

August 21
Barbara Gaither, 81, spouse of retired Great Plains Conference clergy

Larry “Yogi” Carlson

August 18
Larry “Yogi” Carlson, 76; spouse of a Great Plains Conference clergy

Clyde Coriell

July 31
Clyde Coriell, 91

Suzanne Elizabeth “Sue” Abbey

July 13
Suzanne Elizabeth “Sue” Abbey, 83

Charles H. Gates

July 01
Charles H. Gates, 99

Dale L. Fooshee

June 26
Dale L. Fooshee, 88

Melissa Ann Quinn

June 23
Melissa Ann Quin, 30

Anna Virginia Solomon

June 21
Anna Virginia Solomon, 98

Helen Viola Rosenblad

June 10
Helen Viola Rosenblad, 98

Zola Faye (Kauffman) Irwin

May 30
Zola Faye (Kauffman) Irwin, 93, widow of a Great Plains Conference clergy; born August 4, 1929; died May 30, 2022. She was married to the Rev. Paul ...

William Boyd Littrell

May 18
William Boyd Littrell

Vivian "Kay" Inman

April 19
Vivian "Kay" Inman, 74, spouse of a Great Plains Conference pastor and former executive secretary and office manager for the former Kansas East ...

Joan Molzahn

April 15
Joan Molzahn, 87, spouse of a Great Plains Conference pastor, born July 9, 1934, died April 15, 2022.

Margaret Ganzel

April 10
Margaret Ann Winquest Ganzel, 97, wife of a Great Plains clergy member, born January 4, 1925; died April 10, 2022.  She married Rev. Dwight Ganzel ...

The Rev. Glen Duderstadt

April 06
Glen Alan Duderstadt, 67, Great Plains Conference clergy, born March 25, 1955, died April 6, 2022.  He married Hillary Houghton on August 19, 1989.  ...

Hazel Burgess

April 04
Hazel Irene Burgess, 86, spouse of a Great Plains clergy member, born April 14, 1935; died April 4, 2022.

The Rev. Raymond Stevens Grant Jr

April 01
The Rev. Raymond Stevens Grant Jr. 91, a Great Plains clergy member, born on August 6, 1930; died April 1, 2022.

Edna Faith Wendland

March 27
Faith Wendland, 95, wife of a retired Great Plains Conference pastor, born July 6, 1926, died March 27, 2022.

Conchita Marcelo

March 20
Conchita M. Marcelo, 88
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