Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Kent E. Newport Age: 57
Date of Death: October 27, 2014
Place of Death: Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas
Date of Birth: June 24, 1957 at Garden City, Kansas
Parents Name: John and Louise (Long) Newport

OBITUARY INFORMATION

He married Karla K. Ehrlich October 17, 1998 at Larned, Kansas. He graduated from Garden City High School and attended both Garden City and Barton County Community Colleges.
He was a law enforcement officer for 40 years working for the last 20 years as a Kansas State Trooper.
Mr. Newport was a Great Bend, Kansas resident.

He was a member of Kansas State Troopers Association

SURVIVORS

wife: Karla K. Newport of the home
father: John Newport and his wife Betty
mother: Louise Long of Garden City, Kan.
three daughters: Holly Cedillo of Rozel, KS; Andi Newport of Rozel, KS; and Erica Brown of Larned, KS
one sister: Kathy Speers of Fort Worth, TX
one brother: Jimmy Dunsworth of Garden City, KS
six grandchildren: Felicity Cedillo, Mattieu Cedillo, Aiden Gales, Mario Cedillo, Lylee Brown, and Shay Brown
mother-in-law: Lila Ehrlich
SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Friday, October 31, 2014
Time of Service: 2:00 p.m.
Place of Service: Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington
Interment: Hoisington Cemetery, Hoisington, Kansas
Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, 415 N. Main, Hoisington, KS
Memorial Fund: Kansas State Troopers Association, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home

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