DODGE CITY – Ned Lowry, 89, died Sunday, October 16, 2022 at SunPorch of Dodge City.

He was born May 26, 1933 to Alexander and Olive (Sharp) Lowry in northern Kansas on the family farm and ranch.  He was the youngest of 8 siblings. Ned married Dorothy Joan Schurz of Logan, Kansas April 4, 1953. They have 3 children: R.G. and Nancy Lowry, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Rhenda and Dave Field, Dodge City, Kansas; Rejena and Roger Brown, Denton, Texas. Ned and Dorothy have 8 grandchildren: Grant, Garrett and Austin Lowry; Nick and Curt Field and Shelly Williams; Lindsay Brown and Courtney Draper. They have also been blessed with 9 great grandchildren.

Ned worked in the oil and gas industry for nearly 50 years. At the age of 19, he began his career working on a pulling unit south of Logan, Kansas, moving a year later to Norton, Kansas pumping wells. In 1955, Ned heard of an oil boom in Kimball, Nebraska, so he took a risk and pulled up stakes, moving his family there, where he found employment with Petroleum, Inc. Over the next 19 years he worked his way up the ranks with the company, moving to Norman, Oklahoma in 1958, then to Liberal, Kansas in 1966 as the district superintendent.

Ned recognized a need in the oil and gas industry and seized the opportunity. In 1974, he started Lowry's Lease Management, Inc., a lease management service, managing properties for small oil and gas companies not located in the mid-west. He and Dorothy worked very hard building the business, many times making deals with a gentleman's handshake, until retiring in 2002.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 am Saturday, October 22, 2022 at the First United Methodist Church, Dodge City, with Rev. Jerre Nolte and Rev. Juan Espinoza officiating.  Burial will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City.  Visitation will be Friday, October 21, 2022 from noon to 8:00 pm with the family present from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer's Association of Southwest Kansas, Hospice of the Prairie, First United Methodist Church or KIOGA Education Foundation all in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.