DODGE CITY – Phil Ziegler, Sr., 88, died Sunday, July 12, 2026 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.

He was born January 8, 1938 at Collyer, Kansas, the son of Frank S. and Lucille Helen (Cragan) Ziegler. He was a graduate of Collyer High School and worked a short time at Boeing in Wichita. On October 24, 1959 he married Geraldine “Jerry” Hampel at Waterloo, Kansas. He worked for several Co-ops before moving to Dodge City in 1975 where he was an area feed sales manager for Farmland Industries until retiring in 2000. After retirement he and Jerry moved to Lake Arrowhead north of Medicine Lodge until returning back to Dodge City in 2020.

He was a member of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe and 3rd Degree member of Knights of Columbus Council 2955 both in Dodge City. He enjoyed fishing and woodworking.

Survivors include: his wife of 66 years, Jerry; daughter, Mindy Burkhart, Dodge City; son, Phillip Ziegler and wife Trisha, Dodge City; 3 grandchildren, Zachary McElgunn and wife Argelia, Michael Burkhart and wife Tara and J.J. Stubbs and wife Naomi; 7 great grandchildren, Cayden, Avi, Zach, Sutton, Reid, Gabe and Mateo; a brother, Ronnie Ziegler and wife Rhoda, Collyer; and 5 sisters, Karol Mercer, Dallas, Texas, Diane Swisher and husband Jim, Houston, Texas, Annette William and husband Jerry, Hays, Jane Flagler, Kansas City and Susan Morgenstern and husband Mike, Lone Tree, Colorado.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter, Ginny, an infant brother, a son-in-law, Mike Burkhart and his step-father, Carl Heinrich.

Graveside service will be at 11:00 am Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at the Scroggins Mausoleum at Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, with Fr. Wesley Schawe officiating. There will be no public viewing, cremation has taken place.

The family suggests memorials to Hospice of the Prairie or the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas both in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.