Dennise Dianne Dible

Dennise Dianne Dible, 73, of Colby, died Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at Citizens Medical Center. Dennise was the second child of seven, born on November 21, 1951, in Oberlin, KS to Donald and Bonnie (Knitig) Dible. After graduating from Rexford High School, Dennise entered the United States Army in 1970. Dennise was an orthopedic technician and was stationed in Germany, Fort Gordon Georgia and Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. Dennise often spoke of her adventures in the military while in Europe to include the different types of food and her travels to Spain and Austria.

Dennise served in the military until July 1979, achieving the rank of Specialist 6, with her final military station at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Aurora. After leaving the military, Dennise continued to work in hospitals in the Aurora/Denver area. Later she graduated from the Columbine Beauty School in Denver and would eventually open A Cut Above beauty shop in Selden, KS.

Dennise had a love of teaching and spent hours with nieces and nephews (who called her Aunt Niecy) teaching them a wide range of subjects to include cooking, crocheting, sewing doll clothes, learning human anatomy, counting in German, coloring quilt blocks then them sewing together to make their very own quilts, or drawing pictures and writing short stories to make their own books. Dennise often tutored some of those nieces and nephews to help them learn their grade school lessons. During family gatherings, Dennise would gather all the nieces and nephews together to perform a short play for the adults. Later, when Dennise attended Fort Hays State University for elementary education, she was a DSNWK house mother in Hays for up to six residents.

Dennise was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Dennis Brown and Kenneth “Butch” Dible.

She is survived by her siblings, Kent (Carla) Dible, Dale Dible, Mary (William) Carroll and James (Mary) Dible, sisters-in-law, Loretta Brown and Diana Dible, numerous nieces and nephews and many others she grew up with that were considered family.

Dennise chose cremation with graveside services at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery in WaKeeney, Kansas on October 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Tributes in Dennise’s name may be given to the organization of your choice. For information or condolences visit baalmannmortuary.com