Obituaries

Mary F. Lee

Mary F. Lee

Apr 28, 2022

Mary F. Lee, age 92, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the Ranch House in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on June 22, 1929, in Rocky Ford, Colorado, the daughter of Elmer and Mamie V. Hibler Winter.  A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1966 moving from Woodward, Oklahoma, she was a sales clerk at JC Penny’s...

Dan Hutchins

Dan Hutchins

Apr 25, 2022

Melvin Dan Hutchins, 86 went to the Heavenly Home prepared for him, April 25, 2022, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, KS. He was born March 26, 1936, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, KS, to Marion Dorsey Hutchins & Grace Mae (Everett) Hutchins. They lived in Lane County until Dan was 5 when their family moved 15...

Harold  Berend

Harold Berend

Apr 17, 2022

Marienthal

Harold Berend, age 91, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2022, at St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Harold was born on July 2, 1930, in Archer City, Texas to Anton and Eleanor Wachsman Berend. Harold was a farmer, rancher, and postmaster throughout his life. He had been a resident of Marienthal since 1954 having moved from Windthorst, Texas....

Phyllis  Fater

Phyllis Fater

Apr 17, 2022

Scott City

Phyllis Moyer Fater, age 77, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2022, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on March 6, 1945, in Sellersivllie, Pa, the daughter of Jacob and Ethel Moyer. 

Phyllis grew up in Pennsylvania with her sister Carolyn and brother Richard. In 1967, she earned a Bachelors of Education from...

Walter Medrano Chavez

Walter Medrano Chavez

Apr 3, 2022

Walter M. Chavez, infant, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on April 3, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Maribel D. Chavez and Walter Osmmar Medrano.

Survivors include his Mother - Maribel D. Chavez of Garden City, Kansas, Father - Walter O. Medrano of Garden City, Kansas,...

Marguerite  Berning

Marguerite Berning

Apr 1, 2022

Marguerite Berning, age 90, passed away on April 1, 2022, at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Marguerite was born May 4, 1931, at the Biel Family homestead near Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Albert B. and Ida (Kreutzer) Biel, Sr.  A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, Marguerite lived and loved her life as a farmwife, mother, grandmother,...

Mary Ellen Downing

Mary Ellen Downing

Mar 31, 2022

Dighton, Kansas

Mary E. Downing, age 91, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Peabody Health & Rehab in Peabody, Kansas.  She was born on April 16, 1930, in Peach Orchard, Arkansas, the daughter of Henry Howard and Virland Mae Denton Martin. 

Mary attended services at several Baptist congregations and the Scott City LDS church.   Mary was a Dietician for...

Vivian Lucille Collamore

Vivian Lucille Collamore

Mar 24, 2022

Vivian Lucille Collamore, 92, died March 24, 2022, at Scott County Hospital in Scott City. She was born Aug. 17, 1929, to Floyd and Hazel McKelvey Woodside in Cozad, Nebraska. Vivian was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1949 moving from Cozad, Nebraska.

She married Vernon Collamore on Dec. 25, 1947, in Cozad, Nebr. He died on Jan. 6, 1997,...

Sandra L. Smith

Sandra L. Smith

Mar 24, 2022

Sandra Smith, age 79, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on March 23, 1943, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Harold & Evelyn Morgan Barker.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1974 moving from Garden City, Kansas, she was a homemaker and house cleaner.

She...

Georgia Marie Griem

Georgia Marie Griem

Mar 17, 2022

Georgia Marie (Rowton) Griem passed away on March 17, 2022, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.

Georgia was born on August 12, 1934, the daughter of George and Mary (Eder) Rowton.  Georgia attended Marymount College in Salina, Kansas in the field of Home Economics.

She married Herman F. Griem on February 11, 1952.  Herman and Georgia lived in Medicine Lodge,...

Dannie  Gene Bahm

Dannie Gene Bahm

Mar 12, 2022

Dannie Gene Bahm, age 75, Topeka, KS died peacefully surrounded by loved ones on March 12, 2022.  He was born September 1, 1946, in Ransom, KS to Henry Bahm and Marie (Pinkston) Bahm.  He grew up in Alamota, KS where he attended school until the age of 13 when his family moved from the farm to Scott City.

He graduated from...

Margaret Ann Snyder

Margaret Ann Snyder

Mar 10, 2022

Margaret Ann Snyder, 85 passed away March  10, 2022, at Scott County Hospital surrounded by her family.  She was born November 15, 1936, in Geneseo KS, to Chet and Gladys Heitschmidt.  

She graduated from Geneseo High School in 1954 and continued her education at Southwestern College in Winfield with a Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude in Elementary Education.  While at...

Andy Riojas

Andy Riojas

Mar 6, 2022

Andrew “Andy” Riojas, age 44, also known as Andres, passed away at his home on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in Dumas, Texas.  He was born on June 27, 1977 in Powell, Wyoming, the son of Agapito Riojas Sr. and Maria Socorro Calderon Riojas.  A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas until he recently moved to Dumas, Texas where he worked...

Patricia Ann Wineinger

Patricia Ann Wineinger

Mar 5, 2022

Patricia Ann Fuller Wineinger, age 90, passed peacefully into her eternal glory on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas.  Patricia was born on November 17, 1931 in Tribune, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Lillian (Lucius) Fuller.

She attended elementary school in Horace, Kansas.  She graduated from Greeley County High School as Salutatorian of her...

William Harold Novak

William Harold Novak

Mar 4, 2022

William “Bill” Harold Novak, age 73, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. He was born in Garden City, Kansas on October 3, 1948, to Glenn Joseph and Arlene Ethel Miller Novak. Bill spent his entire life in Modoc, farming, ranching, and attending the Modoc Coffee Club. He also took up...

Gene Wesley Preston

Gene Wesley Preston

Mar 4, 2022

Gene Wesley Preston, age 84, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on May 2, 1937 in Columbus, Nebraska to Glen Wesley and Gladys Irene Bonner Preston. Gene was a resident of Tribune since 1966, having moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado to engage in ranching and operating feedlots.

On December...

Jerry  Molner

Jerry Molner

Mar 2, 2022

Leoti

Jerry Martin Molner, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. He was born on April 1, 1948 in Los Angels, California to John Martin and Matilda Ruth McLean Molner. He worked for the county taking care of the landfill. He attended the Christ Covenant church in Leoti, Kansas.

Survivors include his...

Cecil Charles Hintz

Cecil Charles Hintz

Mar 1, 2022

Cecil Charles Hintz, age 50, lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, surrounded by his family in Belden, Nebraska.  He was born on June 1, 1971, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Kenneth Earl & Juanita Eileen Mae Phillips Hintz.  A long-time resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was an independent contractor for floor covering.

Survivors include...

Marilyn  Wilbur

Marilyn Wilbur

Feb 28, 2022

Marilyn Wilbur, age 89, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022, at the Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on October 14, 1932, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of William and Gertrude O’Neal Vanderhoff. 

Marilyn graduated from North High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1949. On April 29, 1950, she married Robert E. Wilbur in Wichita, Kansas. He...

Julia  Mancillas

Julia Mancillas

Feb 24, 2022

Julia Mancillas, age 85, passed away at the Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, Kansas on February 24, 2022. She was born in Nayarit, Mexico to Tranquilino and Ramona Limon Ruiz on April 12, 1936.

In 1956, Julia married Leocadio Mancillas Flores in Nayarit, Mexico. He passed way in 2002.

Julia was a member of St. Anthony’s of Padua in...

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