Obituaries

William Engler

William Engler

Nov 11, 2011

Garden City, Kansas William Samuel Engler, age 93, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at the Villages of Jackson Creek Nursing Home in Independence, Missouri. He was born on March 8, 1918 in Finney County, Kansas, the son of Max C. and Bessie M. Altus Engler. Bill was a farmer and had been a lifetime Garden City resident. He was a...

Elizabeth Turley

Elizabeth Turley

Nov 9, 2011

Elizabeth Marlene Turley, age 48, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Elizabeth was born July 28, 1963 at AFB Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, the daughter of Albert & Elizabeth Haulk Baldwin. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 2000, she was a homemaker and had studied to be a nurse. Elizabeth was a...

William Saunders

William Saunders

Nov 7, 2011

Garden City, Kansas William R. "Bill" Saunders, age 81, died Monday, November 7, 2011 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on October 12, 1930 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of G.R. and Blanche Winslow Saunders. Bill received his Education Specialist Degree from Pittsburg State College in Pittsburg, Kansas. In 1956 he moved to Garden...

Van Buckner

Van Buckner

Nov 6, 2011

Van L. Buckner, age 76, passed away at his home in Scott County, Kansas on Sunday, November 6, 2011. He was born on March 13, 1935 in Savanna, Oklahoma, the son of Marion Adolph & Elsia Oriella Spears Buckner. He graduated from Savanna High School in 1953 and moved to Scott City, Kansas where he worked for Pete Hutchins &...

Gladys Ladwig

Gladys Ladwig

Nov 6, 2011

Garden City, Kansas G. Berniece Ladwig, age 97, died Sunday, November 6, 2011 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on February 27, 1914 in Emmett, Kansas the daughter of Donald Eugene and Shirley Marie Bottom Siegle. Berniece was a homemaker and had been a resident of Garden City since 1937. She was a...

Greg Knoll

Greg Knoll

Nov 5, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Greg A. Knoll, age 52, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at his home in Finney County, Kansas. He was born on February 10, 1959 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Aruellius & Alice Becker Knoll. A 1977 graduate of Holcomb High School, Greg was a farmer. He was a member of the St. Dominic Catholic Church...

David Olivarez

David Olivarez

Nov 2, 2011

Garden City, Kansas David M. Olivarez, age 63, died Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on May 4, 1948 in Alice, Texas the son of Adan and Elma Mungia Olivarez. David had been a resident of Garden City since January of 2011 and he had worked as an auto...

Robin Clay

Robin Clay

Oct 30, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Robin L. Clay, age 82, died Sunday, October 30, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on November 8, 1928 in Grandfield, Oklahoma the son of Otha L. and Zelma Hoover Clay. Robin was a farmer and had been a resident of Garden City since 1976. He was a member of the...

Scott McKinney

Scott McKinney

Oct 26, 2011

Scott D. McKinney, age 54, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Scott was born December 8, 1956 in Scott City, Kansas the son of Kent D. & Donna J. Watson McKinney. A lifetime resident of Leoti, Scott was a farmer and rancher. Scott was a member of the United Methodist Church in...

William Dixon

William Dixon

Oct 26, 2011

William Vern "Vee" Dixon, Jr. age 89, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Topeka, Kansas. Vee was born September 9, 1922, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of William Vern & Edna Marguerite Masterson Dixon. He had been a resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1951. He was an Attorney in private practice and farmer, retired. He graduated from...

William Dryer

William Dryer

Oct 24, 2011

William L. "Bill" Dryer, age 74, passed away as the result of a heart attack at Cedar Bluff Reservoir in Trego County, Kansas on Monday, October 24, 2011. He was born on June 15, 1937 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Cecil & Rachel Louise Boles Dryer. Bill graduated from Great Bend High School in 1955 and then graduated from...

Olan Harlan

Olan Harlan

Oct 22, 2011

Olan Ray Harlan, 96, died October 22, 2011 at the Haven House in Terrebonne, Oregon at 9:30 p.m. He was born October 29, 1914, at the family home in Purdy, Missouri, the third child of Frank James and Rosa Ella (Phipps) Harlan. As a toddler he moved with his family by train from Missouri to Colorado. While they were at...

Karen Morrison

Karen Morrison

Oct 21, 2011

Karen Sue Morrison, age 49, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Karen was born December 11, 1961 at Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Gordon Dean & Marjorie Ellen Herring Hornbaker. She had been serving as Deputy Clerk of the District Court in Greeley County, Kansas and had been a lifetime resident...

James Miller

James Miller

Oct 20, 2011

James E. Miller, age 68, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born June 16, 1943 in Hot Springs, Arkansas the son of Louis and Agnes Wooten Miller. A resident of Garden City since 1965 moving from Hot Springs, Arkansas, he had worked as a truck driver. Survivors include: One...

Stella Brack

Stella Brack

Oct 19, 2011

Stella P. Brack, age 88, passed away at the Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. She was born on October 24, 1922 in Stanford, Kentucky, the daughter of James Henry and Vada Wilson Leigh Daugherty. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1943 moving from Stanford, Kentucky, she was a homemaker. She was a member of...

Elmer Tittel

Elmer Tittel

Oct 16, 2011

Elmer Paul Tittel, age 85, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Sunday, October 16, 2011. He was born on December 6, 1925 at the family farm in Ness County, Kansas, the son of John Albert and Margaret Dorthea Friebus Tittel. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Ness County, Kansas, he...

Joquetta Perry

Joquetta Perry

Oct 10, 2011

Joquetta Marie "Jody" Perry, age 61, died Monday, October 10, 2011 at the Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1949 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Eddie and Grace Koch Barnes. A lifetime resident of Garden City, she was a homemaker and was a member of the Eagles Lodge of Garden City,...

Jerry John

Jerry John

Oct 7, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Jerry L. John, age 65, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 at the Homestead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 11, 1946 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Robert E. and Mary L. Higgins John. A lifetime resident of Garden City he was the owner and operator of Johns Motor...

Julio Sandoval

Julio Sandoval

Oct 7, 2011

Julio Chance Sandoval, age 13, died on Friday, October 7, 2011 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on December 19, 1997 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Julio Sandoval and Tamara Venturi. A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas he was a student of Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center. He is survived by: His Mother,...

Bernadine Sitts

Bernadine Sitts

Oct 6, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Edna Bernadine Sitts, age 97, died Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born October 24, 1913 in McPherson, Kansas the daughter of Milo and Minnie Burton Sitts. A resident of Garden City since 1948, she had been a long time educator for the Garden City School District retiring...