Obituaries

Ellis Hoover

Ellis Hoover

Apr 5, 2011

Ellis H. Hoover, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born August 30, 1940 in Pritchett, Colorado, the son of Leslie and Ardith Metzger Hoover. He moved to Colorado in 1986 then returned to Scott City in 2006. He was a retired guns and ammunition salesman. Memberships...

Heather Lewis-Unruh

Heather Lewis-Unruh

Apr 2, 2011

Heather Renee' Lewis-Unruh, age 36, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2011 in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on July 29, 1974 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of William B. & DeLona R. McDaniel Lewis. In 1992 she graduated from Scott Community High School before attending Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas where she received a Dual Bachelors...

Rev. Harry Walz

Rev. Harry Walz

Mar 31, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Rev. Harry Cletus Walz, age 91, died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at the Lenoir Woods Nursing Home in Columbia, Missouri. He was born September 16, 1919 on the family farm in Ellis County, Kansas the son of Henry C. and Rose Ester Haneke Walz. In 1948, he received his Masters in Divinity Degree from the Perkins School...

Bill Winters

Bill Winters

Mar 31, 2011

Bill E. Winters, age 63, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on September 7, 1947 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of James Carroll and Lois Virginia Ogg Winters. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1975 moving from Ness County, Kansas, he was a manager for Grain...

Mildred Farr

Mildred Farr

Mar 29, 2011

Mildred Rosetta Farr, age 95, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 13, 1915 in Gove County, Kansas, the daughter of David Andres and Elizabeth Ellen Walker Russell. Mildred was a homemaker and had been a resident of Garden City since 1998. She was a member of...

Bill Riggs

Bill Riggs

Mar 29, 2011

Bill L. Riggs, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on October 28, 1932 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, the son of Lee & Autha Mae Williams Riggs. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1951 moving from Mulberry, Arkansas, he was a farmer and a rancher. He attended the...

Lonnie Snow

Lonnie Snow

Mar 27, 2011

Lonnie O. Snow, age 52, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on March 4, 1959 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Jerry O. and Irene P. Wedel Snow. After graduation from Scott Community High School, he attended college in Salina for two years before moving...

Edith Yoakum

Edith Yoakum

Mar 26, 2011

Edith L. Yoakum, 89, of Scott City died Saturday, March 26, 2011. Edith has been a resident of the community since 1947. She was born April 22, 1921 in Kidder, MO to John and Mertie (Eckelberry) Bryan. Edith graduated Hamilton High School, Hamilton, MO in 1939 and Pratt-Guard Business College, St. Joseph, MO in 1940. She married Harold M. Yoakum...

Nancy Zipperer

Nancy Zipperer

Mar 25, 2011

Nancy Jo Zipperer, age 63, passed away on Friday, March 25, 2011 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on February 12, 1948 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence & Mabel Rictor Campbell. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker. Memberships Include the Community Christian Church of Scott City, Kansas. Other...

Marguerite Zellner

Marguerite Zellner

Mar 23, 2011

Marguerite Mary Zellner, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Center in Leoti, Kansas. Marguerite was born October 17, 1921 at Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Anthony & Cecilia Baier Baker. A lifetime resident of the Marienthal, Kansas area, she was a farm wife and homemaker. Marguerite was a member of...

Ruby Rodenbeek

Ruby Rodenbeek

Mar 19, 2011

Ruby Claire Rodenbeek, age 99, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on September 21, 1911 in Kipp, Kansas, the daughter of James Hess and Sarah Evelina Helsel Force. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a Teacher and homemaker. Ruby was a one of a kind lady...

Anna Stewart

Anna Stewart

Mar 16, 2011

Scott City, Kansas Anna Gassert Eikelberger Stewart, age 92, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 7, 1919 in Washington, Kansas the daughter of Roy and Anna Stolzer Gassert. Anna was a homemaker and had been a resident of Scott City since 1956. She was a member of United Methodist...

Mary Ryan

Mary Ryan

Mar 15, 2011

Scott City, Kansas Mary Jane Ryan, age 63, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on October 31, 1947 in Finney County, Kansas the daughter of Paul and Dora Scoville Ryan. Mary was a lifetime resident of Scott City and had been a secretary for Beef Belt Feeders of Scott...

Blanche Houston

Blanche Houston

Mar 15, 2011

Tribune, Kansas Blanche Viola Jeffrey Houston, age 99, fell asleep on March 15, 2011 at the Greeley County Long Term Care Center in Tribune, Kansas. Blanche was born June 11, 1911 in the Riverside community of Ness County, Kansas, the daughter of Lewis Alpheas Don & Nettie Mae Cowles Jeffrey. A resident of Greeley County, Kansas since 1947 moving from...

Ellen Leverett

Ellen Leverett

Mar 9, 2011

Ellen A. Leverett, age 52, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center At Via Christi St Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on February 7, 1959 in Mott, North Dakota, the daughter of Billy Lewis and Edith Darlyne Eberhardt Brown. A resident of Modoc, Kansas since 1970 moving from Garden City, Kansas,...

Margaret Kirk

Margaret Kirk

Mar 2, 2011

Margaret Laverne Kirk, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Margaret was born February 28, 1923 in Leoti, Kansas the daughter of Curtis D'Owen & Beatrice Ruth Page Lane. Margaret was a lifetime resident of Leoti, a former clerk at Western Hardware in Leoti and a homemaker. Margaret was a...

T. Dunagan

T. Dunagan

Mar 2, 2011

T. Willard "Slim" Dunagan, age 96, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 18, 1915 in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, the son of Thomas Lowery and Mary E. Mallory Dunagan. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2010 moving from Oklahoma, he was a retired owner...

Raymond Koch

Raymond Koch

Mar 2, 2011

Raymond Eugene Koch, age 97, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born December 9, 1913, the second son of Jacob and Elizabeth Haefele Koch, on the family farm near Merna, Nebraska. His grandparents on his father's side had immigrated from Germany in 1854. He attended grade school...

Lillian Simons

Lillian Simons

Mar 1, 2011

Lillian N. Simons, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. Lillian was born November 2, 1940 at Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Reuben A. & Hazel L. Ballard Boulware. A lifetime resident of the Wichita County area, she was a farm wife and homemaker. Lillian was a member of the...

Joyce Boulware

Joyce Boulware

Feb 26, 2011

Joyce Boulware, age 83, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 12, 1928 in Colby, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Lesley and Lureta Louetta Cayton Johnson. A resident of Modoc, Kansas since 1964 moving from Colby, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was a member of...