Obituaries

Esther Braun

Esther Braun

Jul 3, 2010

Leoti, Kansas Esther Amy Braun, age 86, died Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born May 5, 1924 in Leoti, Kansas the daughter of Wm. David and Amy Nellie Greemore Watson. A lifetime resident of Leoti she had worked as a chef in the local café for many years. She was...

Juanita Caldwell

Juanita Caldwell

Jul 3, 2010

Juanita Caldwell, age 89, passed away on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born on March 29, 1921 in Healy, Kansas, the daughter of Shirley Mulford and Della Swilley Cramer. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1945 Moving from Healy, Kansas, she was a Secretary at the Scott City Middle School...

Larry Bloesser

Larry Bloesser

Jun 30, 2010

Lawrence "Larry" E. Bloesser, age 75, passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on May 25, 1935 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the son of Lawrence and Sylvia Brown Bloesser. A resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1948 moving from Kingman, Kansas, he was a Service Station Manager for Farmco Coop....

Beverly Eckels

Beverly Eckels

Jun 23, 2010

Beverly Ann Eckels, age 73, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on March 10, 1937 in Shallow Water, Kansas, the daughter of Harrison Wayne and Violet Marie Bailey Bulkley. A lifetime resident of Shallow Water, Kansas, she was a homemaker, housekeeper and part time...

Joe Tipton

Joe Tipton

Jun 22, 2010

Joe Allen Tipton, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at the Homestead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 27, 1942 in Shidler, Oklahoma, the son of Orlen C. and Thelma Hoffman Tipton. He was raised in Osage County and attended Kildare, Peter's and McCord schools until 8th grade when the...

Alma Proudfit

Alma Proudfit

Jun 20, 2010

Alma Lenora Proudfit, age 88, died Sunday, June 20, 2010 at her daughters home in Plano, Texas. She was born October 6, 1921 in Tecumseh, Kansas the daughter of Martin S. and Charlotte E. Price Pressgrove. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1946, moving from Emporia, Kansas, she had taught Home Economics at Emporia State University and at Garden...

Melba Monroe

Melba Monroe

Jun 20, 2010

Melba Lucille Monroe, age 95, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010, at the Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Melba was born July 17, 1914, at Hamilton, Kansas, the daughter of Charles L & Ora Jennings Beuchat. Melba graduated from Emporia State Teachers College with a degree in Business Administration in 1936. She was a teacher and homemaker...

Laura Bauck

Laura Bauck

Jun 20, 2010

Leoti, Kansas Laura V. Bauck, age 85, died Sunday, June 20, 2010 at the Catholic Care Assisted Living Center in Bel Aire, KS. She was born March 3, 1925 in Victoria, Kansas, the daughter of Peter P. and Laura M. Huff Rome. Laura was a homemaker and farmer. She and her husband moved from Leoti, KS to Garden City, KS...

Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith

Jun 12, 2010

Patrick Haury Smith, age 62, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 17, 1948 in Garden City, KS, the son of William Lee & Lorena Mae Yount Smith. A lifetime resident of Garden City, he had been an Assistant Manager of the Service Department at Burtis Motors and later a...

Kathleen  Snyder

Kathleen Snyder

Jun 12, 2010

Kathleen L. Snyder, age 94, passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on July 22, 1915 in Vermillion, Kansas, the daughter of Alvie and Nellie Wilson Ray. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1927 moving from Haigler, Nebraska where she went to school and was a homemaker...

Lewis Kemper

Lewis Kemper

Jun 11, 2010

Lewis L. Kemper, age 87, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born January 10, 1923 in Glencoe, Oklahoma the son of Eugene Levi and Rowena Beckett Kemper. A resident of Garden City since 1930 moving from Pawhuska, Oklahoma he had been the owner and operator of Kemper Backhoe Service...

Kenneth Ochs

Kenneth Ochs

Jun 4, 2010

Garden City, Kansas Kenneth Ray Ochs, age 74, died Friday, June 4, 2010, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 16, 1936 in Mullinville, Kansas, the son of Orville and Hattie Kilgore Ochs. Kenny was an irrigation system salesman and been a resident of Garden City since 1940. He was a member of the First...

Sarah Peat

Sarah Peat

May 27, 2010

Sarah M. Peat, age 68, died Thursday, May 27, 2010 at her home in Garden City, Kansas after a four year battle with cancer. She was born on February 26, 1942 in Larned, Kansas the daughter of Elbert C. and Graydon B. Whorton Carpenter. Sarah graduated from Larned High School in 1960. A resident of Garden City since 1979 moving...

Charles Ferrell

Charles Ferrell

May 25, 2010

Charles Lynn Ferrell, age 76, passed away on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the Fort Dodge Kansas State Soldiers Home in Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was born on February 4, 1934 in Lakin, Kansas, the son of Elmer Monroe and Ann Cecelia Florentine Ferrell. A lifetime resident of Lakin, Kansas, he was an United States Air Force mechanic from 1953...

Roland Teubner

Roland Teubner

May 23, 2010

Roland G. Teubner, age 96, passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on April 29, 1914 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, the son of Albert Richard and Mabel Helen Balderson Teubner. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since August of 2003 moving from Crowley, Colorado, he was a...

Vera Helmers

Vera Helmers

May 21, 2010

Vera M. Helmers, age 88, passed away on Friday, May 21, 2010 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on December 17, 1921 in Cunningham, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence B. and Bertha Cooley Shelman. She grew up in the Cunningham community, attending Maud School and graduating in 1939 from Cunningham High School. After graduating...

Ethel Hooper

Ethel Hooper

May 19, 2010

Garden City, Kansas Ethel Mae Hooper, age 93, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on September 4, 1916 in Alma, Kansas the daughter of Benjamin Joseph & Julia Alma Casey Munzer. She had been a resident of Garden City since 1949, moving to Wichita, Kansas in 2004. An Eskridge High...

Peggy Surber

Peggy Surber

May 19, 2010

Garden City Peggy Jane Surber, age 55, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 20, 1955 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Reginald H. and Louise M. Dozal Fenton. A resident of Garden City since 1991 moving from Olathe, she had been a Dietary Technician and...

Gordon Carlisle

Gordon Carlisle

May 19, 2010

Gordon Neil Carlisle, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at Brandon Woods in Lawrence, Kansas. Gordon was born June 11, 1920 in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Ralph & Caldonia Bussin Carlisle. He was a retired Postmaster and Rural Letter Carrier. Gordon had been a resident of Leoti since 1927 until moving to Lawrence, Kansas in 2008....

Mae Pfanenstiel

Mae Pfanenstiel

May 18, 2010

L. Mae Pfanenstiel, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on May 10, 1925 in Vermilion County, Illinois, the daughter of Benjamin and Iva Mae Dunovan Hughes. In 1961 she moved to Leoti, Kansas from Crowley County, Colorado. After attending seminars to become a certified reflexologist,...