Obituaries

Joellen Tarpley

Joellen Tarpley

Jun 3, 2009

JoEllen Tarpley, beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother, was born on January 5, 1946 in Garden City, Kansas where she was raised. She then lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she raised her family. The past ten years she has lived in Phoenix, Arizona. As of June 3, 2009, Jo Ellen resides peacefully in Heaven with her Lord and Savior, Jesus...

Fred Norton

Fred Norton

Jun 1, 2009

Fred Norton, age 86, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2009 at the Homestead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on July 1, 1922 in Marienthal, Kansas, the son of Ben Edd and Emma Caroline Hiddey Norton. A World War II Army Veteran, he was a resident of Pierceville, Kansas since 1990 moving from Scott...

Glenda Denton

Glenda Denton

May 29, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Glenda L. Denton, age 67, died Friday, May 29, 2009 in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on July 25, 1941 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Lawrence and Enid Earnest Lee. A lifetime resident of Garden City she had worked as a receptionist and in retail clothing sales at the Wal-Mart Store for 23 years....

Nadiene Koehn

Nadiene Koehn

May 26, 2009

L. Nadiene Koehn, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on March 29, 1937 in Copeland, Kansas, the daughter of Clemen and Lydia Nightengale Koehn. A resident of Wichita County, Kansas since 1958 moving from Copeland, Kansas she was a homemaker and taught kindergarten at Sunny...

Rex Brant

Rex Brant

May 25, 2009

Rex D. Brant, age 66, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2009 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on October 2, 1942 in Charleston, Illinois, the son of Harold Star & Virginia Ruth Titus Brant. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1984 moving from Ingalls, Kansas, he was a truck driver for Klotz Sand Company...

Sangvane Phetpriyavanh

Sangvane Phetpriyavanh

May 24, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Sangvane Phetpriyavanh, age 48, died Sunday, May 24, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 26, 1960 in Vientiane, Laos, the daughter of Thong Dy and Kham My. A Garden City resident since 1993, moving from Des Moines, Iowa, she was a meat processor for Tyson foods. She was...

Michael Ritter

Michael Ritter

May 22, 2009

Michael Lee Ritter, age 55, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2009 at his home in Leoti, Kansas. Mike was born September 11, 1953 at Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Phillip William and Idabelle Lee Stebens Ritter. He had been a Leoti resident since 1976 moving from Garden City, Kansas. He was a former Wichita County law enforcement officer...

Walter See

Walter See

May 21, 2009

Walter A. See, age 85, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on March 3, 1924 in Scott County, Kansas, the son of Irvin H. and Charlotta Ryan See. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he worked for KN Energy in Scott City from 1965 until he retired...

Margaret Moser

Margaret Moser

May 20, 2009

Margaret Marie " Maggie" Moser, age 74, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Maggie was born August 27, 1934 at Syracuse, Kansas, the daughter of Charles L. & Lila B. Shaw Curtis. She had been a Tribune resident since 1959 and was, along with her husband, owner and operator of Bob's Body...

Elvira Carrion

Elvira Carrion

May 19, 2009

Elvira Carrion, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Fair Acres Manor in Greeley, Colorado. Born March 23, 1923 in Maxwell, New Mexico, the daughter of Emiterio & Juanita Martinez Chavez. A former Leoti resident, she had been a Greeley, Colorado resident since 2005 moving from Topeka, Kansas. She served at Wichita County Hospital as a C.N.A....

Donna Strickert

Donna Strickert

May 19, 2009

Donna K. Strickert, age 50, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 in Pawnee County, Kansas as the result of an automobile accident. She was born on February 7, 1959 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Roger and Beverly O'Hair Strickert. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1999 moving from Colorado Springs, Colorado, she was a Phlebotomist for...

Shirley Wells

Shirley Wells

May 18, 2009

Shirley Ann Wells, age 74, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2009 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. Shirley was born March 17, 1935 in rural Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn Vernon & Alice Ida Wallace Downs. She was a day care provider and a lifetime Wichita County resident. Shirley was a member...

Viola Bergquist

Viola Bergquist

May 17, 2009

Viola Rebecca Bergquist, age 92, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Greeley County Medical Center in Tribune, Kansas. Viola was born March 11, 1917 at Bazine, Kansas, the daughter of Phillip & Molly Foos. She was a homemaker and had served as cook and bus driver for the Mount Olive school district. Viola was a member of the...

Kenneth Buffington

Kenneth Buffington

May 15, 2009

Kenneth Ray Buffington, age 62, passed away on Friday , May 15, 2009 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 2, 1947 in Fairfax, Oklahoma, the son of Bud & Gladys Morgan Buffington. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1982 moving from Oklahoma, he was head cowboy at HRC Feedyard #3 for...

Barbara Heeke

Barbara Heeke

May 15, 2009

Barbara Jean ( Naab ) Heeke, age 51, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2009, surrounded by her family, at her home in Garden City, Kansas. Barbara was born September 12, 1957 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Raymond P. & Helen M. Burnett Naab. A 1975 graduate of Garden City High School, she was a lifetime resident of...

Irene Turner-Hines

Irene Turner-Hines

May 12, 2009

Irene E. Turner-Hines, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on February 10, 1923 in Russell Springs, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Carl Alfred and Ollie Dey Ferrin. After graduating from Russell Springs High School, she attended Fort Hays State College. In 1944 she taught...

Jordan Huerta

Jordan Huerta

May 7, 2009

Jordan Jean Huerta, infant, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was bon on May 7, 2009 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Jacqueline Renee Huerta. He is survived by his Mother - Jacqueline Renee Huerta of Scott City, Kansas, One Twin Brother â Vincente J. Huerta of Scott City, Kansas,...

Elsie Tarman

Elsie Tarman

May 4, 2009

Elsie Jane Tarman, age 62, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2009 at Via Christi- St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. Elsie was born December 12, 1946 at Wichita, Kansas the daughter of Oliver Jacob & Margaret Lorraine McMinn Tarman. She had been a resident of Mosaic in Garden City, Kansas since 1996 moving from Wichita, Kansas. She enjoyed knitting, cooking...

Robert Scott

Robert Scott

Apr 28, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Robert Emerson Lee Scott, age 69, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born April 19, 1940, in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of Robert Emerson and Myra Emaline McMasters Scott. He had been a resident of Garden City since 1943, moving from Syracuse, Kansas. In the early 1970's...

Esther Foushee

Esther Foushee

Apr 23, 2009

Esther Foushee, age 98, passed away on Thursday, April 23. 2009 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. Esther, a lifetime Wichita County resident, was born November 12, 1910 in a sod house 10 miles south of Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of John & Marie Elizabeth Georlitz Holstein, Sr. She was a homemaker and had held...