Obituaries

Warren Townsend

Warren Townsend

Mar 11, 2009

Kansas native Warren H. Townsend passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona. W.H., as he preferred to be called, was born on August 18, 1925 in Kirwin, Kansas to Frank and Retta Townsend. He is preceded in his death by his loving wife of 61 years, Jacque. He is survived by his daughter Jan Arndt and her...

Jack McAtee

Jack McAtee

Mar 10, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Jack L. McAtee, age 73, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on April 23, 1935 in Marysville, Kansas the son of Claude E. and Mattie Mae Brourhard McAtee. He had been a resident of Garden City since 1953 moving from Marysville, Kansas. He graduated from Garden...

Raymond Andrews

Raymond Andrews

Mar 2, 2009

Pierceville, Kansas Raymond E. Andrews, age 84, died Monday, March 2, 2009 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born June 2, 1924 on the family farm in Gray County the son of William B. and Stella J. Hoskinson Andrews. He was a farmer and had been a lifetime resident of Finney and Gray Counties....

Perry Owens

Perry Owens

Feb 28, 2009

Perry M. Owens, Jr., age 37, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2009 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was born on November 2, 1971 in Sayre, Oklahoma, the son of Perry M. Owens Sr. and Vivian I. Voth. A resident of Norfolk, Virginia since joining the United States Navy in 1992, he was a Seabee and a carpenter. He was a...

Lloyd Miller

Lloyd Miller

Feb 28, 2009

Lloyd P. Miller, age 82, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 14, 1926 in Ava, Missouri, the son of Thomas Henry and Bina Magdelena Plumb Miller. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1957, he was a machinist for Century Refinery and a United States Army Veteran...

Robert Neuenschwander

Robert Neuenschwander

Feb 25, 2009

Robert C. Neuenschwander, age 86, passed away at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. He was born on June 8, 1922 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Otto Chester and Velma Myrtle Sim Neuenschwander. A lifetime resident of Scott City, he was the owner and operator of Roberts Jeweler's in Scott...

William Holt

William Holt

Feb 24, 2009

William R. Holt, age 62, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on April 4, 1946 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the son of Marion L. and Juanita F. Holt. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1997 moving from Arkansas, he was a steelworker and a United States Marine Veteran....

Leslaie Powers

Leslaie Powers

Feb 22, 2009

Leslaie Ann Powers, age 41, passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. Leslaie was born May 29, 1967 at Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Damon Lee & Margaret Marie Doyle Haley. She was a 1985 graduate of Aurora Central High School in Aurora, Colorado. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1996, moving...

Chester Ratzlaff

Chester Ratzlaff

Feb 20, 2009

Chester A. Ratzlaff, age 69, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Friday, February 20, 2009. He was born on October 25, 1939 in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Herman B. and Elsie Dirks Ratzlaff. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a farmer and rancher. He was a member of the United...

Jesse Smith

Jesse Smith

Feb 17, 2009

Jesse Victor Smith, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Jesse was born April 14, 1923 in rural Wichita County, Kansas, the son of Victor R. & Venus B. Case Smith. He had been a lifetime resident of Wichita County and retired in 1984 after 40 years of service as...

Edward Stebens

Edward Stebens

Feb 16, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Edward F. Stebens, age 71, died Monday, February 16, 2009 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born July 24, 1937 in Garden City, Kansas the son of William and Gertrude Doefler Stebens. He attended Garden City High School and served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era. After being...

Harry Irwin

Harry Irwin

Feb 16, 2009

Garden City Harry Charles Irwin, age 74, died Monday, February 16, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born September 1, 1934 in Daytona Beach, Florida the son of John D. and Lucy Carroll Irwin. A resident of Garden City since 1996 moving from Las Vegas, Nevada, he was a Commercial Plumber and Pipe Fitter...

Dorothy Cooley

Dorothy Cooley

Feb 8, 2009

Dorothy Eileen Cooley, age 90, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. Dorothy was born March 24, 1918 at Stratton, Colorado, the daughter of Carl & Pearl Washalinski Grate. She was a homemaker and had been a Wichita County area resident since 1947 moving from the Burdett, Kansas. Dorothy...

Eldon Long

Eldon Long

Feb 6, 2009

Eldon Long, 89, of Leoti, Kansas passed away at the Greeley County Hospital on February 6th. He was born on July 14, 1919 to Lewis Leonard and Mary Long in Burns, Kansas and served in the Marine Corp during World War II. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Eldon was a masonry contractor in Leoti since...

Norman Harper

Norman Harper

Feb 2, 2009

Norman F. Harper, age 91, passed away at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas on Monday, February 2, 2009. He was born on May 6, 1917 in Boyd, Kansas in Barton County, the son of William and Mary Theresia Hickey Harper. He was a resident of Scott County, Kansas since 1921 moving from Barton County, Kansas. He...

Edith Schmidt

Edith Schmidt

Jan 31, 2009

Edith Elisabeth Schmidt, age 81, passed away at Greeley County Medical Center on Saturday, January 31, 2009. Edith was born November 24, 1927 at Girard, Kansas the daughter of George Baird & Edith Myra Pierce Mathews. She was a homemaker and educator and had been a Greeley County resident since 1929. Edith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church...

Steven Rapier

Steven Rapier

Jan 27, 2009

Steven R. Rapier, age 45, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 10, 1963 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Jack and Sharon Hanzlick Rapier. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1994 moving from Hamilton County, Kansas, he was a Teacher and Basketball Coach...

Timothy Carter

Timothy Carter

Jan 27, 2009

Timothy David Carter, age 38, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on November 20, 1970 in Tampa, Florida, the son of Pablo Prieto and Beverly McKinney. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a roofer working for Chambless Roofing. Survivors include One Son - Austin...

Orville Pammenter

Orville Pammenter

Jan 27, 2009

Orville H. Pammenter, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 22, 1916 in Cheney, Kansas, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Arther Pammenter. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1946 moving from Cheney, Kansas, he was a farmer. He was a member of the United...

Stanley Schmitt

Stanley Schmitt

Jan 27, 2009

Stanley E. Schmitt, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on November 19, 1935 in at the family farm in Scott County, Kansas, the son of Otto Henry and Leona Unruh Schmitt. A lifetime resident of Scott County and Scott City, he was a farmer....