Obituaries

Thelma Baum

Thelma Baum

Aug 30, 2008

Leoti, Kansas Thelma Eloise Baum, age 86, passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. Thelma was born December 2, 1921 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin Albert & Anna May Britt Kelley. She was a homemaker and had been a Leoti resident since 1958 moving from Garnett,...

Rev. Thomas Tran

Rev. Thomas Tran

Aug 28, 2008

Garden City, Kansas Rev. Thomas N. Tran, age 61, of Garden City, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born May 10, 1947 in Saigon, Vietnam the son of Hiet Van and Lieu Thi Tran. He graduated from Tabett High School in Saigon in 1968 and then joined the Army...

Henry Geeseka

Henry Geeseka

Aug 28, 2008

Garden City, Kansas Henry Otto Geeseka, age 71, died Thursday, August 28, 2008 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on September 11, 1936 on the family farm in Scott County, Kansas the son of Otto Henry and Alice Bennett Geeseka. A Garden City resident since 1989, moving from Scott City, Kansas, he was a farmer/stockman and...

L. Heinemann

L. Heinemann

Aug 27, 2008

L. J. Heinemann, former long time resident of Garden City, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at his home in Vancouver, Washington, at the age of 91. With him was his wife of 68 years, Roma, and their daughter, Kathy. L.J. was a 1st Lt. In the Army Air Corps, serving with the 15th Air Corps based in Italy and...

Howard Cowles

Howard Cowles

Aug 27, 2008

Garden City, Kansas Howard D. Cowles, age 77, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born March 25, 1931 in Ness County, Kansas the son of Charles & Mabel Wicks Cowles. A resident of Garden City since 1958 moving from Dodge City, Kansas, he was a produce truck driver. He...

Kenton Grigg

Kenton Grigg

Aug 12, 2008

Scott City, Kansas Kenton Mace Grigg, age 63, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Emporia Rehabilitation Center with Hand in Hand Hospice in Emporia, Kansas. He was born August 4, 1945 at Abilene, Kansas the son of Mason K. & Leola Hoffman Grigg. He attended New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico and attended both Fort Hays...

Betty Dittmer

Betty Dittmer

Aug 12, 2008

Betty Jean Dittmer, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Betty Jean was born February 12, 1923 in Pawnee County, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer Bryan & Ona Muriel McCandles Hawes. A resident of Greeley County since 1953 moving from Belpre, Kansas, she was a teacher and farm wife. Betty...

Arturo Armendariz

Arturo Armendariz

Aug 7, 2008

Arturo Armendariz, age 58, passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at the Hutchinson Hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born on January 30, 1950 in Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Encarnacion and Eva Prieto Armendariz. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1974, moving from Chihuahua, Mexico, he was the Mill Foreman at Poky Feeders since January 5, 1981....

Doris Henry

Doris Henry

Aug 5, 2008

Garden City, Kansas Doris Elaine Henry, age 84, died Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born May 6, 1924 in Macksville, Kansas the daughter of Chester C. and Ruby Pearl Barker Haynes. A resident of Garden City since 1957 moving from Great Bend, Kansas. She was a school cook and a...

Jason Kanak

Jason Kanak

Jul 30, 2008

Jason A. Kanak, age 31, passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 as the result of an automobile accident in Scott County, Kansas. He was born on June 7, 1977 in Atwood, Kansas, the son of Joe Kanak III and Lynette Leinwetter Kanak. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2005 moving from Hays, Kansas, he worked for Brass Tax...

Benjerman Gaines

Benjerman Gaines

Jul 26, 2008

Holcomb, Kansas Benjerman Scott Gaines, age 4, died Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born April 8, 2004 in Rolla, Missouri the son of David Allen Gaines II and Brenda Joy Decker. He had been a resident of Garden City since 2006 moving from Crocker, Missouri. Survivors Include: Father, David Allen...

Paul Foster

Paul Foster

Jul 25, 2008

Paul Allen Foster, Age 87, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2008 at Wasatch Valley Rehab in Salt Lake City, Utah. Paul was born April 18, 1921 at Horace, Kansas, the son of George Kenneth & Lulu Harper Foster. Paul was raised on the family farm in Greeley County, Kansas and following high school graduation he enlisted and served his...

Charles Moore

Charles Moore

Jul 20, 2008

Charles H. Moore Sr., age 88, passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2008 at Via Christi St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on October 30, 1919 in Willow Springs, Missouri, the son of Virgil E. and Mertie J. Goodman Moore. A resident of Scott County, Kansas since 1934 moving from Willow Springs, Missouri. He was a...

Evelyn Clark

Evelyn Clark

Jul 15, 2008

Evelyn Mary Clark, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at Highland Manor in Elko, Nevada. The oldest of four children of Robert C & Adlee Wilson Clark, she was born July 10, 1921 on the family farm in Wichita County, Kansas. She attended one0room schools, one year of high school in Leoti, Kansas, where she graduated sharing...

Roland Koehn

Roland Koehn

Jul 15, 2008

Roland Lee "Doc" Koehn, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 16, 1926 in Major County, Oklahoma, the son of Ameil and Mable Nightengale Koehn. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1947 moving from Fairview, Oklahoma, he was a farmer. He was a...

Clelia Towns

Clelia Towns

Jul 14, 2008

Clelia Elaine Towns, age 92, died Monday, July 14, 2008 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born February 16, 1916 in Byers, Kansas the daughter of Donald R. and Emma C. Wasson Brown. A resident of Garden City since 1971 moving from Northern Haskell County, Kansas she was a homemaker. She was a member...

Margaret Mast

Margaret Mast

Jul 12, 2008

Margaret J. Mast, age 89, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2008 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on November 6, 1918 in Monte Vista, Colorado, the daughter of Fred & Jane Thrasher Ebel. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1985 moving from La Crescenta, California, she was a homemaker. On August 20,...

Matilda Kleymann

Matilda Kleymann

Jul 8, 2008

Matilda Kleymann, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Matlida was born February 25, 1922 at St. Peter, Kansas, the daughter of Mathew & Madlen Pfeifer Bender. She had been a resident of Greeley County since 1926 moving from the St. Peter area. In 1943, she graduated from Greeley County...

Margie Koehn

Margie Koehn

Jul 8, 2008

Margie Darlene (Unruh) Koehn was born September 29, 1931 in McPherson, Kansas to Frank Unruh and Elvina (Unruh) Unruh. She quietly passed away early morning July 8, 2008 at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas following a massive stoke. She reached the age of seventy-six years, nine months and nine days. Margie spent her childhood years in McPherson County. Most...

Mary Farmer

Mary Farmer

Jul 7, 2008

Mary M. Farmer, age 94, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2008 at the Edwards County Hospital in Kinsley, Kansas. She was born on March 28, 1914 in First View, Colorado, the daughter of Alexander and Marie Wittman Dinkel. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since the 1930's moving from St. Peter, Kansas, she was a homemaker. Memberships include the...