William (Bill) Henry Klein Jr.
Sep 30, 2022
A bright light was extinguished September 30, 2022, when William H. Klein Jr., age 97, took his last breath.Bill was born on the family dairy farm southeast of Plains, Kansas, March 28, 1925. He was the last of 5 children and the only son. His sisters and mother, Dolly Elmena Packard Klein, spoiled him while his dad and namesake, William...
Blas Rodriguez Sr.
Sep 30, 2022
Blas Rodriguez, Sr., age 67, passed away on September 30, 2022 at the Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado. He was born on February 3, 1955 in Satevo, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Nicolas and Petra Alvidrez Rodriguez. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1991, he was a retired mill operator and feed truck driver for Poky...
Wanda May Schuhs
Sep 18, 2022
Wanda May Schuhs, 95, passed away on September 18, 2022, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on November 7, 1926, in Lenora, Kansas to Sidney R. and Etta Catherine Fitzjarrell Williams. After her parents death, she was adopted by Lawrence L. and Mabel Smith of Dresden, Kansas. She had been a teacher with a...
Marianne Eloise Porter
Sep 15, 2022
Marianne Eloise Porter, age 77, passed away on September 15, 2022, in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on June 5, 1945, in Garden City, Kansas to Burdett and Gladys Marie (Griffith) Patton. She was a resident of the community since 1966 having moved here from Scott City, Kansas. She was a Telephone operator, CNA for 10 years, and a small...
Cash Beeson
Sep 9, 2022
Lee Cash Beeson, age 57, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2022, at The Denver Hospice Center in Denver, Colorado. He was born on January 12, 1965, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of John Clifford and Connie Sue Meyer Beeson. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a truck driver for B&H Paving in Scott City, Kansas.
He...
Dorothy Irene Martin
Aug 30, 2022
Tribune
Dorothy Irene (Burnett) Martin, age 88, passed away on August 30, 2022, at the Greeley County Long Term Care Unit in Tribune, Kansas. She was born on August 24, 1934, in Towner, Colorado to Charlie and Mildred (Corr) Burnett.
Dorothy was a member of the Tribune community since 1948, having moved from Towner, Colorado. She was a member of the Tribune...
Lorraine Mae Heronemus
Aug 25, 2022
Leoti
Lorraine Mae (Appl) Heronemus, age 93, passed away on August 25, 2022, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas surrounded by her family. Lorraine was born on December 29, 1928, on the Appl farm homestead south of Leoti to Frank & Hester (Wagner) Appl; their oldest child.
Lorraine was a life long member of the Leoti Community. She attended...
Isaac Jeremiah Redburn
Aug 20, 2022
Isaac Jeremiah Redburn, age 18, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022, in Scott County, Kansas. He was born on June 28, 2004, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Micheal Dale Redburn and Loreena Stephanie Johnson. Isaac was born in Scott City and moved to Haviland, Kansas at an early age until June of 2022 when he moved back...
Kathryn L. Taylor
Aug 19, 2022
Kathryn L. Taylor, age 86, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022, at the Sterling Village Senior Living Center in Sterling, Kansas. She was born on December 7, 1935, in Leoti, Kansas, the daughter of M. F. and Violet Elder Appl. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Leoti, Kansas, she was a homemaker and a clerk...

Dennis Ray Murphy
Aug 16, 2022
Dennis R. Murphy, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 11, 1950, in Ransom, Kansas, the son of Robert Joseph and Betty Lee Hemel Murphy Sr. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2002 moving from Northern California, he was a retired parts manager for Roto-Mix...
Steve W. Gossman
Aug 16, 2022
Steve W. Gossman, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 4, 1950, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Charles and Irene Withorn Gossman. A resident of Scott County, Kansas since 1984 moving from the family farm in Finney County, Kansas, he was a retired truck...
Keen K. Brantley
Aug 12, 2022
Keen K. Brantley, age 82, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022, at the Comfort Care Homes attended by Phoenix Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on June 29, 1940, in Almena, Kansas, the son of Herbert Cayton and Wilma Flossie Walters Brantley. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1950 moving from Ordway, Colorado, he was a lawyer...
Jesse Dwain West
Aug 11, 2022
Leoti
Jesse Dwain West, age 29, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, in Leoti, Kansas. He was born on August 30, 1992, in Tribune, Kansas. A loving husband and father, he lived nearly his entire life in the community and was known as a jokester and life of the party. He served in the National Guard for over 10 years...
Richard LaVerne Barton
Aug 8, 2022
Richard L. “Dick” Barton, age 89, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022, at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 15, 1933, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Henry LaVerne and Dorothy Marie Welty Barton. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1979 moving from Dighton, Kansas, he was a retired school administrator.
He was a...
Ralph W. Young
Aug 4, 2022
Tribune
Ralph W. Young, age 81, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at his home in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on August 23, 1940, on the family farm Northwest of Tribune, to Lon and Eleanor (Morgan) Young. He grew up on that farm in Greeley County and attended grade school at the Mount Olive Country School and graduated from...
Diana M. Daniels
Aug 3, 2022
Tribune
Diana M. Daniels, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at her home in Horace, Kansas. She was born on June 15, 1952, in Syracuse, Kansas to Marvin & Alberta Luekenga Moser. She was a lifelong resident of the community and worked as the secretary at Moser’s Garage as well as owned The Isle tanning salon. She had...
Carl Lee Zink
Aug 1, 2022
Leoti
Carl Zink, 87, passed from his earthly life on August 1, 2022. He was born September 26, 1934, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of the late Orval and Mary (Bontrager) Zink.
Carl graduated from Kansas State University with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. He served in the United States Army.
On December 31, 1991, he married Mary Ellen (Herndon) Walk and...
Everett Howell
Jul 29, 2022
Tribune
Roy Everett Howell, age 96, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022, at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on October 16, 1925, in Elkhart, Kansas to Charlie Maddison and Bessie Stewart Howell. He was a resident of Tribune since 1951 where he was a farmer and rancher and a member of the First Baptist Church...
Brenda Lee Tankersley
Jul 28, 2022
Scott City
Brenda Lee Tankersley, age 65, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on March 23, 1957, in Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of Orville Lee and Lois Tyler McComas. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1979 moving from Kalvesta, Kansas, She was a farmer.
Brenda was a Member of the...
Rebecca Ann Erle
Jul 26, 2022
Scott City, Kansas
Rebecca Ann (Long) Erle, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 26, 1947 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the daughter of Faye Leroy and Mary Ann Huber Long. In May of 2022 she moved to Healy, Kansas, moving from Leoti, Kansas. She was a...