Obituaries

Mar 4, 2022

William “Bill” Harold Novak, age 73, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. He was born in Garden City, Kansas on October 3, 1948, to Glenn Joseph and Arlene Ethel Miller Novak. Bill spent his entire life in Modoc, farming, ranching, and attending the Modoc Coffee Club. He also took up...

Mar 4, 2022

Gene Wesley Preston, age 84, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on May 2, 1937 in Columbus, Nebraska to Glen Wesley and Gladys Irene Bonner Preston. Gene was a resident of Tribune since 1966, having moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado to engage in ranching and operating feedlots.

On December...

Mar 2, 2022

Leoti

Jerry Martin Molner, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. He was born on April 1, 1948 in Los Angels, California to John Martin and Matilda Ruth McLean Molner. He worked for the county taking care of the landfill. He attended the Christ Covenant church in Leoti, Kansas.

Survivors include his...

Mar 1, 2022

Cecil Charles Hintz, age 50, lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, surrounded by his family in Belden, Nebraska.  He was born on June 1, 1971, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Kenneth Earl & Juanita Eileen Mae Phillips Hintz.  A long-time resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was an independent contractor for floor covering.

Survivors include...

Feb 28, 2022

Marilyn Wilbur, age 89, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022, at the Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on October 14, 1932, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of William and Gertrude O’Neal Vanderhoff. 

Marilyn graduated from North High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1949. On April 29, 1950, she married Robert E. Wilbur in Wichita, Kansas. He...

Feb 24, 2022

Julia Mancillas, age 85, passed away at the Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, Kansas on February 24, 2022. She was born in Nayarit, Mexico to Tranquilino and Ramona Limon Ruiz on April 12, 1936.

In 1956, Julia married Leocadio Mancillas Flores in Nayarit, Mexico. He passed way in 2002.

Julia was a member of St. Anthony’s of Padua in...

Feb 16, 2022

Elinor Marie Reifschneider passed away Feb 16th in Scottsdale, AZ. She came into this world on January 21, 1931, in Shields, KS and she grew up in a neighboring town, Dighton. She attended Kansas University for two years and then came home to marry her devoted husband of 70 years, Boyd. They started their family of four children in Dighton...

Feb 14, 2022

Feb 13, 2022

Marilyn Y. Crook, age 92, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at the Ranch House in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on December 21, 1929, in Burrton, Kansas, the daughter of Harry & Nyra Devenpeck Grover.  A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Satanta, Kansas, she was a seamstress and co-owner of the Tailor Shop...

Feb 12, 2022

Roland Kennedy Garcia, age 70, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born in Crystal City, Texas on April 6, 1951, the son of Juan and Maria Kennedy Garcia. Roland had been a resident of Garden City since 2005, having moved back from Arizona.

Roland was a member of the Catholic...

Feb 11, 2022

Cheryl D. O’Connell, age 68, passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  She was born on October 21, 1953, in Kansas City,  Missouri, the daughter of Louis Freeland and Patricia A. Casper.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2006 moving from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, she was a Radiologist Technologist...

Feb 9, 2022

Mary W. Terry, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at her home in Tribune, Kansas.  She was born on December 17, 1951, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Dave Lorin Henderson Smith Sr. and Ruth E. Hair.  She was a resident of Tribune, Kansas since 2008 moving from Coldwater, Kansas, and was a self-employed cleaner.

In the late...

Feb 6, 2022

Mavis Jane Holland, age 81, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at her home in Scott County, Kansas. She was born on September 10, 1940, in Leachville, Arkanas, the daughter of Murel and Melisie Keltner Cox. Mavis had been a resident of Scott County since 2000 moving from Ballard County in Western Kentucky. She was a dietician.

Mavis was a...

Feb 5, 2022

Donna V. Moss, age 83, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the Ranch House in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on October 22, 1938, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the daughter of Jack Harold and Opal Walker Moss Sr.  A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1997 moving from Scandia, Kansas, she was a medical caregiver.

She was a...

Feb 1, 2022

Martha Jean “Nean” Dixon, age 95, passed away on February 1, 2022, at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas.  She was born on April 11, 1926, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of William Vern & Edna Marguerite Masterson Dixon.  A resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1996 moving from Dodge City, Kansas, she was a Teacher and Bookkeeper.

She taught...

Jan 28, 2022

Terry A. Algrim, age 69, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  He was born on April 15, 1952 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Clifton and Isile Fern Rose Algrim.  A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas, he was a 4th generation farmer who loved the land.

He...

Jan 28, 2022

Ruby Irene Barker, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on March 12, 1928, in Garden City, Kansas, The daughter of William J. Mills and Myrtle Hummer. A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas, she was a Retail Clerk her entire life at Neelys and JC Penny.

She was a member of the First Southern...

Jan 28, 2022

Nancy S. McMillan, age 67, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on January 29, 1954, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Herman and Marabelle Joyce Hoeme. A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

She was a lifelong member of the Trinity Lutheran Church...

Jan 19, 2022

Adele Wilma Christy, aged 97, passed from this life on 19 January 2022 at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, Kansas.  Adele was born to Delbert John and Vera Blanche (Shomaker) Haynes on 22 July 1924 in Vining, Kansas.  She grew up in Clifton-Vining, where her father ran a service station and her mother was a seamstress.  After graduating high...

Jan 17, 2022

Leland D. “Lee” Pfenninger, age 83, passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on September 5, 1938, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Carl and Angie Boring Pfenninger.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he spent his life as a Cowboy.

Lee attended church at the First...