Obituaries

Jul 6, 2021

Abiel Angel Zapata, age 3, passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  He was born on August 29, 2017 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Angel Fernando Zapata and Nancy Valenzuela Garcia.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2019 moving from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He was a member of the Casa...

Jul 6, 2021

Barbara J. McBride, age 78, passed away at her home in Scott City, Kansas on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.  She was born on January 6, 1943 in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Leslie Lewis and Ava Lavone Lick Weeks.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas for 40 years, she was a CNA and Physical Therapist.

On October 14, 1961 she married...

Jul 5, 2021

Steve A. Wright, age 49, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  He was born on April 20, 1972 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Roy Alvin and Rose Marie Wright.  Steve was a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas and was the former owner and operator of C7 Cattle Company. ...

Jul 2, 2021

Garden City, Kansas

Jose Felix LaRocque, 23, of Garden City, KS passed away on July 2, 2021 in Garden City from injuries sustained while working.

Felix was born in Guatemala on November 9, 1997. He and his sister Maria were cared for by their older brother Antonio, until they were placed in an orphanage in Guatemala City. David and Krista adopted the...

Jul 1, 2021

Lakin, Kansas

Juanita C. Black, age 99, died on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas.  She was born on October 20, 1921 in Carizozo, New Mexico, the daughter of Jose and Manuela Luera Candelaria.

She was a member of the Catholic faith.

On September 14, 1941, she married John Black, Sr. in Carrizozo, New Mexico.  He...

Jun 25, 2021

Ellen I. Nickel, age 96, passed away on Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on March 12, 1925, in Guide Rock, Nebraska, the daughter of Leeman Jonas and Ethel Berniece Bailey Lundstedt.  Ellen was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1969 moving from Wichita, Kansas.  Beginning in 1947 she...

Jun 21, 2021

Roger A. Samms, age 70, passed away at his home in Scott City, Kansas on Monday, June 21, 2021.  He was born on April 15, 1950, in Ashland, Kentucky, the son of Earl Francis and Kathleen Justice Samms.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2005 moving from Mullin, Nebraska, he was a US Army and US Air Force retiree...

Jun 20, 2021

Leland R. Jackson, age 61, passed away in Scott City, Kansas on Sunday, June 20, 2021.  He was born on January 12, 1960, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Ruth Hannema Jackson.

Leland was a graduate of Scott Community High School and earned certification as a motorcycle mechanic with a specialty in Harley Davidson and was known locally as...

Jun 18, 2021

Garden City, Kansas

Alice Irene Bontrager, age 96, died on Friday, June 18, 2021 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas.  She was born on August 9, 1924 in Kokomo, Indiana the daughter of Ananias  and Emma Miller.

She was a member of the Lakin Wesleyan Church, Gideons International Auxiliary, Wesleyan Women International, and Lakin Budget Shop Steering Committee.

On April...

Jun 15, 2021

(Vera) Ann Johnson, age 78, died on Tuesday June 15, 2021, at her home in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on December 21, 1943, in Mangum, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virgil W and Vera Alice North Johnson.

Ann was an accomplished cake decorator, bookkeeper, tax preparer, and she was also a long-haul truck driver for many years.

She attended Cornerstone Church...

Jun 15, 2021

Calvin Eugene Fowler, age 75, died on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on March 8, 1946 in Fredrick, Oklahoma, the son of Claud Albert & Viola Pearl Shelton Fowler.

He has been a resident of Garden City since 1979 and worked in Heating and Air by owning his own business, Fowler’s Service.

He...

Jun 14, 2021

Judy Dianne Kirk Gordon, 73, entered the gates of heaven on Monday, June 14th, 2021. Judy was born on December 1st, 1947, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Charles Kirk and Mary Eleanor Jones. Judy graduated from Scott City High School. Judy met her wonderful husband, John Alfred Gordon while working on her teaching degree at Kansas State...

Jun 10, 2021

Marilyn R. Walker, age 74, passed away at the Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kansas on Thursday, June 10, 2021.  She was born on August 21, 1946, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob Frank and Martha Baldwin Stillwell.

In 1964, Marilyn graduated from Scott Community High School and returned in 1969 as an elementary school teacher where she taught...

Jun 5, 2021

May 28, 2021

Larry C. Turpin, loving husband, dad, and grandpa passed away May 28th, 2021 at Parklane Nursing Home at the age of 79.

Larry Chester Turpin was born on March 16, 1942, at the Scott County Hospital to Chester B. Turpin, and Aletha Pauline Kitterman Turpin.  He grew up in Scott City and graduated from Scott Community High School in 1960.  He went to Pratt Community college for...

May 28, 2021

Royann R. Green, 91, of Scott City, passed away on May 28, 2021, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on July 8, 1929, to Roy R. and Minnie L. Yount in Custer County, Oklahoma. 

She graduated from Garden City High School.  Prior to marriage, she worked as a telephone operator and manicurist. 

On January 1,...

May 13, 2021

Roy Torres Jr, 47, of Leoti, KS died Thursday, May 13, 2021, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, KS.

He was born September 21, 1973, in Tribune, KS the son of Roy Torres Sr. and Theresa (Hernandez) Torres.  He attended Wichita County High School with the class of 1993. 

Roy worked at Tyson Fresh Foods, Holcomb, KS as a maintenance man.  He...

May 12, 2021

Della M. Morgan, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at her home in Healy, Kansas.  She was born on April 9, 1937, in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford & Idella Russell Wright.  Della was a Healy & Lane County resident for 30 years moving from Scott City, Kansas.  She was a homemaker and a farm...

May 7, 2021

A. Sharon Linder Mullen, age 85, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  She was born on June 6, 1935, at the rural home of her paternal grandfather, Emil Linder, in Dickinson County, Kansas.  Sharon was the oldest child of Albert and Mabel Burr Linder.  She graduated from high school in...

May 6, 2021

Delinda L. Edwards, age 67, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on February 22, 1954, in Hoxie, Kansas, the daughter of Andy and Betty Martin Anderson.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1961 moving from Wichita, Kansas.  She was a homemaker and enjoyed doing crafts.

She was...