Obituaries

Feb 26, 2021

Urla J. Hopkins, age 88, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021, at the Ranch House Assisted Living in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on May 6, 1932, in Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Fred W. and Blanche Horchem Rufenacht.

In August of 1932, she moved with the family to Scott County and attended school in Ness County, then attended Mount...

Feb 24, 2021

Gertrude V. Brown, age 101, passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on August 20, 1919, in Albert, Kansas, the daughter of Lee Elmer and Margaret Teten Cauthon.  Gertrude was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1932, moving from Albert, Kansas.  She was a homemaker.

She was...

Feb 22, 2021

Garden City, Kansas

Estela P. Garcia, age 68, died on Monday, February 22, 2021 at her home in Holcomb, Kansas.  She was born on May 15, 1952 in Austin, Texas, the daughter of Joe and Susie Villanuevea Pena.

She was a member of the Jesus Christ Of Later Day Saints faith and worked in Medical Billing.

On Oct 14, 1980, she was married...

Feb 18, 2021

Eugene Leon “Bear” Harkness, age 76, died on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at his home in Leoti, Kansas. he was born on October 6, 1944 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Clara Moore Harkness.

He was a lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas and worked as a farmer. He was a member of the Baptist faith. He loved to...

Feb 17, 2021

On Wednesday, February 17, Mary Cleatus Armstrong of Topeka, Kansas died at the age of 95.

Mary was born in Scott City, Kansas to Paul and Zelda Ruth in 1925.  She met her husband, Bob Armstrong and married in 1945,  They were married for 68 years when Bob passed away in 2013.

Together they had four children, Elizabeth, Jim, Dan and Jane....

Feb 15, 2021

Feb 12, 2021

Christina M. Ehmke, age 71, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2021 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on May 31, 1949 in Dighton, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond and Eva Deliah Thomas Ehmke.  

A longtime resident of Garden City, Kansas, she was a member of Trinity 

Lutheran Church in Garden City, Kansas and was a...

Feb 11, 2021

Phillip W. Yost, age 68, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on September 30, 1952, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Walter L. and Sylvia M. Schmidt Yost.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation for 26 years...

Feb 10, 2021

Garden City, Kansas

Michael Lee Anthony Rodriguez, age 39, died at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.  He was born on June 5, 981 in Plainview, Texas, the son of Macaro Zaliazar and Adelina Garza.

He worked construction in the southwest Kansas area.

Survivors include:

Three Siblings Joe Rodriguez of Garden City, Kansas

Silvia Alvarado of Garden City,...

Feb 9, 2021

Betty Ann Elder was born to William and Glady Marie (Couch) Blau March 16, 1936, in Logan County, Kansas, the eighth of nine children – five girls and four boys. She graduated from Wichita County Community High School in Leoti, Kansas. On November 20, 1955, Betty married Richard ‘Dick’ Elder of Wichita County. In 1968, the couple and their two...

Feb 5, 2021

Imelda Jane “Millie” (Baker) Smith, age 86, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2021, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  Imelda was born on September 6, 1934, on the Baker family homestead north of Marienthal, Kansas to Anthony Baker and Caecilia (Baier) Baker.  She grew up on the family farm north of Marienthal.

Millie married Gerald Joseph...

Feb 3, 2021

Gloria M. Rosas, age 68, died on February 3, 2021 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born in San Antonio, Texas on April 13, 1952, the daughter of Eugene and Eufemia Zanarripa Ortega.

She was married on June 13, 1970 to Freddie Rosas.  He preceded her in death on February 10, 2018.

She was a member of...

Feb 1, 2021

Dean R. Fairchild, age 89, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on September 6, 1931, in Scott City, Kansas, the firstborn of twin sons to H.R. and Laura Greenlee Fairchild.  He attended school in Scott City, Kansas, graduating from SCHS in 1949.

Dean joined the US Air Force...

Jan 31, 2021

R. Richard Kirk, age 82, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on July 13, 1938, in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Roy Roscoe and Margueritte L. Fankhouser Kirk.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1952 moving from Guymon, Oklahoma.

Richard was a member of the First Baptist...

Jan 30, 2021

Roland “Ron” R. Murphy, age 82, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on July 12, 1938, in Ford, Kansas, the son of Arthur & Ella Clark Murphy.  Ron moved to Shallow Water, Kansas in 1967 and then was a resident of Scott City, Kansas from 1968 until...

Jan 28, 2021

John Robert Cupp, age 70, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, January 28, 2021, in Dighton, Kansas.  He was born on May 1, 1950, in Ordway, Colorado, the son of George & Mary Bonham Cupp.  A resident of Dighton, Kansas since 1991 moving from Amarillo, Texas, he was a retired feedlot foreman.

He was a member of the First...

Jan 28, 2021

Loren E. McDaniel, age 89, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, January 28, 2021, in Logan County, Kansas.  He was born on September 1, 1931, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Lester and Faye Roberts McDaniel.  Loren was a lifetime resident of Logan County, Kansas.  He served in the US Air Force from October of 1953 until...

Jan 28, 2021

Garden City, Kansas

Wesley Dean Chilson, age 76, died Thursday, January 28, 2021, at the Corpus Christi Medical Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.  He was born on November 7, 1944 in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of James Wesley and Delephine Dinsmore Chilson.

On June 26, 1964 he married Janet Taylor in Tribune, Kansas.

Survivors include:

Wife Janet Chilson of Lindsborg, Kansas

Two Daughters Suzy Bubar...

Jan 27, 2021

Carolyn Kay Mohler, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on March 13, 1941, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Ted & Vera Greiner Patton.  Kay was a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, and was a Preschool Teacher and homemaker.

She was a member...

Jan 25, 2021

E. Earl Kendrick, age 82, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 25, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on May 16, 1938, in Logan County, Kansas, the son of Albert Leroy and Adah Blanche Currah Kendrick.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a farmer, truck driver, owned a hay business,...