Obituaries

Carrol Dean Ribbing

Carrol Dean Ribbing

Nov 6, 2020

Carrol D. Ribbing, age 73, passed away on Friday, November 6, 2020, at the Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas. He was born on October 27, 1947, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Eugene & Geraldine Ribbing. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1986 moving from Scott City, Kansas, he was a retired Truck Driver and was a US...

Harold  White

Harold White

Nov 6, 2020

Lakin, Kansas Harold Ernest White, age 88, died at the Homestead Assisted Living in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 9, 1932 in Lakin, Kansas, the son of Earnest & Elizabeth Smartt White. After graduating from Lakin High School, Harold, attended Kansas State University for a semester before joining the United States Army. He worked as a farmer...

Ruth  Zamora

Ruth Zamora

Nov 6, 2020

Leoti, Kansas Ruth Zamora, age 45, died on November 6, 2020 at her residence in Leoti, Kansas.  She was born on June 20, 1975 in Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Clemente Zamora and Lenora Rocha. She was a member of the Christian faith and loved singing, dancing, cooking, jokes, smiling, helping others and being as generous as she could.  She...

James David Hickert

James David Hickert

Nov 4, 2020

Scott City James David “J.D.” Hickert, age 37, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 as the result of an automobile accident in Scott County, Kansas. He was born on October 2, 1983 in Colby, Kansas, the son of Dave & Marcia Ayers Hickert. J.D. Grew up in Bird City, Kansas, and was a 2002 graduate of Cheylin High School...

Raymond Earl Jaeger

Raymond Earl Jaeger

Nov 4, 2020

Leoti, Kansas Raymond Earl Jaeger, age 77, died on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on December 27, 1942 at home during a blizzard in Wichita County, Kansas the son of Daniel Frederick and Lena Annette Green Jaeger. He was a lifetime member of the Leoti community and was a...

Steven C. Gruver

Steven C. Gruver

Nov 4, 2020

Steven C. Gruver, age 60, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 as the result of an automobile accident in Scott County, Kansas. He was born on April 2, 1960 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Robert Lee and Elva Betzold Gruver. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas he was an electrician and worked for S-K Electric of...

Betty Lou Smith

Betty Lou Smith

Nov 2, 2020

Betty Lou Smith, age 84, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2020, at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 19, 1936, in Willow Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Ray and Bertha Moore Morris. Betty was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1954 moving from Leoti, Kansas and was a homemaker and...

Theresa Belle Craig

Theresa Belle Craig

Oct 31, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Theresa Belle Craig, age 87, died on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 10, 1933 in Herrington, Kansas, the daughter of Thelma Bernice Ortega Phillips Shroyer and later adopted by Carl Shroyer when she was 11. She attended school in 12 states. She has been a...

Carol Jean Wright

Carol Jean Wright

Oct 28, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Carol Jean Wright, age 66, died on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on July 28, 1954, the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth Webb Lang in Great Bend, Kansas. She was an owner and operator of D&H Homes. In June 1983 she married Darrel Wright. He passed away on...

Fay Hoover

Fay Hoover

Oct 27, 2020

Thelma Fay Hoover, age 77, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on December 30, 1942, in Stonington, Colorado, the daughter of James Wesley and Eva Fern Crissman Howard. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1970 moving from Colorado Springs, Colorado, she was in housekeeping and...

Lucille I. Stevenson

Lucille I. Stevenson

Oct 27, 2020

Lucille I. Stevenson, age 92, passed away peacefully on October 27, 2020 at Wedgewood South Assisted Living in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on March 30 1928 in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Paul Frederick and Esther Gladys Bjork Moser. Lucille graduated from Greeley County High School in 1946 and was a resident of Tribune, Kansas until 1950 when she...

Clarence Verdell Young

Clarence Verdell Young

Oct 25, 2020

Clarence Verdell Young 88, died on October 25, 2020 at his home in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on September 20th, 1932 on the family farm NW of Tribune to Lon and Eleanor (Morgan) Young. He grew up on that farm in Greeley County and attended grade school at Ruby Country School and then later at Mt. Olive Country School....

Joyce  Sloan

Joyce Sloan

Oct 24, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Joyce Sloan, age 87, died on Sunday, October 24, 2020 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on May 21, 1933 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Alice Barrett. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Garden City, Kansas and worked as a paraprofessional for USD 457 and as a greeter...

L. George Evans

L. George Evans

Oct 21, 2020

L. George Evans, age 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 18, 1929, in La Junta, Colorado, the son of Henry “Hank” Hobson Evans and Alice Goudy Allen. George and Wanda moved to Leoti, Kansas in 1956 from Crowley, Colorado, and lived there until...

Robert Lee Kreutzer

Robert Lee Kreutzer

Oct 20, 2020

Robert Lee Kreutzer, age 85, passed away at the Greeley County Long Term Care on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. He was born on June 1, 1935, in Beeler, Kansas, the son of Frank and Helen Dreher Kreutzer. He was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church on Marienthal, Kansas. He worked as a mechanic and equipment operator. On December...

Doris L. Riner

Doris L. Riner

Oct 19, 2020

Doris L. Riner, age 98, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 19, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on September 26, 1922, in Comanche County, Kansas, the daughter of John & Minnie Sinkle Wait. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1953 moving from Protection, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was a...

Troy Lee Ward

Troy Lee Ward

Oct 17, 2020

Lakin, Kansas   Troy Lee Ward, age 82, died on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. He was born on December 26, 1937 at the family home in Puxico, Missouri, the son of Raymond and Lucy Sweet Ward. Troy was a resident of Kansas since 1972, having moved from Missouri. He worked in the...

Pearl Jeanette Hunt

Pearl Jeanette Hunt

Oct 15, 2020

Pearl J. Hunt, age 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on October 20, 1935 in Macon, Illinois, the daughter of Charlie Lear and Gertrude Inez Keen Sadler. A resident of WIchita County, Kansas since 1955 moving from Dighton, Kansas, she was a farm wife. She was...

Herbert A. Stevens

Herbert A. Stevens

Oct 13, 2020

Herbert A. Stevens, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on September 11, 1928, in Geuda Springs, Kansas, the son of Lawrence Metallis and Emma Beulah Iseminger Stevens.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since early childhood moving from Geuda Springs, Kansas.  Herbert was a farmer...

Erik Dale Shanabarger

Erik Dale Shanabarger

Oct 12, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Erik Dale Shanabarger, age 41, died at his residence in Garden City, Kansas on October 12, 2020. He was born on July 6, 1979 in Panarama City, California, the son of Robert Joseph Shanabarger and Sharon “Kris” Kristen Sorenson Shanabarger. He lived in Palmdale, California until 1987 when he moved to Garden City, Kansas. He attended GCHS...