Obituaries

Velda L. Spencer

Oct 18, 2018

Velda L. Spencer, age 86,  lifetime resident of Scott City passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born September 25, 1932, in Gove, Kansas, to William and Idella Margaret (Russell) Wright.  Velda worked at Park Lane Nursing Home for 17 years.

She also enjoyed waitressing at various restaurants.  Velda was...

Carmenlee Hull

Oct 18, 2018

Carmenlee Hull, age 93, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at her home in Scott City, Kansas surrounded by her family.  She was born on January 21, 1925 on the family farm in Texas County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert Allen and Leona Estelle Fenton Parker.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1943 moving from Guymon, Oklahoma, she was a...

Carson Bodkins

Oct 12, 2018

Elizabeth, Colorado

Carson Bodkins, age 11, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018 at Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado.  Carson was born September 21, 2007 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Travis & Tia (Toner) Bodkins.  He was a student at Legacy Academy in Elizabeth, Colorado.

Carson’s surviving family includes-

Mother-

Tia Bodkins- Elizabeth, Colorado

Step Father-

Jason Davis- Elizabeth, Colorado

Two brothers-

Bryson Bodkins- Elizabeth, Colorado

Connor Davis-...

Robert Paul Moser

Oct 9, 2018

Tribune, Kansas

Robert Paul “Bob” Moser, Sr., age 86, passed away on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Greeley County Hospital/Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas.  Bob was born July 12, 1932 on the Moser family homestead in Greeley County, the son of Paul Frederick & Esther Gladys Bjork Moser.  A resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1959 moving from Aurora, Colorado, Bob...

Martha Ermalee Newby

Oct 8, 2018

Garden City

Martha Ermalee Newby, age 88, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at her residence in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on February 26, 1930, in Spearville, Kansas, the daughter of William and Anna Flemming.

Martha had been a member of the St. Dominic Catholic Church of Garden City, and worked for USD 457 in the food service department...

Shirley Ann Tokoi

Oct 8, 2018

Leoti, Kansas

Shirley Ann Tokoi, age 79, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Shirley was born August 3, 1939 at Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Otto & Lorraine Berschauer Popp.  A resident of Leoti since 1976, she was a homemaker and had retired from Whitham Farms Feed Yard with over Twenty-Five years...

Margie L. Allen

Oct 8, 2018

Margie L. Allen, age 76, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.  She was born on February 25, 1942 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of LeRoy and Mary Kessler Beeson.  A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church...

Dona L. Schwartz

Oct 7, 2018

Garden City, Kansas

Dona L. Schwartz, age 84, passed away at Garden Valley Retirement Village on October, 7, 2018.  She was born on August 21, 1934 in Leon, Kansas the daughter of Garret A. and Edna Hinkle Reynolds.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo, Red Hat Society, a Nondenominational Bible Study, the YMCA,...

Lula B. Russell

Oct 6, 2018

Lula B. Russell, age 96, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on May 5, 1922 in Paige City, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Hayes and Eva Mae Lemmons Willams.  A resident of Scott County, Kansas since 2013 moving from Ulysses, Kansas, she was a homemaker, school cook...

Jeffrey Scott Nix

Sep 29, 2018

Jeffrey Scott Nix, age 42, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.  He was born on September 11, 1976 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Jackie Dusenbery Drake.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1999, he was the owner and operator of American Roofing in Scott City, Kansas and was the founder of Boxer Rescue of...

Mary Kathryn Joseph

Sep 29, 2018

Garden City, Kansas

Mary Kathryn Joseph, age 94, died September 29, 2018 at the Western Plains Medical Center in Dodge City, Kansas.  She was born June 15, 1924 in Lane County, Kansas the daughter of Arthur and Velma Downs Wallace.

On October 24, 1942 she married Gilbert L. Joseph in Garden City, Kansas.  He preceded her in death on January 22, 1971.

Mary...

Conrad Lee Weaver, Jr

Sep 28, 2018

Conrad “Lee” Weaver Jr., age 68, passed away at his home in Scott City, Kansas on Friday, September 28, 2018.  He was born on June 3, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Conrad Lee and Phyllis Brandt Simmons Weaver.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2006 moving from Baltimore, Maryland, he was a Maintenance Supervisor.

He was a member...

Lorena Turley

Sep 28, 2018

Lorena Turley, age 99, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on May 26, 1919 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Irvin Henry & Lottie Ryan See.  A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, she was a homemaker and farmer.

She was a member of the First...

Anita M. McCollum

Sep 27, 2018

Anita M. McCollum, age 65, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on December 31, 1952 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Alexander and Margaret Pearl Meis McCollum.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she worked for Wheatland Electric for 41 years before retiring in December...

Tessie Mae Pringle

Sep 23, 2018

Tribune, Kansas

Tessie Mae Pringle, age 89, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas.  Tessie was born May 3, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rev Herman George & Tessie Mae (Muller) Twietmeyer.  Tessie had been a resident of Greeley County since 1954 and was a medical records specialist for Greeley...

Selma Loewen

Sep 21, 2018

Selma Loewen, age 98, passed away at her home in Garden City, Kansas on Friday, September 21, 2018. She was born on December 19, 1919 in Corn, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Katherine Thiessen. She grew up on a family farm near Corn, Oklahoma and moved to Garden City, Kansas in 1979 from Rural Ingalls, Kansas.

She was a...

Kathryn Shearmire

Sep 21, 2018

Kathryn “Kathi” D. Shearmire, age 65 passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on January 18, 1953 in Boulder, Colorado, the daughter of Frederick Swain and Garelda (Maudie) Cumrine Longwedel.  A resident of Modoc, Kansas since 1987 moving from Wichita, Kansas, she was a manager for several different convience...

Joseph Hankins

Sep 20, 2018

Joseph "Joe" was born October 12, 1930 in Holcomb, Kansas to Naomi Cecil (VanDolah) and David Russell Hankins along with 6 siblings. Joe attended Holcomb Schools where he ran track in high school and graduated in 1948. 

He joined and served in the United States Air Force as a Military Police Officer. He was stationed in California and Texas.

In 1951...

Lorraine Etta George

Sep 19, 2018

Garden City, Kansas

Lorraine Etta George, age 58, of Lakin, Kansas passed away at the St. Catherine Hospital of Garden City, Kansas on Wednesday, September 19, 2018.  She was born on May 7, 1960 in Williams, Arizona the daughter of Virgil and Beatrice Rivera George.

Survivors include:

Two Sons Michael and Janett Newport of Tomball, Texas

Brandon George of Lakin, Kansas

Life Partner Larry Dodge of...

Arliss Wayne Wineinger

Sep 12, 2018

Tribune, Kansas

Arliss Wayne Wineinger, age 91, passed peacefully into his eternal glory on Thursday, September 12, 2018 at the Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas.  Arliss was born July 29, 1927 in Portland, Kansas, the son of K.O. & Mary (Dugan) Wineinger.

In 1928, at 1-½ years old, he moved with his family to Tribune, Kansas. He attended High...