Obituaries

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...

Lorene Giesick

Sep 11, 2018

Lorene Giesick, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Born Florence Lorene Ray on January 2, 1929 in Cimarron, Kansas, the daughter of Willie C. & Lulanell E. (Dealy) Ray, she was a retired medical records clerk for Wichita County Health Center and a resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1947 moving...

Richard A. McDaniel

Sep 8, 2018

Richard A. McDaniel, age 62, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  He was born on March 12, 1956 in Marshall, Texas, the son of Robert A. & Irma L. Simpson McDaniel.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a farmer for Hoeme Farms.

He was a member of the...

Perry L. Garten

Sep 4, 2018

Perry L. Garten died  at St. Catherine Hospital on September 4, 2018 .  He was born November 13, 1917 at Peculiar, Mo., the son of Perry O and Lillie Watson Garten.  He grew up in Cass County, Mo, and graduated from the Raymore, Mo. High school.   He married Omalee (Clemence) Garten on May 11, 1941 in Olathe, Ks. She...

Teressa G. Bollinger

Sep 4, 2018

Teressa G. Bollinger, age 56, passed away at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas on Wednesday, September 4, 2018.  She was born on December 1, 1961 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Vernon Anderson & Verda Lucille Kirk Woodward.  A resident of Marienthal, Kansas for 6 years, she was a Medical Assistant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for several...

E. Louise Hands

Sep 3, 2018

E. Louise Hands, age 87, went home to Jesus on Monday September 3, 2018 while surrounded by family at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on October 8, 1930, in Hopewell, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd Louis and Esther Estelle Henderson.

Louise was a teacher, farmer’s wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, prayer warrior and missionary....

Johnnie Schwindt

Sep 2, 2018

Garden City

Johnnie Truman Schwindt, age 86, passed away on September 2, 2018 at The Cottages in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on January 7, 1932 in Leoti, Kansas, the son of Herman H. and Olive O. Sowers Schwindt.

He attended the Countryview Baptist Church in Ulysses, Kansas and was a member of  the Eagles Lodge of Garden City, Kansas.  Johnnie...

Mervin Edward Davis

Aug 28, 2018

Mervin Edward "Dave" Davis, 59 of Holcomb departed this world for his place in heaven Tuesday August 28, 2018. 

Mervin was born October 2, 1959 in Evanston Illinois to Elbert and Emma Mills Davis. He grew up in Evanton, Illinois and graduated from Evanston Township High School. He served 15 years in the US Army stationed many places stateside and overseas. 

On...

Carlos Pennington

Aug 28, 2018

Nicholas Ortiz, Sr.

Aug 26, 2018

Garden City

Nicholas Ortiz, Sr., age 97, died on Sunday, August 26, 2018 in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on September 10, 1920 in Kingman, Kansas, the son of Marcos and Julia Morales Ortiz.  He has been a member of the Garden City community since 1946 having moved from Kingman, Kansas.  He worked at Myers Dairy and was a co-owner...

Joseph F. Beaver

Aug 20, 2018

Joseph “Joe” F. Beaver, age 88, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2018 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on December 26, 1929 in Oakley, Kansas, the son of Fred M. and Leta D. Rohrbough Beaver.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was the Owner and Operator of JF Beaver Advertising.

He...

Steven Leroy Unruh

Aug 13, 2018

Steven Leroy Unruh, age 76, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2018 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on October 11, 1941 in Montezuma, Kansas, the son of Cornelius P & Alma L. Knoll Unruh.  A lifetime resident of Pence, Kansas, he was a farmer.

He was a member of the Scott Mennonite Church in...

Ocie Alice Neuschwander

Aug 13, 2018

On Monday, August 13, 2018, Ocie Taylor Neuschwander, beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed peacefully to her heavenly home.

Ocie Alice Taylor was born on January 9, 1921 in Devol, Oklahoma to Jess and Mary Stewart Taylor.  They lived in Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado before they settled in Greeley County during the Dust Bowl days when she was 11 years...

Deborah Kingston

Aug 12, 2018

Garden City

Deborah Kingston, age 38, passed away at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas on Sunday, August 12, 2018.  She was born on March 18, 1980, the daughter of Fred and Betty Harris Freedman in California.

A resident of Finney County, Kansas since July of 2018, Deborah worked as a hairstylist.

On January 13, 2014 she married Dylan Kingston in...

Herman Griem

Aug 9, 2018

Leoti, Kansas

Herman Frederick Griem, age 88, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Herman was born March 2, 1930 in Enid, Oklahoma, and adopted as an infant by Frederick Herman & Bertha (Lee) Griem.

He attended elementary school in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, including a one-room school.  Herman graduated in 1948 from High...

Orene Twilia Crawford

Aug 6, 2018

Garden City

Orene Twilia Crawford, age 79, died on Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on May 8, 1939 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Charles Lester Beulah Orene Locke Gooden.

She was a registered nurse and worked  all over the country. Moving back to Garden City in August of 2013...

Morris Dean Smith

Aug 5, 2018

Garden City

Morris “Dean” Smith, age 60, passed away peacefully at his residence in Garden City, Kansas on Sunday, August 5, 2018 following a terminal cancer diagnosis.  He was born on May 23, 1958, the son of Wanda Laverne Anderon Smith in Garden City, Kansas.

A lifetime resident of Garden City, Dean worked as a carpenter and lived a simple and peaceful life,...

Melva A. Rose

Aug 4, 2018

Melva A. Rose, age 90, passed away on Friday, August 3, 2018 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born August 16, 1927 in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of Anson Robert & Daisy May Cook McDaniel.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2007 moving from Greeley, Colorado, she was a Institutional Cook at...