Obituaries

Feb 8, 2018

Garden City, Kansas

Celeta Lucille Tucker, age 98, died on February 8, 2018 at the Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community in Denver, Colorado.  She was born on July 6, 1919 in Streeter, Texas the daughter of Jeff and Hixey Gamel Cravey.  She has been a member of the Garden City community since 1989 having moved from Ogallah, Kansas.  

She worked...

Feb 5, 2018

Scott City, Kansas

Verene M. Kelley-Dearden, age 90, died on Monday, February 5, 2018 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on February 10, 1927 in St. Francis, South Dakota the daughter of Carl and Lucelle Hinricks Dice.

She married Frank Gay. He preceded her in death.  On Oct. 3, 1947 she married Dr. Samuel Jack Kelley,...

Jan 27, 2018

Garden City

Joseph E. Mader, age 87, died on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village.  He was born on November 21, 1930 in Granada, Colorado, the son of John and Kate Mader. 

He has been a Garden City resident most of his life. He married Charlene Pullman.  She preceded him in death in 1973.

Joe was a member of...

Jan 25, 2018

Syracuse, Kansas

Frances Geraldine Swisher, age 92, died on Thursday, January 25, 2018 in Greenville, Texas.  She was born on October 25, 1925 in Pawnee, Oklahoma the daughter of Jackson Brady and Clara Brown.  

She is a former resident of the Syracuse community.  She worked as a grocery store assistant manager.

On August, 25, 1951 she married Rex Swisher in Syracuse, Kansas. ...

Jan 22, 2018

Jack Jewell, age 90, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018 at his home in Scott County, Kansas.  He was born on June 12, 1927 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Leo & Alice Goertz Jewell.  A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, he was a farmer.

On June 30, 1951 he married Alma Lamoine Hager in Scott City, Kansas....

Jan 20, 2018

Garden City

Samuel Melvin Gardner, age 88, died on Saturday, January 20th, 2018 at the Clearfork Assisted Living Facility in Willow Park, Texas.  He was born on June 30, 1929 in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Reynold and Melinda Bradley Gardner.  

He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church, the CAP, Sand Hills Amateur Radio Club.  Sam also proudly...

Jan 16, 2018

Garden City

Shirley Ann William, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at her residence in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on January 4, 1954 in Quinter, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene and Herlinda Werth Knoll.

She has been a member of the Garden City community and St. Mary’s Catholic Church for 47 years.  Shirley was also a member...

Jan 8, 2018

Cimarron, Kansas

Elaine I. Oberlander, age 94, passed away at the Shepherds Center in Cimarron, Kansas on Monday, January 8, 2018.  She was born on May 12, 1923 in Redfield, South Dakota the daughter of Willard and Minnie Manson Walsh.

In 1960 she married Art Oberlander in Redfield South Dakota. He passed away in 1999 in Garden City, Kansas. They moved to...

Jan 5, 2018

Garden City

Raymond J. Crist, age 96, died on January 5, 2018 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born July 17, 1921 in LaVerne, California, the son of John Uhl and Ella Elizabeth Simmons Crist.  At the age of two his family moved back to the Friend area.

He has been a member of that community since...

Jan 4, 2018

Memorials Services for Larry Gene Ribbing and his wife, Judy K. Ribbing will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the First Baptist Church in Leoti, Kansas with the Reverend Gary Salmans officiating.  Inurnment for both will be in Leoti Cemetery in Leoti, Kansas with military honors for Larry.

Larry Gene Ribbing was born May 21, 1945 in...

Jan 3, 2018

Garden City

Ralph Joe Soqui, Sr., age 74, died on January 3, 2018 in Waco, Texas.  He was born on December 1, 1944 in Jerome, Arizona the son of Arthur and Maxine Rosas Soqui.  

He has been a member of the community since 2015, Clarkdale, Arizona.  He is a retired Navy member.  For many years, Ralph umpired games in the community...

Dec 30, 2017

Garden City

Shirley Ann Ekart, age 84, died on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her residence in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on January 6, 1933 the daughter of Carey Ansel and Bertha Henrietta Roy Colburn in Garden City, Kansas.

She is a lifetime resident of Garden City and worked as a school cook for 25 years for the USD 457.

On...

Dec 28, 2017

Garden City

Gladys M. Wagner, age 92, died on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on July 13, 1925 in Holcomb, Kansas the daughter of Claude F. and Effie Jane Moody McQueen.

She worked as a cook for USD 457 for many years.  Gladys is a member of the Church of...

Dec 27, 2017

Dec 26, 2017

Russell I. Unruh, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Bethel Home in Montezuma, Kansas.  He was born on October 02, 1935 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Abraham and Sarah Holdeman Unruh.  Russell was a resident of Wallace County, Kansas from 1957 until 2004 when he moved to Colorado for 10 years before returning to western Kansas and...

Dec 23, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Russell Franklin Freeman, age 83, died on December 23, 2017 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on December 19, 1934 in Seminole, Oklahoma the son of Claud Napoleon and Freda Cathy Freeman.

Russell enjoyed working on crossword puzzles, traveling, spending time with his family, and loved making others laugh with his stories and jokes....

Dec 19, 2017

Helen R. Dickey, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on January 1, 1936 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Roy & Margaret Heaney Parker.  She moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 where she worked for Saunders & Associates as a Food Broker and Secretary until...

Dec 16, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Linda Berg, age 90, died on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born to Dietrich and Katherine Olfert in Montana in 1927.  At the age of 12 her mother and family prayed with her to invite Christ into her life.  Assurance of salvation came at the time of her baptism. ...

Dec 12, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Kenneth D. Harms, age 82, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at his residence in Finney County, Kansas.  He was born on January 29, 1935 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Leonard and Iola Kuhlmann Harms.

A lifetime resident of Finney County, he worked as a farmer.

He is a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, the Elks Lodge and...

Dec 12, 2017