Obituaries

Roger Dale Hamilton

Roger Dale Hamilton

Jul 18, 2016

Roger Dale Hamilton was born October 23, 1922 at South Haven, KS. He departed this life on July 18th, 2016, at age 93. He was lovingly cared for his last few years by nurses and staff at Garden Valley Retirement Village, Hospice, friends and his family. He was the son of Elsie Louderman and Everett Hamilton and the oldest of...

Sandra (Tucker) Tollefson

Sandra (Tucker) Tollefson

Jul 15, 2016

Sandra (Tucker) Tollefson, age 65, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born on January 20, 1951 in Superior, Wisconsin. For the last 20 years, Sandi led a quiet simple life in the Las Vegas area with Dave Voiss. Her passions were gardening, traveling, friends and family. She liked exploring new places and new...

Pat Vern O'Brien

Pat Vern O'Brien

Jul 14, 2016

Pat Vern O’Brien 75, passed away on July 14, 2016. Pat was born on October 12, 1940, in Independence, Kansas to Paul O. O’Brien and Lois Johnson. He grew up in Eastern Kansas and moved to Western Kansas when he was 18. He then married Charlene May Farr in 1963. Later he married Janice (Faurot) Stoppel September 1, 1978. He...

Don L. Taylor

Don L. Taylor

Jul 9, 2016

Scott City Don L. Taylor, age 85, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on October 14, 1930 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Frank H. And Fannie T. Comstock Taylor. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Leoti, Kansas, he was a...

Gerald Lee Nix

Gerald Lee Nix

Jul 9, 2016

Gerald Lee Nix, age 84, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Maemar Manor in Victorville, California. He was born on February 7, 1932 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Bert and Golda Logston Nix. A resident of Tribune, Kansas since early 1971 until he moved to Victorville, California in 2006. He was a Teacher, Coach, Bus Driver...

Marilyn J. Speer

Marilyn J. Speer

Jul 8, 2016

Marilyn J. Speer, age 81, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2016 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 7, 1934 in Saline County, Nebraska, the daughter of George Kenneth & Florence Marie Ridpath Butt. A resident of Scott City, Kansas until 1965 moving to Modoc, Kansas, she was a homemaker and a...

Karen M. Piper

Karen M. Piper

Jul 8, 2016

Karen M. Piper, age 54, passed away at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas on Friday, July 8, 2016. She was born on December 7, 1961 in Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Francis and Violet Schenck Graham. She was a lifetime resident of Horace, Kansas and was the City Clerk of Horace in Horace, Kansas and worked for the...

Albert  Dean

Albert Dean

Jul 7, 2016

Albert Dean, age 98, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on October 9, 1917 in Rush County, Kansas, the son of William W. And Bessie Naomi Brewer Dean. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1932 moving from Rush County, Kansas, he was a Farmer. He was...

Norma   Thomas

Norma Thomas

Jul 7, 2016

Norma Thomas, age 83, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Thursday, July 7, 2016, She was born on January 28, 1933 in Liberal, Kansas the daughter of Frank S. and Lena M. Brown Sperling. She was a member of the FCE, and the First United Methodist Church of Garden City, Kansas. Norma worked as...

Twilla Marie Siebert

Twilla Marie Siebert

Jul 6, 2016

Twilla Marie Siebert, age 60, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at her residence in rural Finney County. She was born on October 17, 1955, in Hillsboro, Kansas the daughter of John F. and LuElla Reimer Jost. Twilla was a member of the Southwest Kansas community since 1974 having moved from Hillsboro, Kansas. She was an active member of the Garden...

Leland L. Crist

Leland L. Crist

Jul 6, 2016

Leland L. Crist, a lifetime Garden City area farmer, stockman, and businessman passed away on July 6, 2016 at the age of 92 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. The son of John U. and Ella Elizabeth (Simmons) Crist, Leland was born on October 12, 1923 in rural Scott County, Kansas, a few miles west of the Prairie View...

Margit Renate Dizmang

Margit Renate Dizmang

Jun 30, 2016

Margit Renate Dizmang, age 82, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Margit was born September 24, 1933 in Karlsruhe, Germany, the daughter of Ernst & Hilda (Horr) Stiefel. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1974, she was a CNA at Wichita County Health Center and Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas....

Ema Marie Calderon

Ema Marie Calderon

Jun 29, 2016

Ema Marie Calderon, age 57, died on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born February 20, 1959, in Lubbock, Texas, the daughter of Juanita Gonzalez and Ruben Calderon. Ema had been raised in the Garden City area and graduated from Garden City High School in 1976. Ema loved nothing more than spending time with...

Ralph B. Payne

Ralph B. Payne

Jun 28, 2016

Ralph B. Payne, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 2, 1923 in Larned, Kansas, the son of Edward Barnett & Viola Belle Butler Payne. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1933 moving from Sublette, Kansas, he was a Pharmacist Assistant and Clerk...

August Sylvester Baker

August Sylvester Baker

Jun 23, 2016

August Sylvester “Augie” Baker, age 72, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Augie was born February 14, 1944 in Marienthal, Kansas, the son of Sylvester Louis & Marie Catherine (Kohl) Baker. A lifetime resident of Marienthal, Kansas, he was a retired Auto Technician and Mechanic. Augie was a member of St. Mary...

Pat  Rudolph

Pat Rudolph

Jun 22, 2016

Pat Rudolph, age 85, of Scott City, KS passed away on June 22 in Scott City KS. Patricia Lou Hollingsworth was born February 20 1931 to Ralph and Eythel (Hopper) Hollingsworth in Scott City KS. Being a lifelong resident she attended Scott City schools graduating from Scott Community High School with the class of 1949. She married Lowell L Rudolph...

Leo  Lefort

Leo Lefort

Jun 21, 2016

Leo Lefort, age 87, died on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at his residence in Utica, Kansas. He was born on November 8, 1928 in Garden City, the son of Joseph and Mary Provost Lefort. He married Darlene Embree in August 10, 1953 in Clayton, New Mexico. She passed away on January 24, 1992. Survivors include: Four Children Laurie Henderhan of...

Donald D. Dornon

Donald D. Dornon

Jun 21, 2016

Donald D. Dornon, age 62, passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 22, 1953 in Oakley, Kansas, the son of William Dornon and Martha Alice Richardson Dornon Martin Gossett. He was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1987 after retiring from the US Marine & US Army...

Lucas Todd Matthies

Lucas Todd Matthies

Jun 18, 2016

Lucas Todd Matthies, age 36, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2016 in Scott County, Kansas. He was born on February 17, 1980 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of D. Craig and Marcia Kay Hillery Matthies. He was a a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas and was a mill operator for Beef Belt Feeders of Scott City, Kansas...

Margie R. Berry

Margie R. Berry

Jun 15, 2016

Margie R. Berry, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on June 1, 1935 in Bradshaw, Texas, the daughter of Landon Hickland and Clara LaVada Bagwell Turnbow. She was the owner and operator of Berry Realty and was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1959 moving from...