Obituaries

Edith L. Donecker

Edith L. Donecker

May 28, 2016

Edith L. Donecker, age 89, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on May 29, 1926 in Gove County, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas G. and Mary E. Coe Russell. She was a homemaker and a school cook for over 20 years.

She was a member of the United...

Robert Anson McDaniel

Robert Anson McDaniel

May 25, 2016

Robert A. McDaniel, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 1, 1932 in South Logan County, Kansas, the son of Anson Robert and Daisy May Cook McDaniel. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a Farmer and Truck Driver. He was a member of...

M. Todd Steele

M. Todd Steele

May 23, 2016

M. Todd Steele, age 82, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 22, 1934 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Curtis Allen and Velma Ruth Armantrout Steele. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the First...

Henrietta  Baker

Henrietta Baker

May 21, 2016

Henrietta “ Henri “ Baker, age 89, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016 in Marienthal, Kansas. Henri was born April 10, 1927 in Schoenchen, Kansas, the daughter of John & Josephine (Werth) Graff. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, she was a farm wife, homemaker and loved gardening. Henri was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in...

Bruce  Hiss

Bruce Hiss

May 19, 2016

Bruce Hiss, age 61, died May 20, 2016 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on July 10, 1954 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the son of Carl Eugene and Constance Ann Miller Hiss. Survivors include: One Brother Michael Hiss of Garden City, Kansas One Sister Kathy Pirkig of Big Sur, California Aunts and Uncles George...

Jesse L. Mishler

Jesse L. Mishler

May 17, 2016

Jesse L. Mishler, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the Greeley County Hospital Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on July 16, 1928 in the original Kaw City, Oklahoma which is now where Kaw Lake is located, the son of Lee and Daisy Rogers Mishler. A resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1945, graduating...

Eunice  Leeper

Eunice Leeper

May 15, 2016

  Eunice (Toots) Leeper age 76 passed away May 15, 2016 She was the daughter of Beatrice Opal (York) & Clarence Leland Moler.   In 1958 she married Alvin (Shorty) Breit in Clayton, New Mexico.   November 19th 1966 Toots married Billy Leeper. They spent 49 happy years together. She was a lifetime member of VFW Auxiliary, and a member of the Eagles....

Richard Raymond Lyons

Richard Raymond Lyons

May 15, 2016

Garden City, Kansas Richard “Richie” Raymond Lyons, age 22, died on May 15, 2016 in Garden City, Kansas. He was born to Rick Lyons and Yvonne Lucero in Garden City, Kansas. He was a lifetime member of the Garden City community and was an active boy scout growing up. He is survived by: One Son Ezekiel Alejandro Lyons of Garden...

David Kheldar Dean Burdick Johnson

David Kheldar Dean Burdick Johnson

May 15, 2016

David Kheldar Dean Burdick Johnson, 21, of Scott City Kansas died on Sunday, May 15, 2016, in Denver, Colorado. Kheldar was born on November 30, 1994, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Wade Burdick and Rachel(Breitenbach) Archer. He grew up in Scott City, Kansas and Denver, Colorado. He enjoyed reading, drawing, puzzles, chess, loves dogs, fishing, spending time with...

Larry  Ventsam

Larry Ventsam

May 13, 2016

Larry L. Ventsam, age 82, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Larry was born May 17, 1933 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Herman William & Mildred Frances (Phillips) Ventsam. Larry was a Farmer and Rancher and had been a Wichita County resident since the 1930’s. Larry proudly served his country...

Mary  Stevenson

Mary Stevenson

May 13, 2016

Mary Catherine Stevenson, age 94, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Greeley County Hospital Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. Mary was born August 7, 1921 on the Woods family homestead in rural Greeley County, Kansas, the daughter of Curtis Palmer & Laura Juanita (Morgan) Woods. A lifetime resident of Greeley County, she was a Farm Wife and...

Frances  Embree

Frances Embree

May 9, 2016

Frances Embree, age 88, died on Monday, May 9, 2016 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on March 20, 1928 in Kalvesta, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Franklin and Emily McNeal Wheeler. On June 2, 1946, she married Gene Embree in Dodge City, Kansas. He passed away on Sept 6, 1991 in Garden City,...

Sandra  LaCoy

Sandra LaCoy

May 5, 2016

Sandra F. LaCoy, age 50, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on June 5, 1965 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin L. and Evelyn Berning Stegman. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1999 moving from Marienthal, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was...

Agustin A. Garcia

Agustin A. Garcia

May 4, 2016

Agustin A. Garcia, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on August 28, 1934 in La Merced, Guanajuato, Mexico, the son of Marcelino and Pascuala Garcia. He was a 50 year resident of Kearny County and for the last five years lived in Garden City, Kansas....

Thelma E. Branine

Thelma E. Branine

May 3, 2016

Thelma E. Branine, age 98, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 13, 1917 in Carman, Illinois, the daughter of Cleveland and Nellie Bollander Polson. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since July of 2013 moving from Pueblo, Colorado, she was a farm wife and Avon...

Jacinta Mary Schneider

Jacinta Mary Schneider

May 2, 2016

Jacinta Mary “Cindy” Schneider, age 61, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. Cindy was born December 1, 1954 at Colby, Kansas, the daughter of Waldo Emerson & Margaret (Bussen) Hoss. She had earned her Masters Degree in Education and for the past three years taught Business and Math in the Greeley...

Joan  MacDonnell

Joan MacDonnell

May 2, 2016

Joan MacDonnell, age 90, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on April 5, 1926 in Birmingham, England, the daughter of Edward Arthur and Lilith Lister. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1999 moving from Colorado Springs, Colorado, she was a retired secretary. She was a member...

Douglas Don Schultheiss

Douglas Don Schultheiss

May 1, 2016

Douglas D. Schultheiss, age 61, passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at his residence in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on November 16, 1954 in Alma, Michigan, the son of Donald and Ruth Ward Schultheiss. He was a resident of Garden City, Kansas since November of 2010 moving from Houston, Texas. He was a farmer and a commercial...

Sheryl Lyn Gerstberger

Sheryl Lyn Gerstberger

Apr 30, 2016

Sheryl Lyn “Sheri” Gerstberger, age 65, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Florissant, Colorado. Sheri was born March 7, 1951 in Oberlin, Kansas, the daughter of John & Vivian (Vickers) Wade, she was a farm and ranch wife and had been a Leoti, Kansas resident since 1990. She completed several years of college, majoring in Art education and...

Charles Ray Whitham

Charles Ray Whitham

Apr 25, 2016

Charles Ray Whitham of Leoti, Kansas, 87, died Monday, April 25, 2016, at Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born March 21, 1929, in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Ray Charles Whitham and Mabel Marie Garvin Whitham. He was a 1947 graduate of Scott Community High School and a 1952 graduate of the University of Kansas. 

Charles served...