Obituaries

Lena Rachel Russell

Lena Rachel Russell

Nov 14, 2015

Lena Rachel Farr Russell, age 90, died Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. She was born on April 30, 1925 in Logan County, Kansas the daughter of James Wiley and Ida Elizabeth Patton Farr. She was a member of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Scott City Community until 2006. On...

Carole  Stark

Carole Stark

Nov 8, 2015

Carole Stark, age 77, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Hays, Kansas. She was born on September 17, 1938 in Ness County, Kansas to Sylvester and Rosie Herman Breit. She attended her first eleven years of school in Utica moving with her family to Scott City in 1955 to attend Scott Community High School...

Blake Allen Nickelson

Blake Allen Nickelson

Nov 8, 2015

Blake Allen Nickelson, age 22, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 in rural Wichita County, Kansas. Blake was born February 17, 1993 in Lakin, Kansas, the son of Michael Todd & Diane Michelle (Clymer) Nickelson. A 2011 graduate of Wichita County High School where he served as class president and was a participant in football, basketball and baseball programs,...

Brandon Ray Younker

Brandon Ray Younker

Nov 4, 2015

Scott City Brandon Ray Younker, age 23, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 in Ludowici, Georgia. He was born on September 26, 1992 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Blair Younker and Roberta “Bobbi” Dearden. Survivors include his Father - Blair Younker of Aberdeen, South Dakota accompanied by Irene Younker of Denton, Texas, Mother - Roberta “Bobbi” Strait...

Della Irene Heinitz

Della Irene Heinitz

Nov 4, 2015

Leoti, Kansas Della Irene Heinitz, age 89, passed away on November 4, 2015 in rural Logan County, Kansas. Della was born May 18, 1926 on the Blau family homestead in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of William & Gladys Couch Blau. A lifetime resident of western Kansas, she was a ranch wife, homemaker, and was a school cook at Hi-Plains...

Harold W. Hall, Jr.

Harold W. Hall, Jr.

Nov 2, 2015

Dighton, Kansas Harold W. Hall, Jr., age 81, died November 2, 2015 at Reeds Cove in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on June 26, 1934 at Shields, Kansas to Angeline (Mc coy) and Harold W. Hall Sr. His early years were spent in Lakin, Kansas. The Family moved to Dighton where he attended Dighton Elementary School and graduated from Dighton...

Eugene D. Hutchins

Eugene D. Hutchins

Oct 29, 2015

Eugene D. “Scrubby” Hutchins, age 89, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on April 10, 1926 in Shields, Kansas, the son of Clarence Thomas “Pete” and Mary Sharp Hutchins. A Scott City resident since 1942 moving from Lane County, he was a farmer, stockman and antique...

Grace Minette White

Grace Minette White

Oct 27, 2015

Leoti, Kansas Grace Minette White, age 101, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Grace was born August 5, 1914 on the Fletcher family homestead in the Sunnyside township of northeastern Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn Howard & Hattie ( White ) Fletcher. A lifetime resident of Wichita and Greeley Counties,...

LeRoy  Edgar Hoffman

LeRoy Edgar Hoffman

Oct 20, 2015

LeRoy Edgar Hoffman, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland, Kansas. Leroy was born May 1, 1937 in Tribune, Kansas, the son of Jay Arthur & Hazel Irene (Thon) Hoffman. He had been a resident at Bethesda Place in Hays, Kansas since 1981 moving to Golden West in Goodland, Kansas in...

Murl Loyd Eitel

Murl Loyd Eitel

Oct 19, 2015

Murl Loyd Eitel, age 91, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 2, 1924 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Murl and Carolina Geist Eitel. A lifetime Scott City resident, he was a farmer and a US Navy Veteran of World War II. He was...

Raymond Ralph A. Mills

Raymond Ralph A. Mills

Oct 19, 2015

GARDEN CITY Raymond Ralph A. Mills, died October 19, 2015 at the Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lonetree, Colorado. He was born on June 6, 1939 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of William J. and Myrtle Hummer Mills. He was a member of the Garden City community until 1965 when he moved to Denver, Colorado. He served his country...

Cora Virginia Wilkens

Cora Virginia Wilkens

Oct 19, 2015

Cora Virginia Wilkens, age 98, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Mrs. Wilkens was born July 11, 1917 in Willow Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Ghould & Tracy (Builta) Moore. A resident of Leoti since 2010 moving from Visalia, California, she was a homemaker and a Missionary. Mrs....

Shirley A. Mumma

Shirley A. Mumma

Oct 15, 2015

Shirley A. Mumma, age 78, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on February 19, 1937 in Boulder, Colorado, the daughter of Clyde Arthur and Daisy Mae Ham Montgomery. A Scott City, Kansas resident from 1960 until 2005 When she moved to Wichita, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was...

Shirley LoRee Bruner

Shirley LoRee Bruner

Oct 6, 2015

Shirley L. Bruner, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at her home in Dighton, Kansas. She was born on May 26, 1932 in Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of Oren R. And Florence Lewis Howard. She was a resident for over 50 years in Lane County, Kansas and was the owner and operator of Shirley’s Cafe in...

Keith Eugene Niswonger

Keith Eugene Niswonger

Oct 5, 2015

Keith Eugene Niswonger, age 90, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2015 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Keith was born October 3, 1925 on the Niswonger homestead in Northern Wichita County, Kansas, the son of Emerson Anderson & Stella May (Burruss) Niswonger. A lifetime resident of Western Kansas, he was a farmer and stockman and President of Niswonger...

Lelyn Paul Betts

Lelyn Paul Betts

Oct 2, 2015

Lelyn Paul Betts, age 43, went to be with the Lord Friday, October 2, 2015 in Coldwater, Kansas. He was born on March 10, 1972 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Paul Betts and Carolyn Manske. He was a member of the Bible Christian Church in Garden City, Kansas. Survivors include: Mother Carolyn Manske of Cimarron, Kansas Three Daughters...

Maria S. Rodriquez

Maria S. Rodriquez

Sep 27, 2015

Maria S. Rodriquez, age 52, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at BSA Hospice in Amarillo, Texas. She was born on April 18, 1963 in Talamantes, Chihuahua, Mexico the daughter of Guerrero Bailon Flores and Lucrecia Loya Gutierrez. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1999 moving from Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, she was a homemaker. On March 31, 2000...

Erma  Adamson

Erma Adamson

Sep 26, 2015

Erma Maxine Adamson, age 97, died on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 15, 1918 in Minneola, Kansas, the daughter of Birt Eli and Maude Ward Adamson. Erma graduated from Garden City High School in 1935; from Garden City Junior College in 1937; and the Kansas State...

Donald A. Taylor

Donald A. Taylor

Sep 25, 2015

Wallace Donald A. Taylor, age 70, passed away at his home in Wallace County, Kansas on Friday, September 25, 2015. He was born on December 15, 1944 in Flagler, Colorado, the son Charles Henry and Bertha Elizabeth Beckner Taylor. A resident of Wallace County, Kansas since 2007 moving from Salem, Missouri, he was a Truck Driver and Herdsman on dairy...

Alice M. Sutton

Alice M. Sutton

Sep 23, 2015

Alice M. Sutton, age 83, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at her residence in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on May, 22, 1932 the daughter of Les and Maude Sutton. With a desire for independence, she decided to petition the state to become her own guardian. She had to prove she was competent and that she could make her...