Obituaries

Albert  Klaus

Albert Klaus

Sep 22, 2015

Albert P. Klaus, age 80, died Tuesday September, 22, 2015 at his residence in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on July 25, 1935 in Delta, Colorado, the son of Anton and Eva Knob Klaus. He was a lifetime member of the Holcomb and Garden City communities working as a farmer. He was a member of the local VFW, St....

Lewis E. Mitchell

Lewis E. Mitchell

Sep 22, 2015

Lewis E. “Mitch” Mitchell passed away at Scott County Hospital on September 22, 2015, as the result of pneumonia and lymphoma. He was born on November 28, 1924, in Dodge City, Kansas, and was the oldest son of Walter C. and Myrna Cleo Henderson Mitchell. Mitch married Donis C. Hughes on August 13, 1949, and they celebrated their 66th anniversary this...

Chad Lee Medina

Chad Lee Medina

Sep 21, 2015

Chad Lee Medina, age 41, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at his home in Portland, Oregon. Chad was born March 16, 1974 in Leoti, Kansas, the son of Charles & Laura (Bishop) Medina. Chad attended kindergarten through the seventh grade in Copeland, Kansas and eighth grade through his senior year in Leoti, Kansas. Following graduation in 1992 at...

Glen F. Staats

Glen F. Staats

Sep 19, 2015

Glen F. Staats, age 84, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at his home in Cimarron, Kansas. He was born on May 12, 1931 in Copeland, Kansas, the son of Perry V. And Lula Belle Clements Staats. He was a rancher and farmer in Logan County, Kansas from 1958 until he retired in 1996. A Scott City resident from...

Lorna D. Ketterling

Lorna D. Ketterling

Sep 17, 2015

Lorna D. Ketterling, age 75, died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on April 10, 1940 in Bowdle, South Dakota the daughter of William and Ella Fyote Krueger. She worked as a nurses aide at St. Catherine Hospital for over 20 years. On June 4, 1961 she married Herbert...

Merle  Wiederstein

Merle Wiederstein

Sep 12, 2015

GARDEN CITY Merle Wiederstein, age 88, died on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at his residence in Garden City, Kansas, He was born on November 24, 1926 in Newton, Kansas the son of Harry Wiederstein and Helen Wiederstein McComick. He attended and Graduated from Halstead High School in 1945. He served 17 months in the Armed Services during World War II,...

Geraldine Louise Ribbing

Geraldine Louise Ribbing

Sep 10, 2015

Geraldine L. Ribbing, age 87, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 19, 1928 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Conley and Minnie Glenn Oxford. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1971 moving from Garden City, Kansas, she was Homemaker and the Owner and Operator of...

Eleanor Myrtle Good

Eleanor Myrtle Good

Sep 7, 2015

Eleanor M. Lewis Good, age 82, died on Monday, September 7, 2015 at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on October 11, 1932 in Enders, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Nellye Litten Lewis. Having been a member of the Garden City Community since 1969 moving from Commerce City, Colorado Eleanor had worked as a...

Vera E. Cox

Vera E. Cox

Sep 6, 2015

Vera E. Cox , age 98, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on June 5, 1917 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Grover Otis and Daisy Belle Ryan Coker. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a Wife, Mother, Church Secretary, and Church...

Jennie Leona Woelk

Jennie Leona Woelk

Sep 2, 2015

Jennie Leona Woelk, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Jennie was born September 8, 1922 in Geneseo, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Monroe & Carrie Leona (Smith) Cronkite. A resident of Greeley County since 1952 moving from Sheridan Lake, Colorado, she was a farm wife, homemaker, a former employee of...

George Leon Cramer

George Leon Cramer

Sep 1, 2015

George L. “Fuzz” Cramer, age 88, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on June 3, 1927 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Shirley Mulford and Della Evalyn Swilley Cramer. A lifetime resident of Healy, Kansas he was a Farmer and Rancher. George was a member...

Irmalee  Eggleston

Irmalee Eggleston

Aug 24, 2015

Irmalee Eggleston, age 89, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 7, 1926 in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Gladys Council Lowe. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1949 moving from Winona, Kansas, she was a secretary for Farm Bureau Insurance...

Allan L. Hoeme

Allan L. Hoeme

Aug 24, 2015

Allan L. Hoeme, age 61, passed away on Monday August 24, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on March 29, 1954 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Robert William and Erma Hofman Hoeme. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a farmer. He was a 1971 graduate of Scott Community...

Jace Austin Banner

Jace Austin Banner

Aug 20, 2015

Jace Austin Banner, age 23, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away on August 20, 2015, in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born on September 18, 1991, in Garden City, Kansas. He attended Garden City, Public Schools through his sophomore year of high school then attended Van Horn High School in Kansas City, Missouri his junior year. He graduated from Dodge City High...

Waunita May Gilmore

Waunita May Gilmore

Aug 20, 2015

Waunita May Gilmore, age 75, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at her home in Leoti, Kansas. Waunita was born August 29, 1939 in Leoti, Kansas, the daughter of Fred & Lucille (Wilken) Graf. She was a 1956 graduate of Wichita County High School in Leoti, Kansas. She was a Homemaker, Farm Wife, and Librarian and served as a...

Kenneth  Tilson

Kenneth Tilson

Aug 20, 2015

Kenneth Tilson Passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Max  Burgess

Max Burgess

Aug 19, 2015

L. Max Burgess, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on October 24, 1936 at the family farm in Scott County, Kansas, the son of Wade and Adalene Phillips Burgess. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was an owner and operator of B&H Paving...

Joe Edward Smith

Joe Edward Smith

Aug 16, 2015

Joe Edwards Smith, age 87, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015 at Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, Kansas. Joe was born August 29, 1927 in Scott City, Kansas, the third child of A.E. & Margaret ( Murphy ) Smith. Joe attended primary school at Greeley County Elementary and graduated from Kemper Military School at Booneville, Missouri...

Arlene  Iris  Mishler

Arlene Iris Mishler

Aug 15, 2015

Arlene Iris Mishler, age 84, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Arlene was born July 10, 1931 in Jewell, Kansas, the daughter of Richard F. & Clara L. (McKenzie) McMinimy. A resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1968, she was a homemaker and retired bank teller in both Leoti & Tribune, Kansas Arlene...

Karla Mae Coleman

Karla Mae Coleman

Aug 8, 2015

Karla Mae Coleman, 60 entered into rest on Aug. 8, 2015 at her home in Garden City, Kansas after a long struggle with cancer.  She was born Sept. 29, 1954 to Delmas and Melva (Grupe) McKnight in Wichita, Kansas.  She spent her childhood on the family farm near Rose Hill, Kansas and many happy memories were made there.  After graduating...