Obituaries

Vurlyn Gallaway

Vurlyn Gallaway

May 11, 2014

Garden City, Kansas Vurlyn Larea Gallaway, age 70, died Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born June 26, 1943 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Noah Paul and Nina Mildred Will Hummer. A graduate of GCHS and GCCC, she worked as a secretary for 20 years at Pueblo Chemical, 8...

Phil Sanderson

Phil Sanderson

May 10, 2014

Phil T. Sanderson, age 59, died on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 28, 1955 in Abilene, Kansas the son of Bud and Eileen Thurmond Sanderson. A resident of Garden City since 2012 he was a carpenter. He is survived by: A few friends and a sister. There...

Phuoc Nguyen

Phuoc Nguyen

May 6, 2014

Phuoc Hong Nguyen, age 86, formerly of Garden City, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in Sarasota, Florida. He was born on January 1, 1928 in An Giang, Vietnam the son of Mau Van Ngo and Long Thi Tran and he was a farmer. He was a member of the Catholic Faith. On September 19, 1951 he married Da Thi "Teresa"...

Kenneth Lerman

Kenneth Lerman

May 5, 2014

Lerman, Kenneth B., 67, self-employed business consultant, professional speaker and author, died May 5, 2014 in Wichita, KS. Survived by his wife Geri Anne Appel, Ken was born April 15, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Albert Lerman and Dorithee Goldman Lerman who survives. His brothers Ron and Gary also survive. Ken enlisted in the Navy at the age...

John Leys

John Leys

May 3, 2014

John "Jack" Leys, age 59, died Saturday, May 3, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born August 30, 1954 in Conrad, Montana the son of John M. and Dixie L. Biffle Leys. A resident of Garden City since 1974, he was a mechanic at Marv's Garage. He was a member of the Bible Christian Church of...

Judy  Ribbing

Judy Ribbing

May 3, 2014

Judy K. Ribbing, age 67, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 14, 1947 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Bessie McClinden Tabor. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2007 moving from Garden City, Kansas, she was a retired caterer and cook...

Galen Steffens

Galen Steffens

May 3, 2014

Galen J. Steffens, age 51, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 21, 1962 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Pete and Vicky Hanzlick Steffens. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a maintenance engineer for Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City,...

Leatrice Lane

Leatrice Lane

Apr 30, 2014

Tribune, Kansas Leatrice Mary Lane, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at her daughters house in Cashion, Oklahoma. Leatrice was born November 23, 1928 in Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl Ludwick & Mary Koriel Kiefer. A lifetime resident of Wichita and Greeley Counties, she was a farm wife, homemaker, bookkeeper and a former dietician at...

Kathleen Dirks

Kathleen Dirks

Apr 29, 2014

Kathleen L. Dirks, age 58, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at her home surrounded by family and friends in Logan County, Kansas. She was born on June 12, 1955 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil Lorg and Geraldine Biermann Lorg. A resident of Scott City & Logan County, Kansas since childhood, she was a homemaker. She was...

Luis Rodriguez

Luis Rodriguez

Apr 29, 2014

Luis Rodriguez, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 21, 1943 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Macedonio and Eulogia Ramirez Rodriguez. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he retired from Sunflower Electric in 1993 as a mechanic. Survivors include his Two Sons -...

Eric Arnold

Eric Arnold

Apr 28, 2014

Eric Todd (E.A.) Arnold, age 47, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2014 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Eric was born December 16, 1966 at Salina, Kansas, the son of Carolyn Arnold. A Tribune resident since 1992 moving from Manhattan, Kansas, he was Superintendant at Prairie Ridge Golf Course, coach for Greeley County Junior High School Basketball...

Harry Chvilicek

Harry Chvilicek

Apr 27, 2014

Harry James Chvilicek, age 81, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Wichita County Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Harry was born April 10, 1933 in Marienthal, Kansas, the son of John & Barbara Kessler Chvilicek. Harry served his country in Germany during the Korean Conflict with the United States Army. A lifetime resident of Marienthal, Kansas he...

Dorothy Fetterolf

Dorothy Fetterolf

Apr 26, 2014

Dorothy LoRee Fetterolf, age 76, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 9, 1937 in Stockton, Kansas the daughter of Charles LeRoy and Dorothy Mae Still McLaughlin. A resident of Garden City since 2010, she had been a retail sales clerk and cashier. She was a member of...

Esther Koehn

Esther Koehn

Apr 21, 2014

Tribune, Kansas Esther Unruh Koehn, age 97, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 Western Plains Medical Center in Dodge City, Kansas. Esther was born February 13, 1917 in rural McPherson County, Kansas, the daughter of Peter J. & Eva Unruh. She had been a resident of Sterling House in Dodge City, Kansas since 2010 moving from Tribune, Kansas where...

Edith Berend

Edith Berend

Apr 21, 2014

Marienthal, Kansas Edith Marie Berend, age 81, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Edith was born October 20, 1932 at Coronado, Kansas, the daughter of August & Beata Kreutzer Luebbers. A lifetime resident of the Marienthal, Kansas area, she was a homemaker. Edith was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and...

Lula Dirks

Lula Dirks

Apr 21, 2014

Lula M. Dirks, age 75, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 8, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Wilfred Alton and Lucille Thelma Arnall Coe. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1960 moving from Downey, California, she was a homemaker and a bus...

Greg Skibbe

Greg Skibbe

Apr 16, 2014

Greg Alan Skibbe, age 58, passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at his home in Scott County, Kansas. He was born on March 12, 1956 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Albert and Pauline Gile Skibbe. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, he was a farmer. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in...

Fred Piper

Fred Piper

Apr 16, 2014

Fred Allen Piper, age 62, passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. Fred was born November 13, 1951 at Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Paul Edward, Sr. & Frances Marie Wasson Piper, he had been a resident of Garden City since1978 moving from Dodge City. He was one of the original...

Wendy Perryman

Wendy Perryman

Apr 13, 2014

Wendy C. Perryman, age 48, died Sunday, April 13, 2014 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born September 23, 1965 in Evanston, Wyoming the daughter of Dennis & Cherilyn Karn Perryman. Wendy received her Bachelors and Masters Degree from the University of Wyoming at Laramie and obtained her PhD in Neuroanatomy & Cell Biology from the University...

Reba Hearson

Reba Hearson

Apr 13, 2014

Reba R. Hearson, age 87, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on July 3, 1926 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Jay and Grace Lynch Taylor. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker and a Clerk for Duckwalls from 1983 until 1990....