Obituaries

Marjorie Riggs

Marjorie Riggs

Apr 12, 2014

Marjorie A. Riggs, age 75, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on February 28, 1939 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Roger and Doris Frost Heim. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a cook and a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian...

Kendall Hornback

Kendall Hornback

Apr 12, 2014

Kendall Lee Hornback, age 50, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 16, 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky, the son Barney Lee and Brenda Lou Riggs Hornback. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2001 moving from Sonora, Kentucky, he was an Advocate for the Disabled....

Betty Barnes

Betty Barnes

Apr 9, 2014

Betty Ann Barnes, age 71, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on October 8, 1942 in Barton County, Kansas the daughter of Reuben R. & Edna Templing Steinert. A resident of Garden City since 1988, she was a certified dietician, having worked for the Russell Care Center in Russell,...

Melvena Rieth

Melvena Rieth

Apr 9, 2014

Melvena Fern Rieth, age 79, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born February 22, 1935 in Pierceville, Kansas, the daughter of John Frederick & Minnie Marie Bates Husband. A lifetime resident of Pierceville, she had been a beautician for 42 years before working for Arkvalley Pheasant. She was a member...

Anthony Kirk

Anthony Kirk

Apr 8, 2014

Anthony J. Kirk, age 55, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born June 6, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Alfred & Betty White Kirk. A resident of Garden City since 2008 he had worked for Tyson Fresh Meats. Anthony was a U.S. Army veteran serving from 1980-1990. He married Michelle...

Sarah Willis

Sarah Willis

Apr 5, 2014

Sarah Lucille Willis, age 95, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 30, 1919 in St. John, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Edith Yocum Cavemder. She grew up in St. John and after graduating High School she attended Central...

Ethel Palmblade

Ethel Palmblade

Apr 4, 2014

Leoti, Kansas Ethel Virgene "Jean" Palmblade, age 91, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Jean was born September 7, 1922 at Gypsum, Kansas, the daughter of Fred DeWitt & Ethel Winslow Cheney. A resident of Leoti since 1947 moving from Wellington, Kansas, she was a homemaker, secretary and the former owner/operator...

Charlotte Ridder

Charlotte Ridder

Apr 2, 2014

Charlotte Ann Ridder, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on January 6, 1946 in Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Louis & Marguerite Mary Baker Zellner. A resident of lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas, she was a the owner and operator of Colonial...

Dixie Neuenschwander

Dixie Neuenschwander

Mar 31, 2014

Dixie L. Neuenschwander, age 79, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on November 9, 1934 in Durham, Kansas, the daughter of Adam & Elsie Ollenburger Miller. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1946 moving from Anaheim, California, she along with her husband Robert, were the owners...

Vera Buckbee

Vera Buckbee

Mar 31, 2014

Vera Mae Buckbee, age 84, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Via Christie in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on October 22, 1929 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Pauline Burr Schmitt. Vera was raised by her grandparents, Mr & Mrs Gottlieb Burr and was a resident of Scott City,...

Patricia Palen

Patricia Palen

Mar 29, 2014

Patricia A. Palen, age 82, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on July 11, 1931 in Leoti, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur L. and Genevieve E. Manning Gribben. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1953 moving from Leoti, Kansas, she was a Nurse. She was...

Donald Robinson

Donald Robinson

Mar 28, 2014

Donald D. Robinson, age 78, died on Friday, March 28, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on July 1, 1935 in Olsburg, Kansas the son of Artie & June McCullough Robinson. A resident of Garden City since 1963, he was a self employed carpenter and a district management salesman for Guys Food for 20 years,...

Donnie Geist

Donnie Geist

Mar 21, 2014

Donnie R. Geist, age 66, passed away on Friday, March 21, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 19, 1947 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Leland "Hap" Clarence & Lelia Louise Wade Geist. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he retired from Wheatland Electric Cooperative in 2009 after 30...

Merlin Gardner

Merlin Gardner

Mar 20, 2014

Merlin M. Gardner, age 92, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on March 24, 1921 in North West Wichita County, Kansas, the son of Clarence Artley & Ethel Blanch Davis Gardner. A lifetime resident of Wichita County and Scott County, he was a Farmer and was the...

Juanita Brown

Juanita Brown

Mar 20, 2014

Juanita F. Brown, age 92, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Juanita was born July 3, 1921 in Selkirk, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob A. & Mertie Belle Vincent Reimer. Returning to Wichita County, Kansas following her retirement in 1993, she was an educator, earning her Masters degree...

Frances Fleming

Frances Fleming

Mar 19, 2014

Frances Fleming left us peacefully to be with the Lord on March 19, 2014 at Covenant Place of Lenexa, Kansas and was surrounded by family at the time of her passing. She was born July 7, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Paul and Dominica Sciortino Losciuto. Frances grew up in Brooklyn, New York where she met her...

Ruth Holland

Ruth Holland

Mar 19, 2014

Ruth E. Holland, age 97 went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 1, 1916 in Clayton, New Mexico to Ivan and Nina (Gardner) Weaver. She was raised by her parents Walter and Nina Woodall in Hutchinson, Kansas. She married...

Lanny Mehl

Lanny Mehl

Mar 19, 2014

Leoti, Kansas Lanny DeWayne Mehl, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in East Aurora, New York. Lanny was born July 11, 1940 at Offerle, Kansas, the son of Reinhart Earnest & Pearl Elizabeth Hall Mehl. Lanny was a farmer and had been a resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1972 moving from Mesa, Arizona, where he served in...

Mark Sellers

Mark Sellers

Mar 16, 2014

Mark J. Sellers, age 57, died on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on March 25, 1956 in Oneonta, Alabama the son of Johnie Bob & Wilma Jean Godfrey Sellers. A resident of Garden City since 2008, he was a truck driver. Survivors Include: One Son, Thomas Sellers of Savannah, Georgia; His...

Marilyn Hawk

Marilyn Hawk

Mar 11, 2014

Marilyn Imogene Hawk, age 90, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born December 15, 1923 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Pat and Agnes Goddard Concannon. A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and...