Obituaries

George Bauck

George Bauck

Jan 6, 2013

Leoti, Kansas George C. Bauck, age 96, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. George was born December 25, 1916 in the St. Theresa community of northwestern Wichita County, Kansas, the son of John C. & Theresa Goetz Bauck. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, he was a farmer and rancher...

Helen Isaac

Helen Isaac

Jan 5, 2013

Helen K. Isaac, age 99, died Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born July 29, 1913 in Meade, Kansas the daughter of Henry H. and Katharina Friesen. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1972, she was a homemaker and had been a harvest crew cook for Abe & Ben...

L.D. Parkinson

L.D. Parkinson

Jan 3, 2013

Louis Davidson "L. D." Parkinson, 92, died Thursday January 3 at his home in Scott City after a long illness. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho on November 29, 1920, one of eleven children born to Henry G. Parkinson and Hannah A. Parkinson of Rexburg. He graduated with honors from the University of Idaho in 1942 where he received a...

Florence Yocum

Florence Yocum

Jan 2, 2013

Florence Anna Yocum, age 84, died Tuesday, January 2, 2013 at the Legacy @ Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born on May 7, 1928 in Prairie Home, Nebraska the daughter of Bernard and Lydia McColm Toland. She was a homemaker and had been a resident of Garden City since 1950. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist...

Elnora Sloan-Butler

Elnora Sloan-Butler

Jan 2, 2013

Elnora Elizabeth Sloan Butler, age 89, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at the Homestead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. She was born May 24, 1923 in Pawnee County, Kansas the daughter of George and Harriet Myers Hahn. A resident of Garden City since 1945 she was a farm wife and homemaker. She was a member of the...

Donald Hedges

Donald Hedges

Dec 30, 2012

Donald E. Hedges, age 80, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Porter Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He was born on November 11, 1932 in Offerle, Kansas, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Hazel Gladys Schenk Hedges. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1956 moving from Manhattan, Kansas, he was a Teacher and School Administrator and a...

Dwain Ingram

Dwain Ingram

Dec 27, 2012

Dwain M. Ingram, age 77, passed away on Thursdayy, December 27, 2012 at Galachia Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Dwain was born January 24, 1935 at Rago, Kansas, the son of Cortlandt Dwight & Myrna Blanche Minor Ingram. A resident of Greeley County, Kansas since 1941, he was a farmer and musician. Dwain was a member of the United Methodist Church...

Clark Showalter

Clark Showalter

Dec 26, 2012

Clark "Jack" Marion Showalter, Sr., age 78, a former Garden City resident, recently moving to Apache Junction, AZ, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at the Hospice of Arizona, in Mesa, Arizona. He was born on January 11, 1934 in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Clark Miller & Bertha L. Rhodes Showalter. Mr. Showalter had been an optician and was...

Charles Mayer

Charles Mayer

Dec 26, 2012

Charles W. Mayer, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at the Prowers Medical Center in Lamar, Colorado. He was born on April 14, 1930 in Crowley County, Colorado, the son of William Charles and Grace Collins Mayer. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Crowley County, Colorado, he owned and operated the A&W Drive...

Pamela Hahn

Pamela Hahn

Dec 19, 2012

Pamela Jane Hahn, age 65, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Pam was born December 2, 1947 at San Diego, California, the daughter of Samuel & Juanita Horton Clemens. A resident of Wichita County, Kansas since 1971 moving from Port Hueneme, California, she was a homemaker, school bus...

Dorothy Rivenburg

Dorothy Rivenburg

Dec 19, 2012

Dorothy M. Rivenburg, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Westridge Assisted Living in Girard, Kansas. Dorothy was born July 6, 1922 on the family farm at Sharon Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer & Effie Burns Chaney. Dorothy graduated of Greeley County High School in 1941. She was a homemaker and had lived the majority of...

Louis Vasquez

Louis Vasquez

Dec 18, 2012

Louis N. Vasquez, age 88, died Monday, December 18, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 15, 1924 in Manzanola, Colorado, the son of Florentino and Concha Navarez Vasquez. A resident of Garden City since 1970 he had worked for the ACRA Plant in Garden City retiring in 1984. Louis was a...

Gilbert Knipp

Gilbert Knipp

Dec 13, 2012

Gilbert Knipp, age 98, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on June 8, 1914 in Ellinwood, Kansas, the son of Peter Joseph and Sophia Arnesdorf Knipp. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1930 moving from Ellinwood, Kansas, he was a farmer & cattleman. On June...

Timothy Dirks

Timothy Dirks

Dec 11, 2012

Timothy Don Dirks, age 16, passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in Hays, Kansas as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on May 7, 1996 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Daryl & Vernita Schmidt Dirks. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas he was a student and worked for Dirks Earth Moving. He was...

Josephine Gaschler

Josephine Gaschler

Dec 9, 2012

Josephine F. Gaschler, age 92, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Homestead of Topeka in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on February 20, 1920 in West Plains, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Lippe Cunningham. A resident of Scott City, Kansas from 1953 until 2004 moving from and then back to Topeka, Kansas, she was an LPN....

Theodore Shelden

Theodore Shelden

Dec 8, 2012

Theodore M. "Ted" Shelden, age 69, died Saturday, December 8, 2012, at the Kansas Soldiers Home in Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was born April 20, 1943 in Trinidad, Colorado, the son of Eli Norman & Ida Mae Clower Shelden. A lifelong resident of Garden City, Ted had worked at Kerr Implement and later as Parts Manager for Machine Supply for...

James Weatherred

James Weatherred

Dec 7, 2012

Deerfield, Kansas James (Jim) Weatherred, age 60, former Deerfield resident, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 at his home in Wellington, Colorado. He was born Nov.14, 1952 in Lamar, Colorado the son of Duane and Wanda Grauberger Weatherred A resident of Colorado since 1970 he worked for the Department of Agriculture for 18 years and then ran his own consulting and...

Wanda England

Wanda England

Dec 6, 2012

Wanda England passed away on December 6, 2012 at Medicalodge in Arkansas City. She was a homemaker. She was born to Nora (Blummer) Shifflett and Ivory Preston Shifflett on Oct. 2, 1927 in Orland, Calif. She grew up in California and moved with her family to Oklahoma when she was 16. She married Bob Edgar England July 25, 1946 in...

Sgt. Floyd Brown

Sgt. Floyd Brown

Dec 3, 2012

Sgt. Floyd L. Brown, age 52, died Monday, December 3, 2012 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on May 4, 1960 in Muleshoe, Texas the son of Lester and Alice Williams Brown. A resident of Garden City since 1992 he had been a truck driver for the Garden City Feed Yard, LLC. Floyd was a member...

Bernard Rose

Bernard Rose

Dec 3, 2012

Bernard I. Rose, age 89, passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on March 9, 1923 in Scott County, the son of Roy R. And Iva M. Crane Rose. Bernard served in the Navy during World War II. He was a lifetime resident and farmer of Scott County,...