Obituaries

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,...

Patsy Ruddick

Patsy Ruddick

Dec 1, 2012

Patsy Ruth Ruddick, age 79, died Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born December 16, 1932 in Arma, Kansas the daughter of Joseph Clarence & Eva Alumbaugh Ruddick. A resident of Garden City since 1954, she was a teacher and had been the Director of Library Services at Garden City...

Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

Dec 1, 2012

Billy L. Curtis, age 73, passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on March 23, 1939 in Ness County, Kansas, the son of Clarence Willie and Vera Merle Conner Curtis. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1970 moving from Dighton, Kansas, he was the owner and operator of...

Lee Fairchild

Lee Fairchild

Nov 28, 2012

Lee Roy Fairchild, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Lee was born April 23, 1935 at Zenda, Kansas, the son of Richard Guy & Florence Opal Ridge Fairchild. He was a retired farmer and had been a resident of Leoti since 1942 moving from the Zenda, Kansas area. Following...

Wilbur Plowman

Wilbur Plowman

Nov 26, 2012

Wilbur LeRoy Plowman, age 68, passed away on Monday, November 26, 2012 at Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas. LeRoy was born November 8. 1944 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Wilbur E. & Edith Gibson Plowman. He was a farmer and truck driver and was also retired from the United States Army. LeRoy attended the Assembly of God Church...

Wanda Haflich

Wanda Haflich

Nov 26, 2012

Wanda Sue Haflich, age 59, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on August 12, 1953 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Aaron & Mary Combs Hurtt. She was a homemaker and had been a lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas. On February 26, 1985 she married Bernard Haflich...

Lydia Schweer

Lydia Schweer

Nov 23, 2012

Lydia Schweer, age 96, died Friday, November 23, 2012 at HPH Hospice in New Port Richey, Florida. She was born on September 3, 1916 in WaKeeney, Kansas, the daughter of John Henry and Magdalena Knaus Mai. Lydia was a homemaker and in 1998 left Garden City to live with her daughter. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church...

Stella Anderson

Stella Anderson

Nov 23, 2012

Stella Marie Anderson, age 88, passed away on Thursday, November 23, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on October 24, 1925 in Clemscott, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ora and Francis Matlock Masters. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1962 moving from Satanta, Kansas, she was the Office Manager for the local Cable...

Margaret Green

Margaret Green

Nov 22, 2012

Margaret "Marg" Green, age 91, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Wichita County Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Marg was born September 19, 1921 at Mount Harris, Colorado, the daughter of John Henry and Barbara Annie Robertson Prosser. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1930, she was a homemaker. Marg was a member of the First Presbyterian...

Howard Cheney

Howard Cheney

Nov 22, 2012

Howard Edwin Cheney, age 82, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 31, 1930 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Gilbert Howard and Emma Mildred Dague Cheney. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, he was a farmer. His memberships include the Fellowship Baptist Church...

Evelyn Hutchins

Evelyn Hutchins

Nov 21, 2012

Evelyn I. Hutchins, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on June 28, 1932 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Martin and Maude Briggs Hopper. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker and was an owner and operator of a local...

Verla Lewallen-Been

Verla Lewallen-Been

Nov 18, 2012

Verla Jean Lewallen-Been 82 of Blue Springs, MO passed away Sunday November 18, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral Service will be 11:00 am Saturday November 24, 2012 with the Rev. Jerry Craig officiating at the Meyers Funeral Chapel 1600 West Main St. Blue Springs, MO. Interment will take place in Blue Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior...

Dorothy Rowh

Dorothy Rowh

Nov 18, 2012

Dorothy M. Rowh, age 89, passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on February 10, 1923 in Norton County, Kansas, the daughter of William Guy and Mabel Irene Temple Vanover. She attended school in the Lyle, Kansas community until the spring of 1937. Her folks moved to Clayton,...

Kenneth Eikenberry

Kenneth Eikenberry

Nov 16, 2012

Kenneth W. Eikenberry, age 94, passed away on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Wichita County Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Kenny was born May 1, 1918 at Liberty, Kansas, the son of Wilson & Josephine J. VanCleav Eikenberry, he was a retired grain elevator operator and had been a Leoti resident since 1958 moving from the Liberty, Kansas area....