James Long
May 29, 2012
Leoti, Kansas James V. Long, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Jim was born July 4, 1924 at Burns, Kansas, the son of Lewis & Mary Scrivner Long. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1947 moving from Burns, Kansas, he was a truck driver and brick mason. Jim earned...
Donald Denton
May 28, 2012
Garden City, Kansas Donald Leroy Denton, age 72, died Monday, May 28, 2012 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on December 16, 1939 in Cimarron, Kansas the son of Cecil & Wilma Gertrude Imel Denton. Donald had worked as a well operator for Minter Wilson Drilling. On February 11, 1961, he married Glenda Lee in Garden...
Myrl Burch
May 27, 2012
Holcomb, Kansas Myrl A. Burch, died Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on June 11, 1924 in Woodward, Oklahoma the daughter of James Frank and Effie Mae Mendenhall Clovis. A longtime resident of Holcomb, Kansas she had been the owner and operator of a day care center. Survivors Include: Two...
Lorna Wiegers
May 23, 2012
Lorna Lou Wiegers, age 76, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Lorna was born January 19, 1936 at Walsh, Colorado, the daughter of Oren B. & Margaret E. Waldren Ames. A resident of Wichita County, Kansas since 1956 moving from Crowley, Colorado, she was a farm and ranch wife and a...
Frank Kreie
May 22, 2012
Frank A. Kreie, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 13, 1926 in Halstead, Kansas, the son of Frank A. and Beulah Jane Kirk Kreie Sr. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2008 moving from Rye, Colorado, he was a US Army Veteran...
Arlene Daniels
May 20, 2012
Arlene Q. Daniels, age 88, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at her home in Tribune, Kansas. Arlene was born December 30, 1923 at Bazine, Kansas, the daughter of Herman & Eunice Marshall Quenzer. A Greeley County resident since 1946 moving from Bazine, Kansas, she held a Masters Degree in Science earned from Fort Hays State University in 1976,...
Floyd Pointer
May 17, 2012
Floyd Pointer, age 80, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at his residence in Holcomb, Kansas. He was born on February 29, 1932 in Syracuse, Kansas the son of Floyd Pointer Sr. and Cleo Tope Earnest. A resident of Holcomb since 1973 moving from Las Vegas, Nevada, he was a retired Design Engineer working for Western Steel and Automation. He was...
Lawrence Wieser
May 15, 2012
Lawrence J. Wieser, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Lawrence was born March 27, 1920 in Kingman County, Kansas, the son of Peter Charles & Gertrude Osner Wieser. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1944, he was a seed dealer, farmer and businessman. Lawrence was a member of St....
Dean Bauer
May 15, 2012
Dean C. Bauer, age 50, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 13, 1962 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Raymond & Evelyn Dougherty Bauer. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, he was head of maintenance at Poky Feeders in Scott City, Kansas for...
Frances Koch
May 13, 2012
Frances Pauline Koch, age 93, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was the second of seven daughters born to John Elmer and Beulah Hazel Funk Hollister on Wednesday, December 11, 1918 in Cunningham, Kansas. She lived most of her childhood in Kingman and Spivey, Kansas before moving with...
Keith Shriver
May 12, 2012
Reno, Nevada Keith Ardis Shriver, age 84, died on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at his home in Reno, NV. Keith was born on June 22, 1927 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Taylor Ardis and Helen Marguriete Helfrick Shriver. Following the Dust Bowl days of the 1930's, his family moved to Buhl, Idaho. Shortly after his father's death in...
Forrest Ray
May 5, 2012
Forrest Eugene Ray passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho. This was a result of injuries sustained in a fall at a construction site on April 16, 2012. He was born October 4, 1955, in Tribune, Greeley County, Kansas, to Russell and Selma (Carlson) Ray. His father predeceased him on...
Morgan Altman
May 5, 2012
Morgan Kay Altman, age 16, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012 in rural Wichita County, Kansas. Morgan was born April 11, 1996 at Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Ryan C & Cookie D. Dawson Altman. She was a sophomore at Wichita County High School and a lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas Morgan was a member of Christ Covenant Church...
Forrest Schuhs
May 2, 2012
Forrest Woodrow Schuhs, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Forrest was born April 2, 1919 at Lamont, Kansas, the son of Stephan T. & Neva McVey Schuhs. He was a graduate of Ft. Hays State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in education. A resident of Leoti since...
Kendall Thomas
May 2, 2012
Kendall D. Thomas, age 63, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at his home in Kinsley, Kansas. He was born on November 2, 1948 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Dale Felix and Velma Edith Bretton Thomas. A longtime resident of Scott City, Kansas he moved to Kinsley, Kansas in 2006 He was a retired Police Officer from...
Matthew Ford
May 1, 2012
Matthew Thomas Venson Ford, age 79, passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Mr. Ford was born February 11, 1933 at Cash, Arkansas, the son of John Henry & Clara Belle Gill Ford. A resident of Wichita County, Kansas since 1953 moving from Sharon Springs, Kansas, he was a farmer and rancher....
Fern Greathouse
Apr 27, 2012
Fern Lucille Greathouse, age 87, died Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. She was born on November 15, 1924 on a farm northeast of Garden City in Finney County, Kansas the daughter of Ralph Goodman and Viola Fern Collins Greathouse. A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas, Fern graduated from Wichita State University in...
Marita Mays
Apr 24, 2012
Marita Faye Mays was born July 29, 1922, the first child of Merritt Judson (Murphy) and Myrth Amorette Heaton. She went home to be with those who predeceased her on April 24, 2012. She married Richard Dean Mays on June 5,1945. Their 66 year union produced 10 children. Marita taught school for four years during World War II, but quickly...
Tina Swift
Apr 22, 2012
Tina Joan Swift, age 55, completed the journey of her life at her home in Gunnison, Colorado on Sunday, April 22, 2012 following an extended battle with cancer. Tina was born September 22, 1956 in Leoti, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene & Billie Macku Biel. She graduated from Wichita County High School in 1974 and from Western State College in...
Glenn Nonnamaker
Apr 22, 2012
Glenn A. Nonnamaker, age85, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 20, 1926 in Grainfield, Kansas, the son of George Graham and Clara Belle Meek Nonnamaker. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1939 moving from Grainfield, Kansas, he was a rancher. Glenn was a US...