Obituaries

Janice Elder

Janice Elder

Jun 12, 2012

Janice Irene Elder, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at her home in Tribune, Kansas. Janice was born January 18, 1939 in Dighton, Kansas, the daughter of Hugo & Beulah Thon Peterson. She worked in the insurance industry and had been a lifetime resident of Greeley County. Janice enjoyed playing all sort of card games with her...

Connie Scott

Connie Scott

Jun 11, 2012

Connie L. Scott, age 60, passed away on Monday, June 11, 2012 at her home in Scott County, Kansas. She was born on July 19, 1951 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Garold Austin and Marilyn Swayze Been. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was an Agriculture Consultant. She was a member of the First Christian Church...

Patricia Baker

Patricia Baker

Jun 10, 2012

Patricia Baker, age 88, passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Patricia was born April 14, 1924 at Ashton, Kansas, the daughter of John Walter & Lillian Mae Hutchins Kinlund. She was a 1942 graduate of Greeley County High School and a returning resident of Tribune since 1971 moving from Salina, Kansas....

John Beckstrom II

John Beckstrom II

Jun 6, 2012

Garden City, Kansas John D. Beckstrom II, age 37, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at the St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 12, 1975 in Frankfurt, Germany the son of John & Natalie Montes Beckstrom. A Garden City resident since 1982, moving from San Antonio, he was a mechanic for Van Keppel Equipment. He...

Brandon Haflich

Brandon Haflich

Jun 4, 2012

Garden City, Kansas Brandon Lance Haflich, age 36, died Monday, June 4, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on April 23, 1976 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Bernard D. and Wanda S. Hurtt Haflich. Brandon was a farmer and had been a lifetime resident of Finney County, Kansas. Survivors Include: His...

J. D. Brewer

J. D. Brewer

Jun 2, 2012

Garden City, Kansas J.D. "Jake" Brewer, age 73, died Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born July 8, 1938 in Milton, Kansas the son of Carl O. & Helen G. Gawthrop Brewer. A resident of Garden City since 1967, moving from Norwich, Kansas, he was a truck driver for Robinson Oil...

Bessie Farr

Bessie Farr

May 29, 2012

Garden City, Kansas Bessie G. Farr, age 92, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at the Homestead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on August 20, 1919 in Sorento, Illinois, the daughter of William Bert and Grace Gertrude Dilbeck Cannon. A resident of Garden City since 1964 moving from Walnut, California, she was a Homemaker. She...

James Long

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...