Obituaries

Carl Eugene Le Blanc

Carl Eugene Le Blanc

Feb 22, 2026

Carl Eugene Le Blanc, age 74, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2026, at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born in La Junta, Colorado, on November 9, 1951, to Rudy and Velma McDowell Le Blanc. They moved to Tribune in the early 60s, and Carl continued to call Tribune home for the rest of his life.

Carl worked...

Ethel Delores Kuder

Ethel Delores Kuder

Feb 20, 2026

Ethel D. Kuder, age 87, passed away Friday, February 20, 2026, at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. She was born on December 27, 1938, in Sullivan, Missouri, to George Washington and Sarah Anna Strothcamp Sons. She moved to Tribune in 1947 from Pacific, Missouri. She was a dedicated farm wife, farmer, and custom harvester, and a faithful member...

Selena Rose Quintana

Selena Rose Quintana

Feb 17, 2026

Scott City

Selena Rose Quintana, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born on February 17, 2026 at the Hays Medical Center to loving parents Gracie Ann Zapata and Juan Daniel Quintana.

Survivors include her Mother - Gracie Ann Zapata of Scott City, Kansas, Father - Juan Daniel Quintana of Scott City,...

Gloria J. Wright

Gloria J. Wright

Feb 15, 2026

Gloria J. Wright, age 72, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2026, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born on November 15, 1953, in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of June E. & Bonnie June Allen Pickett. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, she worked for CASA as a Court Advocate for over 15 years.

She was a member of...

Donna L. Miller

Donna L. Miller

Feb 8, 2026

Donna L. Miller (née Winter), beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2026, at the age of 92.

Donna was born on March 29, 1933, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She graduated from Sublette High School in Sublette, Kansas, in May 1951 and, within days, married the love of her life, Thomas Miller. Their marriage...

Glenda Schinnerer

Glenda Schinnerer

Feb 5, 2026

Glenda Viola Schinnerer, age 89, passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2026, in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was the oldest daughter of Everett and Ruby Burns Thomas, born on July 28, 1936, in a small house south of Shallow Water, Kansas. The family lived on a farm west of Scott City, Kansas, for several years before settling in the family's final...

Darrell W. Piper

Darrell W. Piper

Feb 1, 2026

Darrell Piper, Tribune, Kansas, age 78, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. Darrell was born on December 25, 1947, in Wichita, Kansas, to Jack Piper and Billie Crittenden.

He grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Sunny Slope High School. Darrell was drafted into the Army on September 28,...

Leon David Farr

Leon David Farr

Jan 24, 2026

Leon D. Farr, age 76, passed away on Saturday, January 24,  2026, at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on March 19, 1949, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of William Oliver and Mildred Rosetta Russell Farr. He was a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas.

Leon worked for several different cattle companies, including Kansas Feedyard, Dickhut Feedyard,...

Rose Marie Wright

Rose Marie Wright

Jan 14, 2026

Rose M. Wright, age 71, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 3, 1955 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of William Oliver and Daisy Marie Reed Wilson. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker, farmers wife and most of all a...

James Kenneth Hoover

James Kenneth Hoover

Jan 12, 2026

James Kenneth Hoover, age 90, passed away on Monday, January 12, 2026 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 8, 1936 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Harley & Ruth Huff Hoover who provided a Christian home for their two children, Harold Leroy and James Kenneth Hoover. Ken and Harold both...

Rex W. Grothusen

Rex W. Grothusen

Jan 10, 2026

Rex W. Grothusen, age 83, passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at the UMC Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on November 6, 1942 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Viola Huseman Grothusen. He was resident of Scott City, Kansas since he was 2 years old.

He went to school at Manning Grade School and graduated...

Dee Ann Wilken

Dee Ann Wilken

Jan 9, 2026

Dee Ann Wilken, age 83, passed away on January 9, 2026, at St. Theresa Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on January 26, 1942, the fifth child of D.F. Jaeger and Lena Green Jaeger. She grew up in Leoti and graduated from Wichita Co. High School in 1960. She always enjoyed keeping in touch with her classmates, who often...

Alfredo Ochoa Castillo

Alfredo Ochoa Castillo

Jan 6, 2026

Scott City

Alfredo Ochoa Castillo, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado. He was born on January 12, 1951, in Huejuquilla El Alto, Mexico, the son of Jesus Cavral and Juana Ocho Rojo Castillo. He was a resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1984, moving from Tribune, Kansas. He worked as a...

Gary E. Eitel

Gary E. Eitel

Jan 5, 2026

Gary E. Eitel, age 71, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2026, at HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born on February 27, 1954, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Marvin Eugene Eitel and Mary Lou Kennedy.

A lifelong resident of Scott City, Kansas, Gary married Deandra J. Billinger on March 2, 1974, in Shallow...

Margaret Koehn

Margaret Koehn

Jan 5, 2026

Margaret Koehn, age 97, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2026, at Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 11, 1928 in McPherson County, Kansas, the daughter of Tobe T. and Eva Unruh Koehn. She has been a resident of Scott County, Kansas since 1951 moving from McPherson County, Kansas.

She was a member of...

Seon J. Choi

Seon J. Choi

Dec 31, 2025

Seon J. Choi, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on October 10, 1943 in Ilsan City, Gyeonggi Province, the daughter of Uiyong Choi and Sunvi Lee. A resident of Healy, Kansas since 2024 moving from Overland Park, Kansas, she was a beautician for over 40...

Barbara L. Nightengale

Barbara L. Nightengale

Dec 29, 2025

Barbara L. Nightengale, age 70, passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She was born on January 10, 1955 in Merced, California, the daughter of Arthur and Lucille Dirks Friesen. A resident of the Pence Community since 1977, moving from Atwater, California, she was a homemaker and Office manager at Heartland Mill...

Darla Lynn Amerine

Darla Lynn Amerine

Dec 26, 2025

Darla Lynn Amerine, age 77, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2025 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on April 8, 1948 in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde and Ethel Schoeni Shinkle. She was a resident of Scott City, Kansas for the past forty-six years moving from Colby, Kansas. She dedicated the majority...

Opal M Bare

Opal M Bare

Dec 24, 2025

Opal M. Bare, age 90, passed away at the Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas, on December 24, 2025. She was born in Tribune, Kansas to Carl and Annie Bare on December 26, 1934. After high school, Opal traveled and lived in Los Angeles, California, Dodge City, Kansas, Ordway, Colorado, and finally back to Tribune, Kansas.

Opal is survived...

Randy Wade Keeton

Randy Wade Keeton

Dec 22, 2025

Randy W. Keeton, age 36, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, passed away on December 22, 2025, near his home. He was born to Randy and Marqueta Rauch Keeton on March 30, 1989, in Leoti, Kansas. He grew up in Leoti before joining the US Navy. After his time in service, Randy lived and worked in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He worked for the...