Obituaries

Elizabeth West

Elizabeth West

Dec 7, 2011

Elizabeth "Betty" J. West, age 89, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. She was born on April 4, 1922 in Healy, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur Joseph & Margaret Murphy Kerkhoff. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a owner of West Plumbing in Scott City, Kansas. She...

Melvin Mauseth

Melvin Mauseth

Dec 4, 2011

Melvin O. Mauseth, age 82, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Sunday, December 4, 2011. He was born on May 3, 1929, in Choteau, Montana, the son of Oliver & Emily Carlson Mauseth. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since June of 2002 moving from Goodland, Kansas, he was retired from the Rock Island...

Elva Wright

Elva Wright

Dec 1, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Elva Lee Wright, age 82, died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on July 23, 1929 in Montezuma, Kansas the daughter of Otis and Viola Hohl Frazier. A resident of Garden City since 1952, she had been the owner and operator of the Little Elf Ceramic...

Doris Wright

Doris Wright

Nov 30, 2011

Doris M. Wright, age 77, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. She was born on August 22, 1934 in Russell Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Ed and Anna Blau Deaver. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1955 moving from Russell Springs, Kansas, Doris worked for both USD 466 and...

Patrick Street

Patrick Street

Nov 20, 2011

Patrick Lewis Street, age 46, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2011 in Leoti, Kansas. Patrick was born November 19, 1965 in San Diego, California, the son of Edward & Ruth Morgan Street. He had been a resident of Leoti, Kansas since 2008 moving from Loveland, Colorado. He was a technician at E.S.E. Alcohol in Leoti, Kansas. He was a...

Lupe Hernandez

Lupe Hernandez

Nov 20, 2011

Lupe A. Hernandez Jr., age 57, died Sunday, November 20, 2011, following a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was born September 30, 1954, the son of Guadalupe, Sr. and Theresa Araiza Hernandez in LaJunta, Colorado. A 1973 graduate of Garden City High School, he worked for the City of Garden City Street Department, and had served in the National...

Myrna Grimes

Myrna Grimes

Nov 20, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Myrna Belle Grimes, age 89, died Sunday, November 20, 2011 at the Homestead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on March 6, 1922 in Ingalls, Kansas the daughter of Ray and Marietta Henderson Glaze. A resident of Garden City since the early 1940's she had worked for the City of Garden City,...

Ryan Skibbe

Ryan Skibbe

Nov 19, 2011

Ryan A. Skibbe, age 24, passed away at his home in Scott County, Kansas on Saturday, November 19, 2011. He was born on August 13, 1987 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Greg & Kelli Burgess Skibbe. He graduated from Scott County High School in 2006 and was currently a college student and a farmer. Survivors include his Father...

Antonio  Barraza

Antonio Barraza

Nov 12, 2011

Antonio "Tony" Barraza, age 59, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Wichita, Kansas. Tony was born April 14, 1951 at La Junta, Colorado, the son of Mauricio & Annie Montoya Barraza. He was raised in Leoti, Kansas by his adopted parents, Margarito "Maggie" & Jennie Ortiz, Sr. A resident of Garden City since 1972 moving from Leoti, Kansas, he had been...

William Engler

William Engler

Nov 11, 2011

Garden City, Kansas William Samuel Engler, age 93, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at the Villages of Jackson Creek Nursing Home in Independence, Missouri. He was born on March 8, 1918 in Finney County, Kansas, the son of Max C. and Bessie M. Altus Engler. Bill was a farmer and had been a lifetime Garden City resident. He was a...

Elizabeth Turley

Elizabeth Turley

Nov 9, 2011

Elizabeth Marlene Turley, age 48, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Elizabeth was born July 28, 1963 at AFB Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, the daughter of Albert & Elizabeth Haulk Baldwin. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 2000, she was a homemaker and had studied to be a nurse. Elizabeth was a...

William Saunders

William Saunders

Nov 7, 2011

Garden City, Kansas William R. "Bill" Saunders, age 81, died Monday, November 7, 2011 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on October 12, 1930 in Pleasanton, Kansas, the son of G.R. and Blanche Winslow Saunders. Bill received his Education Specialist Degree from Pittsburg State College in Pittsburg, Kansas. In 1956 he moved to Garden...

Van Buckner

Van Buckner

Nov 6, 2011

Van L. Buckner, age 76, passed away at his home in Scott County, Kansas on Sunday, November 6, 2011. He was born on March 13, 1935 in Savanna, Oklahoma, the son of Marion Adolph & Elsia Oriella Spears Buckner. He graduated from Savanna High School in 1953 and moved to Scott City, Kansas where he worked for Pete Hutchins &...

Gladys Ladwig

Gladys Ladwig

Nov 6, 2011

Garden City, Kansas G. Berniece Ladwig, age 97, died Sunday, November 6, 2011 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on February 27, 1914 in Emmett, Kansas the daughter of Donald Eugene and Shirley Marie Bottom Siegle. Berniece was a homemaker and had been a resident of Garden City since 1937. She was a...

Greg Knoll

Greg Knoll

Nov 5, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Greg A. Knoll, age 52, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at his home in Finney County, Kansas. He was born on February 10, 1959 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Aruellius & Alice Becker Knoll. A 1977 graduate of Holcomb High School, Greg was a farmer. He was a member of the St. Dominic Catholic Church...

David Olivarez

David Olivarez

Nov 2, 2011

Garden City, Kansas David M. Olivarez, age 63, died Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on May 4, 1948 in Alice, Texas the son of Adan and Elma Mungia Olivarez. David had been a resident of Garden City since January of 2011 and he had worked as an auto...

Robin Clay

Robin Clay

Oct 30, 2011

Garden City, Kansas Robin L. Clay, age 82, died Sunday, October 30, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on November 8, 1928 in Grandfield, Oklahoma the son of Otha L. and Zelma Hoover Clay. Robin was a farmer and had been a resident of Garden City since 1976. He was a member of the...

Scott McKinney

Scott McKinney

Oct 26, 2011

Scott D. McKinney, age 54, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Scott was born December 8, 1956 in Scott City, Kansas the son of Kent D. & Donna J. Watson McKinney. A lifetime resident of Leoti, Scott was a farmer and rancher. Scott was a member of the United Methodist Church in...

William Dixon

William Dixon

Oct 26, 2011

William Vern "Vee" Dixon, Jr. age 89, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Topeka, Kansas. Vee was born September 9, 1922, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of William Vern & Edna Marguerite Masterson Dixon. He had been a resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1951. He was an Attorney in private practice and farmer, retired. He graduated from...

William Dryer

William Dryer

Oct 24, 2011

William L. "Bill" Dryer, age 74, passed away as the result of a heart attack at Cedar Bluff Reservoir in Trego County, Kansas on Monday, October 24, 2011. He was born on June 15, 1937 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Cecil & Rachel Louise Boles Dryer. Bill graduated from Great Bend High School in 1955 and then graduated from...