Obituaries

Donald Walker

Donald Walker

Oct 27, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Donald Lynn Walker, age 70, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born August 12, 1939 in Larned, Kansas the son of John D. and L. Kathleen Sooby Walker. A resident of Garden City since 1944 moving from Larned, Kansas, he was a self employed truck driver and had delivered...

Laura Legg

Laura Legg

Oct 26, 2009

Laura Alyce Legg, age 90, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2009 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on March 31, 1919 in Republic County, Kansas, the daughter of Oda Edgar and Flora Ellen Stackhouse Hogue. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1999 moving from Las Cruces, New Mexico, she was homemaker....

Scott Janssen

Scott Janssen

Oct 24, 2009

Scott Janssen, 42 died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Scott spent his youth in Scott City, Kansas, riding horses and helping on the family farm. He graduated from Scott Community High School, and was a member of the National Champion livestock judging team at Colby Community College before moving to Kansas State...

Robert Wiles

Robert Wiles

Oct 21, 2009

Robert E. (Bob) Wiles, 61, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 in an accident in Wichita County, Kansas. Bob was born April 3, 1948, in Scott City, Kansas to Earl & Evelyn Shumard Wiles. He grew up on the family farm in Northeast Wichita County. He graduated from Wichita County High School in 1966. He then earned a B.S. degree in...

Fred Corbett

Fred Corbett

Oct 20, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Fred S. Corbett, age 74, died Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on July 13, 1935 in Lakin, Kansas the son of Bert O. and Stella M. Netser Corbett. He served on the Garden City Police Department from 1957 to 1960. He moved to Lakin and was...

David Burnett

David Burnett

Oct 16, 2009

David C. Burnett, age 71, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2009 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on April 11, 1938 in Monticello, Arkansas, the son of John W. and Velma Pearson Burnett. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1959 moving from Monticello, Arkansas, he was a carpenter. On July 25, 1959 he married...

Rosie Young

Rosie Young

Oct 16, 2009

Rosie Lavhon Young, age 95, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2009 at the Cohart Assisted Living Facility in Kit Carson, Colorado. Lavhon was born October 8, 1914 in Canton, Missouri, the daughter of Gus Gordon & Lillie May Murry Crow. She was a homemaker and had been a lifetime resident of Greeley County. Lavhon was a member of the...

Ellen McAdams

Ellen McAdams

Oct 15, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Ellen Marie McAdams, age 85, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on Mar. 4, 1924 in Erie, Pennsylvania, the daughter of George and Birdie Rea Tubbs Fischer. She graduated from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. Her first ministry with her husband was in Montreal, Quebec teaching in...

Roma Heinemann

Roma Heinemann

Oct 12, 2009

A graveside service for Roma Heinemann, 89, will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Valley View Cemetery in Garden City. Mrs. Heinemann died Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, at her home in Vancouver, Wash. She and her husband, L.J., were former long-time residents of Garden City. Survivors include a daughter, Kathy, of Vancouver; two sisters, Yvonne Lester and Bee Hartung of...

Nicholas Ortiz

Nicholas Ortiz

Oct 12, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Nicholas "Nick" L. Ortiz, Jr., age 61, died Monday, October 12, 2009 at the Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born October 9, 1948 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Nicholas and Mary Louise Hernandez Ortiz. He graduated from Garden City High School and from Garden City Community College where he received...

Jack Buxton

Jack Buxton

Oct 11, 2009

Jack A. Buxton, age 62, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on October 24, 1946 in Lamar, Colorado, the son of Wilbur James and Thelma Maurine Wilson Buxton. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1972 moving from Limon, Colorado, he worked as a lineman for Wheatland Electric for...

Carolyn Johnson

Carolyn Johnson

Oct 8, 2009

Carolyn M. Johnson, age 48, passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on October 11, 1960 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Van L. and Lois Bullard Buckner. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a Certified Nurses Assistant at Park Lane Nursing Home and...

Shirley Rhoads

Shirley Rhoads

Oct 5, 2009

Garden City Shirley C. Rhoads, age 88, died Monday, October 5, 2009 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on October 25, 1920 in Brookfield, Missouri, the daughter of William and Ada Weaver Cook. A resident of Garden City since 1998 moving from Amarillo, Texas she had been an executive secretary for a network...

Freddie Bontrager

Freddie Bontrager

Oct 4, 2009

Palmetto, Florida Freddie D. Bontrager, age 89, formerly of Garden City died Sunday, October 4, 2009 at his home in Palmetto, Florida. He was born December 6, 1919 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Daniel M. & Polly Miller Bontrager. A resident of Palmetto, FL since 2000 moving from Western Kansas he had been a farmer. He was a member...

Cathy Payne

Cathy Payne

Oct 3, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Cathy Renee Payne, age 49, died Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born November 25, 1959 in Hutchinson, Kansas the daughter of David G. and June M. Christenson Wright. A resident of Garden City since 1995 moving from Manhattan, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was a member...

Christopher Glazier

Christopher Glazier

Oct 3, 2009

Christopher A. Glazier, age 20, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2009 in Wichita County, Kansas. He was born on June 3, 1989 in Tribune, Kansas, the son of Joe D. & Shawna M. Paxman Glazier. Christopher was a lifetime resident of Tribune, Kansas and was a clerk for Eagle Travel Stop in Tribune, Kansas. Christopher's surviving family members include...

Emma Neeland

Emma Neeland

Oct 2, 2009

Emma Jane Harkness Neeland passed away at age 76 on October 2, 2009 at Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born on October 15, 1932 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Brannon Burl Harkness and Reba Katherine (Walker) Harkness. A resident of Colorado Springs since 1993 she was a homemaker and an active volunteer. Among her...

Marvin Turley

Marvin Turley

Sep 27, 2009

Marvin F. Turley, age 75, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on September 29, 1933 in Syracuse, Kansas, the son of Uless Francis and Nora Marie Smith Turley. Marvin was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1936, moving from Greeley County, Kansas and was a carpenter....

Duane Stoppel

Duane Stoppel

Sep 26, 2009

Duane A. Stoppel, age 85, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on July 17, 1924 in Wilson, Kansas, the son of Chris & Clara Fry Stoppel Sr. Duane was a United States Army Veteran of World War II. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1929 moving...

Judy Maggard

Judy Maggard

Sep 26, 2009

Judy Darlene Maggard, age 65, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on May 21, 1944 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Beatrice York Moler. A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas, she was a Insurance Secretary. Judy was a member of the VFW of Garden City,...