Obituaries

Harry Irwin

Harry Irwin

Feb 16, 2009

Garden City Harry Charles Irwin, age 74, died Monday, February 16, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born September 1, 1934 in Daytona Beach, Florida the son of John D. and Lucy Carroll Irwin. A resident of Garden City since 1996 moving from Las Vegas, Nevada, he was a Commercial Plumber and Pipe Fitter...

Dorothy Cooley

Dorothy Cooley

Feb 8, 2009

Dorothy Eileen Cooley, age 90, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. Dorothy was born March 24, 1918 at Stratton, Colorado, the daughter of Carl & Pearl Washalinski Grate. She was a homemaker and had been a Wichita County area resident since 1947 moving from the Burdett, Kansas. Dorothy...

Eldon Long

Eldon Long

Feb 6, 2009

Eldon Long, 89, of Leoti, Kansas passed away at the Greeley County Hospital on February 6th. He was born on July 14, 1919 to Lewis Leonard and Mary Long in Burns, Kansas and served in the Marine Corp during World War II. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Eldon was a masonry contractor in Leoti since...

Norman Harper

Norman Harper

Feb 2, 2009

Norman F. Harper, age 91, passed away at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas on Monday, February 2, 2009. He was born on May 6, 1917 in Boyd, Kansas in Barton County, the son of William and Mary Theresia Hickey Harper. He was a resident of Scott County, Kansas since 1921 moving from Barton County, Kansas. He...

Edith Schmidt

Edith Schmidt

Jan 31, 2009

Edith Elisabeth Schmidt, age 81, passed away at Greeley County Medical Center on Saturday, January 31, 2009. Edith was born November 24, 1927 at Girard, Kansas the daughter of George Baird & Edith Myra Pierce Mathews. She was a homemaker and educator and had been a Greeley County resident since 1929. Edith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church...

Steven Rapier

Steven Rapier

Jan 27, 2009

Steven R. Rapier, age 45, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 10, 1963 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Jack and Sharon Hanzlick Rapier. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1994 moving from Hamilton County, Kansas, he was a Teacher and Basketball Coach...

Timothy Carter

Timothy Carter

Jan 27, 2009

Timothy David Carter, age 38, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on November 20, 1970 in Tampa, Florida, the son of Pablo Prieto and Beverly McKinney. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a roofer working for Chambless Roofing. Survivors include One Son - Austin...

Orville Pammenter

Orville Pammenter

Jan 27, 2009

Orville H. Pammenter, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 22, 1916 in Cheney, Kansas, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Arther Pammenter. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1946 moving from Cheney, Kansas, he was a farmer. He was a member of the United...

Stanley Schmitt

Stanley Schmitt

Jan 27, 2009

Stanley E. Schmitt, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on November 19, 1935 in at the family farm in Scott County, Kansas, the son of Otto Henry and Leona Unruh Schmitt. A lifetime resident of Scott County and Scott City, he was a farmer....

Dixie Baker

Dixie Baker

Jan 25, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Dixie Lee Baker, age 75, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born November 24, 1933 in Guymon, Oklahoma the daughter of Ennis S. and Leona G. McWhirter Burton. A resident of Garden City since 1942 moving from Hardesty, Oklahoma she had been the District Manager for Field...

Grover Craig

Grover Craig

Jan 25, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Grover James Craig, age 76, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. He was born on May 23, 1932 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Robert James and Ottie Florence Martin Craig. A lifetime resident of Garden City he served as the Finney County Sheriff for 27 years retiring in...

Lou Schwanke

Lou Schwanke

Jan 23, 2009

Lou L. Schwanke, age 82, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born on May 3, 1926 in Silver Lake, Kansas, the daughter of Archie E. and Ethel Mae Mann Landis. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1957 moving from Texaco, New Mexico, she was a homemaker and part...

Dorothy Blume

Dorothy Blume

Jan 23, 2009

Dorothy M. Blume, age 76, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born on January 25, 1932 in Modoc, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Alfred & Mary Alma Borst Turley. A lifetime resident of Scott City, she was a homemaker. Her memberships include First Baptist Church, Mary & Martha Circle,...

Marilyn Wilbur

Marilyn Wilbur

Jan 20, 2009

Marilyn Joyce Wilbur, age 57, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas. Marilyn was born December 30, 1951 at Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of James Cave & Joyce Lorene Church McBride. A 1970 graduate of Wichita County High School, she was a farm wife, homemaker and a lifetime resident of Wichita...

Elizabeth Torres-Aguilar

Elizabeth Torres-Aguilar

Jan 18, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Elizabeth Torres-Aguilar, 19 month old daughter of Adan Torres and Patricia Aguilar, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born June 5, 2007 in Garden City, Kansas. She was baptized in the catholic faith. Survivors include: Parents, Adan Torres and Patricia Aguilar of the home; One Brother, Raymundo Aguilar...

Donald Roper

Donald Roper

Jan 15, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Donald Keith Roper, age 84, died Thursday, January 15, 2009 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 19, 1924 in McCune, Kansas the son of Ralph & Clara Stainke Roper. He attended schools and graduated from high school in Atlanta, Kansas in 1942. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since...

Thongsy Virachack

Thongsy Virachack

Jan 14, 2009

Garden City, Kansas Thongsy Virachack, age 68, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 20, 1940 in Pakse, Laos the daughter of Xiengxu and Bounpong Virachack. A resident of Garden City since 1987 moving from Casper, Wyoming she was a beef processer for IBP. She was a member...

Randy Pentheny

Randy Pentheny

Jan 11, 2009

Randy Lee Pentheny, age 55, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on July 3, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Everett and Norma Jean Ferguson Pentheny. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1998, he was employed at the Scott City Pizza Hut. In November 7,...

Carl Kemper

Carl Kemper

Dec 29, 2008

Carl L. Kemper, age 96, died Monday, December 29, 2008 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on April 10, 1912 in Holcomb, Kansas the son of Samuel and Dolly Hoffman Kemper. A resident of Garden City since 1945 moving from Muscogee, Oklahoma, he owned and operated Kemper Auto Electric. He was a member of the...

Leo Ochs

Leo Ochs

Dec 28, 2008

Leo E. Ochs, age 89, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. He was born on September 2, 1919 in Hoisington, Kansas the son of Edward and Ida Popp Ochs. A resident of Cawker City, Kansas since 1990 moving from Holcomb, Kansas he was a farmer, rancher and carpenter. He was a member of...