Obituaries

Apr 3, 2022

Walter M. Chavez, infant, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on April 3, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Maribel D. Chavez and Walter Osmmar Medrano.

Survivors include his Mother - Maribel D. Chavez of Garden City, Kansas, Father - Walter O. Medrano of Garden City, Kansas,...

Apr 1, 2022

Marguerite Berning, age 90, passed away on April 1, 2022, at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Marguerite was born May 4, 1931, at the Biel Family homestead near Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Albert B. and Ida (Kreutzer) Biel, Sr.  A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, Marguerite lived and loved her life as a farmwife, mother, grandmother,...

Mar 31, 2022

Dighton, Kansas

Mary E. Downing, age 91, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Peabody Health & Rehab in Peabody, Kansas.  She was born on April 16, 1930, in Peach Orchard, Arkansas, the daughter of Henry Howard and Virland Mae Denton Martin. 

Mary attended services at several Baptist congregations and the Scott City LDS church.   Mary was a Dietician for...

Mar 24, 2022

Sandra Smith, age 79, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on March 23, 1943, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Harold & Evelyn Morgan Barker.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1974 moving from Garden City, Kansas, she was a homemaker and house cleaner.

She...

Mar 24, 2022

Vivian Lucille Collamore, 92, died March 24, 2022, at Scott County Hospital in Scott City. She was born Aug. 17, 1929, to Floyd and Hazel McKelvey Woodside in Cozad, Nebraska. Vivian was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1949 moving from Cozad, Nebraska.

She married Vernon Collamore on Dec. 25, 1947, in Cozad, Nebr. He died on Jan. 6, 1997,...

Mar 17, 2022

Georgia Marie (Rowton) Griem passed away on March 17, 2022, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.

Georgia was born on August 12, 1934, the daughter of George and Mary (Eder) Rowton.  Georgia attended Marymount College in Salina, Kansas in the field of Home Economics.

She married Herman F. Griem on February 11, 1952.  Herman and Georgia lived in Medicine Lodge,...

Mar 12, 2022

Dannie Gene Bahm, age 75, Topeka, KS died peacefully surrounded by loved ones on March 12, 2022.  He was born September 1, 1946, in Ransom, KS to Henry Bahm and Marie (Pinkston) Bahm.  He grew up in Alamota, KS where he attended school until the age of 13 when his family moved from the farm to Scott City.

He graduated from...

Mar 10, 2022

Margaret Ann Snyder, 85 passed away March  10, 2022, at Scott County Hospital surrounded by her family.  She was born November 15, 1936, in Geneseo KS, to Chet and Gladys Heitschmidt.  

She graduated from Geneseo High School in 1954 and continued her education at Southwestern College in Winfield with a Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude in Elementary Education.  While at...

Mar 6, 2022

Andrew “Andy” Riojas, age 44, also known as Andres, passed away at his home on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in Dumas, Texas.  He was born on June 27, 1977 in Powell, Wyoming, the son of Agapito Riojas Sr. and Maria Socorro Calderon Riojas.  A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas until he recently moved to Dumas, Texas where he worked...

Mar 5, 2022

Patricia Ann Fuller Wineinger, age 90, passed peacefully into her eternal glory on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas.  Patricia was born on November 17, 1931 in Tribune, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Lillian (Lucius) Fuller.

She attended elementary school in Horace, Kansas.  She graduated from Greeley County High School as Salutatorian of her...

Mar 4, 2022

William “Bill” Harold Novak, age 73, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. He was born in Garden City, Kansas on October 3, 1948, to Glenn Joseph and Arlene Ethel Miller Novak. Bill spent his entire life in Modoc, farming, ranching, and attending the Modoc Coffee Club. He also took up...

Mar 4, 2022

Gene Wesley Preston, age 84, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on May 2, 1937 in Columbus, Nebraska to Glen Wesley and Gladys Irene Bonner Preston. Gene was a resident of Tribune since 1966, having moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado to engage in ranching and operating feedlots.

On December...

Mar 2, 2022

Leoti

Jerry Martin Molner, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. He was born on April 1, 1948 in Los Angels, California to John Martin and Matilda Ruth McLean Molner. He worked for the county taking care of the landfill. He attended the Christ Covenant church in Leoti, Kansas.

Survivors include his...

Mar 1, 2022

Cecil Charles Hintz, age 50, lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, surrounded by his family in Belden, Nebraska.  He was born on June 1, 1971, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Kenneth Earl & Juanita Eileen Mae Phillips Hintz.  A long-time resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was an independent contractor for floor covering.

Survivors include...

Feb 28, 2022

Marilyn Wilbur, age 89, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022, at the Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on October 14, 1932, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of William and Gertrude O’Neal Vanderhoff. 

Marilyn graduated from North High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1949. On April 29, 1950, she married Robert E. Wilbur in Wichita, Kansas. He...

Feb 24, 2022

Julia Mancillas, age 85, passed away at the Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, Kansas on February 24, 2022. She was born in Nayarit, Mexico to Tranquilino and Ramona Limon Ruiz on April 12, 1936.

In 1956, Julia married Leocadio Mancillas Flores in Nayarit, Mexico. He passed way in 2002.

Julia was a member of St. Anthony’s of Padua in...

Feb 16, 2022

Elinor Marie Reifschneider passed away Feb 16th in Scottsdale, AZ. She came into this world on January 21, 1931, in Shields, KS and she grew up in a neighboring town, Dighton. She attended Kansas University for two years and then came home to marry her devoted husband of 70 years, Boyd. They started their family of four children in Dighton...

Feb 14, 2022

Feb 13, 2022

Marilyn Y. Crook, age 92, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at the Ranch House in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on December 21, 1929, in Burrton, Kansas, the daughter of Harry & Nyra Devenpeck Grover.  A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Satanta, Kansas, she was a seamstress and co-owner of the Tailor Shop...

Feb 12, 2022

Roland Kennedy Garcia, age 70, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born in Crystal City, Texas on April 6, 1951, the son of Juan and Maria Kennedy Garcia. Roland had been a resident of Garden City since 2005, having moved back from Arizona.

Roland was a member of the Catholic...