Obituaries

Dec 27, 2021

Leoti, Kansas

Annabelle Feltman, age 88, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021 at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on May 16, 1933 to Alice Morse (nee DeWitt) in Sibley, Iowa. She had been a resident of Leoti for the past four years since moving from Fairmount, Minnesota. Annabelle was a caregiver in various settings...

Dec 27, 2021

Joyce Donovan, age 83, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021, at her home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on August 3, 1938, in Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Henry and Arvena Miller Laudick.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1989 moving from Oakley, Kansas, she was a Medical Lab Technician.

She was a member of St....

Dec 26, 2021

Frankie L. Cremeans, age 77, passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021 at her home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on April 19, 1944 in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter of Sylvester and Buelah Westfall Mundy.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2018 moving from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, she was a homemaker.

On June 8, 1959 she married...

Dec 25, 2021

Marvin F. Moser, age 91, passed away on December 25, 2021, at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas.  He was born on June 2, 1930, in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of Paul Fredrick and Esther Bjork Moser.  A lifetime resident of Tribune, Kansas, he owned and operated Moser Garage & Auto Parts for over 63 years.

He was a member...

Dec 24, 2021

Our beloved Yvonne Jean Ames, age 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 24, 2021 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care Unit. Yvonne was born on November 17, 1936 to Harold and Nordene (Cody) Beckland in Olympia, Washington, where she attended her 12 years of education. A friend of Norman Ames introduced...

Dec 24, 2021

Sherrie “Joan” Showalter, age 83, passed away on Friday, December 24, 2021, at her home on Christmas Eve.  She was born on February 23, 1938, in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Forrest King Kennedy.  Joan was one of 10 children.  She was a member of Bible Christian Church in Garden City, Kansas, after she and her sister...

Dec 23, 2021

Judith Candida Stroud, age 77, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021, at her home in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on November 19, 1944, in Manzanola, Colorado, the daughter of Fred and Frances Balandran Allen Toler.  A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1956, she worked for UPS for 30 years in Garden City.

On October 11, 1963, she...

Dec 22, 2021

Maurice Dean Jeffries, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, December 22,  2021, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on January 19, 1935, in Modoc, Kansas, the son of Forrest Franklin and Mabel Leoti Shearmire Jeffries.  Dean was a resident of Leoti, Kansas from 1960 until 2012 when he moved to Scott City, Kansas.  In...

Dec 21, 2021

Dec 21, 2021

Corrine L. Kuhn, age 76, passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.  She was born on November 9, 1945, in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil Kenneth & Sedda Anabelle Brown Lenz.  A resident of Luray, Kansas since 2014 moving from Garden City, Kansas.  She was a truck dispatcher and truck...

Dec 21, 2021

Ronald N. Haney, age 85, joined his mother and father in heaven on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at Leisure Homestead in Stafford, KS. Ronald was born on September 20, 1936, in Hutchinson, KS, the son of Phillip and Lenora Cole Haney. Ron grew up in Stafford County moving to Colby, Ks when he was 10 developing a love of sports.

During...

Dec 19, 2021

Clifford N. Gruver, age 84, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at SunPorch in Dodge City, Kansas.  He was born on April 23, 1937, in Hays, Kansas, the son of George and Opal French Gruver.  A resident of Dodge City, Kansas since 2019 moving from Topeka, Kansas, he was a retired agronomist.

He was a member of the Topeka Bible...

Dec 18, 2021

William Harold White, Age 66, passed away peacefully at his home in Lakin of natural causes on Dec. 18, 2021. A lifetime resident of Lakin, “Bill” was born on October 24, 1955, to Harold E. White and Thelma F. Stout. He attended school in Lakin, graduating in 1973 from Lakin High School where he excelled in his classes. After graduation,...

Dec 17, 2021

Wayde R. Berry, age 94, passed away on Friday, December 17, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on December 29, 1926, in Franklin, Texas, the son of Wilson W. And Bessie L. Isbell Berry.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2013 moving from Tecumseh, Oklahoma, he was a bulk agent for Standard...

Dec 17, 2021

Donald L Fisher, passed away December 17, 2021, at his home in Garden City, at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and sixteen days.  He was born in Dodge City, KS, July 1, 1929, the oldest child of Roy H and Myrtle Pennington Fisher.

Don’s childhood and elementary days were spent growing up on a farm in the Mertilla Township...

Dec 16, 2021

Robert A. Rein, age 81, passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021, in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on July 13, 1940, in Sugar City, Colorado, the son of Henry and Marie Herman Rein Jr.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1975 moving from Sugar City, Colorado, he was an advertising salesman for the Hi-Plains Journal and B&B...

Dec 16, 2021

Richard Lee Shimanek, 84, of Leoti, Kansas, passed away tragically on December 16, 2021, from injuries he incurred while trying to save his house and farm from a prairie fire.  Richard was born and raised on a wheat farm near Hennessey, Oklahoma where he lived with his eight siblings and learned the value of hard work.  He played football for...

Dec 11, 2021

Arthur D. Wright, age 94, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2021, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on January 14, 1927 in Cimarron, Kansas, the son of Levi Arthur and Marion Frary Wright.  A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1969 moving from Colorado, he was a building contractor.

Arthur grew up in Gray...

Dec 7, 2021

“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.” – Carl Sagan

Beloved educator, scientist, bus driver, father, and friend Robert (“Bob”) Wilson, 73, passed away on December 7, 2021, in Mill Valley, California. He was born on November 11, 1948, in Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Harold and Mary Wilson. Bob had brain cancer and was with...

Dec 6, 2021

Marilyn M. Siegrist, age 88, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on December 8, 1932, in Lincoln, Kansas, the daughter of Floyde E. and Lynnie Jane Patterson Porter.  In 1950 Marilyn graduated from Scott Community High School.  She was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1996...