Obituaries

Jan 7, 2021

Franklin Keana Opunui, age 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at the Parklane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on November 3, 1936, in Maui, Hawaii, the son of John Likua Opunui and Mary Ellen Elaina Huihui. He was a resident of Dighton Kansas since 1979, after moving from Junction City, Kansas. He worked...

Dec 31, 2020

Leoti, Kansas

Edward Joseph Lobmeyer, age 68, died at his home on Thursday, December 31, 2020 in Leoti, Kansas. He was born on June 20, 1952 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas, the son of James Leon and Kathryn Strecker Lobmeyer. He attended college at Fort Hays State University and served in the US Army.  He worked for Boeing...

Dec 28, 2020

Darrin Lee Siebert, age 57, died at his home in Garden City, Kansas on Monday, December 28, 2020.  He was born on March 8, 1963 in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Darrell Siebert and Theresa Finch Siebert.

Darrin was an Industrial Mechanic and served his country in the United States Navy.

On July 11, 1986, he married Jan Shoemaker in Pensacola, Florida. ...

Dec 26, 2020

Marilyn B. Mealy, age 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 26, 2020, at her home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on June 20, 1929, in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Chester LeRoy and Mabel Harris Bishop.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since1972, moving from Sterling, Illinois, she was a retired legal secretary for Wallace, Brantley &...

Dec 26, 2020

Garden City, Kansas

Hector Martin Rascon Marquez, age 52, died on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on November 11, 1968 in Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Manuel and Maria Rascon Marquez.

He worked as a self employed transmission mechanic.

Survivors include: Three Children - Hector E. Rascon of Garden City, Kansas, Tania Alvarado of...

Dec 26, 2020

Larry L. Huck, age 79, peacefully passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on January 31, 1941, in Coldwater, Kansas, the son of Vernon & Maxine Wait Huck.  Larry was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1963 moving from Winfield, Kansas, and was a Teacher, Coach, Farmer,...

Dec 25, 2020

Jackie Ann Atkinson, age 55, died on Friday, December 25, 2020 at the Warsaw Healthcare and Rehab in Warsaw, Missouri. She was born on December 12, 1965 in Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Steve James Jacobus Sr. and Louise May Russell.

She earned an associates degree in art and worked as a peer specialist at Compass Behavior Health.

Survivors include: One child -...

Dec 22, 2020

Delmer Lee Hembree, Jr. age 53, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, in Amarillo, Texas. Delmer was born on March 24, 1967, in Brownwood, Texas to Delmer & Jan Everett Hembree, Sr. Delmer was a diesel Mechanic. He enjoyed spending his free time riding his bike with his friends and attending countless motorcycle and car shows. If he wasn’t...

Dec 20, 2020

Dona Dee Carpenter, age 94, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on May 8, 1926, in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Leo R. & Alice Goertz Jewell.  Dona was a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, and was a homemaker.

She was a member of the...

Dec 18, 2020

Dec 16, 2020

LaVera Martha Freda King, age 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 17, 1932, in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of John and Hilda Koch Wiechman. She was a homemaker most of her life and was loved to the moon and back by her...

Dec 16, 2020

Luis Osvaldo Marquez Cazares, age 77, died at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas on Wednesday, December 16, 2020.  He was born on September 24, 1943 at Temosachic, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Pedro Marquez Bencomo and Celsa Cazares Ramos.

He was a member of the Wichita County, Kansas community since the early 70’s and worked for Whitham Farms until his...

Dec 16, 2020

DeLores C. Brooks, age 98, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on July 30, 1922, in Bowdon, North Dakota, the daughter of Robert and Clara Snobrick Koeller.

DeLores was the youngest girl in the family and was loved by many nieces and nephews.  She was a homemaker...

Dec 15, 2020

Clive J. “C.J.” Sharpe, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on September 5, 1931, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Clive Gay and Nellie Marguerite Scott Sharpe.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a retired teacher and coach.

He was a...

Dec 15, 2020

Garden City, Kansas

Ray Arlen Stareck, age 85, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at The Ranch House in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on June 11, 1935 in Benton, kansas, the son of Leon F . and Waunita Stareck.

Ray worked as a welder and carpenter.  Many of those years he worked for McBride & Dehme of Wichita where he built...

Dec 13, 2020

Verna Louise Willman, age 91, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on December 31, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, the adopted daughter of Elmer Roy and Viola Russell Luce. Verna was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1960 when she moved here from Haddam, Kansas....

Dec 12, 2020

Tribune, Kansas

Mary Ellen Hall, age 79, died on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at her home in Tribune, Kansas.  She was born on January 16, 1941 in Horace, Kansas, the daughter of Pete and Mary E. Hanziker Schulz.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Tribune, Kansas and worked as a dispatcher for the Greeley County Sheriff’s Office.

Survivors include: Four...

Dec 11, 2020

Dolores G. Mangan, age 89, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020, at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas.  She was born on June 14, 1931, in Liberty, Kansas, the daughter of Cecil & Nora Marchant Altendorf.  A resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1960 moving from Liberty, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic...

Dec 11, 2020

Donald W. (Donny) Green, age 69, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020, at Scott County Hospital.  He was born on September 29, 1951, in Jacksonville, NC, he was the son of Marvin and Royann (Yount) Green.

Donny lived most of his life in Garden City. Then moved to Scott City in 2012 to be close to his mother and brother....

Dec 10, 2020

Inez M. Blau, age 92, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020 from complications after contracting the COVID-19 virus.  She was born on November 7, 1928 in Falfarrios, Texas, the daughter of Juan Nicholas and Soledad Garcia-Campos.

Inez Moved to Selkirk,Kansas at an early age and attended Selkirk Grade School. 

She attended Wichita County High School and the St. Catherine Hospital School...