Obituaries

Doris L. Riner

Doris L. Riner

Oct 19, 2020

Doris L. Riner, age 98, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 19, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on September 26, 1922, in Comanche County, Kansas, the daughter of John & Minnie Sinkle Wait. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1953 moving from Protection, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was a...

Troy Lee Ward

Troy Lee Ward

Oct 17, 2020

Lakin, Kansas   Troy Lee Ward, age 82, died on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. He was born on December 26, 1937 at the family home in Puxico, Missouri, the son of Raymond and Lucy Sweet Ward. Troy was a resident of Kansas since 1972, having moved from Missouri. He worked in the...

Pearl Jeanette Hunt

Pearl Jeanette Hunt

Oct 15, 2020

Pearl J. Hunt, age 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on October 20, 1935 in Macon, Illinois, the daughter of Charlie Lear and Gertrude Inez Keen Sadler. A resident of WIchita County, Kansas since 1955 moving from Dighton, Kansas, she was a farm wife. She was...

Herbert A. Stevens

Herbert A. Stevens

Oct 13, 2020

Herbert A. Stevens, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on September 11, 1928, in Geuda Springs, Kansas, the son of Lawrence Metallis and Emma Beulah Iseminger Stevens.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since early childhood moving from Geuda Springs, Kansas.  Herbert was a farmer...

Erik Dale Shanabarger

Erik Dale Shanabarger

Oct 12, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Erik Dale Shanabarger, age 41, died at his residence in Garden City, Kansas on October 12, 2020. He was born on July 6, 1979 in Panarama City, California, the son of Robert Joseph Shanabarger and Sharon “Kris” Kristen Sorenson Shanabarger. He lived in Palmdale, California until 1987 when he moved to Garden City, Kansas. He attended GCHS...

Robert  Buerkle

Robert Buerkle

Oct 12, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Robert Buerkle, age 94, died at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on October 12, 2020. He was born on May 16, 1926 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Andrew and Beulah Armentrout Buerkle. Robert was a farmer and an active member of the Church of the Brethren of Friend, Kansas. He was also...

Donis C. Mitchell

Donis C. Mitchell

Oct 9, 2020

Donis Claudene Mitchell 91, passed away on October 9, 2020, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She was born on June 18, 1929, in Scott City, Kansas, and was the eldest daughter of Claude and Thelma Helfrick Hughes. Donis grew up on the Hughes family farm west of Scott City. She graduated from Scott Community High School in 1947 and from Stephens...

Edward A. Loflin

Edward A. Loflin

Oct 8, 2020

Leoti Edward “Eddie,” “Ed,” A. Loflin, age 82, passed away at the Greeley County Hospital on Thursday, October 8, 2020. Ed was born on September 7, 1938, on a farm north west of Coronado, Kansas, the son of Joe M. Loflin and Myrtle F. Olsen Loflin. Ed was the fourth of nine boys. Ed had many careers. He was a...

Raymond George Stearns

Raymond George Stearns

Oct 6, 2020

Raymond George Stearns Jr., age 67, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. He was born on October 26, 1952, in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Raymond G. and Mary Catherine Cranfield Stearns. Raymond had been a resident of the area since 1995. Raymond was a laborer in various agricultural settings...

Robin F. Henderson

Robin F. Henderson

Oct 5, 2020

Robin F. Henderson, age 62, passed away while in hospice care in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday, October 5, 2020. She was born on May 13, 1958, in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Roy E. and Anita F. Houck Lausch. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a Nurse at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City,...

Steven James Jacobus, Jr.

Steven James Jacobus, Jr.

Sep 29, 2020

Johnson/Tribune, Kansas Steven James Jacobus, Jr, age 58, died on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on May 7, 1962 in Tribune, Kansas, the son of Steven James Jacobus, Sr. and Louise May Russell. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church and worked as a newspaper delivery...

Ervin  Urban

Ervin Urban

Sep 29, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Ervin Urban, age 86, passed away on September 29, 2020 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born in Bison, Kansas to Joseph and Josephine Urban on March 5, 1936. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Lela May and his daughter, Juanita Jo Wells, one brother, and...

Charles  Norwood

Charles Norwood

Sep 28, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Charles Norwood, age 82, died on Monday, September 28, 2020 at Via Christi Village on the Plain in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 8, 1938 in Texas. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and numerous publications in Agronomx. Charles earned is PHD in Agronomy. Dr. Charles A. Norwood is recognized for 29 years...

Betty Jean Austin

Betty Jean Austin

Sep 25, 2020

Betty Jean Shelton Austin, age 91, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 25, 2020, at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 3, 1929, in Glade, Kansas, the daughter of John Allen and Vernie McLaughlin Baker. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1979 moving from Guymon, Oklahoma, she was a retired secretary from HRC Feedyard...

Faye Ellen  Anderson

Faye Ellen Anderson

Sep 25, 2020

Faye Ellen Anderson, age 87, died on September 25, 2020 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Ben, husband Carol (Andy) N. Anderson, and earlier this year by her sons Nils and Jerry. She is survived locally by her daughter Kristin and grandson Zachary, sons Mark O. Anderson (wife...

Helen Louise Hoyt

Helen Louise Hoyt

Sep 24, 2020

Garden City, Kansas Helen Louise Hoyt, age 91, died on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at the Homestead Assisted Living in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on April 28, 1929 in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Ralph Johnson and Dorothy (Morrow) Coen. She worked as the administrator for the Finney County Health Nurse for over 30 years before retiring. Louise...

Luella Mae Betzold

Luella Mae Betzold

Sep 23, 2020

Luella Mae Betzold, age 86, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at Wesley Towers Thorn Care Center in Hutchinson, Kansas.  She was born on September 4, 1934, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Leta Mae Eastham Brooks. Luella moved to Scott City, Kansas in 1944 from Kanas City until 1979 when she moved to Las...

Steve  Frazier

Steve Frazier

Sep 21, 2020

Steven T. Frazier, 70, of Overland Park, KS., passed away on Sept. 21 as a result of COVID complications.  Steve was a lifelong resident of Garden City before moving to Overland Park.  He graduated from Kansas State University, and worked for DeKalb Ag Research as District Manager and AcraPlant as a sales manager before starting his own business, Frazier Financial Services.   Steve...

Johnny Joe Leal

Johnny Joe Leal

Sep 21, 2020

Johnny Joe Leal, age 49, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 21, 2020, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on February 12, 1971, in Karnes City, Texas, the son of Frank M. & Maria Martinez Leal. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1995 moving from Karnes City, Texas, he worked for B&H Paving in...

Bonnie  Sinclair

Bonnie Sinclair

Sep 18, 2020

Bonnie Sinclair, age 79, died at her home in Garden City, Kansas on Friday, September 18, 2020. She was born on October 19, 1940, the daughter of Karl and Eva Marie Kellogg Will. She was member of the Methodist faith and a past member of the Sweet Adelines chorus. On April 30, 2005 she married Charles Sinclair. He survives. Other...