Obituaries

Shirley Ann Tokoi

Oct 8, 2018

Leoti, Kansas

Shirley Ann Tokoi, age 79, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Shirley was born August 3, 1939 at Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Otto & Lorraine Berschauer Popp.  A resident of Leoti since 1976, she was a homemaker and had retired from Whitham Farms Feed Yard with over Twenty-Five years...

Margie L. Allen

Oct 8, 2018

Margie L. Allen, age 76, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.  She was born on February 25, 1942 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of LeRoy and Mary Kessler Beeson.  A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church...

Dona L. Schwartz

Oct 7, 2018

Garden City, Kansas

Dona L. Schwartz, age 84, passed away at Garden Valley Retirement Village on October, 7, 2018.  She was born on August 21, 1934 in Leon, Kansas the daughter of Garret A. and Edna Hinkle Reynolds.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo, Red Hat Society, a Nondenominational Bible Study, the YMCA,...

Lula B. Russell

Oct 6, 2018

Lula B. Russell, age 96, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on May 5, 1922 in Paige City, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Hayes and Eva Mae Lemmons Willams.  A resident of Scott County, Kansas since 2013 moving from Ulysses, Kansas, she was a homemaker, school cook...

Jeffrey Scott Nix

Sep 29, 2018

Jeffrey Scott Nix, age 42, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.  He was born on September 11, 1976 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Jackie Dusenbery Drake.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1999, he was the owner and operator of American Roofing in Scott City, Kansas and was the founder of Boxer Rescue of...

Mary Kathryn Joseph

Sep 29, 2018

Garden City, Kansas

Mary Kathryn Joseph, age 94, died September 29, 2018 at the Western Plains Medical Center in Dodge City, Kansas.  She was born June 15, 1924 in Lane County, Kansas the daughter of Arthur and Velma Downs Wallace.

On October 24, 1942 she married Gilbert L. Joseph in Garden City, Kansas.  He preceded her in death on January 22, 1971.

Mary...

Conrad Lee Weaver, Jr

Sep 28, 2018

Conrad “Lee” Weaver Jr., age 68, passed away at his home in Scott City, Kansas on Friday, September 28, 2018.  He was born on June 3, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Conrad Lee and Phyllis Brandt Simmons Weaver.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2006 moving from Baltimore, Maryland, he was a Maintenance Supervisor.

He was a member...

Lorena Turley

Sep 28, 2018

Lorena Turley, age 99, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on May 26, 1919 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Irvin Henry & Lottie Ryan See.  A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, she was a homemaker and farmer.

She was a member of the First...

Anita M. McCollum

Sep 27, 2018

Anita M. McCollum, age 65, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on December 31, 1952 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Alexander and Margaret Pearl Meis McCollum.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she worked for Wheatland Electric for 41 years before retiring in December...

Tessie Mae Pringle

Sep 23, 2018

Tribune, Kansas

Tessie Mae Pringle, age 89, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas.  Tessie was born May 3, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rev Herman George & Tessie Mae (Muller) Twietmeyer.  Tessie had been a resident of Greeley County since 1954 and was a medical records specialist for Greeley...

Selma Loewen

Sep 21, 2018

Selma Loewen, age 98, passed away at her home in Garden City, Kansas on Friday, September 21, 2018. She was born on December 19, 1919 in Corn, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Katherine Thiessen. She grew up on a family farm near Corn, Oklahoma and moved to Garden City, Kansas in 1979 from Rural Ingalls, Kansas.

She was a...

Kathryn Shearmire

Sep 21, 2018

Kathryn “Kathi” D. Shearmire, age 65 passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on January 18, 1953 in Boulder, Colorado, the daughter of Frederick Swain and Garelda (Maudie) Cumrine Longwedel.  A resident of Modoc, Kansas since 1987 moving from Wichita, Kansas, she was a manager for several different convience...

Joseph Hankins

Sep 20, 2018

Joseph "Joe" was born October 12, 1930 in Holcomb, Kansas to Naomi Cecil (VanDolah) and David Russell Hankins along with 6 siblings. Joe attended Holcomb Schools where he ran track in high school and graduated in 1948. 

He joined and served in the United States Air Force as a Military Police Officer. He was stationed in California and Texas.

In 1951...

Lorraine Etta George

Sep 19, 2018

Garden City, Kansas

Lorraine Etta George, age 58, of Lakin, Kansas passed away at the St. Catherine Hospital of Garden City, Kansas on Wednesday, September 19, 2018.  She was born on May 7, 1960 in Williams, Arizona the daughter of Virgil and Beatrice Rivera George.

Survivors include:

Two Sons Michael and Janett Newport of Tomball, Texas

Brandon George of Lakin, Kansas

Life Partner Larry Dodge of...

Arliss Wayne Wineinger

Sep 12, 2018

Tribune, Kansas

Arliss Wayne Wineinger, age 91, passed peacefully into his eternal glory on Thursday, September 12, 2018 at the Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas.  Arliss was born July 29, 1927 in Portland, Kansas, the son of K.O. & Mary (Dugan) Wineinger.

In 1928, at 1-½ years old, he moved with his family to Tribune, Kansas. He attended High...

Lorene Giesick

Sep 11, 2018

Lorene Giesick, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Born Florence Lorene Ray on January 2, 1929 in Cimarron, Kansas, the daughter of Willie C. & Lulanell E. (Dealy) Ray, she was a retired medical records clerk for Wichita County Health Center and a resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1947 moving...

Richard A. McDaniel

Sep 8, 2018

Richard A. McDaniel, age 62, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  He was born on March 12, 1956 in Marshall, Texas, the son of Robert A. & Irma L. Simpson McDaniel.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a farmer for Hoeme Farms.

He was a member of the...

Perry L. Garten

Sep 4, 2018

Perry L. Garten died  at St. Catherine Hospital on September 4, 2018 .  He was born November 13, 1917 at Peculiar, Mo., the son of Perry O and Lillie Watson Garten.  He grew up in Cass County, Mo, and graduated from the Raymore, Mo. High school.   He married Omalee (Clemence) Garten on May 11, 1941 in Olathe, Ks. She...

Teressa G. Bollinger

Sep 4, 2018

Teressa G. Bollinger, age 56, passed away at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas on Wednesday, September 4, 2018.  She was born on December 1, 1961 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Vernon Anderson & Verda Lucille Kirk Woodward.  A resident of Marienthal, Kansas for 6 years, she was a Medical Assistant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for several...

E. Louise Hands

Sep 3, 2018

E. Louise Hands, age 87, went home to Jesus on Monday September 3, 2018 while surrounded by family at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on October 8, 1930, in Hopewell, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd Louis and Esther Estelle Henderson.

Louise was a teacher, farmer’s wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, prayer warrior and missionary....