Obituaries

Sep 2, 2018

Garden City

Johnnie Truman Schwindt, age 86, passed away on September 2, 2018 at The Cottages in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on January 7, 1932 in Leoti, Kansas, the son of Herman H. and Olive O. Sowers Schwindt.

He attended the Countryview Baptist Church in Ulysses, Kansas and was a member of  the Eagles Lodge of Garden City, Kansas.  Johnnie...

Aug 28, 2018

Mervin Edward "Dave" Davis, 59 of Holcomb departed this world for his place in heaven Tuesday August 28, 2018. 

Mervin was born October 2, 1959 in Evanston Illinois to Elbert and Emma Mills Davis. He grew up in Evanton, Illinois and graduated from Evanston Township High School. He served 15 years in the US Army stationed many places stateside and overseas. 

On...

Aug 28, 2018

Aug 26, 2018

Garden City

Nicholas Ortiz, Sr., age 97, died on Sunday, August 26, 2018 in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on September 10, 1920 in Kingman, Kansas, the son of Marcos and Julia Morales Ortiz.  He has been a member of the Garden City community since 1946 having moved from Kingman, Kansas.  He worked at Myers Dairy and was a co-owner...

Aug 20, 2018

Joseph “Joe” F. Beaver, age 88, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2018 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on December 26, 1929 in Oakley, Kansas, the son of Fred M. and Leta D. Rohrbough Beaver.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was the Owner and Operator of JF Beaver Advertising.

He...

Aug 13, 2018

Steven Leroy Unruh, age 76, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2018 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born on October 11, 1941 in Montezuma, Kansas, the son of Cornelius P & Alma L. Knoll Unruh.  A lifetime resident of Pence, Kansas, he was a farmer.

He was a member of the Scott Mennonite Church in...

Aug 13, 2018

On Monday, August 13, 2018, Ocie Taylor Neuschwander, beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed peacefully to her heavenly home.

Ocie Alice Taylor was born on January 9, 1921 in Devol, Oklahoma to Jess and Mary Stewart Taylor.  They lived in Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado before they settled in Greeley County during the Dust Bowl days when she was 11 years...

Aug 12, 2018

Garden City

Deborah Kingston, age 38, passed away at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas on Sunday, August 12, 2018.  She was born on March 18, 1980, the daughter of Fred and Betty Harris Freedman in California.

A resident of Finney County, Kansas since July of 2018, Deborah worked as a hairstylist.

On January 13, 2014 she married Dylan Kingston in...

Aug 9, 2018

Leoti, Kansas

Herman Frederick Griem, age 88, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  Herman was born March 2, 1930 in Enid, Oklahoma, and adopted as an infant by Frederick Herman & Bertha (Lee) Griem.

He attended elementary school in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, including a one-room school.  Herman graduated in 1948 from High...

Aug 6, 2018

Garden City

Orene Twilia Crawford, age 79, died on Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on May 8, 1939 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Charles Lester Beulah Orene Locke Gooden.

She was a registered nurse and worked  all over the country. Moving back to Garden City in August of 2013...

Aug 5, 2018

Garden City

Morris “Dean” Smith, age 60, passed away peacefully at his residence in Garden City, Kansas on Sunday, August 5, 2018 following a terminal cancer diagnosis.  He was born on May 23, 1958, the son of Wanda Laverne Anderon Smith in Garden City, Kansas.

A lifetime resident of Garden City, Dean worked as a carpenter and lived a simple and peaceful life,...

Aug 4, 2018

Melva A. Rose, age 90, passed away on Friday, August 3, 2018 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born August 16, 1927 in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of Anson Robert & Daisy May Cook McDaniel.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2007 moving from Greeley, Colorado, she was a Institutional Cook at...

Jul 31, 2018

TRIBUNE

Ray Lee Helmbold CJF, age 71, died at his residence in rural Greeley County, Kansas on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.  He was born on March 10, 1947, in Anthony, Kansas, the son of, Merle and Roena Roe Helmbold.

He worked as a farrier his entire life.  Mr. Helmbold was a member of the American Farrier’s Association (AFA), VFW, Kansas Farrier Association,...

Jul 29, 2018

Calvin C. Pringle, age 93, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2018 at the Greeley County Long Term Care Center in Tribune, Kansas.  He was born on September 19, 1924 in Tribune, the son of Earl & Maude Tefft Pringle.  A lifetime resident of Greeley County, Kansas, he was a farmer and rancher.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian...

Jul 23, 2018

Dranon L. "Roy" Berry, age 87, passed away on Monday, July 23, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on January 30, 1931 in Cordell, Oklahoma, the son of Wilson W. and Bessie Lee Isbell Berry.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1959 moving from North Dakota, he was a farmer, Owner and Operator of...

Jul 23, 2018

GARDEN CITY

Charles “Charlie” F. Drussel, age 72, died on Monday, July 23, 2018 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  He was born on May 31, 1946, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Arthur and Gladys Graves Drussel.

Charlie worked as a master mechanic and machinist, and was an active member of the Pierciville Federated Church of Pierceville,  Kansas. ...

Jul 17, 2018

Karen Ann Ryan, age 76, passed away from kidney failure on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at her home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on April 3, 1942 in Shallow Water, Kansas, the daughter of Paul D. & Dora Scovill Ryan.  Karen was a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas and was a homemaker, wife and mother.

She was a...

Jul 17, 2018

Eugene L. Smith, age 77, passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on July 23, 1940 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Loyd & Edith Watkins Smith.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a retired mechanic at Smith Motor Company for 56 years.

He was...

Jul 16, 2018

GARDEN CITY

Bruce I. Trent died on July 16, 2018 at home with his family at his bedside, he was 88  years old.  He was born on September 15th, 1929 in Council Bluffs Iowa, the son of Harry H. Trent and Marjorie Irey Trent Senior.

Bruce graduated from Osborne High School in 1947 and Fort Hays State University in 1957.  He was...

Jul 8, 2018

Leoti, Kansas

Marilyn Jane (Renner) Appl, age 82, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at the Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  She was born on August 22, 1935, the daughter of Fred Renner and Mildred Fiegel in Cunningham, Kansas

She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, St. Anthony of Padua Alter Society and V.F.W. Auxiliary...