Obituaries

Dec 12, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Kenneth D. Harms, age 82, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at his residence in Finney County, Kansas.  He was born on January 29, 1935 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Leonard and Iola Kuhlmann Harms.

A lifetime resident of Finney County, he worked as a farmer.

He is a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, the Elks Lodge and...

Dec 12, 2017

Dec 11, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Matilda “Tilly” Helen Smith, age 86, died at her residence on December 11, 2017 in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on August 18, 1931 in Marienthal, Kansas the daughter of Fred Casper and Clara Anna Fox Baker.

She has been a Garden City resident for 45 years moving here in 1973 from Marienthal, Kansas.

On October 25, 1950 she married...

Dec 9, 2017

Kathryn L. Speck, age 70, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at the West View Manor Nursing Home in Derby, Kansas.  She was born on January 10, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd James Speck and Ronna Mae Struth.  Kathryn was adopted and very dearly cared for by Robert Struth, Sr.

She was a member of the Midway...

Dec 9, 2017

Stephen Filson Young, 79, died December 9, 2017 at Lakeland, Florida.

He was born April 14, 1938, in Salina, Kansas, the son of Fred and Eva Filson Young. 

He and the family moved to Scott City in October 1941 to manage and operate the Majestic Theatre.  Stephen attended Scott City schools and graduated from SCHS in 1956.  He was active in sports...

Dec 6, 2017

Marjorie Eva Miller, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.  She was born on July 1, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of William and Eva Swenson Stam.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2012 moving from Liberal, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of...

Dec 1, 2017

Tribune, Kansas

Kero Lee Doty, age 94, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017 at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. Kero Lee was born June 10, 1923 at Horace, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Thompson & Barbara Emeline (Huddleston) Dinsmore.  A lifetime resident of Greeley County, she was a farm wife working along side her husband on the...

Nov 27, 2017

Corrine Dean, age 92, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on August 12, 1925 in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Noah Robert and Lucy Ann Naff Blackwell.  A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1949 moving from Leoti, Kansas, she was a Cashier at Ideal Grocery Store...

Nov 25, 2017

Arlene J. Beaton, age 90, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on February 3, 1927 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford C. and Cora Ethel Jones Beeson.  A lifetime resident of Scott County and Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

She was a member...

Nov 24, 2017

Tonja M. Williams, age 50, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.  She was born on November 18, 1967 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the daughter of Troy S. and Carrie M. Abbott Marion.  A resident of Scott County, Kansas since 1988 moving from Colorado, she was a teacher at Scott City Elementary School...

Nov 23, 2017

Scott City, Kansas

Scot DeWayne Aytes, age 62, died on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at his residence in Scott City, Kansas.  He was born on May 21, 1955 in Scott City, Kansas the son of Jimmy Wayne an Nathalie Doris Wagner Aytes.

A lifetime resident of Scott City Kansas, Scot owned, Service First Contracting until he retired.

He was a member of the First...

Nov 17, 2017

Shawna K. Foster, age 59, passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on January 9, 1958 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of George & Virginia Krause DeWitt.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas she was a wife, mother and grandmother.

She was a member of the First...

Nov 11, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Thomas Dean Fief was born on July 23, 1956 in Garden City, Kansas. He departed this life on November 11, 2017 in Garden City, Kansas at the age of 61. Tom is preceded in death by his grandparents and numerous aunts, uncles, and a few cousins.

He is survived by his parents, Orville Roy (Bud) Fief of Buda, Texas and...

Nov 11, 2017

Larrod Ray Proehl, age 34, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017 at his home in Cimarron, Kansas.  He was born November 23, 1982 in Garden City, Kansas to Lawrence Ray Proehl and Dona Hetrick Proehl. He grew up in Pierceville spending his time riding four wheelers. After attending high school in Garden City, he graduated from the automotive mechanics program...

Nov 11, 2017

Anita O. Wilson, 80 years young, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.  She was born Anita Olene Teter on July 4, 1937 at Mooreland, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ralph & Edna Mae (Buck) Teter.  She had been a resident of Tribune, Kansas from 1969 through 1979 moving to Enid, Oklahoma and returning...

Nov 8, 2017

Toni L. Patton, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on June 28, 1940 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Ted E. and Barbara Park Crist.  A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a bookkeeper at Collingwood Grain, Beef Belt Feeders and...

Nov 2, 2017

John Eugene Smith, age 73, passed away on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas.  John was born May 25, 1944 in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Cecil Elmer & Nan Doris (Caldwell) Smith.  In 1968, John graduated from West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas with a degree in Business Management. John and his...

Nov 1, 2017

Leland George Smith, Jr. age 62, passed away on November 1, 2017 at his home in Leoti, Kansas.  Mr. Smith was born October 14, 1955 at Littlefield, Texas, the son of Leland G & Herlinda ( Martinez ) Smith, Sr. He was an over the road trucker and had been a Leoti resident since 2016 moving from Lakin, Kansas.

Mr. Smith...

Oct 31, 2017

Oct 30, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Albert J. Maris "Jim", age 77, died on Monday, October 30, 2017 at the Homestead Health and Rehabilitation.  He was born on August 27, 1940 in Johnson City, Kansas the son of Albert James and Elma Marie Coleman Maris.

A Garden City resident since 1984 having moved from Sublette, Kansas.  Albert worked as a truck driver his entire life.  He...