Obituaries

Jan 20, 2018

Garden City

Samuel Melvin Gardner, age 88, died on Saturday, January 20th, 2018 at the Clearfork Assisted Living Facility in Willow Park, Texas.  He was born on June 30, 1929 in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Reynold and Melinda Bradley Gardner.  

He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church, the CAP, Sand Hills Amateur Radio Club.  Sam also proudly...

Jan 16, 2018

Garden City

Shirley Ann William, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at her residence in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on January 4, 1954 in Quinter, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene and Herlinda Werth Knoll.

She has been a member of the Garden City community and St. Mary’s Catholic Church for 47 years.  Shirley was also a member...

Jan 8, 2018

Cimarron, Kansas

Elaine I. Oberlander, age 94, passed away at the Shepherds Center in Cimarron, Kansas on Monday, January 8, 2018.  She was born on May 12, 1923 in Redfield, South Dakota the daughter of Willard and Minnie Manson Walsh.

In 1960 she married Art Oberlander in Redfield South Dakota. He passed away in 1999 in Garden City, Kansas. They moved to...

Jan 5, 2018

Garden City

Raymond J. Crist, age 96, died on January 5, 2018 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  He was born July 17, 1921 in LaVerne, California, the son of John Uhl and Ella Elizabeth Simmons Crist.  At the age of two his family moved back to the Friend area.

He has been a member of that community since...

Jan 4, 2018

Memorials Services for Larry Gene Ribbing and his wife, Judy K. Ribbing will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the First Baptist Church in Leoti, Kansas with the Reverend Gary Salmans officiating.  Inurnment for both will be in Leoti Cemetery in Leoti, Kansas with military honors for Larry.

Larry Gene Ribbing was born May 21, 1945 in...

Jan 3, 2018

Garden City

Ralph Joe Soqui, Sr., age 74, died on January 3, 2018 in Waco, Texas.  He was born on December 1, 1944 in Jerome, Arizona the son of Arthur and Maxine Rosas Soqui.  

He has been a member of the community since 2015, Clarkdale, Arizona.  He is a retired Navy member.  For many years, Ralph umpired games in the community...

Dec 30, 2017

Garden City

Shirley Ann Ekart, age 84, died on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her residence in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on January 6, 1933 the daughter of Carey Ansel and Bertha Henrietta Roy Colburn in Garden City, Kansas.

She is a lifetime resident of Garden City and worked as a school cook for 25 years for the USD 457.

On...

Dec 28, 2017

Garden City

Gladys M. Wagner, age 92, died on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born on July 13, 1925 in Holcomb, Kansas the daughter of Claude F. and Effie Jane Moody McQueen.

She worked as a cook for USD 457 for many years.  Gladys is a member of the Church of...

Dec 27, 2017

Dec 26, 2017

Russell I. Unruh, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Bethel Home in Montezuma, Kansas.  He was born on October 02, 1935 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Abraham and Sarah Holdeman Unruh.  Russell was a resident of Wallace County, Kansas from 1957 until 2004 when he moved to Colorado for 10 years before returning to western Kansas and...

Dec 23, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Russell Franklin Freeman, age 83, died on December 23, 2017 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on December 19, 1934 in Seminole, Oklahoma the son of Claud Napoleon and Freda Cathy Freeman.

Russell enjoyed working on crossword puzzles, traveling, spending time with his family, and loved making others laugh with his stories and jokes....

Dec 19, 2017

Helen R. Dickey, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on January 1, 1936 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Roy & Margaret Heaney Parker.  She moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 where she worked for Saunders & Associates as a Food Broker and Secretary until...

Dec 16, 2017

GARDEN CITY

Linda Berg, age 90, died on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  She was born to Dietrich and Katherine Olfert in Montana in 1927.  At the age of 12 her mother and family prayed with her to invite Christ into her life.  Assurance of salvation came at the time of her baptism. ...

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...