J. Alan Winter
Jan 7, 2016
J. Alan Winter, age 65, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. J. Alan was born February 9, 1950 at Scott City, Kansas the son of Joseph Edward & MaryAnn Claire Baker Winter, he had been a Larned, Kansas resident since 2015 moving from Cheney, Kansas. He was a retired crop adjuster. J....
Colter J. Berry
Jan 5, 2016
Colter J. Berry, age 28, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 in south Finney County, Kansas as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on December 12, 1987 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Harold Dean and Shannon Marie Dunagan Berry. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a measurement technician for Northern Natural...
Arnold Steve Trujillo
Jan 5, 2016
Arnold Steve Trujillo, age 65 passed away on January 5, 2016 at his home in Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born on May 12, 1950 at Scott City, Kansas, the son of Arnold and Virginia Trujillo. He graduated from Scott Community High School. Went on to work for Ideal food Store managing the store for many years before moving on...
Ben J. Timmerman
Jan 2, 2016
Garden City, Kansas Ben J. Timmerman, age 87, died January 2, 2016 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. He was born on March 15, 1928 in Summner, Nebraska the son of Ben Erving and Dora Bell Bradt Timmerman. Ben Served in the United States Army Airforce as a Sargent in World War II. He worked as a Radar...
Evelyn J. Curl
Jan 1, 2016
Evelyn J. Curl, age 80, died at Homestead Assisted Living in Garden City Kansas on January 1, 2016. She was born on November 10, 1935 the daughter of William Oliver and Pauline Leatherbury Knight. She was a lifetime member of the Garden City community, working as a custodian for USD 457. Survivors include: Three Daughters - Lori Curl of Garden...
Carolyn Klassen
Dec 30, 2015
Carolyn Sue Klassen, age 71, of Garden City, Kansas, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2015. Carolyn was born on November 20, 1944, in Garden City, Kansas, to Jacob D. and Gretchen Ens. Carolyn married her high school sweetheart Tom on June 5, 1965. She graduated from Central Christian High School in Hutchinson in 1962, received her B.A. in Music...
Robert Edward Brand
Dec 28, 2015
Robert E. Brand, age 78, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015 at his home in Healy, Kansas. He was born on May 19, 1937 in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, the son of John Henry and Laura May Jones Brand Sr.. A resident of Healy, Kansas since 1965 moving from Hays, Kansas, he was a school teacher and farmer. He was...
Antonia B. Lopez
Dec 27, 2015
Antonia “Toni” B. Lopez, age 92, died on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 17, 1923 in Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Guadelupe and Romana Mejia Blea. She has been a resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1940 having moved from Dodge City, Kansas. She was married...
Aristeo Rito
Dec 27, 2015
Aristeo (Arty) Rito, age 45, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at his parents home in Leoti, Kansas. Arty was born March 12, 1970 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Jose & Maria (De La Luz) Rito, Sr. A resident of Liberal, Kansas since 1994 moving from Leoti, Kansas, he was a specialty welder for Gardner Cryogenics...
Vandella F. Grusing
Dec 20, 2015
Vandella F. Grusing, age 92, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Van was born January 30, 1923 in Woodward, Oklahoma, the daughter of Gould & Tracy ( Builta ) Moore. A long term resident of Leoti, Kansas she was formerly the Owner and Operator of Van’s Clip &...
Francis James Hess
Dec 16, 2015
Francis James “Jim” Hess, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 29, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Alfred Lee and Ena Marie Turpin Hess. Jim attended Dodge City & Ulysses schools and graduated in 1954 from Scott Community High School, attending...
Armina Graff Palkowitsh
Dec 16, 2015
Armina Graff “Tiny” Palkowitsh age 89 of Lilburn, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Josephine (Werth) Graff; and her husband of 33 years, Anthon Leonard “Tony” Palkowitsh. She is survived by a son, Marcus Palkowitsh of Denver, CO; daughter, Mindy Crean (John) of Lilburn, GA; 4 grandchildren, Kevin Crean...
Lloyd L. Geyer
Dec 12, 2015
Leoti, Kansas Lloyd L. Geyer, age 90, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at his home in Leoti, Kansas. Lloyd was born October 8, 1925 in Leoti, Kansas, the son of Elmer & Lola ( Coffman ) Geyer. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, he was a farmer and stockman. Lloyd was a veteran, serving in the United...
Joseph Max Zitnik
Dec 11, 2015
Joseph Max Zitnik, age 72, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Joe was born January 9, 1943 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Joseph & Maxine (Ford) Zitnik. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, he was an Educator with over thirty years experience serving and teaching in the Wichita...
Mary Ann Strohm
Dec 11, 2015
Mary Ann Strohm, age 86, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 29, 1929 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Dr. John T. And Mildred E. Thiebaud Keeling. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Luke’s...
Paul James Shafer
Dec 6, 2015
Paul James Shafer, age 85, passed away on Sunday. December 6, 2015 at Greeley County Hospital LTC in Tribune, Kansas. Paul was born January 11, 1930 in Isabel, Kansas, the son of John & Hazel E. (Brooks) Shafer. A resident of Greeley County since 1939, he was a farmer and stockman. Paul was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church,...
Eugene Berning
Dec 5, 2015
Eugene Berning, age 89, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Eugene was born April 20, 1926 on the Berning family homestead near Marienthal, Kansas, the son of Anthony John & Hilda Louise (Simons) Berning. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, he was a farmer and businessman. Eugene was a member...
Nicholas J. Spanier
Dec 4, 2015
Nicholas J. Spanier, Jr., age 88, died December 4, 2015 in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on June 22, 1927, Garden City, Kansas the son of Nicholas J. and Johanna Penka Spanier. He owned his own company delivering Skelly fuel to farmers. After retiring he went to work for the Kansas Department of Transportation. On Jan 13, 1951 he...
Darrin Rae Windholz
Dec 3, 2015
Darrin Rae Windholz, age 38, died Friday, December 3, 2015 at his residence in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on May 23, 1977 in Granger, Utah the son of Frank James and Tamara Rae WIndholz. He had been a member of the Garden City community since 1983 having moved from Price, Utah. Darrin is survived by his parents, Frank...
Dale A. Delay
Nov 29, 2015
Dale A. Delay, age 81, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on November 25, 1934 in Lewis, Kansas, the son of Floyd and Faye Bell Delay. A lifetime resident of Lewis, Kansas, he was an assistant manager for Lewis Coop and a Machinist & Programer for Cross...