Obituaries

Corwin Leon  Betts

Corwin Leon Betts

Nov 28, 2015

Leon Betts was born April 19, 1939 in Garden City, Kansas to Corwin and Irene Duncan Betts. He went to meet his Heavenly Father on November 28, 2015. Leon grew up in northwest Finney County where he farmed from the age of seven until his retirement in 2006. Leon graduated from Garden City Community College in 1959 and was enrolled...

Emogene L. Harp

Emogene L. Harp

Nov 28, 2015

Emogene L. Harp, age 81, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on April 16, 1934 in Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Walter A. and Gladys M. Lehman Wood. A lifetime resident of Wichita County and Scott County, Kansas, she was a homemaker. Emogene grew up in...

Joshua F. Huber

Joshua F. Huber

Nov 26, 2015

Joshua “Josh” F. Huber, age 23, died November 26, 2015, in Rural Finney County, Kansas. He was born on December 26,1991 in Burley Idaho, the son of Rick Huber and Joyce Roth Maas. He graduated High School with the class of 2010 from Minico High School. In August of 2015 he moved to Garden City, Kansas and began working at...

Regina Marie Dinkel Wendt

Regina Marie Dinkel Wendt

Nov 25, 2015

Tribune, Kansas Regina Marie Dinkel Wendt, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Regina was born at St. Peter, Kansas on January 7, 1926, the daughter of Mike and Rosalia Dinkel. Regina moved to NE Greeley County with her family in 1928 and later attended the Cactus and Mt. Hope Schools....

Charles A. Speer

Charles A. Speer

Nov 23, 2015

Charles A. Speer, age 84, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on June 9, 1931 in Pawnee County, Kansas, the son of Lloyd Clayton and Amanda Blanche Franz Speer. A resident of Scott City, Kansas until 1965 moving to Modoc, Kansas, he was a farmer and did...

Dolene  Heckert

Dolene Heckert

Nov 22, 2015

Tribune, Kansas Dolene Heckert, age 95, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. Dolene was born August 13, 1920 in Anson, Texas, the daughter of August & Emma ( Fisher ) Buske, Jr. A resident of Greeley County, Kansas since 1945, she was a farm wife and homemaker. Dolene worked hard...

Luella B. Erskin

Luella B. Erskin

Nov 17, 2015

Luella B. Erskin, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 7, 1930 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of John and Hilda Koch Wiechman. She was a resident of Scott City, Kansas from 1930 until 1954 moving to North Dakota and then back...

Erma  Thiessen

Erma Thiessen

Nov 15, 2015

Erma F. Thiessen, age 94, passed away on November 15, 2015 at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas under hospice care, surrounded by loved ones. She was born on September 16, 1921 at the homestead on Mennonite Road Northeast of Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Isaac M. and Susie Wiens Friesen. Erma had a relationship and love...

Lena Rachel Russell

Lena Rachel Russell

Nov 14, 2015

Lena Rachel Farr Russell, age 90, died Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. She was born on April 30, 1925 in Logan County, Kansas the daughter of James Wiley and Ida Elizabeth Patton Farr. She was a member of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Scott City Community until 2006. On...

Carole  Stark

Carole Stark

Nov 8, 2015

Carole Stark, age 77, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Hays, Kansas. She was born on September 17, 1938 in Ness County, Kansas to Sylvester and Rosie Herman Breit. She attended her first eleven years of school in Utica moving with her family to Scott City in 1955 to attend Scott Community High School...

Blake Allen Nickelson

Blake Allen Nickelson

Nov 8, 2015

Blake Allen Nickelson, age 22, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 in rural Wichita County, Kansas. Blake was born February 17, 1993 in Lakin, Kansas, the son of Michael Todd & Diane Michelle (Clymer) Nickelson. A 2011 graduate of Wichita County High School where he served as class president and was a participant in football, basketball and baseball programs,...

Brandon Ray Younker

Brandon Ray Younker

Nov 4, 2015

Scott City Brandon Ray Younker, age 23, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 in Ludowici, Georgia. He was born on September 26, 1992 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Blair Younker and Roberta “Bobbi” Dearden. Survivors include his Father - Blair Younker of Aberdeen, South Dakota accompanied by Irene Younker of Denton, Texas, Mother - Roberta “Bobbi” Strait...

Della Irene Heinitz

Della Irene Heinitz

Nov 4, 2015

Leoti, Kansas Della Irene Heinitz, age 89, passed away on November 4, 2015 in rural Logan County, Kansas. Della was born May 18, 1926 on the Blau family homestead in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of William & Gladys Couch Blau. A lifetime resident of western Kansas, she was a ranch wife, homemaker, and was a school cook at Hi-Plains...

Harold W. Hall, Jr.

Harold W. Hall, Jr.

Nov 2, 2015

Dighton, Kansas Harold W. Hall, Jr., age 81, died November 2, 2015 at Reeds Cove in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on June 26, 1934 at Shields, Kansas to Angeline (Mc coy) and Harold W. Hall Sr. His early years were spent in Lakin, Kansas. The Family moved to Dighton where he attended Dighton Elementary School and graduated from Dighton...

Eugene D. Hutchins

Eugene D. Hutchins

Oct 29, 2015

Eugene D. “Scrubby” Hutchins, age 89, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on April 10, 1926 in Shields, Kansas, the son of Clarence Thomas “Pete” and Mary Sharp Hutchins. A Scott City resident since 1942 moving from Lane County, he was a farmer, stockman and antique...

Grace Minette White

Grace Minette White

Oct 27, 2015

Leoti, Kansas Grace Minette White, age 101, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Grace was born August 5, 1914 on the Fletcher family homestead in the Sunnyside township of northeastern Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn Howard & Hattie ( White ) Fletcher. A lifetime resident of Wichita and Greeley Counties,...

LeRoy  Edgar Hoffman

LeRoy Edgar Hoffman

Oct 20, 2015

LeRoy Edgar Hoffman, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland, Kansas. Leroy was born May 1, 1937 in Tribune, Kansas, the son of Jay Arthur & Hazel Irene (Thon) Hoffman. He had been a resident at Bethesda Place in Hays, Kansas since 1981 moving to Golden West in Goodland, Kansas in...

Murl Loyd Eitel

Murl Loyd Eitel

Oct 19, 2015

Murl Loyd Eitel, age 91, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 2, 1924 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Murl and Carolina Geist Eitel. A lifetime Scott City resident, he was a farmer and a US Navy Veteran of World War II. He was...

Raymond Ralph A. Mills

Raymond Ralph A. Mills

Oct 19, 2015

GARDEN CITY Raymond Ralph A. Mills, died October 19, 2015 at the Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lonetree, Colorado. He was born on June 6, 1939 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of William J. and Myrtle Hummer Mills. He was a member of the Garden City community until 1965 when he moved to Denver, Colorado. He served his country...

Cora Virginia Wilkens

Cora Virginia Wilkens

Oct 19, 2015

Cora Virginia Wilkens, age 98, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Mrs. Wilkens was born July 11, 1917 in Willow Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Ghould & Tracy (Builta) Moore. A resident of Leoti since 2010 moving from Visalia, California, she was a homemaker and a Missionary. Mrs....