Obituaries

Maxine Marie Peterson

Maxine Marie Peterson

May 16, 2015

Maxine Marie Peterson, age 77, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on September 2, 1937 in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of William and Gladys Couch Blau. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1959 moving from Leoti, Kansas, she was a nurse and worked at both...

Candelario  Ubiarco

Candelario Ubiarco

May 16, 2015

Candelario Ubiarco, age 84, died Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on November 17, 1930 in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Cristobal and Elpidia Navarro-Diaz. He worked as an electrician most of his life. He was a member of the Discipulos De Christo Church of Garden City, Kansas. In 1961...

Eugenia  Lavina Palkowitsh

Eugenia Lavina Palkowitsh

May 9, 2015

Leoti, Kansas Eugenia Lavina Palkowitsh, age 93, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Wichita County LTC in Leoti, Kansas. Eugenia was born May 8, 1922 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd I. & Alice Floe Betts Walk. She was a 1941 graduate of Wichita County High School, a lifetime resident of Wichita County and a farm...

Velma Doris Base

Velma Doris Base

May 9, 2015

Velma D. Base, age 86, died May 9, 2015 as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Pratt County, Kansas. She was born in Finney County, Kansas on August 21, 1928 the daughter of Charlie and Lens Unruh Base. She worked as a school teacher. Survivors include: Two Brothers: Charlie Base of Kingman, Kansas, Clayton Base of Concord, Oklahoma;...

Mary Lou Coates

Mary Lou Coates

May 8, 2015

Mary Lou Coates, age 74, died May 8, 2015 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 7, 1940 in Fame Bottom, Oklahoma, the daughter of Cecil Miller and Oleta Marie Windham. On May 30, 1998 she married Mark Coates in Shallow Water, Kansas. He died on May 1, 2015 in Garden City, Kansas....

Mary E. Plum

Mary E. Plum

May 7, 2015

Mary E. Plum, age 92, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on November 25, 1922 in Leaday, Texas, the daughter of William Thomas and Nora Belle Weddle Moore. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1955 moving from McLean, Texas, she was a retired head cook at...

Andrew Leon Chambers

Andrew Leon Chambers

May 3, 2015

Andrew Leon Chambers, age 42, passed away at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas on Sunday, May 3, 2015. He was born on October 22, 1972 in Wakeeney, Kansas, the son of James A. And Shirley J. Ziegler Chambers. In 1993, Andrew graduated from Parsons Senior High School in Parsons, Kansas and moved to Wichita, Kansas where he...

Donald Lee Farmer

Donald Lee Farmer

May 2, 2015

Donald Lee Farmer, age 90, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. Don was born July 14, 1924 in Horace, Kansas, the son of Charles Richardson & Nellie Rebecca (Davis) Farmer, Sr.. A lifetime resident of Greeley County, Kansas, and Don was an accountant and bookkeeper for several businesses in Greeley...

Addie Mae Hillery

Addie Mae Hillery

May 1, 2015

Addie Mae Hillery, age 90, passed away at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas on Friday, May 1, 2015. She was born on May 31, 1924 in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of Rassie and Addie Harper Strickler. Mae was the third born in a family of four children. She attended a rural Logan County grade school and then...

Mark Edward Coates

Mark Edward Coates

May 1, 2015

Mark Edward Coates, age 62, died May 1, 2015 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born October 12, 1952 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Chester Wishon and Betty Faye Hallmark Coates. He was a General Contractor for The House Doctor. Mark served his country in the United States Army before Moving back to Garden City,...

Harold Wayne Lappin

Harold Wayne Lappin

Apr 28, 2015

Harold Wayne Lappin, Age 76, was relieved of all pain and suffering on April 28, 2015 at his home, surrounded by those he loved in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was born in Dodge City, KS on March 23, 1939. Harold served his country in the US Navy. He retired from PNM as a lineman and worked many more years for...

Tracey D. Obeso

Tracey D. Obeso

Apr 25, 2015

Tracey D. Obeso, age 63, passed away at her home in Scott City, Kansas on Saturday, April 25, 2015. She was born on October 19, 1951in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Roland and Jackie A. Strobel Mumma. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2004 moving from Baltimore, she was clerk at Heartland Foods. She was a member of...

Peggy  Paul

Peggy Paul

Apr 23, 2015

Peggy Paul, age 71, was taken away from the pain and suffering on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the Grisell Memorial Rhode Island in Ransom, Kansas. She was born on December 31, 1943 in Needles, California, the daughter of Samuel and Lucille Thompson Wahlers. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1959 moving from Goodland. Peggy traveled the United States...

Angelina  McMillan

Angelina McMillan

Apr 21, 2015

Angelina McMillan, age 62, died April 21, 2015, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born May 12, 1953 in La Junta, Colorado, the daughter of CP and Mary Flores Medina. On July 24, 1982 she was united in marriage to Fredrick McMillan at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Garden City, Kansas. A resident of the...

Kurt Alan Norman

Kurt Alan Norman

Apr 20, 2015

Kurt A. Norman, age 54, passed away at the family farm in Scott County, Kansas on Monday, April 20, 2015. He was born on November 6, 1960 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Everett Eugene and Edith Rose Brooks Norman. He was a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, a graduate of Scott Community High School and was an...

Jeanne  Mammel

Jeanne Mammel

Apr 14, 2015

Jeanne Mammel died peacefully at home at the age of 94. She was born to Walter R. and Verna N. Gorsuch, May 1, 1920 in Leoti, Kansas. Raised in Kansas she attended the University of Colorado where she met and married, Clayton K. Mammel from Wichita, Kansas in 1942. She received a Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies from the University...

Georgie Louise Bever

Georgie Louise Bever

Apr 11, 2015

Georgie Louise Bever, age 86, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Georgie was born February 18, 1929 in Garden City, Kansas to Mr. & Mrs. George H . and Vivian Reid Fahrenholtz. Georgie had been a Scott City, Kansas resident from 1948 until 1991, then moving to Garden...

Mary Frances Emberton

Mary Frances Emberton

Apr 11, 2015

Mary Frances Emberton, age 71, died April 11, 2015, at her residence in Garden City, Kansas. She was bon on February 11, 1944 in Sublette, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Allie Frances Tyler Park. She was a truck driver until 2002 when she retired. On February 20, 1983, she was united in marriage to Hobart Emberton. He survives. Other...

Priscilla  Kleymann

Priscilla Kleymann

Apr 10, 2015

Tribune, Kansas Priscilla ( Peg ) Kleymann, age 90, passed away at the Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire, Kansas on Friday, April 10, 2015. Peg was born April 14, 1924 at Ashton, Kansas, the daughter of John Walter & Lillian Mae Hutchins Kinlund. A 1942 graduate of Greeley County High School, she attended Denver Business College for a year...

Gregory Hall Thomas

Gregory Hall Thomas

Apr 8, 2015

Gregory “Greg” Hall Thomas, age 57, died April 8, 2015 at his residence in Garden City, Kansas. He was born May 17, 1957 in Ocala, Florida, the son of Karon William and Virginia Hall Thomas. Greg has been a resident of Garden City since 1999. He was employed by Garden City Community College as a sociology professor. He is survived...