Obituaries

C.E.  West

C.E. West

Nov 3, 2014

C.E. “Jack” West, Jr., age 91, died on Monday, November 3, 2014 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on April 22, 1923 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Claget Edward, Sr. and Dorothy Loretta Peppard West. He worked as a Farmer and Rancher and for the Kansas Department of Transportation. He lived in the...

Richard  Wheeler

Richard Wheeler

Oct 25, 2014

Richard Wheeler, 76, died Oct. 25, 2014, at his home in Norco, Calif., from cancer. Richard Joseph Wheeler was born Jan. 11, 1938, the son of Quincy “Dutch” and Ressa Irene (Conine) Wheeler in Scott County. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Richard made his home in Norco for the last 45 years. He worked for...

John J. Lawson

John J. Lawson

Oct 11, 2014

John J. Lawson, age 92, passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. John was born June 15, 1922 in Plains, Kansas, the son of John Spurgeon & Maybelle Angell Lawson. John had been a Greeley County resident since 1945. He was a farmer/ stockman and served as a rural mail carrier and...

John Dee Gerstberger

John Dee Gerstberger

Oct 9, 2014

John “Johnny” Dee Gerstberger, age 56, passed away at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas Thursday, October 9,2014. Johnny was born June 1, 1958 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of William and Frances Mautz Gerstberger. He graduated from Wichita County High School. A farmer, rancher, and lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas. John was a member of the...

Bucky  McCombs

Bucky McCombs

Oct 3, 2014

Bucky McCombs, age 78, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2014 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on June 12, 1936 in Oakley, Kansas, the son of Lawrence Dwight and Mae Walker McCombs Sr. In 1949 he moved to Scott City, Kansas from Oakley, Kansas. In 1966 he moved to Goodland, Kansas until 1977 and from...

Alan Dale Bollinger

Alan Dale Bollinger

Oct 1, 2014

Alan Dale “Whitie” Bollinger, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 11, 1936 in Farmington, Illinois, the son of Kenneth Bollinger & Agnes Lafferty Bollinger Yowell. Alan’s father passed away when he was just 2 years old. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since...

Ruth Anna Friesen

Ruth Anna Friesen

Sep 30, 2014

Ruth Anna Friesen, age 96, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at the Almost Home Hospice House in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on November 12, 1917 in Buhler, Kansas the daughter of Jacob L. and Maria Neufeld Adrian. A resident of Garden City since 1953, Ruth had been a nurse and a farm wife. On March 21, 1953 she...

Ronald R. Decker

Ronald R. Decker

Sep 30, 2014

Ronald R. Decker, age 63, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at his home in Garden City, KS. He was born June 21, 1951 in Imperial, Nebraska the son of Harold L. and Shirley Follett Decker. A resident of Garden City since 1985, he was a stocker for Wal-Mart and a U.S. Navy veteran. On June 19, 1971, he married Barbara...

Rolland J. Mathias

Rolland J. Mathias

Sep 29, 2014

Garden City, Kansas Rolland J. Mathias, age 85, died Monday, September 29, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on December 11, 1928 in Stafford, Kansas, the son of James Henry and Anna Mae Heimiller Mathias. A resident of Garden City since 1980 he had been the owner and operator of Electron Weigh, Inc. On September...

Eileen Mary Gardner

Eileen Mary Gardner

Sep 23, 2014

Eileen Mary Gardner, age 82, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 9, 1932 in High Wycombe, England the daughter of Edward & Rose Plumridge Addis. A resident of Garden City since 1970, she was a hostess & cashier at K-Bob’s Steak House. She was a member...

Thelma M Farr

Thelma M Farr

Sep 22, 2014

Thelma M. Farr, age 92, died Monday, September 22, 2014 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. She was born on March 18, 1922 in Hill City, Kansas the daughter of Orlando R. and Madge Mae Bentley Benedict. A resident of Garden City since 1987, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church,...

Larry Luke Haverfield

Larry Luke Haverfield

Sep 21, 2014

Larry Luke Haverfield, age 77, passed away on Sunday, September 21, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. Larry was born November 20, 1936 at Scott City, Kansas, the son of John R. & Edith A. Luke Haverfield. Larry graduated from Scott Community High School in Scott City, Kansas in 1954. A rancher, wildlife conservationist and a lifetime resident of...

Lois M Esslinger

Lois M Esslinger

Sep 20, 2014

Lois M. Esslinger, age 100, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on June 18, 1914 in Clifton, Kansas the daughter of Ed & Jessie Graham Lambert. A Garden City resident since 2003, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Esslinger was a member of the St. Dominic Church of Garden...

Wilbert C. Koehn

Wilbert C. Koehn

Sep 14, 2014

Wilbert C. Koehn, age 84, passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas, due to complications from a broken hip. He was born on February 27, 1930, in Canton, Kansas, the son of Frank E. and Leah Koehn. He was a resident and farmer of rural Wichita County, Kansas just north of...

Earl L. Gorman

Earl L. Gorman

Sep 12, 2014

Earl L. Gorman, age 89, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on December 22, 1924 in Smith Center, Kansas, the son of Billie and Edith Orel McNeary Gorman. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Anderson, Missouri, he was a journeyman operator for Wheatland...

Helen C. Ford

Helen C. Ford

Sep 9, 2014

Helen C. Ford, age 69, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2014 at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. Helen was born June 3, 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Thomas & Alice Pickett Cason. A western Kansas resident since 2012 moving from Phoenix, Arizona, she was a homemaker. Helen was of the Christian faith, a member...

Walter Alvin Sears

Walter Alvin Sears

Sep 9, 2014

Garden City, Kansas Walter Alvin Sears, age 88, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born February 25, 1926 in Gem, Kansas the son of John Milton and Lula Jennings Sears. A Garden City resident since 1953, he was a retired shift foreman for Northern Natural Gas Company and owner/operator of Seaco...

Paul V. Rupp

Paul V. Rupp

Sep 7, 2014

Garden City, Kansas Paul V. Rupp, age 95, died Sunday, September 7, 2014 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. He was born on September 27, 1918 in Ness County, Kansas the son of Joseph & Katherine Dechant Rupp. A resident of Garden City since 1945, he was the owner & operator of Rupp Radiator Service and was a...

Alvis Thayne Nichols

Alvis Thayne Nichols

Aug 31, 2014

Alvis Thayne Nichols, age 81, passed away on Sunday, August 31, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 10, 1933 in Fowler, Kansas, the son of Clarence Orson & Martha Edna Eccleston. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1971 moving from Garden City, Kansas, he was a Seed & Fertilizer Salesman...

Barbara  Marcellee Clark

Barbara Marcellee Clark

Aug 31, 2014

Barbara Marcellee Clark, age 86, passed away on Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Wichita County Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Marcellee was born August 16, 1928 at Crisfield, Kansas, the daughter of William Boy and Pauline Loda Avery Crow. A Leoti resident since 2004 moving from Tribune, Kansas, she was a homemaker and school bus driver. Marcelee was a...