Obituaries

Nila J Keltner

Nila J Keltner

Aug 28, 2014

Nila Jean Keltner, age 71, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on December 14, 1942 in Montrose, Colorado, the daughter of Melvin & Evelyn Gladden Bradshaw. A resident of Marienthal, Kansas since 2003 moving from New Mexico, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the...

Sarah Irene Grayson

Sarah Irene Grayson

Aug 24, 2014

Sarah Irene Grayson, age 99, moved to Heaven on Sunday, August 24, 2014 from Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Sarah began her life’s journey in the Grand Junction area of Tennessee on July 16, 1915, the daughter of Richard & Irene Hood Phinessee. On February 18, 1940, Sarah married Rev. Nelson Grayson, Sr. in Memphis, Tennessee. Sarah worked...

Richard Clarence Gilcrease

Richard Clarence Gilcrease

Aug 24, 2014

Richard C. Gilcrease, age 76, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on December 30, 1937 in Larned, Kansas, the son of Vernon & Gladys Almquist Gilcrease. Richard was a school teacher in Lyons, Kansas for 11 years before returning to the family farm in 1972 and farming...

Blanche  Salyer

Blanche Salyer

Aug 24, 2014

M. Blanche Salyer, age 101, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on July 1, 1913 in Fellsburg, Kansas, the daughter of J.L. and Agnus Carlin Burden. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1934 moving from Lakin, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was a member...

Terri Lee Jantz

Terri Lee Jantz

Aug 16, 2014

Terri L. Vsetecka-Jantz, age 60, died Saturday, August 16, 2013 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, KS. She was born July 2, 1954 in Scott City, Kansas the daughter of Bohumil Frank “B.F” & June Newcomer Vsetecka. A resident of Garden City since 1975, she was a credit manager at Berry Tractor & Equipment Company. She was a...

Mary D. Bauck

Mary D. Bauck

Aug 14, 2014

Mary D. Bauck, age 99, passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Mary was born July 16, 1915 near Libenthal, Kansas in rural Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of John A. & Amelia Herman Kreutzer. A resident of Wichita County since 1925, she received training as a registered nurse...

Darrel Dee Maley

Darrel Dee Maley

Aug 13, 2014

Darrel “Whitey” Maley, 64, passed away at his home in Wichita, KS on Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Darrel was born January 20, 1950 in Logan, KS the son of George Everett Maley and Ruth Irene Brethouwer and the youngest of 7 children. In 1968 he graduated from Logan High School, then attended Fort Hays State University for two years. Darrel...

Rogelio  Blanco Rodriguez

Rogelio Blanco Rodriguez

Aug 9, 2014

Rogelio Blanco Rodriguez Sr., age 63, died Saturday, August 9, 2014 at the Via Christi Hospital, St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on June 14, 1951 near Durango, Mexico the son of Ismael and Claudia Rodriguez Blanco. A resident of Garden City since 2002 he worked at the Golden Corral Restaurant. On February 27, 1980 he married...

Glenda Irene Rupp

Glenda Irene Rupp

Aug 4, 2014

Glenda I. Rupp, age 79, passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on May 11, 1935 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Glen Grafton and Irene Mae Holmes Cunningham. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she worked at Security State Bank and was Owner and Operator of Rupp...

Primus Joseph Suppes

Primus Joseph Suppes

Aug 3, 2014

Primus Suppes, 94, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, August 3, 2014 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 28, 1919, in Liebenthal, Kansas, to Adam and Mary (Herrman) Suppes.  He grew up living and working on the family farm east of Loretto.  Coming from a family of German immigrants,...

Bobby G Stalter

Bobby G Stalter

Aug 2, 2014

Bobby G. Stalter, age 67, died Saturday, August 2, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born on November 8, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the son of Fred and Lorene Pamplin Stalter. A lifetime resident of Garden City he had been a mechanic for KN Energy in Garden...

Margaret Katherine Stoppel

Margaret Katherine Stoppel

Aug 2, 2014

Margaret K. Stoppel, age 93, passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at the Lakepoint Augusta Assisted Living Center in Augusta, Kansas. She was born on March 29, 1921 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Edgar K. & Flora Bockelman Strickert. Margaret’s father passed away when she was just 6 years old. Flora later married August Ehmke who raised...

Margaret Jean Riggs

Margaret Jean Riggs

Aug 1, 2014

Margaret Jean Riggs Margaret Jean Riggs, 80, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Garden City. She was born Dec. 5, 1933, in Dodge City to Myrl V. and Wilda I. Opdyke Walker. She spent her childhood living in national parks, including Yosemite, Petrified Forest, Glacier and Zion. In 1951, she graduated from Hurricane High...

Robert  Taylor

Robert Taylor

Jul 30, 2014

Robert Martin " Bob " Taylor, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Bob was born February 9, 1945 at Garden City, Kansas the son of Frank & Esther Watson Taylor. A lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas, he was a truck driver. Bob served his country during the Viet Nam...

Nayeli  Gonzalez-De La Cruz

Nayeli Gonzalez-De La Cruz

Jul 26, 2014

Nayeli Gonzalez De La Cruz, 22, died Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born November 6, 1991 at Juarez, Mexico, the daughter of Jorge De La Cruz and Lorenza Murillo. She married Ivan Gonzalez on August 31, 2012 at Liberal, KS. He survives. Nayeli moved to Scott City, KS from her home in...

Wanda Shirlene Williams

Wanda Shirlene Williams

Jul 18, 2014

Wanda Shirlene Williams, age 65, passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Deseret Health & Rehab in Smith Center, Kansas. She was born on August 5, 1948 in Caglesville, Arkansas, the daughter of Jimmie J. and Mary Jane Burris Mackey. Shirlene grew up in Winona, KS.  She liked to help with the farm and ranch and enjoyed horses...

Kelly Unruh

Kelly Unruh

Jul 14, 2014

Kelly Loraine Unruh, age 51, died Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Via Christi Hospital - St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on May 24, 1963 in Landstul, Germany the daughter of Michael and Rochelle Collins Bullard. Kelly was a homemaker and had been a resident of Garden City since June of 2008. She was a member...

Wilma Unruh

Wilma Unruh

Jul 10, 2014

Wilma Elizabeth Unruh, age 83, died Thursday, July 10, 2014 @ the Shawnee Gardens Assisted Living Center in Shawnee, Kansas. She was born March 21, 1931 in Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Willard and Ethel Morrow DeCamp. She was a homemaker and had been a lifetime Garden City resident. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Riley Unruh

Riley Unruh

Jul 8, 2014

Riley Kellin Unruh, age 14, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at the Via Christi Hospital - St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on May 29, 2000 in Greeley, Colorado the son of Michael Edwin & Kelly Loraine Bullard Unruh. A resident of Garden City since February of 2009 he was a Middle School student. He was a...

William Bolin

William Bolin

Jul 6, 2014

William B. Bolin, age 79, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on November 11, 1934 in Iola, Kansas the son of Nathan Henry and Edna Faye Copeland Bolin. A resident of Garden City since the mid 1970's he had been a partner in the Hope, Mills, Bolin, Collins & Ramsey law...