Obituaries

Dick Woods

Dick Woods

May 23, 2014

Dick Athes Woods, age 83, died Friday, May 23, 2014 @ his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born April 26, 1931 in Washington, Kansas the son of Earl and Vennie Palmer Woods. He had worked in maintenance for the Finney County Zoo. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene of Garden City, Kansas and was...

Colleen Meng

Colleen Meng

May 22, 2014

Colleen Maria Meng, age 88, died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, KS. She was born on July 11, 1925 in Preston, Lancashire, England the daughter of George A. & Isabella Funnel Taylor. A resident of Garden City since 1946, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Meng was a member of the St. Dominic Catholic Church...

Jeremy Grubb

Jeremy Grubb

May 21, 2014

Tribune, Kansas Jeremy Kol Grubb, age 36, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 in Wichita, Kansas. Jeremy was born November 1, 1977 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of William & Patricia Dizmang Lorg. Bryon Grubb formally adopted Jeremy as his son. A lifetime resident to Tribune, Kansas, he was a farmer and partner in Grubb Custom Harvesting. Jeremy...

Jean Larson

Jean Larson

May 21, 2014

Jean M. Larson, of Garden City, Kansas, died peacefully in her home early Wednesday morning, May 21, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 7, 1910 on Cape Cod in Harwichport, Massachusetts to Rev. & Mrs. Gordon B. Thompson. Jean graduated from Topeka High School in 1928 and from Baker University in 1932, where she earned a...

Doris Berry

Doris Berry

May 16, 2014

Leoti, Kansas Doris Minerva Berry, age 99, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2014 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Doris was born September 8, 1914 at Olivet, Kansas, the daughter of Robert A. & Minerva A. Woodbury Mc Cauley. Doris was a homemaker and had been a Leoti, Kansas resident since July of 2004 moving from Arcadia,...

Lawrence Peter

Lawrence Peter

May 15, 2014

Tribune, Kansas Lawrence Arlan (Mick) Peter, age 85, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Mick was born September 3, 1928 at Ellinwood, Kansas, the son of Albert & Cleda M. Christiansen Peter, Jr., he was a Farmer/Stockman and had been a Greeley County, Kansas resident since 1952. Mick was a member...

Douglas Thiessen

Douglas Thiessen

May 13, 2014

Douglas Wayne Thiessen, age 65, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the CRMC in Cheyenne, Wyoming, holding the hands of his three daughters. He was born on November 28, 1948 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Ed and Erma Friesen Thiessen. Doug attended school in Garden City, graduating high school in 1966. He was active in Youth for...

Corinne Krebs

Corinne Krebs

May 11, 2014

Corinne Krebs, age 90, passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on October 31, 1923 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Ray & Mabel Garvin Whitham. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker and a teacher. She was a member of the First...

Vurlyn Gallaway

Vurlyn Gallaway

May 11, 2014

Garden City, Kansas Vurlyn Larea Gallaway, age 70, died Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born June 26, 1943 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Noah Paul and Nina Mildred Will Hummer. A graduate of GCHS and GCCC, she worked as a secretary for 20 years at Pueblo Chemical, 8...

Phil Sanderson

Phil Sanderson

May 10, 2014

Phil T. Sanderson, age 59, died on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 28, 1955 in Abilene, Kansas the son of Bud and Eileen Thurmond Sanderson. A resident of Garden City since 2012 he was a carpenter. He is survived by: A few friends and a sister. There...

Phuoc Nguyen

Phuoc Nguyen

May 6, 2014

Phuoc Hong Nguyen, age 86, formerly of Garden City, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in Sarasota, Florida. He was born on January 1, 1928 in An Giang, Vietnam the son of Mau Van Ngo and Long Thi Tran and he was a farmer. He was a member of the Catholic Faith. On September 19, 1951 he married Da Thi "Teresa"...

Kenneth Lerman

Kenneth Lerman

May 5, 2014

Lerman, Kenneth B., 67, self-employed business consultant, professional speaker and author, died May 5, 2014 in Wichita, KS. Survived by his wife Geri Anne Appel, Ken was born April 15, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Albert Lerman and Dorithee Goldman Lerman who survives. His brothers Ron and Gary also survive. Ken enlisted in the Navy at the age...

John Leys

John Leys

May 3, 2014

John "Jack" Leys, age 59, died Saturday, May 3, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born August 30, 1954 in Conrad, Montana the son of John M. and Dixie L. Biffle Leys. A resident of Garden City since 1974, he was a mechanic at Marv's Garage. He was a member of the Bible Christian Church of...

Judy  Ribbing

Judy Ribbing

May 3, 2014

Judy K. Ribbing, age 67, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 14, 1947 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Bessie McClinden Tabor. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2007 moving from Garden City, Kansas, she was a retired caterer and cook...

Galen Steffens

Galen Steffens

May 3, 2014

Galen J. Steffens, age 51, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 21, 1962 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Pete and Vicky Hanzlick Steffens. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a maintenance engineer for Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City,...

Leatrice Lane

Leatrice Lane

Apr 30, 2014

Tribune, Kansas Leatrice Mary Lane, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at her daughters house in Cashion, Oklahoma. Leatrice was born November 23, 1928 in Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl Ludwick & Mary Koriel Kiefer. A lifetime resident of Wichita and Greeley Counties, she was a farm wife, homemaker, bookkeeper and a former dietician at...

Kathleen Dirks

Kathleen Dirks

Apr 29, 2014

Kathleen L. Dirks, age 58, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at her home surrounded by family and friends in Logan County, Kansas. She was born on June 12, 1955 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil Lorg and Geraldine Biermann Lorg. A resident of Scott City & Logan County, Kansas since childhood, she was a homemaker. She was...

Luis Rodriguez

Luis Rodriguez

Apr 29, 2014

Luis Rodriguez, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 21, 1943 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Macedonio and Eulogia Ramirez Rodriguez. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he retired from Sunflower Electric in 1993 as a mechanic. Survivors include his Two Sons -...

Eric Arnold

Eric Arnold

Apr 28, 2014

Eric Todd (E.A.) Arnold, age 47, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2014 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Eric was born December 16, 1966 at Salina, Kansas, the son of Carolyn Arnold. A Tribune resident since 1992 moving from Manhattan, Kansas, he was Superintendant at Prairie Ridge Golf Course, coach for Greeley County Junior High School Basketball...

Harry Chvilicek

Harry Chvilicek

Apr 27, 2014

Harry James Chvilicek, age 81, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Wichita County Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Harry was born April 10, 1933 in Marienthal, Kansas, the son of John & Barbara Kessler Chvilicek. Harry served his country in Germany during the Korean Conflict with the United States Army. A lifetime resident of Marienthal, Kansas he...