Obituaries

Dorothy Fetterolf

Dorothy Fetterolf

Apr 26, 2014

Dorothy LoRee Fetterolf, age 76, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 9, 1937 in Stockton, Kansas the daughter of Charles LeRoy and Dorothy Mae Still McLaughlin. A resident of Garden City since 2010, she had been a retail sales clerk and cashier. She was a member of...

Esther Koehn

Esther Koehn

Apr 21, 2014

Tribune, Kansas Esther Unruh Koehn, age 97, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 Western Plains Medical Center in Dodge City, Kansas. Esther was born February 13, 1917 in rural McPherson County, Kansas, the daughter of Peter J. & Eva Unruh. She had been a resident of Sterling House in Dodge City, Kansas since 2010 moving from Tribune, Kansas where...

Edith Berend

Edith Berend

Apr 21, 2014

Marienthal, Kansas Edith Marie Berend, age 81, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Edith was born October 20, 1932 at Coronado, Kansas, the daughter of August & Beata Kreutzer Luebbers. A lifetime resident of the Marienthal, Kansas area, she was a homemaker. Edith was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and...

Lula Dirks

Lula Dirks

Apr 21, 2014

Lula M. Dirks, age 75, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 8, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Wilfred Alton and Lucille Thelma Arnall Coe. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1960 moving from Downey, California, she was a homemaker and a bus...

Greg Skibbe

Greg Skibbe

Apr 16, 2014

Greg Alan Skibbe, age 58, passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at his home in Scott County, Kansas. He was born on March 12, 1956 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Albert and Pauline Gile Skibbe. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, he was a farmer. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in...

Fred Piper

Fred Piper

Apr 16, 2014

Fred Allen Piper, age 62, passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. Fred was born November 13, 1951 at Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Paul Edward, Sr. & Frances Marie Wasson Piper, he had been a resident of Garden City since1978 moving from Dodge City. He was one of the original...

Wendy Perryman

Wendy Perryman

Apr 13, 2014

Wendy C. Perryman, age 48, died Sunday, April 13, 2014 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born September 23, 1965 in Evanston, Wyoming the daughter of Dennis & Cherilyn Karn Perryman. Wendy received her Bachelors and Masters Degree from the University of Wyoming at Laramie and obtained her PhD in Neuroanatomy & Cell Biology from the University...

Reba Hearson

Reba Hearson

Apr 13, 2014

Reba R. Hearson, age 87, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on July 3, 1926 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Jay and Grace Lynch Taylor. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a homemaker and a Clerk for Duckwalls from 1983 until 1990....

Marjorie Riggs

Marjorie Riggs

Apr 12, 2014

Marjorie A. Riggs, age 75, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on February 28, 1939 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Roger and Doris Frost Heim. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a cook and a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian...

Kendall Hornback

Kendall Hornback

Apr 12, 2014

Kendall Lee Hornback, age 50, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 16, 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky, the son Barney Lee and Brenda Lou Riggs Hornback. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2001 moving from Sonora, Kentucky, he was an Advocate for the Disabled....

Betty Barnes

Betty Barnes

Apr 9, 2014

Betty Ann Barnes, age 71, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on October 8, 1942 in Barton County, Kansas the daughter of Reuben R. & Edna Templing Steinert. A resident of Garden City since 1988, she was a certified dietician, having worked for the Russell Care Center in Russell,...

Melvena Rieth

Melvena Rieth

Apr 9, 2014

Melvena Fern Rieth, age 79, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born February 22, 1935 in Pierceville, Kansas, the daughter of John Frederick & Minnie Marie Bates Husband. A lifetime resident of Pierceville, she had been a beautician for 42 years before working for Arkvalley Pheasant. She was a member...

Anthony Kirk

Anthony Kirk

Apr 8, 2014

Anthony J. Kirk, age 55, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born June 6, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Alfred & Betty White Kirk. A resident of Garden City since 2008 he had worked for Tyson Fresh Meats. Anthony was a U.S. Army veteran serving from 1980-1990. He married Michelle...

Sarah Willis

Sarah Willis

Apr 5, 2014

Sarah Lucille Willis, age 95, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on January 30, 1919 in St. John, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Edith Yocum Cavemder. She grew up in St. John and after graduating High School she attended Central...

Ethel Palmblade

Ethel Palmblade

Apr 4, 2014

Leoti, Kansas Ethel Virgene "Jean" Palmblade, age 91, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Jean was born September 7, 1922 at Gypsum, Kansas, the daughter of Fred DeWitt & Ethel Winslow Cheney. A resident of Leoti since 1947 moving from Wellington, Kansas, she was a homemaker, secretary and the former owner/operator...

Charlotte Ridder

Charlotte Ridder

Apr 2, 2014

Charlotte Ann Ridder, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on January 6, 1946 in Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Louis & Marguerite Mary Baker Zellner. A resident of lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas, she was a the owner and operator of Colonial...

Dixie Neuenschwander

Dixie Neuenschwander

Mar 31, 2014

Dixie L. Neuenschwander, age 79, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on November 9, 1934 in Durham, Kansas, the daughter of Adam & Elsie Ollenburger Miller. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1946 moving from Anaheim, California, she along with her husband Robert, were the owners...

Vera Buckbee

Vera Buckbee

Mar 31, 2014

Vera Mae Buckbee, age 84, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Via Christie in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on October 22, 1929 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Pauline Burr Schmitt. Vera was raised by her grandparents, Mr & Mrs Gottlieb Burr and was a resident of Scott City,...

Patricia Palen

Patricia Palen

Mar 29, 2014

Patricia A. Palen, age 82, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on July 11, 1931 in Leoti, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur L. and Genevieve E. Manning Gribben. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1953 moving from Leoti, Kansas, she was a Nurse. She was...

Donald Robinson

Donald Robinson

Mar 28, 2014

Donald D. Robinson, age 78, died on Friday, March 28, 2014 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on July 1, 1935 in Olsburg, Kansas the son of Artie & June McCullough Robinson. A resident of Garden City since 1963, he was a self employed carpenter and a district management salesman for Guys Food for 20 years,...