Obituaries

Joan Ayers

Joan Ayers

Feb 2, 2014

Joan Laura Hobson Ayers, age 70, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. Joan was born October 29, 1943 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Owen & Melba Loretta Stiles Hobson. Joan was a 1961 graduate of Wichita County High School in Leoti, Kansas and a 1964 graduate of Sterling...

Israel Ramirez

Israel Ramirez

Feb 1, 2014

Israel J. "Ray" Ramirez, age 71, died Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born January 27, 1943 in Alleyton, Texas the son of Camilo & Janie Perez Ramirez. A longtime resident of Garden City he was a retired punch & saw operator for Heyco, Inc. in Garden City, Kansas. He...

Mary Alice Lawrence King

Mary Alice Lawrence King

Jan 28, 2014

Mary Alice Lawrence King, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on October 19, 1928 in Scott County, Kansas, the daughter of George "Tex" W. and Margaret Grosshans Ross. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was a Farmer and Custom Harvester. She was...

Mary Myers

Mary Myers

Jan 27, 2014

Tribune, Kansas Mary Louise Myers, age 82, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2014 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Louise was born November 6, 1931 at Towner, Colorado, the daughter of Charlie & Mildred Waugh Burnett. Louise and her family moved from Towner, Colorado to Tribune, Kansas in 1948 where she graduated from Greeley County High School...

Esteban Salinas

Esteban Salinas

Jan 27, 2014

Esteban G. Salinas, age 88, died Monday, January 27, 2014 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on July 14, 1925 in Estacion de las Aldamas N.L., Mexico the son of Esteban and Maria Luz Garcia Salinas. A resident of Garden City since 1949 he owned and operated a landscaping and lawn care business in...

William Streeter

William Streeter

Jan 21, 2014

William H. "Bill" Streeter, Jr, age 83, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born February 25, 1930 in Scott City, Kansas the son of William Howard Sr. & Kathryn Neuenschwander Streeter. A resident of Garden City since 1940 he had been the owner and operator of Streeter Ditching. He was a member...

Trenton Guerra

Trenton Guerra

Jan 18, 2014

Trenton Diego Guerra, age 38, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2014 in Cheyenne County, Colorado. Trenton was born August 29, 1975 at Hays, Kansas, the son of Henry & Kathy Korbe Guerra. A lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas, he was an employee of Seaboard Foods and owner/operator of Korbe Enterprise Septic Services. Trenton was a member of the Assembly...

Sherree Smith

Sherree Smith

Jan 17, 2014

Sherree Kaye Smith, age 20, died Friday, January 17, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on April 4, 1993 in Pusan, South Korea the daughter of Robert Lee Smith and Su Hui Pak. A resident of Garden City since 2006, she was a student and had worked part time at various local businesses....

Mildred Van Pelt

Mildred Van Pelt

Jan 15, 2014

Mildred E. Van Pelt, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on July 17, 1923 in Atwood, Kansas, the daughter of Edward Lee and Mae Cecil Benson Lemen. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1950 moving from Dighton, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She was...

David LeClair

David LeClair

Jan 12, 2014

David Ross LeClair, age 67, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on November 13, 1946 in Breckenridge, Minnesota the son of Lester and Mazie Swartz LeClair. A resident of Garden City since 1974 he had been a door craftsman for Cash & Carry Lumber of Garden City for...

Jerry Doornbos

Jerry Doornbos

Jan 7, 2014

Dr. Jerry A. Doornbos, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 31, 1938 in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of H. Clair and Mildred Wilson Doornbos. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was Veterinarian, Farmer and Stockman. Jerry graduated from Kansas State University with...

Marion Young

Marion Young

Jan 7, 2014

Marion Joe Young, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. Mr. Young was born November 10, 1932 at Fellsburg, Kansas, the son of Marion Lyle & Ada Lavina Derley Young. A resident of Greeley County since 1946, he was a farmer. Mr. Young was a member of the United Methodist...

Michael Kitch

Michael Kitch

Jan 4, 2014

Michael D. Kitch, age 63, passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on June 21, 1950 in North Platte, Nebraska, the son of Harold E. "Gene" and Darline Dirks Kitch. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a restaurant owner and operator. He was a member...

Raymond Fox

Raymond Fox

Jan 4, 2014

Raymond Lewis Fox, age 78, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born January 5, 1935 in Salina, Kansas the son of Ferris Myron Lewis and Mary Naomi Hammontree Fox. A resident of Garden City since 1972, he had been a high school educator, counselor and coach; an independent contractor; and served...

Hilda Gruver

Hilda Gruver

Dec 30, 2013

Hilda O. Gruver, age 98, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on September 6, 1915 in Kingswood, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert Lee and Sallie Betti Skaggs Lockard. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since May of 1970 moving from Kingswood, Kentucky, she was a homemaker....

Ervin Schneider

Ervin Schneider

Dec 25, 2013

Tribune Ervin Schneider, age 91, passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at The Village On Lee Retirement Center in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was born on April 29, 1922 in Stafford, Kansas, the son of Edward Henry and Laura Fritzemeier Schneider. In 1952 he moved to Tribune, Kansas from Stafford, Kansas and was a Farmer, Stockman and Businessman. He was...

John Rodriguez

John Rodriguez

Dec 24, 2013

John C. Rodriguez, age 60, passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 26, 1953 in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Jose R. and Antonia Cruz Rodriguez. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1997 moving from Dimmitt, Texas, he was a truck driver for Seaboard Farms of...

Harold Smith

Harold Smith

Dec 19, 2013

Ness City, Kansas Harold Lee Smith, age 84, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Cedar Ridge Nursing Home in Ness City, Kansas. Mr. Smith was born April 24, 1929 in Albion, Indiana, the son of Thomas & Gertrude Compton Smith. Employed in the oilfield industry, he had been a Ness City resident since 1969 moving from Kingman, Kansas....

Esther Rhoe

Esther Rhoe

Dec 17, 2013

Esther Lois Rhoe, age 98, died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born May 7, 1915 in Fairview, Kansas the daughter of William T. and Rosabell Farley Herrell. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1950, she had been a waitress at Walker's Bar for many years. Survivors include: One...

Neva Duncan

Neva Duncan

Dec 11, 2013

Neva Fern Duncan, age 91, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Neva was born April 27, 1922 at the family homestead in Wichita County, Kansas, the daughter of Roy E. & Helen E. Graham Elder. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, she was a secretary for several...