Obituaries

Leroy Garman

Leroy Garman

Sep 8, 2013

Leroy James Garman passed away September 8, 2013, of pancreatic cancer with his family by his side. Leroy was born to Charles and Maude Garman in Turon, KS on April 22, 1928. Leroy graduated from High School in Hanston, KS. He joined the army and served from 1947-1950, primarily on the island of Guam. When he returned to the states...

Artie Brunson

Artie Brunson

Sep 2, 2013

Artie O. Brunson, age 102, died Monday, September 2, 2013 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on May 8, 1911 in Loco, Oklahoma, the daughter of William Henry & Lillie May Blevins Clarkston. A resident of Garden City since 1930 she had been in partnership with her husband of Brunson Distributing Company having...

Patricia Lewis

Patricia Lewis

Aug 31, 2013

Patricia L. Lewis, age 83, passed away at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas on Saturday, August 31, 2013. She was born on May 21, 1930 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of John J. and Nina Catherine Cates Greenlee. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1936 moving from San Jose, California, she and her husband were the...

Robert Rowley

Robert Rowley

Aug 30, 2013

Robert G. Rowley, age 88, died Friday, August 30, 2013 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. He was born on January 13, 1925 in Barton County, Kansas, the son of Glen and Roberta "Bird" Murdy Rowley. A resident of Garden City since 1969 he worked in the oil field as a pumper and he also farmed. He...

Bartolo Rojas

Bartolo Rojas

Aug 23, 2013

Bartolo M. Rojas, age 91, died Friday, August 23, 2013 at the Homestead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kansas. He was born August 24, 1921 at Ottine, Texas, the son of Pedro and Susan Martinez Rojas. A resident of Garden City since 1941, he had worked for the City of Garden City Electrical Department, and was a WWII...

Earl Giesick

Earl Giesick

Aug 20, 2013

Earl Frederick Giesick, age 84, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Earl was born April 1, 1929 at Leoti, Kansas, the son of Samuel S. & Elizabeth Eva Bohl Giesick. He was a lifetime resident of Leoti and a 1947 graduate of Wichita County High School. He retired from the...

Kennith Yeager

Kennith Yeager

Aug 18, 2013

Kennith Allen Yeager, age 89, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Ness County Hospital in Ness City, Kansas. He was born on September 18, 1923 in Conrad, Montana, the son of George Lewis and Mary Edith McCurtain Yeager. A resident of Scott County, Kansas since the Fall of 2000 moving from Mattawa, Washington, he was a rancher,...

Carol Martin

Carol Martin

Aug 17, 2013

Lakin, Kansas Carol Marie Martin, age 77, died Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. She was born on June 25, 1936 in Montezuma, Kansas the daughter of Edgar Royal and Norma Marie Finfrock Hornbaker. Carol was the 1954 Salutorian for the School For the Deaf in Olathe, Kansas. A resident of Lakin since...

Stanley Reynolds

Stanley Reynolds

Aug 15, 2013

Stanley A. Reynolds, age 65, died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on April 30, 1948 in Fredonia, Kansas the son of Walter and Ruby Gladys Kelsey Reynolds. A resident of Garden City since 1970 he had been a custom cattle truck driver. On December 31, 1966 he married JoAnn...

Arthur McCowan

Arthur McCowan

Aug 13, 2013

Arthur Robert McCowan, age 98, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Art was born November 14, 1914 at Pretty Prairie, Kansas, the son of Jesse & Maude Shockley McCowan. A resident of Wichita County since 1930, he was a farmer. Throughout his life, Art was very active in the First Presbyterian...

Larry Brack

Larry Brack

Aug 11, 2013

Larry D. Brack, age 66, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born November 6, 1946 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Dean C. and Arlene Burch Brack and served in the United States Army during the Vietnam era. Larry was a farmer and rancher and had been...

Nicholas Gillen

Nicholas Gillen

Aug 9, 2013

Nicholas John Gillen, age 94, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2013 at the Wichita County Long Term Care Unit in Leoti, Kansas. He was born on July 26, 1919 in Willowdale, Kansas, the son of Dominic and Minnie Lampe Gillen. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1929 moving from Willowdale, Kansas, he was a farmer. He was a member...

Wanda Evans

Wanda Evans

Aug 6, 2013

Wanda M. "Granny" Evans, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on April 24, 1932 in Foss, Oklahoma, the daughter of Edgar Andrew and Susie Belle Fogle Baker. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since March of 2008 moving from Sharon Springs, Kansas, she was a...

Janice Brown

Janice Brown

Aug 3, 2013

Janice M. Brown, age 70, passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on August 2, 1943 in Colby, Kansas, the daughter of Honorable Alexander and Ruth Marie Kessler Fromme. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1971 moving from Platte City, Missouri, she was an Executive Director of...

J.B. Scott

J.B. Scott

Aug 2, 2013

J.B. Scott, age 101, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2013 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on March 2, 1912 in Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, the son of James William and Minnie Mae Bentley Scott. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1994 moving from San Angelo, Texas. J.B. was an oil field...

Dawn Stephens

Dawn Stephens

Jul 29, 2013

Dawn Marie Stephens, age 49, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Dawn was born February 11, 1964 at Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of Charles & Judy Blatter Rowe. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse and had been a resident of Scott and Wichita Counties since 2010 moving from Grand Junction,...

Michael Truax

Michael Truax

Jul 28, 2013

Michael T. Truax, age 41, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 25, 1972 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Duane and Nancy Batchelder Truax. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a Web Site Designer and Moderator. He was a Evangelical Christian...

Lottie Farr

Lottie Farr

Jul 28, 2013

Lottie E. Farr, age 76 passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born on April 12, 1937 in Caldwell, Kansas, the daughter of Otto Jayce and Alta Grace Terry Cash. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since January of 1996 moving from Garden City, she was an Activities Director at...

Donald Hendrickson

Donald Hendrickson

Jul 27, 2013

Donald Chester Hendrickson, age 80, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the Homestead Health & Rehab in Garden City, Kansas. He was born August 3, 1932 on the family farm near Hanston, Kansas the son of Arthur and Mamie Bamberger Hendrickson. A resident of Garden City since 1956, he had been a custom cattle buyer. He was a...

Ruby Latham

Ruby Latham

Jul 25, 2013

Ruby A. Latham, age 57 passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 18, 1956 in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Jessie Lee Bell-White Ivey. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, she was Cook and retail manager. Ruby was a resident of Park...