Obituaries

Ilene Wren

Ilene Wren

Jul 21, 2013

Ilene Sperling Wren, age 80, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2013 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on January 28, 1933 in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of Frank B. and Lena Brown Sperling. She worked and lived in Scott City, Kansas most of her life except for the short time she lived in Anchorage, Alaska...

Dorothy Bishop

Dorothy Bishop

Jul 17, 2013

Dorothy Maxine Bishop, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Dorothy was born November 26, 1924 on the family homestead in rural Kearny County, Kansas, the daughter of August, Jr. & Laura Mae Downs Hahn. A lifetime resident of Kearny and Wichita County, she was a homemaker...

Gavin Kleymann

Gavin Kleymann

Jul 14, 2013

Gavin Bjorn Kleymann, age 13, passed away on Sunday July 14, 2013 at his home in rural Greeley County, Kansas. Gavin was born March 15, 2000 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the son of Kirby Alan & Trina Sue France Kleymann. He was a farmer, cattleman and a student in the Greeley County school system and a lifetime resident of Greeley County,...

Larry Minor

Larry Minor

Jul 12, 2013

Larry Frederick Minor, age 75, passed away on Friday, July 12, 2013 at Trinity Manor Nursing Home in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born on September 30, 1937 in Leoti, Kansas, the son of Ernst & Eva Marie Campbell Minor. He graduated from Leoti High School in 1956 and then attended Sacramento Junior College graduating in 1958. From 1959-1960 he...

Eva Maestas

Eva Maestas

Jul 12, 2013

Eva C. Maestas, age 87, died Friday, July 12, 2013 at her home in Holcomb, Kansas. She was born May 5, 1926 in Wagon Mound, New Mexico the daughter of Alfredo & Annie Pino Montoya. A resident of Holcomb since 1959,e she was the owner of El Rancho Café in Holcomb. She was a member of the St. Mary Catholic...

Daniel Rojas

Daniel Rojas

Jul 12, 2013

Daniel P. "Danny" Rojas, age 60, died Friday, July 12, 2013 at his home in Holcomb, Kansas. He was born July 8, 1953 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Bartolo and Mary Delgado Rojas. A lifetime Finney County resident, he was known throughout the area for various jobs, including Oswalt Industries, Palmer Manufacturing, Federal Express, owner and operator of...

Genevieve Kreutzer

Genevieve Kreutzer

Jul 9, 2013

Genevieve "Jean" Kreutzer, age 77, passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. Jean was born April 8, 1936 at LaCrosse, Kansas, the daughter of Andrew & Veronica Herman Depperschmidt. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1960 moving from Garden City, Kansas, she was a homemaker. Jean was a member of St....

Henry Woods

Henry Woods

Jul 7, 2013

Henry Curtis Woods, age 95, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at Greeley County Long Term Care Center in Tribune, Kansas. Henry was born May 28, 1918 the son of Curtis Paul & Laura Juanita Morgan Woods. A lifetime resident of Greeley County, he was a Farmer/Stockman and had served his country as a Staff Sergeant in the United...

Judith Guinard

Judith Guinard

Jul 6, 2013

Judy M. Guinard, age 72, died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the Via Christi - St. Francis Campus Hospice Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 7, 1941 in Colby, Kansas the daughter of Albert and Kathryn Reitchek Hoff. A resident of Garden City since 1968. Judy worked for USD 457 as an administrative assistant in the copy center....

Evelyn Whalen

Evelyn Whalen

Jul 5, 2013

Evelyn Irene "E.I." Whalen age 86, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2013 at Wichita County Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. E.I. was born April 1, 1927 in Leoti, Kansas, the daughter of Harry Raymond & Hazel Cope Green. A 1945 graduate of Wichita County High School, she was a lifetime resident of Leoti and served as a postal...

Anna Friesen

Anna Friesen

Jul 4, 2013

Anna "Ann" K. Friesen, age 95, died Thursday, July 4, 2013 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born April 12, 1918 in Meade, Kansas the daughter of Henry H. and Katherine Friesen. A resident of Garden City since 2008, she had been an campus nurse at Grace College for one year, and an LPN...

Darell Wright

Darell Wright

Jul 4, 2013

Darell L. Wright, age 70, died Thursday, July 4, 2013 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 24, 1943 in Lamar, Colorado. A resident of Garden City since 1966 Darell had been the owner and operator of D&H Mobile Homes in Garden City, Kansas. He was a member of the St. Dominic Catholic Church and...

Elda Franco

Elda Franco

Jul 2, 2013

Elda Ruth Franco, age 64, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on February 2, 1949 in St. Clair, Michigan the daughter of James Byron & Cora Alice Daniels McInnis. A resident of Garden City since 1964 she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Assembly of God...

David Woelk

David Woelk

Jul 2, 2013

David Eugene "Hogie" Woelk, age 62, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. David was born May 5, 1951 at Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, the son of Lewis Earl & Jennie Leona Cronkite Woelk. A lifetime resident of Greeley County, he was a farmer, stockman and along with his family, the owner/operator of...

Lonnie Rohrbough

Lonnie Rohrbough

Jun 29, 2013

Lonnie G. Rohrbough, age 54, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 6, 1959 in Oakley, Kansas, the son of Dale Ivan and Irene Pauline Chvilicek Rohrbough. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, he was the owner and operator of Rohrbough Harvesting. He was a...

Louise  McCombs

Louise McCombs

Jun 28, 2013

Louise Cecelia McCombs, age 72, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at her home in Scott City, Kansas. Louise was born September 10, 1940 at Leoti, Kansas the daughter of Ludwig & Anne Bieker Berning. She was a lifetime resident of both Scott & Wichita counties, a homemaker and cook for the Scott Community School District # 466 for...

Gary Marcy

Gary Marcy

Jun 26, 2013

Gary L. Marcy, age 64, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on December 6, 1948 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Mary Elizabeth Brooks Marcy. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, Gary was a teacher, small business manager, seasonal harvester and electrician. Gary was a...

Maxine Jones

Maxine Jones

Jun 23, 2013

Maxine Clark Jones, age 96, died Sunday, June 23, 2013 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born August 27, 1916 in Coldwater, Kansas the daughter of Marion and Estella Garten Bratcher. She had been a resident of Pierceville since 1943 where she was a dedicated helpmate on the farm, driving trucks and cooking for harvest crews all...

Abbie Rupp

Abbie Rupp

Jun 17, 2013

Abbie Mildred Rupp, age 90, died Monday, June 17, 2013 at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. She was born on February 8, 1923 in La Crosse, Kansas the daughter of Jacob M. & Mary Heronema Herrman. A resident of Garden City since 1947, Mrs. Rupp was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Dominic Catholic...

Terrence Stickney

Terrence Stickney

Jun 13, 2013

Terry J. Stickney, age 69, died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born June 18, 1943 in Hoisington, Kansas the son of Harold & Florence Hickey Stickney. A resident of Garden City since 2009, Terry was a self employed electrician and plumber and was a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran. In...