Obituaries

Donald Hedges

Donald Hedges

Dec 30, 2012

Donald E. Hedges, age 80, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Porter Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He was born on November 11, 1932 in Offerle, Kansas, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Hazel Gladys Schenk Hedges. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1956 moving from Manhattan, Kansas, he was a Teacher and School Administrator and a...

Dwain Ingram

Dwain Ingram

Dec 27, 2012

Dwain M. Ingram, age 77, passed away on Thursdayy, December 27, 2012 at Galachia Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Dwain was born January 24, 1935 at Rago, Kansas, the son of Cortlandt Dwight & Myrna Blanche Minor Ingram. A resident of Greeley County, Kansas since 1941, he was a farmer and musician. Dwain was a member of the United Methodist Church...

Clark Showalter

Clark Showalter

Dec 26, 2012

Clark "Jack" Marion Showalter, Sr., age 78, a former Garden City resident, recently moving to Apache Junction, AZ, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at the Hospice of Arizona, in Mesa, Arizona. He was born on January 11, 1934 in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Clark Miller & Bertha L. Rhodes Showalter. Mr. Showalter had been an optician and was...

Charles Mayer

Charles Mayer

Dec 26, 2012

Charles W. Mayer, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at the Prowers Medical Center in Lamar, Colorado. He was born on April 14, 1930 in Crowley County, Colorado, the son of William Charles and Grace Collins Mayer. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1958 moving from Crowley County, Colorado, he owned and operated the A&W Drive...

Pamela Hahn

Pamela Hahn

Dec 19, 2012

Pamela Jane Hahn, age 65, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care in Leoti, Kansas. Pam was born December 2, 1947 at San Diego, California, the daughter of Samuel & Juanita Horton Clemens. A resident of Wichita County, Kansas since 1971 moving from Port Hueneme, California, she was a homemaker, school bus...

Dorothy Rivenburg

Dorothy Rivenburg

Dec 19, 2012

Dorothy M. Rivenburg, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Westridge Assisted Living in Girard, Kansas. Dorothy was born July 6, 1922 on the family farm at Sharon Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer & Effie Burns Chaney. Dorothy graduated of Greeley County High School in 1941. She was a homemaker and had lived the majority of...

Louis Vasquez

Louis Vasquez

Dec 18, 2012

Louis N. Vasquez, age 88, died Monday, December 18, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 15, 1924 in Manzanola, Colorado, the son of Florentino and Concha Navarez Vasquez. A resident of Garden City since 1970 he had worked for the ACRA Plant in Garden City retiring in 1984. Louis was a...

Gilbert Knipp

Gilbert Knipp

Dec 13, 2012

Gilbert Knipp, age 98, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on June 8, 1914 in Ellinwood, Kansas, the son of Peter Joseph and Sophia Arnesdorf Knipp. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1930 moving from Ellinwood, Kansas, he was a farmer & cattleman. On June...

Timothy Dirks

Timothy Dirks

Dec 11, 2012

Timothy Don Dirks, age 16, passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in Hays, Kansas as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on May 7, 1996 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Daryl & Vernita Schmidt Dirks. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas he was a student and worked for Dirks Earth Moving. He was...

Josephine Gaschler

Josephine Gaschler

Dec 9, 2012

Josephine F. Gaschler, age 92, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Homestead of Topeka in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on February 20, 1920 in West Plains, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Lippe Cunningham. A resident of Scott City, Kansas from 1953 until 2004 moving from and then back to Topeka, Kansas, she was an LPN....

Theodore Shelden

Theodore Shelden

Dec 8, 2012

Theodore M. "Ted" Shelden, age 69, died Saturday, December 8, 2012, at the Kansas Soldiers Home in Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was born April 20, 1943 in Trinidad, Colorado, the son of Eli Norman & Ida Mae Clower Shelden. A lifelong resident of Garden City, Ted had worked at Kerr Implement and later as Parts Manager for Machine Supply for...

James Weatherred

James Weatherred

Dec 7, 2012

Deerfield, Kansas James (Jim) Weatherred, age 60, former Deerfield resident, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 at his home in Wellington, Colorado. He was born Nov.14, 1952 in Lamar, Colorado the son of Duane and Wanda Grauberger Weatherred A resident of Colorado since 1970 he worked for the Department of Agriculture for 18 years and then ran his own consulting and...

Wanda England

Wanda England

Dec 6, 2012

Wanda England passed away on December 6, 2012 at Medicalodge in Arkansas City. She was a homemaker. She was born to Nora (Blummer) Shifflett and Ivory Preston Shifflett on Oct. 2, 1927 in Orland, Calif. She grew up in California and moved with her family to Oklahoma when she was 16. She married Bob Edgar England July 25, 1946 in...

Sgt. Floyd Brown

Sgt. Floyd Brown

Dec 3, 2012

Sgt. Floyd L. Brown, age 52, died Monday, December 3, 2012 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on May 4, 1960 in Muleshoe, Texas the son of Lester and Alice Williams Brown. A resident of Garden City since 1992 he had been a truck driver for the Garden City Feed Yard, LLC. Floyd was a member...

Bernard Rose

Bernard Rose

Dec 3, 2012

Bernard I. Rose, age 89, passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on March 9, 1923 in Scott County, the son of Roy R. And Iva M. Crane Rose. Bernard served in the Navy during World War II. He was a lifetime resident and farmer of Scott County,...

Patsy Ruddick

Patsy Ruddick

Dec 1, 2012

Patsy Ruth Ruddick, age 79, died Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born December 16, 1932 in Arma, Kansas the daughter of Joseph Clarence & Eva Alumbaugh Ruddick. A resident of Garden City since 1954, she was a teacher and had been the Director of Library Services at Garden City...

Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

Dec 1, 2012

Billy L. Curtis, age 73, passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on March 23, 1939 in Ness County, Kansas, the son of Clarence Willie and Vera Merle Conner Curtis. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1970 moving from Dighton, Kansas, he was the owner and operator of...

Lee Fairchild

Lee Fairchild

Nov 28, 2012

Lee Roy Fairchild, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Lee was born April 23, 1935 at Zenda, Kansas, the son of Richard Guy & Florence Opal Ridge Fairchild. He was a retired farmer and had been a resident of Leoti since 1942 moving from the Zenda, Kansas area. Following...

Wilbur Plowman

Wilbur Plowman

Nov 26, 2012

Wilbur LeRoy Plowman, age 68, passed away on Monday, November 26, 2012 at Wichita County Hospital in Leoti, Kansas. LeRoy was born November 8. 1944 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Wilbur E. & Edith Gibson Plowman. He was a farmer and truck driver and was also retired from the United States Army. LeRoy attended the Assembly of God Church...

Wanda Haflich

Wanda Haflich

Nov 26, 2012

Wanda Sue Haflich, age 59, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on August 12, 1953 in Garden City, Kansas the daughter of Aaron & Mary Combs Hurtt. She was a homemaker and had been a lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas. On February 26, 1985 she married Bernard Haflich...