Obituaries

Arlene Daniels

Arlene Daniels

May 20, 2012

Arlene Q. Daniels, age 88, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at her home in Tribune, Kansas. Arlene was born December 30, 1923 at Bazine, Kansas, the daughter of Herman & Eunice Marshall Quenzer. A Greeley County resident since 1946 moving from Bazine, Kansas, she held a Masters Degree in Science earned from Fort Hays State University in 1976,...

Floyd Pointer

Floyd Pointer

May 17, 2012

Floyd Pointer, age 80, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at his residence in Holcomb, Kansas. He was born on February 29, 1932 in Syracuse, Kansas the son of Floyd Pointer Sr. and Cleo Tope Earnest. A resident of Holcomb since 1973 moving from Las Vegas, Nevada, he was a retired Design Engineer working for Western Steel and Automation. He was...

Lawrence Wieser

Lawrence Wieser

May 15, 2012

Lawrence J. Wieser, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Lawrence was born March 27, 1920 in Kingman County, Kansas, the son of Peter Charles & Gertrude Osner Wieser. A resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1944, he was a seed dealer, farmer and businessman. Lawrence was a member of St....

Dean Bauer

Dean Bauer

May 15, 2012

Dean C. Bauer, age 50, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on May 13, 1962 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Raymond & Evelyn Dougherty Bauer. A lifetime resident of Scott County, Kansas, he was head of maintenance at Poky Feeders in Scott City, Kansas for...

Frances Koch

Frances Koch

May 13, 2012

Frances Pauline Koch, age 93, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was the second of seven daughters born to John Elmer and Beulah Hazel Funk Hollister on Wednesday, December 11, 1918 in Cunningham, Kansas. She lived most of her childhood in Kingman and Spivey, Kansas before moving with...

Keith Shriver

Keith Shriver

May 12, 2012

Reno, Nevada Keith Ardis Shriver, age 84, died on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at his home in Reno, NV. Keith was born on June 22, 1927 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Taylor Ardis and Helen Marguriete Helfrick Shriver. Following the Dust Bowl days of the 1930's, his family moved to Buhl, Idaho. Shortly after his father's death in...

Forrest Ray

Forrest Ray

May 5, 2012

Forrest Eugene Ray passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho. This was a result of injuries sustained in a fall at a construction site on April 16, 2012. He was born October 4, 1955, in Tribune, Greeley County, Kansas, to Russell and Selma (Carlson) Ray. His father predeceased him on...

Morgan Altman

Morgan Altman

May 5, 2012

Morgan Kay Altman, age 16, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012 in rural Wichita County, Kansas. Morgan was born April 11, 1996 at Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Ryan C & Cookie D. Dawson Altman. She was a sophomore at Wichita County High School and a lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas Morgan was a member of Christ Covenant Church...

Forrest Schuhs

Forrest Schuhs

May 2, 2012

Forrest Woodrow Schuhs, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Forrest was born April 2, 1919 at Lamont, Kansas, the son of Stephan T. & Neva McVey Schuhs. He was a graduate of Ft. Hays State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in education. A resident of Leoti since...

Kendall Thomas

Kendall Thomas

May 2, 2012

Kendall D. Thomas, age 63, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at his home in Kinsley, Kansas. He was born on November 2, 1948 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Dale Felix and Velma Edith Bretton Thomas. A longtime resident of Scott City, Kansas he moved to Kinsley, Kansas in 2006 He was a retired Police Officer from...

Matthew Ford

Matthew Ford

May 1, 2012

Matthew Thomas Venson Ford, age 79, passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Mr. Ford was born February 11, 1933 at Cash, Arkansas, the son of John Henry & Clara Belle Gill Ford. A resident of Wichita County, Kansas since 1953 moving from Sharon Springs, Kansas, he was a farmer and rancher....

Fern Greathouse

Fern Greathouse

Apr 27, 2012

Fern Lucille Greathouse, age 87, died Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. She was born on November 15, 1924 on a farm northeast of Garden City in Finney County, Kansas the daughter of Ralph Goodman and Viola Fern Collins Greathouse. A lifetime resident of Garden City, Kansas, Fern graduated from Wichita State University in...

Marita Mays

Marita Mays

Apr 24, 2012

Marita Faye Mays was born July 29, 1922, the first child of Merritt Judson (Murphy) and Myrth Amorette Heaton. She went home to be with those who predeceased her on April 24, 2012. She married Richard Dean Mays on June 5,1945. Their 66 year union produced 10 children. Marita taught school for four years during World War II, but quickly...

Tina Swift

Tina Swift

Apr 22, 2012

Tina Joan Swift, age 55, completed the journey of her life at her home in Gunnison, Colorado on Sunday, April 22, 2012 following an extended battle with cancer. Tina was born September 22, 1956 in Leoti, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene & Billie Macku Biel. She graduated from Wichita County High School in 1974 and from Western State College in...

Glenn Nonnamaker

Glenn Nonnamaker

Apr 22, 2012

Glenn A. Nonnamaker, age85, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 20, 1926 in Grainfield, Kansas, the son of George Graham and Clara Belle Meek Nonnamaker. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1939 moving from Grainfield, Kansas, he was a rancher. Glenn was a US...

Margaret Spikes

Margaret Spikes

Apr 20, 2012

Garden City, Kansas Margaret L. Spikes, age 92, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on May 9, 1919 in Hutchinson, Kansas the daughter of Lewis and Sadie Jordan. A resident of Garden City since the mid 1940's, she was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Although she only raised...

Alfred Becker

Alfred Becker

Apr 20, 2012

Garden City, Kansas Alfred Lewis Becker Jr., age 82, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at his home in Holcomb, Kansas. He was born on November 26, 1929 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Alfred Lewis Sr. and Maude E. Oldfather Becker. He was a farmer, had been a lifetime Holcomb resident and served in the US Army during the...

Stanley Tubbs

Stanley Tubbs

Apr 19, 2012

Tribune, Kansas Stanley Arden Tubbs, age 78, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Mr. Tubbs was born December 12, 1933 at Morning Sun, Iowa, the son of Oscar B. & Pearl Smith Tubbs. Mr. Tubbs became a Kansas resident in 1943 and attended school in Ruleton, Kansas. He danced his way...

Marlene Wilson

Marlene Wilson

Apr 17, 2012

Garden City, Kansas Marlene Berniece Wilson, age 64, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on July 31, 1947 in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of William Beck and Bernice Hansen Kaldahl. A resident of Garden City since 1976, she was a retired Elementary Teacher and the church secretary for St....

Marjorie Kail

Marjorie Kail

Apr 16, 2012

Marjorie Adel Kail, age 88, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012 at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Adel was born July 23, 1923 at Stafford, Kansas the daughter of John & Anna Witt Allen. A 1940 graduated of Stafford High School; she attended Hutchinson Junior College and the Adela Hale School of Business, both in Hutchinson, Kansas....