Obituaries

Alfredo Ochoa Castillo

Alfredo Ochoa Castillo

Jan 6, 2026

Scott City

Alfredo Ocha Castillo, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado. He was born on January 12, 1951, in Huejuquilla El Alto, Mexico, the son of Jesus Cavral and Juana Ocho Rojo Castillo. He was a resident of Leoti, Kansas since 1984, moving from Tribune, Kansas. He worked as a...

Margaret Koehn

Margaret Koehn

Jan 5, 2026

Margaret Koehn, age 97, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2026, at Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 11, 1928 in McPherson County, Kansas, the daughter of Tobe T. and Eva Unruh Koehn. She has been a resident of Scott County, Kansas since 1951 moving from McPherson County, Kansas.

She was a member of...

Barbara L. Nightengale

Barbara L. Nightengale

Dec 29, 2025

Barbara L. Nightengale, age 70, passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She was born on January 10, 1955 in Merced, California, the daughter of Arthur and Lucille Dirks Friesen. A resident of the Pence Community since 1977, moving from Atwater, California, she was a homemaker and Office manager at Heartland Mill...

Darla Lynn Amerine

Darla Lynn Amerine

Dec 26, 2025

Darla Lynn Amerine, age 77, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2025 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on April 8, 1948 in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde and Ethel Schoeni Shinkle. She was a resident of Scott City, Kansas for the past forty-six years moving from Colby, Kansas. She dedicated the majority...

Opal M Bare

Opal M Bare

Dec 24, 2025

Opal M. Bare, age 90, passed away at the Greeley County Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas, on December 24, 2025. She was born in Tribune, Kansas to Carl and Annie Bare on December 26, 1934. After high school, Opal traveled and lived in Los Angeles, California, Dodge City, Kansas, Ordway, Colorado, and finally back to Tribune, Kansas.

Opal is survived...

Randy Wade Keeton

Randy Wade Keeton

Dec 22, 2025

Randy W. Keeton, age 36, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, passed away on December 22, 2025, near his home. He was born to Randy and Marqueta Rauch Keeton on March 30, 1989, in Leoti, Kansas. He grew up in Leoti before joining the US Navy. After his time in service, Randy lived and worked in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He worked for the...

Darlene Joanne Harkness

Darlene Joanne Harkness

Dec 16, 2025

Darlene Joanne Harkness, age 73, of Leoti, Kansas, passed away at the Parklane Nursing home in Scott City, Kansas, on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. She was the daughter of Matthew and Kathryn Gittinger Ford. She was born on June 27, 1952, in Goodland, Kansas. Her family moved from Bird City to Leoti during the first year of her life, and...

Paul S. Woolfolk, Jr. ("JR")

Paul S. Woolfolk, Jr. ("JR")

Dec 14, 2025

Paul S. Woolfolk, Jr. (“JR”), age 81, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, KS. He was born on Sept. 8, 1944 in Syracuse, Kansas, to Paul and Fannie (Singleton) Woolfolk who lived southwest of Tribune, Kansas. JR was baptized in Sheridan Lake, CO in 1960. He graduated from Greeley County High School...

Charles Leroy Miller

Charles Leroy Miller

Dec 11, 2025

Scott City, Kansas

Charles Leroy Miller, age 90, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on December 4, 1935, in Ava, Missouri, the son of Henry Thomas and Bina Madgelene Miller Plumb. He had been a resident of Scott City, Kansas for the last fourty years.

He worked in agriculture the majority...

Connie J. McNutt

Connie J. McNutt

Dec 6, 2025

Connie J. McNutt, age 68, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on November 18, 1957 in Kinsley, Kansas, the daughter of Charles & Nadine Morris McNutt. She was a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2022 moving from Kinsley, Kansas, and was a homemaker.

She was a...

Juan Carlos Paredes Lopez

Juan Carlos Paredes Lopez

Nov 22, 2025

Scott City, Kansas

Juan Carlos Paredes Lopez, age 50, passed away on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Ascension Via Chirsti St. Frances in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on August 16, 1975 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, the son of Ramon Paredes Martinez and Francisca Lopez Juarez. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2023, moving from Aguascalientes, Mexico. He worked Nissan Car...

Warren Kuttler

Warren Kuttler

Nov 21, 2025

Warren M. Kuttler, 74, of Tribune, Kansas, died in Tribune on November 21, 2025. He was born on October 9, 1951, in Boise, Idaho, to Joseph Virgil Kuttler, Jr., and Imogene Ruth (Clark) Kuttler. After many moves during his father’s Air Force tenure, the Kuttler family moved back home to Tribune, Kansas, in 1965, when Warren was in the 8th...

Gwen E. Huck

Gwen E. Huck

Nov 16, 2025

Gwen E. Huck, age 84, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on August 11, 1941, in Coldwater, Kansas, the daughter of Ray L. & Helen Maris Burditt. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1962 moving from Winfield, Kansas, she was a homemaker and the Director of...

Albena Browning

Albena Browning

Nov 15, 2025

Albena Browning, age 97, passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2025 in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on April 12, 1928 in Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Matthew and Madelyn Bender Pfeifer. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1950, moving from Tribune, Kansas. She was a cosmetologist and hair dresser most of her life.

She was a member of...

Trey E. Loftis

Trey E. Loftis

Nov 11, 2025

Trey E. Loftis, age 27, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on September 15, 1998 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Richard J. Loftis & Shawna Stewart McQuitty. A resident of Scott City, Kansas from 2000 to 2017 he moved to Commerce City, Colorado and worked in construction and landscaping.

He was...

Jimmie Hernandez

Jimmie Hernandez

Nov 9, 2025

Jimmie Hernandez, age 68, of Leoti, Kansas, passed away at the Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas on Sunday, November 9, 2025. He was born on August 23, 1957, in Cameron, Texas, to Anita Perez and raised as the son of Visente & Hermerejilda Rangel Hernandez. He was a proud Leoti resident since moving from Post, Texas, 58 years ago.

He...

Roberta A. LeClair

Roberta A. LeClair

Nov 5, 2025

Roberta A. LeClair, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on March 27, 1948, in McCook, Nebraska, the daughter of Orval & Lena Farr Russell. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1974, moving from Scott City, Kansas, she retired in 2019 from being an office manager for...

Robert D. Miller

Robert D. Miller

Nov 5, 2025

Robert D. “Bob” Miller, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 1, 1935 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Ralph Dewey and Lavon Oleeta Hunt Miller. A lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, he was a rancher and farmer. Bob was an Army National...

Becky Jo Rowton

Becky Jo Rowton

Oct 30, 2025

Becky Jo Rowton, age 65, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at Home Sweet Home Plus in Derby Kansas. She was born on May 3, 1960 to Clyde “Bud” and Laura “Jean” Rowton in Scott City, Kansas. She was a graduate of Scott Community High School, Wichita Business School, Garden City Community College and Emporia State University. Over her...

Matthew Berning

Matthew Berning

Oct 23, 2025

Matthew Berning, aged 57, of Moore, Oklahoma, passed away on October 23, 2025, after a courageous battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer for 4 years. Born on June 1, 1968, in Leoti, Kansas, Matt was a beacon of strength and kindness to all who knew him. His legacy will continue to shine brightly through his loving family and the countless...