Obituaries

J. Mark Weinmann

J. Mark Weinmann

Sep 7, 2026

J. Mark Weinmann, age 78, passed away on Monday, September 7, 2026, at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 20, 1948, in Atchison, Kansas, the son of Carl John & Anna Marie Derichs Weinmann. A resident of Scott City, Kansas, since 1950, having moved from Atchison, Kansas, he was a retired truck driver and a...

Larry Challis Wright

Larry Challis Wright

Sep 7, 2026

Larry Challis Wright, age 93, passed away on Monday, September 7, 2026, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on January 21, 1933, in Logan County, the son of James Elva and Leone Myrtle Challis Wright. Following his high school graduation he joined the United States Marines. Larry worked for Wiens Elevators, then the Sunflower...

Twilla M. Nickelson

Twilla M. Nickelson

Sep 6, 2026

Twilla M. Nickelson, age 78, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at the Wichita County Long Term Care Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on November 22, 1947, in Wellington, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard Jay & Barbara Marcellee Crow Clark. A resident of Leoti, Kansas, since 1966, having moved from Tribune, Kansas, she was a homemaker and...

Marthanell Mary (McGuire) Turley

Marthanell Mary (McGuire) Turley

Sep 5, 2026

Scott City, Kansas

Marthanell Mary (McGuire) Turley, age 99, passed away on September 5, 2026, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born at home on June 4, 1927, in Logan County, Kansas, north of Elkader, Kansas, to John Lloyd and Mabell Ruby (Trowbridge) McGuire.

Marthanell attended the first eight grades at District 3, in a one-room...

Eugene Biel

Eugene Biel

Sep 4, 2026

Eugene Biel, 97, of Leoti, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2026, at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, leaving behind a remarkable legacy of faith, family, community service, good stories, and more than many humorous, off-hand remarks.

Eugene was born June 28, 1929, in Marienthal, Kansas, to Albert and Ida (Kreutzer) Biel. He grew up on the family farm...

Maria Del Rosario Villarreal Balderrama

Maria Del Rosario Villarreal Balderrama

Sep 4, 2026

Maria Del Rosario Villarreal Balderrama passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, September 4, 2026, in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on October 7, 1962, in Satevo, Chihuahua, the daughter of Jesus and Demetria Balderrama Villarreal. She had been a resident of Scott City, Kansas since 2012, moving from Satevo, Chihuahua.



She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic...

Robert D. "Bob" Wheeler

Robert D. "Bob" Wheeler

Aug 31, 2026

Robert Duane Wheeler, age 85, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2026, at Parklane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on June 21, 1941, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Quincy and Ressa Conine Wheeler. He is a lifetime resident of Scott City, Kansas, and worked in telecommunications at AT&T most of his life.



Bob was a...

Mike W. Smith

Mike W. Smith

Aug 29, 2026

Mike W. Smith, age 60, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at his home in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 26, 1966, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Charles Edward and Betty Morris Smith. He worked at a feedyard for most of his life.



Mike worked for the Duff family through his High School years, and...

Abram Friesen Wiebe

Abram Friesen Wiebe

Aug 19, 2026

Scott City

Abram Friesen Wiebe, age 54, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, KS. He was born on August 16, 1972, in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico, the son of Peter and Marie Friesen Wiebe. His family moved to Bolivia when he was 3 years old. He spent most of his childhood there until his...

Larry Evan Turley

Larry Evan Turley

Aug 17, 2026

Scott City, Kansas

Larry Evan Turley, age 64, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 17, 2026, at his home in Hoxie, Kansas. He was born on December 6, 1961, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Gary Earl Turley Sr. and Catherine Ann (Bennett) Turley. He spent his early years in Scott City, Kansas, and later relocated multiple times before settling...

Don Lee St. John

Don Lee St. John

Aug 3, 2026

Donald Lee St. John, age 87, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2026, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. He was born to Albert and Rose Spade St. John in Allen, Kansas, on October 4, 1938. He was a resident of the Leoti community since 1948, having moved from Ordway, Colorado. He and his wife, Judy, owned...

Janice Lavonne Rewerts

Janice Lavonne Rewerts

Aug 3, 2026

Janice Lavonne Rewerts, age 84, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2026, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on December 29, 1941, in Scott City, Kansas, to Harry & Grace Zink Smith. Janice wore many hats; she was a licensed hairdresser, hotel owner, filling station owner, member of the Red Hat Purple Dress Society,...

Roger Allen Cooley

Roger Allen Cooley

Aug 1, 2026

Scott City



Roger Allen Cooley passed away on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on April 11, 1945, in Larned, Kansas, the son of Glenn and Dorothy Grate Cooley. He had been a resident of Scott City, Kansas, since 1996, moving from Leoti, Kansas. Roger was a lifetime farmer and owned...

Yvonne Luene Anderson

Yvonne Luene Anderson

Jul 31, 2026

Yvonne Luene Anderson, 81, of York, Nebraska, peacefully passed away on Friday, July 31, 2026. Yvonne was born February 28, 1945, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Wilford and Jennie Billings. She graduated high school from Dodge City. After high school, she married Roger Sunley and welcomed 3 lovely children, LaFonda, Rhonda, and Byler. She later married Jack Anderson on December...

AlWilda Jane McBroom

AlWilda Jane McBroom

Jul 22, 2026

Scott City, Kansas

AlWilda Jane (Gorman) McBroom was a woman with a big heart for helping people. She went to Heaven on July 22nd 2026, to continue her quest in bringing joy to everyone she met.

She will be missed by all who knew her.



Jane, to all who knew her, was born on July 12, 1930, at home in Cheyenne County, Kansas.

She...

Claude Sherman Heath, III

Claude Sherman Heath, III

Jul 17, 2026

Claude Sherman Heath III, age 90, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2026, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. He was born on February 12, 1936, the first child of Claude (Todd) and Mary V. Heath, also of Leoti.

Claude went to Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri, for high school, graduating in 1954. He was then accepted...

Susan Jo Brown

Susan Jo Brown

Jul 11, 2026

Susan Jo Brown, age 80, passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2026, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on June 15, 1946, in Glencoe, Oklahoma, the daughter of Joseph & Hazel Schenck Hendrix. A resident of Scott City, Kansas, since 1975, moving from Wheeling, Illinois. She was an office administrator at local feedlots until...

Dwight G. Krenzel

Dwight G. Krenzel

Jul 9, 2026

Dwight G. Krenzel, 89, passed away peacefully at his home on July 9, 2026.

Dwight was born on September 11, 1936. He graduated from Wichita County Community High School in Leoti, Kansas, in 1954 and attended Kansas State University.

In 1958, Dwight married the love of his life, Eileen "Faye" Krenzel. Together they built a life centered on family, hard work, and...

Shorty Lara

Shorty Lara

Jul 9, 2026

Shorty (Ray) Lara, 76, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on August 21, 1949, in Lubbock, Texas, the son of John and Lily Sanchez Lara. He had been a resident of Scott City since 1958, moving from Lubbock, Texas, and was a retired carpenter. Shorty was a US...

Virginia Lucille Robbins

Virginia Lucille Robbins

Jul 6, 2026

Scott City, Kansas



Virginia Lucille (Robinson) Robbins

Born July 5th, 1936, in Oregon City, Oregon

Parents Claude and Eva (Wakeland) Robinson

Youngest of 7 children

Siblings: Violet, Vern, Verle, Victor, Vada, Virgil

Graduated High School in Scott City, Ks in 1954

Married: Robert “Bob” Robbins Feb. 12th, 1956, in Scott City, Ks

Children: Richard Allen Robbins, Pamela Kay Unruh (Greg), One Stillborn Son: Vance Robert.

Virginia has 4 grandchildren...