All Obituaries

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Longtime Goodland, KS resident Georgia E. Weis, 91, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at the Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, KS. Georgia Evelyn (Markley) Weis was born on Friday January 13, 1928 to Herbert and Nellie Markley in Scranton, Kansas.  She attended grade school and middle school in schools in that area and then the family moved to Northwest Kansas and she graduated from Brewster High School. She married Glenn J Weis and to this marriage one child was born....

Goodland, KS resident, Randy J. Coleman, 77, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Topside Manor in Goodland. Randy was born on September 22, 1942 in Fort Worth, Texas to Robert E. and Paula Mae (Walker) Coleman.  He was one of three children.  Randy grew up and attended school in San Angelo, TX, and graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1960.  He then went on and attended school at Texas A & M, the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA and then to...

J Richard Caldwell, 89, lifetime resident of Goodland, KS, passed away October 6th, 2019 at Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis, Kansas. Richard was born to Irma (Nye) Caldwell and Jim Caldwell on November 30, 1929.  He was the third born of four children.  He attended Sherman Community High School and graduated in 1947.  After High School he attended Kansas University for one year.  He enjoyed driving around in his 1947 Ford Sportsman convertible with his friends,...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Henry “Hank” Donald Elliott, 91, passed away suddenly on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland. Hank was born on September 18, 1928 in Rural Sherman County, Kansas to Bert and Nettie (Smalley) Elliott.  He was one of 10 children.  Growing up around Edson, Hank attended school in Edson and graduated from Edson High School in 1946.  Hank served in the United Stated Army as a paratrooper from...

William Michael Wininger, “Mike” to friends and family, was born October 3, 1946 in Fowler, California to William Minor and Evelyn (Foreman) Wininger.  He has one sister, Sandra Lynn Doty. Mike graduated from Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Stockton, California in 1965.  While still in high school, he studied college architecture and had a house built.  Less than a year after graduation, Mike was drafted.  Rather than going where the Army wanted him to go,...

Goodland, Kansas resident James Lynn Fisher passed away peacefully in his sleep, on Monday, September 23, 2019 at the Topside Manor in Goodland.  He was 63 years old. James was born on September 2, 1956 in Utah. He was the third born child of Ramon LeDell and Thelma Mae (Summers) Fisher.  He was one of eight children. As a young adult, with a wife and children, he received his GED from Colby Community College and then went on to get a license in Carpentry.  He worked as a...

Linda Kathleen Chaffin, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on September 20, 2019 at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado at the age of 70. Linda was born on July 23, 1949 in Oberlin, Kansas to Walter and Mabel (Bickett) Kennedy.  She and her older sister, Twila, were raised in rural Decatur County.  Linda graduated from Decatur County High School in 1967.  Although encouraged to explore a different career path, Linda adamantly knew her professional calling...

Longtime Sherman County resident, Robert Daise, 92, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at Topside Manor in Goodland, KS. Robert (Bob) Daise, son of George and Frances Daise, was born October 17, 1926 on the Daise Homestead in Grant Township, Sherman County, Kansas. He attended school at a rural school near his home (District 51, Union School) and graduated from Sherman Community High School, Goodland, KS, with the class of 1944. He enlisted in the Maritime Service in 1944 and...

John Lawrence Pettigrew, 98, of Sharon Springs KS passed away Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS. J.L. was born July 12, 1921, in Monument KS, a son of Lawson and Hallie May (Foulk) Pettigrew. He married Gardiol “Betty” Gilbert Landi January 29, 1946 in Marseille France. She died December 27, 2003. J.L. attended the public schools of Logan and Wallace Counties. At the age of 16 he worked as a cowpuncher for W.W. Carter of Sharon Springs until...