All Obituaries

Goodland resident, Mary Lou (Hartzler) Isernhagen died on Monday, December 10, at the age of 92.  Mary Lou, the daughter of Ray and Hallie Hartzler, was born November 30, 1926. She grew up on the Sherman County Farm as her father was the manager.  She attended country schools for first and second grade and then transferred to Central and Grant Elementary Schools. As a senior at Sherman County Community High School, Mary Lou was recruited to teach in one of the numerous Sherman...

Goodland, Kansas resident and former Burlington, Colorado resident Judith Lynn Nations, 74, passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at the Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, KS. Judy was born on August 29, 1944 in Goodland, KS, to James LeRoy and Katherine Hope (Gemmer) Trablik.  She was one of 3 children.  She completed her education later in life.  In 1965, she married Grady Monroe Nations in Topeka, KS. In the 1980’s, Judy and Grady moved to...

Goodland, Kansas resident and former Smithfield, Nebraska resident, Janice N. Glendening, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 23, 2018 at the Citizen’s Medical Center in Colby.  At the age of 64 years, 9 months and 27 day . Jan was born on January 27, 1954 in Ord, Nebraska to Otto and Lois Arlene (Boyer) Zapp.  She was one of two children.  She grew up in Ord, and graduated from Ord High School in 1972. In September of 1972, Jan met Timothy Glendening, and the...

Shelby Lynn (Hunt) Miller, age 79, died November 23, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center in Goodland.  Shelby was born on May 13, 1939, by a midwife on a farm in Bird City, Kansas, to Clarence Eugene Hunt and Margretta Ruth Blair Hunt.  Shelby grew up in the Kansas counties of Cheyenne and Sherman.  She attended country grade school and graduated from Sherman County School in the Class of 1957.  She also attended school at Kansas State University.  After school,...

Longtime Tribune, Kansas resident and former Sharon Springs, Kansas resident, Tillie Rocha O’Leary, passed away on Friday, October 26, 2018 at the Greeley County Long Term Care Center.  She was 86. Tillie was born on May 4, 1932 in San Antonio, Texas to Anastasio and Brigida (Cuevas) Hernandez.  She was one of five children.  She attended school through the 3rd grade. On November 25, 1952, Tillie married Juan Rocha in Plainview, Texas.  To this union six children;...

Longtime Kanorado, Kansas resident Janice Ann Hooker, 78, passed away at her home in Kanorado on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Janice was born December 9, 1939 in the family sod house north of Ruleton to Wilbur and Vena (Light) Tubbs.  She graduated from Sherman County High School in 1957.  She then went on and attended 1 year at the Fort Hays State University in the Nursing program. On May 31, 1959, Janice married Truman Leon Hooker at the Kanorado United Methodist Church. Janice...

Dane G. Chaney, age 59, passed away peacefully in his mountain home on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 in Divide, Colorado.  He was born on December 5, 1958 in Tribune, Kansas to Charles L. Chaney and Margaret V. (Basgall) Chaney. He was born with blue baby syndrome and was immediately transported to Denver for a blood transfusion, which saved his life. Soon after he was baptized in Sharon Springs, Kansas at the Holy Ghost Catholic Church, which his grandfather, Alexander Basgall, helped...

Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident, Ruby Alice White, 96, passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in Stockton, Kansas.  She was born in Dwight, Kansas on September 11, 1922 to Bird Ray and Anna (Jorgensen) Neff. She graduated from Alta Vista High School where she later taught school for 2 years. Ruby married Virgel E. White on March 31, 1946 in Alta Vista.  He preceded her in death on June 2, 1987. After marriage, she moved to Sharon Springs, Kansas, where she lived for...

Goodland resident Bernadine June Johnson, 76, passed away Thursday, September 27th at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas.  Bernadine was born on October 18th, 1941 in Imperial, Nebraska.  She was the daughter of Melvin Griess and Eleanor (Griess) Crabb.  She was the oldest of seven children.  As a child Bernadine lived in different towns because her father traveled to construct grain elevators.  On October 30th, 1957 she married Donald Colby.  To this...

Goodland, KS resident, Patricia Ann Smith, 63, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Goodland on Thursday, September 20, 2018. Patricia was born on July 20, 1955 in Cleveland, Mississippi to Billy Tom and Mary Olene (Beach) Dempsey.  She was one of 3 children.  She grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi and graduated from Pillow Academy in 1973.  She then went on and completed one year of college. She enjoyed crafts, sewing and cooking.  She was a member of the First...