All Obituaries

Lifelong Goodland, KS resident Dennis “Lee” Fyfe, Jr., 28, passed away on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at the Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, CO. Lee was born on November 2, 1990 in Hays, KS to Dennis and Dulci (Vasquez) Fyfe, Sr.  He was the oldest of two children.  He grew up in Goodland and graduated from Goodland High School in 2009.He then went on and completed one year of schooling in the Welding Department at Northwest Kansas Technical...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident and former Sherman County Clerk, Janet R. Rumpel, 68, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at the Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, CO. Janet was born on June 30, 1951 in Russell, Kansas to Bernard and Josephine (Hammerschmidt) Thomas.  She was one of three children.  Janet attended school in Wakeeney, KS and graduated from Trego Community High School in 1969.  She then went on and attended two years of college at...

Lifelong Sharon Springs, KS resident, Howard Marshall Finley, 86, passed away at his home in Sharon Springs on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Howard was born on December 26, 1932 at home in Sharon Springs to Marshall Joseph and Lena Roberta (Reed) Finley.  He was one of four children.  Howard attended school in Sharon Springs, and graduated from WCHS in 1951.  He joined the military and served in the United States Navy from 1952 until 1956.  After serving four years in the...

Lifelong Sharon Springs, KS resident, Mildred J. Schemm, 89, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, KS. Mildred was born on December 28, 1929 in Neodesha, KS to Alben and Nellie (Sandstedt) Olson.  She was an only child. Mildred attended school in Sharon Springs and graduated from Wallace County Community High School in 1947.  She then went on and attended one year of college at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS.  On November 26,...

Lifelong Kanorado, Kansas resident, Connie S Sheldon, 74, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2019 in Baldwin City, Kansas.  Connie was born on June 4, 1945 in Goodland, Kansas to Walker and Letha (Vaughn) Sivey.  She was one of four children.  Connie grew up in Kanorado and graduated from Kanorado High School in 1963.  On June 8, 1963, she married Jon Sheldon in Kanorado.  To this union, two children, Shad and Tonya were born.  Connie began her career with the...

Goodland, KS resident Ethel L. Slusher, 80, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society-Sherman County in Goodland.  She was born in Kingsville, West Virginia on March 12, 1939.  She was one of three children.  Ethel attended school in West Virginia and received her Master’s Degree in Psychology from West Virginia University.  She worked for many years as a psychologist and a housewife. In 1963, Ethel married Harold Slusher in Kansas City,...

Bill Wright, 89, lifelong Sherman County farmer, passed away on June 14, 2019 in Lone Tree, Colorado after a short illness.  Bill was born on October 26, 1929 in Goodland, Kansas to Raymond and Ida Wright.  Bill’s grandparents homesteaded and the family farmed north of Kanorado for over 120 years.  Bill married Dorothy Nagel in 1947, and to this union four children; Janet, Christine, Cynthia and Douglas were born.  In 1976, Bill and Mildred “Millie”...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Emil William “Bill” Dupsky, III, 76, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland. Bill was born on March 22, 1943 in Wayne, Nebraska to Emil William and Margarite (Watts) Dupsky, II.  He was one of two children. At a young age, his parents moved to Goodland where he attended school and graduated from Sherman Community High School in 1961.  He served in the United States Navy...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Leonard Anthony Kashka, Sr., 94, passed away on June 12, 2019 at his home in Goodland. Leonard was born on September 30, 1924 in Atwood, KS to Victor and Victoria (Studer) Kashka.  He was one of seven children.  He grew up in Atwood and graduated from Atwood High School in 1942.  Leonard served in the United States Army from 1945 to 1946.  On November 11, 1946, he married Antoinette Marie Musalek at the Catholic Church in...

Lucille Marie Ingram was born March 1, 1933, the only child born to Lester C. Ingram and Dorothea E. (Rateuke) Ingram. She died on June 6, 2019 in Wichita Kansas, at the age of 86 years, 3 months and 5 days. She was baptized December 1, 1935 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church by Rev. Carl F. Pohlman.  Lucille was confirmed in the Lutheran faith March 30, 1947 by Rev. Ludwig Scholl, and remained a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church throughout her lifetime. A life-long resident of Goodland,...