All Obituaries

Bob Cook, 97, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, July 10th, 2022. Bob was born in St. Francis, Kansas on November 8, 1924, a son of Arthur Robert Cook and Irene (Carlson) Cook Weis. He worked in soil conservation, road construction, and owned and operated Cook Mobile Home Service. Bob served during WWII in the United States Army as a paratrooper from 1944 - 1946. On May 25, 1950, Bob married Beverly M. Shores in Goodland, Kansas. Bob and his daughter, Cathy were avid world...

Jerry Lee Winter was born January 5, 1935 in rural Kit Carson County Colorado, just southwest of Kanorado, Kansas to Wayne and Sylvia (Armitage) Winter.  Jerry lived his entire life in the Kanorado area where he attended school and graduated with the class of 1953. On July 14, 1953, he married Melba Coons.  They lived on a farm southeast of Kanorado and eventually moved their house to a half mile south of Kanorado where they raised their three sons.  Jerry and Melba milked...

Mildred Merle Lohr was born on April 3, 1925, in Kanorado, Kansas to Louis F. Lohr and Tillie G. (Luken) Lohr.  She grew up on the family farm and went to school in Kanorado until transferring to Sherman County High School where she completed her Senior Year and graduated with the class of 1944.  She was one of 5 children and enjoyed farm life with her older sister Maxine (Winfrey), two brothers, Kenneth and Melvin, and younger sister, Evelyn (Davis). Together they survived the...

Lifelong Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Oxby Mai Brooks, 4, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Oxby was born on April 9, 2018 in Goodland, Kansas to Daniel J. and Kelsey L. (Mai) Brooks.  He was an older brother to Ebbot Brooks. If you knew Oxby, you knew a force.  He spoke very well and very clearly from the age of 18 months. He had a better vocabulary than a lot of adults.  He was never afraid to tell you...

Betty Ann (Norby) Stolz left her earthly body to be with the Lord on July 31, 2022. Betty was born on March 11, 1940 to Henry Alfred and Ivonetta Norby (Martin) in Watford City, ND.  She was the 13th of 15 children.  She was raised on the family farm in Charlson, ND along with numerous brothers and sisters that were still living at home at the time. Betty married Philip James Stolz on March 22, 1958.  Betty and Phil met at a school carnival while he was in North...

Goldie Marie Pizel was a beloved grandmother, mother, and wife during her incredible 92 years of life. She passed away peacefully in the early hours of Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 at her home in Littleton, CO. Goldie had a long and full life. She was born on February 10, 1930, in Agra, Kansas, to two loving parents, George H. & Rose (Schmidt) Phillips. She graduated from Goodland High School in the class of 1947. Goldie met the love of her life, Vernon L. Pizel, while still in High...

Douglas (Tank) Brent Tongish, 72, passed away on Wednesday July 27, 2022 in Goodland, KS. Doug was born on November 7, 1949 in St. Francis, KS to Harold and Joan (Hopkins) Tongish. He grew up in McDonald, KS. He attended school all 12 years at McDonald grade and McDonald Rural High School. On April 12, 1980, he married Mary C. Cunningham at Tiede Farms in Goodland, KS. He worked at Great Western Sugar Beet Factory many years, before moving to Helena Chemical. He retired from Helena...

Norman Kenneth House, 84, a long-time resident of Goodland, Kansas passed away on July 1, 2022 at the Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton, Colorado.  He was born to Kenneth and Pennette House on September 21, 1937 in the house he grew up and lived in until 1995.  He graduated from Goodland High School in 1955 and Kansas State University in 1959.  On December 21, 1966, he and Linda Loutzenhiser were married.  They raised three children, Patrick, Amy and...

Katherine “Kathy” Mary (Kreoger) Lundien of Burlington, CO, passed away at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO. She had an intense battle with her health for the last six months of her life, shortly after her husband (Rich Lundien, the love of her life) passed away in December of 2021. Kathy finally went to be with the Lord (and reunited with Rich) on July 3, 2022, surrounded by her three daughters by her bedside. Kathy was born in Burlington, CO on March 25, 1949, to...

Pharr, Texas resident and former Goodland, Kansas resident Clarice "Tootsie" Elizabeth Finley, 89, passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center. Clarice was born on January 25, 1933 in Yuma, Colorado to Clarence E. and Lois I. (Hopkins) Taylor. She was one of seven children. She grew up and attended school in Goodland. On August 15, 1951, she married Doyle D. Finley in San Diego, CA. To this union, two children were born: Elizabeth and...