OBITUARIES

Apr 26, 2018

Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident, Rita J. Cowles, 78, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018 at her home in Sharon Springs.

Rita was born on August 10, 1939 in Frankfort, Indiana to Harold C. and Hazel M. (Steen) Ashley.  She was one of two children. As a child, she grew up and attended school in Frankfort, and...

Apr 13, 2018

Lifelong Sherman County and Wallace County farmer Jesse Lee Craft, 87, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018 at his home in Goodland, Kansas.

He was born on January 5, 1931 in rural Sherman County, to Everett and Elva (Dillinger) Craft.  He married Doris Sieck on August 8, 1948 in Goodland.  They started farming just two miles...

Mar 30, 2018

Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Rita Marie Erickson, 90, passed away on Friday, March 30, 2018 at Wheat Ridge Acres in Goodland.  She was affectionately known as GMa or GG.

Rita was born on October 21, 1927 in Dodge, Nebraska, the daughter of Adolf and Bessie (Stecher) Evert.  When Rita was a little girl, the family moved to...

Mar 26, 2018

Bonnie (Mallory) Reid, 88, of Brewster/Goodland, died March 26, 2018.  Bonnie was born in 1929, in Brewster, Kansas to Lloyd and Lina (Andregg) Mallory, the fourth of four children.  Bonnie attended Brewster Grade School and Brewster High School, graduating in the class of 1947.  She attended Kansas State for two years.

Bonnie married Warren Reid on August...

Mar 19, 2018

Longtime Greeley County resident, Clarence Leroy Sawyer, 93, died Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas.

He was born on May 16, 1924 in Chautauqua County, Kansas, the son of Jess B. and Ruth E. (Gilstrap) Sawyer.  He was the middle child of seven children.  Clarence graduated from Greeley County High School...

Mar 17, 2018

Longtime Wallace, Kansas resident David Renner, 74, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 17, 2018 at his home in rural Logan County.  He was born September 3, 1943 in Colby, KS, son of James “Floyd” and Elnora (Moos) Renner. He grew up in Cheyenne County Colorado, attending Smokey Angle Country School, Sacred Heart Catholic Grade School and one year at...

Mar 2, 2018

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Esther Kathryn Beard, 99, passed away on Friday, March 2, 2018 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland.

Esther was born on February 24, 1919 in Beaver City, Nebraska, to John William and Mary Ellen (Cameron) Garey.  She was an only child.  She grew up in Beaver City and graduated from Beaver...

Feb 28, 2018

Gerald Cecil (Jerry) Baldwin, 89, passed away peacefully on Wednesday February 28, 2018 in Tucson, Arizona.

Jerry was born October 8, 1928 in Palmer, Kansas to Olda and Alma (Lyon) Baldwin. He was the youngest of their five children. The family relocated to Goodland, Kansas during the Great Depression. It was there that Jerry met Anna Marie...

Feb 26, 2018

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Dolores Louise Jones Peter, 88, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018 at the Citizen’s Medical Center in Colby, KS.

Dolores was born on June 30, 1929 in Bruning, NE to Leonard and Martha (Schutte) Dankenbring.  She was one of four children.  The family moved to Goodland where Dolores attended school and graduated...

Feb 21, 2018

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Albert “Bud” Enfield, 89, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS.

Bud was born on April 19, 1928 in Dundy County, KS to William H. and Leona (Thompson) Enfield.  He was one of six children.  He graduated from McDonald High School, McDonald, KS in 1944....

Feb 18, 2018

Longtime Goodland, KS resident, Joyce Ann Lyman, 84, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.

Joyce was born on May 25, 1933 in St. Francis, KS to Howard L. and Thelma C. (Kail) Peter.  She was one of three children.  Joyce graduated from Sherman County High School in Goodland...

Feb 16, 2018

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident, Joan Giebler, 86, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018 at the Citizen’s Medical Center in Colby, KS.

Joan was born on August 9, 1931 in Abilene, KS to Charles Otto Smith, Sr. and Gertrude Blanche Sheriffus.   She was one of four children.  She grew up and attended school in Hays, KS and...

Feb 16, 2018

Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Terry Allen Ross, 70, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 16, 2018 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland.

Terry was born on July 31, 1947 in Goodland, to George Allen and V. Ruth (Brewer) Ross.  He was one of two children.  He attended school in Goodland and graduated from Goodland High...

Feb 10, 2018

Bonnie Jean Bolen Knouse Barton was born July 14, 1925 in Sharon Springs, Kansas.  She passed away peacefully on February 10, 2018 in the Life Care Rehab Center in Longmont.  She was 92 years old.

Bonnie was the oldest of six children born to Georgia and Lester Bolen and was raised on her family’s farm in Wallace...

Feb 7, 2018

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Olathe “Ole” D. Juhl, 74, passed away on Wednesday, February 7,2018 at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado.

Ole was born on October 21, 1943 in St. Francis, Kansas, and was adopted by James Estle and Gladys Elizabeth (McCurry) Cullum. He grew up in St. Francis where he attended school and graduated...

Feb 6, 2018

Goodland, Kansas resident Charla Marie Escudero, 54, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland, KS.

Charla was born on September 25, 1963 in Leadville, Colorado to Charles Laurence and Margaret Ann (Kent) Escudero.  She was one of two children.  She grew up and attended school in Douglas County,...

Feb 2, 2018

E. Richard Heyl was born on Aug. 15, 1935 in Hays Kansas to Edgar Heyl and Marion Richards Heyl.  He graduated from Wallace County High School with the Class of 1953.  He joined the Marines in Aug of 1953 and was married to Edna Herl on Oct. 2 1954 and 3 children were born to this union.  Richard participated in...

Jan 24, 2018

Goodland, KS resident Taylor Wayne Ratliff, 16, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at his home in Goodland.

Taylor was born on February 22, 2001 in Smith Center, KS to Kelly Dean and Thea Dawn Ratliff.  At the time of his death, Taylor was attending school at Goodland High School and was in the 11th grade. ...

Jan 22, 2018

Naomi (Mangus) Windell, 90, resident of Kanorado, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018, at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland, KS.  She was born on November 18, 1927 to Mamie Day Mangus and George Washington Mangus, in the home built by her father in Kanorado, KS.

She completed 12 years of schooling in Kanorado, graduating in...

Jan 17, 2018

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident and former Sharon Springs, Kansas resident L. Allen Grund, 79, passed away on January 17, 2018.

Allen was born on July 25, 1938 in Goodland, Kansas to Leslie and Juanita (Mather) Grund.  He was one of seven children.  Allen grew up in Sharon Springs and graduated from high school in 1956.  He worked...