OBITUARIES
Bobbie "Bob" Dorries
May 8, 2015
Goodland, Kansas resident Bob Dorries, 74, died Friday, May 8, 2015, at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born July 10, 1940, at Goliad, Texas, the son of Minnie Ione (Wood) and Hiram Delmer Dorries. He graduated from Calhoun High School at Lavaca, Texas, and then furthered his education with courses, as he served his country in...
Betty Pilger
May 3, 2015
Longtime Wallace County, Kansas resident Betty Pilger, 91, died Sunday, May 3, 2015, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune. She was born April 12, 1924, at McGrew, Nebraska, the daughter of Emily (Nelson) and Walter Roberts. She graduated from McGrew High School. On December 24, 1945, she and LeRue “Bud” Pilger were married at Gering, Nebraska, and together they farmed and...
Lallie Taylor
May 3, 2015
Longtime Kanorado, Kansas resident Lallie Lou (Illers) Taylor, 88, died Sunday, May 3, 2015, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born August 20, 1926, at Kewanee, Missouri, the daughter of Mildread (Burford) and Herbert Illers. She attended high school at Jackson, Missouri, and graduated from Harris Teachers College in St. Louis, Missouri. On July 25, 1948, she and...
Roberta Hawley
May 3, 2015
Former Sherman County, Kansas resident Roberta (Winslow) Hawley, died Sunday, May 3, 2015, at Goodland Regional Medical Center, Goodland, Kansas. She was born March 25, 1961, in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Phyllis (Leichliter) and Robert Winslow. She graduated from Goodland High School in 1979. Roberta married Charles Hawley in September of 1991, and they made their home in Ellsworth, Kansas, where...
Betty Berg
Apr 27, 2015
Former Goodland, Kansas resident Betty Adell Berg, 94, surrendered to God on April 27, 2015, in Coppell, Texas. She was born April 26, 1921, in Lexington, Nebraska, the daughter of Pearl Leorean (Mowry) and Raymond Calvin Young. On April 20, 1940, she and Ainan A. Berg were married at North Platte, Nebraska. Betty and Ainan owned Berg’s Leather Shop at 1624 Main...
Denelda Tyrrell
Apr 25, 2015
Former longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Denelda M. “Nell” Tyrrell, 87, died Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Pinnacle Park Nursing Home in Salina, Kansas. She was born February 24, 1928, in Thayer County, Nebraska, the daughter of Nannie (Dankenbring) and William Bahe. She graduated from Bruning High School in Bruning, Nebraska. On May 4, 1947, she and Charles A. “Chuck” Tyrrell were...
Lucile Howe
Apr 19, 2015
Former Sherman County,Kansas resident Lucile Arline (Wells) Howe of La Habra Heights, California, passed away on April 19, 2015. Services will be held at Memorial Garden Mortuary in the Williamsburg Chapel, Friday, April 24, 2015, in Brea, California. Graveside services will be April 27, 2015 12:00 M.T. at the Goodland Cemetery, in Goodland, Kansas. Lucile was a school teacher for 30...
Irena Swartz
Apr 15, 2015
Former Weskan, Kansas resident Irena Swartz, 88, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Lemay Avenue Health & Rehabilitation Facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. Elizabeth Irena was born February 17, 1927, at Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Elizabeth Mae (Petty) and Cecil Guy Zordel. She attended Ransom Public Schools, but graduated from Weskan High School, and subsequently furthered her education in business...
Irene Jewell
Apr 4, 2015
Lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident Irene Jewell, 91, died Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, Kansas. Ethel Irene was born February 23, 1924, at Ruleton, Kansas, the daughter of Murel J. (Moore) and Ralph M. Purvis. She graduated from Sherman Community High School with the class of 1942. In August of 1944, she and...
Gladys Miller
Apr 2, 2015
Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Gladys Miller, 87, died Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Greeley County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Tribune, Kansas. She was born October 19, 1927, at Haviland, Kansas, the daughter of Lola (Ellis) and Van William Cloyd. She graduated with the class of 1945 from Weskan High School at Weskan, Kansas. On May 5, 1946, she and...
Dorothy Horton
Mar 26, 2015
Former longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Dorothy Horton, 99, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Legacy Center Assisted Living in Canon City, Colorado. Dorothy Pauline was born August 12, 1915, near Lucas, in Russell County, Kansas, the daughter of Hannah Elizabeth (Inman) and Arthur Stokley Rice. She attended Fairview School in Russell County. On October 6, 1943, she and Chester Hedrick Horton...
Gerald Cummings
Mar 14, 2015
Former Goodland, Kansas resident Wade Cummings, 90, died Saturday, March 14, 2015. He was born May 14, 1924, at Grainfield, Kansas, the son of Minnie Elise (Lantz) and Roy Franklin Cummings. He graduated from high school at Greenfield, Missouri. From 1943 through 1945, he served his country in the United States Army. On September 22, 1949, he and Mary Elaine Bowman were...
Edgar Chisum
Mar 13, 2015
Lifelong Wallace County, Kansas resident Edgar Von Chisum, 92, died Friday, March 13, 2015. He was born October 7, 1922, at Sharon Springs, Kansas, the son of Edna Faye (Abernathy) and Ira Edgar Chisum. He graduated from Wallace County Community High School in Sharon Springs. From November 6, 1942 through December 27, 1945, he served his country in the United States Army,...
Nina Spencer
Mar 5, 2015
Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Nina Jeanne (Stephens) Spencer, 90, died Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Liberty Heights in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born August 3, 1924, at Mankato, Kansas, the daughter of Marie (Bowling) and Leonard Stephens. She graduated from Sherman Community High School in Goodland, with the class of 1942, and then furthered her education at Colorado State...
Virginia Wilkinson
Feb 21, 2015
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Virginia L. Wilkinson, 90, died Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born February 24, 1924, at Kirk, Colorado, the daughter of Alice Lillian (Dillon) and Elmer Havens. On July 18, 1942, she and Lloyd Wilkinson were married at St. Francis, Kansas. Preceding her in death were her husband Lloyd Wilkinson,...
Darrel Willems
Feb 10, 2015
Longtime Sherman County, Kansas resident Darrel Willems, 77, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland, Kansas. John Darrel Willems was born June 23, 1937, in Thomas County, Kansas, the son of Helen (Friesen) and John C. Willems. He graduated from Oakley High School with the class of 1955. He served his country in the National Guard. On...
Eddie Emig
Feb 3, 2015
Lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident Eddie Darrel Emig, 73, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington, Colorado. He was born July 20, 1941, in Goodland, Kansas, the son of Helen (Murray) and George Fredrick Emig. He attended school at Ruleton, and graduated from Sherman Community High School with the class of 1959. He served his country...
Claude Schmatjen
Jan 25, 2015
Goodland, Kansas resident Claude J. Schmatjen, 83, died Sunday, January 25, 2015, in Goodland at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. He had formerly lived at Pampa, Texas, and in Cheyenne Wells and Burlington, Colorado. Claude John Schmatjen was born January 21, 1932, at Bloom, Kansas, the son of Marjorie Ellen (Winkelman) and Walter Otto Schmatjen. His family purchased land north of Cheyenne Wells,...
Helen Penn
Jan 20, 2015
Helen M. Penn, 94, of Hiawatha, Kansas, formerly of Sharon Springs, Kansas, died January 20, 2015, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital. Helen was born October 12, 1920, at Norcatur, Kansas, one of four children born to Clarence and Mabel (Kempf) Foley. Helen married Vern Penn on October 22, 1939, in Gove, Kansas, and to them were born three children Varden, Marilyn,...
Carol Gattshall
Jan 18, 2015
Longtime Sherman County resident Carol Maude (Johnson) Gattshall, 82, died Sunday January 18, 2015, at St Anthonys Lakewood Colorado. She was born March 18, 1932, at home in rural Cheyenne County, the daughter of Gertrude Maude (Pettit) and Wilbur Ernest Johnson. She graduated from St. Francis High School in 1950. Carol married Wayne Alfred Gattshall on November 4, 1951 in St. Francis...
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