OBITUARIES
Helen Larson
May 22, 2014
Helen Jane (Keister) Larson, age 81, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Greeley County Health Center in Tribune, Kansas. Helen was born October 24, 1932, to Dan and Rachel (Blehm) Keister. She attended various grade schools in Colorado, graduated from Weskan High School in 1951, and remained a Wallace County resident for the rest of her life. On September 2,...
Russell Briney
May 21, 2014
Lifelong Cheyenne and Sherman County, Kansas resident Russell Coppoc Briney, 81, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Goodland at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. He was born June 2, 1932, at Bird City, Kansas, the son of Eva Lorena (Coppoc) and Percy Walker Briney. He attended country schools and graduated from Sherman Community High School in Goodland with the class of 1950....
Imogene Waugh
May 18, 2014
Longtime Weskan, Kansas resident Imogene A. Waugh, 90, died Sunday, May 18, 2014, at Prairie Village Retirement Community in Sharon Springs, Kansas. She was born July 12, 1923, at Gypsum, Kansas, the daughter of Anna Elizabeth (Schultz) and George Stein. She grew up on the family farm, the sixth of seven children. She graduated from Gypsum High School in 1941 and...
Kenny Schemm
May 16, 2014
Lifelong Wallace, Kansas resident Kenny Schemm, 57, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. Kenny was born August 27, 1956, in Tribune, the son of Mildred (Olson) and Dean Schemm. He attended grade school at Harrison Flats, graduated from Wallace County High School and furthered his education with an associate’s degree from Garden City Community...
Harold Van Vleet
Apr 29, 2014
Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident, Harold L. Van Vleet, 86, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Goodland at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. He was born November 9, 1927, in Brighton, Colorado, the son of Margaret E. (Scarrow) and George A. Van Vleet. He attended schools in Goodland and earned his GED. He served his country in the United States Navy. On July 8,...
Jonathan Fisher
Apr 24, 2014
Goodland, Kansas resident Jonathan “Jack” Fisher, 78, died Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Goodland Regional Medical Center. He was born June 7, 1935, in Lee County, Illinois, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth May (Brooks) Fisher. He had two brothers and six sisters. He served his country in the United States Navy from 1954 through 1958. He had been a farm...
Jack Steele
Apr 21, 2014
Cheyenne Wells, Colorado resident Jack M. Steele, 82, died Monday, April 21, 2014, at Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kansas. He was born September 9, 1931, at Weskan, Kansas, the son of Mary Julia (Johnston) and John Lee Steele. Schools that he attended throughout his life included Weskan, Limon, Wichita State University, Arapahoe Community College, San Diego City College, welding school,...
Lisa Murphy
Apr 10, 2014
Lisa Anne White Murphy, 50, passed away at her home in Salina, Kansas, on Thursday, April 10th, 2014. She was born on December 14, 1963, in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Vickie Ray (Richards) and Charles Wendell White. Lisa grew up in Goodland and graduated from Goodland High School in 1982. She was very musically gifted and could play trumpet, piano,...
Ruth Jensen
Apr 4, 2014
Longtime Sherman County, Kansas resident Ruth Elisabeth “Betty” Jensen, 89, died Friday, April 4, 2014, in Goodland, Kansas, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. She was born on August 13, 1924, at Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Anna Elisabeth (Sherwin) and Luther Fredrick Notz. She attended Sherman Community High School in Goodland. On February 4, 1943, she and Peter Alexander Jensen, Sr....
Rodney Jarrett
Apr 3, 2014
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Rodney R. Jarrett, 73, died Thursday, April 3, 2014, at his home. Rodney was born January 14, 1941, in Goodland, Kansas, the son of Nellie Faye (Snelling) and Clarence Jarrett. He grew up in Goodland and graduated from Sherman Community High School with the class of 1959. On August 12, 1962, he and Carole Peter were married...
Wanda Boeve
Apr 1, 2014
Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Wanda Louise Boeve, 66, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born November 13, 1947, at Austin, Texas, the daughter of Bessie (Watson) and Thomas James Estepp. She attended school at McCallum High School in Austin, Texas. On October 19, 1973, she and Eldon Ray Boeve were married,...
Eveline Saindon
Mar 23, 2014
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Eveline Marie (Bechard) Saindon, 100, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, in Goodland at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. Eveline was born June 9, 1913, in Aurora, Kansas, the daughter of Angelina (Metro) and Joseph Bechard. She attended schools in Aurora and Oakley, Kansas. On August 17, 1931, she married Walter Earl Saindon in Oakley, and they made their...
Theresa Bentzinger
Mar 17, 2014
Goodland, Kansas resident Theresa Ann Bentzinger, 88, died Monday, March 17, 2014, at Good Samaritan Center—Sherman County in Goodland. She was born March 18, 1925, in Belfast, Iowa, the daughter of Margaret (Burk) and Timothy Driscoll. On March 25, 1943, Theresa and Clester Arthur Bentzinger were married in Kahoka, Missouri, and they made their home at Donnellson, Iowa. She had...
Vernice Leslie
Mar 14, 2014
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Vernice Maurine Degnan Leslie, 90, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. She was born on July 25, 1923, in Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Olga (Schmitt) and Jesse Gowin. She grew up in Scott City, Kansas, and graduated with the class of 1941 from Scott City High School. In 1942,...
Edna Snethen
Feb 28, 2014
Longtime Sherman County, Kansas resident Edna V. Snethen, 95, died Friday, February 28, 2014, at her home. She was born February 14, 1919, at Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of Mary (Hanson) and Rudolph Kowalke. She graduated with the class of 1938 from Winona High School. On February 14, 1946, she and Robert Henry Snethen were married at the Lutheran Church...
Lois Jones
Feb 26, 2014
Longtime Wallace County, Kansas resident Lois Ellen Jones, 77, passed away on February 26, 2014. She died peacefully, surrounded by her family. Lois was born June 8, 1936, in Logan County, Kansas, and was raised by her parents Clayton L. and Kittie (Bell) Jones. Lois attended elementary school at the Little Eagle County School in Logan County and attended both Boulder...
Ruth Morford
Feb 23, 2014
Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Ruth Maxine (Tyrrell) Morford, 94, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. She was born on January 21, 1920, at Jennings, Kansas, the daughter of Parthena Elizabeth (Stuart) and William Warder Tyrrell. Ruth was the youngest of ten siblings who preceded her in death: Nancy Rosetta Tyrrell, Bertha Wheelock, Letha...
Clifford Paulson
Feb 22, 2014
Former Goodland, Kansas resident Clifford F. Paulson, 92, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2014, at Sheridan County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Hoxie, Kansas, where he had been a resident for the last six years. He was born on September 16, 1921, at Yuma, Kansas, the son of Mary Adelia (Jones) and Arvig Arthur Paulson. He graduated from Woodston...
Dean Jensen
Feb 21, 2014
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Dean Jensen, 75, died Friday, February 21, 2014, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born August 1, 1938, at the family home in Burlington, Colorado, the son of Lena Irene (Blackburn) and Jens Christian Jensen. He attended school in Burlington until 1949, and then continued his school years in Goodland when the family moved...
Pauline Baird
Feb 17, 2014
Goodland, Kansas resident Pauline Dorothy Baird, 94, passed away February 17, 2014, at the home of her son Jim and wife Sue Baird in Goodland. She was born on March 17, 1919, in Colby, Kansas, the daughter of Lydia Caroline Frances (Theimer) and Gurna William Lewallen. Pauline attended grade school at Saline Country School, eleven miles north of Winona, Kansas, two...
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