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Pauline Baird

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...

Eunice Mai

Eunice Mai

Feb 15, 2014

Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Eunice Marie Mai, 90, died Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Prairie Village in Sharon Springs.  Eunice Marie Lundberg, daughter of George E. & Hulda (Sandstedt) Lundberg, was born the November 4, 1923, on the family farm in Greeley County where she grew up.  She attended rural schools in Wallace and Greeley Counties and graduated from Greeley County...

Richard Kuder

Richard Kuder

Feb 13, 2014

Frannie, Wyoming resident Richard Alan Kuder, 58, went to be with the Lord on February 13, 2014. He was born on September 14, 1955, at Tribune, Kansas, the son of Margaret Y. (Walter) and LaVern C. Kuder.  He attended schools at Tribune, graduated with the class of 1974 from Weskan High School at Weskan, Kansas, and attended Colby Community College in...

Olinda Hesse

Olinda Hesse

Feb 1, 2014

Lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident Olinda Hesse, 100, died Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. She was born on July 17, 1913, in Sydney Nebraska, the daughter of Katie (Bettger) and Henry Peter.  She grew up in Sherman County, Kansas, attending school through the eighth grade, and then working at J.C. Penney in Goodland. On November...

Bertha Dobbs

Bertha Dobbs

Jan 30, 2014

Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Bertha G. Dobbs, 84, died Thursday, January 30, 2014, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. Bertha Grace Rauch was born May 12, 1929, at Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Edith (Smith) and Neal Rauch.  Her family moved to Sharon Springs when she was fifteen months old.  She attended Broadway Elementary School in rural Wallace County, and...

Glennis Pittman

Glennis Pittman

Jan 27, 2014

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Glennis G. Pittman, 92, died Monday, January 27, 2014, at Goodland Regional Medical Center. She was born February 12, 1921, at Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Olga (Schmidt) and Jesse Gowin.  She graduated from high school in Scott City, and then continued her education at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, earning her teacher’s degree. In 1949,...

Kathryn Kuhlman

Kathryn Kuhlman

Jan 22, 2014

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Kathryn L. Kuhlman, 86, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. She was born March 29, 1927, at St. Francis, Kansas, the daughter of Emma (Felzein) and James “Jim” Bracelin.  She was baptized on May 15, 1927, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Cheyenne County, Kansas, and on June 21, 1942, she...

Shirley Waugh

Shirley Waugh

Jan 22, 2014

Shirley Ann Sellers Waugh, 78, passed away peacefully in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, with her son, daughter-in-law, friends, and church members alongside her. Shirley was born December 3, 1935 to Robert Earl and Corrie Lee Ethel (Baker) Sellers in Belmont, North Carolina, where she was raised with her brother, Ted Sellers. Shirley met Robert Mason Waugh, a...

Pat Jordan

Pat Jordan

Dec 19, 2013

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Pat Jordan, 87, died Thursday, December 19, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. She was born October 26, 1926, in Bayard, Nebraska, the daughter of Lottie (Williamson) and Oner “Pat” Crow.  She graduated from Alliance High School in Alliance, Nebraska, with the class of 1944. On April 15, 1946, she and Clark W. Jordan were...

Vera Brown

Vera Brown

Dec 17, 2013

Longtime Sherman County, Kansas resident Vera Brown, 94, died Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland, Kansas. She was born on November 14, 1919, on the family farm home north of Kanorado, Kansas, the daughter of Rae and Frank Pizel, Jr.  She had four brothers Vernon, Herbert, Chester, and Harold Pizel, and three sisters Rozella Shoemaker, LaReatha...

Bernice Ray

Bernice Ray

Dec 17, 2013

Fort Collins, Colorado resident Bernice M. Ray, 91, passed away on December 17, 2013. She was born September 29, 1922, in St. Francis, Kansas, the daughter of Maud and F.F. Bair.  She graduated from high school at St. Francis, Kansas, and furthered her education to become a cosmetologist. Bernice and Carroll H. Ray were married in Denver, Colorado.  He passed away at...

Raenita Artzer

Raenita Artzer

Dec 5, 2013

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Raenita Mae Artzer, 73, died Thursday, December 5, 2013, at her home.  She was born April 9, 1940, at Vona, Colorado, the daughter of Marjorie (Finley) and Raymond Monroe.  She graduated from high school in Seibert, Colorado. On May 7, 1960, she and Donald Artzer were married at Sterling, Colorado, and they made their home at Windsor, Colorado.  In...

Louise Moyer

Louise Moyer

Dec 3, 2013

Goodland, Kansas resident Louise Ruth Moyer, 72, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. She was born July 24, 1941, at Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of Elma Ruth (Nussman) and Ralph Griffith Widener.  She graduated from Central High School in Pueblo, Colorado, with the class of 1959. On June 24, 1959, she and Lawrence James “Larry”...

Patty Tiede

Patty Tiede

Dec 2, 2013

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Patty Jo Tiede, 60, died Monday, December 2, 2013, at her home in Goodland. She was born April 13, 1953, at Quinter, Kansas, the daughter of Pat (Goetz) and Tommy Joe “T.J.” Martin.  She attended school at Park, Kansas. On March 17, 1979, she and Mitch Tiede were married and made their home at Goodland.  She was a...

W. Slough

W. Slough

Dec 2, 2013

Goodland, Kansas resident Joyce Slough, 87, passed away Monday, December 2, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. She was born March 24, 1926, near Waco, Texas, the daughter of Lois (Mosely) and Lee Mosley, and one of eight children.  Her father died when she was fifteen years old.  In the middle of the Depression years, her mother managed to raise...

Flora Loftin

Flora Loftin

Nov 30, 2013

Longtime Weskan resident Flora H. “Flo” Loftin, 98, died on Saturday, November 30, 2013, at Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, Kansas. Flo was born near Francis, Oklahoma, on May 6, 1915, the eighth of ten children born to Robert Lee and Ida Mae (Coffee) Steelman. She attended public school at Sasakwa, Oklahoma, graduating in 1933.  After graduation, she...

Taylor Finley

Taylor Finley

Nov 24, 2013

Goodland, Kansas resident Taylor Wade Finley, 24, died Sunday, November 24, 2013, at his home. He was born December 9, 1988, at Valentine, Nebraska, the son of Starla (Sherman) and Steven Wade Finley.  He attended schools at Hyannis, Nebraska, and graduated from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs with the class of 2007.  He was a member of the Army Reserves....

Linda Woods

Linda Woods

Nov 16, 2013

Goodland, Kansas resident Linda Louise Woods, 65, died Saturday, November 16, 2013, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born June 12, 1948, at Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Vera Francine (Knowles) and Willis Edgar Candler.  She graduated with the class of 1966 from Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and then furthered her education with...

Kevin Mccullough

Kevin Mccullough

Nov 14, 2013

Kevin Michael McCullough, 58, died November 14, 2013, at his home in Goodland, Kansas. He was born June 17, 1955, in Denver, Colorado, the son of Robert C. McCullough and Mary Clare (Hally) McCullough.  Kevin attended elementary school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Goodland, Kansas, graduating from Central Catholic High School in Denver, Colorado. He furthered his education at Colby Community...

Esther Splattstoesser

Esther Splattstoesser

Nov 9, 2013

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Esther Leona Splattstoesser, 89, died Saturday, November 9, 2013, at St. Joseph’s Care Center in Norfolk, Nebraska. She was born August 23, 1924, in Franklin County, Nebraska, the daughter of Anna (Beck) and Ezra Reams.  After graduating in 1942 from high school in Franklin County, she furthered her education with Normal School Training, and then she taught...