OBITUARIES
Vivian Jensen
Dec 6, 2012
Former longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Vivian Jensen, 94, died on December 6, 2012, at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. Vivian M. Jensen was born on July 21, 1918, in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Luella M. (Sperry) and James A. Amos. Vivian had a brother Donald Amos and a sister Margaret Amos Stuart. She graduated from Sherman Community High School...
Larry Davis
Dec 5, 2012
Granbury, Texas resident Larry E. Davis, 68, passed away peacefully in his home Wednesday, December 5, 2012. He was born February 21, 1944, in St. Francis, Kansas, the son of Lucille E. Eaks and Grant W. Davis. He graduated from Goodland High School in Goodland, Kansas, with the class of 1962, and then earned his degree at Pittsburg State University in...
Berniece Peters
Dec 3, 2012
Longtime Sherman County, Kansas resident Berniece A. Peters, 94, died Monday, December 3, 2012, at Aspen Siesta Nursing Home in Denver, Colorado. She was born November 12, 1918, at the family home in Johnson City, Missouri, the daughter of Jessie (Shoemaker) and Fred Murphy. She graduated from East High School in Denver, Colorado with the class of 1936. On February 26,...
Edward Stroyek
Dec 3, 2012
Garden City, Kansas resident Edward J. “Eddie” Stroyek, 94, died Monday, December 3, 2012. He was born February 6, 1918, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the second child of Anna (Nerka) and Michael Stroyek. After the death of his father, his mother married Thomas Bindyk and the family moved to Sherman County, Kansas, in 1930. He attended school at Edson, Kansas through the...
Forrest D. Harrison
Dec 2, 2012
Lifelong Wallace County resident Forrest D. “Snick” Harrison, 90, died Sunday, December 2, 2012, at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado. He was born August 27, 1922, north of Wallace, Kansas, the son of Iva (Capper) and Thomas Allen Harrison. He attended Lake Creek Country School and Wallace High School. He served his country in the United States Army in the 5th...
Berna Biem
Dec 2, 2012
Berna (Eliason) Biem, age 92, died at the Southern Hills Nursing Home in Tulsa, OK on Sunday December 2, 2012. She had been a resident at the Home for the last year and a half. Berna was born December 12, 1919 in Opheim, MT. She was the daughter of Olaf and Selma (Holmes) Eliason. She joined a brother, Hollis. Joining the family in the...
Janice Mote
Nov 21, 2012
Lifelong Weskan, Kansas resident Janice Lynn Mote, 73, died Wednesday November 21, 2012 at the Sharon Springs Community Care Center, Sharon Springs, Kansas. Jan was born July 22, 1939 in Weskan, to Alta Lucy (Cambridge) and Howard Collins. She attended and graduated from Weskan High School in 1957. On May 26, 1957, Jan was united in marriage to O.D. Mote...
Leo Hatcher
Nov 15, 2012
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Leo C. Hatcher, 79, died Thursday, November 15, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. Leo was born April 15, 1933 in Modale, Iowa, the son of Harvey and Mabel (Wilding) Hatcher. Leo’s father farmed the Missouri River bottoms near Modale until he became weary of the floods. Harvey had custom combined wheat near Colby, and liked...
Richard Scheopner
Nov 11, 2012
Richard Allen Scheopner, 63, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, November 11, 2012 after a valiant fight with cancer. Richard was born to Clarence and Clara (Huber) Scheopner on August 10, 1949. He attended Goodland schools and enjoyed participating in athletics with his talent in football earning him a place on the team at Kansas State Teachers College (now known...
Robert Waugh
Nov 11, 2012
Longtime Weskan, Kansas resident Robert M. Waugh, 81, died Sunday, November 11, 2012. He died peacefully on Veterans Day in St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver after fighting valiantly for six weeks surrounded by family and friends. Robert Mason Waugh was born on August 22, 1931, in Liberal, Kansas, the 13th child of Charles and Mabel Waugh. Later, the family moved to Weskan,...
Leonard Cox
Oct 28, 2012
Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Leonard E. Cox, 82, died Sunday, October 28, 2012, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born June 9, 1930, at Weskan, Kansas, the son of Addie (Knight) and Wilbur E. Cox. He graduated from high school at Weskan with the class of 1947, and then attended Kansas Wesleyan University, studying music. He served his...
Henry Swayne
Oct 26, 2012
Former longtime Kanorado, Kansas farmer Henry “JR” Franklin Swayne, Jr., 86, died Friday, October 26, 2012, at Missouri Veterans Home in Mount Vernon, Missouri, where he had been a resident since 2011. He was born May 5, 1926, at Edson, Kansas, the son of Ethel (Doggett) and Henry Franklin Swayne. The family lived north of Edson, Kansas, and he attended...
Janet Becker
Oct 20, 2012
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Janet Kay Becker, 45, died Saturday, October 20, 2012, at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. She was born October 28, 1966, at Goodland, the daughter of LaVaughn (Carr) and Eugene Becker. She graduated from Goodland High School with the class of 1985, and then from Colby Community College. She was a cashier at Wal-Mart in...
Lois Winter
Oct 19, 2012
Longtime Kanorado, Kansas resident Lois Jean Winter, 86, died Friday, October 19, 2012, at her home in Kanorado, surrounded by loving friends. She was born November 7, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Leona Houser, and was raised by her Grandmother Reed. She attended Sherman Community High School in Goodland. On May 27, 1947, she and Wayne Winter were married...
Marie Kowalke
Oct 14, 2012
Former Goodland, Kansas resident Marie L. Kowalke, 94, died Sunday, October 14, 2012, at Colonial Acres Nursing Home in Humboldt, Nebraska. She was born February 15, 1918, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, the daughter of Louise Amelia (Roesch) and Everett Edgar Cress. She attended school at South Star School in Cheyenne County. On April 24, 1942, she and Glenn Bear were married...
Lota Phillips
Oct 10, 2012
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Lota Lucetta Phillips, 99, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at Life Care Center of Evergreen in Evergreen, Colorado. She was born April 5, 1913, near Abilene, the daughter of Melissa Ellen (Reager) and Charles Myers. She attended school at Oakley. On July 31, 1933, she and George H. Phillips were married. George’s previous wife had died, leaving George and...
Darryl Colby
Oct 10, 2012
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Darryl Eugene “Buzz” Colby, 65, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita. He was born December 1, 1946, on a farm near Bellaire, Kansas, the son of Wanda (Gleason) and Clinton “Pat” Colby. When Darryl was a child, the family lived in several different towns, due to his father’s work building...
Frankie Faulconer
Oct 6, 2012
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Frankie Faulconer, 72, died Saturday, October 6, 2012 at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado. She was born September 11, 1940, at Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Alma (Phelps) and Frank Harp. In 1960, she married Robert Joe Holmes. On July 24, 1978, she and David Faulconer were married. In the late 1990’s, she moved from Towner,...
Deborah Albright
Oct 3, 2012
Goodland, Kansas resident Deborah S. Albright, 63, died Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. She was born March 2, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Joe and Naomi (Webber) Stimach. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1967. She received her Bachelor's degree from Emporia State University and went on to receive her...
Diana Dorn
Sep 22, 2012
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Diana Lynn Dorn, 54, died Saturday, September 22, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society—Atwood. She was born May 20, 1958, at Greeley, Colorado, the daughter of Laura (Pafford) and Daniel Dorn, Sr. In February of 1977, the family moved to Sherman County, Kansas. She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Goodland. Preceding her in death was her...
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