OBITUARIES
Garland Kay Mcgillivray
May 22, 2016
Goodland, Kansas resident Garland Kay “Kayo” McGillivray, 83, died Sunday, May 22, 2016. He was born December 20, 1932, at Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Esther (Withrow) and Gerald Guy McGillivray. He graduated from Ulysses High School with the class of 1950, and furthered his education at Fort Hays State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1954. From...
Velma Cooper
May 22, 2016
Lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident Velma Lee Cooper, 85, died Sunday, May 22, 2016, at Citizen’s Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. She was born July 1, 1930, in Sherman County, Kansas, near Edson, the daughter of Edna Elizabeth (Thomas) and Samuel Harrison Larson. She graduated from Edson High School with the class of 1948, and then furthered her education at Fort...
Betty Barkley
May 15, 2016
The Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, May 20, at 10:30 AM MT, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Goodland, with Father Norbert Dlabal, Father Kyle Berens, Father Richard Daise, and Father Nick Parker presiding. Burial will be in the Goodland Cemetery. Visitation, with coffee and cookies, will be Thursday, from 5:00 until 7:00 PM MT, at...
Charlotte Stasser Vaala
May 11, 2016
Former Goodland, Kansas resident Charlotte Louise Stasser Vaala, 80, died Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at North Platte, Nebraska. Charlotte Louise was born in Goodland, Kansas, on August 20, 1935, the daughter of Fern (Amack) and Merrill Emery Clark. She had a brother Bernard LeRoy Clark. When Charlotte was about five years old, her mother left the family. As she was growing up,...
Yvonne Musil
May 5, 2016
Longtime Thomas and Sherman County, Kansas resident Yvonne Geraldine (Foss) Musil, 78, died Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. She was born November 13, 1937, at Holdrege, Nebraska, the daughter of Iola Frances (Arford) and Harold Lee Foss. She attended Colby High School. On March 31, 1956, she and Marlin Musil were married in Colby. Marlin’s military...
S. L. Daily
May 2, 2016
Longtime Wallace County, Kansas resident S. L. Daily, 88, died Monday, May 2, 2016, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born April 22, 1928, at Haviland, Kansas, the son of Mary Ann (Daily) and Shelton Lee Daily. He attended grade schools at Cullison and Haviland, and graduated from high school at Haviland. He had been baptized in the Quaker...
Patricia Stevens
Apr 29, 2016
Former Cheyenne County, Kansas resident Patricia Faith (Lillich) Stevens, 79, died Friday, April 29, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland, Kansas. She was born August 21, 1936, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, the daughter of Dorothy Hope (Tilzey) and Ernest Louis Lillich. She graduated from high school in St. Francis, Kansas. She had been a Certified Nursing Assistant. Preceding her in...
Floyd Larson
Apr 18, 2016
Floyd William Larson, age 85, passed away on Monday, April 18, 2016, at Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs, Kansas. Floyd was born March 13, 1931, in Sharon Springs to John and Ella (DeBeer) Larson. He attended various grade schools in Wallace County, graduated from Wallace County High School in 1949, and remained a Wallace County resident for the...
Harold Kyner
Apr 17, 2016
Former Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Harold Ray Kyner, 67, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Greeley County Hospital Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. He was born February 11, 1949, at Goodland, Kansas, the son of Josie E. (Dickson) and Harold William Kyner. After graduation from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs, he worked as a ranch hand in...
John Pharr
Apr 15, 2016
Goodland, Kansas resident John Wayne Pharr, 60, died Friday, April 15, 2016. He was born August 29, 1955, at Covington, Georgia, the son of Carolyn (Harrell) and James Wilbur Pharr. He furthered his education in college, becoming a veterinary tech. He served his country in the United States Air Force. He had been a resident of Goodland for the last five years....
Kenneth Townsend
Apr 13, 2016
Colorado Springs, Colorado resident Kenneth Dean Townsend, 79, died Wednesday, April 13, 2016. He was born October 8, 1936, at Goodland, Kansas, the son of Ola R. (Kenny) and Glenn R. Townsend. He graduated from Sherman Community High School with the class of 1954. On October 2, 1954, he and Constance Caroline Mucklow were married at Raton, New Mexico, and they...
Neil Mcnerney
Apr 13, 2016
Goodland, Kansas resident Neil W. McNerney, 75, died Wednesday, April 13, 2016. He was born August 29, 1940, in Luray, Kansas, the son of Georgia L. (Applegate) and Gerald W. McNerney. He graduated from Fort Hays State University, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and a Master’s Degree in Counseling. He had lived in La Crosse and Larned, moving to Goodland in...
Mona Mcginley
Mar 29, 2016
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Mona K. McGinley, 77, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016. She was born February 3, 1939, at Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Nell Francis (Frye) and George Keith Winter. She graduated from Kanorado High School in Kanorado, Kansas, with the class of 1956. She attended Fort Hays State Teachers College in Hays, Kansas. On February 9, 1979, she and...
Dorothy Heigert Cole
Mar 25, 2016
Wheat Ridge, Colorado resident Dorothy Ann (Stegman) Heigert Cole, 84, died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Mountain Vista Assisted Living in Wheat Ridge. She was born November 17, 1931, at Park, Kansas, the daughter of Agnes Frances (Kuhn) and John Caspar Stegman. Dorothy attended first through seventh grades at Park, and then after the family’s move to Goodland, she continued school...
James Ornelas
Mar 20, 2016
Goodland, Kansas resident James Edward Ornelas, 60, died Sunday, March 20, 2016. He was born April 28, 1955, in Roy, New Mexico, the son of Mary Louise (Valdez) and Jose Efidencio Ornelas. He attended Lincoln High School in Denver, Colorado. James worked at the 7-Up bottling plant in Denver, before moving to Goodland in 2004. In Goodland, he worked for Goodland Star News...
Marvin Cullens
Mar 19, 2016
Lifelong Wallace and Sherman County, Kansas resident Marvin Duane Cullens, 83, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at his home in Goodland, Kansas. He was born October 20, 1932, in Wallace County, the son of Vica Ethel (Newell) and William Wesley Cullens. He attended schools in McAllaster and Winona, Kansas. He served his country in the United States Navy from 1950 through 1953. On...
Violet Studer Peters
Mar 11, 2016
Bertrand, Nebraska resident and former Goodland, Kansas resident Violet E. Studer Peters, 87, passed peacefully Friday, March 11, 2016, in Bertrand, Nebraska. She was born March 23, 1928, at Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Margorie (White) and John Lacey. She graduated from Colby High School in Colby, Kansas, and then earned her teaching certificate. In 1947, she and John Mark Studer...
Curtis Flipse
Mar 10, 2016
Parker, Colorado resident Curtis Wayne Flipse, 49, died Thursday, March 10, 2016. He was born January 5, 1967, at Goodland, Kansas, the son of Linda Ann (Weigel) and John William “Bill” Flipse. He graduated from Goodland High School with the class of 1985, and from Northwest Kansas Technical College, also in Goodland. He served his country in the United States Army. In...
Ralph Schlick
Mar 9, 2016
Goodland, Kansas resident Ralph G. Schlick, 85, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born January 14, 1931, at Grainfield, Kansas, the son of Emma (Heier) and Peter Joseph Schlick. He graduated from Grainfield High School and from Fort Hays State University in 1968, with a masters degree in social studies. He served his...
Ethel Kisner
Mar 1, 2016
Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Ethel M. Kisner, 97, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs. She was born April 18, 1918, in Monument Township of Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of Loedisa (Teichmer) and Walter E. David. She graduated from Wallace High School in Wallace, Kansas, with the class of 1936. On February 11,...
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