OBITUARIES
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...
Margie Albers
Jan 8, 2015
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Margie May Albers, 88, died Thursday, January 8, 2015, at her home. She was born October 23, 1926, in Duke, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ola (Comer) and Ivan Jewell Dean. On October 23, 1946, she and Vinton L. Albers were married, and they made their home in Lamar, Colorado, later moving to Goodland. After she retired...
Joy Anne Sawyer
Jan 6, 2015
Longtime Greeley County, Kansas resident Joy Anne Edna (Hamann) Sawyer, 85, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Greeley County Hospital Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. She was born September 9, 1929, in Snyder, Nebraska, the daughter of Melva G. (Rozean) and Hans H. Hamann. She was the oldest child of their six children. She graduated from Greeley County High School with...
Loid Koehn
Dec 18, 2014
Longtime Wallace County, Kansas resident Loid Koehn, 85, died Thursday, December 18, 2014, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born July 2, 1929, at the family home in rural Gray County, Kansas, near Montezuma, the son of Lizzie (Smith) and Harry A. Koehn. He graduated from Montezuma High School with the class of 1949. On September 17, 1950,...
Beulah Cress
Dec 13, 2014
Lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident Beulah May (Franklin) Cress, 93, died Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Kenwood View Rehabilitation Center in Salina, Kansas. She was born May 7, 1921, in rural Sherman County, Kansas, the daughter of Artie May (Melstrom) and Garfield Franklin. Artie May, born February 23, 1883, was the first child born in Sherman County, Kansas. Beulah graduated from Sherman...
Sylvia Hurst
Dec 12, 2014
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Sylvia Louise Hurst, 88, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Goodland Regional Medical Center. She was born September 27, 1926, on the family farm in Rawlins County, Kansas, the daughter of Eva May (Eicher) and Milton William Biggs. She attended a one-room school house in Rawlins County, and then graduated from Brewster High School. On August 11,...
Robert Brock
Dec 6, 2014
Former Goodland, Kansas resident Robert R. Brock, 65, died December 6, 2014. Surviving family includes his beloved wife of 32 years Shirley Brock of Canton, MI; his dearest children Jennifer Ray Harder of Rapid City, SD; Jolena Dwyer of Guthrie, OK; Elizabeth Mae Brock of Canton, MI; Rebecca Lea Brock of Garden City, MI; Katlin G. (Brian) Zima of Canton, MI; grandchildren,...
L. Samuelson
Nov 30, 2014
Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Leonard Orval "Sam" Samuelson, 92, died Sunday, November 30, 2014, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born July 21, 1922, at Page City, Kansas, the son of Pearl (Caywood) and Andrew Peter Samuelson. The Samuelson family is of Swedish decent and Sam was incredibly proud of this heritage. On October 22, 1950, he...
Stanley Kenny
Nov 26, 2014
Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Stanley Shoop Kenny, 76, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. He was born December 1, 1937, at Goodland, Kansas, the son of Eileen Beulah (Shoop) and Glenn Herman Kenny. He graduated from Sherman Community High School with the class of 1955. On September 14, 1958, he and Dolores E. Newell were...
Eunice Weber
Nov 22, 2014
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Eunice Jane (Lintel) Weber, 84, died Saturday, November 22, 2014, in Goodland at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. She was born July 27, 1930, in Oakley, Kansas, the daughter of Mary (Mader) and Herman Lintel. She graduated from Oakley High School with the class of 1947. On November 3, 1947, she and Charlie Weber were married at Denver,...
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