OBITUARIES
Gary Jensen
Jun 30, 2014
Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Gary Lee Jensen, 72, died Monday, June 30, 2014, at Porter Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He was born June 2, 1942, at Goodland, the son of Lillian Lee (Hickson) and Henry Jensen. He graduated from Sherman Community High School in Goodland with the class of 1960, and from Northwest Kansas Vocational-Technical School. He served his country in the...
Carl Bowen
Jun 25, 2014
Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Carl E. Bowen, 83, died Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. He was born August 15, 1930, at Goodland, the son of Jessie Elva (Moore) and Homer Thomas Bowen. He attended Goodland Schools, until his father’s death, when he started working full time to help support his family. He worked for Rex Road...
Marcia Way
Jun 24, 2014
Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Marcia K. Way, 61, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Goodland Regional Medical Center. She was born June 7, 1953, at Goodland, the daughter of Mary M. (Weis) and Leonard L. Elliott. She attended grade school through the fifth grade at Ruleton, and then graduated from Goodland High School with the class of 1971. On June 24,...
Dorothy Arnold
Jun 21, 2014
Dorothy J. Arnold, 82, of Goodland, Kansas, was born April 3, 1932, in Benkelman, Nebraska, the daughter of John and Alice (Sparks) Ellis. She died Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society-Sherman County, in Goodland, Kansas. Dorothy attended and graduated from Benkelman High School. She graduated from McCook Community College in McCook, Nebraska, and taught school in District 66...
James Tubbs
Jun 11, 2014
Longtime Sherman County, Kansas resident James “Lee” Tubbs, 77, died Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at Goodland, Kansas, in Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. He was born December 1, 1936, at a sod house north of Ruleton, Kansas, the son of Mary “Vena” (Light) and Wilbur Tubbs. He attended Ruleton Grade School, graduated with the class of 1955 from Sherman Community High School...
Vida Young
Jun 7, 2014
Lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident Vida (Murray) Young, 101, joined her family in eternal life on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas. She was born January 1, 1913, at the family home in Sherman County, Kansas, the daughter of Annie (Kolacny) and Percival Murray. Born the fifth child of ten brothers and sisters, Vida was...
Marilyn Melia
Jun 6, 2014
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Marilyn Melia, 84, died Friday, June 6, 2014, at Life Care Center Evergreen in Evergreen, Colorado. She was born April 23, 1930, at Mankato, Kansas, the daughter of Amy LaRuby (Chandler) and Murlin Sylvester Johnson. She graduated from Garden City High School in Garden City, Kansas, and then furthered her education at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas....
Billy Whitney
May 29, 2014
Lifelong Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Billy D. Whitney, 73, died Thursday, May 29, 2014, at his home. He was born April 20, 1941, in Sharon Springs, Kansas, the son of Hazel Marguerite (Baehler) and Glenn Darius Whitney. He graduated from Alameda High School in Lakewood, Colorado. On December 18, 1966, he and Wilma June Armstrong were married, and they made their...
Gloria Woodmancy
May 24, 2014
Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Gloria Belle Woodmancy, 84, died Saturday, May 24, 2014, at her home. She was born December 26, 1929, at Holyoke, Colorado, the daughter of Iva Mary (Critchlow) and Ray E. Crosby. She graduated from Holyoke High School with the class of 1947 and then furthered her education at Colorado University in Boulder, Colorado. On April 5,...
Anna Parnell
May 23, 2014
Anna Imhof Parnell, 92, passed away Friday, May 23, 2014, at Mount Vernon Countryside Manor in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She was born March 29, 1922, on the family farm northeast of Brewster, Kansas, the daughter of Lena (Hammer) and Charles Imhof. Her arrival was a complete surprise to her seven year old sister Esther and two year old brother Irving. She was...
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...
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