OBITUARIES
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Keith Cook
Nov 7, 2013
Lifelong Sherman and Cheyenne County, Kansas resident Keith Cook, 85, died Thursday, November 7, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County in Goodland. He was born December 29, 1927, at St. Francis, Kansas, the son of Viola (Hendrich) and James Cook. He attended schools in St. Francis. He served his country in the United States Army. On June 4, 1950, he and Eula...
Gary Mosbarger
Oct 31, 2013
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Gary Wayne Mosbarger, 77, died Thursday, October 31, 2013, at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas. He was born September 11, 1936, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, the son of Mary Elizabeth (Cook) and John Franklin Mosbarger. He attended Shermanville Country School, which was one mile south of the Sherman and Cheyenne County line, and Prairie Dale...
Tommy Tompkins
Oct 6, 2013
Lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident Tommy Tompkins, 78, died Sunday, October 6, 2013, in Goodland, Kansas, at Good Samaritan Society—Sherman County. He was born October 2, 1935, at Goodland, the son of Lola (Hosey) and Hoyt Tompkins. He graduated with the class of 1953 from Sherman Community High School in Goodland. On June 12, 1954, he and Viola Farnsworth were married...
Harold Frasier
Oct 3, 2013
Funeral Service for longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Harold W. Frasier, 94 will be held Tuesday, October 8 11:00 AM MT United Methodist Church Sharon Springs, Kansas Burial, with military honors: Sharon Springs Cemetery Visitation: Monday 4:00 —7:00 PM MT Koons Funeral Home in Sharon Springs Memorials: Sharon Springs United Methodist Church Wallace County Community Foundation Hospice Services of Wallace County Wallace...
Lee Highland
Sep 30, 2013
Lee Rivers Highland, 88, formally of Brewster and Goodland, Kansas, died Monday, September 30, 2013, in Brooksville, Florida. He was born January 18, 1925, in Greeley, Colorado, the son of Earnest and Fannie Highland. The family moved to Brewster, Kansas, where Lee grew up and graduated from Brewster High School in 1944. He began working for the Postal Service at age...
Lauri Smith
Sep 18, 2013
Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Lauri Sue Smith, 51, died September 18, 2013. She was born January 10, 1962, at Fremont, Michigan, the daughter of Barbara (Deuling) and Patrick Salisbury. She graduated from Newaygo High School and from Central Michigan University, with a Masters Degree in Speech Pathology. On July 26, 1986, she and Ray Smith were married at Newaygo, Michigan....
Wilma Bedker
Sep 16, 2013
Surprise, Arizona resident Wilma Helen “Snooks” (Burnett) Bedker, 88, died September 16, 2013. She was born November 12, 1924, at Sharon Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Rene (Foley) and Ray Burnett. She graduated with the class of 1942 from Wallace County Community High School in Sharon Springs. On January 26, 1946, she and John L. “Jack” Bedker were married at Sharon...
Natividad Vasquez, Sr.
Sep 11, 2013
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Natividad Vasquez, Sr., 78, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at Thornton, Colorado. He was born August 7, 1935, at Cesthowa, Texas, the son of Dulcinella (Apobaca) and Jose M. Vasquez. On October 25, 1954, he and Maria Jesus Vasquez were married at the Catholic Church in Tahoka, Texas. In 1970, they moved from Tahoka to Goodland, Kansas, to...
Jerry Light
Sep 10, 2013
Fredericksburg, Virginia resident Jerry Lynn Light, 66, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013. He was born Monday, November 18, 1946, the son of Glenn and Jennie Light at St. Francis, Kansas. Jerry grew up in Sherman County, Kansas, graduated from Goodland High School with the class of 1964, and also from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He remained an avid...
Joseph Hayden
Sep 10, 2013
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Joseph Dale Hayden, 89, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at Goodland Regional Medical Center. Dale was born July 7, 1924, at Edson, Kansas, the son of Lulu (Bailey) and John Leo Hayden. He graduated from high school in Fort Collins, Colorado. From 1943 through 1945, he served his country in the United States Army Air Corps, flying 18...
Ima Popp
Sep 7, 2013
Longtime Sharon Springs, Kansas resident Ima Lee (Parks) Popp, 87, died Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Wallace County Community Care Center in Sharon Springs. She was born December 27, 1925, in rural Oklahoma, near Anadarko, the daughter of Esma Ree (Sharp) and Otto Parks. Ima Lee was baptized as a young teen in the Church of Christ. Her parents were cotton farmers...
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