All Obituaries

God saw the road was getting rough, the hills too hard to climb.  He gently closed her loving eyes and whispered, “Peace is thine.” Marilyn Abercrombie Wenger passed away in Ft. Collins, CO on May 12, 2018 at the age of 94.   She was born in Goodland, KS and spent most of her youth in Sherman County.  She married Virgil Wenger from Oberlin, KS in 1946 following his service in WWII. The couple had two daughters. The family lived in McCook, NE and...

John Clary Allen, Jr., age 76 of Sharon Springs passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.  John was born March 19, 1942 to John, Sr. and Evelyn (Unger) in San Francisco, California.  John grew up in San Francisco and graduated from Lincoln High School in California.  He attended mechanic technical schools.  On August 15, 1987 he married Trudy Rubright in St. Clair, Pennsylvania, 12 years ago they moved to Sharon...

Robert David Chapman, age 80, of Goodland passed away Sunday, April 29, 2018 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center.  Robert was born December 16, 1937, to Gilbert L. and Eley Belle  (Cotter) Chapman in El Centro, California.  Robert grew up in El Centro and graduated high school in Porterville, CA.  Robert married Bulah M. Jones on June 14, 1962.  Robert lived in Porterville, CA until he retired from farming,  he then moved to Goodland to live...

Chester C. Frankenfeld, Jr., 83, passed away April 12, 2018 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas.  He was born in Kirk, Colorado to Chester Charles Frankenfeld and Dovie May (Spurling) Frankenfeld on July 10, 1934.  He grew up in Stratton, Colorado along many of his cousins. Upon completion of High School, Chuck enlisted in the Navy and served during the Korean War on the USS Bataan with the duties on the Flight Crew Deck and received an...

Estella May Austin, age 85, of Goodland passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center.  Estella was born May 17, 1932, to Michael and Martha (Fink) Borman in Berryton, Kansas.  Estella was the second to the youngest child in her family of four brothers and six sisters.  She grew up and attended school in Bird City, KS.  She fell in love with Richard Austin, they were married on her 19th birthday, May 17, 1951 in St. Francis,...

Mildred Mae (Smith) Rolow, age 92, formerly of Wray, Colorado passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society in Goodland.  She was born January 8, 1926, the oldest daughter of Roy W. and Eva I. (Messenger) Smith at her grandparents’ home in Kirk, CO.  She attended Hell Creek School southeast of Kirk, CO and Idlewild School north of Stratton, CO and Colorado Springs School.  She married Arthur Clark Rolow on, December 5, 1945, in St....

Kenneth Mack Heskett, Jr., age 54, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018 at his home in Hobart, Oklahoma.  He was born December 16, 1963 in O’Neill, Nebraska to Kenneth, Sr. and Leota Heskett.  To the union of Kenneth Heskett, Jr. and Margaret Peters four children were born; Dale, Miranda, Devin and Melissa.  On August 24th, 1989 he married Betty Ann Pruitt and to this union four children were born; Brittany, Tyler, Danneen and...

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Lila Lee (Childers) Blythe-Gotchall, age 92, of Colby passed away Monday, March 12, 2018 at her home in Colby.  Lila Lee was born December 11, 1925 to Lester Le Roy and Maude Marie (Fiechter) Childers at her Aunt’s house five miles north-east of Bird City, Kansas.  Lila grew up and attended school in Bird City.  She was the youngest of six children, one sister and four brothers.  As a small child she lived on a farm 12 miles from Bird City and...

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