OBITUARIES

Mar 26, 2018

A full obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Mar 12, 2018

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...

Mar 11, 2018

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Feb 28, 2018

Wava C. Duell, age 87, passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at The Eaglecrest Retirement Community in Salina, Kansas.  She was born April 19, 1930 in Henderson, Colorado to John Edward Chadd and Anna Marie Davis Chadd.  She grew up in the Cactus Ridge-Henderson, Colorado community and graduated from Commerce City High School in Commerce City, Colorado.  She attended...

Feb 26, 2018

Betty Joyce (VanVleet) Clark, age 89, of Goodland, passed away Monday, February 26, 2018, at Citizen Medical Center in Colby, Kansas.  She was born May 2, 1928 in Sherman County, Kansas to Edward and Frieda (Manteuffel) VanVleet.  She grew up in Denver until the age of 17 and then she moved to Goodland.  On March 11, 1946, she married...

Feb 7, 2018

Patricia Lee (Baldus) Sawyer, age 78, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at her home in Goodland.  She was born January 12, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois to Walter and Mildred Baldus.  She grew up in Austin, Minnesota and graduated from Pacelli Catholic High School.  On July 5, 1958, she married Dean Sawyer in Austin, Minnesota.  Pat and Dean moved...

Jan 17, 2018

Edna J. (Blystone) Golemboski, 90, resident of Kanorado, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Via Christi Village in Hays, Kansas.  She was born April 4, 1927, to Emmett and Dorothy Blystone in Kanorado, Kansas.  Edna grew up in Kanorado and graduated high school from the Kanorado High School.  She attended Kansas State University, receiving a bachelor’s degree, and...

Dec 29, 2017

Barbara P. (Kunau) Patmon, 79, of Goodland passed away, December 29, 2017, at Via Christi Saint Francis in Wichita, Kansas.  She was born March 11, 1938 to Harry Kunau and Bernice Chapman in Joplin, Missouri.  Barbara grew up in Joplin, MO and came to Goodland in 1962.  On July 3, 1969 she married Lawrence Patmon in Goodland, Kansas.

Dec 29, 2017

Larry N. Harper, 73, of Goodland passed away Friday, December 29, 2017, at the Goodland Regional Medical Center.  He was born August 5, 1944, to Norman and Mary Harper in Scott City, Kansas.  Larry attended Manning Grade School and graduated from Scott City High School.  After high school he attended Fort Hays State University and then he attended the...

Dec 11, 2017

Eleanor R. Kelley, of Goodland passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center.  She was born September 11, 1931, to Alvin and Gladys Thomas in Atwood, Kansas.  Eleanor grew up in Atwood where she attended school and graduated in the class of 1950.  On May 23, 1954 she married William (Bill) Kelley at the First...

Nov 16, 2017

Max Irvin Tedford, 92, of Goodland went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on November 16, 2017.  He passed away at Goodland Regional Medical Center.  He was born December 15, 1924, to Walter and Lelia Tedford on the family farm in Minneola, Kansas.  Max attended first grade in a country school in Clark County and then went on...

Nov 13, 2017

Mary E. Hayden, 98 of Goodland passed away Monday, November 13, 2017 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center.  She was born January 25, 1919, in Superior, Nebraska, to Ernest and Mabel Ellison.  She grew up in Nebraska until the age of 10, they then moved to Sherman County where she attended country school in grade school, went to Junior...

Oct 3, 2017

Geraldine V. Beedy of Goodland, age 73, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Center in Goodland.  She was born November 9, 1943 in Portland, Oregon to Ethel Borders.  Geraldine grew up in Colorado, she married Donald Beedy, September 9, 1969, they moved to Goodland in 1995.

Geraldine is survived by her daughter Tammy...

Sep 20, 2017

Juanita Gladys Fell, 86, passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at her home in Goodland, Kansas.

She was born in Kim, Colorado on July 7, 1931, to Ivan and Ola Dean.  Juanita married Allen Fell of Doylestown, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1946, in Lamar, Colorado.  They met after his service in WWII, where he was awarded a...

Sep 18, 2017

Harry Merle Armstrong Jr., 85, passed away Monday, September 18, 2017 at his home in Edson, Kansas.  Merle, as he was known to family and friends, was born May 4, 1932 to Harry and Evelyn (Charles) Armstrong in Hebron, Nebraska, the oldest of five children.  Merle attended two country schools and his secondary education was received at Goodland High...

Aug 28, 2017

Judy Kay Escudero, 77, of Goodland, died Monday, August 28, 2017, in Colby.  She was born February 25, 1940, in Sharon Springs, KS, to Roy and Ruth (McGhghy) Cochrane.

Judy attended school in Sharon Springs, KS and graduated from Wallace County High School in 1958.  She was a graduate of the International Career Institute majoring in culinary/catering...

Aug 22, 2017

Warren Kenneth Baum, Sr. passed away after a long battle with cancer, Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Center in Goodland, Kansas.  Warren, who is known as Ken to his family and friends, was born November 27, 1933, at home, to Gilbert and Caroline (Holder) Baum in Pequannock, New Jersey. Ken married Carol Martha (Rogers) Baum on...

Aug 17, 2017

Frances Elizabeth (Wilson) Peter-Anderson, age 102, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017, in Longmont, Colorado.  She was born June 17, 1915, to Roy and Nellie (Bernard) Wilson in Phillipsburg, Kansas.

Frances grew up in Cheyenne County Kansas and went to high school at Saint Francis Community High School and graduated in 1933.  On January 14, 1936, Frances...

Jul 13, 2017

Opal Aileen (Johnson) Cogdill was born in Almena, Kansas as the youngest child of James Peter Johnson and Ida May (Stevens) Johnson on September 21, 1920.  Her childhood years were spent in Almena where she attended school and, as she did all of her life, made many friends with relationships that lasted through the years.  She went home to...

Jul 6, 2017

Ronda Jean Merritt, 53, of Goodland, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017.

Ronda was born October 3, 1963 in Brighton, Colorado to Ronald Eugene Lester and Carolyn Esther Belmain.  She grew up in Commerce City, Colorado and attended school at Adams County High School in Commerce City, Colorado.  Ronda worked as a secretary and bar tender for...