All Obituaries

Lifelong Kanorado, Kansas resident, Connie S Sheldon, 74, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2019 in Baldwin City, Kansas.  Connie was born on June 4, 1945 in Goodland, Kansas to Walker and Letha (Vaughn) Sivey.  She was one of four children.  Connie grew up in Kanorado and graduated from Kanorado High School in 1963.  On June 8, 1963, she married Jon Sheldon in Kanorado.  To this union, two children, Shad and Tonya were born.  Connie began her career with the...

Goodland, KS resident Ethel L. Slusher, 80, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society-Sherman County in Goodland.  She was born in Kingsville, West Virginia on March 12, 1939.  She was one of three children.  Ethel attended school in West Virginia and received her Master’s Degree in Psychology from West Virginia University.  She worked for many years as a psychologist and a housewife. In 1963, Ethel married Harold Slusher in Kansas City,...

Bill Wright, 89, lifelong Sherman County farmer, passed away on June 14, 2019 in Lone Tree, Colorado after a short illness.  Bill was born on October 26, 1929 in Goodland, Kansas to Raymond and Ida Wright.  Bill’s grandparents homesteaded and the family farmed north of Kanorado for over 120 years.  Bill married Dorothy Nagel in 1947, and to this union four children; Janet, Christine, Cynthia and Douglas were born.  In 1976, Bill and Mildred “Millie”...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Emil William “Bill” Dupsky, III, 76, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland. Bill was born on March 22, 1943 in Wayne, Nebraska to Emil William and Margarite (Watts) Dupsky, II.  He was one of two children. At a young age, his parents moved to Goodland where he attended school and graduated from Sherman Community High School in 1961.  He served in the United States Navy...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Leonard Anthony Kashka, Sr., 94, passed away on June 12, 2019 at his home in Goodland. Leonard was born on September 30, 1924 in Atwood, KS to Victor and Victoria (Studer) Kashka.  He was one of seven children.  He grew up in Atwood and graduated from Atwood High School in 1942.  Leonard served in the United States Army from 1945 to 1946.  On November 11, 1946, he married Antoinette Marie Musalek at the Catholic Church in...

Lucille Marie Ingram was born March 1, 1933, the only child born to Lester C. Ingram and Dorothea E. (Rateuke) Ingram. She died on June 6, 2019 in Wichita Kansas, at the age of 86 years, 3 months and 5 days. She was baptized December 1, 1935 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church by Rev. Carl F. Pohlman.  Lucille was confirmed in the Lutheran faith March 30, 1947 by Rev. Ludwig Scholl, and remained a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church throughout her lifetime. A life-long resident of Goodland,...

Bonnie King, 71, passed away on June 5, 2019 in her home in Goodland, Kansas. Bonnie was born on September 17, 1947 in Jennings, Missouri to Jefferson Clayton King and Beatrice Bonita (Gunn)King. Bonnie is the first of four children with three brothers following:  Mark King, Matt King, and Jim King. She was preceded in death by sons Wayne and Jessi, daughter Tammy, brothers Mark King and Jim King, grandson Zane Shores. Bonnie is survived by Aunt Ramona King, Sister in law Denise...

Freda Fay Duell, aged 96, died peacefully on Monday, June 3, 2019 at the Wallace County Community Care Center, Sharon Springs, Kansas. Freda was born Sept. 21, 1922, in Appleton City, Missouri, the daughter of Lawrence and Josie Purvis. While in Goodland, she met her lifelong love and partner, Elmer Duell.  They were married July 28, 1940, and they went on to live in Goodland and raise three boys.  During that time she filled numerous roles: housewife, book keeper for...

It is with great sadness to announce that on Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, Gary Lee Stewart, loving father and brother, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in Goodland, at the age of 57. Gary was always known as the life of the party. His smile and laugh are one of the first things that people remember of him. He had many occupations throughout his life, including carpenter, mechanic, and pressman. But, his greatest accomplishment was being a husband, to Michele, and a father to his...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident, Betty F. Pettijohn, 84, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at her home in Goodland. Betty was born on April 14, 1935 to Andrew J. and Martha (Juhl) Pettijohn, on the family farm north of Kanorado, KS in Kit Carson County, Colorado.   She was one of 8 children.  Betty attended school in Goodland and graduated from Sherman Community High School in 1953. Betty was hired by the City of Goodland on June 21, 1956 and retired on January 1,...