All Obituaries

John Lawrence Pettigrew, 98, of Sharon Springs KS passed away Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS. J.L. was born July 12, 1921, in Monument KS, a son of Lawson and Hallie May (Foulk) Pettigrew. He married Gardiol “Betty” Gilbert Landi January 29, 1946 in Marseille France. She died December 27, 2003. J.L. attended the public schools of Logan and Wallace Counties. At the age of 16 he worked as a cowpuncher for W.W. Carter of Sharon Springs until...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Loretta A. Boyington, 96, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at her daughter’s home in Wichita, KS. Loretta was born on March 3, 1923 in Howells, NE to Adolph and Bessie (Stecher) Evert.  She was one of 10 children.  In 1941, Loretta graduated from Sherman Community High School.  On April 8, 1948, she married John W. Boyington in Burlington, CO.  To this union, five children were born; Eldon, Patricia, Toni, John, and...

Chi-Ying Huang passed away Wednesday evening, September 4, 2019 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center. He was the son of Ai-Yu Huang and Chung-Chong Yu Huang born in Shanghai, China on May 24, 1937. Ying was the youngest son of five, he and his parents immigrated to Anchorage, Alaska in 1955 and settled in Seward, Alaska.  Ying graduated from Seward High School and he attended the University of Alaska and later graduated from the Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis,...

Lifelong Goodland, KS resident Dennis “Lee” Fyfe, Jr., 28, passed away on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at the Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, CO. Lee was born on November 2, 1990 in Hays, KS to Dennis and Dulci (Vasquez) Fyfe, Sr.  He was the oldest of two children.  He grew up in Goodland and graduated from Goodland High School in 2009.He then went on and completed one year of schooling in the Welding Department at Northwest Kansas Technical...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident and former Sherman County Clerk, Janet R. Rumpel, 68, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at the Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, CO. Janet was born on June 30, 1951 in Russell, Kansas to Bernard and Josephine (Hammerschmidt) Thomas.  She was one of three children.  Janet attended school in Wakeeney, KS and graduated from Trego Community High School in 1969.  She then went on and attended two years of college at...

Lifelong Sharon Springs, KS resident, Howard Marshall Finley, 86, passed away at his home in Sharon Springs on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Howard was born on December 26, 1932 at home in Sharon Springs to Marshall Joseph and Lena Roberta (Reed) Finley.  He was one of four children.  Howard attended school in Sharon Springs, and graduated from WCHS in 1951.  He joined the military and served in the United States Navy from 1952 until 1956.  After serving four years in the...

Lifelong Sharon Springs, KS resident, Mildred J. Schemm, 89, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, KS. Mildred was born on December 28, 1929 in Neodesha, KS to Alben and Nellie (Sandstedt) Olson.  She was an only child. Mildred attended school in Sharon Springs and graduated from Wallace County Community High School in 1947.  She then went on and attended one year of college at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS.  On November 26,...

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”...