All Obituaries

Goodland, KS resident and former St. Francis, KS resident Linfred Eugene Lyle Oster, 69, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Goodland on March 17, 2019. Lin was born on November 13, 1949 in St. Francis, KS to Lyle Willard and Edna Gertrude Elizabeth (Walter) Oster.  He was one of two children.  He grew up and attended school in St. Francis, graduating from Cheyenne County High School in 1967. Lin worked for several different construction companies throughout his life. ...

Marjorie “Marge” (Marcotte) McCants passed away on March 8, 2019 at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She lived in Colorado Springs three years prior to her death and was a long-time resident of Goodland, Kansas.  Marge was born on July 4, 1927 in Thomas County, Kansas to Jewell (Miller) and Henry Marcotte. She graduated from Sherman County Community High School, Goodland, Kansas.   She married the late Robert R. McCants on December 4, 1947 and remained...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident, Elmer Matthew Jacobs, 81, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society-Sherman County in Goodland, KS. Elmer was born on April 16, 1937 in Dresden, Kansas to Raymond Matthew and Rose Magdaline (Ritter) Jacobs.  He was one of 10 children.  Elmer grew up and attended school in Leoville, KS, graduating from Leoville High School in 1955.  He then went on and attended one year of Electrical Training at Parks University in...

Proud lifetime Kansan Alberta Hayden passed away peacefully in her lovely apartment on March 1, 2019. Alberta Inman Rice was born June 30, 1917 in Russell County, Kansas to Arthur Rice and Hannah Inman Rice, the sixth of eight children.  The Rice family moved to a sod house in Wallace County, KS on October 29, 1929, the day the Stock Market crashed. The family’s dream of a nice frame house was never to be realized, but Alberta was a proud member of “The Sons and Daughters...

Lifelong, Goodland, Kansas resident, James Butler “JB” McClure III, 81, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. JB was born on May 21, 1937 in Goodland, KS to James Butler McClure II and Pearl (Croner) McClure.  He was one of two children.  He grew up in Goodland and graduated from Sherman County Community High School in 1955.  He then went on and attended one year of college. On November 30, 1958, JB...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident, Bonnie June Trachsel, 84, passed away on February 26, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society-Sherman County in Goodland, KS. Bonnie was born on July 17, 1934 in Brush, Colorado to Fred and Margaret (Tipton) Martin.  At the age of 6, Bonnie and her family moved to Goodland, where she attended school and graduated from Sherman County High School in 1953. In 1954, Bonnie married W.J. Trachsel at the United Methodist Church in Goodland.  To this union,...

Lifelong Sherman County, KS resident Merna Jean Dautel, 89, passed away on February 25, 2019 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland, Kansas. Merna was born on September 12, 1929 in Brewster, Kansas to Oscar and Grace (Werner) Berry.  She was one of six children.  Merna attended school in Brewster and graduated from Brewster High School in 1947. On March 25, 1947, Merna married Kenneth Dautel in Goodland at the Parsonage of Rev. Lowell Renburger.  To this union...

Ernest Edward Poe, age 90, went home to be with his Lord and Savior February 22, 2019 at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, KS.   Ernest (Ernie) Poe was born on October 29th, 1928 on the Poe homestead in Weldona, Colorado. He was the youngest child of Ernest and Lola Mae Poe.  He grew up in Weldona and graduated high school in 1946.   Ernest married Marjorie Wacker January 1, 1950 in Fort Morgan, Colorado.   Through the...

Joan Hartley of Goodland, KS, a longtime resident of Morningstar Care Home of Neodesha, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, at Morningstar Care Home. She had celebrated her 100th birthday on Dec. 6, 2018. Joan was born Dec. 6, 1918, in Ames, KS, to John Ira and Blanche (Raney) Miller.  In 1936, she graduated as valedictorian from Moreland High School in Moreland, KS. She attended Ft. Hays College where she received her teaching certificate. She taught for several years in a country school in...

Clifford Anthony Martin, age 71, passed away February 7, 2019, at the Castle Rock Adventist Hospital in Castle Rock, CO. Cliff was born in McCook, NE on April 14, 1947. He was the fourth of five children born to Fred and Helen E. (Colling) Martin. After losing his mother to cancer at the tender age of 5, Cliff went to live with his grandparents, Bernard and Helen M. Colling, on their farm 13 miles northwest of Indianola, NE. At the age of 15, he moved to McCook where he went to school and...