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Longtime Sharon Springs, KS resident, Elsie Elizabeth (Maki) Cox, 90, passed away on November 27, 2020 at the Rose Medical Center in Denver. Elsie was born on September 6, 1930 in Crystal Falls, Michigan to John E. and Martha (Lappi) Maki.  She was the eldest of six children.  She grew up in Crystal Falls and graduated from Crystal Falls High School in 1948. On September 1, 1949, she married Leonard Cox in Waukegan, Illinois.  To this union, three children were born; Jeanne,...

Goodland resident Vicente Ray Garza died unexpectedly November 25, 2020 at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver CO. He was born Nov 5, 1976 in Colby, KS, the son of Raymundo Soto-Garza and Mary K Yañez and step son of Juan Yañez. Vicente was lovingly called Vince by all who knew him. Vince received his GED then he attended NWKTC for mechanics after GED. Then after he worked various jobs, Vince was very knowledgeable in electrical work carpentry and just about anything. He set...

Goodland, Kansas resident Rita Helen Light, 81, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend entered into eternal rest on November 23, 2020. Rita was born on May 14, 1939, in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Margaret Elizabeth (Crocker) and Paul McKinley Daniels. She grew up in Goodland, along with sisters LaDonna and Diane, and four younger brothers, Gary, Joe, Kenneth, and Jack.  She graduated from Goodland High School in 1957 and worked at the Model Steam Laundry and...

Henry (Bud) Nagel, Jr., longtime farmer of Kanorado, Kansas passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020, at the age of 96. He was born on Tuesday, August 19, 1924 in Holyrood, Kansas, the eighth child of ten born to Henry Nagel and Anna Marie Pauline (Reents) Nagel.  He always said he was special because he was born in a preacher’s house, which was true.  The family’s country home had burned down three months before he was born, and the Nagel’s moved into their...

Lifelong Wallace, Kansas resident, Shirley Rose Bussen, 84, passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Shirley was born on April 24, 1936 to Celestine Leiker and Virginia Rumbach in a sod house east of Wallace, KS. She was the fourth of five children; Gloria, Roger, Elizabeth (Betty), and Celestine (Junior). She attended Wallace Grade School and graduated from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs. On August 31, 1954 she married Raymond...

******Masks will be REQUIRED for all services for Dennis.******   Covid-19 claimed the earthly life of 78-year old Dennis Shank of Goodland, KS on November 8, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, with his family at his side. Dennis was larger than life and with his life eternal, he has triumphed over death. Dennis was born to Lee E. and Leola J. (Schwindt) Shank on March 17, 1942 at the Baker Hospital in La Crosse, KS. He attended District 52 in rural Rush County and...

La Donna Ackerman, 81, of Lenexa, KS passed away November 3, 2020, at the Olathe Health Hospice House due to cancer. She was born February 18, 1939 in Goodland, KS to Rolla and Bernice Ackerman. La Donna grew up on the family farm near Brewster, KS and graduated from Brewster High School in 1957. She also graduated from Kansas State University in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Following college, she moved to the Kansas City...

Former Kanorado, KS resident Carol Sue Archer, 75, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2020 at the Long Term Care Center in Quinter, KS. Carol was born on April 20, 1945 in Goodland, KS to Everett and Alberta (Macho) Archer.  She was one of two children.  She attended school at Kanorado High School in graduated in 1963.  She then went on and attended college at Fort Hays State University earning her degree in Bookkeeping. She worked as a bookkeeper for many years at the grain...

*****Due to the Covid-19 Virus, the family kindly asks that everyone who is in attendance of Maria's Services, to please wear a mask.*****     Longtime Goodland, KS resident, Maria Jesus Vasquez, 92, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at the St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, CO. Maria was born on November 21, 1927 in Comstock, Texas to Gavino and Santiaga (Sandoval) Vasquez.  She was one of eight children.  She attended school in Texas up through the 9th...