All Obituaries

Lifelong Goodland, Kansas resident Elaine Schwendener, 93, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society-Sherman County in Goodland, KS. She was born on November 19, 1925 in Goodland to Franklin J. and Margaret (Hopper) Rhoads.  She was one of four children.  She attended school in a country school in Sherman County through the 8th grade and graduated from Sherman Community High School in 1943. On October 1, 1944, Elaine married Donald Schwendener in...

Longtime Goodland, KS resident, Susan Velasquez, 90, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Susan was born on August 30, 1928 in Eaton, Colorado to Joseph and Porfiria Salazar.  She was one of 9 children. In 1958, Susan married Herman Velasquez in Colorado.  To this union, one daughter Lisa was born.  In 1980, she earned her GED.  Susan worked for many years in Materials Management as well as a CNA at the Goodland Regional...

Former Goodland, KS resident, Wayne Lee Baalman, 59, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at his home in Sparks, Nevada. Wayne was born in Newton, Kansas on June 21, 1959 to LeRoy C. and Margaret Ann (Cress) Baalman.  The family moved to Goodland that same year.  On August 22, 1960, his brother Gerald Lyn Baalman was born at the Boothroy Memorial Hospital in Goodland.  Wayne graduated from Sherman County High School in 1977. Following his high school graduation,...

Ruth M. Lake – 80, formerly of Goodland, KS, passed away at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, VT on Monday evening, April 22, 2019.  Born in Limon, CO on March 29, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Syble Rae (Johnson) Kanzler.  On December 14, 1958, she married Paul A. Lake in Limon, CO.  Paul predeceased Ruth on August 25, 1986. Ruthie had a "never say never", compassionate, fighting spirit that saw her through happy and tough times....

Please note ALL services times are Mountain Time. Longtime Goodland, KS resident, Wilma “Bill” Nadine Yoke, 81, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at her home in Goodland surrounded by her family. Wilma was born on March 15, 1938 in Hoxie, Kansas to Ray and Myrna (Batchelder) Spillman.  She was one of five children.  Wilma attended school in Hoxie and graduated from Hoxie High School in 1955. On July 30, 1955, Wilma married Ken Yoke in Amarillo, TX on the home...

Longtime Lamesa, TX resident and former Goodland, KS resident Luisa V. Medrano passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society-Sherman County in Goodland, KS. Luisa was born on September 18, 1932 in Lyford, TX to Cayetano and Maria (Galvan) Vela.  She was one of two children.  She attended school through the 3rd grade, and later went on to obtain her GED and became a CNA. She married Francisco Medrano II in Texas in 1950.  Religion was very important to...

Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Deanna Carroll Buhr, 62, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at the Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland. Deanna was born in Casper, Wyoming, on October 7, 1956 to Lynn and Maralyn (Moss) Denney.  She was one of seven children.  When Deanna was young, the family moved to Holyoke, Colorado, where she attended school and graduated from Holyoke High School in 1974.  She then went on and attended one year of Beauty School in Sterling,...

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 St. Francis Community High School in 1967. Lin worked for several different construction companies throughout...

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...