Elaine Applegate

Fort Collins, CO—Mildred Elaine Mauck Decker Applegate was born December 17, 1923, at Langdon, KS, the sixth child of Phillip and Bessie Holmes Mauck. She died February 15, 2021, in Fort Collins, CO.

Deloris (Pratt) Zink

Deloris Ann (Pratt) Zink, 85, Hays, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2021, at her home. She was born May 24, 1935, in Osborne County, Kansas, the daughter of Norman and Lucille (Dixon) Pratt.

Eugene L. Harkness

Eugene Leon “Bear” Harkness, age 76, died on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at his home in Leoti, Kansas. he was born on October 6, 1944, in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Clara Moore Harkness. He was a lifetime resident of Leoti, Kansas and worked as a farmer.

Betty Ann Elder

Greeley County, Kansas— Betty Ann Elder was born to William and Glady Marie (Couch) Blau March 16, 1936, in Logan County, Kansas, the eighth of nine children, five girls and four boys. She graduated from Wichita County Community High School in Leoti, Kansas.

Phillip W. Yost

Scott City, Kansas—Phillip W. Yost, age 68, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on September 30, 1952, in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Walter L. and Sylvia M. Schmidt Yost.

Imelda "Millie" Smith

Scott City—Imelda Jane “Millie” (Baker) Smith, age 86, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2021, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. Imelda was born on September 6, 1934, on the Baker family homestead north of Marienthal, Kansas to Anthony Baker and Caecilia (Baier) Baker.

Wynona Sims

Leoti, Kansas—Wynona Jane (Pickinpaugh) Sims, 91, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on February 3, 2021, at the Wichita County Long Term Care in Leoti, KS. She was born May 31, 1929, to Galen and Bertha (Spellman) Pickinpaugh in Orin, Wyoming.

Arlene E. Cauthon

Scott City—Arlene E. Cauthon, age 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 21, 2021, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on February 21, 1928, in Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Fred Francis & Ethel Leona Forbes Miller.

Edward J. Lobmeyer

Leoti, Kansas—Edward Joseph Lobmeyer, age 68, died at his home on Thursday, December 31, 2020, in Leoti, Kansas. He was born on June 20, 1952 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas, the son of James Leon and Kathryn Strecker Lobmeyer.

Dale Lee Barnum

Dale Lee Barnum, 71, of Ozawkie, KS, died Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at his home. He had lived in Ozawkie 18 years moving from Garden City. He was born June 1, 1949 at Garden City, the son of William Myron and Wilma B. Parish Barnum. He was a 1967 graduate of Leoti High School and he earned a B.S.