GARDEN CITY - Garden City- Lloyd E. Tuttle, 39, died on Sunday, December 19, 2021 in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 6, 1982 at Quinter, Kansas the son of Lester and Mary (Leiker) Tuttle. On October 26, 2013 he married Katharine Renee Stoneman in Richmond, VA.
LEOTI - Our beloved Yvonne Jean Ames, age 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 24, 2021 at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care Unit.Yvonne was born on November 17, 1936 to Harold and Nordene (Cody) Beckland in Olympia, Washington, where she attended her 12 years of education. A friend of Norman Ames introduced Yvonne and Norman while Norman was stationed in the United States Army Engineers in Fort Lewis, Washington. On March 9, 1954, Yvonne and Norman were married, and in 1954 moved to Crowley, Colorado. Shortly after, in 1955, they moved to Leoti, Kansas to farm sugar beets and Norman still farms today. They celebrated their 67th year of marriage in March of 2021.
LONGMONT - Tracy Fay Johnson, 60, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021, at the Longs Peak Hospital in Longmont, CO. She was born August 30, 1961, in Fort Morgan to Elmer Ivan & Elvera Johnson.
Finney County has added 32 new positive confirmed COVID-19 cases with an overall total of 8,530 as of Monday, with an increase to 369 active positive cases being monitored. Of the Finney County cases, there is a decrease to 16 individuals currently hospitalized, while there has been a total of 65 deaths as of Monday.
PECK - Michael Dean Martin, 68, died December 20, 2021 at his home. He was born February 19, 1953 in Greensburg, Kansas, the son of Elton C. and Doris Velma (Miller) Martin. Michael Dean had lived in Mullinville, Kansas and Peck. He graduated from Mullinville High School in 1971 and completed Auto Mechanic Vo-Tech in Dodge City, Kansas. He was a Machinist / Mechanic and Race Car Driver. On December 31, 1990, Michael Dean married Patty Chambers in Wichita, Kansas. She survives. Other survivors include one brother Terry L. Martin and wife Sherry, Garden City, Kansas, a sister Kay Rose and husband John, Mullinville, and several nephews and nieces and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Robert Martin in 1969. Graveside services and celebration of Michael Dean’s life will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021, in Hillcrest Cemetery, Mullinville. Viewing will be 1:30-2:00 prior to the service. Memorials are suggested to the Mullinville United Methodist Church in care of Fleener Funeral Home, PO Box 41, Greensburg, Kansas 67054-0041.
Carolyn “Carol” L. Warren was born Carolyn LaWanda Burnette - yes, a famous name but no relation... she was born 3 days after Christmas (12/28/1942) to Velma Lenora Pierson & John W. Burnette. She became the baby girl of a very large family in rural Monticello, Arkansas, Drew County. Carol, age 78, passed away Wednesday morning at 8:30 am at Fowler Residential Center, Fowler, KS in Meade County, surrounded by the wonderful team of caring staff there while peacefully listening to her favorite old country & western music. This extraordinary group of people were the most compassionate care givers & were by her side the last 4 months of her life. They were there for her, when her daughter could not be, they were like family. They kept her daughter, Tammie Warren-Betz (of Palmetto, Florida) connected & informed of Carolyn’s needs, wants, and shenanigans. Yes, at the age of 78, blind from glaucoma, CHF, struggling with COPD, & stage 4 kidney failure, Carol, still found ways to get into trouble, mostly just trying to go from her favorite chair to her bed on her own - most of you that knew her, knew how fiercely independent & quite stubborn she was - she had trouble asking for help, but would take it if you were kind enough to offer.
MONDAY, DEC. 20 FINNEY COUNTY — Finney County Commission: 8:30 a.m.
GARDEN CITY - Arthur D. Wright, age 94, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2021, at the St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on January 14, 1927 in Cimarron, Kansas, the son of Levi Arthur and Marion Frary Wright. A resident of Garden City, Kansas since 1969 moving from Colorado, he was a building contractor.
Storm drenches Southern California with heavy rain LOS ANGELES – Rain drenched Southern California on Tuesday as a powerful storm slid down the state, snarling traffic as vehicles spun out and raising the threat of mudslides in areas scarred by wildfires. Nearly 7 inches of rain fell before dawn in one area of Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles, the National Weather Service said.
SALINA - Dominga Nava, Salina, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. She was born on January 27, 1947 in Salado, TX to Eleno Lopez and Eufemia Zamarripa-Ortega. Dominga worked for IBP in Holcomb for 27 years. She spent most of her life in Garden City. She retired in 2008 and moved to Salina to be closer to her children. She enjoyed reading and listening to musi;, she loved to go dancing and to the casino. She loved making homemade tortillas for the family. She never missed an episode of “Family Feud” (Steve Harvey). She was always the life of the party and loved to be surrounded by her family.