GARDEN CITY - Ralph William“Bill” Paxson, Jr., 69, died Sunday, December 5, 2021, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born December 10, 1951, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Ralph William Paxson, Sr. and Evelyn Mozelle (Dale) Paxson.
Lee Richardson Zoo has received the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration’s (CILC) 2020-2021 Pinnacle Award for the 10th time for its Distance Learning program. To receive the Pinnacle Award, organizations must score 95% or above for the entire year on the evaluations of their Distance Learning programs.
SATANTA - Edwin LeRoy“Lee” Stapleton, 85, died peacefully Tuesday morning December, 7, 2021 at the Long Term Care Unit in Satanta, Kansas. He was born December 30, 1935 to Sarah Ruth (Schmidt) and Harold Dawson Stapleton on the family homestead near Sublette, Kansas.
On Wednesday, December 3rd, 1980 in Garden City, KS a legend was born, the Ross Anthony Geier. Born to Janie (Wimmer) and Richard James Geier, he was the youngest of 3 siblings, Jamie and Eric.
EL DORADO - The Lord, Jesus Christ called Carol Jeanne (Teetzen) Patton, 68, to her eternal home in Heaven on December 1, 2021. Carol was born October 21, 1953 in Dodge City, Kansas to her parents Ralph Paul Teetzen Sr. and Delores (Sweeney) Teetzan.
HUTCHINSON - Wilbur “Willie” G. Galliart, 89, passed away December 2, 2021, in Hutchinson, KS.
In her 91 years, Eleanor Kreutzer taught her family and friends that love is an action and its often given as a plate of freshly baked cookies, homemade pumpkin pie, or handcrafted noodles delivered to your doorstep.
Donald ‘Don’ Lee Unruh, 86, passed away November 21, 2021, at his residence. He was born July 8, 1935, in Garden City, KS, to Edgar C.
Diana Kay (Imhof) Jones was born in Goodland, Kansas, on February 16, 1944, and died on November 28, 2021, in Plymouth, Minnesota, after a 6+ year battle with dementia. She is survived by son Logan Jones, of Jacksonville, Florida, and daughter Kamela (Jones) Lupino, of Maple Grove, Minnesota. Additional survivors include Logan’s wife, Amy O’Halloran and their kids, Liam, Aidan and Sadie; Kamela’s husband, Jim Lupino; Diana’s ex-husband, Dave Jones, of Garden City, Kansas, who in her final years was one of her best friends; her mother, MinnieBelle (Imhof) Jones, of Goodland, Kansas; and siblings Priscilla Daniels (Great Bend, Kansas), Ruth Blythe (Tulsa, Oklahoma), Lowell Imhof (Omaha, Nebraska) and Debbie Griffith (Goodland, Kansas).
The following Kansas Lottery numbers were drawn Monday: Powerball: 18-26-28-38-47-17; Power Play: 2 Lucky for Life: 16-17-22-25-29-13 Super Kansas Cash: 2-7-20-23-24-22 2 By 2: Red: 8-9; White: 7-18 Pick 3: Midday: 3-4-8; Evening: 7-2-3 Tuesday’s Mega Millions, 2 by 2, and Pick 3 numbers were not available at time of press..