Allen, Sammy, 71, retired Garden City Co-op employee, former rodeo clown and bull rider, died Tuesday, June 3, 1997. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City.
Survivors: wife, Velma; sons, Francis of Cimarron, Brian of Montezuma, Roger of
Pueblo, Colo., Brad of Pierceville; daughters, Samarie Bridgewater of Pueblo, Jan Sneddeker of Hastings, Neb.,
Julie Schaffer of Cottonwood Falls; stepson, Gene Sloan of Pueblo; stepdaughter, Earlene Warren of Pierceville;
sisters, Marie Mefford of WaKeeney, Lula Belle Hensen of Downs, Nina Wood of Geneva, Neb.; 21 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ June 5, 1997)
GARDEN CITY - Allen, Velma E. Sloan, 87, died Feb. 2, 2005. Service 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Pierceville (KS) Cemetery. Survivors: son, Gene Sloan of Pueblo, CO; daughter, Earlene and husband, Vyrl
Warren of Pierceville; 6 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Garnand Funeral Home.
(Kansas City Star ~ February 4, 2005)
Beach, Gary Lee, 48, farmer and stockman, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994. Service 2:30 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, Garden City.
Survivors: wife, Roxann; son, Garet, daughter, Jera, both at home; mother, Phyllis
of Pierceville; sister, Sue Latham of Montgomery, Ala. Memorials have been established with the St. Francis Regional
Medical Center Burn Unit, Wichita, and the Pierceville Cemetery Fund. Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City.
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 13, 1994)
Becker, Gotfred R. "Fat," 78, retired Valley View Cemetery employee, formerly of Russell, Modoc and Garden City, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 1997. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Pierceville Federated Church.
Survivors: wife, Fern; son, Robert, daughter, LaDonna Jean Heine, both of Garden
City; brother, George of Russell; sisters, Hannah Hobbick of WaKeeney, Marie Wilken of Salem, Ore., Martha Draws
of Reedsport, Ore.; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with the American Diabetes
Association. Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City.
(Wichita Eagle ~ January 3, 1997)
Edward Mearl "Mutt" Hutton, 74, retired farmer, died Wednesday, March
4, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Pierceville Federated Church. Survivors: wife, Clarice; nephew, Robert Husband
of Pierceville; stepson, Frank Hendricks of California; stepdaughter, De Ann Killingsworth of Dodge City; brothers,
Willis Earl of Pierceville, Wayne of Bishop, Calif. Memorial has been established with the Pierceville Federated
Church. Price & Sons Funeral Home, Garden City.
(Wichita Eagle ~ March 5, 1992)
Mary B. (Husband) Hutton, 71, homemaker, died Friday, May 11, 1990. Service 10:30
a.m. today, Pierceville Federated Church.
Survivors: husband, Merle; brothers, James Husband of Garden City, C.E. Husband of Logan, Bill Husband of Kingwood,
Texas; sisters, Mildred McDonald of Ness City, Thelma Wells of Dodge City, Betty VanBuckirk of Lajunta, Colo.,
Melvina Rieth, Claudette Beavers, both of Pierceville; nephew, Bob Husband of Pierceville, whom she raised. Memorial
has been established with Pierceville Federated Church. Garden Memorial Funeral Chapel, Garden City.
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 15, 1990)
Logan E. Lehmann, 63, retired farmer and rancher, died Friday, July 12, 1991. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Pierceville Township Cemetery.
Survivors: friends, Greg Slaven of Cimarron, Vicki Waltz, Fern Becker, both of
Pierceville. Memorial has been established with Pierceville Federated Church. Price & Sons Funeral Home, Garden
City.
(Wichita Eagle ~ July 13, 1991)
Pedro "Peter" Porras, 14, Ingalls High School student, died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Vesper service 7 p.m., rosary 7:30 p.m. Sunday, service 10 a.m. Monday, all at St. Mary Catholic Church.
Survivors: parents, Antonio and Lupe at home; brothers, Fermin Navarro of Holdenville,
Okla., Joey Navarro of Garden City, Preston Porras of Pierceville, Antonio Porras Jr., Stevie Porras, both at home;
sisters, Nora Gonzales, Angie Mendosa, JoAnn Rivero, Lisa Huerto, all of Garden City; grandparents, Eleno Lopez
of San Saba, Texas, Pedro and Maria Porras of Julimoes Chihuahua, Mexico. Memorial has been established with Ingalls
High School Athletic Department. Garnand Funeral Chapel.
(Wichita Eagle ~ August 2, 1991)
PIERCEVILLE - Bessie Faye Stephens, 86, died Jan. 25, 2000, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was a Haysresident since 1998, moving from Pierceville.
There will be a graveside service at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Pierceville Cemetery,
under the direction of Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City.
She was born July 6, 1913, at Cullison, the daughter of Clark P. and Maude Tillotson Swonger.
Survivors include: two daughters, Shirley Schaller, Dodge City, and Jan Lacy, Hays; three step-daughters, Norla
Todd, Pierceville, Nannette Karnowski, Wamego, and Judy Stephens, Wichita.
(Pratt Tribune ~ January 26, 2000)
George Nelson Stephens, 73, retired farmer, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1988. Service
10 a.m. Friday, Pierceville (Kan.) Federated Church.
Survivors: wife, Bessie Faye; sons, Leonard of Plano, Texas, Bob L. of San Antonio, Texas; daughter, Lenna Ann
Mitchell of Abilene, Texas, Norla Todd, Nanette Karnowski, both of Wamego, Judy Stephens of Wichita; stepdaughters,
Shirley Schaller of Dodge City, Janice Lacey of Hays; brothers, Chester of Grants Pass, Ore., Max of Goddard; sisters,
Nita McGehee of Pierceville, Agnes Tunstall of California, Vivian McReynolds of San Jose, Calif.; 22 grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Pierceville Federated Church. Garnand Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ December 29, 1988)
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