Funeral Homes you'll feel at home in. That's Garnand.

Home, it's a place of comfort. So is Garnand. We've been serving the community for generations and understand what's truly important. It's about arrangement rooms that feel like living rooms. Intimate chapels where your thoughts can rise. And it's about truly dedicated and deeply caring professionals who always listen carefully and work diligently to fulfill your most important requests. It's about treating you and your family like our own. Welcome, sincerely.

Let us honor their memory.

These are the services of those entrusted to our care over the past 15 days. Many of them touched your life as family, friends and neighbors.

Press Release



 Friday, August 4, 2023


To: The KFDA Journal

Regarding: Craig Boomhower Elected as President to the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts


At their meeting of July 20, 2023, the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts elected Craig Boomhower as their President.  Craig graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science. He is a partner in the Garnand Funeral Homes of Southwest Kansas. 


The mission of the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts is to ensure that licensees perform their professional services in a manner providing maximum protection of the health, safety and welfare for consumers. The agency also informs the public of laws and options available to them when utilizing the services of funeral licensees.


The Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts (KSBMA) consists of five members appointed by the Governor for three-year terms. Current board members, include: President Craig Boomhower, licensee, Garden City; Vice President Phillip Ziegler, licensee, Dodge City. Board Member Barry W. Bedene, licensee, Arma; Board Member Amy Elliott, consumer, Lenexa; and Board Member Robert Steil, consumer, Lawrence.

The administrative staff of the KSBMA consists of Inspector Michael J. Kelley, Wichita, Office Manager Kim Cottrell, Wakarusa and Executive Secretary J.W. Carey, Auburn.

Planning Ahead


Today, more individuals and families than ever before are making the decision to preplan their funerals. In a recent survey, these were the most common reasons people gave for prearranging their own funerals:



  • Reduces stress for family at a very emotional time
  • Communicates your wishes
  • Relieves your loved ones of financial responsibility
  • Saves you money and avoids rising costs
  • Most important, truly Shows you care



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Proudly Serving the Communities of Garden City, Ulysses, Lakin, Johnson, Elkhart, Hugoton, and Dighton.

GARDEN CITY

 Phone (620) 276-3219

Fax  (620) 276-2115

412 North 7th Street

Garden City, KS 67846

Email: garnandfh@sbcglobal.net

DIGHTON

Phone (620) 397-5792

Fax (620) 397-2126

145 North Wichita-PO Box 891

Dighton, KS 67839

Email: garnandfh@sbcglobal.net

ELKHART

Phone (620) 697-2191

Fax (620) 356-4595

514 Kansas Street-PO Box 854

Elkhart, KS 67950

Email: garnand@pld.com

JOHNSON CITY

 Phone (620)492-2153

Fax (620) 356-4595

605 W. North Street-PO Box 715

Johnson, KS 67855

Email: garnand@pld.com

ULYSSES

Phone (620) 356-1445

Fax (620) 356-4595

405 West Grant Avenue

Ulysses, KS 67880

Email: garnand@pld.com

HUGOTON

 Phone (620) 544-4323

 Fax (620) 356-4595

920 East 11th Street

Hugoton, KS 67951

Email: garnand@pld.com

LAKIN

 Phone (620) 355-7575

Fax (620) 276-2115

508 North Main-PO Box 91

Lakin, KS 67860

Email: garnandfh@sbcglobal.net

RAGEL MONUMENT

(620) 275-4547

1017 N 5th St. Garden City, KS 67846

Email: garnandfh@sbcglobal.net

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