All Obituaries

James A. Jacobs, 82, of Hays, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021, with his children at his side. He was born March 26, 1938, to Magdalena (Kisner) and Frank Jacobs. He was a 1955 graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy. He married Virginia Lee (Pfeifer) on August 18, 1972 in Hays. James (Jake) will be remembered for his love of family, his loyalty, his church (Immaculate Heart of Mary), golfing, singing, reading, playing guitar, and serving Hays Medical Center for over three...

Benita Befort, age 89, of Hays, KS passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Locust Grove Village - LaCrosse.  She was born July 17, 1931 in Munjor, Kansas.  She went to Schoenchen High School, she married Donald J. Befort on October 21, 1953.  She was a homemaker.  What she loved the most was being with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.  She loved watching the Atlanta Braves, she also enjoyed traveling and tending to her roses.  She will be...

Victor Fisher, of Hays, Kansas, age 95, passed away on Saturday, January 9th, 2021 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.  He was born December 17, 1925 in Hyacinth, Kansas.  He graduated from Grosser School.  He married Lillian Schmeidler on October 12, 1949, they recently celebrated 71 years of marriage. Victor was a lifelong resident of Hays, Kansas.  He was a veteran of the US Army serving in WWII in the Asiatic Pacific Theater Operations from 1944 to 1946. ...

Melvin Francis Sander, age 73, passed away January 20, 2021, at Hays Medical Center.  He was born February, 17, 1947 to Mike and Georgene (Wasinger) Sander in Hays, Kansas. Melvin enjoyed watching old television shows, especially The Andy Griffith Show and Bonanza.  He enjoyed hot wheels, matchbox cars and he was a Ford man.  He especially like spending time with his family and making people laugh.  He was a talkative man who never knew a stranger. He worked at...

Herbert Wesley McReynolds, age 92, of Hays, Kansas died Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at HaysMed - Hays.  Services are pending with Brock's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine Street, Hays, KS 67601.

Wilma Marline (Powell) Gleason was born December 22, 1931 to Ed and Millie (Weaver) Powell in Cheyenne County Kansas.  She departed this life on January 16, 2021 at Via Christi Village, Hays, Kansas. Wilma grew up on the family farm southwest of Bird City. She was the youngest born of seven children. On August 20, 1950 she was united in marriage to Clyde Gleason.  The two of them lived and worked on the Gleason family farm where they raised their two daughters, Sandy and Shona....

Carol J. Griffith – age 84, of Hays, Kansas died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.  She was born November 16, 1936, in Sioux falls, South Dakota to Kenneth D. and Joy (Daely) Moon.  She married Tom Griffith, of 63 years, on June 7, 1957, at Prairie Village, Kansas. She was an international recognized porcelain doll artist in the United States, Europe and Asia. She was a homemaker grew up in the Kansas City area.  She was a 1954 graduate...

Robert Paul Koch Jr. – age 72, of Ogallah, Kansas died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born November 21, 1948, in Flint, Michigan to Robert Paul and Geraldine (Tarrant) Koch Sr.  He married Lampueng (Miruntia) on  August 27, 1973, in Thailand. He was a retired US Air Force Master Sergeant. Survivors include his wife, Lampueng Koch, of the home; his children, Lucy Koch; Julia Kirby and husband, Sean; his mother, Geraldine Koch; one...

Terrance (Terry) Kohl passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital.  He was born October 29, 1940 to Paul and Mary (Luea) Hays, Kansas. Terry became a CPA in 1968 and was a member of the American Institute, DC, Maryland and Kansas Society of CPA'S.  He maintained an office in DC then in Bethesda Maryland before relocating to Ellis where he opened an office and worked until he retired to Hilton Head South Carolina.  He returned to...

  Kaitlyn Liana Cubillo, of Hays, Kansas passed away Friday, January 8, 2021 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born November 19, 2015 in Kansas City to Filiberto and Julie (Perez) Cubillo. Kaitlyn was born with Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) which is a severe congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. Against the odds she fought with determination and a sassy attitude which she was quick to share with others....