Current Obituaries
Russell Harvey
Nov 7, 2012
Russell 'Russ' Louis Harvey, age 85, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Hays Medical Center, of complications from pneumonia. He was born to Ross and Hazel (Shane) Harvey on November 20, 1926, in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Married to Ruth Ailene Daubendiek on September 20, 1946 in Jefferson, Iowa. Russ was a longtime businessman owning and operating...
Carla Muench
Nov 5, 2012
Carla Diane (Herold) Muench, age 60, of Hays, passed away Monday, November 5 at her home. She was born February 27, 1952 in Little River, KS to Raymond and Betty (Bindrum) Herold. She married Michael Muench on June 25, 1995 in Hays. She has worked at the Hays Wal-Mart for the past 14 years working in several departments. Prior to...
Mildred Jinks
Nov 5, 2012
Mildred Jinks, age 91, of Ellis, passed away Monday, November 5th at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born April 11, 1921 in Ellis to George and Mary (Lang) Luea. She was a LPN working throughout Kansas in nursing. She returned to Ellis for her retirement and continued to serve the elderly in the community. She was a member...
Betty M. Lang
Nov 3, 2012
Elizabeth "Betty" Mae (Sander) Lang, age 83, of Hays, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born November 2, 1929 in Victoria, Kansas to Peter P. and Elizabeth (Schmidtberger) Sander. She married Alex J. Lang on May 17, 1949 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. He preceded her in death on April 16, 2007....
Sarah Ward
Nov 2, 2012
Sarah Elizabeth (Houck) Ward, age 88, of Ellis, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1923 in Independence, Ks to Frank M. and Helen (Halsey) Houck. She married Gerald L. Ward, MD in 1947 in Independence, Ks. He preceded her death on December 14, 1967. She was a homemaker and...
Carlene Graham
Nov 1, 2012
Carlene Edith (McWilliams) Graham, age 79, of Quinter, "fell asleep in Christ" (1 Cor. 15:12-20) Thursday, November 1, 2012 at the Gove County Long Term Care Facility in Quinter. She was born June 17, 1933 in Gove County to George Carlton and Audrey Marie (Glick) McWilliams. She married Chester Edward Graham on July 28, 1952. They celebrated their 60th wedding...
Ivone Yosett Martinez
Oct 31, 2012
Ivone Yosett Martinez, 25 of Garden City, Kansas died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in Hays, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1986 in Tasquillo, Hidalgo, Mexico, daughter of Ricardo and Maura (Martinez) Martinez. Ivone moved to Garden City, Kansas to lived with her parents at the age of 14 years old. She attended school and graduated from Garden City High...

Chester Graham
Oct 15, 2012
Chester Graham, age 79, of Quinter, "fell asleep in Christ" (1 Cor. 15:12-20) Monday, October 15, 2012 at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter. He was born July 24, 1933 in Gove County to Samuel Earl and Luella Mae (Milroy) Graham. He married Carlene McWilliams on July 28, 1952. For the first twelve years of their married life Chester...
H. Edward Lecuyer
Oct 14, 2012
H. Edward Lecuyer, age 87, of Hays formerly of Ellis, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born December 14, 1924 in Ellis to Dr. Anthol and Mary (Henchey) Lecuyer. He married Marjie Shepherd on July 20, 1957 in Craig, Colorado at the Congregational Church. Edward was a Co-Founder of Merrick & Company of Aurora,...
Flora Marie Zerfas
Oct 7, 2012
Flora Marie Zerfas, age 89, of Ellis, currently living in Cimarron, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born April 6, 1923 in Ellis to William E. and Elizabeth (Wolbach) Bowen. She graduated from Ellis High School. She married Raymond Zerfas on May 25, 1941 in Ellis. He preceded her in...
Walter W. Becker
Sep 23, 2012
Walter W. Becker died Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Hays Medical Center at the age of 98. He was born July 6, 1914 the eldest of seven children to William "Bill" F. and Freda M. (Paulsen) Becker on the family farm in southern Rush County. The farmstead is located 12 miles north and 2 miles west of Rozel. Part of...
Donald J. Giebler
Sep 18, 2012
Donald John Giebler, age 84, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born February 13, 1928 in Catharine to Martin and Susanna (Kisner) Giebler. He married Dolores Kathleen Walters on September 11, 1950 in Catharine. She preceded him in death on May 15, 1999. He was a mechanic for 24 years primarily with...
Bernie Schoenthaler
Sep 16, 2012
Bernard Arthur "Bernie" Schoenthaler, age 88, of Ellis, passed away on September 16, 2012, in WaKeeney, KS. He was born on December 10, 1923, in Trego, County, Kansas to Frederick and Emma Regina (Deutscher) Schoenthaler. Bernie married Doris Elizabeth Ball on June 19, 1946. He was a John Deere dealer, a bookkeeper and salesman for OLoughlin Motor Sales and Fondoble...
Elmer Stecklein
Sep 6, 2012
Elmer Richard Stecklein, 77, of Hays, died Thursday, Sept. 6th at the Andbe Home in Norton. He was born March 1, 1935 in Pfeifer, Kansas to Joe C. and Catherine (Wasinger) Stecklein. He was a police officer for several years in Ellis and worked at Moons IGA in Osawatomie. He was a US Air Force veteran. He was an accomplished...
Elizabeth "Betty" Bradford
Sep 2, 2012
Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Hauenstein Bradford, 84, of Hays, died Sunday, September 2, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born on August 14, 1928 in Okarche, Oklahoma to Marie (Rohr) and John Oscar Hauenstein. She married Edmund Frederick Bradford on November 16, 1949. Betty dedicated her life to her family and to her career of nursing. She attended...
Mildred Haselhorst
Aug 30, 2012
Mildred "Mickey" Haselhorst passed away August 30, 2012 in Hays, Kansas. Mickey was born November 17, 1924 to John Jacob Streck and Maria Magdalena Streck (ne Berschauer) in Russell, Kansas. She was a graduate of Russell High School, class of 1942. She married Marion Sterling Cann in 1944. This union was blessed with a son, Dr. Michael Sterling Cann. She...
Arthur Paul Coleman
Aug 30, 2012
Arthur Paul Coleman, 80, of Lake St Louis, MO, formerly of Ellis, KS, passed away in the loving arms of God on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at home. He was born on October 28, 1931, in Paris, Arkansas, to Jim and Ella (Riddle) Coleman. He married Karolyn Kaye (Witt) Coleman on July 25, 1955, in Great Bend, KS. He worked...
Kenneth C. King
Aug 27, 2012
Kenneth C King, 76, of Ellis died Monday August 27, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born January 24, 1936 in Rural Ellis Co to Chris and Anna (Sauer) King. He worked in construction for many years while living in Colorado before returning to Ellis where he operated a welding shop until he retired. He had served as the...
Mark David Seibel
Aug 26, 2012
Mark David Seibel, age 52, of Oklahoma City, passed away August 26, 2012 at Grace Living Center on Oklahoma City. He was born May 27, 1960 in Chandler, OK. He is survived by his parents, Dave and Verla Seibel of Ellis; two brothers, Steve Seibel and wife Peggy of Ellis and Gary D. Seibel and wife Terri of Salina; five...
Larry "L.J." Abker
Aug 24, 2012
Larry J Abker ("LJ"), 78, Hays, died August 24, 2012, at Hays Medical Center. Larry was born on July 7, 1934 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He attended Geneva High School in Geneva, Nebraska where he was the star drummer in the GHS band. He graduated from high school in 1951. Larry continued his education at Nebraska Wesleyan University and belonged...