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Eddie Heffel Jr.

Eddie Heffel Jr.

Feb 2, 2014

Eddie Heffel Jr., age 80, of Hays passed away Sunday, Feb 2, 2014 at his home. He was born March 30, 1933 in Russell, KS to Edward and Esther Marie (Fink) Heffel Sr. He married Signa McKanna on Feb. 10, 1954. He graduated from Russell High School and received a Bachelors Degree from Fort Hays State University. He was an...

John Mccabe

John Mccabe

Feb 1, 2014

John F. McCabe, 85, Hays, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at Hays Medical Center. He was born Dec. 3, 1928, in Zurich to William and May (Mahoney) McCabe. He married Annabelle Pfannenstiel in 1975. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol, Sons of the American Revolution and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He was an avid pilot and...

Robert Klaus

Robert Klaus

Jan 13, 2014

Robert F. "Bob" Klaus, age 74, of Hays passed away Monday, January 13, 2014 at his home. He was born June 1, 1939 in Ellis County, Kansas to Isidore and Anna (Meier) Klaus. He married Alberta (Befort) on October 9, 1961 in Antonino, Kansas. He was a long time Heating and Air Conditioning contractor being a co-owner of K&W Heating...

Greta Joan Porter

Greta Joan Porter

Jan 12, 2014

Greta Joan Porter, age 84, of Hays, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at her residence. She was born November 8, 1929 in Ulysses, Kansas to Charles Wayne "Bus" and Virginia (Hillary) Leierer. On May 22, 1948Joan was united in marriage to Lewis "Luke" Dale Porter at the First United Methodist Church of Ulysses. two children, Jeffrey Dale and Tamara...

Vickie Cole

Vickie Cole

Jan 2, 2014

Vickie J. Cole, age 67, of Hays, passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 at Hays Medical center. She was born May 12, 1946 in Great Bend to Donald A. and Dorothy (Rinker) Bowsher Sr. She married Tom O. Cole on July 3, 1966 in Great Bend. Vickie was an Executive Secretary for DaMar Resources Inc. of Hays. She was an...

Connie Rohr

Connie Rohr

Jan 1, 2014

Conrad (Connie) L Rohr Sr, 84, Hays, died Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 at Ellis Good Samaritan Center after a 4 year struggle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was born on September 5th, 1929 in Hays to Joseph L and Agatha (Dreher) Rohr. He married Benita A Rohr in August of 1950. They were happily married for 63 years. He was...

Eleanor Helen Younker

Eleanor Helen Younker

Dec 28, 2013

Eleanor Helen Younker, age 101, of Hays passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 in Hays. She was born September 23, 1912 in Hays to Anton F. and Rosa (Maska) Arnhold. She married Anton "Tony" M. Younker on January 27, 1937. He preceded her in death. Survivors include three daughters, Esther McCleland, Charlotte Hoffman and Barbara Ochs all of Hays, a...

Andrew Joseph Herrman

Andrew Joseph Herrman

Dec 28, 2013

Andrew Joseph Herrman, 36, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. He was born July 26, 1976, in Hays to Karen Parker Herrman and Gregory J. Herrman. He attended Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in Hays, Colorado Mountain College in Vail, Colo., followed by the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He worked for Marriott Corp. in Vail and Park...

Marvin Kuhn

Marvin Kuhn

Dec 26, 2013

Marvin A. Kuhn, 80, Hays, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at Rush County Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 8, 1933, in Gorham to Anton and Philomena (Schmidtberger) Kuhn. He married Doris D. Von Feldt on April 23, 1953, in Hays. She preceded him in death. He was a truck driver for Hunter and Allied Inc. until his retirement in...

Madge Gustin

Madge Gustin

Dec 24, 2013

Magdalene E. 'Madge' Gustin, 93, Hays, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2013, at Via Christi Village. She was born Aug. 23, 1920, in Eudora to Albert and Clara (Schehrer) Grosdidier. She was a 1937 graduate of Eudora High School, a 1941 graduate of St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing and received her Kansas registered nurse certification in 1941. She married James...

Richard Wall

Richard Wall

Dec 10, 2013

Richard Wall, 75, Hays, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Hays Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Russell City Cemetery Service Information Funeral Service Saturday January 4, 2014 10:30 AM

Gerad Madrid

Gerad Madrid

Nov 28, 2013

Gerad F. Madrid, age 34, of Plainville, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 in Hays. He was born August 5, 1979 in Leadville, CO. to Geraldine (Martinez) and William Madrid. He had worked as a handyman and carpenter. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports and fitness, working on his car and he loved to be with his daughters. Survivors include his mothers,...

Donald Schauvliege

Donald Schauvliege

Nov 25, 2013

Donald Charles "Chuck" Schauvliege Sr., age 61 of Hays, passed away November 25, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1952 in Jetmore, KS to Donald and Mildred "Mickey" L. (Bowie) Schauvliege. He graduated in 1970 from Hays High School. He spent most of working career as a heavy equipment operator and foreman in the Hays, KS...

Edith Copeland

Edith Copeland

Nov 21, 2013

Edith Mae 'Edie' Copeland, 90, Hays, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born Oct. 16, 1923, in Triig County, Ky., to James A. and Eddie (Calhoun) Shearer. She married Joseph B. Copeland on Jan. 9, 1945, in Clay Center. She worked as a telephone operator in St. Louis during World War II. She was...

Rita Staab

Rita Staab

Nov 12, 2013

Rita Marie Staab, age 66, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born May 17, 1947 in Hays, KS to Clarence and Bernice (Newland) Miller. She graduated in 1965 from Girls Catholic High School. She married Lambert J. Staab October 9, 1965 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Rita was a homemaker...

Carol Pfeifer

Carol Pfeifer

Nov 12, 2013

Carol Jean Pfeifer, 50, of Naples, Florida passed away the evening of November 12th, 2013. Carol was born February 8th, 1963, in Wakeeney, Kansas to parents Allen and Alfrieda (Werth) Pfeifer and grew up in St. Peter, Kansas. She was the third child in their family of six children and graduated from Morland High School. After a successful career as...

Dorothy Mills

Dorothy Mills

Nov 9, 2013

Dorothy M. Mills, 85, formerly of Hays, passed away November 9, 2013 at Benchmark Health Care Facility in Rolla, MO. She was born November 17, 1927 in Zurich, KS to Frank and Jennie (Keller) Armbrister. She was a graduate of Ellis High School and Brown Mackie. She married Jerry F. Mills November 6, 1955 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in...

Doris Applehans

Doris Applehans

Nov 9, 2013

Doris (Walters) Applehans, age 87 of Hays, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was born July 20, 1926 in Severin, Kansas to Peter and Mary (Staab) Walters. She was a 1944 graduate of Girls Catholic High School. She married Sylvester "S.J." Applehans April 19, 1948. He preceded her in death August 29, 2013....

Shirley Scholl

Shirley Scholl

Nov 9, 2013

Shirley Marie Scholl, age 75 of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 in WaKeeney. She was born July 19, 1938 in Potsdam, NY to Harvey G. and Emeretta (Hooper) Jandreau. She married Edward Albertus Scholl on August 22, 1963 in Denver, CO. He preceded her in death on March 30, 1998. Shirley had worked as a waitress, a daycare...

Adelia "Dee" Perrin

Adelia "Dee" Perrin

Nov 9, 2013

Adelia Ann "Dee" Perrin, age 90 of Ellis, formerly of Oberlin, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Trego County Lemke memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born July 24, 1923 in rural Decatur County near Jennings, KS to William and Anna (Flaska) Petrasek. Dee was a long time Legal Secretary for the Lund Law Firm in Oberlin and...

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