Current Obituaries
Catherine Leiker
Feb 19, 2013
Catherine Francis Leiker, age 82 of Hays, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born April 9, 1926 in Hays, Kansas to Peter M. and Josephine (Wasinger) Kuhn. She married A.P. Leiker May 9, 1944 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. He preceded her in death September 29, 1997. She was...
Margaret Mohney
Feb 11, 2013
Margaret A. Mohney, age 90, of Ellis, passed away February 11, 2013 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born on May 9, 1922 in Ellis, Kansas to Adam and Minnie (Homburg) Massier. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1940 and attended business college in Topeka. She married Norman Mohney on October 1, 1943 in McAllen,...
Louise Koerner
Feb 10, 2013
Louise Koerner, age 89, of Hays, died Sunday, February 10, 2013 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born April 10, 1923 in Catharine, KS to Jacob and Angela (Karlin) Staab. She married Ralph Koerner on Feb. 23, 1943 in Catharine, KS. He preceded her in death on July 23, 2012. She was a homemaker and a member of Immaculate...

Kurt W Kisner
Feb 2, 2013
Kurt W. Kisner, age 39, of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 at hays Medical Center. He was born December 8, 1973 in Hays, Kansas to Isadore "Izzy" and Matilda "Tillie" (Werth) Kisner. He graduated from hays high School. He was currently working for the Ellis County Sheriffs Department as a detention officer. Prior to the sheriffs office he...
Carol Werth
Jan 27, 2013
Carol J. Werth of WaKeeney, Kansas passed away Sunday, January 27th at Salina Regional Heath Center. She was born December 23rd, 1942 in Liebenthal, KS to Cornelius and Ursula (Legleiter) Dechant. She married Fred H. Werth on November 16th, 1959 in Liebenthal, Ks. He preceded her in death December 18, 1974. She was a caregiver for her own Mother for...
Barbara Kinderknecht
Jan 26, 2013
Barbara Kinderknecht, age 74, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born August 21, 1938 in Ellis, Kansas to Andrew and Thresia (Augustine) Scheck. She married Ralph M. Kinderknecht on November 7, 1955 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Ellis. She was a homemaker and a Tupperware consultant. She was...
Maxwell Luedtke
Jan 25, 2013
Maxwell Luedtke, age 85, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 25, 2013 at Via Christi Village, Hays. He was born March 2, 1927 in Weehawken, New Jersey to Maximilan and Lina (Brecht) Luedtke. He married Jackie Stebbins on January 4, 1969 in Shandaken, New York. Max was an auto parts salesman for Detroit Supply Co. in New York, co-owner and...
Agnes M Waldschmidt
Jan 24, 2013
Agnes M. Waldschmidt, age 89 of Ellis, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Trego County Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born on July 21, 1923 in rural Ellis County, Kansas to Zacheus and Monica (Rupp) Fisher. She attended school in Ellis County. She married Rudolph Waldschmidt on October 5, 1943 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Ellis. He preceded...
Irene Keller-Zerfas
Jan 23, 2013
Irene Maxine Keller-Zerfas, age 84 of Hays, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born June 29, 1928 in Ellis, Kansas to Frank A. and Carrie (Wentling) Keller. She married Albert Keller on November 7, 1946. He preceded her in death December 15, 1978. She married Bernard Zerfas on May 6, 1987. He...
Augie Herman
Jan 18, 2013
August Joseph "Augie" Herman Jr., age 76, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at his home. He was born October 21, 1936 on the family farm south of Ellis, Kansas to August and Mary (Kisner) Herman Sr. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1954. He married Sandra Ashbaugh on May 12, 1956 in Ellis at St. Marys Catholic Church....
Caroline Schmidt
Jan 17, 2013
Caroline Rita (Dreiling) Schmidt, age 84, of Hays, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 7,1928 in Victoria to Balthasar and Elizabeth (Graf) Dreiling. She married George J. Schmidt Sr. on August 15, 1949 in Victoria. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1981. She worked at St. Anthony Hospital, Travenol Laboratory,...
John R Harkness
Jan 11, 2013
John Raymond Harkness, Wichita, 49, died Friday, January 11, 2013 in Wichita. He was born April 4, 1963 in Hays, Kansas to Robert A. and Catherine M. (Dreiling) Harkness. He graduated from Thomas More Prep in 1981 and from Fort Hays State University. He enjoyed sports and especially Fort Hays State University, The University of Kansas, Kansas City Royals and...
Frank Stecklein
Jan 8, 2013
M/sgt Frank C. Stecklein, Air Force retired, entered into rest on January 8, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas, 3 months prior to his 100th birthday. He was the eldest of eight children born to the late Carl and Anna (Younger) Stecklein. Frank was born on March 20, 1913 in Ellis County Kansas. Frank graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy of...
Bernice Lang
Jan 7, 2013
Bernice (Herman) Lang, age 82, of Ellis passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at her home. She was born February 23, 1930 in Ellis to Nick and Anna (Lang) Herman. She married Syl Lang on June 7, 1950 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on November 27, 1985. She was a homemaker and had worked at Baxter-Travenol for 10...
Cheryl Martin
Jan 4, 2013
Cheryl A. Martin, age 65, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to Edgar J. and Erma Jean (McMullen) Sanders. She was a retired C.N.A. having worked at Via Christi Medical Center in Wichita. She enjoyed sewing, reading and genealogy. She is survived by a son,...
John Weber Jr.
Dec 25, 2012
John Weber Jr., age 90, of Ellis died at Hays Medical Center on Christmas morning. He was born on April 10, 1922 in Trego County to John and Theresia (Augustine) Weber Sr. He married Marcella Eberle on September 26, 1944 at St. Marys Church in Ellis. He worked to build Cedar Bluff Lake, worked for many years at Fondoble Motor...
Michael Haas
Dec 21, 2012
Michael Charles Haas, age 41, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Saturday December 22, 2012. Michael was born June 12, 1971 in Denver, Colorado to Norbert "Chuck" Haas and Geraldine "Jean" (Graff) Haas. He graduated from Bear Creek High School in Littleton, Colorado and then moved with his parents to San Diego, California where he attended the University of...
Linus Miller
Dec 19, 2012
Linus Jacob Miller, age 87, of Hays passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Cypress Springs Alzheimers Care Center in Wichita. He was born July 22, 1925 in Hays, KS. to A.R. and Seraphine (Ruder) Miller. He graduated from Hays High in 1944. He married Laurinda Pfannestiel January 31, 1951 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Linus was a...
Ruth Templeton
Dec 10, 2012
Ruth Helen Templeton, age 75, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born June 8, 1937 in Omaha, NE. to John F. and Nora (Bischoff) Streng. She attended Beatrice, NE. Public Schools and Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. She married Robert "Bob" Templeton on December 25, 1956 in Beatrice, NE. Ruth was employed...
Donald Walters
Dec 10, 2012
Donald J. Walters, age 81, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was raised by Jacob and Anna (Arnold) Walters. He married Mary Lou Armbruster in Ellis, Kansas on November 20, 1955. He is a retired M/Sgt. Of the United States Air force, having served in Germany and Vienna, Austria during the four powers...