Current Obituaries
Ethel Ann Gatschet
Apr 25, 2012
Ethel Ann Gatschet, 72, Hays, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 31, 1939 in Victoria, Kansas to Pius and Anna (Sander) Leiker. She graduated from Victoria High School, Victoria, Kansas in 1957 and attended and graduated from the St. Anthony School of Nursing, Hays, Kansas in 1960. She married George P. Gatschet on...
Helen J. Davis
Apr 19, 2012
Helen June Davis, age 103, of Hays, formerly of Des Moines, IA passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at her daughters home in Hays. She was born June 29, 1908 in Hocking, Iowa to Andrew and Anna (Musick) Thomas. She married Donald W. Davis on August 24, 1931. He preceded her in death in 1975. She was a homemaker. She...
Albert Ruder Jr.
Apr 15, 2012
Albert Ruder Jr., age 72, of Hays, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born May 3, 1939 in Antonino, Kansas to Albert and Adeline (Korby) Ruder. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Korean War. He had worked at Fort Hays State University as a custodian and as a milkman...
Donald Storer
Apr 6, 2012
Donald Dwayne Storer, age 77, of Hays, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born August 20, 1934 in Studley, KS to Olin Franklin and Opal L. (Shepard) Storer. He married Vera Cassity on September 8, 1960 at the First United Methodist Church in Hays. He was a US Army veteran serving during...
Frances Newell
Apr 6, 2012
Frances Newell, age 86, of Hays, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born July 1, 1925 in Hays, Kansas to Mike and Josepha (Wiesner) Goetz. She graduated from Girls Catholic High in Hays. She married Eloise J. "Frenchie" Newell on August 5, 1946 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. She was a homemaker,...
Thecla Haas
Apr 1, 2012
Thecla Clara Haas, age 96, of Hays, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 12, 1915 in Vincent, KS. to Ulrich and Elizabeth (Von Lintel) Berens. She graduated from Victoria High School in 1933. She married Alfred A. Haas on Nov. 23, 1936 at Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Antonino. He...
Lucas Romey
Mar 28, 2012
Lucas "Pops", J. Romey 78, Hays, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born September 3, 1933, in Ellis to Anton and Marcella (Copp) Romey. He grew up in Ellis and attended Ellis High School. He married Ida Montgomery in 1955 in Ellis. He was a retired oilfield worker employed at Sun Oilfield Cementing and...
Betty Hagen
Mar 28, 2012
Betty Lou Hagen, age 81, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at the Hays Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1930 in Zurich, Kansas to Benjamin and Daisy (Homan) Sparks. She attended school in Zurich and Palco. She married Oscar F. Hagen on December 2, 1948 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on June 11, 2002....
Daniel E Pfeifer
Mar 26, 2012
Daniel E. Pfeifer, age 73 of Hays, passed away Monday, March 26, 2012, at Hays Medical Center. He was born April 15, 1938, in Hays to Eugene and Irene (Dinges) Pfeifer. He graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy in 1955, and he received an Electrical Engineering Degree from Kansas State University. He married Emily Werth August 29, 1959, in Schoenchen....
Donald J. Miller
Mar 21, 2012
Donald J. Miller, age 76, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born December 16, 1935 in Hays to A.R. and Seraphine (Ruder) Miller. He married Jo Ann Dinkel on January 9, 1960 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hays. He was a custodian for USD 489 for 43 years. He was a...
Ellen T. Brett
Mar 20, 2012
Ellen T. Brett, age 88, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at St. John's of Victoria. She was born February 24, 1924 in Donegal, Ireland to Patrick and Mary (Campbell) Gillespie. She married Edward Brett on July 22, 1950 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He preceded her in death in 1996. She trained as a nurse in England and was...
Albert S Bieker
Mar 16, 2012
Albert S Bieker, age 88, of Ellis, passed away Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born September 16, 1923 in Ellis to Sylvester and Barbara (Aschenbrenner) Bieker. He married Bertha Erbert on November 16, 1943 in Ellis. She preceded him in death on March 4, 2012. Albert was a farmer and mechanic. He had...
Lois King
Mar 15, 2012
Lois Alberta King, 98, died March 15, 2012 at her home in Ellis KS. She was born July 26, 1913 to Albert and Inez (Falconberry) Martin on the family farm near Zurich KS. She married Fred J. (Fritz) King on January 19, 1932 in Russell KS. He preceded her in death on December 7, 2001. She was a homemaker. She...
Arlene Ruder
Mar 14, 2012
Arlene Rose (Wiesner) Ruder, age 76, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born April 4, 1935 in Hays, Kansas to Leo and Josephine (Smith) Wiesner. She graduated from Girl's Catholic High in 1953. She married Virgil "Hess" Ruder on April 23, 1955 in Hays. He preceded her in death on December 9,...
Katherine Munsch
Mar 7, 2012
Katherine "Kay" Munsch, age 71, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Hospice House of Reno County in Hutchinson, KS. She was born February 26, 1941 in Collyer, KS. to Fred and Catherine (Fisher) Brungardt. She was a homemaker, a donut maker, and a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hays. She enjoyed her time with...
Bertha Bieker
Mar 4, 2012
Bertha (Erbert) Bieker, age 88, of Ellis, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born September 9, 1923 in Hays to Englebert and Regina (Geschwentner) Erbert. She married Albert Bieker on November 16, 1943 in Ellis. Bertha was a homemaker and had worked at St. Mary's School as a cooks helper and also...
Raymond Ralph Schaus
Feb 18, 2012
Raymond Ralph Schaus, age 86, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis. He was born on June 24, 1925 in Ellis to John and Wilhelmina (Wendtling) Schaus. He was a graduate of Ellis High School. He was a US Air Force Veteran serving in Korea and Vietnam. He attained the rank of...
Steven Wayne Werth
Feb 12, 2012
Steven Wayne Werth, age 48, of WaKeeney, passed away Sunday, Feb. 12th, 2012 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born June 25, 1963 in Hays to Fred H. and Carol J. (Dechant) Werth. He had worked as a mechanic. He enjoyed Fishing, NASCAR, Kansas City Chiefs and his pets. He is survived by his mother, Carol of...
Opal Seefeld
Feb 8, 2012
Opal P. Seefeld of Ellis, KS passed away February 8th, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born February 13th, 1926 in Downs, KS to Okke and Cora (LaDowl) Hull. She was a homemaker and was a cook and treasurer at the Ellis Nutrition Center for many years. She was also a member of the Ellis Ladies VFW...
Dorothy Schwartz
Feb 6, 2012
Dorothy E. Schwartz age 95, of Pleasant View Home in Inman, Kansas died February 6th of 2012. Dorothy was born October 12, 1916 in Claflin, Kansas to Walter and Flossie (Hummel) McKay. She was a graduate of Russell High School in Russell, Kansas and married Ralph W. Schwartz on December 14th 1936 in Russell. Surviving family members are four children,...