Current Obituaries
James R. Gustin
Nov 24, 2010
James R. "Jim" Gustin, age 91, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, November 24th at Hays Medical Center following a short illness. He was born on July 17, 1919 in Ashland, Nebraska to Joseph and Anna (Thiel) Gustin. He grew up on the family farm in Murdock, Nebraska. He married Magdalene "Madge" Grosdidier on November 4, 1941 in Eudora, Kansas at...
J.T. Vonlintel
Oct 20, 2010
"J.T." John Thomas VonLintel, age 21, of Hays, passed away October 20, 2010 in Queensland, Australia the result of a farming accident. He was born on July 30, 1989 in Hays, Kansas to John and Robbie (Jeronimus) VonLintel. He graduated from TMP-Marian High School in 2007 and from the welding program at NCK in 2009. J.T. was an avid outdoorsman...
Mildred Kutina
Oct 19, 2010
Mildred Barbara Kutina, age 87, rural Ellis, passed away Tuesday, October 19th at the Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell. She was born on February 15, 1923 in rural Ellis County to Jacob and Maye (Smith) Henrickson. She graduated from Hays High School in 1941. She married Alfred Raymond Kutina on October 17, 1942 in Bloomington, IL. He preceded her in...
Eugene Engel
Oct 18, 2010
Eugene Joseph Engel, age 78, of Ellis, passed away Monday, October 18th at his home. He was born on May 21, 1932 in Ellis County, Kansas to Wendelin "WA" and Rose (Philipp) Engel. He married Melba Rose Voss on June 11, 1957. He was a retired electrician and a veteran of the US Navy serving during the Korean War. He...
Elden Ruder
Oct 17, 2010
Elden F. Ruder, age 71, of Hays, passed away Sunday, October 17th at the Hays Good Samaritan Center. He was born on April 28, 1939 in Hays, Kansas to Edward and CeCelia (Thyfault) Ruder. He graduated from St. Joseph's Military Academy in 1957. After high school he attended Bailey Technical College in St. Louis receiving a mechanics certificate. He married...

Doris Hustead
Oct 5, 2010
Doris Lea Hustead, age 89, of Hays formerly of Shidler, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, October 5th at St. John's Rest Home in Hays. She was born on June 1, 1921 in Iowa Park, Texas to William E. and Claudia (Rogers) McKinney.She is survived locally by a son, Roy A. Hustead of Hays. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:00 P.M....
Thomas "T-Bone" Bollig
Oct 5, 2010
Thomas Lee "T-Bone" Bollig, age 61, of Hays and Ahmadi, Kuwait, passed away Tuesday, October 5th at Menorah Medical Center in Overland, Park, Kansas. He was born on May 17, 1949 in Hays, Kansas to Robert J. "Cap" and Mildred Louise "Millie" (Dreiling) Bollig. He graduated in 1967 from St. Joseph's Military Academy.He worked for Halliburton from 1975 - 1995....
Paula Huser
Oct 4, 2010
Paula Huser, 59, Hays, died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Oncology Unit, Omaha, Neb.She was born July 13, 1951 to Fred J. and Evelyn (Jacobs) Huser in Hays and was a 1969 graduate of Marian High School. She earned her B.M. degree from Fort Hays State University in 1973 and her Master's in music...
Michael Wasinger
Oct 4, 2010
Michael Paul (Mike) Wasinger, age 53 of Hays, passed away suddenly of a heart attack on Monday, October 4 at his home. Mike was born on May 21, 1957 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Hays.He was a 1975 graduate of Thomas More Prep. Mike then attended North Central Technical College in Beloit, KS where he completed a plumbing program. He...
John Pfannenstiel
Sep 29, 2010
John A. Pfannenstiel, age 63, of Hays, Passed away Wednesday, September 29th the result of an automobile accident. He was born on January 6, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to Alois and Domitilla (Befort) Pfannenstiel. He married Rose Ann Rome on November 26, 1971 at St. Fidelis Catholic Church in Victoria.John graduated in 1965 from Hays High and he was a...
Dorinda Gaschler
Sep 24, 2010
Dorinda Gaschler, age 88, of Ellis, passed away Friday, September 24th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. She was born on August 8, 1922 in Ness City to John and Anna Mary (Haas) Wasinger. She married Clem Gaschler June 11, 1945 in Ness City. He preceded her in death on July 12, 2010. She was a one-room schoolteacher at Riverside...
Kenneth Wiesner
Sep 23, 2010
Kenneth Francis Wiesner, age 46, of Russell, formally of North Glenn and Denver passed away Thursday, September 23rd at the Russell Regional Medical Center. He was born on Feb. 11, 1964 in Hays, Ks. to Francis A. and Armella (Braun) Wiesner. He moved to Colorado after high school and became a Certified Welder and Machinist at Perry Tool and Dye...
Ernest Sauer
Sep 21, 2010
Ernest R. Sauer, age 83, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. He was born July 2, 1927, in Trego County to Joseph and Carolina (Wagg) Sauer. He was a 1945 graduate of Ellis High School. He was a farmer and stockman. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Christ...
Fr. Didacus Dunn
Sep 11, 2010
Capuchin Fr. Didacus Joseph Dunn, age 81, of Hays, passed away Saturday, September 11th at St. John's Rest Home in Victoria. He was born on January 6, 1929 in Karns City, Pa. to Albert H. and Clare I. (McNamee) Dunn. Father began studies for the priesthood in 1943, and joined the Capuchin Franciscans in 1949. He made first profession in...
Evelyn Waldschmidt
Sep 4, 2010
Evelyn M. Waldschmidt, 79, of Hays, Kansas died Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. Evelyn was born July 21, 1931 in Catherine, Kansas to John and Mary (Quint) Geist. After attending schools in both Catherine and Ellis, she married Paul Waldschmidt on July 28, 1949 in Ellis. She and her husband worked together as dairy...
Norman Bising
Sep 3, 2010
Norman Bissing, age 86, died September 3, 2010 at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on October 3, 1923 in Hays, KS to Felix and Ann (Gallagher) Bissing. He married Effie Leiker on July 6, 1950 in Hays. She preceded him in death on March 26, 1996.He served his country proudly in the Navy during World War II....
Robert Bunker
Aug 26, 2010
Robert "Bob" Franklin Bunker, age 88, of Hays, Kansas, passed away August 26, 2010 at St. John's Nursing Home, Hays, Kansas. He was born November 6, 1921 in Ellis, Kansas to George F. and Agatha (Wolf) Bunker. Bob married Freda B. Glass on November 18, 1939 in Ellis. She preceded him in death in January 1977. He later married Vernena...
Debra Oppliger
Aug 15, 2010
Debra Ann (Bieker) Oppliger, age 47, of Hays, passed away Sunday, August 15th at her home. She was born on July 5, 1963 in Hays to Ben and Dixie (Fuller) Bieker. She married Kelly Dean Oppliger on June 21, 1991 in Hays. Debra attended school in Ellis and received a Nursing degree from NCTC. She has been a LPN for...
Vernon Ruder
Jul 28, 2010
Vernon T. Ruder, age 80, of Pueblo formerly of Hays, passed away Wednesday, July 28th in Pueblo at the VA Hospital of Pueblo. He was born on November 1, 1929 in Ellis County, Kansas to Alois and Rosa (Jacobs) Ruder. He was a retired US Army Veteran serving in the Korean War where he was an ammunition bearer and received...
Orlinda Werth
Jul 25, 2010
Orlinda A. Werth, age 88, of Hays, Passed away Sunday, July 25th at Hays Medical Center.She was born February 3, 1922 on a farm in Schoenchen to John A. and Rose M. (Stoecklein) Werth. She attended Sisters of St. Joseph Grade School and Rural High School in Schoenchen.She was employed at the Boeing Company in Wichita, KS for 25 years....