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Daniel E Pfeifer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

Diana Hauswirth

Diana Hauswirth

Feb 5, 2012

Diana Hauswirth, age 54 of Schoenchen, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born January 16, 1958 in Steubenville, Ohio to Robert J. and Betty Jean (Zamoski) Heidenthal. She worked at St. John's Health Care Center in Hays and Victoria as a LPN. She is survived by her fianc, Gary Helget of Schoenchen, KS; a...

Howard B Peters

Howard B Peters

Feb 4, 2012

Howard B. Peters, age 65, of Olathe formerly of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the University of Kansas Hospital. He was born December 6, 1946 in Carroll, Iowa to Alvie and Helen (Schroeder) Peters. He married Kristen Lindsten on December 26, 2004 in Las Vegas. Howard was a long time business owner and consultant in Hays. He...

Almeda Stecklein

Almeda Stecklein

Feb 3, 2012

Almeda Regina (Kuhn) Stecklein, age 84, of Great Bend and a former longtime Munjor, Kansas resident, passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehab Center in Great Bend. She was born March 21, 1927 in Victoria, Kansas on the family farm to Joseph J. And Anna (Hammerschmidt) Kuhn. She married Nicholas "Nick" Stecklein on Feb. 4,...

Lyle G. Schiedeman

Lyle G. Schiedeman

Jan 30, 2012

Lyle G. Schiedeman, age 62, of Warner, Oklahoma, formerly of LaCrosse, passed away Monday, January 30th, 2012 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He was born February 10, 1949 in Hays, KS to Arthur and Clarice (Williamson) Schiedeman. He married Connie Kahle on April 14, 1973 in Herington, KS. He worked in road and highway construction as a Foreman with the Duit...

Donna Rae Henning

Donna Rae Henning

Jan 29, 2012

Donna Rae Henning, age 55, of Russell, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at the Russell Regional Medical Center. She was born September 14, 1956 in Chicago to Donald and Gertrude (Tichgelaar) VanderMeyden. She married Timothy Henning on October 9, 1985 in Stockton, KS. She was a homemaker had worked for Frontline Cleaning Service. She was a supporter of the...

Karolyn Coleman

Karolyn Coleman

Jan 11, 2012

Karolyn Kaye Coleman, 72, of Washington, Missouri, formerly of Ellis, passed away in the loving arms of God, on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at Cedarcrest Manor Nursing Home, Washington, MO. She was born on Aug. 16, 1939, in Emmeram, KS, to Delbert and Beulah (Springfield) Witt. She married Arthur Paul Coleman on July 25, 1955, in Great Bend, KS. She...

Judy Weigel

Judy Weigel

Jan 10, 2012

Juliette "Judy" Weigel, age 77, of Plano, TX., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in Plano. She was born April 16, 1934 in Hays, Kansas to Finley and Mary Parker. She married Joseph Weigel on April 25, 1959 in Hays. He preceded her in death in 2007. She was a homemaker. She is survived by a son, Joseph Weigel of...

Hubert Rajewski

Hubert Rajewski

Jan 5, 2012

Hubert Rajewski, age 94, of Hays, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012 at the Great Bend Health and Rehab Center in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 4, 1917 in Vincent, Kansas to Frank and Mary (Wittman) Rajewski. He married Emma Klaus in 1939. He had worked in maintenance and was a farmer. He is survived by two daughters,...

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