Current Obituaries
Gloria A. Leiker
Jan 4, 2012
Gloria Leiker, dedicated wife and mother, of Hays passed away on Jan. 4, 2012, at Wesley Hospital in Wichita. She was 79. Born to Isidore and Pauline (Miller) Brull on Sept. 23, 1932, in Hays, Gloria was raised on a family farm east of Munjor. She attended a one-room, rural grade school to the south before moving to Hays as...
Rita Dreiling
Jan 1, 2012
Rita Dreiling of Hays, age 84, joined the Lord on January 1, 2012 from her home in Altera Sterling House, Hays, KS. She was born March 13, 1927 in Hays, Kansas to Joseph and Anna (Jacobs) Wiesner. She married James G. Dreiling on June 26, 1946. He preceded her in death on October 13, 1990. Rita was a Homemaker. She...
Clara Kuhn
Dec 24, 2011
Clara Kuhn, age 91, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis. She was born April 6, 1920 in Emmeram, Kansas to John and Anna (Brungardt) Hammerschmidt. She married Andrew T. Kuhn on May 14, 1946 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ellis. He preceded her in death on July 21, 1970. She...
Anna M Brueggeman
Dec 23, 2011
Anna Marie (Keller) Brueggeman, age 97, of Hays, passed away Friday, December 23, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born March 25, 1914 in Ellis County to Jake and Minnie (Huber) Keller. She married Eddie Brueggeman on September 27, 1934 at St. John Lutheran Church in Ellis. Anna was a farm wife and homemaker working with...
Alan Ross
Dec 22, 2011
Alan E. Ross, age 76, of Hays, passed away Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at Via Christi Medical center St. Francis campus in Wichita. He was born January 2, 1935 in Hays, Kansas to Frank and Andrea (Meier) Ross. He was a 1953 graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy in Hays. He married Wilma Schafer on February 11, 1956 in Hays....
Dorothy Frances Mary Herl
Dec 11, 2011
Dorothy Frances Mary (Karlin) Herl, age 87, of Ogallah, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born November 10, 1924 in the family home in Catharine, Kansas to Anton A. and Pauline (Grabbe) Karlin. She married Alvin Kenneth Joseph Herl on November 20, 1945 in St. Catherine Catholic Church, Catharine,...
Stanley Jay Dreiling
Dec 5, 2011
Stanley Jay Dreiling, age 56, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at Hays Medical Center. He was born January 1, 1955 in Hays, Kansas to James G. and Rita (Wiesner) Dreiling. He married Jan Reever on March 26th, 1988. She preceded him in death on August 28th, 2003. After graduating from Thomas More Prep in 1973, he worked...
Ross Vern Reeves
Dec 1, 2011
Ross Vern Reeves, age 93, of Hays, formerly of Phillipsburg and Hoxie, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011 at St. John's of Hays. He was born on June 3, 1918 in Oberlin, KS. to Dr. Arthur and Flora (Wilderman) Reeves. He married Margaret Naomi Geil on May 30, 1946 in Almena, KS. Ross worked in retail business and insurance and...
Jerome Louis Flax
Nov 30, 2011
Jerome Louis Flax, age 56, of Ellis, son of Marcella "Sally" Flax and the late Paul A. Flax passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in WaKeeney. Visitation will be Friday 7 PM - 8:30 PM with a parish vigil service at 7PM all at Keithley Funeral Chapel 400 E. 17th Ellis, KS. 67637. Private family services will be held at...
Loree Frances Irwin
Nov 26, 2011
LoRee Frances Irwin, 96, Hoisington, formerly of Hill City, died Nov. 26, at her home. She was born Jan. 16, 1915, in Bogue to Clarence and Besse (Hutton) Stuchlik. She married Forrest Irwin on Aug. 12, 1947. She was a beautician and homemaker. She was active in supporting the arts councils in Great Bend and Hays. She spent her time...
Lucille Staab
Nov 21, 2011
Lucille Staab, age 90, of Hays, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society Hays. She was born February 18, 1921 in Ellis County, Kansas to John M. and Agnes (Spies) Younker. She married Edwin Staab on May 21, 1941 in Ellis, Kansas. He preceded her in death on July 29, 1980. She was employed at Fort...
Brendan Lewis Young
Nov 21, 2011
Brendan Lewis Young, age 22, of Hays, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 at his home in Manhattan. He was born September 20, 1989 in Hays, Kansas to Jeff and Ann (Molz) Young. He was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Hays and graduated from Hays High School in 2008. Brendan was working as a Graphic Artist at GTM...
Benita E. Lippert
Oct 31, 2011
Benita E. Lippert, 88, Hays, died Monday, October 31st, 2011, at Southwind Hospice Home, Pratt. She was born September 25, 1923 in Hays to Peter and Lucy (Stecklein) Gottschalk. She married Rolland Blaine Lippert on August 15, 1952, in Hays. He preceded her in death, July 6, 1963. She was a homemaker in rural Bison and she farmed and ranched...
Wayne H. Marshall
Oct 21, 2011
Wayne Harold Marshall, age 64, of Hays, passed away Friday, October 21, 2011 at Hays Medical Center. He was born October 2, 1947 to Harold Samuel "Sam" and Kathryn (Krizek) Marshall in Colby, Kansas. He graduated in 1965 from Rexford High School. He then went to NWKAVTS earning an Auto Body Degree. He married Linda A. Blume on July 10,...
Margie Robben
Oct 17, 2011
Margie Lorraine Robben, age 86 of Gorham, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011 at Hays Medical Center. She was born February 12, 1925 in Montrose, CO. to James M. and Carrieane (Hickock) Lipes. She married Eugene Robben on April 26, 1945 in Riverside, CA.She was a cook at St. Mary's Grade School in Gorham, clerked at JC Penney's in Russell...
Rose Ellen Eckhart
Oct 16, 2011
Rose Ellen Eckhart, age 60, of Hoxie, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter. She was born on October 31, 1950 in Covington, KY. to Ciro and Doreen (Farrell) DelVecchio Sr. She had worked in the lunch catering and delivery business. She was a member of the Hoxie United Methodist Church and she...
Joseph Ford
Oct 16, 2011
Joseph A. Ford, 49, Ellis, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, in Hays. He was born Aug. 25, 1962, in Rolla, Mo., to Robert and Dorothy Ford. He married Jody Marie Livengood. He worked in construction and general maintenance fields. Survivors include his wife, Ellis; his parents, Silex, Mo.; three daughters, Andrea, Elizabeth and Melissa Ford, all of Sterling, Mo.; five...
Mark Neuburger
Oct 16, 2011
Mark Neuburger, 56, Hays, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at his home in Hays. He was born March 29, 1955, in Hays to Edward and Kathleen (Wiesner) Neuburger. He was a 1973 graduate of Ellis High School. He worked as a siding installer for ABC Seamless Siding in Hays. He spent a large portion of his life working at maintenance...
Richard Staab
Oct 14, 2011
Richard G. Staab, age 83, of Plainville, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at Hays Medical center. He was born February 19, 1928 in Catharine, KS. to Albert J. and Ida (Weisner) Staab. He had been a truck driver. He was a Merchant Marine veteran and a member of the Deer Trail, CO. Knights of Columbus.He is survived by five...
Robert L. Herl
Oct 12, 2011
Robert Lester Herl, age 84, of Victoria, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at his home. He was born on October 14, 1926 in rural Munjor to Joseph and Catherine (Frank) Herl. He graduated from Hays High School in 1946. He married LaVerna Marie Dreher on April 19, 1950 in Liebenthal, Kansas. He was a farmer and dairyman. He was...



