Current Obituaries
Helen Befort
Oct 8, 2011
Helen (Pfeifer) Befort, age 95, of Hays, passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 at her home. She was born on August 25, 1916 in rural Ellis County, Kansas near Hyacinth to John M. and Clara (Boxler) Pfeifer. She married August "Gus" Befort on June 17, 1935 in Munjor, KS. He preceded her in death on December 16, 2002. Helen was...
Florence Ilo Meckel
Oct 7, 2011
Florence Ilo Meckel, age 93, of Hays, passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care Center. She was born on July 20, 1918 in Hays, Kansas to Alonzo and Neta (Lord) Brumitt. She married Vivian Meckel on June 11, 1939 in Hays at the First Baptist Church. He preceded her in death on 1981....
Jarret Johnson
Oct 4, 2011
Jarret Johnson, age 26, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2011 the result of an automobile accident in Ellis. He was born December 16, 1984 in Hays to Randall and Rose (Younger) Johnson. He graduated from Ellis High School in 2003 and from Salina Vo-Tech with a degree in mechanics. Jarret was a landscaper with Riedel Garden Center and...
Harlan Murphy
Sep 19, 2011
Harlan F. Murphy, age 82, passed away Monday, September 19th at St. John's Health Care Center of Hays. He was born on February 11, 1929, in Blue Earth, Minnesota to William and Isabelle (Willette) Murphy. He married Carlyn Burcham on January 3, 1953, in Abilene, Kansas.He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in Korea and retired from the Army Reserves...
Kash Russell Dreiling
Sep 14, 2011
Kash Russell Dreiling son of Russell and Shannon Dreiling, was stillborn on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Though he never spent any time with us, he touched many of our lives. Survivors include his parents, brothers, Konnor and Kyler, sisters Kaleigh,and Kylin all of the home; Grandparents Steve and Stacy Befort, Ellis; Lillian Dreiling...
Charles Etzel
Sep 13, 2011
Charles "Chuck" Wesley Etzel, age 80, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at his home. He was born on December 23, 1930 in Bartlesville, Ok. to Charles Wesley and Edna May (Richmond) Etzel. He married Bettye (Henn) Pace on November 9, 1974 in Las Vegas, Nv.Chuck worked in the aircraft and aerospace industry all his life. He began...
Don Wolf
Sep 12, 2011
Donald James "Don" Wolf, age 62, of Hays, passed away Monday September 12th in rural Hays the result of an automobile accident. He was born on September 22, 1948 in Quinter, Kansas to Joseph and Anna (Ochs) Wolf and he graduated from Hays High School in 1966. He married Barb Fisher on November 23, 1968 at St. Mary's Catholic Church...
Jacob J. Pfeifer
Sep 5, 2011
Jacob Joseph Pfeifer, age 68, of Hays, passed away Monday, September 5th in rural Hays. He was born on August 7, 1943 in rural Ellis County, KS. to Jacob A. and Regina (Brungardt) Pfeifer. He married Sheila Leiker on November 30, 1968 in Antonino, Kansas. Jacob was a retired Lease Operator for OXY USA. He was a Vietnam veteran of...
Bridgett Karst
Sep 1, 2011
Bridgett L. Karst, age 92, of Hays, passed away Thursday, September 1st at St. John's of Victoria. She was born June 9, 1919 in Pfeifer, Kansas to John Peter and Margaret (Kisner) Jacobs. She married Melvin B. Karst on August 9, 1939. He preceded her in death on April 3, 2003.She enjoyed cooking, was known forher green thumb as was...
Mary Alice Downing
Aug 31, 2011
Mary Alice (Steelsmith) Downing, age 93, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2011 in Chandler, AZ. She was born March 18, 1918 in Clinton, Iowa to Claude Christian and Nellie Rebecca (Reilly) Steelsmith. She married James Murray Downing on December 30, 1950 in Topeka, Kansas. He preceded her in death on Feb. 8, 2010.Mary Alice graduated from Abilene High...
Iva Schuster
Aug 28, 2011
Iva (Withers) Schuster, age 97, of Ellis, passed away Sunday, August 28th at the Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born January 31, 1914 in Rocky Ford, CO. to Harry and Ruth (Gibson) Withers. She married E.L. "Red" Schuster on February 27, 1938 in Ellis. He preceded her in death in 2000. Iva was a homemaker, a member...
Fr. Anthony Dinges
Aug 28, 2011
Fr. Anthony Dinges, age 90, of Hays, passed away Sunday, August 28th at St. John's of Victoria. He was born April 8, 1921 in Schoenchen, Kansas to Joseph A. and Catherine (Werth) Dinges.Fr. Dinges served for nearly two decades in the Southside Virginia area including Crewe, Blackstone and Meherrin. He returned to hays to retire with family and friends. While...
Glenn R. Staab
Aug 24, 2011
Glenn R. Staab, age 60, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, August 24th at his home. He was born December 23, 1950 in Hays, Kansas to Celestine and Helen (Younger) Staab.He had worked at Cross Manufacturing as a machinist. Glenn was a veteran of the US Army serving in Vietnam.He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother, Gerald...
Peggy Jean Lessor
Aug 16, 2011
Peggy Jean O'Toole-Lessor, age 75, of WaKeeney, passed away Tuesday, August 16th at her home. She was born on November 21, 1935, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Thomas and Ruth (Traylor) O'Toole.She married Robert Lessor in 1968 in Hays, Kansas, and enjoyed being a homemaker.She is survived by two daughters, Laurie Bieker and husband Mike, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and...
Walter A. Staab
Aug 15, 2011
Walter A. Staab, age 85, of Hays, passed away Monday, August 15th at the Good Samaritan Society Hays. He was born on August 19, 1925 in Catharine, Kansas to Alois and Rose (Meiers) Staab. He married Helen Fross on June 17, 1946 in Hays at St. Joseph Catholic Church. She preceded him in death on August 16, 2004.He had worked...
Sylvester Urban
Aug 15, 2011
Sylvester J. Urban, age 92, of Hays, passed away Monday, August 15th at the Sterling House in Hays. He was born on Feb. 26, 1919 in Loretto, KS. to Adam S. and Appelonia (Basgall) Urban. He graduated from Otis High School. He married Alfreda Pfeifer on May 6, 1939 in Loretto. She preceded him in death in 1989. He married...
Martha Roberts
Aug 9, 2011
Martha Marie Roberts, lifelong Ellis resident passed away Tuesday, August 9th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Society. She was born in rural Ellis on May 26, 1922 to Jacob and Jennie (Schoenthaler) Deutscher. She married Richard C. Roberts Sr. on November 19, 1944 in California. He preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 1998. Martha was a homemaker and a...
Gavin Hoft
Aug 8, 2011
Gavin Irwin Hoft, newborn son of Emi Fuentes and Gage Hoft passed away Monday, August 8th at Hays Medical Center. He is survived by his parents of Hays, a sister, Izabella Fuentes of Hays and grandmothers, April Vest of Hays and Elizabeth LeBlanc of Colorado.Memorial services will be 1:00 PM Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel 2509 Vine Hays, KS....
William "Bill" Krueger
Aug 5, 2011
William H. "Bill" Krueger, age 88, of Ellis passed away Friday, August 5th at the Good Samaritan Society Ellis. He was born October 17, 1922 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin to William and Connie (Napiecinske) Krueger. He has lived in the Ellis and Hays area since 1972, moving from Two Rivers. He married Virginia M. Anderson on April 27, 1946 in...
Lydia Burkhardt
Jul 29, 2011
Lydia H. Burkhardt, age 92 of Hays, passed away Friday, July 29th at Good Samaritan Society Hays. She was born May 23, 1919 in Victoria to Joe J. and Anna (Graf) Wasinger. She married Alvin Burkhardt on May 29, 1940 in Salina. She was co-owner with her husband of the Irish Grill in Chapman, KS. for 23 years. She also...
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