OBITUARIES

Vivian Ouderkirk

Jan 20, 2009

Vivian Ulleen (Hagen) Ouderkirk, age 57 of Palco, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville. She was born on March 16, 1951 in Hays to Ernest and Freida (Sauer) Hagen. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1969. Vivian was a CNA at the Lutheran Home Manor in WaKeeney for 22 years. She...

Severin Leiker

Jan 5, 2009

Severin Leiker, 89, Hays, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at St. John's Rest Home, Hays. He was born June 6, 1919, in Munjor to Sebastian and Mary (Pfannenstiel) Leiker. He was a 1937 graduate of St. Joseph's Military Academy.He married Marie Riedel on Feb. 11, 1947, in Walker. She preceded him in death Oct. 27, 2000. He was a farmer....

Joe E. Ward

Dec 31, 2008

Joe Edwin Ward age 75, of Hays, died Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at the Hays Medical Center. He was born November 12, 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Roy and Marguerite (Steele) Goodwin. He was adopted by Bill Ward, husband of Marguerite. Joe married Mary Ann (Hoffman) on November 12, 1954 at St. Joseph's Church in Hays. He was retired...

Ralph Burns Jr.

Dec 27, 2008

Ralph Burns Jr., of Ellis died, Saturday December 27 at Hays Medical Center. He was born December 2, 1943, in Hays to Ralph and Barbara (Augustine) Burns. He married Viola Mae Kutina on April 20th 1963 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ellis. Ralph and Viola were blessed with two children, ten grandchildren and five great-grand children. Their daughter Annette...

Alma Armbrister

Dec 27, 2008

Alma Pauline Armbrister, 78, Ellis, died Saturday, Dec. 27, at Hays Medical Center. She was born Nov. 14, 1930, in Ellis County to John and Edith (Sablofsky) Huber. She married Robert Armbrister on March 28, 1951, at Christ Lutheran Church, Ellis. She was a homemaker and worked at Hadley Regional Medical Center in Hays for more than 30 years. She...

David A. Staab

Apr 1, 2005

David Alan Staab, 43, of Bountiful, Utah passed away on April 5, 2025 in Paris, France.

He was born Sept 25, 1981, in Hays, Kansas to Dave Staab and Rebecca (Huser) Kahler.

He graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in 2000, and continued his education at Iowa State University, earning a degree in Engineering. He was a developer of Technology and a...

Cecil And Alice Patton

Apr 1, 2001

Obituary Cecil M. Patton and Alice (Tholen) Patton of San Jose, California. Cecil, age 81, died April 1, 2001, and was born November 26, 1920, to Ernest B. and Sadie M. (Harrington) Patton. Alice (Tholen), age 97, died March 9, 2019. She was born January 18, 1922, at the farm in Vincent, Kansas to Frederick U. and Clara G. (Dortland)...

Joseph Edward Scarry

JOSEPH EDWARD SCARRY was born to Mary (Cook) and Fred Scarry, Jan. 29, 1944, in Dunbar, PA. In the 1950’s Howard, Julia Whipkey, and their children became Joseph’s family after his mother died.

Joseph entered Franciscan formation in 1965 from Immaculate Conception Church in Connellsville, PA, and became Br. Benignus making his final profession August 23, 1970, as a Capuchin Franciscan...

Wayne And Ann Augustine

Wayne and Ann (Leiker) Augustine – of Hays Kansas. 

Wayne - 73, was born on October 4, 1940, and passed away on March 26, 2014. His parents were Michael and Anna (Weaver) Augustine. 

Ann – 81, was born on May 3, 1941, and passed away on November 14, 2022. Her parents were Edmund F. and Pearl (Kippes) Leiker.

They were married...