OBITUARIES

Feb 27, 2009

David Putz, age 45 of Valley Falls formerly of Hays, died February 27 in Valley Falls. He was born April 13, 1964 in Garden City. He attended schools in Hays.He is survived by his father, Larry Putz of Hays; two sisters, Lisa Mortensen of Hays and Christine Roberts of Hutchinson; two brothers, James Graves of Virginia and Richard Putz of...

Feb 17, 2009

Alvin A. Dinges, age 85 of Hays, died Tuesday, February 17th at the Hays Medical Center. He was born March 15, 1923 in Hays to Peter and Katherine (Engel) Dinges. He graduated from Schoenchen High School. He married Edna Marie Werth on September 15, 1944 in Norman, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on May 4, 1989. He married LaVaughn...

Feb 15, 2009

Iona Dinkel, age 73 of Ellis, died Sunday, Feb. 15 at her home. She was born on Dec. 31, 1935 in Ellis County, Kansas to Jacob and Ottilia (Bittel) Kinderknecht. She married Allen F. Dinkel on November 15, 1954 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on July 17, 2007 Iona was a homemaker and had worked at the Ellis...

Feb 14, 2009

John Lewis Johnson, age 87 of Hays, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on November 23, 1921 in Ellis County, Kansas to Sophus and Bertha (Brown) Johnson. He married Marjorie 'Marge' Henn on December 2, 1945 in Hays Kansas. John was a graduate of Ellis High School class of 1939 and...

Feb 6, 2009

Feb 4, 2009

Fred T. Jacobs, age 81 of Hays, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 at the St. Francis Via Christi Medical Center in Wichita. He was born Feb. 5, 1927 in Hays to Joseph G. and Josephine (Bissing) Jacobs. He married Charlotte Esther Weigel on November 12, 1945 in Hays. He had been in the retail liquor business for thirty years operating...

Feb 4, 2009

Lucille E. Werth, age 88 of Hays, died Wednesday, February 4, at St. John's Rest Home in Victoria. She was born on October 29, 1920 on a farm near Emmeram, Kansas to Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Wasinger. She married Harry J. Werth on September 10, 1946 in Hays. He preceded her in death. Lucille attended grade school in Emmeram and...

Feb 3, 2009

Viola M. Ross, 88, died on Tuesday, February 3, at Hays Medical Center. She was born in Hays on Sept. 26, 1920, the oldest of five children born to Adolph and Mary (Urban) Dreiling. She married Norbert E. Ross Sept. 4, 1946 in Hays at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She worked at the Hays Daily News until her marriage. She...

Jan 29, 2009

Kenneth L. Bieler, 58 of Fort Smith passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009 in Van Buren. He was born Jan. 3, 1951 in Topeka, KS. His parents are Burgess and Doris (Schneider) Bieler.He was employed by Midsouth Steam Boiler for 17 years as a Supervisor. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1969. He was a US Navy veteran serving...

Jan 22, 2009

Uberta L. Homburg, 78, Ellis, died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at St. John's Health care Center in Hays. She was born on October 7, 1930 in McCracken to Joseph G. and Belva (Griffitt) Warta. She was a 1948 graduate of Ellis High School. She married Harold A. Homburg on November 4, 1948 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on...

Jan 21, 2009

Anthony Bernard Lang, age 82 of Lenora, Kansas died Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born January 24, 1926 in Victoria, Kansas to Bernard and Catherine (Dreiling) Lang. He married Eleanor Brungardt on May 27, 1947 at in Walker, Kansas. Anthony and Eleanor moved to their farmstead located in Lenora in October...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 (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...