Current Obituaries
William Wierman
Sep 24, 2025
William Theobald Wierman, age 85 of Hays, Kansas died Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at Via Christi Village - Hays. He was born October 20, 1939 in McCracken, KS to William H. and Alvina G. (Bieker) Wierman. He graduated from St. Joseph’s Military Academy in 1958. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. During the course of his enlistment, he...
Thomas D. Potter
Sep 19, 2025
Thomas Dale Potter, age 76, of WaKeeney, Kansas passed away on Friday, September 19, 2025, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on October 23, 1948, in Lexington, Nebraska to Warren and Elsie (Tietz) Potter. He married Deborah Ann (McGinnis) on February 22, 1971, in Santa Ana, California. She preceded him in death on May 17, 2021,...
Rudolph Augustine Jr.
Sep 19, 2025
Rudolph “Rudy” Augustine Jr., age 86 of Hill City, Kansas passed away Friday, September 19, 2025 in Hill City. He was born April 1, 1939 in Ellis County, Kansas to Rudolph Sr. and Regina (Reitmayer) Augustine. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1958.
Rudy was a retired heavy Equipment Operator starting for Trego County and then moving on to and...
Linda Lee Hyatt
Sep 15, 2025
Linda Lee Hyatt passed away at her home in Rush Center, Kansas on September 15, 2025. She was born July 13, 1943, in Bath County, Virginia, one of four children born to John Andrew and Evelyn Venetta Beck. She enjoyed and loved growing up and working on the large family farm raising chickens, turkeys, beef cattle, and participating in the...
John Kolacny
Sep 8, 2025
John Michael Kolacny, age 78 of Ellis, Kansas died Monday, September 8, 2025, at HaysMed - Hays.
John was born on March 12, 1947, in Kansas City, Missouri. His parents were Charles Sherman and Roberta (Hauetter) Kolacny. In 1968 he married Elizabeth “Liz” Rowland in Lawrence, Kansas.
He was an accomplished gardener, always paying strict attention to his rose bushes knowing they...
Joyce Eileen (Riedel) Richardson
Sep 6, 2025
Joyce Eileen (Riedel) Richardson, age 75, passed away unexpectedly on September 6, 2025 in Arvada, CO. Joyce grew up in Ellis, KS, and is the second eldest of ten children born to Edward and Bertha (Flax) Riedel. Joyce attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and was a 1968 graduate from Ellis High School. Joyce enjoyed tending to her yard and her...
Gary Schlyer
Sep 6, 2025
Gary Lee Schlyer age 79, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
He was born April 17, 1946, in Hays, Kansas, to William ‘Bill” and Mary VonFeldt Schlyer.
Gary grew up in Hays, and attended Saint Joseph Military Academy, and was a 1964 graduate of Hays High School.
He owned and operated Gary’s Body Shop in Hays and Lucas from...
Lori Ross
Aug 29, 2025
Lori Diane Ross, age 59, of Hays, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 29, 2025, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.
She was born on July 18, 1966, in Farmington, New Mexico, to Gary Raymond and Verlea Isabel (Robson) Ross.
She was a laboratory technician at Edwards County Medical Center, Hays Pathology Lab, then Quest Lab, for over 30 years, and moved...
Rachel June Wilkerson
Aug 28, 2025
Rachel Wilkerson, age 81, of Zurich, Kansas, passed away on August 28, 2025. She was born May 23, 1944, to Herb and Pauline Pendry in Key Rock, West Virginia. She married James Wilkerson on September 9, 1967, in Dover, Delaware.
Rachel loved to spend time working in her garden and canning all the veggies and fruits that she grew. She loved...
Pauline Younker
Aug 28, 2025
Pauline Younker, age 100, of Munjor, Kansas, passed away August 28, 2025, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.
Pauline was born on the family farm in Park, Kansas, August 23, 1925, to Ben Zimmerman and Mary (Wildeman) Zimmerman. She married Frank Younker on February 10, 1948, in Park, Kansas.
She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Francis of...
Billie Mickelson Shippy
Aug 26, 2025
Billie Mickelson Shippy, age 65, of Ellis, Kansas, passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at HaysMed after a courageous 15-year battle with multiple cancer diagnoses.
She was born on June 2, 1960, in Hays, Kansas, to Everett and Donna (Ellis) Mickelson. Billie grew up in Ellis and graduated from Ellis High School in 1978...
Leora Compton
Aug 26, 2025
Leora ‘Lefty” Compton, age 92, of Hays, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Hays. She was born August 6, 1933, on the family farm northwest of Atwood, Kansas, to Theodor C. and Anna M. (Focke) Domsch.
Leora was baptized into the Lutheran faith on August 14, 1933, in Blakeman and confirmed...
Cheryl Lynn Powell
Aug 17, 2025
Cheryl Lynn Wolf Powell passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 17, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 12, 1949, in Colby, Kansas, to Dale Allen Wolf and Thelma Larie Wolf. She grew up in Colby and was a proud Eagles cheerleader.
On June 23, 1968, in Colby, Kansas, Cheryl married the love of...
James L. Moore
Aug 16, 2025
James " Jim" LeRoy Moore - 85 of Hays, Kansas passed away on Saturday, August 16th, surrounded by his family at the Russell Regional Hospital, Russell, Kansas.
He was born February 6, 1940, in Oswego, Kansas, to Hankie and Ethel Moore, and raised in Hallowell, KS.
He married Nancy Cormeny on April 19th, 1958. He worked for Midwest Energy as an operator...
C. John Knoll
Aug 16, 2025
C. John Knoll (Clarence John Knoll, Jr.) of Hays, Kansas was born March 19, 1950, and died August 16, 2025, at the age of 75. He was born in Hays, Kansas to Clarence and Alberta Knoll.
Above all else, John loved his family more than life itself. His wife, sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were the most important things in his life....
Phillip Hernandez
Aug 12, 2025
Phillip Hernandez, age 84 former resident of Ellis, Kansas died Tuesday, August 12, 2025 in San Angelo, Texas.
Mr Hernandez was born May 1, 1941 in Tula Tamaulipas, Mexico. Phillip was a resident of Ellis, Kansas for many years where he was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church and a 3rd degree Knights of Columbus. He married Romanita Rodriguez...
Arnita Scheck
Aug 11, 2025
Arnita Scheck, age 97, of Victoria, Kansas, passed away at her home on Monday, August 11, 2025. She was born November 27, 1927, on the family farm North of Walker, Kansas to Peter A. and Anna M. (Haberkorn) Dinkel. She married Seraphine Scheck on June 24, 1946, at Walker, Kansas. He preceded her in death on November 25, 1998.
She was...
Marlin G. Knouf
Aug 9, 2025
Marlin Gayle Knouf age 70 passed away Saturday August 9th 2025 at Rooks County Health Center. He was born July 21st 1955 in WaKeeney, Ks to Galen and Vera Brown Knouf. He graduated from Trego Community High School, after High School he served as a mechanic in the army from 1973 to 1976. After the army, he returned to WaKeeney,...
Melvin Benjamin Karst II
Aug 6, 2025
Melvin Benjamin Karst II, 71, passed away the morning of Wednesday, August 6th at his home surrounded by family. He was born on November 2nd, 1953 in Liebenthal, KS to Melvin and Bridget (Jacobs) Karst.
Mel was a second generation water well driller, he owned and operated Karst Water Well drilling and service after succeeding his father in the mid 80’s....
Alec Waelchli
Aug 3, 2025
Obituary for a Quiet Legend: Alec Devin Waelchli
The world just got a little dumber, quieter, and significantly less sarcastic. Alec Waelchli, aged 37, left this chaotic, overheating, Trump-infested Earth on 8/3/2025, presumably because he finally got fed up with it. And who could blame him?
A man of few words but many thoughts (most of them incredibly smart and at least...
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