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Don Palmer

Don Palmer

Jan 18, 2021

Obituary Don M. Palmer, 76, of Topeka, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021. He was born May 12, 1944, in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Harold and Edith (Hunsley) Palmer. He was a 1962 graduate of Hays High School, a 1969 graduate of Fort Hays State University and received a Master's Degree from Kansas State University in 1970. He...

Benita Befort

Benita Befort

Jan 16, 2021

Obituary Benita Befort, age 89, of Hays, KS passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Locust Grove Village - LaCrosse. She was born July 17, 1931 in Munjor, Kansas. She went to Schoenchen High School, she married Donald J. Befort on October 21, 1953. She was a homemaker. What she loved the most was being with her children, grandchildren, and...

Wilma Gleason

Wilma Gleason

Jan 16, 2021

Obituary Wilma Marline (Powell) Gleason was born December 22, 1931 to Ed and Millie (Weaver) Powell in Cheyenne County Kansas. She departed this life on January 16, 2021 at Via Christi Village, Hays, Kansas. Wilma grew up on the family farm southwest of Bird City. She was the youngest born of seven children. On August 20, 1950 she was united...

Robert P. Koch, Jr.

Robert P. Koch, Jr.

Jan 14, 2021

Obituary Robert Paul Koch Jr. age 72, of Ogallah, Kansas died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born November 21, 1948, in Flint, Michigan to Robert Paul and Geraldine (Tarrant) Koch Sr. He married Lampueng (Miruntia) on August 27, 1973, in Thailand. He was a retired US Air Force Master Sergeant. Survivors include his...

Carol J. Griffith

Carol J. Griffith

Jan 14, 2021

Obituary Carol J. Griffith age 84, of Hays, Kansas died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born November 16, 1936, in Sioux falls, South Dakota to Kenneth D. and Joy (Daely) Moon. She married Tom Griffith, of 63 years, on June 7, 1957, at Prairie Village, Kansas. She was an international recognized porcelain doll...

Terrance Kohl

Terrance Kohl

Jan 13, 2021

Obituary Terrance (Terry) Kohl passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. He was born October 29, 1940 to Paul and Mary (Luea) Hays, Kansas. Terry became a CPA in 1968 and was a member of the American Institute, DC, Maryland and Kansas Society of CPA'S. He maintained an office in DC then in Bethesda...

Victor Fisher

Victor Fisher

Jan 9, 2021

Obituary Victor Fisher, of Hays, Kansas, age 95, passed away on Saturday, January 9th, 2021 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born December 17, 1925 in Hyacinth, Kansas. He graduated from Grosser School. He married Lillian Schmeidler on October 12, 1949, they recently celebrated 71 years of marriage. Victor was a lifelong resident of Hays, Kansas. He...

Kaitlyn Cubillo

Kaitlyn Cubillo

Jan 8, 2021

Obituary Kaitlyn Liana Cubillo, of Hays, Kansas passed away Friday, January 8, 2021 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born November 19, 2015 in Kansas City to Filiberto and Julie (Perez) Cubillo. Kaitlyn was born with Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) which is a severe congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart...

Alexzander Troy Hawley

Alexzander Troy Hawley

Jan 6, 2021

Obituary Alexzander Troy Hawley, age 20, of Munjor, KS died January 6, 2021 at his home. He was born October 25, 2000 in Thornton, Colorado to John Hawley and Anna McIntosh Hawley. Alex graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph, Missouri. He enjoyed the outdoors, playing online games with his friends and spending time with his family. He is...

Curt F. Pfannenstiel

Curt F. Pfannenstiel

Jan 4, 2021

Obituary Curt F. Pfannenstiel age 55, of Hays, Kansas died Monday, January 4, 2021, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas due to COVID-19 complications. He was born July 14, 1965, in Hays, Kansas to Verlin F. and Elaine A. (Zimmerman) Pfannenstiel. He married Stacy (Legere) then later married Traci (Boman) on December 30, 2011, on St. Lucia Island....

Gale Lynn Ives

Gale Lynn Ives

Jan 1, 2021

Obituary Gale Lynn Ives, age 76, of Hays, Kansas passed away Friday, January 1, 2021 in Hays. Arrangements are pending with Brock's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601. Services Arrangements Are Pending 2509 Vine Street Hays, Kansas 67601

Mary Ann Goetz

Mary Ann Goetz

Jan 1, 2021

Obituary Mary Ann Goetz age 68, former Hays, Kansas resident died Friday, January 1, 2021, in Aurora, Colorado. She was born April 18, 1952 in Kansas to Julius Francis and Mary Kay (VonFeldt) Goetz. She worked in accounts payable, attended Hays High School, and raised her family in Colorado. Survivors include her children, Michael Chand and wife, Tea; Ryan Chand;...

Brian 'Butch' Miller

Brian 'Butch' Miller

Jan 1, 2021

Obituary Brian (Butch) Miller, 64, Hays, co-owner and operator of State Glass Company, Inc., passed from this life on January 1, 2021, just days shy of his 65th birthday. Brian was born on January 3, 1956, in Hays, Kansas, to Wayne F. and Wanda (Meier) Miller and was a lifelong resident of Hays. Left to cherish his memory, are his...

Wilbert Keller

Wilbert Keller

Dec 31, 2020

Obituary Wilbert Dean Keller, age 93 of Ellis, Kansas passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020 at the Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas. He was born May 3, 1927 on the family farm in Ellis County, Kansas. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1945. On October 16, 1947 he married Fern Nadine Zerfas at Christ Lutheran Church in...

Edna Homburg

Edna Homburg

Dec 30, 2020

Obituary Edna Niernberger Homburg, age 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at El Dorado Care and Rehab in El Dorado, KS. She was born March 21,1932 in rural Trego County to J. George and Margaret (Deines) Fabrizius and was a graduate of Trego Community High School. She was united in marriage to Joe Niernberger on October 14,...

Robin Lynn Burton

Robin Lynn Burton

Dec 30, 2020

Obituary Robin Burton, age 63, of Lacrosse, KS went to her spirit world on December 30, 2020. She was born April3, 1957 to "Jiggs" Donald LeRoy Gay and "Granny" Edna Gene (Hancock) Ardire in Danville, Illinois. In 1977 she married Mont Lee Burton and had two sons; Les Burton, Lacrosse, KS, and Chris Burton, Garden City, KS. Robin worked as...

Jackie J. Klee

Jackie J. Klee

Dec 29, 2020

Obituary Jackie Joe Klee, 69, died Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born August 22, 1951, in Hays to Joseph Henry Klee and Jacqueline Joan (Ryan) Klee. He graduated from Hays High School and grew to manhood in Hays. He attended Kansas University in Lawrence and later earned a degree in computer science from...

Louise Staab

Louise Staab

Dec 29, 2020

Obituary Louise Staab, age 98, of Hays, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Via Christi Assisted Living in Hays. She was born October 27, 1922 in Ellis County, Kansas to Henry and Clara (Pfannenstiel) Meier. She married Joseph A. Staab on August 9, 1950 in Antonino, KS. He preceded her in death May 23, 2013. Louise was a...

Omar Staab

Omar Staab

Dec 29, 2020

Obituary Omar G. Staab age 84, of Hays, Kansas died Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born June 23, 1936, in Hays, Kansas to Peter H. and Monica (Pfannenstiel) Staab. He married Pat (Hertel) on January 17, 1959, in Hays, Kansas. This January they would of celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. He was a...

Margaret Ann Brack

Margaret Ann Brack

Dec 26, 2020

Obituary Margaret Ann Brack, age 76, of Ellis, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis, after a short battle with cancer. She was the eldest daughter of Frank J and Hanora (Henderson) Keller born on May 4th, 1944 in WaKeeney, Kansas. She attended Ellis High School graduating in 1962. On October 5, 1963 she...

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