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Linus I Berens

Linus I Berens

Jul 15, 2019

Obituary Linus I. Berens age 84, of Victoria, Kansas died Monday, July 15, 2019, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born September 9, 1934, in Oakley, Kansas to Ignatius H. and Sophia (Kuhn) Berens. He was a District Food Supervisor for Path-Mark Supermarkets for 28 years. He started out as a baker, and worked his way up as...

Nam Pham

Nam Pham

Jul 14, 2019

Obituary Nam Pham, 39, of Hays, KS passed away on July 14, 2019. He was born in Wichita, KS to Tino Pham and Lily (Phan) Pham. Private family services were held under the direction of Brock's Keithley Funeral Home and Crematory. Services

Dean Ellner

Dean Ellner

Jul 14, 2019

Obituary Merle Dean Ellner (better known as Dean) - age 89, of Hays, Kansas, died Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born November 7, 1929, on a farm near Lebanon, Kansas, to Lewis Merle Ellner and Frances Mable(Finch) Ellner. On December 18, 1955, Dean and Jennie Lee (Klingenberger) were married at the First Baptist...

Betty Froelich

Betty Froelich

Jul 14, 2019

Obituary Gorham, Kansas Betty L. Froelich, age 84, died Sunday, July 14, 2019, at The Shepherds Center in Cimarron, Kansas. She was born July 26, 1934, in Gorham, Kansas to Celestine and Clara (Bieker) Hammersmith. Betty was a cook for over 60 years, starting at the age of 14 at the Coffee Shop in the Gorham Motel, and then cooked...

Daniel Hutchison

Daniel Hutchison

Jul 8, 2019

Obituary Daniel Hutchison, 73, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, died July 8, 2019, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Mr. Hutchison was born September 20, 1945, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Marvin and Eugenia Hutchison. He graduated from Silver City High School and continued his education at the University of New Mexico, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in business. He...

Esther Marie Schmidt

Esther Marie Schmidt

Jul 5, 2019

Obituary Esther Marie (Molleker) Schmidt, age 90, of Hays died Friday, July 5, 2019, at her daughters home in Hays. She was born January 2, 1929, at Hyacinth, Kansas to Jacob and Catherine (Brungardt) Molleker. She married Alfred "Al" Schmidt on June 3, 1958, in Hyacinth, Kansas. He preceded her in death on March 8, 2008. She was a homemaker...

Michael Alan Robben

Michael Alan Robben

Jul 4, 2019

Obituary Michael Alan Robben, age 60, of Ellis, Kansas (formerly of Oakley, KS) passed away Thursday July 4, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home - Ellis. He was born February 18, 1959 in Oakley, KS to Francis and LaVerna (Lintel) Robben. He attended Oakley High School and later attended Industrial Technical Trade School in Goodland, majoring in Diesel Mechanics....

Dick Taggart

Dick Taggart

Jul 1, 2019

Obituary R. H. Dick Taggart, age 95, formerly of Hays, Kansas passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at the Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell, KS. Dick was born on a farm near Olpe, Kansas to Logan Coyd and Dessie Almira (Oakley) Taggart on April 7, 1924. The family moved to Wichita, KS in 1935 where he attended public schools. He...

Wendell and Joyce (Beggs) Winn

Wendell and Joyce (Beggs) Winn

Jun 29, 2019

Wendell and Joyce Beggs Winn, married for 54 years, are now reunited in heaven.

Joyce (Beggs) Winn of Bedford, Texas, passed away on June 29, 2019 after a short illness. She was born in Salina, KS on December 13, 1928 to parents John Lowell and Emma Lee (Lewis) Beggs. Joyce lived independently right until the last months of her life. She...

Virginia V Johnson

Virginia V Johnson

Jun 25, 2019

Obituary Virginia VanSickle Johnson, age 96, of Hays, Kansas passed away June 25, 2019 in Hays. Virginia was born in Kansas City, Kansas to H.D. VanSickle and Ruth Bolte VanSickle. They moved to Strong City, Kansas where she graduated from Strong City High School. She worked at Kools Drug Store, Cottonwood, Kansas and the Chase County Courthouse. She married Gerald...

Karla Wishnuck

Karla Wishnuck

Jun 25, 2019

Obituary Karla R. Wishnuck, age 50, of Ellis, Kansas passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born June 29, 1968 in WaKeeney, Kansas to Joseph F. and Lillian M. (Kinderknecht) Wishnuck. Karla attended school at ECDC, H B Reed and graduated from Hays High School. She was a loving and caring person who...

Joshua Hicks

Joshua Hicks

Jun 22, 2019

Obituary Joshua Aaron Hicks, age 37, of Hays, Kansas passed away June 22, 2019 in Hays. He was born May 10, 1982 in Goodland, Kansas to Doug Hicks and Debbie (Weigel). Josh married Heather Elaine (Pracht) on August 18, 2012 and together have two children, Connor and Kaitlyn. He was an amazing father who enjoyed spending time with his children....

Leona Walters

Leona Walters

Jun 18, 2019

Obituary Leona Walters, age 98, of Borger, Texas formerly of Hays passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at Caprock Nursing and Rehabilitation in Borger. She was born December 21, 1920 in Victoria, Kansas to Anthony and Catherine "Katie" (Wiesner) Lang. She married Ernest Walters on April 27, 1948 in Victoria. He preceded her in death March 29, 1956. Leona had...

H. D. 'Spec' Woods

H. D. 'Spec' Woods

Jun 14, 2019

Obituary The family of H. D. "Spec" Woods is sad to report that he has passed away. His death occurred Friday, on June 14th at 7:00 AM in Bishop Spencer Place of Kansas City, Missouri. He was 94. Born December 11, 1924 and raised during the "Great Depression" in Lubbock, Texas, Spec joined the Army Air Corps right out of...

Shirley Brungardt

Shirley Brungardt

Jun 10, 2019

Obituary Shirley May Brungardt, age 86, of Hays, Kansas passed away Monday, June 10, 2019 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born December 30, 1932 in Hays, Kansas to Joseph and Josephine (Bissing) Jacobs. She married Eugene Stalder on July 14, 1952. He preceded her in death on July 27, 1992. On May 19, 1997 she married Hubert Brungardt....

Helen Hartman

Helen Hartman

Jun 9, 2019

Obituary Helen (Markwell) Hartman, of Hays, Kansas who recently celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends from around the country passed away Sunday, June 9, 2019 at Brookdale of Hays. She was born May 15, 1919 in Hays, Kansas to Robert S. and Minnie (Wells) Markwell. She graduated from Hays High in 1937. She attended Fort Hays State...

Michael Gene Mcloud

Michael Gene Mcloud

Jun 9, 2019

Obituary Michael Gene McLoud, age 55, of Hays, Kansas passed away Sunday, June 9, 2019 in Hays. He was born August 9, 1963 in Omaha, Nebraska to C. Gene and Lois Jean (Schutts) McLoud. He had worked as a Chef and a Landscape Architect. He enjoyed his family and friends, cooking and being outdoors with his dogs, Chili and Habanero....

Bill J. Cunningham

Bill J. Cunningham

Jun 8, 2019

Obituary Bill J. Cunningham, 86, WaKeeney, died Saturday, June 8, 2019 in WaKeeney, Kansas. He was born March 21, 1933 in rural Canton, Kansas to Ray and Myrtle (Bacon) Cunningham and attended grade school in Canton, McPherson and Bennington, KS. Following school he went directly to work at his Aunt & Uncles farm in Bennington for several years before moving...

Kyle Urban

Kyle Urban

Jun 8, 2019

Obituary Kyle Urban, age 31, of Ellis, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019 in rural Trego County, Kansas. He was born August 22, 1987 in Hays, Kansas to James and Jill (Kehr) Urban. Kyle was a floor hand with Discovery drilling and had worked for WW Drilling, Shields Drilling and Abercrombie Drilling. He enjoyed fishing, coyote hunting with his...

Lamanda Bennegfield

Lamanda Bennegfield

Jun 4, 2019

Obituary Lamanda Marie (Lodovici) Bennegfield, age 74, of Wichita, Kansas died Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Harry Hynes Hospice at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on May 2, 1945, at Hays, Kansas to Olinto "Shine" and Viola (Schmidtberger) Lodovici. She married Billy Wayne Bennegfield in 1974. He preceded her in death in 1977. She retired in...

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