Current Obituaries
Fern Keller
Apr 3, 2017
Fern Nadine Keller, age 88, of Ellis, passed away Monday, April 3, 2017 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born July 23, 1928 in Hays, Kansas to William and Frieda (Hagen) Zerfas. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1947. On October 16, 1947, she married Wilbert Keller at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. Fern was...
Norman Schippers
Mar 26, 2017
Norman Raphael Schippers, age 74, retired regional sales manager, former principal and loving father and grandfather, passed away and closed his eyes on this earth and opened them to heaven on Sunday, March 26, 2017. He was born on February 17, 1943 at Victoria, Kansas to John and Anna (Kippes) Schippers. He married Lila Mae (Hammerschmidt) on August 7, 1965...
Ralph Herzog
Mar 25, 2017
Ralph Hubert Herzog, age 95, of Hays, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born August 19, 1921 in Quinter, Kansas to Frank and Elizabeth (Leiker) Herzog. After graduating from Quinter High School he attended St. Josephs Military Academy in Hays. He married Virginia E. McElhose on January 28, 1945 in Salina, Kansas....
Joseph Copeland
Mar 24, 2017
Joseph B. Copeland, 95, Hays, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born April 13, 1921 in Idana, Kansas to Joseph Beattie and Effie (McMahan) Copeland. He married Edith Mae 'Edie' Shearer on Jan. 9, 1945, in Clay Center, Kansas. She preceded him in death on November 21, 2013. After serving in the...
Agnes E. Wannamaker
Mar 23, 2017
Agnes Elaine Wannamaker, age 87, of Ellis, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born August 7, 1929 in in Ellis, Kansas to Rudolph and Regina (Tauscher) Waldschmidt. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1948. On September 7, 1949 she married Jim Wannamaker. He preceded her in death on February 3, 1995....
John Leo Brungardt
Mar 23, 2017
Victoria, Kansas- John Leo Brungardt, age 79, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 14, 1938, on the family farm south west of Victoria, Kansas to Leo F. and Mary (Kuhn) Brungardt. He married Eileen Kay (Herman) on October 6, 1962 in...
Doug Egger
Mar 23, 2017
Douglas Graydon Egger, age 88, of Hays, formerly of Ellis passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society in Ellis. He was born April 27, 1928 in Hays, Kansas to Ernest Edward and Ida Phyllis (Loflin) Egger. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1947. He married Betty Armbruster on February 13, 1954. She preceded him in...
Mildred M. Klaus
Mar 21, 2017
Munjor, Kansas - Mildred M. Klaus, age 77, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis. She was born August, 17, 1939, in Munjor, Kansas to Nicholas and Louise Helena (Befort) Klaus. Mildred was a member of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Munjor, Kansas. She lived at home until moving to the Good Samaritan...
Virgil J. Leiker
Mar 18, 2017
Virgil Joseph Leiker was called home peacefully to be with our Lord on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the age of 82. He was born October 28, 1934 in Munjor, Kansas to Martin and Bridget (Burgardt) Leiker. He was one of seven siblings, a brother and five sisters. His education included 4 years at St. Francis Seminary in Victoria, Kansas....
Thomas J. Becker
Mar 16, 2017
Wichita, Kansas Thomas J. Becker, age 41, former Hays, Kansas, resident died Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born November 28, 1975, in Hays, Kansas, to John E. and Wanda Jane (Schuckman) Becker. He married Sara Beth (Skerbetz) on September 10, 2014, in St. Thomas of the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was a foreman at Kansas Fencing...
Tom Cole
Mar 15, 2017
Thomas Oakley Cole, age 70, of Hays, passed away March 15, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. He was born August 8, 1946 in Great Bend, Kansas to Miles K. and Ava L. (Brown) Cole. On July 3, 1966 he married Vickie J. Bowsher in Great Bend. She preceded him in death January 2, 2014. Tom was a long time owner...
Ivan L. Henman
Mar 13, 2017
Ivan LaVoral Henmans family mourns his passing on Monday evening, March 13, 2017, at the Hays Medical Center. His family is grateful for his long and full life, and he will be missed by many for his love and thoughtfulness. Ivan was born at home in Augusta, Kansas on December 15, 1933. He grew up in Augusta and graduated from...
Wilma Joan Rowland
Mar 12, 2017
Wilma Joan Rowland, age 90, of Hays, formerly of Lawrence, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Via Christi Village in Hays. She was born December 21, 1926 in Driftwood, Oklahoma to Raymond and Frances (Hill) Orton. She married Herbert Freeman Rowland on June 2, 1945 in Alva, Oklahoma. Wilma was a long time elementary school teacher having taught for...
Elmer E. Pfeifer
Mar 9, 2017
Hays, Kansas - Elmer E. Pfeifer, age 70, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Via Christi Village Hays, Kansas. He was born June 12, 1946, in Fremont, Nebraska to Leo Joseph and Catherine (Lattigan) Pfeifer. He was a janitor at Fort Hays State University for 28 years and retired in 2011. He was a veteran of the US Air Force,...
Kim S. Billinger
Mar 8, 2017
Kim S. Billinger, 63, Hays, Kansas died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 13, 1954, in Hays, Kansas to Michael D. and Leenore (Bieker) Billinger. He graduated from Thomas More Prep-Marian in 1972 and went to work for the Hesston Corporation. In 1974, he moved back to Hays and joined the...
Celeste Bliss-Johnson
Mar 7, 2017
Celeste Bliss-Johnson Services will be 11 AM Monday in Atwood, Kansas at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Visitation will be Sunday 3 PM - 6 PM at Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel in Colby, KS (745 South Country Club Drive) www.kersenbrockfuneralchapel.com A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Mary's Church in Ellis on March 18, 2017 at 10 AM Please note that...
Sherri Windholz
Mar 6, 2017
Sherolyn A. "Sherri" (Rome) Windholz, age 68, died Monday, March 6, 2017, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born February 20, 1949, in Hays, Kansas to Wilmer J. and Valeria (Wittman) Rome. She married Floyd Windholz on November 3, 1979, in Victoria, Kansas. She was a homemaker and a 1967 graduate of Victoria High School. She also worked...
Roger A. Staab
Mar 4, 2017
Roger Alexius Staab, 82, Hays died Saturday March 3,2017 at Good Samaritan Center in Hays. He was born October 30, 1934 on the family farm in Severin, KS to Alexius and Celestina (Weigel) Staab. He was the sixth of ten children. He attended Pleasant Ridge School (Severin, KS) and graduated from Hays High School in 1952. He married Verla M...
Gilbert Von Lintel
Mar 2, 2017
Gilbert Von Lintel, 89, Hays, died Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society of Hays. He was born Sept. 4, 1927, in Walker to Henry and Clementine (Dreher) Von Lintel. He was a 1947 graduate of Victoria High School. He married Vera Mae (Stang) on Oct. 27, 1951, in Victoria. She preceded him in death March 26, 2005. After...
Rainell Louise Goodale
Mar 2, 2017
Rainell Louise Goodale, age 59, of Hays, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 in Hays. She was born September 9, 1957 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Robert Raine and Dorothy Louise (Weise) Anderson. She graduated from Macksville High School in Macksville, Kansas and from Fort Hays State University with a bachelors degree in Elementary Education. Rainell was an Elementary School...
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