Current Obituaries
Margie J. Rohr
Jan 20, 2017
Margie J. (Walker) Rohr, age 84, of Munjor, died Friday, January 20, 2017, at Via Christi Village Care Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born November 19, 1932, in Garden City, Kansas to Ted and Helen (Hipp) Walker. She married Eugene Rohr on September 25, 1954, in Wichita, Kansas. She was a registered nurse for over 50 years and a homemaker....
Maddlena 'Maggie' Hilscher
Jan 18, 2017
Maddlena Renelda "Maggie" Hilscher age 85, formerly of Hays, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at The Village Health Care Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was born on May 31, 1931 in Grainfield, Kansas to Charles and Katherine Keller (Selenke). She was married to Willie "Bill" Hilscher Oct 1, 1949 in Edgeley North Dakota. They were divorced in 1977. She...
Sharon Katherine Cole
Jan 13, 2017
Sharon Katherine Cole, age 69, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. She was born July 3, 1947 in Arlington Heights, IL to Charles and Frances (Rome) Glimes. She had worked with U-Haul in Phoenix where she became the first woman manager for the company, She also worked for the Phoenix Transit System as a...
Lorraine E. Wasinger
Jan 11, 2017
Lorraine Elizabeth Wasinger, age 85, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. She was born March 2, 1931 in Catharine, Kansas to Alois and Dora (Meis) Walters. She married Franklin D. "Red" Wasinger November 28, 1953 in Hays. He preceded her in death April 12, 2006. Lorraine cooked for several years at TMP-Marian High School...
Benita Boos
Jan 7, 2017
Benita Boos, age 92, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, KS. She was born December 23, 1924 in Ellis County, Kansas to August and Pauline (Unrein) Leiker. She married Celestine Boos on September 27, 1948. He preceded her in death on December 17, 1970. Benita was a homemaker and long time...
Richard Hughes
Jan 6, 2017
Richard A. Hughes, 95, of Champaign, IL, died on 1/6/2017 at Heartland Health Care Center, Champaign, IL. He was born September 5th, 1921 and raised on a farm about 10 miles south of Ellis, KS. He married Mary K. Lynd on October 1, 1945 in Ellis, KS. She preceded him in death on February 17, 2008. After serving in the...
Harriet Wasinger
Jan 5, 2017
Harriet Wasinger, age 88, died Thursday, January 5, 2017, at The Good Samaritan Society-Hays Care Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1928, on the family farm south of Hays, Kansas. She married G. Don Wasinger on June 21, 1948, in Hays, Kansas. He died June 3, 2012. She was a proofreader for the Hays Daily News for over...
Mary Schmidtberger
Jan 5, 2017
Mary Schmidtberger, age 95 died Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Via Christi Village Care Center, Hays. Kansas. She was born on August 15, 1921, in Victoria, Kansas to Alphonse and Clara (Graf) Schmidtberger. She married Severin Schmidtberger on November 20, 1945 in Victoria, Kansas. He died November 2, 1984. She was a homemaker, a member of The Basilica of St....
Armella Wittman
Jan 4, 2017
Armella Wittman, age 92, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at her daughters home in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on October 31, 1924, in Munjor, Kansas to Jerome and Philomena (Pfannenstiel) Herl. She married Vernon M. Wittman on April 16, 1945 in Vincent, Kansas. He died October 25, 2000. She was a homemaker, worker at Travenol Labs., a member of...
Ruth Decker
Dec 29, 2016
Ruth Phyllis Timmerman Decker, 88, longtime resident of Junction City, Kansas, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society in Hays, Kansas. Mrs. Decker was born Nov. 21, 1928, to Ernest and Anna (Lohse) Timmerman in Mills County, Iowa. She grew up and attended school in and around the Glenwood, Iowa, area. Mrs. Decker received an emergency teaching...
Mike Ferguson
Dec 27, 2016
George M. 'Mike' Ferguson, age 66, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016 in Hays. He was born February 20, 1950 at the Great Lakes Naval Air Station in Great Lakes, IL to Ormand Gates and Bonnie Jean (Cook) Ferguson. Mike was a talented musician; he played several instruments and sang with various area bands. He taught music and...

Chevy Cain Sheffer
Dec 24, 2016
Chevy Cain Sheffer, newborn son of Misty Harcrow and Darin Sheffer, was born and passed away December 24, 2016 in Hays. He is survived by his parents Misty and Darin; two brothers, Jebediah and Zachary; two sisters, Zoe and Jasmin; grandparents, Gregory Harcrow, Maria Harris, Debbie Ford and Derek Sheffer as well as his great grandparents, Richard and Maryann Harcrow....
Joseph Obholz
Dec 21, 2016
Joseph Obholz, age 67, of Hays, Kansas passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in Hays. He was born January 8, 1949 in Hays, Kansas to Hilary and Teresa (Arnhold) Obholz. He graduated from Hays High in 1968 and married Barbara (Wooldridge) November 23, 1968 at St. Josephs Catholic Church. Joseph retired from the City of Hays as the Utilities Director...
Timothy D. Trekell
Dec 20, 2016
Timothy Dale Trekell, age 49, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016 in Hays. He was born June 12, 1967 in Enid, Oklahoma to Terry Dale and Carolyn Kay (Acree) Trekell. He graduated from Enid High School. On September 27, 2003 he married Patricia Sue Smith. He had worked as a John Deer Diesel Tech for 26 years. He...

Robert L. Penrod Jr.
Dec 19, 2016
Robert Leslie Penrod Jr. age 55, of WaKeeney, KS passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born February 24, 1961 in Herrin, IL to Robert and Nora (Scott) Penrod. He had worked as a Master Press Man in commercial printing. He is survived by two sons, Robert L. Penrod III of WaKeeney, KS and Sylas...
Edna Mae Kuhn
Dec 18, 2016
Edna Mae Kuhn, age 92, of Ellis, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. She was born June 26, 1924 in Victoria, KS to Frank and Catherine (Kuhn) Kuhn. She married Adolph "Shorty" Kuhn November 13, 1946 in Ellis, KS. He preceded her in death July 8, 2000. She was a homemaker enjoying family time especially with...
Verla M. Staab
Dec 18, 2016
Verla Mae Staab, 82 Hays, lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born Dec. 13, 1934 in Hyacinth, Kansas to Isidor and Lidwina (Younker) Kreutzer. She was the fifth of eleven children. She attend Hyacinth grade school and graduated from Hays High School in 1952. She married Roger A....
Amelia T. Jacobs
Dec 14, 2016
Hays, Kansas Amelia T. "Millie" Jacobs, age 92 died Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at Via Christi Village Care Center in Hays. She was born October 9, 1924, in Victoria, Kansas to Otto R. and Ottilia (Graf) Brungardt. She married Virgil R. Jacobs on August 18, 1947, at Victoria, Kansas. He died September 3, 2016. She was a homemaker and lived...
Lester D. Henrickson
Dec 13, 2016
Lester Dwane Henrickson, age 62, of Hays, Passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, KS. He was born December 18, 1953 in Hays, KS to Jacob "Jakie" and Freda (King) Henrickson. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1972. On June 14, 1980 he married Susan Vinduska in Pilsen, KS. Lester was a farmer...

Stephen Lopez
Dec 11, 2016
Stephen Lee Lopez, age 57, of Hays, KS passed away Saturday, December 11, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born January 6, 1959 in Trinidad, Colorado to Harold and Frances (Valdez) Lopez. He had worked as a truck driver. He is survived by his partner, Maggie; a son Steven Lopez (Jessica) of Colorado; daughters, Toni Mendez and Stephanie Bernal...