Current Obituaries
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...
Kenneth F. Schmeidler
Mar 2, 2017
Kenneth F. Schmeidler, age 84, of Hays, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 at HaysMed. He was born February 28, 1933 in Severin, KS to Frank and Elizabeth (Windholz) Schmeidler. He graduated from St. Joseph's Military Academy in 1951. On December 31, 1953 he married Elizabeth 'Betty' Polifka at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hays. Kenny was the Shop Foreman...
Arlene Heroneme Rupp
Mar 1, 2017
Arlene (Linden) Heroneme Rupp, age 84, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Ellis. She was born April 19, 1932 in rural Norton County, Kansas to Arnold and Veronica (Nusse) Linden. She attended country schools in rural Lane county and she graduated from Mt. St. Scholastica High School in Atchison, Kansas. On August 8, 1950, she married William...

Harold M. Windholz
Mar 1, 2017
Emporia, Kansas- Harold M. Windholz, age 68, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Salina, Kansas. He was born February 2, 1949, in Hays, Kansas to Louis and Henrietta (Hoffman) Windholz. He married Paula (Estabrooks) in 1979. To this marriage brought their daughter, Leona and they had their son, TJ. He owned and operated...
Lynette Stramel
Feb 22, 2017
Lynette Stramel, age 55, of Hays, Kansas died Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at her home. She was born August 25, 1961 in Hays to Marvin F. and Elgerine P. (Engel) Gross. She married Kevin J. Stramel on April 9, 1983, in Hays. She was a homemaker and worked as a Administrative Assistant in the Environmental Office of Ellis County. She...
Harry Dreiling
Feb 18, 2017
Harry R. Dreiling, age 79, of Hays, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 in Hays. He was born March 25, 1937 in Ellis, Kansas to Richard and Barbara (Pfeifer) Dreiling. He married Frances Werth September 26, 1959. She preceded him in death January 5, 1987. On August 31, 1990 he married Deborah Trzicky in Hays. Harry was the owner...
Clara B. Inman
Feb 16, 2017
Clara B. Inman, 84, passed away of natural causes on February 16, 2017 in Hays, Kansas. She was born August 28, 1932 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Ralph R. Leaverton and Alice Goldie (White) Leaverton. Clara married Jerry L. Inman in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1950. Jerry and Clara met while in high school. Their love story started when Clara...
Marian M. Rajewski
Feb 16, 2017
Vincent, Kansas - Marian M. (Kuhlman) Rajewski, age 87, died Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor, Sterling, Kansas. She was born March 30, 1929, on the family farm north of Olmitz, Kansas, to Ewald W. and Rose L. (Schwartz) Kuhlman. She married James W. Rajewski on May 22, 1951, in Olmitz, Kansas. He died April 9, 2015. She...
Jeanette Misegadis
Feb 11, 2017
Jeanette (Dechant) Misegadis, age 71, of Peyton, Colorado formerly of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017, in Colorado Springs, CO. She was born April 8, 1945, in Hays, Kansas to Cornel and Ursula (Legleiter) Dechant. She graduated in 1963, from Schoenchen High and attended Beauty School in Hays. The following year, she married Melvin J. Gabel and shortly thereafter...
Larry Nicholson
Feb 11, 2017
Larry Michael Nicholson, 75, of Hays, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at home. He was born Nov. 22, 1941 in Nevada, Missouri, to Nina Potter Nicholson and Lee Nicholson. He married Celia Eveleigh July 26, 1964 in Hoisington, Kansas. After graduating high school in Hoisington, KS he earned a Bachelors degree and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University. He took...
Oscar Honas
Feb 10, 2017
Oscar Honas, age 80, of Ellis, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at Trego Lemke Long Term Care in WaKeeney, Kansas. He was born May 27, 1936 in Ellis, Kansas to Ed and Agnes (Steckline) Honas. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1954. On May 9, 1955 he married Betty (Gaschler) in Ellis, Kansas. Oscar retired from Union Pacific...
Luella Mae Davidson
Feb 4, 2017
Luella Mae Davidson, age 83, of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 in Hays. She was born July 28, 1933 in Oakley, Kansas to Joseph and Angelina (Metro) Bechard. She graduated from Girl's Catholic High School in 1951.On July 6, 1953 she married Harold C. Davidson at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hays. Luella had worked at Travenol as...
Omar F. Karlin
Feb 4, 2017
Omar F. Karlin, age 83, of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. He was born August 14, 1933 in Hays, Kansas to Celestin and Josephine (Staab) Karlin. He married Barbara Jane Peters on May 16, 1981. She preceded him in death November 30, 2016. Omar was a farmer and stockman and worked at area sale...
Jerry Lee Truax
Feb 3, 2017
Jerry Lee Truax, age 77, of Victoria passed away Friday, February 3, 2017 in Victoria. He was born July 8, 1939 in Fremont, Nebraska to Ralph and Bessie (Sallstrom) Truax. He married Roberta Ann Kurz on August 1, 1963 in Long Beach, California. He was a US Navy Veteran serving 4 years and then a National Guard member for 20...
Robert 'Bob' Young
Feb 1, 2017
Haviland, Kansas - Robert 'Bob' Young, age 67, died Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 13, 1949, in Kansas City, Kansas and was adopted by Carl L. and Sarah L. (Ford) Young. He married Linda M. (Schmidt) on December 27, 1969, at Hays, Kansas....
Jacqueline 'Jacque' Massaglia
Jan 30, 2017
Jacqueline Darlene 'Jacque' Massaglia, age 59, of Hays, died Monday, January 30, 2017, at her home in Hays, Kansas. She was born December 11, 1957, in Phillipsburg, Kansas, to William J. and Deloris (Baker) Rupke. She married Matthew Steven Massaglia on June 11, 1977 at Hays, Kansas. She was a clerk with the City of Hays Water Department. Jacque moved...
Minnie Hodges
Jan 29, 2017
Minnie Hodges, 95, of Hays, Kansas, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in her home. She was born Dec. 4, 1921, in Geneseo, Kansas, to James Alfred and Anna Margaret Nelson Jacoby. She married John Richard Hodges on Dec. 19, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kansas. She is survived by two daughters: Shirley (Joe) Vialpando, Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and Jennie (Ron) Straight, Hays,...