Current Obituaries
Bernadette 'Bernie' Dome
Jan 29, 2017
Bernadette 'Bernie' Dome, age 83, of Pfeifer, Kansas died Sunday, January 29, 2017, at Hays Medical Center Hays, Kansas. She was born January 7, 1934, on the farm East of Lorretto, Kansas, to Simplicus 'Sim' and Sophia (Herman) Stremel. She married Floris Dome on May 27, 1952, in Lorretto, Kansas. She was a homemaker, a farmer's wife, a member of...
Don E. Kohl
Jan 22, 2017
Don E. "Duck" Kohl, 67, of Parsons, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at his home. He was born on December 6, 1949 in Hays to Ray and Lorine (Gottschalk) Kohl. He grew up in Ellis and attended St. Marys Catholic School and St. Josephs Military Academy in Hays. He graduated from St. Josephs in 1968. He attended the Wichita...
Josephine Wickham
Jan 21, 2017
Josephine Marie Wickham, age 97, of Ellis passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born August 30, 1919 in Ellis County, Kansas to James and Christina (Giinther) Pulec. She married Ora Emmitt Wickham on December 28, 1935. He preceded her in death on May 3, 1997. She was a homemaker and she enjoyed...
Michael Dinges
Jan 20, 2017
Michael Francis Dinges, age 51, of Hays passed away January 20, 2017 in Wichita due to injuries sustained in an auto accident on January 10th. He was born June 22, 1965 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Ruth Leiker and Ted Dinges. He graduated from TMP-Marian High School in 1983. He met his true love, Tana Rawlins on a blind date, arranged...
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...