Current Obituaries
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...
Lila Mae Schippers
Dec 4, 2016
Lila Mae Schippers, 73, retired office manager and loving homemaker, passed away and closed her eyes on this earth and opened them to heaven on Sunday, December 4, 2016. Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Saint Fidelis Basilica, Victoria, KS followed by burial at Saint Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, KS. Preceded in death by her Parents,...
Francis J. 'Frank' Riedel
Dec 4, 2016
Francis J. 'Frank' Riedel, age 86, of Walker, KS, died Sunday, December 4, 2016, at his home. He was born December 5, 1929, in Hays, Kansas to John M. and Catherine (Scheck) Riedel. He married Mabel (Dechant) on September 3, 1955, in Hays, Kansas. He was a farmer and carpenter for over 40 years in the Ellis county area and...
Lynn Edward Walker
Dec 4, 2016
Lynn Edward Walker, age 71, of Victoria, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 in Victoria. He was born August 29, 1945 in Lenora, KS to Lawrence and Della (Paugh) Walker. He graduated from Lenora High School. He married Sheila Cochran on April 30, 1966 in Norton, KS. Lynn was a retired Valve Technician working in a Nuclear Power Plant. He...
Ronald And Alfreda Broetzmann
Dec 3, 2016
Ronald E. "Ron" Broetzmann, 79, Hays, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at his home. He was born Feb. 22, 1937, in Pierre, S.D., to Elmer and Lavina (Reed) Broetzmann. He grew up in Holyrood and was a graduate of Holyrood High School. Alfreda J. "Freda" Broetzmann, 78, Hays, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at her home. She was born Sept....
Lois M. Cohn
Dec 1, 2016
Lois Margaret McHarness Cohn, age 94, of Hays, KS passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays, KS. She was born April 13, 1922 in Leon, Iowa to Clarence and Sylvia (Knox) McHarness. She was a graduate of North Platte High School and also went to Beauty School in North Platte, Nebraska. She married Theodore "Ted"...
Barbara J. Karlin
Nov 30, 2016
Barbara Jane Karlin, 78, Hays, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Hays. She was born June 7, 1938, in Utica, N.Y., to Charles and Beatrice (Girvin) Peters. She married Delmar Keil on Sept. 27, 1957. He preceded her in death Dec. 27, 1975. She married Omar Karlin on May 16, 1981. She had worked at the Quick Pantry convenience store...
James Peteete
Nov 28, 2016
James Leroy Peteete, age 96, of Hays, KS, passed away Monday, November 28, 2016 at his home in Hays. He was born October 20, 1920 in Singleton, Texas to John Henry and Ollie (Blount) Peteete. He married Clarice Elaine Kelly October 19, 1946 in Topeka, Kansas. James was a veteran of the Army Air Corp where he attained the rank...
Kimberley Ann Owston
Nov 23, 2016
Kimberley Ann Owston, age 53, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016 in Hays, Kansas. She was born April 13, 1963 in Boulder, Colorado to Larry Dean and Florie Corine (Rupp) Seitzinger. She is survived by two daughters, Jessica Owston of Ellis, KS and Mary Owston of Hays, KS; two step sons, Jeremy Storment of Oregon and Cody Owston...
Gene Schoenberger
Nov 22, 2016
Eugene R. 'Gene' Schoenberger, age 69, of Ellis passed away, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born February 4, 1947 at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays, Kansas to Ben J. and Catherine (McGinty) Schoenberger. He attended Ellis High School. On April 20, 1974, he married Edith Marlene Johnson in Ellis, Kansas. Gene had...
Emma Kolb
Nov 20, 2016
Emma Kolb, Hays, age 98, died Sunday, November 20, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays Care Center. She was born May 21, 1918, on the farm North of Ellis, Kansas, to Rev. Gottfried H. and Karolina Christina (Rottler) Kolb. She was a retired school teacher. She started teaching in 1937 at Zion, Kansas in Rush County then was...
Bernard M. 'Bernie' Brown
Nov 19, 2016
Bernard Michael Brown, 83, of Hays, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Hays Medical Center. Born September 28, 1933 in Hays, KS, he was the fifth child of Lawrence L. and Mary Brungardt Brown. He graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy and attended Fort Hays State University. He married Phyllis Ann Beilman on October 28, 1953. He was the...
La Quita Walker
Nov 16, 2016
Hays, Kansas La Quita (Wood) Walker, age 85, died Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis Care Center. She was born on August 16, 1931, in Hill City, Kansas to Earl and Velda (Dodd) Wood. She married Bob L. Walker on March 7, 1954 at Hill City, Kansas. He died April 10, 1998. She was a...
Tamera 'Tammy' Pfeifer
Nov 16, 2016
Tamera Ann Pfeifer, 47, of Great Bend formerly of Hays passed away Nov. 16, 2016, in Great Bend. She was born August 19, 1969 in Hays, Kansas to James J. Pfeifer and Norma Jean "Jeannie" Munsch. She graduated from Hays High in 1987 and attended Garden City Vo-Tech. She had worked as a Cad Tech for Wheelchairs of Kansas and...
Robert F. Weber
Nov 15, 2016
Robert Francis Weber, age 87, of Ellis passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Parkwood Village in Pratt, Kansas. He was born September 26, 1929 in Ellis, Kansas to Ambrose and Eugenia (Baumgartner) Weber. He graduated from Ellis High School. He married Betty Augustine June 7, 1954 in Ellis, Kansas. He was a retired Rural Mail Carrier with the Ellis...
Twila Mae Befort
Nov 15, 2016
Twila Mae Befort, age 78, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at her home in Hays, Kansas. She was born October 2, 1938, in Gorham, Kansas to Harry and Clara (Hoffman) Goetz. She married Marvin F. Befort on October 6, 1956, at Gorham, Kansas. He died June 6, 2012. She and her husband owned and operated M & V Flooring in...
Lee F Billinger
Nov 11, 2016
Lee Francis Billinger, age 48, of Hutchinson, KS formerly of Ellis, KS passed away Friday, November 11, 2016 in Reno County. He was born July 24, 1968 in Hays, Kansas to Leo Francis "Red" and Rose Ann (Windholz) Billinger. He attended Ellis Public Schools and had worked at Wal-Mart. Lee was an avid fisherman especially fishing with his grandpa and...