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Emery Folkers

Emery Folkers

Aug 31, 2016

Emery Lee Folkers, 80, of Hays, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on August 31, 2016. Emery was born on the family farm south of Wakeeney, Kansas, November 20, 1935, to Frieda Finkbeiner Folkers and Herman Folkers of Wakeeney, Kansas. Emery grew up on this same farm and attended a one room school from first through eighth grade. He...

Shelley Holder

Shelley Holder

Aug 31, 2016

Shelley Kay (Weber) Holder, age 63 of Hays, after a lengthy illness passed away Monday, August 29, 2016 in Kansas City Missouri. She was born February 24, 1953 at Rush County Memorial Hospital to Vernon and Francis (Johnson) Weber. Shelley graduated from LaCrosse High School, North Central Kansas Technical College and Barton County Community College. She was a Registered Nurse,...

Jacqueline 'Jackie' Kohl

Jacqueline 'Jackie' Kohl

Aug 24, 2016

Jacqueline Ann Kohl, age 66 of Ellis, passed away on Wednesday morning, August 24th in the home. She was born March 10th, 1950 in Gage, Oklahoma. Her adopted parents, Clyde and Ellen Graves, raised Jackie and her twin sister, Jody, in Belleville, Kansas, where she graduated from high school in 1968. Jackie studied education at Fort Hays State University, receiving...

Eli Joy Stiles

Eli Joy Stiles

Aug 20, 2016

Eli Joy Stiles, infant son of Derek Alan and Mireya Rosario (Lara) Stiles died August 20, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center Wichita, Kansas. Survivors include his parents, of the home; grandparents, Darin and Kelly (Gottschalk) Stiles, Hays, KS; Ernesto and Eusebia (Saenz) Lara, Johnson City, KS; great grandparents, Ronald Joy and Josephine (Harr) Stiles, Great Bend, KS; Rosa Lilia (Nunez)...

Fred Keller

Fred Keller

Aug 19, 2016

Fred Keller, age 99, of Ellis passed away Friday, August 19, 2016 at Meadow Lark Place in Ellis. He was born November 26, 1916 on the family farm in Rural Ellis County, Kansas to Faldin and Louise (Ebert) Keller. He married Marie Schonthaler on April 18, 1940 at St. John's Lutheran Church. She preceded him in death on August 4,...

Robert L. Schumacher

Robert L. Schumacher

Aug 18, 2016

Robert Lavern Schumacher, age 82, of Munjor passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born May 28, 1934 in Victoria, Kansas to Celestine and Helen (Jacobs) Schumacher. He graduated from Hays High School. On February 24, 1962 he married Bernadine 'Bernie' Dreiling at St. Fidelis Church in Victoria. Bernie preceded him in death on December...

Joseph Michael Barringer

Joseph Michael Barringer

Aug 16, 2016

Joseph Michael Barringer, age 28, of Ellis passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 near Schoenchen, Kansas. He was born January 20, 1988 in Denver, Colorado to Matthew Brent and Kathy Ann (Stieben) Barringer. He graduated from Hays High School in 2006. He was currently working for Ellis County Concrete and had also worked for WW Drilling. He enjoyed playing X-Box,...

Virginia 'Ginny' Robinett

Virginia 'Ginny' Robinett

Aug 15, 2016

Virginia 'Ginny' (Weber) Robinett, age 77, of Wichita, died Monday, August 15, 2016 at Golden Living in Wellington, Kansas. She was born March 16, 1939 in Ellis County, Kansas to Engelbert and Clara (Flax) Weber. In 1957 she graduated from Ellis High School and soon moved to Wichita, Kansas where she met and married the love of her life, Charles...

Joseph C Berger

Joseph C Berger

Aug 14, 2016

Joseph C. Berger, age 90, of Hays, died Sunday, August 14, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. He was born April 10, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri to Peter and Caroline (Augustine) Berger. He married Eleanor A. (Lang) on May 24, 1947, in Great Bend, Kansas. She died August 30, 2013. He was a oil field pumper most...

Gary Dean Hammersmith Jr.

Gary Dean Hammersmith Jr.

Aug 14, 2016

Gary Dean Hammersmith, Jr., age 46, of Kirwin, Kansas passed away Sunday, August 14, 2016 in Kirwin. He was born October 22, 1969 in Russell, Kansas to Gary Dean and Michele Sue (Hart) Hammersmith. He graduated from Fred T. Ford High School in Hickory North Carolina. He married Rose Marie Meis on June 15, 1996 in Catharine, Kansas. Dean had...

Wanda Speer

Wanda Speer

Aug 14, 2016

Wanda Speer, age 80, of Hays passed away Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Hays Medical Center Arrangements are pending with Brock's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, Kansas 67601 Service Information Services are to be announced

Adam M Pfannenstiel

Adam M Pfannenstiel

Aug 11, 2016

Adam M. Pfannenstiel, age 15, of Munjor passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 1, 2001 in Hays, Kansas to Michael J. and Marilyn (Suppes) Pfannenstiel. He was a student at Hays High School. Adam worked on the family farm in Munjor and was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church,...

Esther Elizabeth Gribben

Esther Elizabeth Gribben

Aug 9, 2016

Esther Elizabeth Gribben, age 94, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born May 31, 1922 in Salina, Kansas to Henry and Anna (Stevens) Wolfson. She graduated from Salina High School in 1940. She married Ralph Gribben on January 4, 1943 in Denver, Colorado. He preceded...

Jeremy Davis

Jeremy Davis

Aug 6, 2016

Jeremy Lewis Davis, age 42, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Hays. He was born April 24, 1974 in Mexia, Texas to Gayla Grissom Stricklin. He had worked in Pipeline Construction in the past. He is survived by a sister, mAudra Teague and husband John of Hays; a brother, David Rutherford and wife Audrey of Michigan; three daughters, Ashley...

Donald Herl

Donald Herl

Aug 6, 2016

Donald Anthony James Herl, 69, rural Ogallah, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born Nov. 20, 1946, in Hays to Alvin Sr. and Dorothy (Karlin) Herl. He attended school at St. Marys, Ogallah Elementary and Trego Community High School. He worked on the family farm and years ago he worked at Trego County Hospital....

Jeremy L. Davis

Jeremy L. Davis

Aug 6, 2016

Jeremy Lewis Davis, age 42, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Hays. He was born April 24, 1974 in Mexia, Texas to Gayla Grissom Stricklin. He had worked in Pipeline Construction in the past. He is survived by a sister, Audra Teague and husband John of Hays; a brother, David Rutherford and wife Audrey of Michigan; three daughters, Ashley...

Francis Joseph Kuhn

Francis Joseph Kuhn

Aug 5, 2016

Francis Joseph Kuhn, age 88, of Victoria, Kansas died Friday, August 5, 2016, at the Willow House in Hays, Kansas.He was born April 29, 1928, on the farm at Emmeram, Kansas to Joseph M. and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Kuhn. He married Mary Jane (Kisner) on August 22, 1950, in Pfeifer, Kansas. He was a clerk for the U S Post Office...

Dr. John Watson

Dr. John Watson

Aug 3, 2016

Dr. John Watson of Hays passed away August 3, 2016 in Hays. Arrangements are pending Service Information Services are to be announced

Dr. John L. 'Doc' Watson

Dr. John L. 'Doc' Watson

Aug 3, 2016

Dr. John L. 'Doc' Watson, 80, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Hays. He was born May 17, 1936, in rural southeast Kansas to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Watson. He was a graduate of Wayside High School, Kansas University and Emporia State Teachers College. He married his wife, Sheryl, in 1979. He began teaching his first professional position at Lawrence...

Martha Jean Mccabe

Martha Jean Mccabe

Aug 1, 2016

Martha Jean (Sandidge) McCabe, age 83, Hays resident, died Monday, August 1, 2016 at her home. She was born May 24, 1933 in Winona, Mississippi to Henry and Minnie Mae (Austin) Sandidge. She married Edmund Lee McCabe on July 31, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas. She was a graduate from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor and Master Degree in...

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