Current Obituaries
Regina Schuster
Aug 26, 2015
Regina Schuster, age 96, of Ellis passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at her home. She was born October 30, 1918 in rural Trego County, KS to Ignatz and Elizabeth (Weber) Flax. She married Jacob "Jake" Schuster June 3, 1947 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on November 30, 2001. Regina was a homemaker and farmwife. She enjoyed gardening,...
Pauline Deutscher
Aug 23, 2015
Pauline Deutscher, 98, died at Someren Glen nursing home, Centennial, Colorado, on August 23, 2015. Born in Lindsborg, Kansas on January 29, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Petrus and Ellyn (Hjerpe) Sundquist. Pauline taught first grade in Ellis, Kansas starting in the fall of 1954. She became the Ellis school district's librarian in the fall of 1961...
Steve And Kathy Little
Aug 20, 2015
Steve T. Little, age 64 and Kathy A. Little, age 62 of Hays passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015. Steve was born May 13, 1951 in Wichita, KS to Thomas and Onita (Steen) Little. Kathy was born January 12, 1953 in Hays, Kansas to Walter and Helen (Frost) Staab. Both were graduates of Hays High; Steve in 1969 and Kathy...
Otillia 'Tillie' Augustine
Aug 17, 2015
Otillia 'Tillie' Augustine, age 84 of Ellis, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born March 23, 1931 in Ransom, Kansas to Paul and Martha (Augustine) Flax. She married Leonard Joseph Augustine on August 21, 1950 at St. Marys Church in Ellis. Tillie was a homemaker and farmwife. She was very active in running...
Mary Klaus
Aug 13, 2015
Mary Klaus, age 86, of Schoenchen, KS passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at her home. She was born June 7, 1929 on a farmstead west of Schoenchen to Jacob and Geneva (Zimmerman) Randa. She married Julius Klaus in LaCrosse on September 22, 1947. He preceded her in death October 3, 2001. Mary was a homemaker and farm wife. She...
Cody Taylor Durbin
Jul 31, 2015
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the death of Cody Taylor Durbin, age 24. Cody was a Hays original, growing up on the East block of 19th street. Graduating in the Hays High School class of 2009, Cody had high aspirations of taking on the world as a renowned chef. Cody attended culinary school at Johnson...
Fr. Canice Froehlich
Jul 29, 2015
Fr. Canice Froehlich, senior friar of the Capuchin Franciscan Province of S. Conrad, quietly passed awayThursday evening, July 29, at Via Christi Village in Hays, just three weeks short of his 95 birthday. Born on Aug. 19, 1920 in Pittsburgh PA, Father was the son of George I. and Matilda (Bottner) Froehlich, and the youngest of three children. After graduating...
Lavier Staven
Jul 25, 2015
LaVier L. Staven, age 94, of Hays, passed away Saturday, July 25 at his home. He was born August 5, 1920 in Waukesha, WI to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Staven. He married Norma C. (Pringle) in 1943. LaVier was a longtime educator at Fort Hays State University. He started as an associate professor of education, professor of education, chairman of...
Fidelia Honas
Jul 22, 2015
Fidelia Honas, age 86, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born October 29, 1928 in Victoria, Kansas to Ray and Agnes (Staab) Braun. She married Eddie Honas Jr. May 30, 1949 at St. Fidelis Catholic Church in Victoria. He preceded her in death October 25, 2007. She was a...
M. Richard Grabbe
Jul 20, 2015
M. Richard Grabbe, age 78, of Hays, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 at his home. He was born March 13, 1937 in Munjor, KS to John C. and Josephine (Quint) Grabbe. He graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy in 1955. He married Alta Roth November 17, 1956 in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Richard was the owner of...
John Befort
Jul 18, 2015
John J. Befort, age 67, of Hays passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015. He was born June 21, 1948 in Hays, Kansas to Edmund and Albina (Pfeifer) Befort. He graduated from Hays High in 1966. John was a retired farmer and stockman. He was an avid animal lover who was especially fond of his cats. He enjoyed riding his 4...
Simon Roth Jr.
Jul 17, 2015
Simon P. Roth Jr., 88, attorney at law, passed away July 17, 2015 after a lengthy struggle with Parkinsons disease. Simon was born on October 25, 1926 in Hays, Kansas, one of four children of Simon and Theckla (Rupp) Roth. He married Rita Wasinger on September 1, 1949. Simon and Rita have four children, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren....
Ernestine Befort
Jul 12, 2015
God is in the business of recruiting angels and he called Ernestine (Ernie) Jeanette Befort of Ellis, Kansas, home to her new position on Sunday, July 12, 2015. Ernestine was born on July 23, 1933, in Ellis, to Ernest and Agnes (Deutscher) Schoenthaler. She was a graduate of Ellis High School and Brown Mackie School of Business. She married Robert...
James 'Jimbo' Solles
Jul 7, 2015
James (Jimbo) Allen Solles, was born January 15, 1958 and lost his battle to cancer at his home, surrounded by his family, in Victoria,KS on July 7, 2015, at the age of 57. Jim was born to Mildred LaVerne Solles in Janesville, Wisconsin and was the youngest of eleven children. He attended Janesvilles Parker Senior High School and later received...
Alvin H. Fisher
Jul 3, 2015
Alvin H. Fisher, age 90, of Ellis, passed away Friday, July 3, 2015 at Via Christi Village, Hays. He was born November 10, 1924 in Antonino, Kansas to Zacheus and Monica (Rupp) Fisher. He married Anna Mary Pfeifer in Hays, Kansas on April 10, 1947. She preceded him in death on February 17, 2001. He retired from Ellis County Road...
Marion F. Staab
Jul 2, 2015
Marion F. Staab, 85, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Via Christi Village in Hays. He was born September 17, 1929 in Catharine, Kansas to Albert and Cherubim (Giebler) Staab. He married Patricia Giebler Leikam on May 10, 1969. He was a farmer all his life and also worked in the oil fields in his younger years. He was...
Delmas 'Jake' Jacobs
Jun 29, 2015
Delmas Dean "Jake" Jacobs, age 76, of Hays passed away June 29, 2015 at his home in Hays. He was born November 19, 1938 in Hays, KS to Andrew and Mary Jacobs. He graduated from Hays High in 1956. He married Dorothy Flax May 2, 1959 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Jake was retired from the United States...
Leroy 'Butch' Dinges
Jun 22, 2015
Leroy A. "Butch" Dinges, 80, died Monday, June 22, 2015, at HaysMed. He was born September 7, 1934, in Hays to Nick L. and Julia (Smith) Dinges. He graduated from St. Josephs Military Academy in 1952. On June 6, 1953, he married Elizabeth "Betty" Schnatterly in Hays. He was a farmer & cattleman for 35 years. In his later years,...
Cecilia Basgall
Jun 21, 2015
Cecilia Basgall, age 86, of Hays passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015 at the Rush County Nursing Home in LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born May 22, 1929 in Catharine, Kansas to Alois and Dora (Meis) Walter. She graduated from Girls Catholic High in 1947. She married Gilbert "Doc" Basgall in November 1948. Cecilia was a co-owner of Basgall Insurance Company...
Ellen Berry
Jun 16, 2015
Ellen Louise Berry, age 82, of Great Bend, Kansas passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. She was born April 30, 1933 on Kinsley, Kansas to Leslie Clarence and Martha (Amrine) Mack. She married Robert Clyde Berry on January 6, 1951 in Larned, Kansas. She was a Licensed Mental Health Technician retiring after 32 years at Larned...
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