Current Obituaries
Robert Bongartz
Mar 9, 2014
Robert "Bob" Joseph Bongartz, age 76, of Ellis passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Trego Manor in WaKeeney. He was born December 19, 1937 in Trego County, Kansas. He attended Sunflower Country School in Trego County and graduated from Ellis High School in 1955. He retired from Ellis County Road Department. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic...
Ludwina Haselhorst
Mar 6, 2014
Ludwina Haselhorst, age 92, of Hays passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born April 10, 1921 in Liebenthal, Kansas to Michael and Magdalena (Herrman) Schaffer. She married Irvin A. Haselhorst on November 19, 1941 in Liebenthal. He preceded her in death on September 27, 1995. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Joseph...
Rosabel Flax
Mar 5, 2014
Rosabel Flax, 64 of Ness City, KS died Wednesday March 5, 2014 in Abilene, KS after a 2-month battle with cancer. She was born January 9, 1950 in Hays, KS to Lucille (Dreiling) and Fred Flax. Rosabel grew up on a farm north of Ellis and graduated from Ellis High School. She earned her Bachelor's at Marymount College and Master's...
Barbara Reichert
Mar 2, 2014
Barbara Reichert, Age 98, a resident of Via Christi Village, Hays passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014. She was born May 16, 1915 in a dugout on a farmstead southwest of Antonino to Isidore and Agatha (Wasinger) Riechert. She graduated from Schoenchen High School in 1932. In 1938 she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in Concordia. She was secularized...
Mary Ann Karlin
Mar 2, 2014
Mary Ann Karlin, age 84, of Ellis passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Trego Lemke Memorial hospital in WaKeeney, KS. She was born May 26, 1929 in Antonino, KS to Carl and Monica (Ruder) Pfannenstiel. She married Peter Karlin October 13, 1952 in Antonino, KS. He preceded her in death July 8, 2002. She was a homemaker and enjoyed...
Robert F. Werth
Mar 1, 2014
Robert Francis Werth, age 78, of Schoenchen, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born April 8, 1935 in Schoenchen, KS to Frank Francis Werth and Lidwina Tauscher. He was a graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy. He married Helga Margaret (Benker) on January 9, 1959 in Bamburg, Germany. He was an Aircraft Machinist for...
Gary Boeve
Feb 26, 2014
Gary L. Boeve, age 68 of Afton, OK, formerly of Hays, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, OK. He was born November 22, 1945 in Phillipsburg, KS to Louis and Edith (Bogart) Boeve. He married Saunie (Schamber) on August 28, 1965 in Phillipsburg. Gary was a funeral director and embalmer starting in Phillipsburg...
Eileen Wittman
Feb 25, 2014
Eileen B. Wittman, age 86 of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell. She was born June 27, 1927 in Ellis, Kansas to George and Bernice (Coleman) Matteson. She attended school in Ellis, graduating from Ellis High School in 1945. She also attended Colorado Woman's College in Denver for 1 year. She married...
Rhonda Younger
Feb 24, 2014
Rhonda J. Younger, age 54, of Hays passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 at her home. She was born June 17, 1959 in Salina, KS to Charles A. Reed and Carol Meyers. She married Benny Younger. She was a housekeeper. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and she enjoyed listening to music, doing puzzles, cooking, gardening and...
John "Bill" Grimes
Feb 18, 2014
John William "Bill" Grimes DDS, age 84, of Smith Center, KS passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born September 19, 1929 in Oklahoma City, OK to Chester and Velma (Jack) Grimes. He married Patricia (Todd) on October 21, 1958 in Lawton, OK. Bill was a US Army veteran having served during the Korean War....
Patricia Hasenfratz
Feb 15, 2014
Patricia Hasenfratz, 64, Rush Center, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Hays Medical Center. She was born May 31, 1949, in Larned to Ernest Hank and Magdalena (Herrman) Cunningham. She married Kenneth Hasenfratz on May 18, 1968. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband; a son, David Hasenfratz; two brothers, Lee Edward Deperschmidt, Rush Center, Charles Depperschmidt, La Crosse,...
Mary Ann Disney
Feb 13, 2014
Mary Ann Disney died at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center on February 13, 2014. She was born March 16, 1923, in Plainville, Kansas, to Alma and Edward Plomondon. Mary Ann moved to Ellis, KS, at the age of 13 and remained a lifelong resident. She served in the United State Navy as a nurse and returned to Ellis after WWII....
Bernita Younger
Feb 11, 2014
Bernita Anna Younger, age 82, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born March 5, 1931 in Munjor, Ks to Chrysostom and Catherine (Meier) Korbe. She married Marvin Severin Younger on October 24, 1951 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Munjor. Bernita had worked at Travenol and she was...
Brenda Gabel
Feb 11, 2014
Brenda Sue Gabel, age 52 of Hays, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born February 4, 1962 in Fayetteville, NC to Virgel Weigel and Darlene VonFeldt. She graduated from Marian High School in 1980. She married Curtis G. Gabel on October 17, 1981 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hays. Brenda had previously...
Evelyine Hatfield
Feb 6, 2014
Evelyine Marie Hatfield, age 71, of Hays passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 at her home. She was born Oct. 2, 1942 in Yocemento, KS to Gerhardt and Agnes (Brown) Rohr. She graduated from Girl's catholic High. She married Donald Hatfield in 1962. He preceded her in death in Dec. 1984. She was a homemaker and worked as a furniture...
Eddie Heffel Jr.
Feb 2, 2014
Eddie Heffel Jr., age 80, of Hays passed away Sunday, Feb 2, 2014 at his home. He was born March 30, 1933 in Russell, KS to Edward and Esther Marie (Fink) Heffel Sr. He married Signa McKanna on Feb. 10, 1954. He graduated from Russell High School and received a Bachelors Degree from Fort Hays State University. He was an...
John Mccabe
Feb 1, 2014
John F. McCabe, 85, Hays, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at Hays Medical Center. He was born Dec. 3, 1928, in Zurich to William and May (Mahoney) McCabe. He married Annabelle Pfannenstiel in 1975. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol, Sons of the American Revolution and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He was an avid pilot and...
Robert Klaus
Jan 13, 2014
Robert F. "Bob" Klaus, age 74, of Hays passed away Monday, January 13, 2014 at his home. He was born June 1, 1939 in Ellis County, Kansas to Isidore and Anna (Meier) Klaus. He married Alberta (Befort) on October 9, 1961 in Antonino, Kansas. He was a long time Heating and Air Conditioning contractor being a co-owner of K&W Heating...
Greta Joan Porter
Jan 12, 2014
Greta Joan Porter, age 84, of Hays, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at her residence. She was born November 8, 1929 in Ulysses, Kansas to Charles Wayne "Bus" and Virginia (Hillary) Leierer. On May 22, 1948Joan was united in marriage to Lewis "Luke" Dale Porter at the First United Methodist Church of Ulysses. two children, Jeffrey Dale and Tamara...
Vickie Cole
Jan 2, 2014
Vickie J. Cole, age 67, of Hays, passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 at Hays Medical center. She was born May 12, 1946 in Great Bend to Donald A. and Dorothy (Rinker) Bowsher Sr. She married Tom O. Cole on July 3, 1966 in Great Bend. Vickie was an Executive Secretary for DaMar Resources Inc. of Hays. She was an...