Current Obituaries
Connie Rohr
Jan 1, 2014
Conrad (Connie) L Rohr Sr, 84, Hays, died Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 at Ellis Good Samaritan Center after a 4 year struggle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was born on September 5th, 1929 in Hays to Joseph L and Agatha (Dreher) Rohr. He married Benita A Rohr in August of 1950. They were happily married for 63 years. He was...
Eleanor Helen Younker
Dec 28, 2013
Eleanor Helen Younker, age 101, of Hays passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 in Hays. She was born September 23, 1912 in Hays to Anton F. and Rosa (Maska) Arnhold. She married Anton "Tony" M. Younker on January 27, 1937. He preceded her in death. Survivors include three daughters, Esther McCleland, Charlotte Hoffman and Barbara Ochs all of Hays, a...
Andrew Joseph Herrman
Dec 28, 2013
Andrew Joseph Herrman, 36, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. He was born July 26, 1976, in Hays to Karen Parker Herrman and Gregory J. Herrman. He attended Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in Hays, Colorado Mountain College in Vail, Colo., followed by the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He worked for Marriott Corp. in Vail and Park...
Marvin Kuhn
Dec 26, 2013
Marvin A. Kuhn, 80, Hays, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at Rush County Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 8, 1933, in Gorham to Anton and Philomena (Schmidtberger) Kuhn. He married Doris D. Von Feldt on April 23, 1953, in Hays. She preceded him in death. He was a truck driver for Hunter and Allied Inc. until his retirement in...
Madge Gustin
Dec 24, 2013
Magdalene E. 'Madge' Gustin, 93, Hays, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2013, at Via Christi Village. She was born Aug. 23, 1920, in Eudora to Albert and Clara (Schehrer) Grosdidier. She was a 1937 graduate of Eudora High School, a 1941 graduate of St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing and received her Kansas registered nurse certification in 1941. She married James...

Richard Wall
Dec 10, 2013
Richard Wall, 75, Hays, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Hays Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Russell City Cemetery Service Information Funeral Service Saturday January 4, 2014 10:30 AM
Gerad Madrid
Nov 28, 2013
Gerad F. Madrid, age 34, of Plainville, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 in Hays. He was born August 5, 1979 in Leadville, CO. to Geraldine (Martinez) and William Madrid. He had worked as a handyman and carpenter. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports and fitness, working on his car and he loved to be with his daughters. Survivors include his mothers,...

Donald Schauvliege
Nov 25, 2013
Donald Charles "Chuck" Schauvliege Sr., age 61 of Hays, passed away November 25, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1952 in Jetmore, KS to Donald and Mildred "Mickey" L. (Bowie) Schauvliege. He graduated in 1970 from Hays High School. He spent most of working career as a heavy equipment operator and foreman in the Hays, KS...
Edith Copeland
Nov 21, 2013
Edith Mae 'Edie' Copeland, 90, Hays, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born Oct. 16, 1923, in Triig County, Ky., to James A. and Eddie (Calhoun) Shearer. She married Joseph B. Copeland on Jan. 9, 1945, in Clay Center. She worked as a telephone operator in St. Louis during World War II. She was...
Rita Staab
Nov 12, 2013
Rita Marie Staab, age 66, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born May 17, 1947 in Hays, KS to Clarence and Bernice (Newland) Miller. She graduated in 1965 from Girls Catholic High School. She married Lambert J. Staab October 9, 1965 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Rita was a homemaker...
Carol Pfeifer
Nov 12, 2013
Carol Jean Pfeifer, 50, of Naples, Florida passed away the evening of November 12th, 2013. Carol was born February 8th, 1963, in Wakeeney, Kansas to parents Allen and Alfrieda (Werth) Pfeifer and grew up in St. Peter, Kansas. She was the third child in their family of six children and graduated from Morland High School. After a successful career as...
Dorothy Mills
Nov 9, 2013
Dorothy M. Mills, 85, formerly of Hays, passed away November 9, 2013 at Benchmark Health Care Facility in Rolla, MO. She was born November 17, 1927 in Zurich, KS to Frank and Jennie (Keller) Armbrister. She was a graduate of Ellis High School and Brown Mackie. She married Jerry F. Mills November 6, 1955 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in...
Doris Applehans
Nov 9, 2013
Doris (Walters) Applehans, age 87 of Hays, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was born July 20, 1926 in Severin, Kansas to Peter and Mary (Staab) Walters. She was a 1944 graduate of Girls Catholic High School. She married Sylvester "S.J." Applehans April 19, 1948. He preceded her in death August 29, 2013....
Shirley Scholl
Nov 9, 2013
Shirley Marie Scholl, age 75 of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 in WaKeeney. She was born July 19, 1938 in Potsdam, NY to Harvey G. and Emeretta (Hooper) Jandreau. She married Edward Albertus Scholl on August 22, 1963 in Denver, CO. He preceded her in death on March 30, 1998. Shirley had worked as a waitress, a daycare...
Adelia "Dee" Perrin
Nov 9, 2013
Adelia Ann "Dee" Perrin, age 90 of Ellis, formerly of Oberlin, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Trego County Lemke memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born July 24, 1923 in rural Decatur County near Jennings, KS to William and Anna (Flaska) Petrasek. Dee was a long time Legal Secretary for the Lund Law Firm in Oberlin and...
Sonya Jo Williams
Oct 24, 2013
Sonya Jo "Sammi" Wickwar Williams, age 70 of Hays, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Hays Medical center. She was born April 4, 1943 in Goodland, KS to Ward William Wickwar and Shirley (Brinker) Wickwar Tarbet. She was a longtime nurse at Lantern Park manor and Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby and the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She...
Dale V. Simoneau
Oct 16, 2013
Dale Vincent Simoneau, age 58, Hays, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at his home. He was born December 3, 1954 in Hays, KS to Anselm and Ilene (Hamel) Simoneau. He was a 1972 graduate of Palco High School. He married Paula (Thyfault) June 7, 1975 at St. Joseph Church in Damar, KS. He was an auctioneer and salesman for...
Emil Deutscher
Oct 11, 2013
Emil A. Deutscher, age 81, of Ellis passed away Friday, October 11, 2013 at the Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born March 1, 1932 in rural Trego County on the family farm to Emil Deutscher Sr. and Jennie Wendling. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1950. He married Marilyn Schumacher October 24, 1954 at Christ Lutheran...
Barbara J. Mumford
Oct 8, 2013
Barbara Jane Mumford, age 51, of Hays passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013 in Hays, KS. She was born on Saturday, June 23rd, 1962 to Paul Harvey Skeen and Betty Jane Rice Skeen in Cleveland, Ohio. Barbara spent her formative years in Winfield, Il. with her parents, where she graduated high school from Glenbard West High School. Barbara was an...
Roland Rummel
Oct 7, 2013
Roland Albert Rummel, age 22, of Ellis passed away Monday, October 7, 2013 the result of an accident in Rural Ellis. He was born December 10, 1990 in WaKeeney, Kansas to Ronald F. Rummel and Bonita J. "Bonnie" (Matteson) Rummel. He was a concrete construction worker and a musician. He enjoyed music and songwriting and being Dad to his twin...