Current Obituaries
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...
Harold Deutscher
Oct 5, 2013
Harold Arthur Deutscher, age 90, of Ellis passed away peacefully on October 5, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on July 17, 1923 on the family farm west of Ellis, Ks to Gustav and Mary (Spilker) Deutscher. He married Pauline Sundquist Scott December 31, 1965 at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. Harold was a farmer and stockman. Concerned...
Glenn Werth
Oct 3, 2013
Glenn Allen Werth, age 56, of Schoenchen. Passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 28, 1957 in Hays, Kansas to Ernest and Viola (Munsch) Werth. He was a mechanic and currently working as a truck driver. He was a US Marine veteran and had attended church at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Schoenchen....

Vera Legleiter
Oct 2, 2013
Vera P. Legleiter, 79, Hays, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601 Visitation Sunday 2 pm - 6 pm and Monday 9 am until service time Service Information Visitation Sunday October 6, 2013 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM 2509 Vine Street Hays,...
Mahlon Kingsley
Sep 30, 2013
David Mahlon Kingsley died Monday, September 30, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was 101. Mahlon was born July 7, 1912 to D.C. and Mary (Johnson) Kingsley at their home south of Ellis, Kansas. He attended country school and then upper grades in Ellis. After his father passed in 1928, he laid out of high school a year to help...
Dana Kraus
Sep 26, 2013
Dana Kraus, age 59, of Hays, died Sept. 26, 2013, of complications from leukemia. He was born April 29, 1954, at Hadley Hospital in Hays, Kansas, to mother Esther Fredericka Hueftle and father John Wesley Kraus. Dana graduated Hays High School in 1972 and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Fort Hays State University in 1977. He...
Doris Schoenthaler
Sep 22, 2013
Doris Elizabeth (Ball) Schoenthaler, age 86, of Ellis, passed away peacefully on September 22, 2013, in WaKeeney, Kan. She was born on May 31, 1927, in Ellis, Kan. to John Wallace and Maude Agnes (Summers) Ball. She was married to Bernie Schoenthaler on June 19, 1946, at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. Doris worked at the Ellis Review eight years...
Eugene Robben
Sep 21, 2013
Eugene W. Robben, age 91 of Gorham, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Wilson. He was born January 20, 1922 in Walker, Kansas to Henry M. and Elizabeth (Wagner) Robben. Eugene was raised by his Aunt Hortensia Baumrucker and family Mike and Gertrude Jacobs in Gorham. He married Margie L. Lipes on April 26,...
Janet K. Keithley
Sep 14, 2013
Janet Kay (Barry) Keithley, age 69, of Wichita, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 30, 1944 in Richmond, CA. to Finis and Jesse (Webb) Barry. She married James Neal Keithley on Feb. 12, 1965 in Brookfield, MO. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cross word puzzles, being outdoors and...
Douglas R. Feldt
Sep 13, 2013
Douglas Ray Feldt, age 37, of Ellis, passed away Friday, September 13, 2013 in Ellis County the result of an automobile accident. He was born February 19, 1976 in Quinter, Kansas to Anthony and Mary Ann (Rupp) Feldt. He graduated from Wheatland High School in 1994. He was the Marketing Director for Woodbridge Home Exteriors. He enjoyed all sports but...
Alice Kandt
Sep 10, 2013
Alice Mae Kandt, age 82, of Hays formerly of Yuma, CO. passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at Via Christi Village in Hays. She was born May 8, 1931 in Bancroft, NE to Carl and Louise (Schmidt) Repschlaeger. She was a homemaker and had worked as a nursing assistant and as a clerk at the Yuma, CO seven eleven store....
Julie A. Honas
Sep 9, 2013
Julie Ann (Ernst) Honas, age 53, of Ellis, passed away Monday, September 9, 2013 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita. She was born April 28, 1960 in Hays, Kansas to Lionel "Sonny" and Mary (Cannon) Ernst. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1978. She married Stan "Buck" Honas June 20, 1981 in Russell, Kansas. Julie was a...
Ralph W. Honas
Sep 2, 2013
Ralph William Honas, age 86, of Ellis, passed away Monday, September 2, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born December 20, 1926 in Ransom, Kansas to John and Frances (Weber) Honas. He married Julia Ann Younker on August 30, 1949 at St. Marys Church in Ellis. Ralph had worked as a painting contractor, railroader, oilfield worker and an elevator...
S.J. Applehans
Aug 29, 2013
Sylvester "S.J." Applehans, age 90 of Hays, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at his home in Hays. He was born January 30, 1923 in Pfeifer, Kansas to John Appalhans and Rosa Schmidtberger. He was a 1940 graduate of Hays High School and a graduate of Saint Josephs Military College in 1942. He entered the United States Army Air Corps...
Edward Leiker
Aug 22, 2013
Edward P. Leiker. age 84, of Munjor, died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born May 4, 1929 in rural Munjor, Kansas to Peter B. and Susan (Befort) Leiker. He was a graduate of Hays High School. He married Pearl Mary Herrman May 22, 1950 in Liebenthal. He was a farmer and oilman all of his...
Laura Lee Rozean
Aug 13, 2013
Laura Lee Rozean, 83 died Tues. Aug. 13, 2013 at the Redbud Village in Plainville. She was born on Nov. 10, 1929 in Edmond, Ks. to Alexander "Glen" and Lucille (Matthews) Griffith. She married Wade Allen Rozean on Aug. 18, 1946 in Norton, Ks. He preceded her in death on April 11, 2003. She was a dietary cook at the...
Harriet E. Caplan
Aug 2, 2013
Harriet E. (Gingerich) Caplan, 67, Hays, died peacefully at home on Aug. 2, 2013, after a two-year battle with colon cancer. Her loving husband, Lou Caplan, was by her side. She was born in Denver on Oct. 13, 1945, to John and Roberta (Crow) Gingerich, and grew up in Colorado, Oklahoma, Iowa and Japan. In addition to her husband, she...
Judy Rohr
Jul 29, 2013
Judy A. (Joy) Rohr, 70, died July 29, 2013, at her home. She was born September 14, 1942, in Hays to Walter (Brownie) and Eleanor (Gottschalk) Joy. Judy married Donald G. Rohr August 31, 1963, in Hays. She was a graduate of Hays High School, and attended Loretta Heights College in Denver prior to her marriage. She then moved to...

Neil Baltzell
Jul 28, 2013
Neil Baltzell, 80, Hays, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Andbe Home, Norton. He was born July 27, 1933, in Peru to William and Caddy (Terrell) Baltzell. He married Barbara Duncan in 1953 in Dewey, Okla. He was a gas meter tech for Midwest Energy until retirement. He was a U.S Army veteran, serving during World War II. He was...