Current Obituaries
Irene A. Staab
May 5, 2011
Irene A. Staab, age 89, of Hays, passed away Thursday May 5th at St. John's Health Care Center in Hays. She was born on August 24, 1921 in Hays, Kansas to Mike A. and Emma (Leikam) Lang. She married Victor N. Staab in 1941. He preceded her in death in 1959.Irene worked as a hostess at the Ramada Inn and...
Joseph C. Karlin
May 1, 2011
Joseph C. Karlin, age 79 of Hays, passed away Sunday, May 1st at Hays Medical Center. He was born on March 19, 1932 in Catharine, Kansas to Paul P. and Frances (Schmidt) Karlin. He graduated from Hays High in 1951. He married Thelma Staab on October 6, 1953 in St. Catherine Church.Joe was a veteran of the US Navy serving...
Fred Watson
Apr 30, 2011
Fred Dale Watson, age 86, of Hays, passed away Saturday, April 30th at Hays Medical Center. He was born November 29, 1924 in Rosiclare, ILL. To Fred and Mertie (Conger) Watson. He married Elaine Ingram on December 15, 1948 in Tribune, Kansas.He worked for the Dighton School District for 23 years in the custodian and maintenance department. He was a...
William "Bill" King
Apr 20, 2011
William A. "Bill" King, 63, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in Hays, Kansas. Bill was born May 8, 1947 in Ellis, Kansas. He was the son of William and Kathryn King, both of Ellis. Bill grew up in Ellis and graduated from Ellis High School in 1965. He went on to graduate from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1970 and the...
Arlin Mills
Apr 18, 2011
Arlin Mills, age 84, of Ellis passed away Monday, April 18, 2011 in Ellis.Arlin was born December 20, 1926 in Hamilton, Kansas to Richard and Muriel (Alexander) Mills. He graduated from Hamilton High School and later attended Emporia State University and Fort Hays State University.In October 1947, Arlin married Wahnetta Hoffman of Ogallah, Kansas. They have made their home in...
Sharon Kay Alvis
Apr 17, 2011
Sharon Kay Alvis, age 71, of Hays, Passed away Sunday, April 17th at her home. She was born March 14, 1940 in Aurora, Nebraska to George and Lois (Mock) Wilson. She attended schools in Aurora. Sharon had received her CNA and CMA certificates and had worked at the Grand Island Veteran's Home. She was also a homemaker who enjoyed gardening,...
Patricia Patee
Apr 15, 2011
Patricia Anita (Kutina) Patee, age 62, of Ellis, passed away Friday, April 15th at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. She was born on June 10, 1948 in Ellis County, Kansas to Raymond and Mildred (Henrickson) Kutina. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1966. She married Elvin Leroy Patee on July 30, 1966 in Ellis at the United...
Ethel Geering
Apr 12, 2011
Ethel Lunette Geering died April 12, 2011, at the age of 99 in Hays, Kansas. She was born December 6, 1911, near Ash Grove, Kansas in Lincoln county to Orla M.Wright and Sarah Addie (Williams) Wright. She was a resident of Lincoln and Mitchell counties for most of her life. The past ten years she lived in Hays with her...
Frank Honas
Apr 12, 2011
Frank Honas, age 86 , of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, April 12th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on August 22, 1924 in Ellis County, Kansas to Edward and Agnes (Steckline) Honas. He was a graduate of Ellis High School.Frank was a farmer and stockman and he had also worked in the oilfields. He was a member...
Joanna Hers
Apr 9, 2011
Joanna Hers, age 74, passed away Saturday, April 9th at her home in Hays. She was born on October 30, 1936 in Hays to Jacob and Victoria (Befort) Herklotz.Joanna graduated from Girls Catholic High School. She had lived in New York working as a clothing designer before returning to Hays. She was a very artistic person ranging from clothing to...
Shirley Kroeger
Apr 7, 2011
Shirley Kroeger, age 81 of Ellis, passed away Thursday, April 7th in Wichita. She was born April 25, 1929 on her grandpa Schaus's farm in Trego County to Emil and Minnie (Schaus) Massier. She graduated in 1946 from Ellis High School. On September 22, 1949 she married Erwin Kroeger at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. Shirley was a homemaker and...
David Lynn Schurz
Apr 1, 2011
David Lynn Schurz, age 56, of Gorham, passed away on Friday, April 1st at his home. He was born on August 5, 1954 in Logan to Walter Henry and Georgine Mary (Bittel) Schurz. He graduated in 1972 from Logan High School.David had worked in the oilfields and in construction currently working for Weigel's Construction. He was a member of St....
Robert "Wally" Wahlmeier
Mar 31, 2011
Robert A. "Wally", "Bob" Wahlmeier, age 79, of Hays, passed away Thursday, March 31st at his home. He was born on June 28, 1931 in Jennings, KS. to Aloysius and Ruth (Spohrer) Wahlmeier. He married Georgine Kreutzer in 1952. She preceded him in death in 1974. He married Catherine Gilsdorf Orth in 1975.Robert attended Fort Hays State College from 1949...
Arlen Newell
Mar 28, 2011
Arlen Newell, 62, of Versailles, KY. died Monday, March 28 at his home. He was born July 3, 1948 in Hays, KS. to Eloise J. and Frances (Goetz) Newell of Hays, KS. He was a retired sales manager for Swedish Match, a U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam era, a member of St. Leo Catholic Church, and the Knights...
Charles "Danny" Robinett
Mar 25, 2011
Charles D. (Danny) Robinett, 83, of Wichita, KS, died March 25, 2011 at Via Christi Hospital, Wichita. He was born November 22, 1927, in Jefferson City, Missouri to Daniel and Lena (Maewright) Robinett. He married the love of his life, Virginia Weber, on May 7, 1960, in Miami, OK. Danny served as a sergeant in the United States Army Air...
George Amrein
Mar 22, 2011
George Adam Amrein, age 85, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday March 22nd at his home. He was born August 16, 1925 in Liebenthal, Kansas to Alex and Margaret (Kippes) Amrein. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1944. George married Elizabeth Schuster on June 5, 1950 in Ellis. He was a veteran of the US Army serving towards the end...
Richard Kimble
Mar 17, 2011
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Bonnie J. Pfeifer
Mar 14, 2011
Bonnie Jean Pfeifer, age 85, of Hays, passed away Monday, March 14th in Hays. She was born on August 12, 1925 in Plainville, Kansas to Cecil H. and Luella Mae (Hancock) Smith Sr. She married Ralph J. Pfeifer on August 14, 1944 in hays. He preceded her in death on January 11, 2004.She was a homemaker and an avid gardener....
Maevis Chapman
Mar 12, 2011
Maevis (Bangert) Chapman, age 81, of Hoxie, passed away Saturday, March 12th at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care Unit in Hoxie where she had resided since 1984. She was born on August 27, 1929 in Albert Lea, MN. to Fred and Martha (Schmidt) Bangert. She married Lester Chapman on September 21, 1953 in Denver. He preceded her...
James Shutts
Mar 9, 2011
James Oliver Shutts, age 84, of Midland, TX. passed away on March 9, 2011 in Midland, TX. He was born on August 14, 1926 in Plainville, Ks. to Clifford M. and Edith I. (Peavy) Shutts. He spent his boyhood in Ellis County attending grade school in Ellis. When he was 12 he moved to Idaho with his mother and sisters....
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