Current Obituaries
Linlie Turner
Feb 3, 2011
Linlie James Turner, age 85, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2011 at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on February 26, 1925 in Thornfield, MO. to Alfred and Rose Turner. He married Mildred Lorene Johnson in 1948 in Missouri. Linlie moved to St. John, KS. after marriage to work for a tractor implement company. He moved...
Helen Schoenthaler
Jan 29, 2011
Helen E. Schoenthaler, age 97, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, January 29th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. She was born on August 11, 1913 in rural Ellis County, Kansas to John and Clara (Huber) Deutscher. She married Gerhardt Schoenthaler on November 28, 1935 at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. He preceded her in death in 1994.She was a homemaker...
Elvira Dubach
Jan 19, 2011
Elvira Hermine Dubach, 94, Ellis, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at Hays Medical Center. She was born Jan. 7, 1917, in Ellis County to Fred and Emma (Deutscher) Schoenthaler. She attended a country grade school, graduated from Ellis High School and earned a degree from Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. She married ABC (Bliss) Dubach on Jan. 25, 1939. He...
Rebecca Laas
Jan 12, 2011
Rebecca Sarah Laas, age 91, of Hays, passed away January 12th, 2011 at the Hays Good Samaritan Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hoisington, Kansas on February 20, 1919 the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Schneider) Laas.She was a homemaker, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Dodge City and she was of Lutheran faith.She is...
Barbara Merker
Jan 11, 2011
Barbara Merker, age 98, of Hays, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at St. John's Rest Home in Victoria. She was born on November 22, 1912 in Marienthal, Russia to Matthias and Walburga (Gerstner) Merker. The family came to Hays in 1923. She moved to Ohio in 1930 and returned to Hays in 1975.Barbara retired in 1974 as a...
Lester Chapman
Jan 10, 2011
Lester Dean Chapman, age 80, of Hoxie, passed away Monday, January 10th at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care Unit in Hoxie. He was born on December 27, 1930 in Quinter, KS. to Lea and Lula Bell (Cunningham) Chapman. He married Maevis M. Bangert of Denver, CO. on September 21, 1953 in Denver.He was a farmer, Veteran of...
Kenneth Speier
Jan 7, 2011
Kenneth Ralph Speier, age 62, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 7th in Hays. He was born on May 1, 1948 in Hays, Kansas to Ralph and Loraine (Wasinger) Speier. He was a 1966 graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy and Salina Vo-Tech in 1971 with a refrigeration certificate.He owned Speier and Company, which was a plumbing, heating and air...
Florence Mae Storm
Jan 7, 2011
Florence Mae Storm, age 79, of Greeley, CO. formerly of Ellis, passed away January 7, 2011 at the Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born July 6, 1931 in Hays, KS. to Frank and Magdalena (Stecklein) Augustine. She married Leo K. Storm Jr. on August 4, 1948 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ellis. He preceded her in...
John Wayne Gottschalk
Jan 4, 2011
John Wayne Gottschalk, age 72, of Schoenchen, passed away on Tuesday, January 4th at Hays Medical Center. He was born August 1, 1938 in Brighton, CO. to John H. and Georgine (Schulte) Gottschalk. He married Esther Werth on October 26, 1957 in Antonino, KS.John was the owner of Johnnie's Service and Repair in Schoenchen. He started the business in 1970...
Reinhold Boschowitzki
Dec 22, 2010
Reinhold J. "Reiny" Boschowitzki, age 90, of Ellis, Passed away Wednesday, December 22nd at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on January 22, 1920 in Rural Ellis County north of Ellis to Joseph and Louise (Werb) Boschowitzki. He married Margaret Johnson on July 4, 1964 in Ellis at the Congregational Church.Reiny was a farmer and a truck driver...
William Schultz
Dec 21, 2010
William Harold Schultz, age 93, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 21st the result of an automobile accident. He was born on May 28, 1917 in Woodston, Kansas to William and Ruby (Turner) Schultz. He graduated from Woodston High School.He was a self employed farmer and stockman in Rooks County. He was a member of the Hays City Sportsman's Club...
Steven Kurth
Dec 15, 2010
Steven Kurth, age 68, of Ellis formerly of Chase, Kansas passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at his home. He was born July 31, 1942 in Marshalltown to Merlin and Henrietta (Woollard) Kurth. He was a veteran of the US Army serving in Vietnam and he was a retired oilfield worker.He is survived by a daughter, Shelly Kurth of Wichita,...
Jack Reed
Dec 14, 2010
Charles A. "Jack" Reed, age 77, of Hays, Passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Hays Medical Center. He was born on July 9, 1933 in Hays, Kansas to Charles Syd and Hattie (Swank) Reed.Jack retired from the US Air Force serving nearly 40 years. During his military service he served in Korea, Japan and other areas throughout the world....
Marilyn King
Dec 6, 2010
Marilyn King, of Ellis, age 68, passed away Monday, December 6th at Hays Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1942 in Zurich, Kansas to Ben and Catherine (McGinty) Schoenberger. She married Ronald King on November 30, 1963 in Ellis. She had worked as a teacher's aide at Washington Elementary School in Ellis, a cook at Alloway's Restaurant and at...
Helen Zerfas
Dec 2, 2010
Helen Ruth Zerfas, age 93, of DeSoto, TX, passed away December 2, 2010 at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas. She was born January 3, 1917 in Sylvan Grove, Kansas to William Emory and Elizabeth (Wolbach) Bowen. She married Oscar J. Zerfas on May 22, 1937. He preceded her in death on March 7, 1990. Helen and Oscar lived in Ellis...
John Bieker
Nov 28, 2010
John P. Bieker, age 84, of Hays, Passed away Sunday, November 28th at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born on July 26, 1926 in Ellis, Kansas to Sylvester and Barbara (Aschenbrenner) Bieker. He attended Ellis High School. He married Irene Catherine Fisher on Feb. 26, 1946 in Ellis. She preceded him in death on...
Joseph Martin
Nov 28, 2010
Joseph Patrick Martin passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at his home in Ellis, Kansas. Joseph was the third child and second son of Woodrow W. and Willena J. (Tunstall) Martin. He was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma September 1, 1945. Joe graduated from Chase Rural High School and Fort Hays State University. He was a US Navy veteran and a...
Freda Henrickson
Nov 28, 2010
Freda Marie (King) Henrickson, 82, rural Ellis, died Monday, November 29, 2010, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born August 28, 1928 to Chris and Anna King at the King Homestead, northeast of Ellis. She married Jakie Henrickson on May 23, 1950 in Ellis, Kansas. He preceded her in death on April 11, 1993. She...
Irene C. Boos
Nov 26, 2010
Irene C. Boos, age 90, of Ellis, passed away Friday, November 26th at her home. She was born January 14, 1920 in Pfeifer, Kansas to Anton and Barbara (Unrein) Leiker. She married Paul P. Boos on August 9, 1938 in Hays. He preceded her in death on October 18, 2004.Irene lived most of her life on a farm south of...
James R. Gustin
Nov 24, 2010
James R. "Jim" Gustin, age 91, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, November 24th at Hays Medical Center following a short illness. He was born on July 17, 1919 in Ashland, Nebraska to Joseph and Anna (Thiel) Gustin. He grew up on the family farm in Murdock, Nebraska. He married Magdalene "Madge" Grosdidier on November 4, 1941 in Eudora, Kansas at...
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