Current Obituaries
John R Harkness
Jan 11, 2013
John Raymond Harkness, Wichita, 49, died Friday, January 11, 2013 in Wichita. He was born April 4, 1963 in Hays, Kansas to Robert A. and Catherine M. (Dreiling) Harkness. He graduated from Thomas More Prep in 1981 and from Fort Hays State University. He enjoyed sports and especially Fort Hays State University, The University of Kansas, Kansas City Royals and...
Frank Stecklein
Jan 8, 2013
M/sgt Frank C. Stecklein, Air Force retired, entered into rest on January 8, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas, 3 months prior to his 100th birthday. He was the eldest of eight children born to the late Carl and Anna (Younger) Stecklein. Frank was born on March 20, 1913 in Ellis County Kansas. Frank graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy of...
Bernice Lang
Jan 7, 2013
Bernice (Herman) Lang, age 82, of Ellis passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at her home. She was born February 23, 1930 in Ellis to Nick and Anna (Lang) Herman. She married Syl Lang on June 7, 1950 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on November 27, 1985. She was a homemaker and had worked at Baxter-Travenol for 10...
Cheryl Martin
Jan 4, 2013
Cheryl A. Martin, age 65, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to Edgar J. and Erma Jean (McMullen) Sanders. She was a retired C.N.A. having worked at Via Christi Medical Center in Wichita. She enjoyed sewing, reading and genealogy. She is survived by a son,...
John Weber Jr.
Dec 25, 2012
John Weber Jr., age 90, of Ellis died at Hays Medical Center on Christmas morning. He was born on April 10, 1922 in Trego County to John and Theresia (Augustine) Weber Sr. He married Marcella Eberle on September 26, 1944 at St. Marys Church in Ellis. He worked to build Cedar Bluff Lake, worked for many years at Fondoble Motor...
Michael Haas
Dec 21, 2012
Michael Charles Haas, age 41, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Saturday December 22, 2012. Michael was born June 12, 1971 in Denver, Colorado to Norbert "Chuck" Haas and Geraldine "Jean" (Graff) Haas. He graduated from Bear Creek High School in Littleton, Colorado and then moved with his parents to San Diego, California where he attended the University of...
Linus Miller
Dec 19, 2012
Linus Jacob Miller, age 87, of Hays passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Cypress Springs Alzheimers Care Center in Wichita. He was born July 22, 1925 in Hays, KS. to A.R. and Seraphine (Ruder) Miller. He graduated from Hays High in 1944. He married Laurinda Pfannestiel January 31, 1951 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Linus was a...
Ruth Templeton
Dec 10, 2012
Ruth Helen Templeton, age 75, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born June 8, 1937 in Omaha, NE. to John F. and Nora (Bischoff) Streng. She attended Beatrice, NE. Public Schools and Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. She married Robert "Bob" Templeton on December 25, 1956 in Beatrice, NE. Ruth was employed...
Donald Walters
Dec 10, 2012
Donald J. Walters, age 81, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was raised by Jacob and Anna (Arnold) Walters. He married Mary Lou Armbruster in Ellis, Kansas on November 20, 1955. He is a retired M/Sgt. Of the United States Air force, having served in Germany and Vienna, Austria during the four powers...
Michael Weigel
Dec 5, 2012
Michael Lee Weigel, age 54, of Pfeifer, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at his home. He was born March 26, 1958 in Hays, Kansas to Robert L. and Anna Marie (Schmidt) Weigel. He graduated from TMP-Marian High School in 1976. He was a US Navy veteran. He worked at Larned State Hospital in patient care. He was an avid...
Vernon Baier
Dec 4, 2012
Vernon J. Baier, age 90, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born April 11, 1922 in Hays, KS. to John W. and Anna V. (Wiesner) Baier. He graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy in 1940. He married Irene Schmidt on January 10, 1943. She preceded him in death in October...
Marie Karlin
Dec 2, 2012
Marie Mildred Karlin,91, Hays, died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Hays Good Samaritan Center. She was born November 10, 1921 to Jerome and Clara (Degenhardt) Hartman and was a 1939 graduate of Girls Catholic High School. Marie married Irvin Karlin on February 22, 1944. She and Irv celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary two months before Irvs death in April of...
Walter "Chuck" Ross
Nov 30, 2012
Walter Charles "Chuck" Ross, age 65, of Hays, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 1, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to Walter C. and Philomena (Fisher) Ross. He graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy in 1965 and from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelors in Business. He married Deborah J. Flagler on...
Michael Kinderknecht
Nov 28, 2012
Michael Albert Anthony Kinderknecht, age 49, of Victoria, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in Hays. He was born September 12, 1963 in Hays to Donald and Virginia (Legleiter) Kinderknecht. He married Roberta Dawn Foster on October 15, 2005 in WaKeeney. He was a laborer at Cross Manufacturing of Hays and had been a pumper in the oilfields. He enjoyed...
Rose Ann Sipes
Nov 27, 2012
Rose Ann (Werth) Sipes, age 75, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born May 3, 1937 in rural Schoenchen, Kansas to August and Dorothy (Werth) Werth. She graduated from Schoenchen High School in 1955. Rose Ann works at Adronics of Hays as a assembly line worker. She was a...
Shane Gottschalk
Nov 19, 2012
Shane Paul Gottschalk, age 21, of Hays, passed away Monday, November 19th at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born February 25, 1991, in Hays, Kansas, to Gregg and Patricia (Wooster) Gottschalk. Shane graduated from TMP-Marian in 2009 and was attending college at Fort Hays State University. He was a very active person working for Wagoner...
Blake Mcguire
Nov 16, 2012
Blake McGuire, age 61 of Garnett, KS, formally of Hays, KS, passed away November 16, 2012 in Garnett. He was born on Aug 10, 1951 in Hays, KS, to Inez McGuire and Jim McGuire. Blake graduated high school from Hays High in 1969, and college from Fort Hays State University in 1974 where he was a member the Delta Sigma...
Pat Rigby
Nov 15, 2012
Kenneth Leroy "Pat" Rigby, age 87, of Hays passed away Thursday, November 15, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 30, 1925 in Waldo, Kansas to Harry and Lydia "Merle" (Bealby) Rigby. He married Margaret "Paula" Walter September 29, 1973 in Hays, Kansas. She preceded him in death February 11, 2012. Pat spent his working career in the...
William Ocamb
Nov 14, 2012
William Edward Ocamb, age 79, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born May 19, 1933 in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Leonard and Margaret "Irene" (Ccristensen) Ocamb. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1951 and a veteran of the US Navy serving in Korea. He worked as a printer for Hydro...
Myrn Newell
Nov 10, 2012
Mary Alice "Myrn" Newell, age 58, of Hays, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2012 at her home. She was born January 6, 1954 in Hays, Kansas to Eloise J. "Frenchie" and Frances (Goetz) Newell. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. She is survived by her father, E.J. Newell and a sister, Joan Palmer and husband...