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Laura (Southard) Mcgowan
Jul 27, 2018
Laura Charlotte (Southard) McGowan passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 94. She was born on March 18, 1924 on the family farm in Rooks County, Kansas to the late Alfred James “A.J.” and Maude (Senior) Southard. She grew up in Rooks County and graduated from Stockton...
Lyle "Shorty" Emery
Jul 26, 2018
Lyle Dean “Shorty” Emery passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 85. He was born on February 20, 1933 in Lebanon, Kansas to the late Frank and Levona (Manchester) Emery. He grew up in the Smith County, Kansas area and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class...
James "Kelley" Wigginton
Jul 20, 2018
James “Kelley” Wigginton passed away at the Sheridan County Health Complex, Friday, July 20, 2018 at the age of 61. Kelley was born to James Willis and Arlene Lorraine (Mosier) Wigginton on December 6, 1956 in Colby, Kansas. He attended the Hoxie Schools graduating with the Hoxie High School Class of 1975. After graduating from high school Kelley attended...
Evelyn Sue Pywell
Jul 20, 2018
Evelyn Sue Pywell, 72, passed away Friday, July 20, 2018. Born November 6, 1945, the daughter of Albert (Bud) Corwin and Mary Bos. She is survived by husband Roy, McPherson; sons Mark and wife Sally of Burdett, Brad and wife Mary of Lindsborg; daughter Joy Edghill and husband Darre, Murfreesboro, TN; grandsons, Lane Pywell, Chase and Corbin Pywell, Malachi...
Patricia A. Wyka
Jul 19, 2018
Patricia Ann Wyka (Cowan) passed away in Plainville, KS on July 19, 2018 at the age of 74. She was born November 5, 1943 in Lucas, KS to Nathaniel and Opal Cowan. Patricia was a 1961 graduate of Russell High School and had a Masters Degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas. She was employed by the Colorado...
Wilma Mavis (Hance) Johnston
Jul 16, 2018
Wilma Mavis (Hance) Jonhston passed away July 16, 2018 at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas. Wilma was born on July 17, 1925 to Charles and Opal (Henderson) Hance on their farm in Rooks County, Kansas near Stockton. She graduated from Webster High School in May 1943, went on to receive her teacher’s license, and taught one term...
Garry Wayne Endsley
Jul 15, 2018
Garry W. Endsley passed away Sunday, July 15, 2018, at the Salina Regional Health Center at the age of 60. He was born in Kansas City, MO on April 12, 1958 to William Endsley and Karole Jean (Simmons) Hancock. On August 7, 1999 he married Tammy Whitmer at the Wilson United Methodist Church. Garry attended school in Jewell, Kansas...
Melanie Ann Nelson
Jul 15, 2018
Melanie Ann Nelson passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2018, at her home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 57. She was born March 11, 1961 in Leominster, Massachusetts to Donald and Mary Ann (Moeder) Fisher. She attended Fort Hays State University earning a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice. She married Brian Nelson on April 26, 1980. They...
Melva M. Kaufman-Boxberger
Jul 13, 2018
Melva Marie Kaufman Boxberger, age 92, died Friday, July 13, 2018. She was born on the family farm, southwest of Wilson in Russell County, Kansas to Carl & Minnie (Borrell) Heinze on April 4, 1926 during a snow storm on Easter Sunday. She was brought to the house of God on May 2, 1926 for baptism at the Immanuel...
Lavona M. Murphy
Jul 13, 2018
LaVona Murphy, 84, passed away suddenly July 13, 2018 in Hill City, Kansas. LaVona was born February 21, 1934 in Dighton, Kansas to Pete and May (McClelland) Eitel. She was the baby of the Eitel family. She attended school in Dighton and graduated from Dighton High School in 1952. Out of high school LaVona wanted to be an airline...
Teresa Jane Madden
Jul 12, 2018
Teresa Jane Madden was born September 6, 1956 to Eugene and Phyllis (Kobler) Madden. She was delivered by her uncle, Dr. Carl Kobler at the Graham County Hospital in Hill City, Kansas. She passed away July 12, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 61. Teresa had a special zest for life and enjoyed many activities. She participated...
Steven Edward Kingsbury
Jul 10, 2018
Steven Edward Kingsbury passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 35. He was born on October 12, 1982 in Russell, Kansas to Duane and Karla (Brown) Kingsbury. He grew up in the Wilson, Kansas area and graduated from Wilson High School with the Class...
Vivian Ann Herrmann
Jul 9, 2018
Vivian Ann (Long) Herrmann was born December 21, 1937 in her grandparents’ home in Union Township, Sheridan County, Kansas to John and Ura (Launchbaugh) Long. She attended one-room school in Waverly, Kansas and then earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Education from Emporia State University. She married her husband of 47 years, John Herrmann, on December 27, 1958....
Johnny L. Lawrence
Jul 9, 2018
Johnny Lemual Lawrence passed away on Monday, July 9, 2018 at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell, Kansas at the age of 86. He was born on April 19, 1932 in Ellsworth, Kansas to the late John and Mary (Batthauer) Lawrence. Eighteen months later, after his mother died in childbirth, he and his older brother George went to live with...
Virginia Delores (Zodrow) Feldt
Jul 7, 2018
Virginia Delores (Zodrow) Feldt passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska, Saturday, July 7, 2018 at the age of 57. She was born to Seraphine and Florence (Kruse) Zodrow on July 2, 1961 in Hoxie, Kansas. Virginia was the third youngest of eleven children. She grew up in Leoville, Kansas and attended Leoville Grade School and Hoxie High...
Stan S. Gallagher
Jul 6, 2018
Stanley S. Gallagher, 69, went to be with the Lord on July 6, 2018. He passed away at the Sheridan County Health Complex surrounded by two of his sisters. Stan was born in Hoxie, Kansas on February 7, 1949. He was the son of Frank and Joyce (Jacob) Gallagher and the father of Samuel and Sigrid Gallagher. Stan attended...
Eldon Warren Billips
Jul 2, 2018
Eldon Billips was born May 8, 1930 to Oren and Opal (Stone) Billips on the family farm in Graham County, Kansas. He died peacefully surrounded by loved ones at home on the family farm on July 2, 2018. He was 88 years old. Eldon went to Spring Creek School for his first eight years of his education. He graduated...
Ada Mae Stebbens
Jul 1, 2018
Ada Mae Stebbens, 85, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018. She was born April 27, 1933, to Edgar Charles and Martha Melissa (Lewis) Loop. She married Donald Theodore Stebbens on Sept. 8, 1951. She is survived by two daughters: Debra Brenner (Mark), of Riverside, California., and Diane Schuck (Lenus), of Hill City; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was...
Patricia Marie Ficken
Jul 1, 2018
Patricia Marie (Brin) Knipp Ficken of rural Damar, Kansas, died Sunday, July 1, 2018, at the Graham County Hospital, Hill City, Kansas. She was 84. “Pat,’’ was born on December 21, 1933, to Mary (Morin) and Oliver Brin in Damar, Kansas. She was the eighth of their eleven children. She graduated from Damar Consolidated High School, class of 1951....
Ava June Scranton
Jun 23, 2018
Ava June Scranton, lifetime resident of Graham County Kansas, passed away June 23, 2018, at the Graham County Hospital one month before her 94th birthday. She was born in rural Graham County to the late Adelbert Downs (A.D.) and Oakie Belle (Washburn) Worcester. She married Alvin Scranton September 9, 1942. He preceded her in death July 25, 1990. Ava...
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