Obituaries

Jun 22, 2018

Haley Elizabeth Weinhold passed away on Friday, June 22, 2018 after sustaining injuries in a car accident with her fiancé Colt William Tomlin, in Salinas County, Puerto Rico. She was born on July 1, 1993 in Salina, Kansas to Kenneth Duane Weinhold and Andrea Faye Zelenka. She graduated from Ellsworth High School with the Class of 2011. She went...

Jun 22, 2018

Marilyn Joan Morrissey passed away Friday, June 22, 2018, at her home in Dighton, KS at the age of 88. She was born in Larned, KS on October 28, 1929 to Frank and Ruth (Smith) Slayton. She married Darrell Lee Morrissey on July 24, 1949 in Ulysses, KS. They were blessed with four children: Jeff, Patrick, Michael, and Pamela....

Jun 22, 2018

Dennis Stites, 79, of Hill City, passed away Friday, June 22, 2018. He was born October 27, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ray Nelson and Thelma Ardelia (Beecher) Stites. When he was three years old the family moved to southern Graham County where he attended the Prairie Home Country School until he finished eighth grade. Then Dennis attended...

Jun 19, 2018

Services are pending.

Jun 13, 2018

Gary Lynn Sanders, 58, passed away June 13, 2018. He was born on January 31, 1960 in Hays, Kansas, son of Lucretia Cunningham and Donald Sanders, step-son of Gary B. Cunningham. He is survived by his mother; companion of the home Tammie Reed; brother Brian Sanders and wife Susan of Giltner, NE; sisters Debra Sanders of South Hutchinson, Dorothy...

Jun 9, 2018

Debra Ann Armbruster, 64, passed away June 9, 2018 in Ellis, Kansas. She was born July 14, 1953 in Dodge City, Kansas to Bill and Betty (Fritts) Eadus. She was the oldest of two daughters. She and her sister, Patty, spent their childhood in Hill City. Debby graduated from Hill City High School in 1971. She married Dale Armbruster...

Jun 7, 2018

Ronald Duane “Ron” Wise passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at his home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 68. He was born on August 6, 1949 at Hadley Memorial Hospital in Hays, Kansas to the late Donald E. and Maxine Marie (Gibson) Wise. In April 1970 he enlisted in the United States Army where he served...

Jun 5, 2018

Shirley Mae Schindler Breeden passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 82. She was born on September 5, 1935 in Damar, Kansas to the late James and Jessie (Malone) Trible. She grew up in Damar and attended local schools. She was united in marriage to Abraham “Junior” Schindler...

Jun 5, 2018

Albert Rohleder passed away peacefully in his sleep Tuesday in a local care home. He was born in Morland, Kansas and lived many years in Contra Costa County before finally settling in Benicia in 1971. Al was a veteran of the Korean War and worked as a Foreman for Pacific Gas & Electric for more than 27 years before...

Jun 5, 2018

Thomas Eugene “Tom” Leikam passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 57. He was born on December 6, 1960 in Plainville, Kansas to the late Alvin and Lucille (Schrandt) Leikam. He grew up in the Plainville area and graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 1978....

Jun 3, 2018

Nathan Bryan Elliott​ was born to Bill and Kay Elliott on January 4, 1975 in Topeka, Kansas. He was a single child for only a short time before his sisters Valery and Libby joined the Elliott family. Nate’s youth was spent in Hill City, Kansas. He graduated from Hill City High School in 1993, attended the United States Air...

May 31, 2018

Timothy Charles “Tim” Fry passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2018 after sustaining injuries from a motorcycle accident, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 63. He was born on December 16, 1954 in Leavenworth, Kansas to the late Charles and Dora (Luttrell) Fry. On October 16, 1971 he was united in marriage to Roberta...

May 28, 2018

Clara “Evelyn” (Burkepile) Walden, 90, died Monday, May 28, 2018. She was born in Burlingame, Kansas on September 17, 1927 to Dewey and Ruth (Moats) Burkepile. Evelyn was a graduate of Sheridan Community High School and attended Colorado Women’s College, Denver. On June 16, 1946, Evelyn Burkepile and Jewell N. Walden were married in the Hoxie Presbyterian Church. Together...

May 27, 2018

Ferdinand Richard Gansel was born October 2, 1928, in Hays, Kansas, to Ferdinand (Ferd) and Virginia (Sproul) Gansel. He lived in Graham County with his parents and siblings, where he grew to manhood. He was one of six children. On September 18, 1949, he and June Maurine Radcliffe eloped to Colorado to the home of his Grandmother Hutton, where...

May 27, 2018

Lodeska Marlene Lovin, 72, died peacefully on Sunday, May 27, 2018; at the Bonner Springs Nursing Center in Bonner Springs, KS. She had resided in the Kansas City area for several years to be near her sons Mikel and Kevin. Lodeska was born on April 30, 1946; and was the oldest child of the late Wilber and Lodeska (Darnell)...

May 25, 2018

Harriette M. Cronn, 89 passed away May 25, 2018. She was born in Hays, Kansas on January 27, 1929 to Harry Gottlieb and Alma Pearl (Robinson) Klenk. Harriette attended elementary school through eighth grade at Happy Hollow School in southern Graham County. She graduated from Trego Community High School in 1946. Harriette graduated from Fort Hays State College in...

May 24, 2018

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May 23, 2018

Patricia “Pat” Jane Richter, 83, of Stockton, KS, passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Arbor House Assisted Living in Midwest City, OK. Born November 14, 1934, in Follett, TX, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Vera Laubhan. Pat attended Woodward High School and completed one year at Oklahoma State University. She married Earl G....

May 20, 2018

May 19, 2018

Iola Faye (McGuire) Liester passed away Saturday, May 19, 2018, at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, Kansas. Iola was born March 16, 1933 at the family home in rural Osborne County to Kenneth and Beatrice (Brozek) McGuire. Beatrice later married Beryl Farber. Iola attended school in Osborne and graduated with the High School class of 1951. On...