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...
Haley Elizabeth Weinhold
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...
Marilyn Joan Morrissey
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....
Dennis Stites
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...
Gary Lynn Sanders
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...
Debra Ann Armbruster
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...
Ronald Duane Wise
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...
Shirley Mae Schindler Breeden
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...
Albert Rohleder
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...
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Leikam
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....
Nathan Bryan Elliott
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...
Timothy Charles Fry
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...
