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Katherine "Kate" Brown

Katherine "Kate" Brown

Oct 12, 2017

Katherine “Kate” Brown passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas at the age of 71. She was born on November 2, 1945 on the family farm in Russell County, Kansas to the late Henry and Isabelle (Peil) Galliart. She grew up in the Dorrance, Kansas area, graduating from Dorrance High School with...

Velma Mae Siefers

Velma Mae Siefers

Oct 7, 2017

Velma Mae (Kaufman) Siefers passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017 in Manhattan, Kansas at the age of 90. She was born on July 5, 1927 in rural Russell County, Kansas to the late George and Eva (Whitmer) Kaufman. She grew up in the Dorrance, Kansas area and graduated from Dorrance High School with the Class of 1945, then...

Edgar "Bob'" Bobby Cheek

Edgar "Bob'" Bobby Cheek

Oct 7, 2017

Edgar Bobby “Bob” Cheek passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 77. He was born on July 2, 1940 at the family home in Ewing, Virginia to the late Lee Roy and Hazel (Hatfield) Cheek. He grew up in the Ewing area and was a graduate of Thomas Walker...

Terry Maddox

Terry Maddox

Oct 4, 2017

Terrance “Terry” Nova Maddox passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at his home in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 70. He was born on April 27, 1947 in Stockton to the late Nova and Jerol (McQueen) Maddox. He grew up in the Stockton area and in 1968 joined the United States Army. After serving the Army he...

Juanita H. Spore

Juanita H. Spore

Oct 4, 2017

Juanita Helen (Pittman) Spore passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 90. She was born on January 17, 1927 in Toombs County, Georgia to the late William Leonard and Eva Mae (Driggers) Pittman. She grew up in the Toombs County area and attended country school. On July 23, 1966...

Betty Jean Elliott

Betty Jean Elliott

Sep 29, 2017

Betty Jean (Parker) Eliott, age 86, passed away September 29, 2017, at Dawson Place in Hill City, Kansas. She was born October 25, 1930, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Bryan B. and Rubey (Price) Parker. The family later returned to Hill City where they spent the majority of her early years. She had many happy memories spending time...

Edis "Pat" Arlene (Marcotte) Weeks

Edis "Pat" Arlene (Marcotte) Weeks

Sep 28, 2017

Edis “Pat” Arlene (Marcotte) Weeks of Hoxie, Kansas passed away Thursday, September 28, 2017 at the Salina Regional Health Center, at the age of 80. She was born on April 20, 1937 in Rural Gove County on a farm south of Winona, Kansas, to the late Benjamin T. and Edna (Meyer) Marcotte. Pat attended school in Winona graduating from...

Errol Lynn Conn

Errol Lynn Conn

Sep 22, 2017

Errol Lynn Conn, 75, passed away September 22, 2017, in Hill City, Kansas. Errol was born September 19, 1942 at home in Bogue, Kansas to Virgil and Genevieve (Fitch) Conn. Errol grew up in Bogue and graduated from Bogue High School in 1960. August 19, 1961 he married Cindy Desbien in Hill City. To this union were born four...

Doris Crippen

Doris Crippen

Sep 17, 2017

Doris Crippen, long-time resident of Hill City, Kansas, passed away peacefully September 17, 2017, at Evergreen Care Center in Owasso, Oklahoma, at the age of 87. She was born January 27, 1930, in Hays, Kansas, to the late Jess and Theresa (Feit) Binder. Doris grew up in Hays and later married Donald E. Crippen, July 15, 1951. They were...

Ietta Mae (Hrabe) Wise

Ietta Mae (Hrabe) Wise

Sep 9, 2017

Ietta Mae (Hrabe) Wise passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Graham County Hospital in Hill City, Kansas at the age of 89. She was born on September 29, 1927 in Twin Mounds area, rural Rooks County, Kansas to the late James and Goldie (Ives) Hrabe. She grew up in Rooks County and graduated from Plainville High...

Alonzo Gillan Alexander Iii

Alonzo Gillan Alexander Iii

Sep 8, 2017

Alonzo Gillan Alexander III, 60, of Nicodemus died September 8, 2017 at the Salina Regional Medical Center in Salina, Kansas. Alonzo was born April 26, 1957 in Hill City to Alonzo Gillan and Lois Ruth (Moman) Alexander II. He was never married. Alonzo was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his sister Sharyn Dowdell, Nicodemus,...

Violet Irene Walker

Violet Irene Walker

Sep 7, 2017

Surrounded by her family, Violet Irene Walker, 92, passed away September 7, 2017, at the Golden Age Living Home in Cheney, Kansas. Violet, although she was known as Irene, was born to William and Essie (Spidle) Lively March 17, 1925, on the family farm in Rural Graham County, Kansas. She was raised on that farm with six brothers: William...

Kenneth L. Mccoy

Kenneth L. Mccoy

Sep 5, 2017

Kenneth LaVern McCoy passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas at the age of 81. He was born on September 6, 1935 on the family farm in Graham County, Kansas to the late Johnie and Matilda “Tillie” (Tegtmeyer) McCoy. He grew up and attended school in WaKeeney. On October...

Linda K. (Zahradnik) Janda

Linda K. (Zahradnik) Janda

Sep 1, 2017

Linda Kay (Zahradnik) Janda passed away on Friday, September 1, 2017 at her home in McPherson, Kansas at the age of 69. She was born on August 5, 1948 in Ellsworth, Kansas to the late Charles and Ethel (Steiner) Zahradnik. She grew up in the Kanopolis, Kansas area and graduated from Kanopolis High School with the Class of 1966....

Matthew W. Fox

Matthew W. Fox

Aug 30, 2017

Matthew Wayne Fox passed away on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at Hospice and Homecare of Reno County in Hutchinson, Kansas at the age of 54. He was born on October 22, 1962 in Larned, Kansas to Melvin and Barbara (Hammond) Fox. He was united in marriage to Kim (Scott) Fox on April 20, 1996 in Claflin, Kansas. They later...

Orville Francis Richmeier

Orville Francis Richmeier

Aug 23, 2017

Orville F. Richmeier, 80, Norton, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at the Andbe Home in Norton. He was born March 26, 1937 in Hill City, Kansas to George and Josephine (Appelhans) Richmeier. He married Nettie Deibert on April 4, 1959 in Hoxie. They later divorced. Orville was a long time employee of the Co-op Association in Studley,...

Betty Eileen Winters

Betty Eileen Winters

Aug 22, 2017

Elizabeth Eileen “Betty” (Lala) Winters was born February 26, 1933, near Woodston, Kansas, to Bert and Dorothy (Huff) Lala. She passed away August 22, 2017, in Hill City, Kansas. Betty attended grade school at Ash Rock north of Woodston and graduated from Woodston High School in 1951. She married Jule Winters on December 13, 1952, in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Their...

Pearlena Oetna Moore

Pearlena Oetna Moore

Aug 20, 2017

Pearlena Oetna Napue–Moore was born February 20, 1929, in Nicodemus, Kansas. She was the daughter of Oetna Margaret Napue and Lloyd Loveture Wellington. Due to her mother’s untimely death when Pearlena was six months old, she was raised by her grandparents Charles and Elizabeth Rigsby-Williams in Nicodemus. She was also raised with her aunties/sisters: Theresa Robinson, Ernestine VanDuVall, Alberta...

Billy Max Garrison

Billy Max Garrison

Aug 18, 2017

Billie Max Garrison 79, of Hill City, Kansas died August 18, 2017 in Hill City. He was the son of the late Alonza Warren and Blanche Irene Trefethen. He is survived by daughters: Kimberly (LeRoy) Rohr of LaCrosse, Debbie Garrison of Hill City and step-daughter, Kelley (Kerry) Jones of Hill City; sons: Mike Garrison of Hill City, Scott Garrison...

Katherine "Katie" A. Miller

Katherine "Katie" A. Miller

Aug 15, 2017

Katherine “Katie” Alexandria Miller passed away Monday, August 15, 2017 at her home in Roeland Park, Kansas at the age of 70. She was born on August 22, 1946 in Wilson, Kansas to the late Levi and Irene (Zelenka) Miller. The second of three children, she grew up in Wilson graduating from Wilson High School with the Class of...

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