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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Ruth Elaine Dobson
Aug 14, 2017
Ruth E. Dobson, 78, Hill City, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 14 at her home in Hill City, Kansas. Ruth was born June 23, 1939 in Nicodemus, Kansas, the daughter of Earl A. and Bernice M. (Cannon) Jones. She spent her childhood in Kansas. She attended Fairview Elementary School; junior high school at rural Harland School southwest of Bogue,...
Millie Louise Christopher
Aug 13, 2017
Millie Louise Christopher, 85, died August 13, 2017 in Hill City, Kansas. Complete obituary to follow.
Eliza Rose Fink
Aug 12, 2017
Eliza Rose Fink was born, and passed away peacefully with her mother, on August 12, 2017 at 2:02am. Eliza was the daughter of Arkala Monique Cullens. She is survived by her mother and two siblings, brother Trey Fink and sister Skylar Cullens all of the home in Wilson; grandparents Malia Rich of Wilson, and Michael Fink of Moscow; and...
Jeanette I. Williams
Aug 11, 2017
Jeanette Williams was born April 2, 1949 in Hill City, Kansas to Max and Irene Daily. She grew up with her siblings: Maxine, Jim, Bill and Gary. She attended Hill City Grade School and graduated from Hill City High School in the Class of 1967. That summer she attended beauty school in Kansas City and worked there until she...
