Peggy Joyce (Smith) Culver
Jun 22, 2017
Peggy Joyce (Smith) Culver, Olathe, Kansas died June 22, 2017 at Evergreen Community of Johnson County at 84 years old. Celebration of Life for Peggy will be July 8, 2017 at 1:00 pm at Evergreen Community in Olathe, Kansas with Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home handling services. Peggy was born on November 6, 1932 in Hoxie, Kansas. She was the 4th...
John W. Dugan
Jun 21, 2017
John William Dugan passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 86. He was born on May 14, 1931 in Alton, Kansas to the late James R. and Florence (Forman) Dugan. He grew up in Alton, working with custom cutting crews as a young man, and graduating from Alton...
Larry Henry Wilkerson
Jun 21, 2017
Larry Henry Wilkerson passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 in Maricopa, Arizona at the age of 77. He was born on January 27, 1940 in Lorraine, Kansas to the late Earl O. and Adelaide (Hertlein) Wilkerson. On August 6, 1960 he was united in marriage to Beverly Bollig at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Plainville, Kansas. They were...
John Workman
Jun 10, 2017
Kevin “John” Workman passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 46. He was born on November 26, 1970 in Russell, Kansas to the late William D. and Alma Adalin (Roberts) Workman. He grew up in Plainville, Kansas graduating from Plainville High School with the...
Iola Mae Harrison Ruder
Jun 8, 2017
Iola Mae Harrison Ruder passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 89. She was born on August 3, 1927 in Gorham, Kansas to William “Bill” and Marie (Leinmiller) Herman. She moved to the Saline River in January of 1940 and attended Turkville School. She graduated from Plainville High School...
James "Dalton" Brown
Jun 6, 2017
James Dalton Brown was born on March 14, 1993 in Dodge City, KS to Tom Brown and Lori Cressler. To welcome him home was an older brother, Kyle Weeks. They lived in Dodge City for a few years before relocating to Salina, KS, later to Des Moines, IA. Lori and the boys returned to Hoxie, KS in 2001, where...
Helen D. Gardner
Jun 4, 2017
Helen D. Gardner passed away June 4, 2017 at the Rooks County Health Center at the age of 90. She was born September 27, 1926 to Charles R. and Valeria J. (Wilson) Dittrick in Marshfield, Missouri. The family moved to Great Bend, Kansas in 1933. Helen attended school in Great Bend and graduated from Great Bend High School in...
Gene Edwin Fountain
Jun 3, 2017
Gene Edwin Fountain passed away June 3, 2017 in Joplin, Missouri. He was born July 12, 1955 to George Cyrille and Mary Edith (Meyer) Fountain in Hill City, Kansas. Also welcoming him to the family were his older brother, Charles and his sister, Karen. Later his younger brother, Carl, was born. Gene grew up in Hill City and attended...
James R. Bates
May 30, 2017
James Rudolph Herman Bates was born April 6, 1927 to Pearl and Versella (Napue) Bates, at the old Alexander homestead two miles north and one west of Nicodemus. His twin died shortly after birth, and James was left to ‘be kept comfortable’, as he too wasn’t expected to live long. However, living long is just what he did. He...
Jean Louise (Oelke) Aumiller
May 29, 2017
Jean Louise (Oelke) Aumiller, originally of Hoxie, Kansas, passed away on May 29, 2017 at the Hays Medical Center ICU in Hays, Kansas. Jean was born on December 6, 1948, the third child of George Ludwig and Ferma Jean (Fox) Oelke on the W.A. Oelke Farm. She was baptized when she was born and became a child of God,...
Laverna M. Schulte
May 25, 2017
Laverna Margaret (Brown) Schulte, age 88, passed away May 25, 2017, at the Graham County Hospital in Hill City, Kansas. She was born August 6, 1928, on a farm south of Victoria, Kansas, the daughter of Nicholas J. and Mariann (Dreiling) Brown. Her family later moved north of Gorham, Kansas where she spent the majority of her early years....
Donald Eugene Scott
May 24, 2017
Don E. Scott was born September 25, 1946, in Norton, Kansas, to Frank and Opal (Kelley) Scott. He died May 24, 2017, after a five month battle with AML (acute myeloid leukemia). Don was the youngest of five children. His father died after being struck by lightning, three months prior to his birth. Don grew up in Hill City...
Geraldine Anderson
May 20, 2017
Geraldine (Sims) Anderson passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born on August 16, 1930 in Osage County, Oklahoma to the late Walter Jackson and Margaret Lena (Barry) Sims. On a road trip to Colorado, while passing through New Mexico, she was united in marriage...
Duane V. "Shorty" Normandin
May 20, 2017
Duane Victor “Shorty” Normandin passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 87. He was born on December 23, 1929 in Bogue, Kansas to the late Norman and Irene (Benoit) Normandin. He grew up in Damar and graduated from Damar High School with the Class of 1948. In December of...
Benjamin Francis Hunsicker
May 13, 2017
Benjamin Francis Hunsicker (“Francis”) passed away May 13, 2017 in Hill City, Kansas. He was the son of Loren and Bonnie (Blankenbaker) Hunsicker, born on December 17, 1924 on the family farm one mile east of Morland, Kansas. His brother Dale died in an accident as a toddler; his brothers Allen and Russell were raised with Francis and lived...
Allan Leroy Anderson
May 13, 2017
“Near perfect is good enough.” Dad liked to say with his dry wit, but a more perfect man would be hard to find. Allan Leroy Anderson, age 83, passed away May 13, 2017 at his rural Morland farmstead. He was born April 5, 1934 at the same rural homestead where he died, his favorite place on earth. His deep...
Lyle Leon Stephen
May 11, 2017
Leon was born on a farm eight miles north of Bogue, KS to Lyle Lone and Mary Alice (Kenyon) Stephen on September 1, 1933. He attended his first couple years of school with his sister, Betty, at the little country school across the creek. School teacher, Delena (Conyac) Kenyon lived with the Stephens. He didn’t much like school in...
Stephanie Elaine Barta
May 9, 2017
Stephanie Elaine (Grauer) Barta passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kansas at the age of 50. She was born on January 10, 1967 in Alva, Oklahoma. She grew up in Wilson, Kansas and graduated from Wilson High School with the Class of 1985. She went on to earn a license in...
Kenneth "Ken" Eugene Tucker
May 4, 2017
Kenneth Eugene “Ken” Tucker passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 89. He was born on February 12, 1928 in Courtland, Kansas to the late Lee Edger and Ada Christine (Fritizinger) Tucker. He grew up in the Courtland area and graduated from Courtland High School with the Class of...
