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Andrew James Brown
Feb 17, 2017
Andrew James Brown passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017 at his home in Hays, Kansas at the age of 27. He was born on May 13, 1989 in Hays to Kenny and Tina (Knight) Brown. He grew up in Plainville, Kansas and graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 2007. After graduation, he joined the United...
Mary Lou Long
Feb 16, 2017
Mary Louise (Ploeger) Long, 86, of Lenora, Kansas was born November 14, 1930 to John and Amelia (Graf) Ploeger. She was the first child in the family of six beautiful girls. She passed away Thursday morning, February 16, 2017, in the Norton County Hospital, surrounded by her family. Growing up in the heart of Kansas, Mary Lou lived with...
Beverly Jean Wilkerson
Feb 15, 2017
Beverly Jean (Bollig) Wilkerson passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at her home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 76. She was born on October 10, 1940 in Hays, Kansas to the late Eugene and Irene (Meyers) Bollig. She graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 1958, and on August 6, 1960 she was united in...
Ida Maybelle Gilbert
Feb 14, 2017
Ida MayBelle Keith Gilbert, 82, passed away February 14, 2017 in Ness City, Kansas. She was born to Dorwood and Mary (Fleming) Keith, November 18, 1934, Rural Morland, Kansas. She was the youngest of eight children. Ida May attended grade school in Morland, and worked at the restaurant in town. She was quite athletic, she played on the Morland...
Alfred L. Dolezal
Feb 12, 2017
Alfred LeRoy Dolezal passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society in Ellsworth, Kansas at the age of 87. He was born on October 24, 1929 in Wilson, Kansas to the late Fred and Mary (Prochaska) Dolezal. He grew up in the Wilson area and graduated from Wilson High School with the Class of 1947....
Dale Jacob Armbruster
Feb 11, 2017
Dale Jacob Armbruster, 70, passed away, Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, KS. He was born in Hays, Kansas, October 21, 1946, to the late Ernest and Nora Armbruster. Dale married Debra Ann Armbruster on February 7, 1976. There were 2 children blessed to this union, Jennifer JoAnn Armbruster and Tricia Dale (Armbruster) Flax....
Roger L. Pollard
Feb 11, 2017
Roger L. Pollard passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 70. He was born on February 24, 1946 to Charles R. and Wilma (Dixon) Pollard at their home in Coffeyville, Kansas. He graduated from Baxter Springs High School with the Class of 1964. He played...
Darlene Mae Eichman
Feb 8, 2017
Darlene Mae (Hrabe) Eichman passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at her home near Plainville, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born on May 16, 1930 in the Twin Mound community of Rooks County, Kansas to the late Leo and Sophia (Mazanek) Hrabe. After attending Stockton High School in Stockton, Kansas, she began working as a...
Larry E. Bell
Feb 6, 2017
Larry E. Bell, 75, passed away February 6, 2017, at the Graham County Hospital, in Hill City, Kansas. He was the third child born to the union of Leta Irene Chalfant and Mark Earl Bell. He was born at their home in Hill City. He attended both Grade and High School in Hill City, graduating in the Class of...
John M. Conger
Feb 5, 2017
John M. Conger passed away on Sunday, February 05, 2017 at Solomon Valley manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 100. He was born on April 11, 1916 in Stockton, Kansas to the late Aaron and Leffee (Larison) Conger. He grew up, and spent most of his life in the Woodston, Kansas area. On November 16, 1941 he...
Darrell William Allen
Feb 3, 2017
Darrell W. Allen passed away Friday, February 3, 2017, at his home in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 84. He was born in rural Sheridan County to Earl and Rose (Bachman) Allen on October 20, 1932. His family lived and farmed in the Menlo, Kansas area before moving to Elizabeth, Colorado for a year to get treatment for...
Agnes Marie Berens
Jan 31, 2017
Agnes Marie (Schwarzenberger) Berens passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 89. She was born on October 12, 1927 to the late Alex and Walburga (Ziegler) Schwarzenberger, Sr. on the family farm south of Quinter, Kansas. She graduated from Quinter High School and went on to...
Rozella M. Trapp
Jan 25, 2017
Rozella Marie (Wright) Trapp passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Rush County Memorial Hospital in La Crosse, Kansas at the age of 74. She was born in Morris County, Kansas on the Maple Ranch, to the late Leroy and Vivian (Van Middleworth) Wright. She grew up in Neodesha, Kansas and graduated from Neodesha High School with the Class...
Leota A. Bowen
Jan 22, 2017
Born: March 3, 1928 on the family farm in Perry, Kansas to Leon James "Leo" and Daisy Bryant. She graduated from Colby Community College and Los Angeles City College retiring from the Los Angeles City School District. She then graduated from Liberty University, an ordained minister and was appointed pastor of Saint Paul Methodist Church by Bishop Henry W....
Stanley E. Simpson
Jan 21, 2017
Stanley Eugene Simpson died Saturday, January 21, 2017 in the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton at the age of 91. Stanley was born January 24, 1925 in Hays, Kansas to Clarence E. and Emma A. (Riesen) Simpson. At the age of ten his mother Emma died and step-mother Verda helped his father raise him. He grew up on the...
Curtis Jake James
Jan 20, 2017
Curtis Jake James of Selden, Kansas, passed away at his home on January 20, 2017 at the age of 62. He was born in Hoxie, Kansas, November 4, 1954, to Jake Junior and Betty Nadine (Staubus) James. Curt attended Hoxie Grade School and graduated from Hoxie High School with the class of 1973. After high school, he attended Missouri...
Dean L. Wanker
Jan 19, 2017
Dean Leroy Wanker passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 62. He was born on March 24, 1954 in Hays, Kansas to the late Roy and Georgia (Ondrasek) Wanker. After graduating high school, he earned a diploma from Vocational Technical School. On July 19, 1981 he married Bonnie...
Benjamin "Ben" Mosier
Jan 17, 2017
Benjamin “Ben” Decker Mosier, 96, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care. Ben was born in Hoxie, November 5, 1920 the oldest of a family of eleven children born to Decker and Lela (Mowry) Mosier. He was named after his grandfather, Benjamin Cheever Decker. Prior to the birth of his sister,...
Mary E. Schmidtberger
Jan 15, 2017
Mary E. Schmidtberger, 82, passed away suddenly, Sunday, January 15, 2017. She was born in Victoria, Kansas, November 17, 1934. She was one of twelve children born to Pius and Anna (Sander) Leiker. Mary attended school in Victoria, Kansas, where she was a cheerleader and won awards for debate. She told the debate teacher that she would take the...
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