Obituaries

Dec 18, 2016

Delmar Jay Marston passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 91. He was born on March 15, 1925 in the family home in Plainville to the late Charles and Anna (Johnson) Marston. He grew up in Plainville and at the age of 18 was drafted into the Army during WWII....

Dec 16, 2016

William “Bill” Albert Strouse, Jr., passed away Friday, December 16, 2016, at his home in Plainville, Kansas, at the age of 86. He was born on September 19, 1930, at the family home in Garber, Oklahoma, to the late William Albert Strouse, Sr. and Florence Olive (Scott) Strouse. Growing up the child of an oilfield driller, the family moved...

Dec 15, 2016

James “Jim” Lowell Russell passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 82. He was born on July 28, 1934 in Natoma, Kansas to the late James L. and Ruth E. (Selbe) Russell. He grew up attending grade school in Natoma and graduating from Plainville High School with the...

Dec 14, 2016

Dr. John Rand Neuenschwander passed away, Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 69. He was born on August 8, 1947 in St. Louis, the oldest of five children, to Dr. John Rapp Neuenschwander and his late wife, Gloria June (Simpson) Neuenschwander . His family moved to Hoxie, Kansas in 1952...

Dec 13, 2016

Norman Art Waymaster passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehabilitation in Salina, Kansas at the age of 47. He was born on March 6, 1969 in Wilson, Kansas to Arthur Leal and Denise Awn (Chegwidden) Waymaster. He grew up in Ellsworth County graduating from Ellsworth High School with the Class of 1988. He went...

Dec 11, 2016

Viola Margie (Winters) Paulson passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 95. She was born on October 27, 1921 on the family farm west of Webster, Kansas to the late George and Rose (Folsom) Winters. She grew up in Rooks County and graduated from Webster High School with the...

Dec 10, 2016

Dorothy Jean (McGhghy) Marston passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016 in Rooks County, Kansas at the age of 90. She was born on November 24, 1926 in Plainville, Kansas to the late Thomas “Henry” and Ada Mae (Paris) McGhghy. She grew up in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 1943. On May 20, 1949...

Dec 7, 2016

Marilynn Jones passed away December 7, 2016 in Hill City, Kansas. She was born January 21, 1935, at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays, Kansas, to Fred and Eva (Welty) Miles. She lived all but two years of her life in Hill City where she attended school and graduated from Hill City Memorial High School in 1953. Marilynn attended one...

Dec 5, 2016

Lucy Cyrilla (Grady) Bolt-Gilliland passed away on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 99. She was born on September 17, 1917 in Plainville to the late John and Lucy (Weber) Grady. Having lost her 3 sisters and brother to the flu in 1919, she grew up an only child on the...

Dec 3, 2016

Wesley “Wes” R. Spillman passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at his home in Rural Sheridan County at the age of 66. He was born May 12, 1950 in Quinter, Kansas to the late Doren A. and Doris J. (Foster) Spillman. He was raised in Hoxie, Kansas and graduated from Sheridan Community High School with the Class of 1968....

Dec 1, 2016

Clara Colleen (Koppes) Burroughs passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 68. She was born on September 4, 1948 in San Mateo, California to Nicholas “Nick” and Veda (Bane) Koppes. After graduating from Miami Coral Park High School in Miami, Florida, she went on to graduate from Kansas...

Dec 1, 2016

Errol Lynn Bell, 70, passed away December 1, 2016, at his home in Hill City, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born October 23, 1946 in Hill City, Kansas, the only child of William and Violet (Beecher) Bell. Growing up in Hill City, he attended the local schools and graduated from Hill City High School in the...

Nov 26, 2016

Edith “Kay” Catherine (Williams) Eggleston passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at her home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 94. She was born on May 17, 1922 in Plainville to the late Edward and Edith (McClay) Williams. She grew up in the Plainville area and graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 1940. She...

Nov 23, 2016

Ronald “Ron” Wayne Gilliland passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at his home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 80. He was born on January 6, 1936 on the farm in Rooks County north of Zurich, Kansas to the late Harold “Ike” and Estella “Stella” (Bane) Gilliland. He graduated high school, went on to attend Fort Hays...

Nov 22, 2016

Charley C. Minium, 85, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2016 surrounded by family and friends. He was born at the rural family home north of Morland, Kansas July 12, 1931. He was the fourth of six children born to Lynn and Verna (Waggoner) Minium. The Minium children attended Rural Grand View Country School through the eighth grade. Following...

Nov 22, 2016

Donald W. Stinemetz, 68, passed away surrounded by his loving family, November 22, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. Born and raised on a farm near Hill City, Kansas, Don was a fun-loving, kind-hearted man that never had an enemy until he was diagnosed with cancer in September 2014. Despite the battle, Don found joy in his circumstance, having quality family...

Nov 20, 2016

Gerald" Dee" Lewis was born to Glen A. and Reta T. Sewell Lewis on February 23, 1924 on a farm northeast of Hoxie, Kansas, and parted this Life November 20, 2016 at the age of 92. He received his education in rural school District 44, and graduated from Sheridan Community High School with the class of 1942. He was...

Nov 20, 2016

Carol Ann (Mowry) Stephens passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at her home in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 81. She was born April 24, 1935 in rural Sheridan County, Kansas to the late Eugene and Pearl (Kreft) Mowry. Raised with four brothers and one sister, she attended Tasco Elementary School and graduated from Sheridan Community High...

Nov 18, 2016

Nov 15, 2016

Joyce Ann (Benoit) Gosselin, 69, died at her home Tuesday evening, November 15, 2016, surrounded by her family. Joyce was the third oldest of eight children. She was born to Bernard and Marie (Brown) Benoit on the family farm south of Damar, Kansas, July 11, 1947. Joyce attended grade school and graduated from Damar High School. On July 29,...