Obituaries

Dec 31, 2016

Dec 30, 2016

Hoxie, KS-Linda Kay Cook, 61, passed away. Saturday, December 30, 2016, at her home in rural Sheridan County, Kansas. Linda was born August 19, 1955 to Kenneth and Elaine (Scarecliff) Langer in Des Moines, Iowa . She attended school in Des Moines, Iowa graduating from Hoover High School. She went on to attend Colby Community College and graduated with...

Dec 23, 2016

Eugene “Gene” Neal Peterka passed away December 23, 2016 at Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, Kansas, surrounded by his family, at the age of 79. He was born August 26, 1937 on the family farm in Lincoln County, Kansas to the late Victor and Theresa (Farney) Peterka. He grew up and attended the Margaret one room school house and...

Dec 20, 2016

Sharyl Marie (Belisle) Moos, 76, passed away at Hays Medical Center, December 20, 2016. She was born in Damar, Kansas, on February 3, 1940, to Arthur and Cordelia (Brin) Belisle. Sharyl attended school in Damar, graduating from high school in 1958. She married Harry Moos on August 5, 1958, and moved to Logan, Kansas, where Harry was teaching school....

Dec 19, 2016

Jack Edward Manis, Jr. passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at Osborne Memorial Hospital after a brief two month stay at Parkview Memory care in Osborne, Kansas. He was born on October 13, 1944 in Austin, Texas to the late Jack Edward, Sr. and Clarice (Isaacks) Manis. On October 6, 1993 he was united in marriage to Caroline Walker...

Dec 19, 2016

Aaron Thomas Jamison was born to Newton and Elma Jamison in Quinter KS on May 18, 1931. He passed away at the age of 85 at his home in Lawrence, KS where he and his wife Dorothy have lived for the last three years on December 19, 2016. The Jamison family moved to Iowa shortly after Tom was born...

Dec 19, 2016

Karen Kay Goodrow Morris was born February 19, 1939 at Morland, Kansas to Carl Harold (Sonny) and Inez Ermina (McDowall) Goodrow. She departed this life December 19, 2016 at Kearney, Nebraska from injuries sustained in a fall at her home. Karen grew up around Morland with four siblings and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. She would talk about...

Dec 19, 2016

Wayne “Red” Taylor passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Sheridan County Long Term Care in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 82. He was born on March 4, 1934 in Hoxie to the late Isom and Lillian (Tyson) Taylor. On November 3, 1951 he was united in marriage to the love of his life, Ruth Elaine Hyde...

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...