Obituaries

Sep 24, 2016

Nels William Belleau, 88, Hill City, Kansas, passed away September 24, 2016 in Hill City, Kansas. Nels was born October 22, 1927 in Damar, Kansas, to William Joseph and Marilda (Brin) Belleau. Nels grew up in Bogue and attended Bogue schools. He was a high school graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy in Hays, Kansas. He served two years...

Sep 23, 2016

Marie Celine “Tiny” (Carrier) Albers passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell, Kansas at the age of 87. She was born on December 6, 1928 in Cloquet, Minnesota to the late Dennis and Marcella (Shanda) Carrier. She graduated from Cloquet High School and on April 12, 1947 she was united in marriage to Roy...

Sep 19, 2016

Kathryn Mae (Garvert) Creevan passed away Monday, September 19, 2016 at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born August 2, 1930 on the family farm near the Saline River, south of Plainville, to the late George and Lenora (Meyers) Garvert. While growing up in Rooks County, she worked to clean houses,...

Sep 14, 2016

Sep 5, 2016

Raymond James Mattas passed away Monday, September 5, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Wilson, Kansas at the age of 83. He was born on January 9, 1933 in Wilson to the late Anton Albert and Matilda Agnes (Soukup) Mattas. He grew up in the Wilson area before living with and making new friends at Developmental Services of Northwest...

Sep 5, 2016

Norman Rex Gallentine passed away Monday, September 5, 2016 at his home in Oberlin, Kansas at the age of 89. He was born on October 2, 1926 on the family farm near Clayton, Kansas to the late John and Zoe (Goodman) Gallentine. He grew up in the Clayton area and graduated from Clayton High School with the Class of...

Sep 4, 2016

Edna Burkhead passed away on September 4, 2016 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 88. She was born on November 25, 1927 on a farm south of Wilson, Kansas to the late Frank and Josephine (Malir) Zelenka. She graduated from Wilson High School with the Class of 1947. ON November 25, 1947 she...

Sep 3, 2016

Lloyd Arnold Wente of Hennessy, Oklahoma passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2016 in Hennessey, Oklahoma surrounded by his wife and daughters. He was born on September 7, 1934 in Rural Sheridan County, Kansas to Rudolph and Bertie (Brown) Wente. He attended school at Lucerne, Kansas. He married Vergie Wennihan in 1953. To this union four children were born,...

Sep 3, 2016

Marjorie Lee Bice passed away Saturday, September 3, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 87. She was born in Woods County, Oklahoma to the late Herman and Olive Hester (Godden) Wiebe. She attended school in Alva, Oklahoma and graduated from Alva High School. On November 22, 1970 she was united in marriage to...

Sep 3, 2016

Bobby Tain Morris was born January 6, 1958, to Charles and Karen Morris of rural Graham County, Kansas. He departed this life September 3, 2016 in rural Norton County, Kansas. Bobby graduated from Hill City High School in football and track and was an avid wrestler. He attended Dodge City Community College where he was a member of the...

Aug 27, 2016

Laurence LeRoy Hull went to be with his Lord on August 27, 2016, at his home in Woodston, Kansas at the age 91. He was born on January 19, 1925 to the late Downer and Elsie (Thomas) Hull on the family farm just northeast of Woodston. He attended his first seven years of grade school at the Spring Branch...

Aug 27, 2016

Wilma Artille (Breckenridge) Bartholomew passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Kenwood View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Salina, Kansas due to complications from ovarian cancer, which she had fought for almost a year, at the age of 96. She was born on December 30, 1919 on the family farm southwest of Woodston, Kansas to the late Gorden and...

Aug 26, 2016

Christian Carl Gaede passed away on Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Gove County Medical Center LTC in Quinter, Kansas at the age of 87 years and 9 days. He was born on August 17, 1929 in Hoxie, Kansas, to the late Christian “Chris” E. and Amanda M. (Brandhorst) Gaede. Carl was welcomed into the family of God by...

Aug 24, 2016

Nova V. (Aumiller) Mader passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Citizen Medical Center in Colby, Kansas at the age of 80. She was born on March 23, 1936 to the late Glenn and Margorie (Batchelor) Aumiller in Selden, Kansas. She attended school in Selden and on October 6, 1956 she was united in marriage to Sylvanes Mader...

Aug 22, 2016

Larry Dee Rowlison, Sr. passed away Monday, August 22, 2016 at the age of 68, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 24, 1947 to the late Theodore and Bessie (Jones) Rowlison in Hoxie, Kansas. He was united in marriage to his first love, Marilyn VanVleet, on August 23, 1968 at the Hoxie United Methodist Church. They...

Aug 21, 2016

Bonnie Jean (Hiser) Bain passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at the Green Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Arlington, Texas at the age of 78. She was born on February 28, 1938 in Hominy, Oklahoma to the late Grady and Bessie (Smith) Hiser. She graduated from high school in 1956 and on October 10, 1959 she was united...

Aug 21, 2016

Gail Leon McComb passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 87. He was born on November 12, 1928 in the home of his late parents, Leon and Florence (Proeger) McComb, in Stockton, Kansas. Growing up during the Great Depression, in 1934 the family moved to the McComb...

Aug 20, 2016

Alexander “Alex” Joseph Schwarzenberger, Jr. passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 99. He was born on June 27, 1917 to the late Alexander, Sr. and Walburga (Ziegler) Schwarzenberger in Gove County, Kansas. After serving in the United States Navy during WWII, and being honorably discharged in...

Aug 19, 2016

James “Jim” Leroy Wheatley passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 81. He was born on May 4, 1935 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Raised by his parents, James Albert and Alice (Mulvey) Wheatley, in the greater Oklahoma City area, Jim received a Bachelor of Arts degree in...

Aug 16, 2016

Barbara Ruth (Wright) Gartrell Clark passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 83. She was born on July 7, 1933 in Stockton to the late Irvin Day and Lula Ruth (Jennings) Wright. She graduated from Stockton High School with the Class of 1950 and attended Kansas State College...