Albert K. Stillman
Feb 19, 2016
Albert K. Stillman, 79, Hoxie, died February 19, 2016, in Hoxie. He was born November 27, 1936, in rural Sheridan County to William Albert and Marie (Gaede) Stillman. He was initiated into Immanuel Lutheran Church by Baptism December 6, 1936 and reaffirmed his faith in confirmation, April 2, 1950. As a child, Albert attended first through sixth grade at...
Bill Jon Hoeting
Feb 18, 2016
Bill Jon Hoeting, Sr. passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 at his home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 64. He was born on December 29, 1951 in Larned. After graduating from high school he went on to attend Colby Community College for two years. Bill lived in several different communities but always stayed busy working in construction...
Kenneth L. "Ken" Culver
Feb 18, 2016
Kenneth "Ken" Lee Culver, Olathe, Kansas died February 18, 2016 at Evergreen Community of Johnson County at 84 years old. Ken was born on September 12, 1931 in Yates Center, Kansas. He was the 3rd son of Lesslie Charles Culver and Clara Mae (Burkey) Culver. He graduated from the Kansas School for the Deaf in 1949. His training at...
Kay E. Casner
Feb 17, 2016
Kay E. (Pekarek) Casner passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at the Rooks County Health center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 72. She was born on December 8, 1943 in Herington, Kansas to the late Gordon and Florine (Schlegel) Pekarek. As a child she grew up and attended school in Ellis, Claflin, Byers, and Offerle, Kansas before...
Linda Kay Kern
Feb 15, 2016
Linda Kay Kern passed away Monday morning, February 15, 2016 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 66. She was born to Charles and Nellie (Lafferty) Kern on April 2, 1949 in Stockton, Kansas. She attended local schools and graduated from Stockton High School with the Class of 1967. She went on to attend Fort...
Marilyn Jean Dunning
Feb 9, 2016
Marilyn Dunning passed away Tuesday morning, February 9, 2016 at the Redbud Village Nursing Home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 79. She was born May 14, 1936 in Stockton, Kansas to the late Jesse and Ina (Livingston) Hunter. After graduating from Stockton High School in May of 1954, she married the love of her life Duane Dunning...
Marjorie J. Conn
Feb 7, 2016
Marjorie J. Conn passed away Sunday morning, February 7, 2016 at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 94. She was born November 1, 1921 in Hays, Kansas to the late Everett and Ollie (Wasson) Yoxall. On November 27, 1941 she was united in marriage to Glenn Conn at her parent’s home on Medicine Creek...
Avalon Melton
Feb 5, 2016
Avalon Ruth, older daughter of J.A. (Joe) and Edna (Artman) Bonebrake, was born July 10, 1924, in what is believed to be the first stone house built in Ash Rock Township, Rooks County, Kansas. From there they moved to the Hale Place, and then around 1940 moved to the Vanderlip Place, all in Ash Rock Township. Avalon’s first through...
Amy M. Russell
Feb 3, 2016
Amy Michaele (Cairns) Russell passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 45. She was born on February 26, 1970 in Hays, Kansas to Jim and Gloria (Stremel) Cairns. She graduated from Bazine High School in Bazine, Kansas with the Class of 1988. She was united in marriage...
Beryle I. Janousek-Adams
Jan 30, 2016
Beryle Irene (Supple) Adams was born May 9, 1919 to William W. and Sadie (Bulmer) Supple. She grew up on a farm northwest of Michigan Valley, Kansas. She remembers very well the depression and Dust Bowl day in the 1930’s. Times were tough during the depression so Beryle didn’t get to go to college. She graduated grade school in...
Imogene Phyllis Thayer
Jan 30, 2016
Imogene Phyllis (Bird) Thayer passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Rooks County Health Center, Plainville, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born December 4, 1929 in Hill City, Kansas to the late Basil and Susan (Howell) Bird. She grew up in the Bogue/Stockton/Woodston area along with 6 brothers and sisters and graduated from Woodston High School...
June Mayhew
Jan 24, 2016
Olive “June” Mayhew, a lifelong resident of Rooks County, Kansas, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 102 years old. She was born to Ernest and Lillie Blanche (Allstot) Darland in Codell, Kansas on June 2, 1913. During her...
Osythe Marie Wallert
Jan 23, 2016
Osythe M. (Kuck) Wallert passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Great Bend Health & Rehabilitation in Great Bend, Kansas at the age of 91. She was born November 20, 1924 to Henry and Ruth (Viglini) Kuck in Wilson, Kansas. Osythe attended school in Wilson and graduated from Wilson High School. Shortly after graduation she was united in marriage...
Amy L. Kingsbury
Jan 18, 2016
Amy L. Kingsbury, 36, of Wilson, Kansas passed away January 18, 2016 at her home in Wilson. She was born August 25, 1979 in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Gary and Dodie (Slagel) Sanders. She grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas then later moved to Wilson and graduated from Wilson High School in 1997. After high school, she focused her...
Gladys E. Northup
Jan 15, 2016
Gladys Northup passed away Friday, January 15, 2016, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 90. Gladys was born May 9, 1925 in Graham County, Kansas to Samuel and Grace Iva (Hebert) Davis. She attended Webster School and the Assembly of God Church in Webster, Kansas where she was baptized in the Solomon...
Clara Agnes Lerock
Jan 14, 2016
Lifelong Rooks County resident, Clara LeRock passed away January 14, 2016 at Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 93 and 12 days. Clara was born January 2, 1923 to J.J. and Rose (Ruzicka) Hrabe on their family farm. On October 30, 1940 she married Garth LeRock in Hays, Kansas and they made their home...
Terry Lynn King
Jan 13, 2016
Terry Lynn King passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 56. He was born on April 12, 1959 in Plainville, Kansas to the late Caroline Peggy King. He grew up attending school in Alton and Osborne, Kansas. Later he went to Northwest Kansas Vocational Technical School in Goodland, Kansas...
Louanna E. Robinson
Jan 13, 2016
Louanna Ellis Robinson, 85, passed away in Salina, Kansas on January 13, 2016, following a short illness. She was the fourth child to Clyde and Charlotta (Piepmeier) Ellis and was born on the family farm south of Appleton City, Missouri on August 1, 1930. She attended Appleton City Schools first through 12th grade. She met her future husband, Marlin...
Edna Lee Taylor
Jan 13, 2016
Edna Lee (Reed) Taylor passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, surrounded by three generations of family, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas, at the age of 94. She was born on November 10, 1921 in Stockton, Kansas to the late Willis D. and Winnie May (Anderson) Reed. She grew up in Rooks County, Kansas and graduated...
Wilbur "Dee" Sammons
Jan 10, 2016
Wilbur Dee Sammons, 88, passed away peacefully Sunday, January 10, 2016 at his home in Kansas City Kansas. He was born December 1, 1927 in Webster, Kansas to Vernon and Agnes (Biery) Sammons. He grew up on a farm, graduated high school in Stockton Kansas and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Dee spent 42 years...
