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Delaine "Bull" Turnbull

Delaine "Bull" Turnbull

Dec 16, 2015

Earl Delaine “Bull” Turnbull passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 82. He was born on October 26, 1933 in Rooks County, Kansas to the late Earl and Grace (Odle) Turnbull. Growing up in Rooks County, he graduated from Stockton High School with the Class of 1951. On...

Charles R. Vague

Charles R. Vague

Dec 11, 2015

Charles R. Vague, 94, of Wilson, Kansas passed away December 11, 2015 in Salina, Kansas. He was born September 13, 1921 in Wilson to Arthur and Marion (Jellison) Vague. He grew up in Wilson and graduated with the class of 1939. He went on to further his education at Salt City Business College in Hutchinson, Kansas but his plans...

Kathryn B. Whitmer

Kathryn B. Whitmer

Dec 2, 2015

Kathryn B. Whitmer, 57, of Wilson, Kansas passed away December 2, 2015 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas. She was born January 8, 1958, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ronald and Margaret (Simpson) Hook. She grew up in Kansas City and attended area schools. She was united in marriage to Nelson E. Whitmer in Kansas...

Lewis Solomon Thayer

Lewis Solomon Thayer

Dec 1, 2015

Lewis Solomon Thayer passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at the Wilson County Medical Center in Neodesha, Kansas at the age of 35. He was born on November 3, 1980 in Plainville, Kansas to Patrick and Lorna (Hahn) Thayer. He grew up in the Stockton, Kansas area and graduated from Stockton High School with the Class of 1999. Following...

William D. Minium "Bill"

William D. Minium "Bill"

Nov 28, 2015

William “Bill” D. Minium, of Quinter, Kansas, recently of Hoxie, Kansas, was born to Lee and Lucille (Transue) Minium on December 27, 1929, on the family farm in Rural Sheridan County where he spent most of his life. He died Saturday, November 28, 2015, at the Gove County Medical Center surrounded by his family. Bill attended school in Studley...

Viola E. Brown

Viola E. Brown

Nov 27, 2015

Viola Emilie (Baum) Brown passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 85. She was born on February 27, 1930 in Susank, Kansas to the late Andrew and Katherine (Schmidt) Baum. She grew up with 13 brothers and sisters and graduated from Russell High School with the Class of 1947....

Pamela Jean Waggener

Pamela Jean Waggener

Nov 24, 2015

Pamela “Pam” Jean Waggener passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care Unit in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 46. She was born on August 4, 1969 in Des Moines, Iowa to Loren and Mary (Bredthauer) Babcock. Her early childhood was spent in Wallace, North Loup and Newman Grove (all in...

Eleanora L. Wilson

Eleanora L. Wilson

Nov 20, 2015

Eleanora L. Wilson passed away Friday, November 20, 2015 at Hays medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born on April 4, 1929 in Russell, Kansas to the late Howard George and Grace (Yeagy) Meredith. She graduated from Plainville High School in Plainville, Kansas with the Class of 1947, the same year she was...

Gary T. Westhusin

Gary T. Westhusin

Nov 18, 2015

Gary T. Westhusin passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 80. He was born on June 3, 1935 in Hays, Kansas to the late Thomas J. and Josephine Lucy (Kaba) Westhusin. After graduating from high school, he went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from...

Jill Marie Merritt

Jill Marie Merritt

Nov 14, 2015

Jill Marie (Johnston) Merritt passed away Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the age of 41. She was born on August 28, 1974 in Emporia, Kansas. She graduated from Evanston High School in Evanston, Wyoming with the Class of 1992 and went on to Vocational Technical School in order to obtain an Associate’s Degree in Business. Jill was a member...

Edith Aileen Mclaughlin

Edith Aileen Mclaughlin

Nov 12, 2015

Edith Aileen (Beckley) McLaughlin passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at the Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 89. She was born on March 8, 1926 on the Old Gladys Ranch in Phillips County, Kansas as the only girl of ten siblings, to the late James Robert and Mary Elizabeth (Lawyer) Beckley. On September 20, 1942...

Norma L. Cunningham

Norma L. Cunningham

Nov 8, 2015

Norma Lee (Berschauer) Cunningham passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015 at her home in WaKeeney, Kansas at the age of 79. She was born June 25, 1936 in WaKeeney to the late William and Mollie (Deines) Berschauer. She grew up in WaKeeney and graduated from Trego Community High School. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church where...

Norma L. Cunningham

Norma L. Cunningham

Nov 8, 2015

Norma Lee (Berschauer) Cunningham passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015 at her home in WaKeeney, Kansas at the age of 79. She was born June 25, 1936 in WaKeeney to the late William and Mollie (Deines) Berschauer. She grew up in WaKeeney and graduated from Trego Community High School. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church where...

Glenda A. Post

Glenda A. Post

Oct 23, 2015

Glenda A. Post passed away October 23, 2015 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 81. She was born July 24, 1934 to Oren L. and Lola M. (Westhusin) McCune in Rooks County, Kansas. Glenda attended school in Codell and graduated from Codell Rural High School with the Class of 1952. She was united...

Sylvia S. Dlabal

Sylvia S. Dlabal

Oct 22, 2015

Sylvia S. Dlabal, 99, passed away October 22, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Wilson, Kansas. She was born April 21, 1916 to John and Mary (Svoboda) Jiricek on the family farm in Ellsworth County. She spent her childhood there and attended country school until the 8th grade. In 1933, she met and fell in love with Frank A....

Norma M. Brownlee

Norma M. Brownlee

Oct 21, 2015

Norma Brownlee passed away October 21, 2015 at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 97. She was born October 12, 1918 to Charles and Maude (Shaw) Moore at the family farm north of Cantril, Iowa. The family moved to Buffalo, Missouri in 1934 and she graduated from high school with the class of...

Dolores Emerick

Dolores Emerick

Oct 18, 2015

Dolores R. Emerick, 84, of Hoxie, Kansas passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on Sunday, October 18, 2015. She was born May 28, 1931 near St. Peter in rural Sheridan County, Kansas to Herbert and Loretta (Denning) Sanders. She attended rural grade schools including the Beehive School, and graduated from Quinter High School with the Class of...

Circea Arlene Cass

Circea Arlene Cass

Oct 17, 2015

Circea Arlene (Hite) Cass passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 101. She was born on June 20, 1914 at home, with help of a mid-wife, two and a half miles southeast of Lucerne, Kansas to Albert and Bertha (Antrobus) Hite. She had four...

Harry L. Doughty

Harry L. Doughty

Oct 17, 2015

Harry Lamont Doughty, the youngest child of Charles Roscoe and Velma Katherine (Perkins) Doughty, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Hays, Kansas at the age of 87. He was born on February 20, 1928 at Webster, Kansas. He graduated from the Webster school system in 1947. Harry and Virginia Wallis were married January...

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