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Allen Steve Rogers
Mar 12, 2015
Allen Steve Rogers passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015 at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 52. He was born on April 19, 1962 in Hays, Kansas to Merle and Barbara (Smee) Rogers. Allen grew up in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 1980. He went on to...
Tim D. Frazey
Mar 4, 2015
Remembering … Tim D. Frazey woke to life eternal on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Tim was born in Quinter, Kansas, on October 18, 1946, to Forrest and Lillian (Morgan) Frazey. Tim graduated from Hoxie High School and started to attend Fort Hays State University until he was drafted in 1965. He served his country in the United States Army....
Doren A. Spillman
Mar 1, 2015
Doren A. Spillman passed from this life on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the Sheridan County Long Term Care in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 88. He was born on November 18, 1926 near Dresden, Kansas to Ray and Merna (Batchelder) Spillman. His family lived on a farm north of Hoxie and later moved into town, where Doren...
Kayla Kay Hartwell-Morris
Feb 28, 2015
Kayla Kay Hartwell-Morris passed away February 28, 2015 in Sheridan County, Kansas at the age of 26. She was born in Colby, Kansas on February 10, 1989, to Jeffrey D. Hartwell and Kimberly Kay Pratt. Kayla graduated from Hill City High School with the class of 2007. She was united in marriage to James Morris on June 19, 2007...
Robert James Monroe
Feb 23, 2015
Robert James "Bob" Monroe, 70, passed away Thursday, February 19 at "Holiday Resorts Nursing Center" in Emporia, Kansas. Bob was born April 12, 1944 at Ellis, Kansas to Vandi and Myrtle (Reichard) Monroe. Bob's early years were spent working at "Red's Chicken House, a local favorite in Russell, when he wasn't busy at the "Sky-Vue Drive in Theater or...
Donald "Don" Amos
Feb 18, 2015
Donald Robert “Don” Amos passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 66. He was born on December 9, 1948 in Hays, Kansas to Robert Clark and Doralynn (Collins) Amos. Don grew up in Plainville, Kansas and graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 1966. He...
Kent L. Johnston
Feb 18, 2015
Remembering… Kent Leroy Johnston passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 67. He was born March 19, 1947 in Stockton, Kansas to Donald and Opal (Conn) Johnston. Kent graduated from Stockton High School with the Class of 1965. He graduated from technical school in Wichita, Kansas with an...
Patricia Ann "Grandma Pat" Ballard
Feb 15, 2015
Patricia Ann “Grandma Pat” (Hale) Ballard passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 89. She was born on February 1, 1926 in her home in Osborne County near Paradise, Kansas to Thomas Filer and Nettie (Gregory) Hale. Pat graduated as Salutatorian from Alton High School with the Class of...
Stephen Ernest Hoch
Feb 15, 2015
Stephen Ernest Hoch, 66, passed away February 15, 2015 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He was born to Ernest and Rosella (Balls) Hoch in Hays, Kansas. Stephen was a Physicians Assistant at the Waurika Family Medical Center and the Jefferson County Hospital. He was married to Rebecca Mae Delaney on February 26, 2014, in Waurika, Oklahoma. He comleted his masters...
Wilma Jean Wanek
Feb 9, 2015
Remembering… Wilma Jean Wanek died Monday, February 9, 2015 at Salina Regional Health Center at the age of 87. She was born on November 4, 1927 to Clark and Clara (Herbel) Casper in rural Russell County. On July 20, 1946 she was united in marriage to Raymond Wanek in Norton, Kansas. They were blessed with 3 children, Diana, Beverly...
Marilyn L. Cunningham
Feb 3, 2015
Marilyn Lyn (Garber) Cunningham passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 82. She was born on June 22, 1932 in Manhattan, Kansas to Earl “Spin” and Dorothy (Marshall) Garber. She graduated from Stockton High School with the Class of 1950 and went on to attend Brown Macke...
Robert E. "Bob" Balderston
Feb 1, 2015
Robert Earl “Bob” Balderston passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2015 at his home on Stockton, Kansas. He was born February 3, 1932 in Concordia, Kansas to Charles Lester and Viola (Adams) Balderston. Bob grew up attending the Stockton schools where he was an outstanding athlete in all sports. He was especially talented in football, playing both offense and...
Adam Curt Creamer
Jan 31, 2015
Adam Curt Creamer passed away Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the Graham County Hospital in Hill City, Kansas at the age of 41. He was born November 21, 1973 in Elwood, Indiana to Keith and Victoria (Powell) Creamer. He grew up in Elwood and graduated from Elwood Community High School with the Class of 1992. He went on to...
Frank "Junior" Jr. Bretz
Jan 30, 2015
Frank Bretz Jr. passed away Friday, January 30, 2014 at his home in Hoxie, Kansas. He was born October 8, 1924 near Shields, Kansas to Frank Sr. and Inez (Thomas) Bretz. He attended grade school in Shields and later graduated from Dighton High School with the Class of 1942. In May of 1944 Junior joined the United States Navy....
Merna Margaret Poore
Jan 28, 2015
Merna Margaret (Tipton) Poore passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 83. She was born on February 20, 1931 in Flint Michigan to Leo and Abigail (Green) Tipton. In her teens the family moved to Zurich, Kansas to the Tipton farm and soon afterward moved to Stockton,...
Darrel Dean Roberts
Jan 27, 2015
Remembering... WOODSTON — Darrel Dean Roberts, 52, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. He was born Oct. 27, 1962, in Denver to Darrell Roberts and Anna Josephine Mallory. He was preceded in death by his father, Darrell Roberts. He is survived by his mother, Anna Harper; fiance?, Leona Drullinger; son, Darrell Roberts; daughter, Nicole Roberts; stepsons, R.J. Drullinger and...
Renee A. Struckhoff
Jan 21, 2015
Renee Ann (Buersmeyer) Struckhoff passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 77. She was born on May 24, 1937 in Washington, Missouri to Joseph and Adele (Lause) Buersmeyer. Renee graduated from Saint Francis Borgia High School in Washington with the Class of 1955. On August 23, 1958 she was...
Ila Fern E. Vague
Jan 13, 2015
WILSON — Ila Fern E. Vague, 91, of Wilson, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. She was born Nov. 14, 1923, in LaCrosse, to Peter and Elizabeth Kasper. She is survived by her husband, Charles; sons, Michael Vague, of Wichita, and Terry (Linda) Vague, of Ellsworth; daughters, Jeanette (Barry) Koetkemeyer, of Ellsworth, and Karen (Michael) Peschka, of Wilson; sister, Carolyn...
George M. Bueche
Jan 12, 2015
Remembering… George Michael Bueche passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at the Trego Manor in WaKeeney, Kansas at the age of 90. He was born March 3, 1924 in Clawson, Michigan to George Valentine and Matilda (Sutter) Bueche. George grew up in Detroit, Michigan. On April 12, 1958 he was united in marriage to Marie “Jean” Kaiser. They were...
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