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Mildred L. Clark
Nov 18, 2014
Remembering… Mildred Louise (Beckley) Clark passed away at Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the age of 93. She was born on July 16, 1921 on the family farm, in Rooks County, Kansas, 17 miles Northwest of Stockton, to Floyd E. and Mary “Marie” (Sommerhiser) Beckley. Mildred grew up in Rooks County...
Raymond Harley Nech
Nov 15, 2014
Raymond H. Nech passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014 in Salina, Kansas at the age of 96. He was born February 10, 1918 at the family farm North of Zurich, Kansas to Wendell (Nec?) and Emma (Hrabe) Nech. He was the grandson of Joseph (Nec?) and Catherine Pulec Nech. Raymond graduated from Plainville High School with the class of...
Dale E. Dean
Nov 12, 2014
Remembering... Dale Erastus Dean passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2014 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 96. He was born on August 15, 1918 in Mitchell County, Kansas just north of Glen Elder, to Howard and Flossie (Taylor) Dean. Dale graduated from Glen Elder High School with the Class of 1936. He...
Evelyn Elizabeth Charvat
Nov 10, 2014
Evelyn Elizabeth (Ney) Charvat passed away peacefully November 10, 2014 at the age of 103 in her granddaughter’s home in Wilson, Kansas where she had been residing since April. She was born December 11, 1910 on a farm southwest of Cawker City, Kansas to Jake and Emma (Vohs) Ney. In 1918 she moved with her parents to a ranch...
Cody Jackson (Arpin) Kaba
Nov 2, 2014
Cody Jackson (Arpin) Kaba passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2014 in Graham County, Kansas at the age of 34. He was born in Plainville, Kansas on July 5, 1980 to Renee (Arpin) Marcotte. Cody grew up in Plainville a true country boy at heart. He worked for Tallgrass Industries LLC as a Tower Forman. He was a hard...
Odilia Catherine "Dilly" Riedel
Nov 2, 2014
Odilia “Dilly” Catherine (Weber) Riedel passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014, at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care, in Hoxie, Kansas, at the age of 82. She was born April 23, 1932 to Jakob and Rosa (Herrman) Weber on the Weber homestead in rural Gove County, Kansas. Growing up on the family farm was not an easy...
Mereata L. Baldwin
Oct 27, 2014
Mereata Lenora (Marcotte) Baldwin passed away on Monday, October 27, 2014 at Dawson Place in Hill City, Kansas at the age of 101. She was born in Rooks County, Kansas on March 11, 1913 to Louis and May (Morton) Marcotte. She was united in marriage to Alfred Baldwin on August 3, 1936 in Hays, Kansas. They were blessed with...
Tony Lin Richardson
Oct 22, 2014
Tony Lin Richardson, 58, died October 22, 2014, at his home in Webster, Kansas. He was born October 14, 1956, in Logan to Ernest J. and Patricia A. (Hulse) Richardson. Tony was a 1974 graduate of Logan High School. He later received his bachelor's degree in Geology from Fort Hays State University. Tony's love of geology led him to...
Joan Friend
Oct 20, 2014
Barbara “Joan” (Rankin) Friend passed away Monday, October 20, 2014 at her home in Plainville, Kansas. She was born to John “Karl” and Jennie “Eudora” (Taylor) Rankin on September 16, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas. Her father Karl was “Missing In Action” during WWII at the time of her birth, and as fate would have it, was never to behold...
Sharon Lorene Saindon
Oct 18, 2014
Sharon Lorene (Beltz) Saindon passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 65. She was born April 10, 1949 to Henry and Pearl (Shubert) Beltz in Hays, Kansas. She graduated from Plainville High School. Sharon was a loving woman who found joy in serving and taking care of...
Glenn Deibert
Oct 17, 2014
On the banks of the South Solomon River, during a severe Spring blizzard, W. Glenn Deibert was born to Frank and Bertha (Cressler) Deibert on March 26, 1931 on the Walker Ranch, Southeast of Hoxie, Kansas. Having lost two babies, this precious bundle was a joy beyond words. They soon moved to the Wright Ranch, Southwest of Hoxie, where...
Hattie Westhusin
Oct 10, 2014
Hattie Irene (Bedore) Westhusin passed away Friday, October 10, 2014 at her home in Rooks County, Kansas, at the age of 90. She was born on November 1, 1923 in Zurich, Kansas to Octave and Albertine (Benoit) Bedore. She grew up in Rooks County and on August 11, 1941 was united in marriage to Julius Westhusin in Plainville, Kansas....
Orval "Henry" "Hank" Burris
Oct 7, 2014
Orval “Henry” Burris, 83, of Hoxie, died Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care Unit in Hoxie, Kansas. He was born May 27, 1931, in Grainfield, Kansas to William Burris and Pearl (Dwinell) Burris. Henry married Frances Schoenberger on January 12, 1961, in Oakley, Kansas. Henry was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist...
Charles F. "Freddie" Reed
Oct 7, 2014
Charles F. “Freddie” Reed passed away Monday, October 7, 2014 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 87. He was born May 20, 1927 to Charles Frederic “Fred” and Mary Adolphene “Addie” (Griebel) Reed in rural Rooks County, Kansas. Freddie grew up in Rooks County and graduated from Webster High School with the Class of...
Katherine M. Pasek
Oct 2, 2014
Katherine Margaret (Bohnen) Pasek passed away peacefully on October 2, 2014 at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, Kansas at the age of 90. She was born in Dorrance, Kansas on June 18, 1924 to Mathias and Veronica (Degas) Bohnen. Katherine graduated from Bunker Hill High School with the Class of 1942. She went on to get her Teaching...
Carol Sue Baalman
Oct 2, 2014
Carol Sue Baalman, 77, passed away Thursday, October 2, 2014, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born May 28, 1937 to Leland and Celeste (Schwebauch) McIlnay in Dorchester, Nebraska. Carol attended school in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Colby High School with the Class of 1955. She then moved to Denver, graduated from Barnes Business School...
Anna Mary Leiker
Sep 29, 2014
Anna M. Leiker passed away Monday, September 29, 2014 at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado at the age of 88. She was born April 28, 1926 to Henry and Anna (Haffner) Ochs on the family farm in Sheridan County, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Julius A. Leiker at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Park,...
Karl Joseph Alsheimer
Sep 18, 2014
Karl Joseph Alsheimer, 61, of Fredericksburg, VA passed away Thursday, September 18, 2014, at Mary Washington Hospital. A native of Bethesda, MD, he studied Electrical Engineering at Kansas State University before enlisting in the U.S. Army. He served nine years of active duty in the U.S. and overseas, before his discharge in 1980 as a Staff Sergeant. In Germany...
Norma Jean Rupp
Sep 13, 2014
Norma Jean (Zigler) Rupp passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 at her home in Wilson, Kansas at the age of 74. She was born November 21, 1939 to Harold and Dorothy (Goulding) Zigler on an oil lease in Russell County, Kansas. She attended school in Russell and graduated from Russell High School with the class of 1958. She was...
Ray Edward Fitts
Sep 7, 2014
Ray Edward Fitts passed away Sunday, September 7, 2014 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 82. He was born October 16, 1931 in Lyons, Colorado to James Edward and Beatrice (Morgan) Fitts. Ray enjoyed his work and enjoyed his fun as well. Shooting pool, especially a good game of 9-Ball, was always...
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