Murray G. Custer
Feb 20, 2014
Murray G. Custer, age 79, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born November 7, 1934, to Benjamin L. and Ruth (Christensen) Custer in Menlo, Kansas. Murray spent his entire life in Sheridan County, Kansas and graduated from Menlo High School, where he also played basketball, with the Class of 1952....
John P. Griebel
Feb 19, 2014
John Phillip Griebel passed away on his beloved family farm in the early morning hours of February 19, 2014, in the house in which he was born, with his family at his bedside. John was born on January 27, 1938, in his family farmhouse, near Stockton, Kansas, to parents Merl V. Griebel and Eva (Evans) Griebel. He was baptized...
Rev. Thomas Henry Walsch
Feb 13, 2014
Reverend Thomas H. Walsch passed away Thursday, February 13, 2014 at the Ellsworth County Medical Center at the age of 97. He was born April 27, 1916 to Thomas Wesley “Harry” and Gertrude Edith (Knauer) Walsh in Chicago, Illinois. Thomas received his grade school and high school education in Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Theology degree from Northern...
Carolyne Faye Griffin
Feb 12, 2014
Carolyne Faye (Powell) Griffin passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014, in the Hays Medical Center at the age of 67. She was born October 18, 1946 to Orval W. and Erma (Baker) Powell in Chanute, Kansas. After graduating high school, Carolyne attended Emporia College for two years. She was always an avid reader and a great lover of music....
Mick "Mickey" Pulec
Feb 9, 2014
Mick “Mickey” Pulec passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014 at his home in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 72. He was born January 31, 1942 to Edward “Eddie” & Marjorie (Morris) Pulec in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. They later moved to Plainville where Mick grew up. Despite his physical disability, Mick was very self-sufficient and studied hard to complete...
Harold Francis Eilers
Feb 7, 2014
Harold Francis Eilers passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 at Rooks County Health Center at the age of 79, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born August 20, 1934 to Herman T. Sr. and Inez (Shubert) Eilers on the river in Grandma Shubert’s stone house in rural Ellis County, Kansas. Harold graduated from Plainville High School with the...
Ronald C. Carmicheal
Feb 6, 2014
Ronald C. Carmicheal passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014 peacefully in his sleep at home in Grand Junction, CO at the age of 81. He was born July 7, 1932 to Ralph & Maude (Winters) Carmicheal at the family home in Plainville, KS. Ronald graduated from Plainville High School in 1950 where he participated in sports. He served in...
Mary C. Conn
Jan 29, 2014
Mary Cecilia Conn, 58 of Stockton, Kansas, passed away at 7:24am on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Born November 28, 1955 in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Arthur Lawrence and Geridine Dorothy Johns. She married Douglas Conn on September 4, 1999, surviving. Survivors also include her mother,...
Donald G. Schneider
Jan 19, 2014
Donald G. Schneider passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014, at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas, at the age of 84. He was born in Norton, Kansas on October 24, 1929 to Abraham, Jr. and Ethel (Jameson) Schneider. Don attended school in Norton and graduated from Norton Community High School with the class of 1947. He went...
Patricia Joan Bartlett "Pat"
Jan 19, 2014
Patricia “Pat” Bartlett passed from this earthly realm on Sunday, January 19, 2014 with loving family around her. Pat was born in Rooks County, Kansas on March 16, 1927 to Clarence and Stella (Widman) Baumgartner. She graduated from Plainville High School and attended Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. She married Don Bartlett on September 9, 1946 and they celebrated...
Howard Dean Fogle
Jan 16, 2014
Howard Dean Fogle passed away Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Hays Medical Center at the age of 56. He was born November 14, 1957 to Dean and Mildred (Applegarth) Fogle in Manhattan, Kansas. Howard attended grade school in Manhattan and graduated from Concordia High School with the class of 1976. He went on to get a degree in Auto...
Polly Ann Stallings
Jan 16, 2014
Polly Ann Stallings passed away Thursday, January 16, 2014, at her home in Sheridan County, Kansas at the age of 50. She was born January 20, 1963 to Charles F. and Carol Sue (Selbe) Stallings in Oxford, North Carolina. In 1966 Polly and her parents moved to Hoxie, Kansas where she attended Hoxie public schools. She graduated from Hoxie...
Stephen Douglas Nelson
Jan 15, 2014
Stephen Douglas Nelson was born September 1, 1943, in Hays, KS to Kenneth Alfred and Sylvia Dorothy Juliet Mattson Nelson. Steve graduated from Topeka High, Kansas State University, and the University of Michigan where he received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology. At KSU he was active in the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Blue Key Honor Society, and College Quiz...
Linda W. Waddell
Jan 11, 2014
Linda W. Waddell passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 65. She was born August 26, 1948 to Al and Tillie (Kuhn) Depperschmidt in Gove County, Kansas. Linda attended school in Park and graduated from Park High School with the class of 1966. She also attended...
Warner Walz Johnson
Dec 22, 2013
Warner Johnson passed away December 22, 2013 in Quincy, Illinois. He was born August 26, 1920 in Hays, Kansas, the son of E. Warner and Kathryn Walz Johnson. He was a 1938 graduate of Hoxie High School (formerly Sheridan Community High School) in Hoxie, KS. He graduated from the school of horology at Bradley University and earned his PhD...
Marc Douglas ""Buck"" Gray
Dec 16, 2013
Marc D. Gray died Monday, December 16, 2013, in Cloud County, Kansas, at the age of 46. He was born September 9, 1967 to Douglas and Sue (Hamilton) Gray. Marc attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, and was a graduate of Emporia State University. He worked as a District Wildlife Biologist for the State of Kansas since 1994. To...
Grace Marie Russell
Dec 13, 2013
Grace Marie Russell passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at her home in Wilder, Idaho at the age of 98. She was born July 17, 1915 in Blue Springs, Nebraska to Tilman Asbury and Minnie Olive (Hesse) Bradley. Her early years were spent in Nebraska, and later moving to Kansas. She graduated from Axtell High School. Grace married Lyle...
Anna Jane Pettijohn
Dec 5, 2013
Anna Jane (Foley) Pettijohn passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 at her home in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 85. She was born November 18, 1928 to John David and Margaret Ann (Dugan) Foley in New Philadelphia, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. She was christened at the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church of New Philadelphia. Anna Jane came to Stockton,...
Merl L. Gager
Dec 4, 2013
Merl Lynn Gager passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at his home on the family farm near Plainville, Kansas at the age of 79. He was born August 27, 1934 to Ira and Alice (Hoops) Gager in Stockton, Kansas. Merl graduated from Woodston High School. In February of 1954 he joined the United States Army and was honorably discharged...
