Richard Lee Laporte
Mar 16, 2013
Richard Lee LaPorte passed away Saturday evening, March 16, 2013 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 79. He was born October 14, 1933 to Victor J. and Adella L. (Komrofske) LaPorte in Hastings, Nebraska. He attended local schools in Hastings. He was united in marriage to Hazel Mary Harvey on January 27, 1952...
Irene Marie Cressler
Mar 14, 2013
Irene Marie (Beach) Cressler passed away Thursday morning, March 14, 2013, at the Sheridan County Health Complex LTC at the age of 78. She was born in Hoxie January 21, 1935 to E.W. and Dollie (Lowe) Beach. Irene married Larry Cressler on April 14, 1953 in the United Presbyterian Church in Hoxie. They were blessed with six children. They...
Wandalene Maxine "Wanda" Jones
Mar 10, 2013
Wandalene "Wanda" Maxine Jones passed away at the Via Christi Nursing Home in Hays, Kansas Sunday, March 10, 2013, at the age of 81. She was born February 17, 1932 in Stockton, Kansas to Claude and Edith (Watkins) Pifer. Wanda graduated from Stockton High School in 1950. She married Paul E. Jones February 5, 1956 in Stockton, Kansas. They...
Roger Franklin Sells
Mar 9, 2013
Roger Franklin Sells passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013 at his home in WaKeeney, Kansas at the age of 66. He was born March 26, 1946 in Topeka, Kansas, to Lee Franklin and Ione Laura (Conable) Sells. Roger married Velda Grecian May 28, 1968 in WaKeeney, Kansas. They were blessed with three children: Roger, Jr., Mindie and Lee. Roger...
Mary Claire Williams
Mar 7, 2013
Mary Claire Williams passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013 at her home in Plainville at the age of 83. She was born in Plainville April 7, 1929 to Lynn and Helen (Weigel) Lambert. She had one brother, Richard. Mary’s family moved to Washington, D.C. after she was born and her father ran a grocery store there. She lied about...
Susan Renee Chesney
Mar 5, 2013
Susan Renee Chesney passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at the Salina Regional Medical Center at the age of 59. She was born in Denver, Colorado March 16, 1953 to Chester and Opal (Bice) Baxter. Susan attended school in Stockton. She was united in marriage to Kent L. Chesney on June 17, 1977 at the First Congregational Church in...
Norman Mock
Mar 4, 2013
Norman Mock passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 91. He was born in Plainville, Kansas October 13, 1921 to Albert and Charlotte (Stein) Mock. Norman was the oldest of six children. Norman was united in marriage to his first wife Dixie Lee Warren May 7, 1946. They...
Zita Lois Wente
Mar 4, 2013
Zita Lois Wente went to be with the Lord on March 4, 2013 at her home in Topeka, Kansas at the age of 86. She was born January 6, 1927 in Hoxie to Elmer and Elsie (Stanley) Buehler. Zita attended school in Hoxie and graduated from Hoxie High School with the class of 1944. She went on to receive...
Cleo Leon Elder
Mar 1, 2013
Cleo Leon Elder, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, at Parkview Care Center, in Osborne, KS at the age of 91. Cleo was born October 26, 1921 in Ash Rock Community to Charles Lafayette and Rachel Elizabeth “Kinion” Elder. He grew up in the Ash Rock and Kirwin areas and graduated from Kirwin High School in 1939. Cleo was...
Ruth Elaine Taylor
Feb 18, 2013
Ruth Elaine Taylor passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Hays Medical Center at the age of 76. She was born in Tasco, Kansas March 11, 1936 to Walt R. Hyde and Mary "Mae" Cunningham. Ruth was united in marriage to Wayne "Red" Taylor November 3, 1951 at the Sheridan County Courthouse. To this union 5 children were born:...
Mildred Robertson
Feb 17, 2013
Mildred Jean Baldwin Elliston Robertson passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013 at her residence in Raymore, Missouri at the age of 94. She was born December 5, 1918 to William “W.E.” and Edna (Weyer) Baldwin in Palco, Kansas. She attended and graduated from Fort Hays State University with her certificate in Education. She taught for a few years until...
Edith S. Wasserman
Feb 16, 2013
Edith Sophie Charlotte Wasserman was born October 31, 1922 on a farm near Ludell, Rawlins County, Kansas to Herman and Mary Hoffbauer Holste. She was born the seventh of 11 children. Edith departed this life at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, Kansas February 16, 2013 at the age of 90. Edith was baptized November 12, 1922 at...
Carrol J. Conyac
Feb 14, 2013
Carrol J. Conyac passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita at the age of 72. He was born February 5, 1941 in Hays, Kansas to Lawrence Admore and Doris Bessie (Jones) Conyac. Carrol attended school in Stockton and graduated from Stockton High School in 1959. He attended Kansas State University. In 1961 he...
Vivian Elizabeth Miller
Feb 9, 2013
Vivian Elizabeth Miller, born December 2, 1927 to Richard & Adeline (Mead) Crespin in Anaheim, California, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, February 9, 2013. Vivian, part of The Greatest Generation, grew up in California when times were hard. She often shared stories about spending the summers at her grandparents farm, going barefoot...
Melvin Everett Johnson
Feb 6, 2013
Melvin E. Johnson passed away Wednesday, February 06, 2013 in the Sheridan County Health Complex at Hoxie at the age of 94. Melvin Everett Johnson was born October 3, 1918 to Orville A. and Alice (Chamberlain) Johnson at Brewster, Nebraska. Melvin was the second oldest of six children. His family moved to a farm northwest of Hoxie in 1919....
Mary Ruth Cain
Feb 5, 2013
Mary Ruth Cain passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 69. Mary Ruth was born September 17, 1943 and was the daughter of Richard and Esther (Dougherty) Wise. She attended grade school in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School in 1961. Mary Ruth was united in marriage to...
Jesse Milton Jr. Hunt
Jan 30, 2013
Jesse Milton Hunt, Jr. passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton at the age of 90. He was born in Stockton April 14, 1922 to Jesse Milton, Sr. and Genevieve (Campbell) Hunt. Jesse graduated from Stockton High School in 1940. On April 8, 1951, he was united in marriage to Dorothy E. Young...
Florence Ann "Flossie" Vohs
Jan 28, 2013
Florence “Flossie” Vohs passed away Monday, January 28, 2013, at her home in rural Plainville, Kansas at the age of 79. She was born in Ellis, Kansas November 14, 1933 to Edgar and Ruth Ann Ruhaak. Flossie graduated from Plainville High School in 1942. She was united in marriage to Donald G. Vohs August 11, 1952 at the Sacred...
Rev. Vincent "Vince" Williams Arman
Jan 27, 2013
Rev. Arman Vincent Williams, 69, went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, January 27, 2013 after a short battle with cancer. He was born March 3, 1943 in Miami, Florida to Arman Williams, Sr. and Barbara Nicholas Elliott. Vince married Pattie Sample on June 1, 1970 in El Paso, Texas. To this union 2 daughters were born:...
