Obituaries

Jan 12, 2023

Gale Lee Kirk, age 68, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 12, 2023, in Quinter, KS.

Gale was Born in Scott City, Ks on November 21, 1954, to Roy and Margueritte (Fankhouser) Kirk. He graduated from Hayden High School, Hayden, CO. He married Pamela Kirk on February 16, 2007, and were happily married for nearly 16 years....

Dec 29, 2022

Jerita O'Bryan, age 82, passed away Thursday, December 29th, 2022 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 28th, 1940 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Estell Horn.

Jerita attended Mount Carmel High School, in Florien, LA. She wore many hats throughout her life. She was a military wife for 38 years, moving frequently with each endeavor, always landing...

Dec 22, 2022

Ruth "Evalyn" Wilson was born May 13, 1938, in the family house in Sonora, TX to Thomas Jefferson Wall and Viola Elizabeth (Turner) Wall.  She passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Long Term Care, WaKeeney, at the age of 84.

Evalyn grew up in Sonora, TX, and moved to WaKeeney...

Dec 17, 2022

Verle Lee Mendenhall was born August 12, 1934, on the family farm in rural Gove County, to Leslie Lee and Marie (Hockersmith) Mendenhall. He passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Logan County Senior Living, Oakley, at the age of 88.

Verle attended and graduated from Gove High School, Gove, KS. After graduation, he started working on...

Dec 9, 2022

Lawrence "L.J." James Leiby III went to be in the arms of Jesus Friday, December 9, 2022, at the age of 12. L.J. was the son of Larry & Emily Leiby of Quinter, KS and Summer (Byington) Leiby of Oberlin, KS. He was an older brother to Philip, Abigail, Norah, and Tucker. He is survived by many aunts, uncles,...

Dec 8, 2022

Mitzi Lee Naylor Schwien was born to, Santa Monica, California couple, Harold Lee, Jr. and Carol Jean Naylor on October 24, 1963, less than a year after her "Irish twin" sister, Tami Lynne (Lloyd) Pruett, who survives her. The following year, her brother, Michael Shawn, who awaits her in heaven, was born sleeping. She is also survived by her...

Dec 6, 2022

Penny Louise (Cain) Anderson, age 65, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. She was born in WaKeeney on February 14, 1957, to the late Richard Lee and Verle Louise (Tevis) Cain.

Penny was united in marriage to David Anderson until his passing in 2016. She worked as...

Nov 29, 2022

Clara Lucille "Lucy" Zahn, 80, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away on November 29, 2022, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. Lucy was born in Morland, Kansas on June 30, 1942, to Mervin Alvin Stithem and Mary Ellen Stithem (James). Her father passed away when she was just 8 years old, and her mother eventually remarried. She graduated from Hill...

Nov 22, 2022

Richard Lee Cook, 78, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away November 22, 2022, at his home. Richard was born in Fort Riley, KS on May 5, 1944 to Francis (Frank) Jr. and Lucille (Polifka) Cook. He graduated from Hays High in 1962.

On May 25th, 1968, Richard married Sherry Kathleen Struss in WaKeeney, KS. He worked from that...

Nov 22, 2022

Rosemary Walt , age 83 , passed away peacefully on Tuesday , November 22 , 2022 .

Rosemary was born near Quinter , KS on August 23 , 1939, to Anton and Rosalia ( Giebler ) Dinkel . She was the youngest of eleven children . When she was young , her family moved to a farm...

Nov 20, 2022

Donald B. Williams (Commo Willy), 80 years old of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away on November 20,2022. Don was born in Nassawadox, Virginia on July 24, 1942.  He graduated from Norview High School in Norfolk, Virginia.  Don was united in marriage to Teressa Meier on December 28 th , 1990, they were married 32 years. He served in the United States...

Oct 22, 2022

Larry M. Cox, 63, of Ellis, Kansas passed away on Saturday evening, October 22, 2022, at Hays Medical Center. Larry was born to Verle and Dorothy (Dechant) Cox on May 5, 1959. He grew up in Grainfield, Kansas, and graduated from Wheatland High School with the Class of 1977. He married his high school sweetheart, Lisa Kinderknecht on October...

Oct 21, 2022

Nadyne F Boone was born in Quinter, Kansas, May 1, 1941, to Herman and Reva Jamison. She departed this life on Friday, October 21st, at the age of 81, in Quinter, Kansas.

Nadyne began her walk with the Lord Jesus and was baptized in 1951. She remained true to Him until her death. On May 30, 1959,...

Oct 20, 2022

Gary Dean Lang, 69, of Westminster, Colorado, passed away on October 20, 2022, from complications of a stroke. Gary was born in Quinter, Kansas. He was the fourth of six siblings born to Bennie and Minnie Lang where he grew up on the family farm. Gary attended catholic school in Park, Kansas, and then graduated from Quinter High School...

Oct 17, 2022

Gary Carter, age 79, of Quinter Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022.  Gary was born in Utica on February 15, 1943. He graduated from Utica high-school.

Gary is survived by his children Brenda Ridder, Jennifer Brown, and Brandon Carter.

Graveside services will be held at 2 pm, Saturday, October 29, 2022, at Baker...

Oct 16, 2022

Benjamin John Keller, age 36, of Quinter, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022, in Quinter, Kansas. Ben was born in Quinter on October 4, 1986, to John Kenneth and Cynthia Ann (Burgardt) Keller.

Ben worked for Hi-Plains Cooperative at the grain elevator, along with many other odd jobs. He was an avid hunter and fisherman,...

Oct 5, 2022

Jason Lee Brown, age 44, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, in Hays, Kansas. Jason was born in Hays on January 28, 1978, to Walter Dale and Penny Louise (Cain) Brown. He graduated from Trego Community High School and continued his education at Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland, Kansas where he trained in diesel...

Oct 4, 2022

Kevin Zeman, age 61, of WaKeeney, Kansas Passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Services are pending with Schmitt Funeral Home, WaKeeney.

Sep 23, 2022

Virginia Rose (Medford) Sanders, formerly of Quinter, Kansas passed peacefully into heaven on Friday, September 23, 2022.  Lovingly called "Ginny" by many of her family and friends had been living at Gove County Long Term Care in Quinter, Kansas for the past 7 years.

Virginia was born on January 31 st , 1933, and raised on the...

Sep 14, 2022

Christine (Chris) Herl, 56, of Quinter, Kansas passed peacefully away on the morning of September 14 th , 2022. Chris was born in WaKeeney, Kansas on April 12 th , 1966, to Janice (Jan) and Nicholas (Nick) Arnhold. She graduated from Trego Community Highschool and Kansas State University where she received her bachelor's degree in Education.