Obituaries

Apr 26, 2022

Jacob (Jake) Zimmerman passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 26. 2022 at the Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care in Quinter, KS. He was born on January 14, 1918, on a farm in rural Grainfield, KS to the late George and Theresia (Lovenstein) Zimmerman. He was the second oldest in the family of six daughters and two sons....

Apr 24, 2022

Mary Lou Stewart, age 91, of Quinter, Kansas, passed away, Sunday, April 24, 2022, at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care, Quinter. Services are pending with Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter.

Apr 15, 2022

Arlene Bird, 87, of Quinter, Kansas went to her heavenly home to join Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on Friday, April 15. Arlene was born on October 9, 1934, at home on a farm north of Quinter, Kansas, to Samuel and Gladys Brown Coburn.

She grew up with two brothers, David and Sammie, and had two brothers,...

Mar 20, 2022

Kathryn Kay Wulf, 70, of WaKeeney, Kansas passed away on March 20, 2022.   Kathy was born on May 24, 1951, to J. Henry and Elizabeth Wulf in WaKeeney, Kansas.

After Kathy graduated from Trego Community High School in 1969, she attended Kansas State University majoring in Education.  She later received her master's degree in library science from...

Mar 18, 2022

Nicholas Patrick Schroeder, 89, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away on March 18, 2022, peacefully at his home.  Nick "Pat" was born in Rawlins County, KS, on June 26, 1932. He graduated from Atwood Community High School in 1950. Then entered the United States Coast Guard serving until 1953. Upon an honorable discharge he attended Kansas State University and received...

Mar 17, 2022

Allen Lewis Miller, age 74, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away March 17, 2022, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney.  He was born December 26, 1947 in Dodge City to Cecil and Amy (Pendleton) Miller. Allen attended high school in Hanston completing 9th grade.  He then entered the workforce. Allen married Eileen Pfaff on August 1, 1966.  They later...

Mar 16, 2022

Allaire Thomas Homburg was born on November 7th, 1944 in a rock house a half a mile north of St. John's Lutheran Church and passed March 16th, 2022 at Sheridan County Medical Center. His father August was the first child born in this rock house and Allaire was the last. He was baptized December 3rd, 1944 in St. John's...

Mar 1, 2022

Floyd Blackwill, Jr., age 60, passed away on March 1, 2022, at Saint Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, MO. He was born on Feb. 3, 1962, in Wakeeney, KS., the son of Floyd, Sr., and Margaret (Brown) Blackwill of Quinter, KS.  On July 16, 1982, he married Jill Goodheart in Quinter, KS. He was a resident of Quinter,...

Feb 26, 2022

Donna F. Dietz, 100, passed away at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO, on February 26, 2022. She was born August 30, 1921, in rural Ida County, Iowa, to Henry W. and Olga M. (Grefe) Kuhlken. Donna grew up on a farm and graduated from Cushing High School. Afterward, she attended Nettleton Business Training College in Sioux...

Feb 24, 2022

Mary Jane "Janie" Swihart, 72, of Quinter, KS, passed away on February 24, 2022, after a long journey with ovarian cancer.  She was born to Kyle and Mary (Light) Reed in Des Moines, IA on February 24, 1950, and was the oldest of 6 children.  She grew up on a farm near Minburn, IA.

One week after...

Feb 19, 2022

William "Bill" Reiter, age 84, of Hays, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022, in Hays, Kansas. Bill was born July 7, 1937, in Beloit, Kansas, to the late Hubert and Helen (Walsh) Reiter.

Bill honorably served his country in the United States Army as a medical specialist out of Fort Hood, Texas from September of...

Feb 9, 2022

Allen R. Cunningham, age 62, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. Allen was born in WaKeeney on December 28, 1959, to Samuel L. and Mary Jane (Aschenbrenner) Cunningham.

Allen graduated from the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, Kansas, and went on to be an automotive mechanic....

Jan 30, 2022

Elaine Carol Tustin was born February 14, 1937, on the family farm 1 mile west of Oakley, KS to Emma (Herdt) and Vernon Clark.  She passed away on January 30, 2022, just 2 weeks from her 85 th birthday.

She attended school at a country school just west of Oakley and graduated from Oakley High School with...

Jan 28, 2022

Mark Wayne Clews 63 of WaKeeney, Kansas passed away on January 28, 2022. Mark was born on December 28 th 1958 and grew up in WaKeeney Kansas. He graduated from Trego Community High School in 1976.

Mark worked as a semi-truck driver for many years. He worked for several companies as well as owned his own truck...

Jan 24, 2022

Walter Edward "Ed' Schwab, age 60, of Hays, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 24, 2022, at Hays Medical Center. He was born November 22, 1961, in Oberlin, Kansas, to Walter Eugene and Linda (Ayers) Schwab.

Ed grew up on his grandparent's farm south of Oberlin. Growing up, he loved working on the farm and helping his grandparents...

Jan 10, 2022

John Russell Stewart, age 96, of Quinter, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022. Services are pending with Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter.

Jan 9, 2022

Delbert Eugene Wiedeman, Sr, 82 of WaKeeney, KS was born September 7, 1939, in Hays, KS to Alvin and Olinda (Rohn) Wiedeman and passed away January 9, 2022, as a cherished husband, father, grandfather and unwavering friend to so many.  Del is survived by his wife, Patricia, his children Del Jr. and Crystol, his grandchildren, Chantel, Crystol and Micah,...

Jan 6, 2022

Esther Anna (Wagoner) Littlechild, age 93, died peacefully on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at the Ellis Good Samaritan Society. She was born December 22, 1928, on the family farm southwest of Ellis in the Riverside Township of southeast Trego County, to Henry Grant and Rose Elizabeth (Colborg) Wagoner. She attended country school through the eighth grade at Maple Grove...

Jan 5, 2022

Edmund "Eddie" E. Zerr, 83, of Grainfield, Kansas, passed away on January 5, 2022, at Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, Kansas.

Eddie was born on July 31, 1938, in Quinter, to Clem and Mary Zerr. He grew up near Park, Kansas, and was the fifth of six children. Eddie attended St. Elmo Grade School and graduated...

Dec 30, 2021

Gwen Ranae Richeson, age 41, passed away December 30, 2021, at her home in WaKeeney, Kansas.

Gwen was born in Plentywood, Montana, on August 12, 1977, to John Martin and Madonna Larae Richeson. She lived in Outlook, Montana through her freshman year, attending Outlook High School, where she was a member of the Honor Society. She was...