Obituaries

Jul 29, 2020

Verlene Marie Ochs, age 87, of Grainfield, KS, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care facility. She was born June 15, 1933, to George Harold and Odella (Marcotte) Deges. She attended the country school in Grainfield.

Verlene was united in marriage to Roy Ochs Jr. on August 31, 1954,...

Jul 17, 2020

Sharon Lea (Mathews) Owen, age 77, of Hill City, KS, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020. She was born March 19, 1943 to Albert and Florence (Mueller) Mathews in Waterloo, IL. She was united in marriage to Frederick Owen on August  16, 1995 in Goldsboro, NC. They enjoyed 25 years of marriage together.

Sharon enjoyed antiquing,...

Jul 14, 2020

Mary Lou Logue, age 64, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, KS. She was born in San Diego, CA on August 27, 1955, to Betty Cox. Mary graduated from Cowley County Community College with an Associate's degree in architecture.

Mary served in her community as...

Jul 7, 2020

Louise Darlene (Nemechek) Tomanek, age 85, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, peacefully at her home. Darlene was born in WaKeeney August 2,1934, to Louis and Johanna (Gaschler) Nemechek. She graduated from Trego Community High School in 1952.

Darlene was united in marriage to Laverne Tomanek on October 20, 1952. They were happily...

Jun 29, 2020

Eulalia Sanger, of Quinter, Kansas, died peacefully Monday morning, June 29, 2020, at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter. She was 94 years and five days at the time of her death.

She was born Eulalia Mae Crist, June 24, 1926, in the farmhouse of her parents, Rev. D. (Daniel) Floyd and Nellie Mae (Jamison) Crist,...

Jun 28, 2020

Neva Butcher, age 98, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2020, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. Services are pending with Schmitt Funeral Home, WaKeeney. Please check back for full obituary and service information.

Jun 18, 2020

Wendeline "Wendy" Gerstner, age 99, of Collyer, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney, Kansas.  He was born April 8, 1921, in Shallow Water, Kansas, to Jacob and Marcianna (Rohleder) Gerstner.

Wendy was a graduate of Collyer High School.  On November 7, 1942, he was united in marriage to Appolonia...

Jun 13, 2020

Bernice Stithem, age 94, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2020.  Ray, her husband of 71 years, was at her side.

Bernice was born August 14, 1925, to Peter and Francis Billinger in Victoria, KS.  She was the youngest of ten children.  She was baptized and confirmed at St Michael Church in Collyer.  She grew up on...

Jun 12, 2020

Rosemary Werth, 87, of Quinter, KS passed away on June 12, 2020, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. She was born March 1, 1933, in southern Gove County, KS to Paul and Amelia (Gross) Rohr. Rosemary graduated from Grinnell High School in 1951. On June 4, 1951, she was married to George Werth at Immaculate Conception Church in Grinnell....

Jun 10, 2020

Cheryl Deines, of WaKeeney, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

Cheryl was born to Roy David Keller, Jr. and Martha Joan Campbell in Chanute, KS, on January 28, 1958.

She graduated from WaKeeney High School in 1976, and then received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Fort Hays State University. She was a Speech-Language...

Jun 10, 2020

E. Marie Beesley, daughter of Clifford James Bland and Ethel Marie (Johnson) was born July 28, 1927 west of Gove, KS on a small grain/cattle farm. She passed from this world on Wednesday afternoon, June 10, 2020 at the age of 92 years.

Marie was the middle child of six; She had two older brothers,...

May 28, 2020

Roberta "Robie" Mae Harries, age 79, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Robie was born in Hill City, KS on June 16, 1940. She graduated from Central High School in Salina, KS and continued on to receive a Master's degree in psychology from Marymount College, Salina. She also served in the United States...

May 28, 2020

Andrew (Andy) MacGregor Jones, age 74, of Collyer, Kansas, passed away at Gove County Medical Center on May 28, 2020, as a result of cancer. He was born on January 4, 1946, in Goodland, KS, to William David and Geneva (Mac) Evangeline (MacGregor) Jones.

He graduated in 1964 from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs. He...

May 27, 2020

Tina Denise (Wolf) Glendy, age 61, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. She was born July 6, 1958 in Hill City, KS to Anita June (Goff) and David Francis Wolf.

Tina married Glen Newell, and together they had three children. She was later united in marriage to Paul Glendy on December 2, 1994....

May 19, 2020

Charlene Genelle Barber (Char), born March 14, 1935 and formerly of Hays and Wakeeney, Kansas, passed away in Springfield, Missouri, on May 19, 2020, at 85 years of age.

Charlene was born in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. She graduated from Wilmore High School and continued on at Wichita Business School for one year. Charlene was united in marriage to...

May 18, 2020

Bob Leighton was born on a farm in southern Gove County on Sept 12, 1922 to Bill and Edna (Gregg) Leighton. He left his earthly garden for the heavenly one on May 18, 2020.   He was planting tomatoes in his garden and the Lord decided he needed someone to pull weeds  and help with the planting.

When...

May 5, 2020

Galen Dale Olson of Weslaco, TX passed away after a courageous battle with a severe illness on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at the age of 76. One of 4 children, Galen was born on February 4, 1944, in Quinter, KS to Egla Esther (Steinle) Olson and Dale Wayne Olson.

He married Twila Mae Fabian on August 26,...

Apr 9, 2020

Leo Ochs was born February 19, 1927, to Anton and Eleanor (Heier) Ochs.  He passed away April 9, 2020 at Gove County Medical Center at the age of 93. He married Eulalia Goetz on April 11, 1950 at the Sacred Heart Church in Park. Together they farmed and raised their family with a devout faith in God on their...

Apr 2, 2020

James Walter Mattke, age 86, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney, Kansas.  Jim was born July 20, 1933, on the family homestead near Ogallah, Kansas, to Paul Mattke and Gladys Pierce.

He graduated from Trego Community High School in 1951.  Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United State Air...

Mar 29, 2020

Roy Dean "Bucket" Hargitt, 59 years old, of Quinter, KS, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Roy was born in Oakley, KS on June 27, 1960. He graduated from Quinter High School in 1978. After high school, Roy joined the United States Marine Corps. His unit was G 2/7 Wpns Plt 1 st Mar Div., where his specialty...