Obituaries

Aug 30, 2019

Magdelena "Lena" Zerr, age 93, of Grainfield, KS, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019. Lena was born in Gove County on March 18, 1926 to Ben and Juliana (Kuntz) Heier. Ben & Juliana were married on February 7, 1921 and Juliana passed away on March 24, 1935. Ben then married Margaret (Zerr) on May 11, 1936. Lena...

Aug 28, 2019

WaKeeney, Kansas resident, Don Wilkinson, passed away at his residence, on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.  He was 77 years of age.  Don was born April 4, 1942, in Collierville, Tennessee, to Mark S. and Mary Davis (Humphreys) Wilkinson.

Don attended Mt. Pleasant Elementary and Slayton High School, in Mississippi.  In 1963, he moved to the San Fernando...

Aug 23, 2019

Julius P. Bollig, age 92, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney.  He was born October 26, 1926, in Ellis, Kansas, to Jacob and Anna Marie (Graf) Bollig.

Julius attended St. Mary's Grade School, in Ellis, then Ogallah Grade School.  He was a 1945 graduate of Trego Community...

Aug 18, 2019

Earl Lee Cotten, age 6o, of Hays, KS (formerly Grainfield), passed away Sunday, August 18, 2019, at his residence. He was born February 20, 1959 in Lake Charles, LA, to Sidney Earnest Cotten and Loretta Irvin.

Earl loved to travel, camp and fish; he often took his nephews and great-nephews on fishing trips. He was an avid...

Aug 15, 2019

Donna Lee Hull, age 87, of Hill City, Kansas, passed away on August 15, 2019, under the kind care of Dawson Place. She was born in Wamego, Kansas, on October 30, 1931. She was one of eight children, born in the middle, with three brothers and four sisters.

Donna was united in marriage to Edwin Lee Hull...

Aug 5, 2019

Bobbie Lee Graham, 83, of WaKeeney KS, passed away August 5, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family after a long journey with cancer.  He was born February 6, 1936 in Vinton, Iowa to Joseph and Lettie Larson (Lint) Graham. He attended Vinton Grade School and High School. Later he joined the National Guard in 1953 and the...

Aug 4, 2019

Edward (Eddie) Albin passed away on August 4, 2019, at the age of 69, at the Gove County Medical Center.

Ed was born April 15, 1950, in Quinter, KS to Gene and Patricia (Nelson) Albin.  He attended a one-room schoolhouse until he moved to Quinter and graduated from Quinter High School in 1968.  Ed furthered his education...

Aug 2, 2019

Garry Lee Sams, 73 of Park KS, passed away August 2, 2019, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter, KS.

Garry L. Sams, born September 15, 1945 to Thomas Arnold and Mabel (Skogg) Sams at Mercy Hospital in Denver, Colorado. His young years were spent in the Denver schools and he graduated from North High School in 1961....

Jul 17, 2019

Leona Louise (Brooks) Reed, Quinter, passed away on July 17, 2019 at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 13 days.  On September 4, 1926, Leona was born to Frank H. and Minnie L. (Kesler) Brooks in Quinter.  She was joined later by a sister, who died in infancy, and two brothers.  She grew up southwest of Quinter...

Jul 12, 2019

Garry Lyle Roberts passed away July 12 th , 2019 at the age of 78, at the St. Joseph/National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

Garry was born February 1 st , 1941 in Ransom, Kansas to Lyle Leicester and Ila Mendenhall Roberts. He attended a one room school house his first few years of school. When his...

Jul 7, 2019

Sharon Kay (Minor) Noel, of Quinter, whose ever-present humor brightened the universe for all who knew and loved her, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Sunday, July 7th, 2019 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas.

Sharon was born on July 29th, 1941, in Lindsay, California, to Doyle and Velma (Haney)...

Jul 5, 2019

Iva Mae Triplett, 83 of Wakeeney KS, passed away July 5, 2019 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS.  She was born in Ellis County on January 7, 1936 to Jacob and Ella (Schumm) Massier.

Iva was a 1954 graduate of Ellis High School. She was united in marriage to Leslie Eugene (Gene) Triplett on August 11, 1955...

Jun 29, 2019

Elizabeth "Betty" Inman, age 89, passed away, June 29, 2019, at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care, Quinter.  She was born November 24, 1929, in San Antonio, Texas, to Judson Edward and Rose Margaret (Riedell) Harris.

Cremation was chosen and no services are planned.

Jun 25, 2019

Richard D. Lovin, age 69, of Ellis, Kansas, passed away on June 25, 2019 at Good Samaritan Society, Hays, Kansas. He was born in Quinter, Kansas on April 8, 1950, and graduated high school in Hoxie, Kansas. Rich continued on to Colby Community College and graduated from the LPN program. He was one of the first male LPN's in...

Jun 23, 2019

Marilea JoAnne (Johnson) Beougher, 84 of Grainfield, KS, passed away on June 23, 2019, at Hays Medical Center, Hays.

Marilea was born to Delbert Axel Sr. and B. Mildred (Marshall) Johnson, in Gove, KS, on November 25, 1934. She graduated from Gove Rural High School in 1952. Marilea attended and graduated from Fort Hays Kansas State College...

Jun 2, 2019

Sheila Beougher passed away Sunday, June 2, 2019, on her 77th birthday at Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, Kansas.

She was born June 2, 1942, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Harold J. and Vera (Jennison) Lundgren.

Sheila graduated from Gove Rural High School in 1960. She attended Fort Hays State University, then...

May 28, 2019

Winifred Litton Anderson Rankin died in Quinter, Kansas May 28, 2019 at age 94.  She was born in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado on August 13, 1924 to Hattie Mabel Bretton and B.W. Litton.

Her family moved to Gove, Kansas when she was a young girl.  She married her high school sweetheart, Robert "Bob" Monroe Anderson and together they...

May 26, 2019

Glenva Irene Coburn, 75, of Quinter, KS, passed away on May 26, 2019, at the Sheridan County Long Term Care Unit, Hoxie, KS.

Glenva was born at home on the family farm in Sheridan County on August 1, 1943, to Glenn Henry and B. Irene (Babcock) Stephenson. She attended first through eighth grade at the Allison School...

May 23, 2019

Douglas E. Ziegler, 85 of Grainfield, KS, passed away on May 23, 2019, at Logan County Manor, Oakley.

Douglas was born to Henry and Edith (Hetzel) Ziegler in Collyer, KS, on July 6, 1933. Doug attended Grainfield High School and received his degree from the school of hard knocks, becoming a very successful farmer and businessman in...

May 22, 2019

Roy David Keller, Jr of WaKeeney, Kansas passed away May 22, 2019.

Roy was born to Roy David and Florence Helen (Yandle) Keller in Humboldt, KS, on July 11, 1931. He graduated from Humboldt High School in 1949. Roy enlisted in the Navy in March of 1951. Following an honorable discharge from the Navy, he received Bachelor's...