Obituaries

Kenneth Quinn

May 21, 2019

Kenneth LeRoy Quinn, 70, passed away on May 21, 2019, at Gove Medical Center in Quinter, KS, after a long battle with cancer. Ken was born to Leslie and Marie (Place) Quinn in Rapid City, South Dakota on May 6, 1949.

He graduated from Rapid City High.  Ken owned a plumbing company for a number of years...

Hubert Holzmeister

May 19, 2019

Hubert Holzmeister was born November 24, 1925, to John & Susan (Herman) Holzmeister.  He passed away on May 19, 2019, at Gove County Long Term Care in Quinter, KS, at the age of 93.

Hubert was born in rural Rush County.  He lived near Loretta until the family moved to a farm north of Quinter around 1944....

Dorothy Mann

May 13, 2019

Dorothy Mann passed away on May 13, 2019, at the age of 90.

She was born to Dave and Geneva (Ulrich) Bollinger on April 26, 1929. She along with her younger sister, Norma, lived on the family farm near the Smoky Hill River, 20 miles south of Quinter. Mostly via horseback, she attended...

Susan H Benkelman

Apr 29, 2019

Susan Noble (Hancock) Benkelman passed away on the afternoon of April 29, 2019.  She was born on May 16, 1945 in Baltimore, MD to John Harvey Hancock and Joan (LaGarde) Hancock.  She grew up in St. Francis, KS. After graduation, she attended Kansas State University for 2 years.  She married William S. Benkelman "Bill" on June 8, 1966. They...

Joyce Ilene Gibbs

Apr 27, 2019

Joyce Ilene Halderson Gibbs was born March 11, 1933 to Orval and Freda (Horn) Halderson in Simpson, Kansas. She died on April 27, 2019 at the Trego County Long Term Care at the age of 86.

Joyce was baptized May 7, 1933 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glasco, Kansas. She was confirmed at St. Paul's...

Michael Gebhart

Apr 21, 2019

Michael "Mike" Gebhart, age 65, of Ogallah, Kansas, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019 at his home in Ogallah.  He was born in Oxford England on December 20, 1953 to Donald and Olive (Williams) Gebhart.  He graduated from Homer High School in Homer, Alaska.  Mike was drafted out of high school and became a combat engineer in the United...

Eleanor Swank

Apr 17, 2019

Eleanor Aileen Swank, age 92, WaKeeney, passed away April 17, 2019, at WaKeeney Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. She was born November 24, 1926, in Trego County to Palmer E. and Caroline (Massier) Deines. She was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church, Ellis, KS, on December 22, 1926.

Eleanor was united in marriage to Ray...

Kim Bernard Ebbert

Apr 15, 2019

Lifelong WaKeeney resident, Kim Bernard Ebbert, passed away Monday, April 15, 2019 at his home in WaKeeney.  He was 60 years of age.  He was born April 3, 1959, in WaKeeney, to Samuel Bernard and Barbara Ann (DeWitt) Ebbert.

Kim was a 1977 graduate of Trego Community High School.  On September 29, 1984, he was united in...

Cindy L. Basgall

Apr 14, 2019

Cindy L. Basgall, age 62, of WaKeeney, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019, at her home.  She was born January 29, 1957, in Stafford, Kansas to Wayne Eugene and JoAnn (Betson) McCurdy.

After graduating from Trego Community High School in 1975, Cindy attended Cloud County Community College.  On January 29, 1977, she was united in marriage to...

Julie N Pope

Apr 10, 2019

Julie N Pope, 66, Grinnell, KS, passed away, Wednesday April 10 th , 2019 at Hays Medical Center.

She was born May 28 th , 1952 to Hank and Elsie (Richardson) Morgan in Beatrice, NE.  She had been a welder for nearly 20 years then worked for the Good Samaritan, both in Beatrice, NE.  While residing in...

Dorothy Jean Hull

Apr 7, 2019

Dorothy Jean Hull, age 86, of Quinter, passed away April 7, 2019 at Gove County Medical Center, LTC.

Cremation was chosen.  No services are planned at this time.

Charles R. Easton

Mar 27, 2019

Charles Robert Easton ("Charlie, Chuck,") 82, of Quinter, KS, passed away March 27, 2019, at his home.

Charlie was born to Norris Charles and Edna (Spillman) Easton August 20, 1936, in Quinter, KS. Attended Quinter Elementary and Quinter High School, graduating in 1954. He then went into the Air Force for 4 years and was stationed in...

John Cline Jr.

Mar 23, 2019

John Cline, Jr., was born October 6, 1934, in Harper County, Oklahoma to John Henry and Lillie Mae (Seidel) Cline. In the early 1940s, the family moved to Beeler, Kansas. On June 9, 1953, John and Emma Arlene (Coker) were united in marriage at the Methodist Church Parsonage in Ness City, Kansas. To this union, three sons and one ...

Kendall Mae Ottley

Mar 22, 2019

Kendall Mae Ottley, age 75, of rural WaKeeney, Kansas, died Friday, March 22, 2019, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Ks. She was born July 19, 1943 in Garden City, Kansas to Kenneth Durant and Ollie Mae (Slawson) Durant.

Kendall attended schools in Holcomb, Russell Springs, and graduated with her senior class in Monument, Kansas from Monument Consolidated...

Donald Paul Branine

Mar 15, 2019

Donald "Don" Paul Branine, age 79, of Ogallah, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 15, 2019 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.  He was born March 20, 1939, in Wichita, Kansas to Paul D. and Jenny "Marie" (Ludwick) Branine. He was a graduate of Douglass High School class of 1956.  On November 10, 1956 Don was united in marriage with...

Max Hacker

Mar 15, 2019

Lifelong WaKeeney resident, Max Hacker, passed away March 15, 2019 in Apache Junction, Arizona.  He was born March 3, 1944, in WaKeeney, to Raymond and Maxine (Bradley) Hacker. Max was 75 years of age.

On February 23, 1962, Max was united in marriage to Janice K. Pearson in WaKeeney.  They cherished 57 years of marriage together. Max...

Isaac John Nixon

Mar 8, 2019

Isaac Nixon, age 94, formerly of Ogallah, passed away March 8, 2019 in Overland Park.

Private burial has taken place to honor Isaac's wishes.

Please check back for any service information.  Nothing immediate is planned at this time.

Lawrence J. Waldschmidt

Mar 8, 2019

Lawrence J. "Bud" Waldschmidt Jr., age 64, of Ogallah, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019.

Cremation was chosen.  Private family services will take place at a later date

Memorials in your thoughts, words, and deeds would be deeply appreciated by Bud's family.

Donald Lee Albin

Mar 6, 2019

Don Albin, age 89, of rural Utica, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas.  He was born Donald Lee Albin, May 18, 1929, in Gove County, Kansas to Ernest L. and Myrtle Hester (Goss) Albin.

He attended Gove County East Lonestar District #19 through 8 th grade, then went on to...

Sally Jo Buchholz

Mar 2, 2019

Sally Jo (Underhill) Buchholz, age 70, of Hill City, Kansas passed away Saturday March 2, 2019 at Hays Medical Center.  Sally was born May 21, 1948 in Syracuse, Kansas to Charles and Norma (Charles) Underhill.

Sally attended Trego Community Schools while growing up and received her GED in 1996.  She married Stanley Allen Buchholz on July 26,...