Obituaries

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,...

Audrey L. Macke

Feb 22, 2019

Audrey Lynn Macke, 63 years old, ran out of time and left this earth to go Home to Heaven on Friday, February 22, 2019.  She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend to everyone she met. Her strong will to live, unwavering faith in God, and the love and prayers from family, friends, and many...

Karen Huffman

Feb 19, 2019

Karen Huffman, 78, of Quinter, Kansas went Home to her Savior and her beloved Galen on Feb. 19, 2019. Karen was born August 29, 1940 to Dale and Leona Stoner of King Ferry, New York. She and her two brothers, David and Dick, grew up on the family dairy farm, learning to work hard and to love the Lord....

Emma Kathryn Kaiser

Feb 13, 2019

Amelia Kathryn "Emma" Kaiser, 90, of Grainfield, Kansas, passed away on February 13 th , 2019.

Emma was born Amelia Kathryn Hartman in Grainfield, Kansas on April 20th,1928 to Adam and Kathryn (Zimmerman) Hartman.  She graduated from Grainfield High School in 1946.

Emma was married to George Kaiser on August 28 th , 1950 at...

Mary Ann Davis

Feb 9, 2019

Mary Ann (Wagner) Davis passed away on February 9, 2019, at the age of 85 years. Mary Ann was born April 28, 1933, in Jefferson County, KS on the family farm to Rudolph and Agnes Wagner.

Mary Ann attended and graduated from Trego Community High School in May 1951. After High school, she worked for JC Penney's...

Clifton "Cliff" Daniel Jamison

Feb 8, 2019

Clifton Daniel Jamison, "Cliff" or "Clifford the Big Red Dog", age 62, of Quinter, KS passed away on February 8, 2019

Cliff was born on April 8, 1956, at the Gove County Medical Center.  He graduated from Quinter High School in 1974.  He worked for Flex-King in Quinter, then farmed the remainder of his lifetime on the...