Obituaries

Jun 3, 2018

Esther Lillian Russell, age 94 years and 11 months, died on June 3, 2018 at Long Term Care in WaKeeney.

Esther was the 11 th child of 12 of Alexander and Katharina Elisabeth (Flath) Graf.  The first 3 children of Alexander and Katharina Graf were born in Neu Weimar, Russia --- Esther was born in Wiley, Colorado....

May 8, 2018

Dorothy M. Malinowsky, age 78, of WaKeeney, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.  She was born December 8, 1939, in Quinter, Kansas to Clark J. and Myrtle E. (Smith) Newcomer.

Dorothy attended Collyer Grade School, graduated from Trego Community High School, then she went on to complete a program in...

Apr 21, 2018

Wayne Wilbur Yale, 94,  Grainfield, KS died  April 21, 2018, at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. He was born April 18, 1924, at the home of his parents Luther M and Phyllis G (Bickerton) Yale southwest of Grainfield. He attended and graduated from East Big Creek School. This one-room country school was about a mile from...

Apr 14, 2018

Nan Mae (Cassidy) Conaway was born on the family farmstead at Monument, Ks.,  March 11, 1915, to Walter Brown and Nora Belle (Martin) Cassidy.  She was the fourth of five daughters and one son.  She earned her wings on April 14th, 2018, at Redbud Village, Plainville, Ks.  She had been an Oakley resident for most of her life. She...

Apr 11, 2018

Craig C. Campbell passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Pueblo West, Colorado on April 11, 2018.  Craig was born in Hays, Kansas on January 4, 1930 to Page and Marguerite (Clark) Campbell.

He was raised on the family farm with hard work and honest family values.  In 1950, Craig married his high school...

Apr 8, 2018

Lawrence E. Schwindt, age 90, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018 in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 7, 1928, in LaCrosse, Kansas, to Benjamin and Ella (Foos) Schwindt.

Lawrence graduated from the 8 th grade in a country school in Trego County near the family farm, and then worked full time on his family...

Apr 6, 2018

Remembering…

Mildred Ann Boyer was born August 27, 1928, in rural Reno County, KS.   She passed away Thursday, April 6, 2018, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at Wakeeney, KS at the age of 89.

Education was important to Mildred.   She received her Bachelor's Degree in Education from Emporia State Teacher's College and her...

Apr 5, 2018

Milton "Milt" Roth, 86, of Wichita, died Thursday, April 5, 2018.  He was born in Hays, Kansas in 1932.

Milt was raised in Wakeeney, Kansas where he met the love of his life, Nathalee, at the ripe old age of 16 years.  They would marry four years later after his sophomore year at Kansas State University.  Once...

Apr 4, 2018

Kenneth "Kenny" Hilmes, age 66, of WaKeeney, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney, Kansas.  He was born April 23, 1951, in Ransom, Kansas, to Henry J. and Armilla (Luetters) Hilmes.

Kenny was a 1970 graduate of Ransom High School.  On May 30, 1997, he was united in marriage to Brenda...

Mar 31, 2018

DARLENE REDMOND OBITUARY

Darlene Adele Edwards was born August 4, 1933 to Laura (Barclay) and J.T. Edwards in Fowler, Kansas. She lived in Fowler for 13 years with her Grandparents, Tom and Mary Barclay.   Darlene moved to Quinter with her mother and graduated from Quinter High School in 1951.

Darlene married Dale Redmond on September...

Mar 18, 2018

Oneita Ruth Tuttle was born October 29, 1923, on a farm north of Quinter, Kansas. Her parents were Ralph M. and Ada Ruth (Sprenkel) Tuttle. Oneita passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018, in the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter at the age of 94. She was a lifetime resident of Quinter.

She was baptized into the...

Mar 15, 2018

JoAnn (Betson) McCurdy, age 87, of WaKeeney, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.  She was born August 8, 1930 in Wichita to Ivan and Hilma (Gillcrest) Betson.

JoAnn was a graduate of Bentley High School, and went on to attend St. Francis Nursing School, where she graduated as a Registered Nurse. ...

Mar 6, 2018

Geraldine "Jerry" Shaw, age 86, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at Sheridan County Health Complex, Long Term Care, Hoxie, Kansas.  She was born September 27, 1931 in Quinter to M.A. and Osie (Stubbs)  Gillespie.

Jerry was a 1949 graduate of Grainfield High School.  She was united in marriage to Curtis Shaw on June 19, 1949 in...

Mar 1, 2018

Ryan William Struss, age 35, of WaKeeney, passed on to Heaven Thursday, March 1, 2018 in WaKeeney.  He was born May 8, 1982 to Laura and Kevin Struss.  He was delivered by Dr. James J. Hamilton at the Trego County Hospital, WaKeeney.

Ryan cherished his family.  He loved farming, especially in John Deere tractors.  He always said...

Feb 28, 2018

Verda O. Delaney was born November 15, 1938, on a farm south of Ness City, Kansas.  She was the second of two children born to Lorin E. (Bub) and Ruby (Goss) Delaney.  Verda attended rural Ness County schools and later graduated from Ness City High School in 1956.

Verda grew up helping her parents on the farm. ...

Feb 22, 2018

Edna Christene "Chris" (Walker) Garrett, age 92, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away after a short illness on February 22, 2018 in Peoria, Arizona.  She was born November 21, 1925 at home, north of WaKeeney to Ralph and Leona (Rucker) Walker.  She graduated in 1943 from TCHS in WaKeeney.  She attended both KU and Wichita State University.

She...

Feb 18, 2018

Barbara Jean Opat, 73, of WaKeeney, KS, passed away with peace and grace on February 18, 2018, with her children by her side.

Barbara was born to Joseph and Anna Opat in Ransom, KS and has since been a lifelong resident of WaKeeney.

With her fiery red hair that matched her spirit, Barbara lived her...

Feb 16, 2018

Johnnie William Russell died Friday evening, February 16, 2018 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney, Kansas. Johnnie was born on April 29, 1925, southwest of Idana, Kansas to John William Russell, and Nellie Pearl (Johnson) Russell. In 1929 Johnnie was joined on the family farm by twin brothers, Clayton and Clinton. They passed in 1958 and 2006. Johnnie attended...

Feb 11, 2018

Monty Michael Mlinek , age 66, passed away on about February 11, 2018, at the farm near Collyer, KS. He was born in WaKeeney, KS on October 17, 1951, to Robert J. and Nona J. Mlinek .

He is survived by three brothers, Larry of Hays, KS, Randy of Lakeland, FL, and Jeffrey of Fayetville...

Feb 3, 2018

Emma Louise Wiesendanger Yanda, age 94, of Sun City West, Arizona, passed away after a brief illness on February 3, 2018.  She was born in Randolph, Kansas on September 28, 1923, to J.J. and Marie Elizabeth Peterson Wiesendanger.

She graduated from Salina High School in 1941 and Kansas City Art Institute in 1946.  On September 4, 1948,...