Obituaries

Nov 29, 2016

Candy Sue Jamison, 60, Quinter, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at home with her husband Galen, friends Steve Hein and Jack Urban at her side. She was born May 21, 1956, in Wakeeney, KS, to Clarence Sr. and Donna Schneider. She married Galen R. Jamison Oct. 22, 1977. Describing Candy brings to mind words and emotions of love, laughter,...

Nov 21, 2016

Levi James Hackler, age 12, of rural WaKeeney, passed away Monday, November 21, 2016 at his home.  He was born January 18, 2004, in Salina, Kansas, to William Ryan and Yvonne Gay (Popp) Hackler.

He was a seventh grader at Quinter Junior High School.  Levi is survived by his parents, William and Yvonne; his grandparents, William D...

Nov 17, 2016

Wayne Lofton, age 77, of Hillsboro, Kansas (formerly of Ogallah, Kansas), passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Parkside Homes, Hillsboro. He was born June 18, 1939, in McCall Creek, Mississippi, to Frank and Gladys (Blount) Lofton. Wayne graduated from Start High School in Mississippi, earned his Bachelors of Sacred Literature from Ozark Bible College, and went on to earn...

Nov 16, 2016

Elizabeth Ann (Wynn) Rush, age 87, of WaKeeney, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. She was born February 21, 1929, in Marquette, Kansas, to Glenn and Irene (Campbell) Wynn. Elizabeth was a graduate of Geneseo High School. On June 11, 1946, she was united in marriage to Leslie Lee Rush, in Lyons, Kansas....

Nov 16, 2016

Vernice Lorena Forman McBurney was born in Yankton, Oregon to John Latimer Chestnut and Mary Ethel Chestnut on September 23, 1914 during the 10 months her father worked as a logger there. Like her parents, she was a lifelong member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and lived most of her life in Quinter, Kansas.  Vernice peacefully left...

Nov 8, 2016

Mark E. Pfannenstiel, 63, Wakeeney, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 30, 1953, in Sioux Falls, SD to Edwin A. and Isabel (Kuhl) Pfannenstiel. He graduated from Thomas More Prep in 1971 and from Fort Hays State University with a B.S. in Business. Mark was employed by the U.S. Post Office in...

Nov 7, 2016

Rural Park resident, Dennis Leroy Walker, passed away November 7, 2016, at his residence. He was born July 14, 1944, in Akron, Colorado, to George and Vera (McFarlin) Walker. In February of 1965, Dennis was united in marriage to Carol Harrington. To this union, three sons were born. They later divorced. In June of 1986, Dennis married Joane Dible. She...

Nov 5, 2016

Bessie Mae (Zahn) King, age 86, of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. Services will take place at a later date, as cremation was chosen.

Nov 4, 2016

Loren N. Hillman, age 61, of WaKeeney, passed away November 4, 2016 at his sister's home in Junction City, Kansas. He was born October 2, 1955, in WaKeeney, to Lowell and Betty (Hughes) Hillman. Loren was a 1973 graduate of Trego Community High School. He worked as a roughneck for Discovery Drilling for eighteen years, and was dedicated to his...

Oct 31, 2016

Lifelong Quinter resident Velvyn Eileen (Lahman) Jarboe passed away Monday, October 31, 2016, at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care Facility. She was 88 years of age. Velvyn was born September 27, 1928, on the family farm west of Quinter, Kansas to Ralph and Carrie (Jamison) Lahman. She attended Fairview country school and graduated from Quinter High School in...

Oct 28, 2016

Lowell Russell Flora was born February 16, 1924 on a farm near Quinter to Norman and Lizzie (Delp) Flora, 7th of 10 children. He passed away on October 28, 2016 at the Gove County Long Term Care at the age of 92 with his wife Cora and daughters at his side. Lowell grew up in the Quinter area, graduated from...

Oct 25, 2016

Darren Dean Koehn, 57, lifelong resident of WaKeeney, died Tuesday, October 25, 2016, unexpectedly from natural causes while driving home from work. Born January 27, 1959, in Hutchinson KS, he was a son of the late Weldon and Doris (Schemm) Koehn. On May 22, 2008, Darren was united in marriage to Lisa Moore in WaKeeney. He worked in the family...

Oct 24, 2016

WaKeeney resident, Wanda (Staab) Pfannenstiel, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016, at her home. She was born June 21, 1951 to Joseph A. Staab and Louise (Meier) Staab in Hays, KS. She grew up and attended schools in Hays and Catharine, KS and graduated from Marian High School in Hays in 1969. She worked at Travenol. She was united in...

Oct 15, 2016

WaKeeney resident, Virgil J. "Jim" Goetz, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care, WaKeeney. He was born April 18, 1931, in Park, Kansas, to Helen N. (Gallagher) Brungardt and Edmond Cecile Goetz. Jim attended Park schools. On August 12, 1952, Jim was united in marriage to Mary Lou Berens at St. Michael's...

Oct 6, 2016

Marlene Nadine (Zeman) LaRue was born August 12, 1946, in Grinnell, Kansas, to Harold and Donna (Hickel) Zeman. She died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. On May 25, 1979, Marlene was united in marriage to Tony Ray LaRue. They lived in Jennings, Kansas until returning to WaKeeney in 2007. She worked as a CNA in her...

Oct 1, 2016

Ella Mathilda (Deines) Fabrizius was born January 15, 1918 to David and Elisabeth (Dietz) Deines on the family homestead in rural Barton County near Galatia, Kansas. She died October 1, 2016 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care at the age of 98. Ella was baptized March 17, 1918 and was confirmed in 1932 at St. Paul's Lutheran...

Sep 18, 2016

Lloyd Eugene Nilhas, 91 died Sunday, September 18, 2016 at the Trego County Long Term Care Facility in WaKeeney. Lloyd was born February 21, 1925 in rural Hodgeman County, the son of Frank and Hattie (Hendrickson) Nilhas. He was a farmer/rancher in Gove County until 1961 at which time he moved to Trego County to farm and ranch. He was...

Sep 14, 2016

Gary "Chub" Lynn Jamison, age 59, of Garnett (formerly of Quinter), passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at his residence in Garnett. He was born December 7, 1956 in Quinter, to William Richard and Anna Lucille (Garber) Jamison. Gary grew up and always helped out on the family dairy farm. He enjoyed playing basketball and showing others tricks he learned...

Sep 14, 2016

Emma Zerr, age 95, of Quinter, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. She was born in Gove County, on January 6, 1921, to Valentine and Anna (Zimmerman) Wildeman. Emma was united in marriage to Rudolph C. Zerr, on August 25, 1941, in Park, Kansas. He preceded her in death in 1991. Emma was a...

Sep 6, 2016

LeRoy James Windholz, Quinter, was born on December 9, 1933 near Emmeram to August and Regina (Bieker) Windholz. He passed away on September 6, 2016 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, at the age of 82. LeRoy grew up on his family's farm near Emmeram. He attended Lost Canyon country school through 8th grade. During his teenage years he moved to...