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Ella M. Fabrizius
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...
Lloyd Eugene Nilhas
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...
Gary "Chub" Jamison
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...
Emma Zerr
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...
Leroy J. Windholz
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...
Mernadine Castle
Sep 4, 2016
Mernadine Louise (Neymeyer) Castle, age 89, Quinter, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. She was born March 9, 1927, in Quinter, to Claude and Hannah (Jamison) Neymeyer. Mernadine attended a two-room country school, as a child, then graduated from Quinter High School. She loved to work in the garden, growing flowers. She was an...
Donald E. Mai Sr.
Aug 31, 2016
Donald E. Mai, Sr., age 74 of WaKeeney, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born March 13, 1942, in WaKeeney, to Fred J. and Christina (Mai) Mai. Donald was a graduate of Trego Community High School. On March 21, 1965, he was united in marriage to Victoria Deines, WaKeeney. They enjoyed 36 years...
Barbara Ann Ebbert
Aug 19, 2016
Barbara Ann Ebbert, 83, longtime WaKeeney, Kansas resident, passed from this world on August 19th, 2016 in Ponca City Oklahoma. She was born on November 5th, 1932 to Clyde and Blanche DeWitt, in WaKeeney. Barbara grew up just south of WaKeeney and attended country school through eighth grade, finishing high school in Wakeeney. Barbara and Bernard Ebbert were married on...
Margaret Irene Dietz
Aug 14, 2016
Margaret Irene (Phares) Dietz was born December 30, 1926, to Thurman Allen and Marie (Mensing) Phares in Russell Springs, KS. She passed away August 14, 2016, at her home in Amarillo, TX, at the age of 89. Margaret was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Her early years were spent in WaKeeney, KS, where she attended and graduated from...
Gloria Jean Folkers
Aug 13, 2016
Gloria Jean Folkers, age 85, of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday August 13, 2016 at her daughter's home in Houston, TX Gloria Jean Stowe Folkers was born at the Ransom Hospital on March 21, 1931. She was the second child born to Willard and Hollis (Farmer) Stowe. Her childhood was spent on the family farm playing with her siblings, riding Old...
Kathryn C. Kraus
Aug 7, 2016
Kathryn Coletta Kraus of Grainfield, KS, 94, died at the Long Term Care Center in Quinter, KS on August 7, 2016. Kathryn Kraus was born August 12, 1921 to William and Mary Anne (Poss) Luetters, and was baptized on August 21. She was the youngest of six children who were born and raised on a farm in rural Ransom, KS....
George F. Benisch
Aug 4, 2016
George Frank Benisch, 83, died August 4th, 2016 at Trego-Lemke Memorial Hospital Long-Term Care. He was born September 25, 1932, in rural Trego County, to Frank and Nellie (Ptacek) Benisch. George married Ruth Loene Schoenthaler in 1957, and was a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and hospital maintenance supervisor. George joined the United States Air Force in 1951 and served...
Nellie M Kepferle
Jul 20, 2016
Lifelong Quinter resident, Nellie Mae (Jamison) Kepferle, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Gove County Long Term Care, Quinter, after a valiant fight with Parkinson's Disease. She was born October 25, 1936, in Quinter, to John Ernest and Ruby Grace Lillian (Jarboe) Jamison. Nellie was a graduate of Quinter High School. On October 29, 1954, she was united in...
Nathan Sams
Jul 12, 2016
Nathan Thomas Sams, born at home on December 30th, 1984 was the 5th of Garry and Gail Sams' children. He and his surviving three sisters were home schooled as his parents finished the house they were living in northwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado. By the time he was old enough to appreciate his unique situation, the job was done. It...
Marshall Powers
Jul 5, 2016
Lifelong Gove county resident, Marshall Powers, died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, as the result of a motor vehicle accident near Gove, Kansas. He was born May 13, 1970, in Quinter, Kansas to Franklin C. and Mona Ferol (Dawson) Powers. Marshall was a graduate of Wheatland High School, with the class of 1990. He worked several...
Patricia "Patty" Mai
Jun 30, 2016
Patricia Mai was born December 2, 1926 to Frank J. and Blanche (Lindsay) DeJarnette, in Miami, Oklahoma. She passed away at the age of 89, Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. As a young girl, Patty was baptized in the Christian Church faith. She spent most of her young life in Baxter Springs, Kansas, and with...
Delmer Lynd
Jun 29, 2016
Lifelong WaKeeney resident, Delmer Lynd, age 81, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Trego County Lemke Long Term Care. He was born August 12, 1934, in WaKeeney, to William Edward and Hilda (Johnson) Lynd. Delmer graduated from Trego Community High School with the class of 1952. On August 20, 1956, he was united in marriage to Dorothy Marie Hobbick,...
Milden Dale Keith
Jun 24, 2016
Milden D. Keith, age 69, of WaKeeney, passed away after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia. He was born September 26, 1946, in Hays, Kansas, to Orval Dale "Bud" and Madeline Agnes (Tremblay) Keith. After graduating high school, Milden graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Arts. He then went on to serve our...
Clem Reitmayer
Jun 19, 2016
Clem Reitmayer, age 90, of Quinter, Kansas passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016 at his home. He was born October 23, 1925, in rural Ellis, Kansas to John and Clara (Schuster) Reitmayer. He was a graduate of Trego Community High School. Clem was a proud veteran of the United States Navy, having served during World War II in the Night...
Bessie Boone
Jun 19, 2016
Bessie Catherine Reece was born to Elder John Michael Reece and Edith Turner Reece on October 4, 1914 near Fairview, Missouri where she lived with her family until June 1916. Her mother passed away when Bessie was quite young and her father then married Edith Brubaker who helped raise the Reece children. Bessie's brothers included the late Richard Turner Reece...
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