Doris Koehn
Dec 6, 2015
Lifelong WaKeeney resident, Doris Koehn, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015, at her home. She was 77 years of age. Doris was born July 5, 1938, in WaKeeney, to Paul George and Katharine (Pastor) Schemm. Doris was a 1957 graduate of Trego Community High School. On August 12, 1957, Doris was united in marriage to Weldon Dean Koehn, at Emmanuel...
Dorothy (Kinderknecht) Waldman
Dec 3, 2015
Lifelong Park resident, Dorothy (Kinderknecht) Waldman, passed away, Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. She was 89 years of age. Dorothy was born January 28, 1926, in rural Sheridan County, near Park, to Alex and Anna (Bollig) Kinderknecht. Dorothy was united in marriage to William Waldman, on September 21, 1948, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
Laverne "Vernie" Benjamin Deines
Nov 28, 2015
LaVerne "Vernie" Deines, age 82, of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Trego Center, on November 29, 1932, to Benjamin and Pauline (Stieben) Deines. Vernie was united in marriage to Mary Lou Opat, on October 20 1958, in Collyer. They enjoyed 57 years of marriage together. Vernie and Mary...
Leonard W. Purinton
Nov 28, 2015
Leonard W. Purinton, 92, died Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. Â He was born August 4, 1923 on a ranch south of Collyer to Ray and Leona (Ward) Purinton. Â He attended Banner Grade School and was a 1941 graduate of Trego Community High School. Leonard married Irene C. Royce on September 15, 1946 in Smith Center. She...
Leon Irvin Griffin
Nov 26, 2015
Leon Griffin, age 82, of WaKeeney, died Thursday, November 26, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. Cremation was chosen. Family hosted services will take place at a later date.
Houston G. Stubbs
Nov 25, 2015
Houston "Hugh" G Stubbs, 94, Grainfield, died Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at the Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care, Quinter. He was born July 11, 1921, on the family farm near Grainfield, the son of John James and Katherine M (Birrer) Stubbs. He was raised on the farm and graduated from Grainfield Rural High School in 1939 and served...
Eugene "Gene" Hrabe
Nov 19, 2015
Lifelong Rooks County resident, Eugene "Gene" Hrabe, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Solomon Valley Manor, Stockton. He was 85 years of age. Gene was born May 19, 1930, in Plainville, the son of the late Frank and Laura May (Kopsa) Hrabe. Gene was a 1948 graduate of Codell High School. He went to serve our country in the...
Robert "Bob" W. Bugbee
Nov 13, 2015
Robert W. Bugbee was born on October 30, 1920 in Matheson, Co. to Cletus A. and Amy Holcomb Bugbee and passed away November 13, 2015 at the age of 95, in Lenexa, Kansas. Bob attended school in Steele City, Nebraska, and graduated from Steele City High School in 1938. On November 17, 1941, he was united in marriage to Mildred...
Larry Eugene Thummel
Nov 2, 2015
Larry Eugene Thummel left his earthly home for his heavenly home on Monday, November 2, 2015 in Hutchinson. Larry was born April 6, 1950 to Lawrence and Mildred (Huelsman) Thummel in Hoxie. He attended Hoxie High School. Larry met the love of his life (his high school sweetheart), Marilyn Kropp, of Colby. They were united in marriage on August 31,...
Edward Leroy Jamison
Nov 1, 2015
Edward (Ed) Jamison, 79, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015, at his Quinter home with his family by his side. Ed was born Oct. 25th, 1936 in Hoxie, to Dutch and Edith (Morgan) Jamison. He graduated from Quinter High School in 1954, and then entered the Navy, where he proudly served his country for four years. Ed spent most of...
Wayne Stroup
Oct 29, 2015
Wayne Clausen Stroup of Grainfield, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2015. Cremation was chosen. No services are scheduled at this time.
Jourdan W. Mattke
Oct 27, 2015
Jourdan W. Mattke, age 85, of WaKeeney, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Trego Manor, WaKeeney. He was born January 13, 1930 in Ogallah, to Paull and Gladys May (Pierce) Mattke. Jourdan was a Trego Community High School graduate. On September 4, 1949, he was united in marriage to Ethel Bell in WaKeeney. They enjoyed 55 years of marriage...
Wayne Morrison Mann
Oct 25, 2015
Wayne Morrison Mann, age 83, of Quinter, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care Unit, where he had been since October of 2014. He was born July 3, 1932, Southwest of Quinter, the third child of Merlyn and Velma (Wright) Mann. Wayne was dedicated to the Lord in baptism as a baby. At...
Charles Austin Mann
Oct 25, 2015
Charles Austin Mann was born into the family of Joseph Lynn and Ruth (Feiler) Mann on June 11, 1929. Family lore tells that he was their only child who was born in a hospital since it was 'haying season', and no one had time to care for a mother and infant at home. Austin grew to love the farm and...
Shirley Joann Smith
Oct 23, 2015
Shirley Joann Smith, age 81, of WaKeeney, Kansas (formerly of Collyer) passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 5, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Robert and Phyllis (Snow) Regur. Shirley attended school in Oroville, California. On September 1, 1951, she was united in marriage to Frank Dalling. To this...
Barbara J. Foos
Oct 23, 2015
Barbara J. Foos, age 84, of Hutchinson (formerly of WaKeeney), passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born October 5, 1931, in Wichita, to Jean Walter and Ruth Ann (Schoonover) Connor. Barbara was a graduate of North High School, in Wichita. On June 11, 1950, she was united in marriage to Carl Dean Tucker...
Skip Murray Yowell
Oct 14, 2015
Skip M. Yowell, 69, died Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 at his home in Saint Peter, Kansas. He was born in Hays, Kansas to Harold and Marjorie (Murray) Yowell. He spent his early years in Grainfield, moving to Great Bend at the age of 5. He started kindergarten at Park Elementary School and graduated from Great Bend High School in 1964....
Douglas Clore
Oct 12, 2015
Douglas "Doug" Lee Clore, 60 of WaKeeney passed away Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. He was born March 4, 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Robert and Bertha Virginia (Conner) Clore. Doug earned a Master's Degree in Psychology, and worked as a Clinical Psychotherapist. Doug was an avid Kansas City Chiefs fan. Doug loved John Deere. He enjoyed going camping and...
Douglas D. Norris
Oct 5, 2015
Douglas Dale Norris was born September 23, 1959, in Kansas City, Missouri to the late Donald Norris and Venita (Newland) Houchin. He passed away Monday October 5, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, at the age of 56. Doug attended the Kansas School for the Deaf, where he studied his basic subjects and received a degree in welding. In...
Delores Hendrix
Oct 2, 2015
WaKeeney resident, Delores Hendrix, passed away from cancer October 2, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born January 30, 1935 in Trego County to Richard and Hazel (Backstrom) Turner. Delores was 80 years of age. Delores graduated from Brownell High School and married Wayne Hendrix on June 6, 1954. Nine years and four children later,...
