Stephen H. Roberts
Mar 2, 2015
Stephen H. Roberts, age 69, of Garden City (formerly of Oakley and Hill City), passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. He was born June 8, 1945, in Hays, to Albert Mack and Phyllis Lucille (Gish) Roberts. Stephen was a 1964 graduate of Trego Community High School. On April 26, 1974, Stephen was united...
John E. Repshire
Feb 25, 2015
John Everet Repshire, age 72, of Park, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center – Long Term Care, Quinter. He was born December 27, 1942 in rural Hill City to Ray Everet and Juanita Mae (Thomas) Repshire. John was a 1960 graduate of Russell Springs High School. He went on to serve our country in the...
Barbara Loevenstein
Feb 22, 2015
Barbara Loevenstein, age 98, died Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care, Quinter. Barbara, daughter of Peter and Eva (Katzendorn) Spies was born on a farm near St. Peter, April 7, 1916. As a young child Barbara's family moved to a farm southeast of Quinter where she grew up and attended Pleasantview Rural School through...
Jamie L Castle
Feb 21, 2015
Jamie Lee Castle passed away February 21, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. He was born January 23, 1947 to Marvin and Mernadine (Nemeyer) Castle in Quinter. Jamie attended Quinter Grade School and High School, graduating with QHS class of 1965. He was baptized in the Church of the Brethren in Quinter as a young man. Jamie served in...
Carl Allen Barrows, Jr.
Feb 14, 2015
Carl Allen Barrows, Jr, age 48, passed away at Gove County Medical Center on February 14, 2015 due to complications from his fight with cancer. Carl was born on October 10, 1966 in Binghamton, N.Y. to Carl Sr and Sharon Barrows. He attended Harpursville Jr.-Sr. High School. Carl served as Chief of the Harpursvillle Fire Department for many years. On...
Blanche Hull
Feb 13, 2015
Blanche Anna Hull, age 69, of Quinter, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. She was born May 12, 1945, in Sedan, to Charles Samuel and Evelyn Frances (Hollingsworth) Hull. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 19, 2015, at the Church of the Brethren with pastor Keith Funk officiating. Private burial will take place...
Sheila A. Selensky
Feb 12, 2015
Sheila A. Selensky, 66, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. Sheila was born April 28, 1948, in Hays, to Isadore "Issy" and Evelyn (Schmidtberger) Dreher. After high school, Sheila attended beauty school in Hays and opened her own beauty shop in Russell. On April 29, 1978, Sheila Dreher was united in marriage to...
James R. Millwee
Feb 9, 2015
James Rayford Millwee was born on October 26, 1930 on a farm outside Crockett, Texas to James Sidney and Lou Ella Morgan Millwee. He passed away on February 9, 2015 at the Gove County LTCF in Quinter, Kansas at the age of 84. He was preceded in death by his parents and four siblings, John Hugh Millwee, William Clois Millwee,...
Velma Westman
Feb 7, 2015
Velma Westman, age 78, of Quinter, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care, Quinter. She was born October 9, 1936, in Ness City to Melvin C. and Lola (Duncan) Steerman. Velma attended Ness City Schools through 8th grade and later received her GED. On April 13, 1955, Velma was united in marriage to...
John Dice
Feb 5, 2015
John Dice, age 82, of WaKeeney, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. He was born November 19, 1932 in Acosta, Pennsylvania, to Clarence Albert and Iva Melissa (Puttman) Dice. John proudly served our country in the United States Army. On October 1, 1954, he was united in marriage to Greta Gorsky at the...
Viola Deines
Feb 5, 2015
Viola Deines was born on May 27, 1920, on a farm in Rooks County Kansas to John and Emma (Aust) Hoffman. She had four siblings, Anna, Frieda, Fredrick (Fritz) and Wahnetta. She passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, in WaKeeney. Viola spent the majority of her youth living with her family in Ogallah, KS....
James J. Faulkner
Feb 4, 2015
James "Joe" Faulkner, age 88, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. Joe was born March 10, 1926, in Trego County, to James and Sarah (Kilkenney) Faulkner. Joe was a Trego Community High School graduate and a proud veteran of the United States Navy. He served our country during World War II. He was...
Elinor Ann Wilson
Feb 3, 2015
Elinor Ann Wilson, age 83, of Quinter, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center – Long Term Care, Quinter. She was born November 9, 1931, in Quinter, to Clifford and Ethel (Johnson) Bland. Until recent years, Elinor lived in Gove. She graduated from Gove High School. On August 19, 1951, Elinor was united in marriage to...
Anna V. Hamburg
Jan 24, 2015
Anna V. Hamburg passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born May 2, 1920 in rural Ellis to John and Mary (Armbrister) Zachman. On August 4, 1946, she was united in marriage to Marvin Hamburg at St. John Lutheran Church, north of Ellis. They enjoyed 64 years of marriage together, until he passed away...
Karen Kay Nagao
Jan 15, 2015
Karen "Kay" (Burns) Heier Nagao passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care, Quinter. She was born April 17, 1938 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Lois Ovella Simmons Hyer Ecklund. Karen was adopted by Earl Noel and Calista Alene (Stewart) Burns. She married Leo Valentine Heier on November 22, 1958. They later divorced. On...
Shane B. Day
Jan 12, 2015
Shane was born April 4, 1973, in WaKeeney, to Burton "Butch" and Melody (Barger) Day. Shane came into the world with special needs but still led a full life. He lived in WaKeeney, Hays, Atwood and Hill City, but his last stop was in Eudora under the loving watch and care of Chris Price who Shane adored. Shane passed away...
Curtis Dean Mong
Jan 11, 2015
Curtis Dean Mong (81) departed this world to stand before his heavenly Father on Sunday, January 11th, 2015. Curtis was born March 8th, 1933 unto John A. Mong & Barbara (Weaver) Mong. He was the 4th of 8 loving children born & raised on the family's farm south of Ogallah, KS. on Big Creek. Curtis proudly served overseas with the...
Hildagard Wasinger
Jan 10, 2015
Hildagard Wasinger, age 100, of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Trego Manor, WaKeeney. She was born March 11, 1914, on the family farm in St. Peter to Peter and Eva Marie (Katzendorn) Spies. Hildagard graduated from Salina Sacred Heart. She was united in marriage to Leonard Wasinger on September 18, 1934 at St. Michaels Catholic Church in...
Rosalie Kraft
Dec 27, 2014
Rosalie Kraft, 95, passed away peacefully on December 27, 2014, at Salina Regional Medical Center. She was hospitalized as a result of a fall, in which her hip and wrist were fractured, and had undergone surgery. The fall and accompanying surgery proved to be too difficult for her aging body and after several days she succumbed. Rosalie was born on...
William L. Mattheyer
Dec 22, 2014
William (Bill) Leon Mattheyer, 87, passed away Monday December 22nd 2014 at WaKeeney, Kansas. He was born on the family homeplace in the same room as his father south of Chandler, Oklahoma on October 10th 1927 to John Robert and Joyce ann (McCullough) Mattheyer. He married Fern Mattheyer on December 26th 1958 in Okema Oklahoma. Bill came to northwest Kansas...
