Nola Conley
Dec 19, 2014
Nola Conley, age 82, of Quinter, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care, Quinter. She was born December 30, 1931, on the family farm in Gove County to Horace B. and Nettie (Lathrop) Jamison. Nola attended Sunshine County Elementary School and graduated from Quinter High School in 1950. On March 24, 1951, Nola...
Robert R. Conness, Jr.
Dec 14, 2014
Robert R. Conness, Jr., age 59, of WaKeeney, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014 at his home. He was born May 17, 1955 in WaKeeney, to Robert Russell and Anna Ruth (Gorsky) Conness. Robert graduated high school in 1973 from Trego Community High School. He went on to earn his Bachelor's Degree from Fort Hays State University in Education, and...
Anna Marie Geschwentner
Dec 12, 2014
Anna Marie Geschwentner was born on January 24, 1920 in rural Ellis County to Carl and Mary Ann (Schuster) Reitmeyer. She passed away on December 12, 2014 at the age of 94 years and 11 months. As a child, she attended rural schools in Trego County. On January 24, 1935, she married Frank Geschwentner at St. Mary Catholic Church...
Gary R. Tomanek
Dec 11, 2014
Gary Robert Tomanek, age 73, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas surrounded by family. Gary was born November 20, 1941 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas to William 'Bill' and Ada Belle (Jones) Tomanek. Gary was the eldest of four sons. He grew up in the village of Collyer and graduated from Collyer High...
Joyce Darlene Jamison
Dec 7, 2014
Joyce Darlene (Harger) Jamison was born July 10, 1929 in Hays, KS to the late Orval and Florence (Mlinek) Harger of Big Creek, KS. She passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014 at Garden Terrace in Overland Park, KS, at age 85. She graduated from Wakeeney, KS, Trego Community High School in 1947. Joyce received her LPN degree in 1951. Working...
Donnetta Lashell
Nov 29, 2014
Donnetta Lee (Kiser) LaShell was born November 29, 1933 to Floyd and Fern (See) Kiser in Scott City, Kansas. She passed away at her home in WaKeeney on Saturday, November 29, 2014, her 81st birthday. Donnetta was raised in Scott County, moving to Utica. She was united in marriage to Leo Edward LaShell on June 2, 1951, two weeks after...
Ellen Blocker
Nov 21, 2014
Ellen Blocker, age 63, of WaKeeney, passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. Cremation was chosen. Family hosted services will take place. Please check back for a full obituary.
Mary Lou Goetz
Nov 8, 2014
WaKeeney resident, Mary Lou Goetz, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. She was born March 25, 1934, in Quinter, Kansas, to Louis H. and Rose (Haselhorst) Berens. Mary Lou attended Banner Elementary School, and graduated from Collyer High School. On August 12, 1952, Mary Lou was united in marriage to Virgil J. "Jim"...
Emma M. Schwien
Nov 3, 2014
EEmma Mina Schwien was born on a farm in rural Trego County, KS on September 15, 1910, to the late George Carl and Eva Elizabeth (Schneider) Bender. She passed away Monday, November 3, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. Emma was 104 years of age. As a young girl, Emma attended Montrose School District #51 in...
Betty L. Corke
Nov 1, 2014
Betty L. Corke was born October 21, 1934, in rural Sheridan County, the eldest daughter of James H. and Zola M. (Barr) White. She passed away on November 1, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care Facility, Quinter. She was 80 years of age. She attended Prairie Flower Country School and graduated from Hoxie High School. On July...
Pauline Riedel
Nov 1, 2014
Pauline T. Riedel, age 95, of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. She was born August 31, 1919, in Hays, to Leo and Catherine (Younger) Dellva. On June 9, 1939, Pauline was united in marriage to Daniel F. Riedel in Denver, Colorado. He preceded her in death in 1988. Pauline was a homemaker...
Louis A. Rosproy
Oct 31, 2014
Louis August Rosproy was born October 24, 1920 in Spearville, Kansas to Joseph and Sevina "Vina" (O'Hara) Rosproy. He passed away, Friday, October 31, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. He grew up northeast of Spearville, on the family farm with brothers Cecil and Joe, and sister Louise. Louis attended country school and grade school in Spearville. He...
Elene Marie Wagner
Oct 24, 2014
Elene Marie Moden was born August 27,1917 to Ethel Jennie (Carpenter) and Walter Lawrence Moden on the family farm northwest of WaKeeney in Trego County. She passed away on October 24, 2014 at the Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital at the age of 97 years. Elene graduated from Trego Community High School in 1934 and then began work in the new...
Warren Leon Burbach
Oct 20, 2014
Warren Leon Burbach, age 86, of WaKeeney, passed away Monday, October 20, 2014 at his residence. He was born May 17, 1928, in Hays, to Pete and Minnie (Tilton) Burbach. Warren attended and graduated from Collyer High School. On August 6, 1950, he was united in marriage to Darlene Winters. They enjoyed 59 years of marriage together, until her death...
Velma Barrett
Oct 17, 2014
Velma V. Barrett, age 100, of Quinter passed away Friday, October 17, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care. Cremation was chosen. Family hosted services will take place.
Aloysius J. Rohr
Oct 15, 2014
Aloysius J. Rohr, age 86, of Lincoln, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at his home in Lincoln. He was born on August 19, 1928, in Liebenthal, Kansas, to Jacob L. and Francis (Herman) Rohr. Aloysius spent most of his life in the WaKeeney area. On April 2, 1951, he was united in marriage to Wilma Jean Bell. They...
Richard Harlan Tustin
Oct 7, 2014
Richard Harlan Tustin was born September 22, 1936 at Hadley Hospital in Hays to Harlan and Lorane Elizabeth (Pearce) Tustin. He died October 7, 2014 at the Gove County Medical Center having just turned 78. Richard attended Liberty, Gove and Oakley grade schools and graduated from Oakley High School with the class of 1955, the first class to graduate in...
Brenda S. Walz
Sep 30, 2014
Brenda Sue Dirks Walz, age 68, of rural Ellis, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born September 15, 1946 in Great Bend to Raymond H. and Irma G. (George) Dirks. Brenda married Leroy H. Walz on November 19, 1976, at Red Line Church of God in rural Graham County. She was a homemaker, former school...
Lynn H. Griffith
Sep 29, 2014
Lynn Helen (Level) Griffith, age 75, of Utica, passed away Monday, September 29, 2014 at Hays Good Samaritan Society. She was born March 15, 1939, in Crawford County, Iowa, to John Howard and Leone Elizabeth (Lakers) Level. Lynn was a bookkeeper and a homemaker. She cherished time spent with family and friends. She is survived by her husband, Bob, of...
Rodger K. Keiser
Sep 24, 2014
Lifelong Quinter resident, Rodger Kyle Keiser, died Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center, in Quinter. He was 75 years of age. He was born April 27, 1939, in Quinter, the son of Harvey E. and Dorothy M. (Patterson) Keiser. Rodger was a graduate of Quinter High School. He went on to serve our country in the United...
