Obituaries

Aug 3, 2014

Genevieve (Watson) Duncan, age 72, of WaKeeney, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. Cremation has taken place. Family hosted services will take place at Kansas Veterans' Cemetery at a later date.

Jul 27, 2014

A much-loved husband, father, grandfather, son and brother, Dean D Duncan, 80, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away peacefully July 27th, 2014. He had bravely fought Alzheimer's and cancer. He was born November 1st, 1933 in Oklahoma, and resided in Wakeeney, Kansas for the past 11 years, having moved from California in 2003 to enjoy his retirement in Kansas. Dean was...

Jul 14, 2014

Lifelong Gove resident, Earlene (Bretton) Steerman, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center. She was 81 years of age. Earlene was born July 25, 1932, the daughter of Earl and Hazel Della (Hannaford) Bretton, in Gove, KS. On October 25, 1953 Earlene was united in marriage to Russell Steerman in Gove. They enjoyed 18 years of...

Jul 12, 2014

Nancy Louise Cooper, age 65, of Grainfield, KS, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born November 22, 1948 in Quinter, Kansas to Fred and Clementine (Felt) Baalman. She married John Cooper on May 4th, 1968 at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Grainfield. She was a beautician who took pride in her occupation. She enjoyed...

Jul 10, 2014

Helen Louise (Henry) Roberts was born to William & Mabel Irene Henry December 9, 1914 and went to meet her maker, July 10, 2014 at the age of 99 years, 7 months, and 1 day. Helen attended Quinter schools graduating with the class of 1933. On August 21 Helen married Horace E. Roberts, a Union Pacific Depot Agent. The Roberts...

Jun 24, 2014

Quinter resident Norma Lou Lanham passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care. She was 83 years of age. She was born on January 25, 1931, in WaKeeney to Sanford D. and Nettie (Billings) Armstrong. Norma was united in marriage to Dale (Sonny) Lanham, in Spearville. After Dale's death, Norma lived out the rest...

Jun 20, 2014

Stella M. Cichonski, 51, passed away Friday, June 20, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center. She was born July 13, 1962, in Battle Creek, Michigan. She was a Park resident for most of her life. For a good part of Stella's life she owned and operated a cap factory. Her love for cooking was evident as she also worked as...

Jun 18, 2014

Lifelong WaKeeney resident, William "Willy" Reitmayer, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Reddy House in Wichita. He was born July 26, 1927, in rural Trego County, the son of John and Clara (Schuster) Reitmayer. He was united in marriage to Hilda Dietz on May 29, 1947, in Goodland. They enjoyed 46 years of marriage together until her death on July...

Jun 16, 2014

Alex Bazan, age 26, of WaKeeney, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born March 5, 1988, in Garden City. He was a WaKeeney resident most of his life. Alex loved his job as a rough neck in the oil field. He worked for Shields Oil Company. He cherished his time spent with family; especially...

Jun 10, 2014

Jaxson Michael Daniels was born April 13, 2014 at Hays Medical Center to Madeleine Tuttle and Justin Moore-Daniels of WaKeeney, Kansas. Jaxson passed from this world June 10, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney at the age of 8 weeks and 2 days. Though Jaxson's time with us was short, he captured our hearts and our love and...

Jun 6, 2014

Lifelong WaKeeney area resident, Duane Owen Newcomer, passed away Friday, June 6, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care. He was 82 years of age. He was born on January 5, 1932, on the family farm east of WaKeeney to Dean S. and Mabel A. (Link) Newcomer. Duane was a graduate of Trego Community High School with...

Jun 5, 2014

Michael F. Schwarzenberger, age 96, of Denver (formerly of Collyer), passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at Swedish Medical Center, in Englewood, Colorado. He was born December 23, 1917, in Collyer, the son of Michael and Lugartha (Uhrich) Schwarzenberger. On August 22, 1939, Mike was united in marriage to Ida Marie Heier in Park. Mike was spent most of his...

Jun 3, 2014

Merrill Gene Anderson was born April 3, 1938 in Gove County to Albert Julius and Maranda Ellen (Ashworth) Anderson. He passed away June 3, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care in Quinter. He was 76 years of age. Merrill graduated from Quinter High School in 1955 and went on to earn his Bachelor's Degree at Fort Hays...

May 19, 2014

Roy Albert Buchholz, age 91, of WaKeeney, passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born January 13, 1923, in Ogallah, the son of Fred William and Julia E. (Hervey) Buchholz. Upon graduating high school, Roy proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during World War II. In his younger days,...

May 15, 2014

James D. Schoenfeld, age 80, of Grainfield, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. Cremation was chosen and services will take place at a later date. Please check back for a full obituary.

May 11, 2014

Lifelong area resident, Darlene A. Mattke passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born in Hays on June 25, 1931 to Loyd and Viola (Hillman) Powers. She was raised in Ogallah, having attended grade school there. Darlene graduated from Trego Community High School. On February 15, 1948, Darlene married Leo Mattke...

May 11, 2014

James "Jim" Boone, age 73, formerly of Quinter, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Oregon. Family hosted services will be 10:00 a.m., Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Dunkard Brethren Church of Quinter. Burial will be in the Baker Township Cemetery, Quinter. Visitation will be Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the church.

Apr 24, 2014

Rodger Keiser, age 75, of Quinter, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center in Quinter. Services are pending and will be announced soon.

Apr 24, 2014

Kennith R. McGlasson, age 79, of WaKeeney, passed away after a lengthy illness Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney.  He was born in Elk County, Kansas and graduated from Grenola High School with the class of 1952.  His parents were Reed and Oretha (Wilcoxon) McGlasson.

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Apr 20, 2014

Marvin Wayne Sprenkel passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care.  He was born on a farm west of Quinter on February 14, 1922, to Emmert and June (Winkler) Sprenkel.  He was baptized in the Church of the Brethern as an infant.   He started school in the new Quinter Grade School where he...