Obituaries

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.

On July 20 th , 1958,...

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...

Apr 16, 2014

Perry A. Corke, age 87, of Quinter, passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at Gove County Medical Center - Long Term Care.  He was born November 10, 1926 in rural Sheridan County to Ray G. and Rena Floy (Breeden) Corke.  He was a Hoxie High School graduate.  Perry went on to serve our country during World War II in...

Apr 14, 2014

Longtime WaKeeney resident, June M. McKinley, passed away Monday, April 14, 2014 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.  She was 87 years of age.  June was born January 21, 1927, in WaKeeney, to Ralph R. and Bertha M. (Britt) Berry.

On March 25, 1944, June was united in marriage to Andrew E. McKinley in WaKeeney.  They...

Apr 9, 2014

Viola B. Ridgway, 99, Ellis, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Ellis Good Samaritan Society.  She was born August 14, 1914 on the family farm east of Ellis, KS to John and Minnie (Krumpfus) Wentling.

She was baptized and confirmed in the Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis.  As a young girl, she attended Beaver Bank Grade School...

Apr 9, 2014

Imelda M. Lenker, age 77, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at her home in Westminster, Colorado.  She was born May 19th, 1936, in St. Peter, the daughter of the late Jacob Meiar and Bertha Meiar. She moved to Denver, Co where she married Donald E Lenker and lived out the rest of her life.  She attended The Holy Trinity...

Apr 8, 2014

Helen Zimmerman was born on September 19, 1924, in Ness City, KS, to the late Frank J. and Catherine (Dinkel) Pfeifer.  She passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at the age of 89 in Grainfield, KS.

On April 15, 1947, Helen was united in marriage to Jacob "Jake" Zimmerman at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, St. Peter, KS. ...

Apr 2, 2014

Eva Helen Williams departed this life April 2, 2014 at Hays Medical Center, Hays Ks.

She was born Dec. 10, 1916 in rural Trego County, Ks, to Jacob and Katharina (Kerth) Armbruster.

She married Harvey L Hillman on Feb 7, 1937 at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis, Ks.  He preceded her in death on Mar...

Mar 31, 2014

Clarence W. Mai, age 87, passed away Monday, March 31, 2014 at his home in Hays.  He was a lifelong resident of WaKeeney, only recently moving to Hays.  He was born April 20, 1926 in rural WaKeeney to William and Amelia (Flagler) Mai. Clarence was a 1944 graduate of Trego Community High School.  He went on...

Mar 29, 2014

Mabel Mildred (James) Fagan was born April 19, 1921, the second child of Morris and Mary (Sherbon) James on the family farm in Central Osborne County, Kansas.   She passed away, Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Logan County Manor in Oakley, Kansas.  She was 92 years of age.

Mabel attended elementary school near Covert.  She attended Osborne High...

Mar 28, 2014

Gerald L. Mai, age 74, of WaKeeney, died peacefully Friday, March 28, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. He was at home until Sunday March 23rd and at all times was surrounded by his loving family and friends.  He was born Oct. 22, 1939 at Garden City Ks to Herbert...