Paul L. Zerr
Sep 7, 2013
Paul L. Zerr, age 84, of Colby (formerly of Park) passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born October 6, 1928, in Park, the son of James M. and Martha C. (Depperschmidt) Zerr. Paul attended a one-room school called West Sunny Slope in rural Gove County. He was drafted into the Army during the...
Jane Schmidtberger
Aug 27, 2013
Jane Schmidtberger, age 90, of Quinter (formerly of Grainfield), passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at Gove County Medical Center – Long Term Care. She was born August 14, 1923, in Collyer, the daughter of George Joseph and Susan (Zimmerman) Lipp. Jane was a 1942 graduate of Park High School. On June 21, 1943, Jane was united in marriage to...
Edward C. Hoover
Aug 24, 2013
Edward Clayton Hoover, age 71, of Fort Dodge (formerly of WaKeeney) passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Kansas Soldier's Home in Fort Dodge. He was born September 6, 1941, the son of Floyd C. and Grace Irene (Jordan) Hoover, in Iowa City, Iowa. After graduating high school, Ed served our country in the United States Marine Corps. He worked...
Lloyd Leo Hafliger
Aug 21, 2013
Lifelong WaKeeney resident, Lloyd "Lloydy" L. Hafliger, past away Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was 83 years of age. Lloyd was born January 7, 1930, in rural Trego County, the son of George and Sara Abbey (Mummert) Hafliger. Lloyd served our country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. On...
Kenneth Eldon Searls
Aug 15, 2013
Quinter resident, Kenneth E. Searls, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013, at Via Christi – St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. He was 57 years of age. Kenneth was born December 31, 1955 in Atwood, the son of Roy and Betty Jeanne (Howard) Searls. On August 12, 1983, Kenneth was united in marriage to Tammy Wark in Colby. Kenneth worked...
Laverne Lindberg
Aug 3, 2013
WaKeeney resident, LaVerne Lindberg, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Trego Manor in WaKeeney. He was 93 years of age. He was born August 11, 1919 in rural Trego County, to Albert and Hilda (McKinley) Lindberg. On June 8, 1947, LaVerne married Gladys Marie Acheson in WaKeeney. They enjoyed 29 years of marriage until her passing on April 20,...
Clarence J. Dinkel
Jul 23, 2013
Lifelong Collyer resident, Clarence J. Dinkel, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was 77 years of age. Clarence was born December 10, 1935, in rural Quinter, the son of Anton and Rosalia (Giebler) Dinkel. He graduated from Collyer High School in the class of 1953. He went on to serve our...
Marguerite Sandelin
Jul 15, 2013
Sandelin, Marguerite J. Sep 7, 1928 – Jul 15, 2013 Survived by children: Peg Bartelt (Rev. Steve), Phil Sandelin (Patti), and Ellen Odom; grandchildren: Becky Bartelt, Sarah Lindau (Dr. Rob), Broc Sandelin (Lerae), Sage Sandelin, Jennifer Odom, Casey Menconi (Chad), and Rusty Long (Marlene); great-grandchildren: Bobby Lindau, Emily Lindau, Kyla Menconi, Eric Menconi, Jillian Menconi, Kamdyn Reynolds, Tabitha Wolf, Joe...
Margaret Heier
Jul 15, 2013
Margaret Heier, age 90, of Oakley, passed away Monday, July 15, 2013 at Logan County Manor in Oakley. She was born on the family farm south of Grainfield on February 1, 1923 to Bernard and Julianna (Kuntz) Heier. Margaret was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church of Oakley. She was brought up in a faithful Catholic family and...
Virginia Marie Flax
Jul 14, 2013
WaKeeney resident, Virginia "Jeannie" Flax, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013 at her home. She was 60 years of age. She was born December 9, 1952 in Ransom, the daughter of Rudolph (Sr.) and Regina (Augustine) Flax. Jeannie was a 1970 graduate of Ransom High School. Jeannie was especially active in her church community. She was a member of Christ...
Peter C. Zerr
Jul 13, 2013
Peter C. Zerr, age 87, of Grainfield, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born February 27, 1926 in a sod house south of Park. As a child, Peter attended Spring Creek country school, and went on to graduate from Park Rural High School. He went on to serve our country in the U.S. Army...
Maxine Hacker
Jul 12, 2013
Lifelong Wakeeney area resident, Maxine Hacker, passed away, Friday, July 12, 2013 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. She was 93 years of age. She was born November 12, 1919, in WaKeeney, the daughter of Charles "Buck" and Ruby (Galloway) Bradley. Maxine graduated from Trego Community High School. On October 12, 1940, she was united in marriage to Raymond...
Edwin Schmeidler
Jul 8, 2013
Longtime WaKeeney area resident, Edwin Schmeidler, passed away Monday, July 8, 2013 at Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit. He was 87 years of age. Edwin was born May 13, 1926, on the farm near Severin in Ellis County, the son of Anton and Anna (Sander) Schmeidler. On May 29, 1954, Edwin was united in marriage to Alfreda Pfeifer at St....
Martha "Marty" Mae Tuttle
Jul 3, 2013
Martha (Marty) Mae Tuttle passed away, surrounded by her family, on Wed., July 3, 2013, at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, KS. She was born October 15, 1932 in rural Trego County to Joseph and Mary (Down) Carlson. Marty was the fourth of five children. She was 80 years old. Marty attended Pioneer School, Valley School and graduated...
Doris Jamison
Jul 1, 2013
Doris A. Jamison was born April 1, 1923 to Walter and Bessie Pease. She went home to be with her Lord July 1, 2013 at the age of ninety. Doris, the youngest of two children, was born in Kansas City, KS and lived there during her early childhood. Her family moved to McClave, CO where she lived until she married....
Wilma Jean Gillespie
Jun 28, 2013
Wilma Jean Gillespie, of Quinter (formerly a rural Grainfield resident), passed away Friday, June 28, 2013 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care. She was 87 years of age. Wilma was born November 19, 1925, in rural Gove County on the family farm, the daughter of Lewis William "L.W." and Florence J. (Rogers) Roberts. Wilma was one of 15...
Russell Jarboe
Jun 21, 2013
Lifelong Quinter area resident, Russell Duane Jarboe, passed away Friday, June 21, 2013 at Gove County Medical Center, Long Term Care. He was 89 years of age. Russell was born May 23, 1924, on the family farm east of Quinter, to Ora Samuel "Sam" and Kathryn Margaret (Wolf) Jarboe. He attended Pleasant View country school until his eighth grade year...
Glen Bliss
May 31, 2013
Glen A. Bliss, age 75, of WaKeeney, passed away, Friday, May 31, 2013 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. He was born March 8, 1938, on the family farm southwest of Ogallah, the son of Clarence and Anna (May) Bliss. Glen grew up in the Ogallah area and was a 1956 graduate of Trego Community High School. On May...
Patty Jo "Pat" Knoll
May 27, 2013
Patty Jo "Pat" Knoll, age 61, of WaKeeney (formerly of St. Peter), died Monday, May 27, 2013, at her home. Patty was born September 10, 1951, in Great Bend, the daughter of James Donald "Don" and Mildred Josephine (Guion) Rine. She was a 1970 graduate of Buckhannon-Upshur High School in Buckhannon, West Virginia. On June 14, 1975, Patty was united...
Dorothy J. Crist
May 9, 2013
Dorothy J. Crist passed peacefully from this life on May 9, 2013 at Gove County Medical Center Long-Term Care in Quinter, Kansas. She was born May 17, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Robert and Elizabeth Jones. She was the fifth of seven children. She graduated from Frankford High School in Philadelphia. She then attended Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia and...
