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...
Donald J. Bieker
May 7, 2013
Donald J. Bieker, 68, Scranton, Ks, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at his residence. Don was born on June 1, 1944 in Hays, Kansas to Joseph and Barbara (Riedel) Bieker. He attended school in Ellis and Salina and at the age of 18 he joined the United States Army, serving a tour of duty in France. Don is...
W. Ormond Breeden
May 5, 2013
William Ormond Breeden, 94, teacher, farmer, gentle soul, passed away peacefully at Hays Good Samaritan Center on May 5, 2013. Ormond was born in Sheridan County KS on November 24, 1918 to Cass Paul and Effie McGuire Breeden. Ormond attended a one-room country school and graduated from Quinter High School. He attended Ottawa University and received his BS from Kansas...
Boyd Tuttle
May 5, 2013
Boyd Tuttle, 77, departed this life, May 5, 2013, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter KS. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 8, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Schmitt Funeral Home of Quinter. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Gove Community Bible Church with Pastor Paul Woodall officiating. Boyd Tuttle was born on March...
Virgil Pfannenstiel
Apr 29, 2013
WaKeeney area resident, Virgil J. Pfannenstiel, age 85, passed away Monday, April 29, 2013 at his home in Cedar Bluff Estates, near Cedar Bluff State Park. He was born in Ellis, April 15, 1928, the son of Jacob Matthew and Anna Marie (Dreiling) Pfannenstiel. Virgil served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. On May 10, 1948, Virgil was...
Rosa Alwine Hall
Apr 25, 2013
Rosa A. Hall, originally from WaKeeney, Kansas and a long-time resident of Boulder, Colorado, died peacefully after an extended illness on April 25, 2013 at Better Place Adult Family Home in Puyallup, Washington. She was born Rosa Alwine Dietz in WaKeeney, the second of four children. After her marriage she moved to Boulder with her husband Warren, where she was...
Timothy Allen Smith
Apr 24, 2013
WaKeeney resident, Tim Smith, age 58, died near Scott City, on April 24, 2013 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. He was doing what he loved to do, and that is trucking. His dog and driving companion, Smokie, also passed away in the accident. Tim started truck driving in 1972. Tim was born November 5, 1954, in Parkersburg,...
Olive H. Bergling
Apr 20, 2013
Olive H. Bergling, 91, of Quinter (formerly of Atwood) passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care in Quinter. On January 15, 1922 she was born to Millard and Margaret (Baird) Hurst on a farm north of Brewster. Olive attended Rawlins County High School in Atwood and graduated in 1940. On October 26, 1941,...
Troy Brian Buckland
Apr 16, 2013
Troy B. Buckland, 51, of Grinnell, died at his home, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Cremation was chosen. Family hosted memorial services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Bethel Cemetery in rural Glasco, KS. It is 2 miles west and 1 miles couth of the Highways 24 and 81 intersection. Schmitt Funeral Home of Quinter was in charge...
