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. Â It is 2 miles west and 1 miles couth of the Highways 24 and 81 intersection. Schmitt Funeral Home of Quinter was in charge...
Frank A. "Junior" Clark
Apr 13, 2013
Frank Adair Clark was born February 26, 1917 at the St. Anthony's Hospital, Hays, and passed away at the age of 96 in Salina. He was born to his parents, Frank C. and Grace (Billings) Clark. As an only child, he was raised on a farm 3 miles south of Ogallah before moving into WaKeeney. He attended Diamond and Silver...
Hugh Faulkner, Jr.
Apr 12, 2013
Hugh Faulkner, Jr., of WaKeeney, was born August 27, 1919, the son of Hugh Faulkner, Sr. and Ellen (Kilkenny) Faulkner, in Hays. He passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. Hugh attended a one room country school and Ellis High School, where he graduated in 1936. He served our country in World War II,...
Theophil "Ted" Quint
Apr 11, 2013
Theophil "Ted" Quint was born August 19, 1933 in Rush County, KS to Anton and Bertha (Holzmeister) Quint. He passed away April 11, 2013 in the Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care in Quinter, KS at the age of 79. As a child he went to school in Loretta, KS; later he attended school in Quinter and graduated with...
Glenn W. Coberly
Mar 26, 2013
Glenn Coberly 92, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter KS. He was born on June 27, 1920, to Angeline Wristen Coberly and James Marion Coberly in Ransom, Kansas. His two siblings were Ruth and Esther. Glenn attended Prairie View grade school and Dighton High School. He transferred to Gove High School where...
Susan Keller
Mar 26, 2013
Susan K. Keller, age 65, died peacefully on March 26, 2013 at home in Quinter after a year long battle with cancer. Susan was born November 29, 1947, in Quinter, Kansas, the first daughter born to Charles LeRoy and Willa Dean (McConkey) Graham. Susan attended Quinter Public Schools until the family moved to Colorado Springs the end of her junior...
Mary Ellen "Nell" Hein
Mar 20, 2013
Mary Ellen "Nell" (Grant) Hein, age 90, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at her home in Quinter, KS. She was born to Arthur S. and Celia M. (Bell) Grant on November 29, 1922 in Inverell, New South Wales, Australia. Nell was the youngest of 4 children. She grew up in the Inverell and Brisbane area where she loved...
Larri Lee Lewis
Mar 15, 2013
Larri Lee Lewis was born in Wichita, KS on September 16, 1961 to Ronald & Jeannine (Shearmire) Lewis. He passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 in the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, KS. As a child, Larri attended Gove Grade School. His love for sports started early. He learned to play basketball during recess with the older boys. He...
