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Lorena Burgardt
Nov 21, 2012
Lifelong Park resident, Lorena (Waldman) Burgardt, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Gove County Medical Center. She was 80 years of age. Lorena was born January 3, 1932, the daughter of Pius and Anna N. (Lovenstein) Waldman, on the family farm near Park. She was a 1949 graduate of Park High School. On January 22, 1951, Lorena was united...
Johnny H. Deines
Nov 14, 2012
Lifelong WaKeeney resident, Johnny H. Deines, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. He was 71 years of age. Johnny was born April 14, 1941 in Trego Center, the son of Benjamin and Pauline (Stieben) Deines. He was united in marriage to LeVay Sue Glick on November 26, 1966 in Hill City. They enjoyed 40 years of...
Kenneth Karl Knoll
Nov 2, 2012
Kenneth was born in Hays on November 13, 1950, the son of Ambrose and Agatha (Unrein) Knoll. He attended St. Peter Catholic School and went on to graduate from high school in Morland. He also attended Fort Hays State University. On June 14, 1974, Kenneth was united in marriage to Pat Rine. Kenneth enjoyed farming and raising cattle. He also...
Jeanette Richmeier Wideman
Oct 28, 2012
Jeanette Richmeier Wideman, age 50, of Lakin (formerly of WaKeeney), passed away on October 28, 2012 at Via Christi – St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. Jeanette was born on January 18, 1962, the daughter of Edwin Joseph and Agnes Armilda (Flax) Richmeier, in Hays, Kansas. She attended grade school in Ellis and then went on to graduate from Morland High School...
Alta Mae Jamison
Oct 20, 2012
Alta Mae Brown Jamison passed away October 20, 2012 at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, KS, at the age of 82. She was born July 5, 1930 to the late Bert and Pearl Jane (Hamon) Brown. On August 18, 1951 she was united in marriage to Elvin E. Jamison in Raton, NM. He passed away May 2, 2002....
Mary C. Dreiling
Oct 19, 2012
Mary C. Dreiling, 88, of Grinnell passed away on Friday, October 19, 2012 in Quinter, Kansas. Mary was married to Eugene Dreiling on August 30, 1947 in Purcell, Ks. They moved to Grinnell soon after and lived there for the 65 years of their married life. Mary participated in the Altar Society at Immaculate Conception Church in Grinnell for many...
Edward Carl Elliott
Oct 12, 2012
Edward Carl Elliot, of rural WaKeeney, passed away Friday, October 12, 2012 at his home. Family hosted graveside inurnment will take place at a later date. His body was cremated.
Karen Renee Harvey
Oct 11, 2012
***PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VIEW KAREN'S TRIBUTE VIDEO*** Simply click 'View Video Tribute' above. Karen Renee (Werth) Harvey, age 47, of Collyer, KS, left this earthly life and went home to join her Heavenly Father on October 11, 2012, after many years of battling breast cancer. Karen was born June 17, 1965 in WaKeeney, KS to Edward J. and Cordula...
Sheryl Dinkel Powers
Oct 10, 2012
Sheryl Dinkel Powers was called by her Lord and Savior on October 10, 2012 at the young age of 45 years. Sheryl was born on May 13, 1967 in Quinter, KS to Rudolph and JoAnn Dinkel. She attended Grainfield Elementary School and was a 1985 graduate of Wheatland High School. Sheryl graduated from Fort Hays Kansas State University with a...
Ruth Marjorie Walz
Oct 9, 2012
Ruth Marjorie Walz, 95, of rural Ellis, died Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. She was born August 4, 1917, in rural Graham County, Kansas, to Ray O. and Lois Mae (Eaton) Noah. Ruth was a 1935 graduate of Palco High School. Ruth married Henry C. Walz on October 8, 1938, at Mt. Pleasant Methodist...
Wayne E Rhoades
Oct 7, 2012
Wayne E. Rhoades, age 87, of Wichita (formerly of Quinter), passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012 at Sandpiper Bay Healthcare Center in Wichita. He was born October 24, 1924, the son of Frank J. and Bertha (Porter) Rhoades in Quinter, Kansas. Wayne served our country in the United States Navy. On November 3, 1942, Wayne married Doris V. Jamison in...
Loren C Beougher
Oct 5, 2012
Loren C. Beougher, 79, of Raytown, MO passed away on Oct. 5, 2012. Funeral services will be Saturday Oct. 13 at the Methodist Church in Gove, KS. Visitation at 10am, services at 11. Burial at Gove Cemetery with military honors. Loren was born in Orion, KS on Oct. 17th, 1932 to Merlyn and Vivian Beougher. He served in the US...
Kenneth Benning
Oct 1, 2012
COLLYER- Kenneth "Kenny" Benning, age 76, of Collyer, died Monday, October 1, 2012 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. Kenny was born September 12, 1936, the son of Charles William and Frieda (Suhren) Benning in Denver, Colorado. On January 31, 1959, Kenny was united in marriage to Patricia Smith. They enjoyed 53 years of marriage together. Kenny served our country in...
Clayton Hilyard
Sep 29, 2012
Clayton Reed Hilyard, b. Sept. 27, 1921; d. Sept. 29, 2012. Clayton Hilyard, 91, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away Saturday evening at his home. A memorial service is planned for 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 29, at the Schmitt Funeral Home in WaKeeney, KS, with interment immediately following at the VA Cemetery in WaKeeney. Clayton was born Sept. 27, 1921,...
Ferdinand "Ferd" A. Dietz
Sep 24, 2012
WAKEENEY – Ferdinand "Ferd" A. Dietz, age 87, of WaKeeney, passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. Ferdinand was born in rural Trego County on November 15, 1924, the son of Otto and Anna Elizabeth (Fabrizius) Dietz. Ferd was a WaKeeney area resident most of his life. He was a 1942 graduate of Trego Community...
Lydia Rhoda Packard
Sep 19, 2012
Lydia Evans, next to the youngest child of Charley and Rhoda (Minick) Evans, was born May 7th, 1914 in a sod house 14 miles southeast of Gove City, Kansas in the Missouri Flats neighborhood. She passed away ¬September 19, 2012 at the age of 98. Lydia has lived in or near Gove all of her life. She was one of...
Orra Mae Lindberg
Sep 6, 2012
On September 6, 2012, Orra Mae Lindberg left this earthly life and joined her Heavenly Father. Orra Mae (Brandenburg) was born on the family farm in Grainfield, Kansas. She attended schools in Grainfield, Russell and WaKeeney--graduating from Trego Community High School. On September 14, 1941 she married Eldon Lindberg. Eldon passed away September 30, 1976. Orra Mae lived most of...
Elsie Spangler
Aug 31, 2012
Elsie Veatch Spangler, age 99, of Wakeeney KS, died Aug. 31, 2012. Elsie was born Nov. 23, 1912 in Lost Springs KS. She was the daughter of August and Clara (Hartke) Engel. She was baptized Elsa Anna Emma Engel, Dec. 1912, and confirmed in 1926 at St. John's Lutheran in Lincolnville KS. Elsie married Harold Veatch March 18, 1939. He...
Ruth Mary Von Lintel
Aug 27, 2012
Ruth M. Von Lintel passed away at the age of 85, Monday, August 27, 2012, at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, KS. On September 25, 1951 she was united in marriage to Norbert Von Lintel at the St. Michaels Catholic Church in Collyer, KS. He passed away February 7, 1999. Ruth attended Rural Harmony Elementery School and graduated...
Mary Alice Rush
Aug 27, 2012
Mary Alice "Mimi" Gookins Rush, 95, died Monday, August 27, 2012 at the Gove County Long Term Care in Quinter, KS. She was born the fifth of eight children on October 8, 1916 in Hutchinson, KS to Frank and Louise Gookins. She graduated from Grinnell High School in 1934. Mary Alice married Oscar Rush on December 20, 1934 and the...
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