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...
Danny Dunn
Aug 18, 2012
Danny Dunn, age 68, of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at his home. He was born July 6, 1944 in Wichita. His parents were "Slick" Schwien and Lois Neva McKinzie. Danny was a graduate of Trego Community High School. He was united in marriage to Bea Schuster on May 30, 1966 in WaKeeney. To say Danny was a...
Irene Cornelia Purinton
Aug 13, 2012
Irene Cornelia Purinton was born January 14, 1921, in Lebanon, KS, to Frank Emerson and Anna Laura (Remington) Royce. She passed away Monday, August 13, 2012, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 91. She attended Independence Grade School, graduated from Lebanon High School, and attended Brown-Mackie Business School for one year. On September...
Paul Michael Kaiser
Aug 7, 2012
Paul Michael Kaiser was born July 26, 1983, in WaKeeney, KS, to David L. and Louella M. (Stefan) Kaiser. He passed away at his home in WaKeeney on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at the age of 29. He was a lifelong resident of WaKeeney. He attended schools in WaKeeney and graduated from Trego Community High School with the class of...
Padgie Jean Whisler
Aug 1, 2012
Padgie Whisler, age 79, of WaKeeney, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. She was an area resident for most of her life. Padgie was born July 11, 1933, the daughter of Barnie Horace and Velma Jewel (Newman) Lee in Logan County, Arkansas. She was united in marriage to Robert G. Whisler, Sr. on...
Ted Walt, Jr.
Jul 19, 2012
Ted Walt, Jr. died Thursday morning, July 19, 2012, at the age of 69 years, 10 months, and 6 days. Ted was born near Collyer, KS, on September 25, 1942 to Ted, Sr. and Ella (Goetz) Walt. He married Rosemary Dinkel, in Collyer on October 7, 1961. They were blessed with three children, Larry, Terry, and Patty. Ted and Rosemary...
Doris Louise Manhart
Jul 11, 2012
Doris Louise Manhart was born October 4, 1928, in Sheridan County, KS, to the late John and Mary (Ostmeyer) Bixenman. She passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at her home in Grainfield, KS, at the age of 83. She attended a country school in Sheridan County. On April 7, 1948, she married Robert J. Manhart in Angelus, KS. Together, they...
Patricia A Knapp
Jun 27, 2012
Patricia Ann Knapp was born November 11, 1943, in Ransom, KS, to the late Clifford and Carrie (Long) Whisler. She passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Hays Medical Center at the age of 68. She graduated from Trego Community High School with the class of 1961, and in 1965, received her Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree from Fort Hays...
Rita Laverne Harger
Jun 22, 2012
Rita LaVerne Harger, formerly of WaKeeney, KS passed away June 22, 2012 at her home in Garfield, AR. She was born January 8, 1938, in Chicago, IL. to the late Lyle and Margaret (Haynes) Van Kirk. On December 20, 1956, she was united in marriage to Robert Harger in Chicago, IL. Survivors include her husband, Bob, of the home in...
Betty Rhoades
Jun 21, 2012
Betty V. Rhoades, 93, died June 21,2012 at Longmont, Colorado. She was born March 25, l919 in Cloud County, Kansas to Charles and Maude (Oelkers) Rogers. When she was a year old, the family moved to Trego County. She attended rural Ford school--north of Ogallah, and high schools in WaKeeney and Hill City, Kansas. On January 4, l938, she was...
William 'Bill' L Orten
Jun 21, 2012
William LeRoy Orten was born February 27, 1925 to George and Eva (Weekly) Orten in Grainfield, Kansas. His father was a day laborer, farmer, a master machinist, and a mechanic. Eva was a seamstress, domestic, quilter and a homemaker. He passed away Thursday, June 21, 2012 in the Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care at Quinter. He was the...
Darrell 'Jim' Pfannenstiel
Jun 20, 2012
Darrell James 'Jim' Pfannenstiel was born February 25, 1939, in Munjor, KS, to the late Connie and Marcella (Doerfler) Pfannenstiel. He passed away, Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney, KS at the age of 73. As a child, he attended Munjor School and graduated from St. Joe's Military Academy in Hays, with the...
