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...
Leona Julia Tuttle
Jun 10, 2012
Leona Julia (Schmidt) Tuttle passed away on June 10, 2012 at the Gove County Medical Center at the age of 76 years 11 months and 16 days. Leona was born in Grainfield, Kansas, at home on June 25, 1935. The family then moved to Quinter in 1942. She married John (Jim) Tuttle on August 11, 1952. Leona graduated from Quinter...
Larry William Hilmes
Jun 9, 2012
Larry William Hilmes was born in Ransom, KS, on May 16, 1939, to the late Henry John and Armilla (Luetters) Hilmes. He passed away, Saturday, June 9, 2012, in the KU Medical Center at Kansas City, KS, at the age of 73. He graduated from Ransom High School and attended Vo-Tech school for a year. He served in the United...
Clara Elizabeth Stenzel
Jun 7, 2012
Clara Elizabeth Stenzel was born August 27, 1923, in Broken Arrow, OK, to the late John and Martha (Scheer) Ruffertshoefer. She passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care at WaKeeney at the age of 88. On November 17, 1946, Clara married Paul Stenzel in the Zion Lutheran Church at Trego Center....
Thelma Ruth Hibbs
May 30, 2012
Thelma Hibbs left this world Wednesday morning, May 30, 2012 at the age of 86. Thelma was born to the late Kearn William White and Vallie Marie (Seek) White in Swanwick, MO on August 15, 1925. She married James W. "Jim" Hibbs on May 18, 1947, in Winston, MO, this union lasted for 56 years and was blessed with three...
Jean Corwin Hutchison
May 20, 2012
Jean (Corwin) Hutchison was born January 4, 1924, in Corning, KS, to the late Harvey Eugene and Mary Francina (Stephens) Corwin. She passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012, at the Heritage Club in Greenwood Village, CO, at the age of 88. As a child, she attended schools in WaKeeney and graduated from Trego Community High School and attended the University...
Catherine "Kay" Theresa Flagler
May 19, 2012
Catherine 'Kay' Theresa Flagler was born on the family farm in rural Ellis County, KS, to the late Joseph L. and Catherine (Jacques) Weber. She passed away Saturday May 19, 2012, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 89. As a child, she attended rural schools in Ellis County and graduated from Ellis High...
Clara Hollandworth
May 12, 2012
Clara Hollandworth, age 91, passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney, KS. She was born on January 23, 1921 in Victoria, KS, the daughter of Nicholas Joseph and MaryAnna (Dreiling) Brown. On June 18, 1945 she married Dean Hollandworth in Vincent, KS. Dean preceded her in death on October 28, 1991....
Alma Helen Krhut
May 11, 2012
Alma Helen Krhut was born on July 19, 1915 in Collyer, KS, the daughter of Steven Engel and Mary (Razak) Krhut. She left this earth on May 11, 2012, at the age of 96. Alma attended country grade school in Trego County and graduated May 31, 1930. She then went to high school in Collyer, KS and received her diploma...
Alma Maude Smith
May 9, 2012
Alma Maude "Maudie" Smith was born on January 29, 1918 in rural Sheridan County on the family farm to the late Nicholas F. and Ola T. Halferty McWilliams. She passed away at the Gove County Medical Center on May 9, 2012 at the age of 94. On her 10th birthday she was baptized in the Simon family stock tank. When...
