Venita Lorrene Houchin
Jan 28, 2012
Venita Lorrene Norris Houchin was born December 22, 1936, in Wichita, KS, to the late Foster and Leoti (Hall) Newland. She passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney, KS, at the age of 75. She graduated from Winfield High School and attended South Western College, also in Winfield. In 1958, Venita was...
Leon J. Groom
Jan 21, 2012
Leon Jay Groom was born January 20, 1942, in Ransom, KS, to the late Ernest and Marjorie (Glick) Groom. He passed away at his home in rural Quinter on Saturday, January, 21, 2012, at the age of 70. He was a retired farmer. He attended schools in Quinter and graduated from Quinter High School with the class of 1961. He...
William "Buck" Walter Weber
Jan 17, 2012
William Walter Weber was born July 10, 1924, in Hays, KS, to the late Jerome and Pauline (Geist) Weber. He passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2012, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney, KS, at the age of 87. Buck moved from Hays with his parents and siblings to Fort Morgan, CO in 1940, to manage a farming...
Maxine Richards
Jan 17, 2012
Maxine Richards was born December 1, 1927, in Quinter, KS, to the late William W. and Sarah (Simon) Brown. She passed away, Tuesday, January 17, 2012, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 84. She graduated from Hoxie High School. On October 8, 1946, Maxine was united in marriage to Harvey E. Richards, Jr....
Lawrence Martin Holzmeister
Jan 17, 2012
Lawrence Martin Holzmeister was born June 26, 1922, in Loretta, KS, to the late John and Susanna (Herman) Holzmeister. He passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, in the Gove County Medical Center at Quinter at the age of 89. As a child, he attended grade school in Otis, KS and graduated from Otis High School with the class of...
Rosalie G Shaeffer
Jan 15, 2012
Rosalie Grace Shaeffer died at the age of 80, January 14, 2012, at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, KS. Rosalie was born on the Dinkel family farm in Gove County on December 14, 1931, to Anton and Rosalia (Giebler) Dinkel. She was the seventh child in a family of eleven children. She started school in the two-room schoolhouse...
Mary E. Bayer
Jan 8, 2012
Mary Elizabeth (Beckner) Wolf, Bayer Daughter of Clyde and Maggie Beckner, born July 16th 1930. She went to be with her Maker suddenly on January 8th 2012, while worshiping in the house of the Lord. Her days on this earth were 81 years. Mother accepted her Saviour and was baptized into the Old German Baptist Brethren Church and to which...
Leonard Lee Tucker
Jan 7, 2012
Leonard Lee Tucker was born August 22, 1947, in Sutherland, NE, the son of Bud and Emily (Stoddard) Tucker. He passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012, in the Gove County Medical Center at Quinter, KS at the age of 64. He attended rural schools in Gove County, Dighton High School, and graduated from Kansas State University. On October 27, 1973,...
Mary Jane Van Aken
Jan 4, 2012
Mary Jane (Horak) Van Aken, 94, passed away January 4, 2012 at Shalom Park Care Center in Denver CO. She was born October 2, 1917 to Rudolph and Jennie (Switlik) Horak in WaKeeney KS. She attended school in WaKeeney graduating from Trego High School in 1935. She took Fort Hays State University extension courses at Trego County High School working...
Julius A. Ziegler
Jan 3, 2012
Julius A. Ziegler, 85, died January 3, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, KS. He was born March 29, 1926, on a farm west of Collyer to Peter and Otillia (Waldman) Ziegler. He was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Hutchinson, KS. He grew up in Collyer and graduated from St. Michael's Catholic Grade School and Collyer High School. Upon...
Vivian M Norton
Dec 31, 2011
A memorial service will be conducted by the Church of the Brethren in Quinter KS, Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 10:30 am. Memorials are suggested to Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital or Church of the Brethren and can be sent to the family.
Gladys Mae Austin
Dec 19, 2011
Gladys Mae Austin was born December 6, 1927, in Russell, KS, to the late George and Eva (Bennett) Lindsay. She passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 84. She graduated from Morland High School. On June 8, 1946, Gladys was united in marriage to Claude Austin, Jr. in...
Beverly J. (Berry) Spena
Dec 15, 2011
Beverly Joyce (Berry) Spena was born May 26, 1940, in Wichita, KS to the late Lois Berry. She passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 71. As a child, she attended schools in WaKeeney. She married Troy Spivy and to this union, four children were born, Lori, Deanna,...
August 'Auggie' Spies
Dec 1, 2011
August Spies, Jr. was born January 14, 1937, to the late August and Anna (Braun) Spies, Sr. on the family farm in rural Graham County, KS. He passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011 at his home in rural Graham County near Morland at the age of 74. As a child, he attended country schools in Graham County. He was a...
Laura Rose Mccall
Nov 29, 2011
Laura Rose McCall died November 29, 2011 at The Denver Hospice in Denver, CO, at the age of 79. Rose was born to Chris and Mary (Delameter) Brassfield on the family farm in rural Graham County, near Palco, KS on April 13, 1932. She was the ninth child in a family of thirteen children. Rose was a child of the...
Royalyn Gayle Erickson
Nov 20, 2011
Royalyn Erickson was born October 2, 1943, to Art and Lois (Kaufman) Cochran on the family farm in Graham County. She passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011, in the Hays Medical Center at the age of 68. Royalyn was the fifth child of seven children. She attended Pleasant Valley School in rural Trego County. She also attended high school at...
Ida Marie Schwarzenberger
Nov 16, 2011
Ida Heier Schwarzenberger died peacefully in Denver, Colorado on November 16, 2011 in the loving company of her husband and family members. She was born on March 10, 1918, in Park, Kansas, the 4th child of John and Mary (Heisler) Heier. Growing up on a farm she became accustomed to work, and in work she found value. "A good worker"...
Evelyn Graham
Nov 15, 2011
Evelyn Lee Graham was born May 20, 1932, in Quinter, KS, to the late George Carlton and Audrey Marie (Glick) McWilliams. She passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011, in the Hays Medical Center at the age of 79. She graduated from Quinter High School with the class of 1950. On April 26, 1952, Evelyn was united in marriage to her...
Leonard G Foos
Nov 13, 2011
Leonard G. Foos was born August 15, 1932, in LaCrosse, KS, to the late William and Alice (Muth) Foos. He passed away, Sunday, November 13, 2011 in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 79. He graduated from Oakley High School with the class of 1950. On January 30, 1977, Leonard married Barbara Connor in...
Roland Lee Wise
Nov 13, 2011
Roland Lee Wise was born January 31, 1932, to Walter Blocker and Mary Etta (Driver) Wise at Modesto, CA. Roland lived most of his life in the Modesto, Upper Lake, and Watsonville, CA areas. He moved to Quinter in January of 2009 spending the last two years with his family there. Roland died at his home in Quinter on November...
