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Anna Wolf
Jan 11, 2010
Anna Wolf was born in Grainfield, KS on September 13, 1922, the daughter of Roy and Margaret (Ochs) Ochs, Sr. She passed away on Monday, January 11, 2010 in the Hays Good Samaritan Center at the age of 87. As a young girl, she attended Jumbo Country Grade School in rural Gove County. On April 24, 1946, Anna was united...
Ethel Marjory Manz
Jan 9, 2010
Ethel Marjory Manz was born in rural Trego County, KS on April 17, 1922, to David and Mary (Lang) Schultz. She passed away Saturday, January 9, 2010 in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 87. She attended rural country schools and graduated from Trego Community High School in 1940. On November 22, 1942, Ethel...
Glenn Richard Hladek
Jan 7, 2010
Glenn Richard Hladek was born September 19, 1919, in rural Trego County, KS, to the late James and Ella (Cikanek) Hladek. He passed away Thursday, January 7, 2010, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at the age of 90. As a child, he attended rural elementary school in Collyer and graduated from Collyer High School with the class of...
Donald Lee Kraus
Jan 4, 2010
Donald Lee Kraus of WaKeeney, KS was born April 15, 1936 in rural Trego County, KS. He passed away, Monday, January 4, 2010 in the Hays Medical Center at the age of 73. A private memorial service was held and inurnment is in the WaKeeney City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the TCLMH Long Term Care and can be sent...
Kenneth Lee Cooksey
Dec 29, 2009
Kenneth Lee Cooksey, age 59, succumbed to cancer on December 29, 2009 in Quinter, KS. Kenny was born February 6, 1950 to Robert (Bob) and Edna (Kraft) Cooksey of Park, KS. He graduated from Park High School in 1968. He grew up working for his father at Cooksey Appliance & TV in Park, which was later moved to Quinter. He...
Neva Jean Hardman
Dec 25, 2009
Neva Jean (Hillman) Hardman passed away suddenly and peacefully on December 25th, 2009. She was born May 11th, 1949 to Lyle V. Hillman and Alma Jean (Frazier) Hillman in Hays, KS. She graduated from Trego Community High School in 1967. She was united in marriage to Robert A. Hardman on May 1st, 1971 in WaKeeney, KS. They resided in Olathe,...
Elsie B. Vsetecka
Dec 24, 2009
Elsie Vsetecka was born November 8, 1921 in LaCrosse, Kansas to Joseph F. and Rose (Krotz) Oborny. She passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 88. On January 8, 1945, Elsie was united in marriage to Joseph A. Vsetecka in Timken, Kansas. Elsie and Joseph were blessed with two children, Donald and Lana....
Marie Elizabeth Mai
Dec 21, 2009
Marie Elizabeth (Deines) Mai was born September 3, 1913, on the family farm in Trego County, KS. She was the daughter of John George, Jr. and Eva Margaret (Maier) Deines. She passed away Monday, December 21, 2009, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care at WaKeeney, at the age of 96. She was baptized and confirmed in...
Kenneth Gerald Ribordy
Dec 12, 2009
Kenneth Gerald Ribordy was born July 1, 1925, in rural Gove County, KS, to the late Levi and Margaret (Tremblay) Ribordy. He passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009 at his home in Grinnell at the age of 84. On October 11, 1944, Ken was united in marriage to Luella Schumacher in Grainfield. Together, they farmed in Gove County. He later...
Delbert Andrew Turner
Dec 12, 2009
Delbert A. Turner was born in rural Trego County, KS, on January 5, 1937, to Richard and Hazel (Bachstrom) Turner. He passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009, at his home in WaKeeney at the age of 72. As a child, he attended Ness County schools, and attended Vo-Tech school in Colorado. He served in the United States Army 1956 to...
Theresa Marie Von Lintel
Dec 5, 2009
Theresa Marie Von Lintel was born September 7, 1926, on a farm north of Emmeram, KS in Ellis County, to the late Nicolas and Philomena 'Minnie' (Dreiling) Rohleder. She passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009, in the Hays Medical Center at the age of 83. She had been a resident of the Hays Good Samaritan Center since October of 2006....
Frances Bernice Mai
Dec 1, 2009
Franziska 'Frances' Bernice Mai was born June 29, 1917, in rural Ellis County, KS, to the late Carl and Mary Ann (Schuster) Reitmeyer. She passed away in the Holiday Resort Nursing Home at Emporia on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at the age of 92. As a child, she attended rural schools in Ellis County. On September 3, 1937, Frances was...
Calvin Lincoln Hafliger
Nov 28, 2009
Calvin Lincoln Hafliger was born February 12, 1925, on the family farm five miles south of WaKeeney, KS, the fifth of six sons born to George and Sarah Abbie (Mumert) Hafliger. He passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital LTC at WaKeeney. at the age of 84. He attended Mont Rose School District #51...
Ruth Ann Kaiser
Nov 27, 2009
Ruth Ann Kaiser was born August 23, 1920, on the family farm 10 miles north of Quinter in Sheridan County. She was the sixth child born to Philip James II and Ruth Matilda (McClure) Kaiser. Ruth Ann passed away Friday, November 27, 2009 at the age of 89. As a young girl, Ruth attended schools near Park and graduated from...
Laverna Rose Moore
Nov 24, 2009
Laverna Moore was born on October 11, 1934, to Frank and Katherine (Engel) Selenke in Grainfield, KS. She passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2009, in the Gove County Medical Center, Quinter, KS at the age of 75. She was united in marriage to Merle Moore at the St Agnes Church in Grainfield, KS on January 18, 1954. Merle preceded her...
Anna Martin
Nov 24, 2009
Anna Martin was born September 24, 1925 in Park, KS, the daughter of Raymond and Katherine (Zerr) Haffner. She passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2009 in the Hays Medical Center at the age of 84. As a child she attended a rural country school. On May 18, 1943, Anna was united in marriage to Marcus Martin in Sacred Heart Catholic...
William 'Bill' Francis Nemechek
Nov 23, 2009
William Francis Nemechek was born August 5, 1925, on the family farm south of Ellis, KS, the second child born to Louis and Johanna (Gaschler) Nemechek. He passed away Monday, November 23, 2009, in the Gove County Medical Center at Quinter at the age of 84. Bill moved with his family to Tribune, KS for part of a year and...
Dr. Carl Christian Gunter, Jr.
Nov 19, 2009
Carl Christian Gunter, Jr. was born September 2, 1920, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Concordia, KS, to Elizabeth Louise (Scurlock) and Carl Christian Gunter, Sr., M.D. Five boys were born into this family. Carl was preceded in death by his four brothers: Wm. Ladd, John Waldo and twins, Keith and Kenneth Gunter. Carl spent his younger years in Aurora, KS and...
Herman J. Flax
Nov 15, 2009
Herman Joseph Flax was born October 3, 1935, in Arnold, KS, to the late Godfried and Catherine (Weber) Flax. He passed away Sunday, November 15, 2009, in the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital at WaKeeney at the age of 74. Herman attended Lonestar School in rural Trego County. On August 3, 1959, he was united in marriage to Joan Graf...
Larry D. Deines
Nov 11, 2009
Larry Dale Deines was born January 27, 1941, on the family farm in rural Trego County, KS. He was the son of Louis and Hilda Fern (Ochs) Deines. He passed away at the age of 68 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, on the same family farm he was born. As a child, Larry was baptized and confirmed in the Zion...
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