Freddie Lamm Phd., P.E.
May 26, 2022
Freddie R. Lamm, son of Mildred Jean (Pfeiffer) and Henry Silas Lamm Jr., was born September 11, 1955, in Boonville, Missouri, and departed life on May 26, 2022, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas, surrounded by his loving family. Freddie was raised on a farm outside of Wooldridge, Missouri, until 1976 when his parents retired from farming and...
Twila Miller
May 21, 2022
Twila Lou Miller, 78, of McDonald, KS, died Saturday, May 21, 2022. She was born on July 22, 1943, to Kenneth and Gladys (Compton) Miller, at the family home in Thomas County, KS. She attended school in McDonald, KS, until her parents moved to Kanorado, KS, where she continued her schooling. After her father Kenneth passed away in 1965, Twila...
Joan Morphy
May 17, 2022
Joan Margret Morphy, 89, of Colby, died Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. She was born on the family farm at Temple Hill in rural Onslow, IA, on January 20, 1933, to Bernard and Margret (Fagan) Keating. Being raised on a farm, Joan developed a lifelong love for the farm life. After high school, Joan attended Mount...
Judy Kistler
May 16, 2022
Judy Rae Kistler, 77, of Colby, died Monday, May 16, 2022, in Kansas City, MO. She was born August 11, 1944, in Topeka, KS, to Leonard and Helen (Spencer) Cook. Judy graduated from Topeka West High School. Judy was a real-estate broker in Colby for over 20 years. She was active in the Colby Chamber of Commerce and was on...
Rodney Spong
May 11, 2022
Rodney Alan Spong was born on March 8, 1968, in Hoxie KS but he grew up in Denver Colorado. Rod’s adventurous spirit has brought him to many places throughout the US and he even spent 10 years abroad, living in Ireland. Rod was known for four things… His love of music, his love of cooking, his adventurous spirit, and his...
Darlene Rietcheck
May 11, 2022
Long time Oakley resident Darlene A. Rietcheck, 66, died Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. At her request, no service will be held. The family will receive friends from 2-4:00 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2022, at Gateway Fellowship, Oakley. Darlene was born on October 2, 1955, in Oakley, KS to Ambrose and Anna Selenke. Darlene was...
Larry Gibson
May 4, 2022
Larry Leroy Gibson, 69, died May 4, 2022, at his home in Broken Arrow, OK. He was born September 24, 1952, in Oakley, KS, to Duane and Betty (Walz) Gibson, of Monument, KS. Larry was the third of five children. He attended Monument Consolidated School until he graduated from the 8th grade. Betty passed away in 1965 and Duane in...
Robert Lewallen
May 3, 2022
Robert Dale Lewallen, 93, of Winona, died Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Colby Health and Rehab, Colby, KS. He was born July 15, 1928, in Winona, KS, to Gurna and Lydia (Theimer) Lewallen. Robert attended the Brownville and Winona schools. After high school, he took up a career in carpentry. Along with his carpentry work, Robert was the owner of...
Gerald Juenemann
May 3, 2022
Gerald Frank Juenemann, 86, of Selden, died on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Colby Health and Rehab, in Colby. He was born on September 8, 1935, in rural Sheridan County to Frederick and Rosa (Kaus) Juenemann. Gerald married Arvilla Schwarz on June 6, 1956. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Selden. He was preceded in...
Benjamin Chadwick
Apr 30, 2022
Benjamin Floyd Chadwick, 24, of Oakley, passed away April 30th, 2022. He was born November 21st, 1997, in Colby, Ks to Lonnie and Tami (Dawes) Chadwick. He was welcomed home by his big brother Trey Dawes, who helped him explore all the mischievous little things two boys can find together. Along the way each found their own calling and pursued...
Veronica Olson
Apr 29, 2022
Veronica Emelia (Pettera) Olson, 96, of Westminster, Colorado passed away on April 29th, 2022 at home. Veronica was born in Ludell, Kansas to Joseph and Emma Pettera on March 28th, 1926. She attended high school at St. Mary’s and finished in the 1970s with a GED from District 50. She was employed as a cook and a housekeeper, as well...
Douglas Wolters
Apr 23, 2022
Douglas John Wolters, 74, of Atwood, KS, died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Center, Atwood. A visitation will be held Friday, April 29, 2022, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Baalmann Mortuary, Atwood. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 30, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Atwood. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Atwood. Memorials...
Marvin Sander
Apr 23, 2022
Marvin Joseph Sander, 87, of Oakley, died Saturday, April 23, 2022. He was born December 21, 1934, in rural Gove County, KS, to Severn and Bridget (Graf) Sander. After graduating from Monument High school in 1954, Marvin served in the United States Army. After completing his service, he then worked at Weaver Beaty, in Denver, CO and Dreiling Buick &...
Erma Tubbs
Apr 22, 2022
Erma Lorene (Smith) Tubbs was born on April 15, 1924 in her grandmother’s home in Brewster, Kansas. She was the oldest of three children born to Newton Martin and Alice Grace (Parker) Smith. Erma passed away on April 22, 2022 at the age of 98. Erma, fondly called Jean by her father, lived the first 18 years of her life...
Austin Heier
Apr 21, 2022
Austin James Heier was born on December 7th, 1994, to Ron and Nancy Heier. He passed away April 21st, 2022. Austin grew up in Wisconsin and Kansas graduating from Quinter High School in 2013. After high school Austin proudly served his country in the United States Army for five years. During his time with the military he earned many accolades,...
Evelyn Engel
Apr 17, 2022
Evelyn F. (Butza) Engel, 94, of Oakley, died Sunday, April 17, 2022, at the Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Facility. She was born September 28, 1927, to Mary (Mueth) and Paul Butza in St. Louis, MO. Evelyn attended school in St. Louis, MO. She attended Hadley Technical High School, in St. Louis, where she specialized in office management. Upon receiving her...
Denis Burk
Apr 14, 2022
Denis Layne Burk entered into eternal rest on April 14, 2022 at Stephens County Hospital, Toccoa, GA. Denis was born with Down Syndrome in McCook, Nebraska to Elmer C. and Agnes Orten Burk, April 1, 1962. He grew up on a farm outside McDonald, Kansas and was the youngest with two brothers and two sisters. His family was instrumental in...
Dalton Ellis
Apr 12, 2022
Dalton Micheal Ellis, 25, of Colby, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO. He was born October 23, 1996, in Colby, KS, to Gregory Ellis and Tonya Yonkey. Growing up, Dalton loved to help on the family farm and work with the cattle, pigs, horses and llama. He enjoyed shooting sports and participated in 4-H and...
Jeanette Sowers
Apr 9, 2022
Jeanette Marlene Ratzlaff Sowers was born on June 9, 1939, to Rachel Amanda (Goertz) and Abram Ratzlaff. At a young age she began her close relationship with Jesus. On April 9, 2022, at the age of 82, she went to be with Him and many others, whom she knew and loved. Jeanette was raised in a Mennonite community near Hillsboro/Goessel,...
Muriel Miars
Apr 1, 2022
Muriel Ann Miars, 89, of Oakley, KS, passed away at Logan County Senior Living, on April 1, 2022. She was born to Dwight and Sarah Gilbert in Hanks, North Dakota on January 20, 1933. She was the youngest of 11 children. She was previously married to Kenneth Edwards of Kalispell, MT and Charles Miars (dec. 1978) and found her life...