May 24, 2025

James Lee Bartlett, 90, of Colby, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2025. He was born June 21, 1934, in Ft. Morgan, CO, to Lee and Marguerite (Dornon) Bartlett. Jim grew up on a farm southwest of Monument, KS with his granddad Frank Dornon. He was a 1952 graduate of Monument High School, where he enjoyed playing baseball and basketball. Jim...

May 22, 2025

Doran Neil Lorimer died May 22, 2025, at the Rawlins County Health center in Atwood, KS at the age of 94. He was born on August 26, 1930, in Rawlins County Township of Celia to Dewey and Laura Lorimer. He was the fourth child born to the couple. He was raised on the family farm near Beardsley, in Rawlins County....

May 22, 2025

Daniel Edward Thomas was born to Adrian and Joy (Brown) Thomas on December 6th, 1947, at St. Thomas Hospital in Colby, Kansas. He grew up on a farm East of Atwood, Kansas. He began his education in a one room country schoolhouse and graduated from Atwood High School in 1965. While in high school, Dan played many sports with wrestling...

May 19, 2025

Anita (Kastens) Focke, 94 of Colby Kansas, passed away May 19th, 2025, at Hays Medical Center. She was born January 30, 1931, in Rawlins County to Albert and Louise (Carstens) Kastens, being the last of nine children.

Anita was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ludell, Kansas. She graduated from Atwood High School in 1948.

On...

May 16, 2025

Lindle K. Harold, 71, of Colby, died Friday, May 16, 2025. He was born June 13, 1953, in Goodland, KS to Lloyd and Jenelle (Boudreau) Harold. Lindle grew up on a small rural farm southwest of Brewster, Kansas. During high school, he balanced farm work with playing sports and graduated in 1971. After graduation, he moved away and held several...

May 9, 2025

Mildred “Stephanie” Esposito, age 95, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2025, in Herndon, VA. A longtime resident of Tarpon Springs, FL for 24 years, she spent her final year near her daughter and family.

Stephanie was born on July 22, 1929, in Atwood, KS to Adolf and Mary Horinek. She dedicated her life to helping and serving others through her...

May 6, 2025

May 6, 2025

Francis Henry “Ted” Kastens was born on September 24, 1930, on the family homestead north of Ludell, Kansas. He was the youngest child of Herman J. and Katharine (Gansberg) Kastens. He passed on to his heavenly home on May 6, 2025, at 94 years of age surrounded by his family. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, Ludell,...

May 5, 2025

Sophie (Depperschmidt) Ochs, 96 of Park, Kansas, passed away on May 5th, 2025, at the Sheridan County Long Term Care Facility, Hoxie, Kansas. She was born to Alex and Josephine (Younger) Depperschmidt on July 11, 1928, at the family farm in Sheridan County.

Sophie attended country school grades 1st to 6th in Sheridan County. She experienced living in a sod house...

May 5, 2025

David Joseph Brungardt, 55, of Grinnell, died Monday, May 5, 2025. He was born September 4, 1969, in Hoxie, KS, to Elmer and Twona (Zerr) Brungardt. David was a 1988 graduate of Grinnell High School. He was a lifelong farmer and rancher and enjoyed gardening, flowers, building fence and caring for his cows. David was very kindhearted, and he loved...

Apr 30, 2025

Shirley Ann Durham was born on August 25th, 1940, to Edward and Rose (Kral) Hamm, and sadly passed away on April 30th, 2025. She was 84 years old.

Shirley was a tenacious lady, who loved life. She was smart as a whip and could do anything she put her mind to. She believed in telling the truth, even when others didn't,...

Apr 29, 2025

Larry L. Chambers, age 86, of Rexford, Kansas, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Larry was born on June 12, 1938, in Colby, Kansas, to Herman Chambers and Lily Owens Chambers (later Plummer). He graduated from Levant High School in 1958 and proudly served in the U.S. Army attending basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri...

Apr 29, 2025

Jeanice Gayle Beagley better known as “Niecy” in her later years, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2025, at Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, Kansas. She was born in Oakley, Kansas on June 17, 1961, to Stanley Curtis Smith and Virginia Marie (McDowall) and was the oldest of their four children.

She graduated from Oakley High School in 1979. Shortly...

Apr 28, 2025

Lloyd Robert Swart, 91, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2025, at Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kansas, surrounded by the love and laughter of his children—just the way he would have wanted it. A lifelong Oakley-area resident, Lloyd lived his life with purpose, passion, and a good story always ready to share.

From the time he bought his first tractor...

Apr 23, 2025

Ralph J. Kruse—known to family and friends as “Butch”—passed away on April 23, 2025, in Oakley, Kansas. He was born in Denver, Colorado on October 9, 1948, and moved to Oakley as a young boy, where he spent the rest of his life surrounded by the people and places he loved.

Butch grew up working on the family farm -- milking...

Apr 22, 2025

Arvilla Louise Juenemann, 87, of Selden, Kansas, died on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas. She was born on July 30, 1937, in rural Sheridan County near Angelus to Alex and Theresa (Wessel) Schwarz. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy high school in Wichita, Kansas, and married Gerald Juenemann on June 6, 1956. She...

Apr 17, 2025

A private graveside service will be held for Tracey (Sparks) Gould on Saturday morning, May 24, 2025 (Memorial weekend), at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Oakley. The family will gather after the service at the Oakley Country Club for a reception/luncheon from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. to celebrate her life and honor her memory with friends and family. All are...

Apr 15, 2025

H. Joanne (Nall) Lahman died April 15, 2025, at Donelson Care Center in Fayetteville, Tennessee at the age of 94 years. She was born February 4, 1931, at her parents’ home near Stotesbury, Missouri to Bennett M. and Jennie L. (Hicks) Nall, the youngest of eight children. She graduated from Walker Missouri High School in 1949. She was married September...

Apr 6, 2025

Vertis Alexander Jones, 26, of Wichita, KS, formerly of Rexford, died Sunday, April 6, 2025. He was born in Wurzburg, Germany on July 26, 1998, to Vertis and Rebecca (Smith) Jones. Growing up Vertis was a Boy Scout and enjoyed doing track and playing basketball, football and baseball. In his mid-teens he moved from Colorado to Rexford, KS to live...

Apr 4, 2025

Helen Mae (Moore) Poland, 88, of Gem, KS, passed away Friday, April 4, 2025, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS. She was born to Bessie (Ickler) and Robert Moore, in Faulkton, SD on February 7, 1937. Helen moved with her parents to Eastern Kansas in 1950. In 1954, Helen met Kenneth F. Poland in Wichita, KS. They were married...