Kevin Ryan
Oct 11, 2021
Kevin Jerome Ryan, 61, of Colby, died Monday, October 11, 2021, at Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO. He was born June 13, 1960, in Colby, KS to Dennis and Frances (Albers) Ryan. Kevin graduated from Oakley High School in 1978 and then attended Goodland Vo-Tech for 2 years in the Electric Program. In 1985 Kevin joined the National Guard and...
Kathleen Zerr
Oct 4, 2021
Kathleen A. (Baalman) Zerr, age 85, of Grinnell, KS, peacefully transitioned in the comfort and loving care of her family on October 4, 2021, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS. Kathleen was the only daughter of Ben and Frances Baalman. Kathleen attended Angelus Grade School, her freshman year at Sacred Heart Academy in Wichita and graduated from Grinnell High...
Jason Carman
Sep 28, 2021
Jason T. Carman, age 49, of Sharon Springs, KS passed away Sept. 28, 2021 surrounded by his family after a brave three-year battle with cancer. Jason was born on Jan. 28, 1972 in Jefferson City, MO, the son of Gary and Sandra (Crigler) Carman. Growing up in Onaga, KS graduating from Onaga High School in 1991. He continued his education...
Robert Long
Sep 26, 2021
Robert Eugene Long, age 53, passed away September 26, 2021, as a result of a vehicle accident. He was born on June 20, 1968, in Oakley, KS. to the late Richard and Linda (Wright) Long. He is survived by his two daughters Haley Long, of Sioux Falls, SD, and Lola Hipp, of Goodland, KS, and a sibling Dana Charles and...
Mary Faber
Sep 25, 2021
Mary Faber, 94, of Brewster, died peacefully on Saturday, September 25, 2021, in her home, surrounded by her devoted husband and family. She was born March 20, 1927, to Margaret Hoy (Baird) Hurst and James Millard Hurst, at their home in Rawlins County, KS, during a blizzard that stranded the doctor there for two days. While growing up, she attended...
Irene Stoecker
Sep 24, 2021
Irene M Stoecker, 90, of Oakley, passed away Friday, September 24, 2021. She was born Irene Mae Nickel, to Arnold B and Lena M (Goossen) Nickel, on April 16, 1931, in Goessel, Kansas. She attended Antioch School, District 35, near Goessel, KS, graduating from the 8th grade. In 1946, the family moved to a farm near Oakley, where she then...
William Cunningham
Sep 16, 2021
William (Bill) J. Cunningham, 61, of Oakley, KS, passed away September 16, 2021. He was born March 17, 1960, in Nuremberg, Germany, to Loren and Marie Francis (Daugherty) Cunningham. William was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Rohanda Cunningham, Thomas “Rick”, Donald and Butchie. He is survived by his wife Mary; two sons, Dustin and Matthew, of WaKeeney,...
William Goetz
Sep 11, 2021
William (Bill) Andrew Goetz, 78, of Oakley, KS died Saturday, September 11, 2021, at Logan County Hospital. He was born August 29, 1943, in Park, KS to Edmund and Helen (Nellie Brungardt) Goetz. He graduated from Grainfield High School in 1961. On September 4, 1970, he married Laura Maurath. Bill was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Oakley....
John Riener
Sep 3, 2021
John Riener, 42, of Atwood, Kan., died Sept. 3, 2021, in Phillipsburg, Kan. He was born March 10, 1979, at McCook Community Hospital to Karol and Patricia (Marintzer) Riener. John graduated from Herndon High School in 1997, Colby Community College in 1999, and Northwest Kansas Area Vocational Technical School in 2000. On May 10, 2008, he married Keri Waterman. To...
Eunice Braxmeyer
Sep 2, 2021
Eunice Marie Braxmeyer, daughter of Joseph S. Leitner and Barbara (Kleidosty) Leitner, was born August 10, 1935, in Herndon, Kansas. Eunice died September 2, 2021, at the age of 86. Eunice was the oldest of four children. She attended school at a country school, St. Mary’s Catholic School and Herndon High School, in Herndon, Kansas, graduating in 1953. On June...
Luella Duffey
Sep 1, 2021
Luella Jane (Kriegh) Duffey, 83, of Colby, passed from this life on September 1, 2021. Lue was born September 26, 1937, in Park, KS, the eighth of fourteen children, to Edgar and Edith (Cook) Kriegh. When Lue was two years of age, her family moved to Wallace, KS where she grew up in the native stone house originally built as...
Gerald Tubbs
Aug 28, 2021
Gerald Eugene Tubbs, Sr., a Colby farmer, died Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Prairie Senior Living Complex, in Colby. He was born December 6, 1925, in Levant, KS, to George and Pearl (Carpenter) Tubbs. Gerald attended school in Levant until the 8th grade. After leaving school, he went to work for his brother-in-law, Willard Miller, and then went to work...
Francis Porsch
Aug 16, 2021
Francis W. Porsch, 88, of Selden, died Monday, August 16, 2021. He was born Dec. 2, 1932, to Walter and Thresia (Koerperich) Porsch at their rural home in Decatur County, KS. The family later moved to a farm east of Selden in Sheridan County, KS. He attended Cresco country school and graduated from Selden High School. He later joined the...
Darlene Miller
Aug 15, 2021
Darlene Mae Jensen Miller was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend. She died Sunday, August 15 in Colby, Kansas at the age of 84. She was born to Shirley and Henry Jensen on April 2, 1937. During high school in North Platte, Nebraska, Darlene met Donald K. Miller on a double date. They were married shortly...
