Feb 7, 2019

Justin “George” Ladenburger, 89, of Oakley, died Thursday, February 7, 2019, at Colby Health and Rehab. He was born April 18, 1929, in Angelus, Ks, to Peter and Carrie (Wehner) Ladenburger. George met Dorothy Albers and they were married on October 23, 1950 in Angelus. They were married 67 years. Our Dad, Grandpa and Great Grandpa enjoyed farming and harvesting...

Feb 4, 2019

Diana Landau, 64, of Oakley, died Monday, February 4, 2019. She was born March 14, 1954, in Norfolk, VA, to Donald and Goldie (Willson) Young. She was a pharmacist in Lawrence, KS. She was preceded in death by her mom Goldie. She is survived by her father Donald Young, of Colby; sons, Dustin Landau, of Gardner, KS and Kirk Landau,...

Feb 1, 2019

Rosalie Valnet Snow Seemann , Colby, passed away on February 1, 2019 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby, Kansas. Rosalie was the 8 th child and 4 th daughter of Harry Monroe and Ora Rachel Power Snow. She was born on September 5, 1934 in rural Bow Creek Township of Phillips County, Kansas. When she was 1 year old the family...

Jan 30, 2019

Edward Miller, 89, of Colby, died Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born August 27, 1929, in Dresden, KS, to Edward and Christina (Zimmerman) Miller. Ed served in the United States Army. He married JoAnn Daniel on December 27, 1955, in Oberlin, and to this union nine children were born. Ed farmed until 1969, when...

Jan 30, 2019

Mary Cynthia “Cindi” (Graves) Rummel was born in Atwood, Kansas on March 31, 1952, the youngest of five children born to Byron “Bike” Graves and Hazel (McGowan) Graves. She departed this life on January 30, 2019, at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas, at the age of 66 years, 9 months and 30 days. The family moved to...

Jan 29, 2019

Jan 28, 2019

Doris Ruby Peterson, 94, of Atwood, died Monday, January 28, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society of Atwood. She was born August 17, 1924, in Decatur County, KS, to T. Albert and Ruby (Peterson) Marcuson. She graduated from Decatur Community High School. She was homemaker in her adult life. She cooked at the sale barn in Atwood for 8 years....

Jan 27, 2019

Joyce Willene Phillips was born October 7, 1937 in Peach Orchard, MO, to Earnie and Carry (McGinty) Bratcher. She passed away January 27, 2019, in Tulsa, OK. Joyce attended grade school in Missouri and then Porterville High School in California. She also had special training in short hand and computers. Joyce worked in farming at an early age and was...

Jan 23, 2019

John Edmond Morrell, 62, of Wichita, was born to Kenneth & Jeanne (Poemla) Morrell in Salina, KS, on May 31, 1956. He died January 23, 2019 at his home, after a long-term battle with diabetes. He attended Sacred Heart Grade School and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Salina. Then he traveled the United States with the Silver Sabre...

Jan 22, 2019

Jan 21, 2019

Alfred J Gerstner was born in St. Peter, Ks on October 30, 1925 to Jacob J and Marcianna Gerstner and passed away on January 21, 2019 in Colby, KS. He graduated from Collyer High School in 1943. In 1944 he was drafted into the army serving in World War II Pacific theatre. On April 20, 1948 he married Kathryn R....

Jan 14, 2019

Nola Frances (Ginther) Winters, the second daughter and fourth child of Edward Earl Ginther and Mary Ruby (Mikesell) Ginther, was born on August 27, 1925 on her Grandmother Sarah (Fleming) Mikesell’s homestead near Achilles, Kansas. She passed away at the Good Samaritan in Atwood on January 14, 2019. Nola spent her infancy on a farm near Achilles and at the...

Jan 12, 2019

Sylvia Eleanor Helus, 86, of Colby, died Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center. She was born November 21, 1932, in Sheridan County, KS, to Otto and Monica (Mader) Robben. She married Orville Helus in 1954, in Colby. Sylvia worked as a cook at the Colby hospital for 40 years. She was artistic, drawing and painting in her free...

Jan 10, 2019

Harvey Richard “Dick” Adolph, 79, passed away peacefully in his sleep January 10, 2019, at his home in Colby. Born June 10, 1939, in Milliken, Colo., Dick spent many childhood summers on a farm north of Levant. He eventually moved fulltime to Levant and attended Colby High School, graduating in 1958. On the farm he learned to fly and to...

Jan 7, 2019

Barbara Jean Potter beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother entered Heavens gates January 7th, 2019 surrounded by her family. A lifelong resident of northwest Kansas, Barbara was born June 14, 1937 in rural Thomas County Kansas to Sam and Pearl (Schmidt) Medford. Barbara attended school in Winona until her sophomore year when she joined her sister Beverly at a...

Jan 6, 2019

Lawrence Edward Mahoney, 80, of Liberal, passed away on January 6, 2019 at Homestead Estates Home Plus Liberal, KS. He was born on August 24, 1938 to Lawrence and Bernice (Swenson) Mahoney at Lyons, KS. On December 22, 1963 he married Bernice Hillery in Oakley, KS; she survives. Lawrence graduated from Lindsborg High School; class of 1956. He received his...

Jan 5, 2019

Macalene M. (Barnhart) Olson, 89, of Atwood, formerly of McDonald, KS, died Jan. 5, 2019. She was born August 15, 1929, in St. Francis, KS to Harvey and Irene Evelyn (Moore) Barnhart. She attended a rural school near their home and later attended and graduated from St. Francis high school. She worked as a telephone operator in McCook, NE for...

Jan 5, 2019

Julia Ann Geisinger, 78, of Selden, died Saturday, January 5, 2019. She was born March 27, 1940, in Atwood, KS, to August and Ann (Haller) Martin. Julia attended Marymount College where she received her nursing degree. On February 4, 1961, Julia married John R. Geisinger, in Herndon, KS. She enjoyed gardening, canning and sending produce to the farmers market and...

Jan 4, 2019

Sonia Jan “Cloe” Domsch, 84, lost her battle after a long illness, January 4, 2019, at the Good Samaritan in Oberlin, Kansas. She was born May 12, 1934, to Bertha “Irene” and Delbert “Sohn” Cloe, in Atwood, KS. She graduated from Atwood High School and business school in Colorado Springs, CO. She married Donald W. Domsch Oct. 2, 1954, in...

Jan 2, 2019

Mark A. Robins, 70, of Oakley, passed in his home January 2, 2019. Mark was born to Bert and Elizabeth (Schreiber) Robins on June 7, 1948 in Dodge City, Kansas. The family settled in Holcomb, Kansas where Mark graduated from high school. Mark was always active in sports in some way. He participated in sports in high school and college...