Mar 11, 2018

JoAnne Sunderman, 76, of Colby, KS, passed away on March 11, 2018 at Colby Medical Center. JoAnne was born Nov. 21, 1941, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Kansas City, MO, to Helen I. (Boatwright) Jenison and Preston S. Jenison. She was raised in Kansas City and attended J. C. Nichols Grade School and Southwest High School. She graduated from Kansas...

Mar 10, 2018

Charlene Gayle Whitaker, 59, of Colby, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS. She was born September 25, 1958 in Chicago, IL to Larry and Welltha Whitaker and was a graduate of Thornridge High School, class of 1977. Char married Ronald T. Asbury in 1993, and resided in Goodland, KS where they happily raised...

Mar 10, 2018

Vonna Grace Lunsway, 82, of Colby, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 10, 2018. She was born in Manhattan, Kansas on January 12, 1936 to Dwight and Eula (Ragsdale) Davis. Vonna was the youngest of three children. After graduating from Colby High School in 1953, she moved to Denver, Colorado and earned a secretarial certificate. Vonna loved to read. She...

Mar 10, 2018

Marcella D. Albers, 86, of Oakley, died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at her home. She was born November 24, 1931, in Sheridan County, KS, to Levi and Margaret (Trembley) Ribordy. She attended Harmony Grade School in Sheridan County and later received her G.E.D. from Colby Community College. Growing up Marcella enjoyed roller skating, which is how she met her husband,...

Mar 10, 2018

Carol Rae (Shafer) Hartman, 69, went to heaven on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at her home, in Park, KS, surrounded by family. She was born July 30, 1948, in Colby, KS, to Howard and Freda (Shipley) Shafer. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Tasco, KS and graduated from Hoxie High School in 1966. Carol then went to...

Mar 7, 2018

David A. Weber, 62, a lighthearted, loving soul of rural Oakley, died Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at the Logan County Hospital, surrounded by family and the prayerful community he loved. He was born December 13, 1955, in Oakley, to Celestine and Katherine (Brungardt) Weber. Growing up, David enjoyed playing and helping on the farm, which was his lifelong passion. In...

Mar 1, 2018

Donald Eugene Phelps, 91, of Atwood, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018, at the Rawlins County Health Center, in Atwood, KS. He was the son of David J. and Alta (Scarrow) Phelps, born on May 23, 1926 in Winona, KS. He was the second of four children. When he was two years old his family moved to Beardsley, KS. He...

Feb 26, 2018

Feb 26, 2018

Alvin Lee Smith, 76, of Colby, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby. He was born April 21, 1941, in Howell, KS, to Dalton and Ida (Ratzlaff) Smith. Alvin grew up in Scott County, KS and attended Prairie View School and Pence Mennonite Church. He worked for the Woods Brother’s Ranch, and then for Oswald Industries...

Feb 20, 2018

Theodore “Ted” Charles Domsch, was born on a small farm Northwest of Atwood on July 14, 1939, to Theodor Charles Domsch & Anna Maria Dorthea Sophia Focke Domsch. Ted met Nyla Pennington where she was a Sophomore in high school. After graduating High School Ted went to business school and was drafted into the Army where he spent 2 years...

Feb 20, 2018

Dewey R. Griffin was born on November 20, 1927 to Amos H. Griffin and Nina M. (Chadwick) Griffin. He graduated 8th grade in May 1943 and started working at the age of 13 to help support his family. He married Lola Mae Parsons on December 31, 1945. He served in the Army from 1946 to1947. After returning from the service...

Feb 18, 2018

Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P Richard L. Moore Richard L. Moore died Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born November 24, 1946 in Colby to Elmer and Ellen (White) Moore of Levant. He graduated in 1965 from Brewster High School and then went into the two year carpentry program at Goodland Vo-Tech,...

Feb 17, 2018

Richard (Dick) Smith was born on November 8, 1938 to Charles Austin Smith and Margaret Louise Shaffer Smith in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up on a small farm in Bel Plain, Kansas, working the land with his dad and raising a few cattle. Dick found love in High School with Virginia McNown and the two were married on October 11th,...

Feb 15, 2018

Manford L. Meade, 82, of Topeka, died Thursday, February 15, 2018. He was born May 6, 1935, in Stratton, CO, to Russell F. and Eldora E. (Strombaugh) Meade. Manford served in the United States Army. On June 14, 1980, he married Beverly (Holmes) Wright. He was a member of the VFW and Knights of Columbus. Manford had worked as a...

Feb 15, 2018

Kenneth Wesley Wilkinson was born March 12, 1925 in Rawlins County Kansas and passed away on February 15, 2018 at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas at the age of 92. Kenneth was born the second of three sons to Guy and Rosie (Urban) Wilkinson. He grew up on the family farm in northwest Rawlins County. He attended...

Feb 12, 2018

Henry G. Bremenkamp, Jr., 76, of Colby, died Monday, February 12, 2018, at his home. He was born December 31, 1941, in Colby, KS, to Henry George and Grace Elizabeth (Renner) Bremenkamp. Henry graduated from Colby High School in 1960 and then attended the newly opened Colby Community College. There he met Gayle McGaw and they were married on April...

Feb 8, 2018

Victor J. “Vic” Schmidtberger, 91, of Quinter, formerly of Grainfield, died Thursday, February 08, 2018. He was born August 24, 1926, in Pfeifer, KS, to Joseph and Anna Mary “Emma” (Mader) Schmidtberger. He attended grade school at a country school near their farm and high school in Grainfield, later receiving his honorary high school diploma. Vic served in the United...

Feb 7, 2018

Send Flowers Stephen J. Zerr Sr. March 28, 1927 - February 7, 2018 Stephen J. Zerr, Sr., Age 90, died Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at Citizen's Medical Center in Colby, KS. Steve Was born March 28, 1927 to Joe A. and Agatha (Heier) Zerr at the family farm North of Park, KS. He attended a country school South of the...

Feb 5, 2018

Leo Eugene Trompeter, 81, of Goodland, died Monday, February 5, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center, in Goodland. He was born September 24, 1936, on a farm in Thomas County, KS, to Leo and Martha (Riedel) Trompeter. He graduated from Brewster High School. Eugene was a lifelong resident of Thomas and Logan County, where he farmed and ranched. Cremation was...

Feb 5, 2018

Henrietta A. Spindler, 85, of Colby, died Monday, February 5, 2018 at Prairie Senior Living Complex, in Colby. Henrietta, also known as Sister Terasitta, Terri, or Sister, was born at home on June 3rd, 1932. She came into his world as a twin, along with her brother, Henry. They were the 7th and 8th children, born to Joseph and Mary...