Betty Jean Wicke
Jun 1, 2017
Betty Jean (Allen) Wicke, 84, of Atwood, died Thursday, June 1, 2017. She was born August 9, 1932 to Fred L. and Mary V. (Lilly) Allen, on a farm south of Stratton, Nebraska or north of Beardsley in Rawlins County Kansas. The last of seven, she joined siblings Delbert Allen, Ruth Havel, John William, Everett Allen, Dorothy Brown and Ruby...
Sharon Noriega
May 31, 2017
Sharon D. Noriega, 76, of Atwood, died May 31, 2017, at Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney, NE. She was born March 10, 1941, in Atwood, KS, to Judson T. and Irma D. (Wiginton) Corder. She graduated from Atwood High School in 1959. Sharon worked for the Rawlins County Sheriff's Department for over 30 years. She was a devoted member to...
Donna Shull
May 29, 2017
Donna Mae Wagy Ellis Shull July 28, 1938 – May 29, 2017 Donna Mae Wagy Ellis Shull, 78, of Colby, KS, passed May 29, 2017 at Colby Health and Rehab, Colby, KS. Donna was born on July 28,1938 to Clarence Leslie and Ruby May (Kistler) Wagy. Donna and her three older sisters Maxine, Darline, and Velma were raised by their...
Lyla Younkin
May 26, 2017
Lyla M. Younkin, 81, of Oakley, died Friday, May 26, 2017, at the Logan County Hospital. She was born August 2, 1935, in Gove County, KS, to Charles and Ruth (Moss) Sidles. Lyla graduated from Grinnell High School in 1953 and on July 21, 1957, married Floyd “Jackie” Younkin. She worked in the insurance industry for 60 years. She was...
Roberta Luckert
May 26, 2017
Frances Roberta Luckert died May 26, 2017 at the age of 91. Roberta was born on December 20, 1925 at the family farm eight miles north and three west of Goodland, KS. She was the second child of John and Frances (Nester) Schindler. Roberta attended the first eight grades in a one room school house. She attended Goodland High School...
John Steiger
May 26, 2017
Jack Steiger, at the age of 78, unexpectedly passed from this life, into the next, on Friday, May 26, 2017, at the Hays Medical Center. Born January 10, 1939, he grew up on a farm southwest of Menlo, KS, where he was raised to adulthood, by his grandparents, John and Viola Steiger. He married Leoma Duffey, a dearly loved classmate,...
Nancy Miller
May 25, 2017
Send Flowers Nancy Jones, age 73, went to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on May 25, 2017 in Wichita. She was born on October 2, 1943 in Colby, Kansas to Oscar and Josephine (Trybom) Jones. She lived all of her youth in Colby and attended University of Kansas on a music scholarship. She married Jarree E. Miller of...
Sandy Jamison
May 22, 2017
Sandy Jamison, 76, of Richmond, Virginia, died May 22, 2017. She was born February 1, 1941, in Denver, CO, to Orval and Evelyn (Bradshaw) Durham. She grew up in Oakley, KS and lived in the Washington, DC area for many years. She more recently lived in Wichita and Lawrence before returning to Virginia briefly before she passed. On November 27,...
Dale Deaver
May 21, 2017
Send Flowers Dale Deaver April 8, 1925 - May 21, 2017 Austin Dale Deaver, of Levant, Kansas was born April 8, 1925 to Lawrence and Anna (Blau) Deaver in Russell Springs, Kansas. Dale grew up in a family of four boys and six girls, attending school in Russell Springs. On August 18, 1943 he was drafted into the Army Air...
Elna Ridgway
May 21, 2017
Elna Eileen (Evans) Ridgway, 97, died Sunday, May 21, 2017. Elna was born June 10, 1919, she was the fifth of seven children born to John Elmer and Gertrude June (Cardiff) Evans on a farm near Camargo, Oklahoma. When she was four, her family moved 500 miles to Baca County in south-east Colorado. After attending numerous schools during the worst...
Wendi Ehlers
May 15, 2017
Wendi Lea Ehlers, 46, Colby, died May 15, 2017, at Citizen’s Medical Center, Colby, KS. She was born June 4, 1970, Pequannock, New Jersey, to Gary and Alethea (Crowhurst) Osburn. She graduated high school in 1988 from Thornton High School. She received an associate’s degree in medical billing and coding from Pima Medical Center. After college, Wendi held many jobs...
Wilma Gray
May 13, 2017
Wilma Frances Gray, 91, of Oakley, died Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Logan County Hospital, Oakley. She was born November 15, 1925, in Logan County, to William and Frances (Finch) Selley. She graduated from Page City High School in 1942, got her teaching certificate, and taught in country schools. She also worked several years in sales at Oakley stores, including...
Leo Muehlenkamp
May 13, 2017
Leo John Muehlenkamp, 78, of Grinnell, died Saturday, May 13, 2017. He was born December 18, 1938, to Ben and Katherina (Mense) Muehlenkamp, in rural Logan County, Oakley, KS. As a teenager, he went to work for Ben and Rosena Hemmert on their farm south of Angelus, and remained there the rest of his life. He was a member of...
Henry Ostmeyer
May 11, 2017
Henry A Ostmeyer Jr., 94, of Oakley, died, Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Logan County Manor. Henry was born in Angelus, KS September 10, 1922 to Henry and Mary (Haverkamp) Ostmeyer. He was married to Vesta Fern Hatten Ostmeyer on January 4th 1944. He was a farmer for his entire life. He is preceded in death by his parents, 4...
Kent Hamilton
May 7, 2017
Kent Lyn Hamilton, 69, of Colby, died Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. Kent was born August 14, 1947, in Colby, to Forrest Fay and Olive E (Manweiler) Hamilton. As a young boy Kent moved with his family from the Rexford area to Colorado. Kent graduated high school then farmed with his father in Colorado and...
Patricia Tremblay
May 5, 2017
Patricia Joan (Morton) Tremblay, 84, of Colby, passed away, May 5, 2017, at Colby Health & Rehab, in Colby. She was born February 11, 1933, in Palco, KS, to Roy G. & Irene (Gibson) Morton. Pat graduated in 1952 from Palco High School. During her high school years she participated as a Cheerleader, Drum Majorette/Twirler as well as other activities....
Caroline Kaiser
May 5, 2017
Caroline Kaiser, 80 years young, of Oakley, departed this life and went to her eternal home on May 5, 2017. She was born April 25, 1937, in Menlo, Kansas, to Joseph and Philomena Kinderknecht. On July 24, 1956 she was joined in marriage to Frank Kaiser, Jr., and they were blessed with two children, Deb and Tim. Caroline loved polka...
Martin Gagnon
Apr 27, 2017
Martin James Gagnon, 72, of Grainfield, died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO. He was born May 2, 1944, to Emery and Jeannette (Boucher) Gagnon, in Grainfield. Marty graduated from Grainfield High School in 1962 and married Sharon Wagoner on August 22, 1964, in Park, KS. He was a lifelong Grainfield resident, running the family business,...