Jun 12, 2017

Jun 11, 2017

James Lee Flick, 88, of Oakley, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born August 20, 1928, in Blackwell, OK, to Walter and Sara (Winchel) Flick. He went to high school in Blackwell, and then attended Colorado Springs Bible College. He was a pastor from 1953-1991, serving at 7 churches throughout Colorado, Kansas and...

Jun 8, 2017

Send Flowers Druscilla Washburn October 3, 1916 - June 8, 2017 Druscilla Marie Washburn, 100 of Colby, Kansas pass away on June 8, 2017. Druscilla was born on October 3, 1916 to Hubert and Benevra (Pilkington) Wieland in Sedalia, Missouri Druscilla was the oldest of four siblings John, George, William (Bill) and Charlotte (Lottie) On August 18, 1939, Druscilla married...

Jun 5, 2017

La Rue May (Fikan) Horinek, long-time resident of the Atwood community, died June 5, 2017, at her home. She was born July 5, 1936 to Wilhem H. and Mary (Ryba) Fikan at the family homestead in Atwood, KS, delivered by a neighbor, midwife Anna Matisek. She attended Hawkeye Country School through 7th grade and then graduated from Atwood High School...

Jun 5, 2017

Rosetta Barbara (Laverenz) Bremenkamp, 93, of Colby, went to be with her heavenly Father, Monday, June 5, 2017, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby. She was born on February 4, 1924, to John and Anna (Delzeit) Laverenz, in Purcell, KS. She graduated from Highland High School in 1942, and then moved to Western Kansas with her parents after graduation. She...

Jun 3, 2017

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...

May 31, 2017

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...