Obituaries

Sep 15, 2017

Wilma Pfeiff, 79, of Winona, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita KS. She was born on August 19, 1938 to Hayden and Lou (Butler) Ross in Ordway Colorado. Wilma graduated from Olney Springs High School in the spring of 1956. She married Bobby Leo Pfeiff on December 15, 1957, at the Olney Springs Methodist...

Sep 11, 2017

Barbara (Barb) Ann Glover. 62, Oakley, died on September 10, 2017 at her home. Barb was born on January 24, 1955 in Oeneta, AL, to Lela (Churchill) and Ernest O. Glover. She was raised in Great Bend and attended school. Barb graduated from Great Bend High School and in 1973 she graduated from Fort Hays University with a degree in...

Sep 11, 2017

H. Gene Shoemaker, 88, of Colby, died Monday, September 11, 2017, at Citizens Medical Center. He was born January 11, 1929, in Protection, KS, to A.B. and Alice M. (Lee) Shoemaker. Gene married Doris L. (Haines) Shoemaker on May 1, 1946. The couple was married for over 71 years. Gene was a retired pastor for the United Methodist Church. He...

Sep 5, 2017

Ada Fae Cox Bell, 97, of Atwood, Kan., died Sept. 5, 2017, at the Rawlins County Health Center, Atwood. Ada Fae’s family sometimes gave her a bit of a hard time being born on the “longest day of the year,” June 21. (She rarely took umbrage). The year was 1920; the location, a small white farmhouse near Atwood. She had...

Sep 1, 2017

Wilda Joan Urgo, 86, of Brewster, died Friday, September 1, 2017 at her home. She was born November 17, 1930, in Chanute, KS, to Earl and Hazel (Hollingworth) White. On December 25, 1955 she married Don Urgo. Wilda was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Don and brother, Kenny White. She is survived by her children, Dawn Urgo, Brewster,...

Sep 1, 2017

Vianne J. Brown, 81, of Colby, died Friday, September 01, 2017 at Colby Health & Rehab. She was born February 11, 1936, at Ft. Sam Houston Army Base, in Texas, to Roy and Alice (Neese) Speaker. She graduated from Adams City High School, in Adams City, CO. On June 12, 1957, Vianne married Arnold Brown. She worked as a real...

Sep 1, 2017

Vernon L. Patten, 78, of Colby, formerly of Brewster, died Friday, September 1, 2017 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born October 9, 1938, in Goodland, KS, to V.L. (Lewis) and Letha (Duncan) Patten. Vernon attended grade school at the Barrett Township Country School and graduated from Brewster High School in 1956. He worked on his parent’s farm, north...

Aug 29, 2017

Obituary for Katherina D. Frederick Katherina D. Frederick (“Katie” to all her friends) died August 29, 2017, aged 97. She was born near Ruskin, NE, on February 4, 1920, to William H. and Anna M. Werner Kluender. Katie was the fourth of their six children. At 5 years old, in 1925, Katie moved with her family to a farm near...

Aug 28, 2017

Judy Kay Escudero, 77, of Goodland, died Monday, August 28, 2017, in Colby. She was born February 25, 1940, in Sharon Springs, KS, to Roy and Ruth (McGhghy) Cochrane. She attended school in Sharon Springs KS and graduated from Wallace County High School in 1958. She was as a graduate of International Career Institute majoring in culinary/catering studies. She worked...

Aug 28, 2017

Katherine Geraldine “Jerry” Richardson, 86, of Colby, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. She was born November 24, 1930, in Sheridan County, KS, to Herbert and Catherine (Albers) Asbridge. Jerry attended the Oakley Schools. On September 26, 1948, in Oakley, she married Charles Richardson. Jerry worked as a cook at the Colby Public Schools, then co-owned...

Aug 27, 2017

Loretta Gene Rodriguez, 73, of Hoxie, died Sunday, August 27, 2017, at the Sheridan County Hospital, in Hoxie. She was born August 1, 1944, in Studley, KS, to Thomas and Ermagene “Jeanette” (Dunlap) Irwin. She graduated from Hoxie High School. Loretta was a homemaker, but had also worked as a CNA, personal caregiver and loved her job working in sales...

Aug 21, 2017

Aug 20, 2017

Timothy Jay Beeck, 27, of Rexford, died Sunday, August 20, 2017. He was born January 20, 1990, in Denver, CO, to Timothy J. Beeck and Diane Morey. Timothy had worked at Walmart and Schwan’s. He loved his Challenger cars and watching Charger’s football. He married Pamela Gunther on March 29, 2014, in Colby. He is survived by his wife, Pamela,...

Aug 17, 2017

Send Flowers Lt. Col. (Ret.) Vicki Ann Woldt Vicki Ann Woldt passed into Heaven on August 17, 2017 in Bel Aire, Kansas. She was born on April 22, 1943 to Eldon and Phena VanCampen, formerly of Colby, Kansas. Following graduation from Colby, she obtained her nursing degree at Mercy School of Nursing in Denver, Colorado. She enlisted in the Army...

Aug 16, 2017

Aug 12, 2017

Leslie Lee (Bud) Johnson, 87, of Colby, died Saturday, Aug 12, 2017. He was born on Friday, May 23, 1930 to Lureta (Cayton) and Walter L. Johnson in Colby, KS. Bud grew up and attended school in Colby where his parents farmed and had a seed business, and young Bud got strong lifting 100-pound bags of seed wheat under each...

Aug 10, 2017

Carol Jean (Jones) Huffman, 60 of Oakley, KS died Thursday, August 10, 2017 in her home. Carol was born in Oakley on January 29, 1957 to Joyce and Bill Jones. She was a stepdaughter to Charlie Hoeb and Betty Jones. A sister to Kenny Jones and Darrin Hoeb. Carol attended the Oakley High School; Class of 1975. She was a...

Aug 9, 2017

Shirley E. Crowdis, 80, Atwood, died August 9, 2017 at Via Christi Saint Francis, Wichita. She was born March 2, 1937, in Grainfield, KS to C.A. and Rosa (White) Worthy. She graduated from Atwood High School, in 1955. She attended Fort Hays State University and Kansas State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. Shirley married Gordon...

Aug 4, 2017

Aug 2, 2017

Harriet Mildred Schroeder, 78, of Oakley, died Wednesday August 2, 2017 at Logan County Hospital. She was born February 10, 1939 to William and Mary (Chavey) Racette in Sheridan County. Harriet married Kenneth Schroeder on August 2, 1959 in Grinnell. Harriet was preceded in death by her parents; husband Kenneth; brothers, Wilcid, Gerald, Luke and George; sisters, Rita Ribordy, Delores...