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,...
Robert Clark
Apr 25, 2017
Robert L. Clark, 84, of Oakley, died Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born July 1, 1932, the son of Vernon and Emma (Herdt) Clark, on a farm in Logan County, KS. He was baptized and confirmed in Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Oakley. Bob attended grade school in Logan and Gove Counties and graduated...
Loyde Imhof
Apr 24, 2017
Send Flowers Loyde R. Imhof September 22, 1934 - April 24, 2017 Loyde Robert Imhof, 82, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at his home in Hays, Kansas. He was born September 22, 1934 in rural Thomas County to Robert and Esther Imhof. Loyde began elementary school at Lone Star, Colorado, later attending Levant and Brewster schools in Thomas County....
Emma Rogers
Apr 22, 2017
Send Flowers Emma Lou (Hafer) Rogers, age 79, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 21,2017, in her home in Colby, KS. She was born August 1, 1937 in Goodland, KS to Charley E & Ruby F (Clapp) Hafer. She married Charles L Rogers on August 9, 1955, in Atwood, KS. Emma enjoyed working at Pioneer Memorial Library for many years....
Robert Abell
Apr 13, 2017
Robert Jean Abell, 87, of Grinnell, died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at the Logan County Manor, in Oakley. He was born May 2, 1929, in Gove County, KS, to Jean and Vergie (Scott) Abell. He graduated from Greely High School in Greely, CO and then served in the United States Army during the Korean War. On August 17, 1957, Bob...
Lavonne Baxter
Apr 13, 2017
LaVonne F. Baxter, 89, of Winona, died Thursday, April 13, 2017. She was born May 15, 1927, to Ben & Edna (Meyer) Marcotte in Oakley, KS. She grew up in Kansas and married Paul Baxter Jr., raising four children, in Winona, KS. LaVonne worked for the Logan County Road Department for several years, before employment with the USD 275 School...
Robert Zelfer
Apr 8, 2017
Robert E Zelfer, 78, of Galena, MO, died Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS. He was born October 11, 1938 to Francis and Pauline (Ronnebaum) Zelfer in Bern KS. Bob was the oldest of five children. He grew up in the Goff, Centralia, and Seneca area and in 1954 moved to Hutchinson with his family....
Linda Crouse
Apr 1, 2017
Linda Crouse, 56, of Oakley, passed away April 1, 2017 at her home. She was born August 22, 1960 in Colby, KS, to August and Shirley (Hamm) Durham. Linda enjoyed fishing and anything that was related to gardening. She took pride in the groomed landscape at her house. She is survived by her parents, August and Shirley; husband of 20...
Kimberly Burk
Mar 27, 2017
Kimberly C. Burk, 46, Haysville, KS, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017. She was born February 13, 1971, to Gary Lynn and Virginia Mae (Griggs) Curry, in Colby, KS. Kim married Jon M. Burk on June 19, 1993, in Goodland, KS. Kim was a beauty consultant, working for Regency Institute for nearly ten years. She helped shape the career of...
Jerry Vrbas
Mar 26, 2017
Jerry Lee Vrbas was born Sept. 30, 1946 in Colby, Kan., the sixth of nine children of James and Genevieve Heble Vrbas. He grew up in Atwood, Kan., where he attended Sacred Heart grade school through the eighth grade and graduated from Atwood High School in 1964. Jerry enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March of 1965, hoping to travel...
Dick Parnell
Mar 25, 2017
Send Flowers Dick Parnell September 13, 1936 - March 25, 2017 James R. “Dick” Parnell, 80, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby. He was born on September 13, 1936 to Jim and Geraldine (Coffin) Parnell in Goodland, KS. Dick graduated from Goodland High School in 1954. Dick married Shirley Donn in Colby on May...
Ollie Durant
Mar 23, 2017
Ollie May (Slawson) Durant, 95, Oakley, Kansas, died Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Trego County Long Term Care. She was a Logan County resident for nearly 65 years. She was born in Pratt County, Kansas, September 29, 1921 to Monroe Frank Slawson and Maude Elizabeth Sanders. She graduated from Holcomb High School in 1942. She married Kenneth H. Durant...