Jan 9, 2017

Arthur H. Dunker, age 93, died Monday, January 9, 2017 at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. He was born on April 6th, 1923, at the family farm north of Ludell, Kansas to Herman C. and Marie (Domsch) Dunker. Arthur was baptized into the family of God by Pastor Otte, and was confirmed into the Christian faith in 1937. He attended...

Jan 4, 2017

Maxine C. Rahe, 88, of Atwood, died January 4, 2017 at Rawlins County Health Center, Atwood. She was born September 23, 1928, to Leroy and Leona (Schroeder) McMillin. March 11, 1973, Maxine married Orville Rahe. Maxine loved to garden, bake, sew, fish and knit blankets. In her later years, she enjoyed coloring. Maxine is preceded in death by her husband,...

Jan 4, 2017

Richard Mick, 70, of Colby, died Wednesday, January 4th 2017, at Logan County Hospital. He was born August 9th, 1946 in Beloit. He was the son of Frank and Mary (Thummel) Mick. Richard served in the United States Army from 1965-1971. He married Carol Owens on August 5th 1968, they had four daughters. He worked for Hoxie Implement Company for...

Dec 31, 2016

Zelma Kinkade, 80, of Brewster, died Saturday, December 31, 2016, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby, KS. She was born March 22, 1936, in Brewster, KS, to Levi and Clarice (Dillinger) Berry. She graduated from Brewster High School in 1954. Zelma met Leonard Kinkade at Bea’s Café, where she was a waitress, and married him on June 6, 1954. Four...

Dec 30, 2016

Marlene Wolf, 75, of Grinnell, died Friday, December 30th, 2016 at Logan County Manor, Oakley. She was born September 1, 1941 to Tony and Frances (Melroy) Kaiser in Gove County. She married Melvin Wolf on November 8, 1958 in Park, KS. Over the years she worked at Prairie Dog Town, seasonally, Grinnell COOP and U.S.D. 291, Grinnell, cooking and driving...

Dec 29, 2016

Mitchell Larry Miller, 55 Mitch was born in Colby, Kansas, on March 20, 1961, to Larry and Margaret (Juenemann) Miller.  He passed away peacefully on December 29, 2016, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. Mitch graduated from Golden Plains High School in 1979.  He went on to study at Kansas University before graduating from what is now, Northwest...

Dec 28, 2016

Dec 24, 2016

Gerald Frederick ‘Fred’ Sheaks II, 55, of Oakley, died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at the Logan County Hospital, in Oakley. He was born December 29, 1960, in Garden City, KS, to Gerald and Erma (Scott) Sheaks. He served in the United States Army from 1979-1981. Fred worked as a farm hand and enjoyed fishing and water sports. He was a...

Dec 19, 2016

Derald D. Brown, 86, of Colby, died Monday, December 19, 2016, at Citizens Medical Center. He was born February 19, 1930, in Levant, KS, to Carl H. and Isabella (Tubbs) Brown. On May 12, 1950, he married Mary “Gala” McGinley. Derald worked for the City of Colby for over 30 years and worked in the water department. He was a...

Dec 18, 2016

Susan JoAnne Goetsch, 81, of Brewster, KS died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 at Logan County Manor, Oakley, KS. She was born Oct. 30, 1935 in Randolph, KS, to Milton L. and Susan T. (Smith) Wendland. JoAnne attended Peach Grove Community School and Randolph Rural High School. She attended Kansas State University, earning her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1957....

Dec 15, 2016

Donald George Vohs, 82, of Colby, died Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the Logan County Hospital, in Oakley. He was born December 26, 1933, in Rawlins County, KS to Harry and Geraldine (Calnon) Vohs. Don married Rozanne Carl on January 17, 1953 and later married Elaine (Lovenstein) Hurtt on August 20, 2011, in Colby, KS. Don served two years in...

Dec 13, 2016

Pauline (Heinrich) Ribordy, 88, of Oakley, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at the Logan County Manor, in Oakley. She was born May 9, 1928, in Wichita County, KS, to Jacob and Anna (Kaiser) Heinrich. She graduated from Gove High School in 1946 and then moved to Oakley, where she met Lenard Ribordy. On August 26, 1947 they were married....

Dec 8, 2016

Dec 5, 2016

Florence Marie Jane (Kantor) Horinek, 87, of Colby, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016, at Fairview Estates, in Colby. She was born March 24, 1929, in Loma, NE; the only daughter of Matthew and Agnes (Kacirek) Kantor. Florence attended elementary school in Atwood and graduated high school from Notre Dame School for Girls in Omaha, NE. She received her teachers’...

Dec 3, 2016

Elmer Joseph Geist, 88, of Oakley, died Saturday, Dec 3, 2016. He was born Aug 2, 1928 to Adam and Lucy (Windholtz) Geist in Gove County. He graduated from Grinnell High School in 1946. Elmer served in the United States Army and was a member of the V.F.W. On April 11, 1956, he married Evelyn M. Albers and to this...

Nov 27, 2016

Edith E. (Horinek) Vrbas, 91, died November 27, 2016 at the Rawlins County Health Center. Edith was born second of seven children to Mary (Kacirek) and Stanley J. Horinek on August 18, 1925, on a family farm in Driftwood Township, Rawlins County, KS. Edith graduated from Norte Dame Academy High School in Omaha, NE in 1945. On August 6, 1946,...

Nov 26, 2016

Jerald Dean Leitner, 89, of Colby, died Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born May 23, 1927, in Traer, KS, to Paul and Theresia (Wendelin) Leitner. He attended high school in Traer. He served in the United States Army, from 1945-1947, during WWII, stationed in Korea. On May 23, 1947, he married Elaine Runyan, in Oberlin,...

Nov 24, 2016

On November 24, 2016, Albert Frederick Kastens, Jr. 90 of Ludell, Kansas joyfully went to meet his Lord as he passed away at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge, NE. He was born May 27, 1926 in Rawlins County, Kansas to Albert F. and Marie Louise (Carstens) Kastens. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church of rural Ludell and...

Nov 20, 2016

Dora Ann Boyd, 85, of Denver, CO, died Sunday, November 20, 2016, in Denver. She was born June 6, 1931, in Thomas County, KS, to Roscoe and Pearl (Mansfield) Boyd. She attended school in Monument and Page City, KS and graduated from Page City High School. She then attended business school in Denver. Following her graduation from business school, she...

Nov 19, 2016

Lyle Abner Worthy, 90, of Atwood, died peacefully in his home on November 19, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was born March 12, 1926 in Grainfield, KS, to Curry Abner and Rosa Madge (White) Worthy. He attended elementary and three years of high school in Grainfield. When his parents moved to Atwood in 1942, Lyle finished his senior year...