James Mcdonald
Jul 11, 2015
James Thomas McDonald: James was born December 24, 1948 to Thomas Franklin McDonald and Opal Joan Clevinger McDonald. James (Jim) was born in a driving blizzard in Grundy, VA. Jim lived with his mother and father, along with two sisters; Nancy Sue and Judith Ann McDonald. In 1959, Jim and his family moved to Burbank, CA. His father, Frank was...
John Potterf
Jul 9, 2015
John David Potterf, 88, of Colby, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015. He was born October 3, 1926, in Junction City, KS to Clarence and Lena (Johnson) Potterf. He graduated from Winona High School in 1945. He was a World War II veteran and served in the Asia-Pacific region. He was a businessman, enjoyed flying single engine airplanes and...
Joseph Prochazka
Jul 1, 2015
Joseph W. Prochazka Jr. was born March 20, 1922, in the family home northwest of Atwood where he lived for 70 years. He died Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at age 93. The third child of Joseph and Frances (Dozbaba) Prochazka, Joe attended the Queen of Driftwood and Pleasant Lawn rural grade schools, spent his freshman year at St. Mary’s High...
Gary Egbert
Jul 1, 2015
Gary Lynn Egbert, 73, of Grinnell, died July 1, 2015. He was born November 22, 1941 in Oklahoma City, OK to Lynn and Ruth (Fuller) Egbert. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Gwen Ruslikas. He is survived by his children, Lance Egbert, Jewel Herrick, Theresa Masterson, Melony Meir and Travis Egbert. Cremation was chosen and a...
Francine Davis
Jul 1, 2015
Francine Michelle Davis, 54, of Topeka, died Wednesday, July 1, 2015. She was born August 28, 1960 in Lawrence, KS to Von and Alberta (Annis) Davis. She graduated from Oakley High School in 1978, where she was involved in Kayettes, Pep Club a, Pep Band, Year book, FHA and vice president of her senior class. She then attended Colby Community...
Robert Mann
Jul 1, 2015
Robert E. Mann, 91, of Atwood, passed away at the Rawlins County Hospital in Atwood on July 1, 2015. He was born July 3, 1923 to Cris and Blanche Mann in a farm home in Rawlins County. Bob attended kindergarten in Atwood, and then his family moved to a farm in Achilles, KS, where he attended grade school through the...
Lonnie Frick
Jul 1, 2015
Lonnie Eve Kelley Frick, 91, died July 1, 2015 at her home in Atwood, Kansas. She was born January 12, 1924 in Atwood to Alonzo Wilson Kelley and Irene Henderson Kelley. Lonnie was eight months old when her father died suddenly, leaving three daughters of whom Lonnie was the youngest. Her eldest sister, Mary Elizabeth Maley, died in 2004 and...
James Ahrens
Jun 26, 2015
James (Jim) Ahrens was the fifth child of Frederick William “Will” and Anna Marie (Heckel) Ahrens and was born on September 10, 1926, in Greensburg, Kansas. He attended school at Greensburg, KS where he was an outstanding athlete. He was drafted into the Army during his senior year in High School and spent 24 months in the army. After his...
John Curtin
Jun 26, 2015
John E. Curtin was born July 16, 1922 on a farm north of Colby, KS and died June 26, 2015 in Denver, CO. He was preceded in death by his parents, Everest & Jessie Curtin. He was also preceded in death by his siblings and their spouses including: Richard & Virginia Curtin and Erma & Marvin Cox of Atwood, KS,...
Methilda Pitner
Jun 23, 2015
Tillie Pitner, 101, of Atwood, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Atwood, KS. She was born March 1, 1914 to Martin and Bertha Sattler Hafner on the family farm south east of Herndon. She married Roy Yehle after she graduated Fort Hays and to this union one daughter Connie was born. On August 8,...
Kathryn Bunjes
Jun 22, 2015
Kathryn Louise Neville was born May 2, 1941 to Monta Alice Thompson Neville and George Neville. She was born and raised on the farm that her father and mother had homesteaded southwest of St. Francis, Kansas. The Lord ushered Kathryn into the glory of heaven on June 22, 2015 in Denver, CO. Kathryn had fond memories of her childhood on...
Anthony Blackhart
Jun 21, 2015
Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P Anthony "Tony" Blackhart, passed away peacefully at his home in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 66. Tony is survived by his sons Jason (Kimberly) Blackhart, Andrew (Kasandra) Blackhart, both of Colby. And a daughter, Valerie (Brett) Dible of Menlo. His grandchildren, Charlie, Sadie, Jaycie, Dylan, Breanna, Bradyn, Landyn, Daisy,...
Ruth Weed
Jun 19, 2015
RUTH E. WEED Ruth Erma Weed was born to Herman William Rodenbeck and Mary Theresa (Kersenbrock) Rodenbeck on January 4, 1925 at Colby, Kansas. She passed away peacefully at Prairie Senior Living in Colby, Kansas on June 19, 2015. She was born and raised in Colby. After she graduated from Colby High School, she attended Business School in Denver until...
Jacqueline Finley
Jun 18, 2015
JACQUELINE LOU FINLEY Jacqueline Lou Finley was born March 11, 1928 to Clair Edmond Thomas and Thalia (Shutt) Thomas in Battle Creek, Michigan. Jackie as she was known to all, died June 18, 2015 in Kearney, Nebraska of complications from a short term illiness As an only child, and parents working at the Kellogg Cereal Co., Jackie began developing while...
Anna Phillips
Jun 15, 2015
Anna Marie Phillips, 78, died June 15, 2015. She was born September 19, 1936 to Irven and Edna Pedersen in Padroni, Colorado. Anna was raised in the country and that is where she learned her love of animals and hard work. She was one of eight children who worked beside her parents and siblings to take care of the family....
Guy Strickland
Jun 12, 2015
Guy "Paul" Strickland, 75, of Tucson, AZ passed away June 12, 2015 in Tucson, AZ. Paul was born to Guy and Lucille Strickland on October 25, 1939 in Haxton, CO. He was raised in Winona, KS and attended school and graduated from Winona High School. He had his own construction business as a builder of different projects (produce sheds, homes,...
Geneva Cooper
Jun 12, 2015
Geneva “Gene” Cooper, 94, of Colby, died Friday, June 12, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. She was born Aug 24, 1920 to Peter and Lucy (Nordman) Bixenman in Wien, MO. She graduated from Menlo High School in 1938. She worked at the Cooper Hotel where she met her husband Hubert Cooper. They were married on Oct 31, 1949 in Colby....
Elmer Timson
Jun 10, 2015
Elmer F. Timson Jr. 96, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at his home in Atwood, KS. Elmer was born November 21, 1918 in Buchanan County, IA to Elmer Sr. and Edith (Strain) Timson. He married Lorene Kuhn of Lamont, IA on September 13, 1941 she preceded him in death in 1999. Elmer farmed jointly with his father west of Winthrop,...
Raymond Straub
Jun 5, 2015
Raymond Henry Straub 89, of Oakley, KS died June 5, 2015 at the Logan County Manor, Oakley. He was born December 23, 1925 at a farm home in Logan Co. to William and Annie (Hofer) Straub. He married Bernice Deaver on July 31, 1946 in Colby. Raymond was an Army veteran who served in World War II. He is preceded...
Aloysius Weber
Jun 3, 2015
Aloysius Philip Weber, 86, of Park, departed this life on June 3, 2015 at Gove County Medical Center. He was born on Sept 27, 1928 to Jakob and Rosa (Herrman) Weber on the family farm, south of Park. He attended school and graduated from Park High School in 1947. He worked on the family farm until being drafted into the...