Obituaries

Apr 4, 2016

Marvin Frederick Holle was born March 23, 1928 on the Holle farm near Ludell, KS to Rennig and Frieda (Rippe) Holle. Marvin died at the Rawlins County Health Center on April 4, 2016, at the age of 88. As an infant, he was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ludell, and then confirmed on March 29, 1942. Marvin served in...

Apr 2, 2016

Send Flowers VELMA F. BARNETT COLBY – Velma Florene Barnett, 97 died Monday, April 2, 2016 at the Colby care and Rehab Center in Colby, KS She was born September 15, 1918 to Louis and Pansy (Bourquin) Schieffer on a farm north of Gem, KS on the same place she resided until her death. Velma was a member of the...

Apr 1, 2016

Emma N. Nelson, 77, of Oakley, died April 1, 2016, at Logan County Hospital, Oakley. She was born October 16, 1938, in Oakley, to Alvin and Julia (Bogart) Richardson. Emma married Donald L. Nelson on July 15, 1956. They lived on a farm in Page City until January, 1970, when they moved to Oakley. She loved flowers, gardening, her stuffed...

Apr 1, 2016

Albert L. Temaat, 80, of Oakley, died Friday, April 1, 2016 at Logan County Hospital, Oakley. He was born February 25, 1936, in Oakley, KS to John B. and Julia (Grasser) Temaat. He graduated from Oakley High School in 1955 and then served in the United States Army from 1955 – 1957. On June 1, 1959, he married Valeria Mannebach,...

Mar 31, 2016

Richard Harrison ‘Bud’ Bearley died Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Atwood Good Samaritan Center, at the age of 97. He was born, the third of six children of Harry A. ‘Gus’ and Effie Palmer Bearley Sr., February 23, 1919, at the homestead north of Atwood, where he was able to return and live the last 20 years of his...

Mar 25, 2016

Genevieve Smith Lorenzen, 90, died March 25, 2016, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby. Born October 12, 1925, in Seattle, Wash., she was the daughter of Robert P. Hemmingsen and Ella Francis Totten. Seattle is where she met her first husband, Oliver O. Smith Jr. They were married on May 15, 1945. He preceded her in death on August 1,...

Mar 25, 2016

Nancy Rose Larsen Sanders was born February 26, 1939 to James Jule and Pearle G. (White) Larsen on the family farm in Rawlins County near Chardon, KS, and died March 25, 2016, at the age of 77. Nancy was the youngest of nine children, one of whom survives her, Frances Smith of Colby. She was preceded in death by her...

Mar 24, 2016

David Wayne Cook, 60, of Oakley, died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Logan County Hospital, Oakley. He was born March 9, 1956, in Paris, TX, to Clefton and Nellie Lucille (Wright) Cook. He married Lisa Wright on July 7, 1995, in Oakley. David was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife, Lisa; mother, Nellie Lucille...

Mar 20, 2016

Lucy A. Baalmann Curtin, 97, of Lawrence, formerly of Colby, died the first day of Spring, Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living, in Lawrence. KS. Lucy was born September 20, 1918, to Bernadiene (Huelsmann) and Herman Baalmann, in Angelus, KS. She attended Campus and Angelus Schools. After secondary school she trained as a registered nurse in Salina,...

Mar 16, 2016

John Wesley Zeller, 77, of Colby, son of Alven H. and Carrie Marie Zeller died March 16, 2016 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby, Kansas. He was born August 30, 1938 in Scott City, Kansas. His family moved to Colby where he attended Colby schools. John worked for W.E. Cooper Feedlot, Deep Rock Station, Frontier Station and Jack Fitzsimmons Motors. John...

Mar 15, 2016

Otis Presson Dewey, 85, of McDonald, KS, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Prairie Senior Living Complex, in Colby. He was born May 30, 1930, in Denver, CO, to Chauncey and LaVon (Presson) Dewey. Otis graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute, where he played basketball and polo. He served in the United States Navy and was a lifetime member...

Mar 14, 2016

Frances Antonette Souchek was born to Rudolph and Agnes Horinek on June 27, 1919 in rural Rawlins County Kansas and died at the age of 96 on Monday, March 14, 2016. Frances was a member and office holder of the Sacred Heart Altar Society, HDU, Atwood Senior Center and Pinochle club. Frances was active on the farm in her youth...

Mar 11, 2016

Mar 9, 2016

Naomi “Jean” (Phillips) Elliott, 75, originally from Milton-Freewater, Oregon, died on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Colby Health and Rehab in Colby, KS. Jean was born on January 22, 1941, in Milton, Oregon, to Marion and Veta (Sasser) Phillips. Jean married Arlen Elliott, on March 25, 1960 and they had three children. Jean was a waitress most of her life...

Mar 8, 2016

Elinor Janet (McCain) Norman departed this life on March 8 2016. She was born in Oberlin, KS to Louis H. and Bethel McCain on May 14, 1935. She was raised with her two brothers on the family farm south of Atwood, KS and attended grade school at harmony #10. She graduated from Atwood Community High School in 1953. During her...

Mar 6, 2016

Patty Jo Gensil, 65, of Colby, died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the Hays Medical Center. She was born on January 29, 1951 to James and Betty (Ramsey) Carney in Colby. Patty graduated from Colby High School, class of 1970. She completed the Architectural Drafting program at Northwest Kansas Vo-Tech School in Goodland, Kansas. She earned a Nurse’s Aide Certificate....

Mar 3, 2016

Mar 2, 2016

Gary L. Buck, 59, of Victoria, formerly of Atwood, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 8, 1956, in Atwood, KS, to James Wayne and Violet (Robbins) Buck. Growing up, Gary enjoyed farming, playing with his dog and tinkering with things around the farm. He loved being active, woodworking, fishing and playing basketball. He...

Mar 1, 2016

Gene Samson, age 72, of Atwood, KS died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS after a long battle with cancer. He was born on September 26, 1943, the only child of Adel and Alice (Collier) Samson in Colorado Springs, CO. He attended Prairie Center, a rural school near his home for the first seven years...

Feb 22, 2016

Luceen Allen Bunjes went peacefully to Jesus at his Cheyenne Valley farm home Monday, February 22, 2016. Luceen was born to Otto John Bunjes and Nora Jean (Dankenbring) Bunjes at their farmstead southeast of St. Francis, KS on March 4, 1935. He was 11 days away from turning 81. Luceen was baptized in 1935, and later confirmed into the Lutheran...