Apr 15, 2015

Send Flowers Calvin D. Kistler July 31, 1949 - April 15, 2015 Calvin Dean Kistler July 31, 1949 – April 15, 2015 Calvin Dean Kistler was born at St. Thomas Hospital, in Colby, Kansas on July 31, 1949 to Leora (Wade) and Roy Junior Kistler. He died on April 15, 2015 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City,...

Apr 12, 2015

Norman G. Wellbrock, 69, of Grinnell, died Sunday, April 12, 2015 in Oakley, KS. He was born May 25, 1945 in Russell, KS to Lawrence and Martha (Jacobs) Wellbrock. He married Mary Kay Kroeger on August 7, 1965 in Ellis, KS. Norman and his father owned and operated Wellbrock Tank Service. He later ran his own business, Westland Oil Field...

Mar 31, 2015

Patricia Miller, 92, of Colby Ks. passed away March 31, 2015 at Citizens Medical Center. She was born October 13, 1922, the daughter of Edith (Brickwood) and William Henry Gill, in Devonport, England. In 1944 Pat married Orville E. Miller in Calstock, England. Orville was a Tech Sergeant in the U. S. Army during World War II. In 1946 she...

Mar 26, 2015

To celebrate the life of Clara A Prokop, a Rosary Service will be held at 10:30, Monday, April 13, 2015 at Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel, Colby, KS. Inurnment, at Mt Calvary Cemetery, Atwood, KS, will follow immediately after the service. Clara A. Prokop, 76, of Colby, KS, died March 26, 2015, in Hays, KS after a short illness. Clara was born...

Mar 24, 2015

Tonya Michelle Migchelbrink passed away at her home in Atwood, KS on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the age of 32. She was born in Atwood on October 29, 1982, to Michael Migchelbrink and Linda (Bowles-Migchelbrink) Ginther. She attended Atwood High School and graduated from Northwest KS Technical School in Graphic Design. Tonya had worked at Sure Fire Electronics and...

Mar 20, 2015

Obituary: David Owen Unruh was born in Colby, Kansas on March 1, 1941 to Sam W. and Opal (Jennings) Unruh. He passed away on March 20, 2015. Family and friends were with him throughout the day on March 19, 2015 and he was heaven-bound in the early morning on March 20, 2015. He spent his early years in Colby and...

Mar 19, 2015

Richard “Dick” Henry Dempewolf, 89, of Colby, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born in Dresden, KS on July 3, 1925 to Frank and Anna (Meitl) Dempewolf. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, where he reloaded bombs at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. On May 7, 1957 he...

Mar 18, 2015

Chauncy Dewey Jr was born May 23, 1928 in Denver, CO to Chauncey Sr, & Lavon Dewey. During his life he enjoy Bull riding, Trapping, Hunting and Wood carving Chauncey attended a country grade school and graduated from Abby High School in 1947. He is survived by his wife Deanna Dewey, his children Charles (Debbie) Dewey of Colby, KS Laura...

Mar 17, 2015

Myrna Grace Heskett, 96, of Colby (formerly of Oakley), died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Prairie Senior Living Center, Colby. She was born Dec 16, 1918 to Ernest and Esther (Benedict) Dunning in Graham County, KS. She graduated from Hill City High School in 1938 and later married Leonard Heskett on Oct 26, 1939 in Hill City, KS. Myrna was...

Mar 16, 2015

Joan Shirley Adrian, 89, Wichita, KS, formally of Colby, KS died March 16, 2015 at Harry Hynes Hospice Center in Wichita. She was born November 28, 1925, in Thomas County, KS to James & Vera (Bever) Keck. She married Murray L. Adrian on February 14, 1947 in Colby. He preceded her in death. Survivors include two children, Karen Kotrba and...

Mar 10, 2015

Mar 6, 2015

Eva Lorraine Keck, 90, passed away March 6, 2015. She was born April 21, 1924 in Kingery Township to William S. Dawes and Dora Peters Dawes. With a kind and loving heart, Eva chose to be a nurse in Colby, Ks. Eva was a RN working at St Thomas Hospital. She was the office nurse for Dr. Jensen. She was...

Mar 4, 2015

Henry C. “Hank” Vette, 89, of Colby, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born September 30, 1925, in Levant, KS, to Henry D. and Edith (Atkins) Vette. Hank married Eileen Eddy on December 25, 1947, in Osborne, KS. He was a United States Army veteran, serving in WWII and the Korean War, and...

Feb 28, 2015

Feb 21, 2015

Ruth E. Chance, 83, Colby, formerly of Jennings, KS, died February 21, 2015 at Citizens Medical Center. She was born July 8, 1931, in Oxnard, CA, to Fred and Ruth (Eck) Kraft. On May 28, 1949 she married Merl Chance at the Jennings United Methodist Church. They spent all of their married life living in Jennings where she was a...

Feb 20, 2015

Teri Diane (Hanson) Adams was born May 17, 1954 to Donald and Loring (Fogo) Hanson in Smith Center, KS. Her mother married Wayne Medford when Teri was very young and they eventually settled in Colby, KS when Teri was a Junior in high school. Teri died on February 20, 2015 at Rose Medical Center in Denver, CO after being diagnosed...

Feb 19, 2015

Irma Jean Snyder died peacefully surrounded by family under the compassionate care of the CMC staff in Colby, Kansas on February 19, 2015. Born Jean Garrett on Feb 7, 1925 in Levant Kansas, she had just celebrated her 90th birthday. She was Bill and Florence Garrett’s youngest of eight, and lived a childhood filled with family, friends, work, play, music,...

Feb 16, 2015

Jeannette R. Bohme, 58, of Arvada, Colorado, died February 16, 2015. She was born on July 7, 1956 to John and Jean (Starks) Pennebaker. Jeannette married Carl Bohme, on April 24, 1999, who described her as his best friend and a blessing from God. She was known in life to be a caring and loving person, always offering hugs and...

Feb 16, 2015

“Buddy” Sherman Duane Van Horn, 66, of Colby, died February 16, 2015 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born September 2, 1948 in Colby to Sherman and Verleen (Backus) Van Horn. He married Linda Broeckelman on April 17, 1971 in Oakley, KS. Buddy had worked in the lumber business since the age of 16. He had managed lumber yards in...

Feb 14, 2015

George Frederick Luckert died February 14, 2015 at the age of 95. George was born on June 26, 1919, in Pawnee County, near Rozel, KS on the family farm. He was the second child of Frederick and Emma (Held) Luckert. In 1924, George moved with his family to a farm five and a half miles south of Edson, KS. George...