Cloyce Hand
Sep 17, 2014
Cloyce Ellis Hand (92) of Atwood was born to Roy Albert Hand and Edna Maude Wheatley in Claudell, KS on October 4, 1921 and died September 17, 2014 in the Rawlins County Hospital. Cloyce grew up in Smith County and graduated from Kensington High School in 1940. He joined the CCCs (Civilian Conservation Corps) from 1940 to 1942. He served...
Everett Cunningham
Sep 14, 2014
Everett F. Cunningham, 79, of Oakley, was born on May 21, 1935, to Clyde and Margie (Mastin) Cunningham on a farm two miles east and a mile north of the Union School House on the Gove-Orion Road, in Gove County, KS. He died at home on September 14, 2014. He grew up on a farm Southwest of Oakley, KS. He...
Anna Mcdougal
Sep 8, 2014
Anna Elizabeth McDougal, 95, formerly of Atwood, passed away September 8, 2014 at the Blue Valley Lutheran Homes in Hebron, NE. She was born March 12, 1919 on a farm near Stratton, NE, to Molly Mabel (Lough) and Charles David Durham. Anna’s childhood days were spent on family farms in the counties of Rawlins and Norton, KS. She attended Pleasant...
Kenneth Howard
Sep 8, 2014
Kenneth E. Howard, 78¸of McDonald, died Monday, September 8, 2014 at Rawlins County Health Center. He was born June 7, 1936 to Charlie and Elsie (Moreland) Howard on the farm in rural Rawlins County. He was a man of many jobs including farmer, owner of Howard Construction, Salesman for National Motor Club, Coscot and Pennsylvania Live. He enjoyed the outdoors;...
Lillian Lawson
Sep 7, 2014
Lillian G. (Maddy) Lawson was born on August 8, 1918, in Rooks County, KS, to Lester and Lydia (Borin) Maddy. She passed away September 7, 2014 at the Rawlins County Hospital in Atwood, KS. Lillian attended Stockton, KS schools and graduated in 1936. She attended one semester at Kansas State University. Illness forced her to drop out in the spring...
Frank Pianalto
Aug 27, 2014
Francis “Frank” Joseph Pianalto, 72, died Wednesday August 27th in Sun City, AZ. He was born January 8, 1942, to George and Clara (Barenberg) Pianalto in Atwood, KS. He attended grade school at the Hillside School District in rural Atwood and attended high school at Maur Hill Prep School in Atchinson, KS, graduating in 1960. He served in the US...
Larenz Rall
Aug 26, 2014
Larenz Jacob Rall Larenz Jacob Rall, 76, of Colby, husband of Jeannine and father to Tracy and Tim, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at his home. He was born September 13, 1937 at the farmstead northwest of Hoxie to William Christ and Dorothy Christene Sophie Louise (Gaede) Rall. Larenz graduated from Hoxie High School in 1956. He served his country...
Elon Miller
Aug 26, 2014
To know Elon Levina (Tubbs) Miller was to know a woman who loved God, her family, and hard work. To know her better was to unearth a library of treasured stories from her 98 years on earth, which she’d happily recall over a game of cards. She might tell you of her childhood: that she was born on a farm...
Elsie Cox
Aug 24, 2014
Elsie May Bloom Cox passed away Sunday, August 24th, 2014 at Hays Medical Center at the age of 82. Elsie Cox, daughter of Helen and Dick Mannen, was born December 6th, 1931 in Oakley, KS. She graduated from Oakley High School in 1950 and moved to Colby, KS. where she lived the remainder of her life. She worked at the...
Mary Wellbrock
Aug 17, 2014
Mary Kay Wellbrock, 67, of Grinnell, died Sunday, August 17, 2014 in Quinter, KS. She was born October 2, 1946 in Hays, KS to Joseph and Margaret (Wasinger) Kroeger. She married Norman Wellbrock on August 7, 1965 in Ellis, KS. Mary Kay enjoyed working with children. She had been employed by Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center and USD 291, in...
Leroy Moore
Aug 15, 2014
LEROY MOORE Raymond Leroy Moore passed away August 15, 2014 at Swedish Hospital in Denver Colorado after complications from a stroke, having just celebrated his 77th birthday. Leroy graduated from Colby High School. Leroy was married to Eunice Darlene Depe on August 30, 1959 a union which lasted over 50 years until Eunice passed away in 2010. Leroy earned bachelor’s...
Rev. Wilbur Niermeier
Aug 14, 2014
Rev. Wilbur Niermeier, age 89, of Morristown, SD, passed away on Thursday evening, August 14, 2014 at the Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon, SD. He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Barbara Jo Miller; five brothers and three sisters. He is survived by his wife, Johanna Niermeier, Morristown, SD; two sons, Rodney (Jean) Niermeier, Belton, MO...
Vera Dunn
Aug 13, 2014
Vera Esther Dunn, 99, of Colby, died August 13, 2014 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. She was born July 10, 1915 in Coulter, IA to John and Emma (Ahrens) Vogel, the 7th of 10 children. She moved with her family to Blanchard, IA in the early 30’s on the train. Early in her life Vera worked for families in the...
Ingeborg Wiens
Aug 10, 2014
Ingeborg “Inga” Wiens Inga Wiens, 80, of Oakley, KS passed away on August 10, 2014 in Germany, while on vacation visiting her family. She was born June 18, 1934. She was one of five children, three girls and two boys. On June 25, 1960 she married Walter Wiens, while he was serving overseas in the US Army. She was a...
Lawrence Bohme
Aug 9, 2014
Lawrence Bohme, 62, of Colby, died Friday, August 9, 2014 at his home in rural Rawlins County. He was born August 14, 1951 to Henry and Maxine (Thomas) Bohme. He graduated from Atwood High School, Colby Community College and Fort Hays State University. After graduating from college he entered the United State Air Force and served in the states and...
Peter Stone
Aug 7, 2014
Peter Galen Stone, 62, of Oakley, died Thursday, August 07, 2014 at his home. He was born Sept 7, 1951 to Robert and Jessie (Staub) Stone in Dallas, TX. He married Elaine Weber on September 18, 1986. Pete attended the University of Texas at Austin for one year and then worked there in the glass blowing department. He also worked...
Maria Finley
Jul 31, 2014
Maria O. (Salazar) Finley, 89, of rural Rawlins County, died July 31, 2014 at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby. She was born July 29, 1925 to Perfecto and Aurelia (Mares) Salazar in Watrous, New Mexico. Maria attended school in Watrous, New Mexico and moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico when she was a teenager. She was working at the local...
Francis Niemeth
Jul 28, 2014
Francis J. Niemeth, 88, of Mescalero, New Mexico, died Monday, July 28, 2014 in El Paso, TX. He was born Jan 10, 1926 to Henry and Elizabeth (Versch) Niemeth in Herndon, KS. He served in the United States Army. He was a life time member of the Atwood Knights of Columbus and American Legion. Preceded in death by his parents;...
Madonna Anderson
Jul 24, 2014
Madonna Lee (Huss) Anderson Madonna Lee (Huss) Anderson, age 77 of Gem, KS, passed away on July 24, 2014 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. Madonna was born on June 18, 1937 at home on the Huss family farm outside the community of Herndon, Kansas. She was the fifth of seven children born to John and Emma (Kiplinger) Huss....
Verla Weber
Jul 24, 2014
When He calls me I will answer. I will be somewhere listening for my name. The Angels came for our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother Verla Weber early on the morning of July 24, 2014. Verla Elsie Lockard was born August 14, 1916 at the farm home of her parents in Dickinson County, Kansas near Elmo. She was the...