Duane Dawes
Apr 7, 2014
Duane Frank Dawes, 86, of Colby, died Monday, April 7, 2014 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born January 23, 1928 in Thomas County, KS to Frank and Anna (Blaser) Dawes. He married Lois Jean Ekberg on September 12, 1948 in Colby. He was a farmer and rancher and was active in his community. He served on the S&T Telephone...
Eleanor Kruse
Apr 6, 2014
Eleanor W. Kruse of Oakley, was born on September 2, 1920 to John and Catherine (Korte) Robben on a farm in Thomas County, KS. She passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the Logan County Hospital, Oakley, KS, at the age of 93. Eleanor attended Angelus Grade School and proudly earned her GED at the age of fifty (50)....
George Elliott
Apr 5, 2014
GEORGE WHITING ELLIOTT died April 5, 2014 at the age of 95. George was born to James J. and Alyce (Fischer) Elliott on September 1, 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa. His early childhood was spent on a farm north of Sioux City. He attended a country school when he was 4 years old, riding behind his older brother on an...
Joan Williams
Apr 2, 2014
Joan Sheree Williams, 57, of Oakley, died April 2, 2014. She was born February 10, 1957 to Verlin Lyle and Norma Lee (Pinkston) Plummer. She was the second of four siblings. When Joan was a little girl, her grandmother Clara Pinkston nicknamed her ‘Joni’ and that was the name that stuck. Her father nicknamed her ‘Pudden’ and ‘Fender Bender’ cause...
Rolland Rush
Apr 2, 2014
Rolland Raye Rush, 82, died Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 in Colby, KS. He was born October 28th, 1931 to Francis and Lela (Moses) Rush in Oak Hill, KS. The family resided in the Longford, KS area until 1937 when they moved to the Levant area where he farmed the majority of his life. Rolland graduated from Levant High School in...
John Abendschan
Mar 31, 2014
John Jacob (Jack) Abendschan V Aug.2, 1919 - March 31,2014 John Jacob Abendschan, 94, surrounded by his family, went home to be with his Lord and Savior March 31, 2014 at 5:07 at Deseret Health and Rehab, Colby, KS. Jack was born Aug.2, 1919 in Denver, Co, grew up in La Junta, Co, graduating from La Junta High School in...
Charles Berend
Mar 18, 2014
Charles Joseph Berend, 80, of Colby, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014. He was born July 11, 1933 to Charles and Helen (Fox) Berend in Rural Ford County. He served in the United States Army. He married Pauline Bailey on Jan 19, 1980. He worked for and retired from the City of Hutchinson as the Electrical and Building Inspector from 1980...
Eugene Dreiling
Mar 17, 2014
Eugene “Gene” Dreiling passed away on Monday, March 17, 2014 at the Gove County Long Term Care facility in Quinter, KS. He was born on November 1, 1926 in Collyer to Pete & Clara (Bollig) Dreiling. On August 30, 1947 he was united in marriage to Mary Catherine Baker. They enjoyed 65 years of marriage together. They shared their lives...
Justin Peek
Mar 17, 2014
Justin Dean Peek, 31 year old resident of Pryor, Oklahoma died Monday, March 17, 2014. He was born on December 14, 1982 in Pueblo, Colorado to Kieth and Marlene (Reed) Peek. Justin attended and graduated from Ketchum High School and attended Northeast Oklahoma Vo-Tech Center. He worked as an electrician for CCC Electric until his health forced him to retire....
Clinton Griffin
Mar 12, 2014
Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P Clinton E. "Ike" Griffin, 84, A retired Truck Driver died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the Deseret Health & rehab Center in Colby. He was born December 28, 1929, in Thomas County, the son of John E. and Grace M. (Chadwick) Griffin. Survivors include two sons, Bruce E. Griffin, Santa Ana,...
Norman Larsen
Mar 9, 2014
Norman E. Larsen of Kansas City, MO transitioned from earth to heaven to be with Jesus on March 9, 2014. He was born June 11, 1931, to James and Pearle Larsen, and was one of nine children. He entered the U.S. Navy in August, 1950, and served aboard the U.S.S. Kermit Roosevelt, stationed primarily at Yokosuka, Japan. After discharge, he...
Leroy Maier
Mar 9, 2014
LeRoy Maier, 79, Oakley, KS, died March 9, 2014 at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, KS. He was born March 1, 1935 in Voda, KS to Fred and Elizabeth (Fabrizius) Maier. LeRoy farmed with his siblings south of Voda throughout his life. For 43 years, he hauled cattle for Jim Mitten Trucking Inc., where he met Constance “Connie” Garrett....
Norval Phelps
Mar 4, 2014
Norval Lloyd Phelps, 89, of Atwood, passed away March 4, 2014 after a lengthy illness. He was born in Page City, KS, May 8, 1924 to David and Alta (Scarrow) Phelps. He attended Beardsley grade school and then graduated from Atwood High School in 1942. He served in WWII in the U.S. Navy from May 9, 1943 until he was...
Vera Kacirek
Mar 3, 2014
Vera (Harper) Kacirek was born on February 13, 1922 at the farm home in Northwest Rawlins County. She was the youngest daughter of Elmer C. Harper and Bessie (Hatch) Harper. In 1930 the family moved to Benkelman, NE where Vera attended grade and high school, graduating with the class of 1939. She attended Hastings College, acquiring a teaching degree. After...
Thelma Rebarchek
Mar 1, 2014
Thelma Charlene Rebarchek, 79, of Orion, KS, died Saturday, March 1, 2014 at her home. She was born January 29, 1935 in Oakley, KS to C.E. and Thelma (Stoecker) Bedrang. She married Amil ‘Wayne’ Rebarchek on December 13, 1953 and they had four children. She worked as a telephone operator, then at Logan County Hospital for thirteen years and the...
Norma Plummer
Feb 25, 2014
Norma Lee “Noni” Plummer, of Winona, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Logan County Manor, Oakley. She was born June 1, 1929 in Radium, KS to O.C. and Clara (Richards) Pinkston. She married Verlin L. Plummer on June 1, 1947 in Colby, KS and they were married sixty six and a half years. She worked at Duckwall’s in Oakley for...
Allan Taylor
Feb 25, 2014
Laurence Allan Taylor, 64, of Colby, Kansas, passed away February 25, 2014 at his home. Allan was born in Colby on February 2, 1950 to parents William and Edith Taylor. He attended Colby Public Schools, Kansas State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree and in 1977 he graduated from Washburn Law School with his Juris Doctorate. From...
Frances Schleicher
Feb 22, 2014
Frances Geraldine "Jeri" Schleicher, 87 died Saturday, February 22, 2014. She was born September 10, 1926, in Waco, Texas to William Jushua Jones and Sarah Emily (Blount) Jones. Surviviors include her daughter, Linda J. Garrett, Gem, KS; her son Clif (Sheryl) Schleicher, Bradenton, FL; three grandchildren, Penny (Jerry) Nemechek, Goodland, KS; Jill (Larry) Deges, Montezuma, KS; Grady Garrett, Colby, KS;...
Dorothy Reinert
Feb 19, 2014
Dorothy Agnes (Holub) Reinert, 84, of Atwood, departed this life on February 19, 2014. She was born on Feb. 26, 1929 in Stratton, Neb., to Adolph and Mary Holub. She was the seventh of 11 children in that family. Dorothy was united in marriage to Francis "Frank" Gerald Reinert on March 30, 1948, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atwood....
Anna Sullivan
Feb 15, 2014
Anna Marie (Thompson) Sullivan, 91 of Colby, died Saturday, Feb 15, 2014 at Deseret Health and Rehab at Colby. She was born Oct 23, 1922 to William Ezam and Elizabeth (O’Brien) Thompson in Rawlins County. She was the second of three daughters. She graduated from the local country school and after her father died, her mother taught in various schools...