Edith Rogers
Dec 24, 2013
Edith Beulah Rogers, 92, of Atwood, passed away at her home Tuesday, December 24, 2013 surrounded by her family. She was born August 3, 1921 in rural Thomas County to Henry “Hank” Clement and Hilda Marie (Rodenbeck) Kersenbrock. She attended a country school in Thomas County and graduated from Colby High School with the class of 1939. She married Alden...
John Martin
Dec 24, 2013
Johnny Lee Martin, 62, of Atwood, died Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013. He was born Dec. 18, 1951 to Bill Frank and Betty A. Martin in Salina, KS. He proudly served in the United States Army. He is preceded in death by his parents Bill Frank Martin of Houston, TX and his mother Betty A. Martin of Atwood. He is survived...
Bruce Halvorson
Dec 23, 2013
Bruce Douglas Halvorson was born September 18, 1951 in Crosby, North Dakota to Selmer and Glennie (Moum) Halvorson. Growing up on the western plains of North Dakota taught Bruce how to endure the bitterly cold winters and massive snowstorms. When he moved to Kansas, he used to remark that it was summer all year long and Kansans had no clue...
Willard Hughes
Dec 22, 2013
Willard W. Hughes, 87, of Oakley, KS, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013. He was born Sept. 2, 1926 to Harry and Hazel (Barritt) Hughes on their family farm in Gove County. He graduated from Grinnell High School in 1944 and went on to serve in the United States Navy through 1946. Willard met his wife, Rose Lager, through friends...
Cordelia Jespersen
Dec 12, 2013
Cordelia Ida Jespersen, 86, of Colby, died December 12, 2013. She was born July 21, 1927 in Zurich, KS to Phillip and Melvina (Thyfault) Bedore. She married Louis Jespersen. She owned Cordie’s Crafts and was a member of the Green Thumb of Kansas, Colby V.F.W. Auxiliary and Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents;...
Antoinette Mazour
Dec 11, 2013
Antoinette Frances (Vap) Mazour, 90, died on December 11, 2013 at Holmes Lake Manor nursing home in Lincoln, Nebraska. Antoinette was born in Atwood, Kansas on September 30, 19223 to Frank and Julia (Chleborad) Vap. She was named after her grandmother Antoinette (Janousek) Vap who was a participant in the last Indian raid occurring in the State of Kansas. She...
Charles Cook
Dec 9, 2013
Charles E. Cook, 90, of Colby, died Monday, December 9, 2013. He was born May 19, 1923 in Washington, KS to Edward and Bell (Carl) Cook. He served in the United States Army Air Corps and was a decorated WWII veteran. He married Dorothy Tubbs and they had three sons. He was a long time farmer, but had also owned...
Verlin Plummer
Dec 7, 2013
Verlin L. Plummer, 84, of Winona, died Saturday, December 7, 2013. He was born April 17, 1929 to Roy and Meta (Lee) Plummer in Monument, KS. He married NormaLee “Noni” Pinkston on June 1, 1947 in Colby, KS and they were married sixty six and a half years. He was a farmer and rancher, but had previously worked for the...
Elizabeth Scott
Dec 7, 2013
Elizabeth “Betty” T. Scott, 90, of Oakley, KS, died December 7, 2013 in Oakley. She was born February 10, 1923 to John Ernest Benedict and Christina (Schroeder) Fellhoelter in Angelus, KS. She married Orie Kenneth Scott May 7, 1946 in Angelus and they celebrated 50 years of marriage before his death in 1996. Betty was a member of the St....
Kathleen Warren
Nov 30, 2013
Kathleen Louise Warren, 93, of Oakley, died Saturday, November 30, 2013. She was born July 23, 1920 to Dean and Ruth (Ringwalt) Carver. She graduated from Oakley High School in 1939. On Sept 4th, 1949 she married Bill Warren in Goodland. They had two sons Paul and Rod Warren. She was a long time piano teacher in Oakley and volunteered...
Darrel Fikan
Nov 23, 2013
Darrel Herman Fikan, 78, of Colby, died Saturday, November 23, 2013. He was born December 26, 1934 at the Alex Harris Maternity Home in Colby to Fredrick and Mary (Barratt) Fikan. He grew up on a farm south of Atwood and attended a one room Country School until High School. In 1953 he Graduated from Atwood Community High School and...
Joseph Cabrinha
Nov 14, 2013
Joseph William “Joe” Cabrinha was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 29, 1938. He was the oldest son of Joseph and Juliette Cabrinha. He was called to the Throne of his Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Joe was raised in Honolulu with his younger brother, Thomas. He often talked of his fond memories of surfing, playing baseball and...
Eugene Roy
Nov 12, 2013
Eugene (Gene) Roy passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in Atwood, KS at the age of 87. He was born July 9, 1926 on the family farm in Rooks County, KS to Dona and Nathalie (Asselin) Roy. Gene was raised on the family farm with 9 brothers and sisters and attended school in Webster, KS. After High School Gene...
Edith Carr
Nov 9, 2013
Edith Elnora Ehrlich Carr, 91, longtime Oakley resident, died November 9, 2013, in Spokane, WA. She was born September 30, 1922 to Henry and Susie Ehrlich at their home in Oakley, KS. She joined her older brother Egon and later welcomed younger sister, Charlotte. She attended school in Oakley and graduated from Oakley high School in 1940 as a member...
Relda Jane Fossett
Nov 4, 2013
Jane Fossett passed away peacefully on November 4, 2013 in Seattle, WA with her children by her side following complications from diabetes. She was 66. "Janie" was born on November 16, 1946 in Colby, Kansas to Emery and Viola Fossett. In 1955 the family moved to Denver, CO and Jane became the oldest sibling to Donald, Debra, and Bernice. After...
Galyn Crossley
Nov 2, 2013
Galyn F. Crossley, 83, of Oakley, died November 2, 2013 at Hays, KS. He was born June 27, 1930 in Great Bend, KS to Arden and Darlene (Baumgartner) Crossley. He married Naomi Ruth Gaskill June 5, 1955 in Wellington, KS. He served in the United States Marines and was a member of the Masonic Lodge #331, VFW Post #2981 and...
Robert Robben
Nov 1, 2013
Robert J. Robben, 78, of Colby, died November 1, 2013 at Presbyterian Saint Luke’s Hospital in Denver, CO. He was born November 6th, 1934 in Thomas County, KS to Augusta (Schwarz) and Lawrence Henry Robben. He spent the early part of his life working on the family farm outside of Oakley. He graduated Oakley High School in 1953. Robert married...
Delmar Weinhardt
Oct 31, 2013
Delmar “Sonny” Weinhardt, 78, of Grinnell, died October 31, 2013 at Gove County Medical Center. He was born December 2, 1934 to Harvey and Madeline Weinhardt. He married Joan Mense on April 28, 1959 and became an active member of Immaculate Conception Parish in Grinnell. They had two sons. Sonny enjoyed living childhood and most of his adult life in...
Fannie Chipperfield
Oct 31, 2013
Fannie Marie Chipperfield, 90, of Atwood, KS passed into eternity Thursday, October 31, 2013 at Atwood, KS. Fannie was born November 16, 1922 to Harry and Stella Pettit in Cheyenne Co., Kansas. She spent her youth in Big Timber Community growing up acquainted with the Chipperfield family. Fannie attended Baker School, Bird City High School and Ft. Hays State. She...
Darold Hamill
Oct 30, 2013
Darold Everitt Hamill went to join his savior and lord on October 30, 2013. He was born to Everitt and Louis Hamill on April 7, 1926, in Atwood, Kansas. Darold lived his life in Atwood attending school. He furthered his education when he went to Oakland, Ca. to become a preacher in 1950. He was ordained as a minister in...