Obituaries

Jul 8, 2014

Dallem Jay Argabright, 80, of Atwood, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014. He was born July 7, 1934 to Earl and Jessie (Jackson) Argabright in Atwood. He married Connie Cooper on June 5, 1957 at the First Christen Church in Atwood. He was an air plane pilot and worked as a crop duster. He was a member of the American Legion,...

Jul 7, 2014

Marilyn M. Selby 84, passed away Monday July 7th, 2014. She was born Sept. 2nd 1929 at her parents’ home south of Brewster KS to Newton and Alice (Parker) Smith. Survivors: Son Robert B. Selby, of Colby. Daughters Linda Schwarz and husband Eugene, of Grinnell. Scarlet Hill and Husband Mark, of Oakley. Sister Erma Tubbs, of Colby. Seven Grandchildren, 10...

Jul 7, 2014

Jul 4, 2014

Mary Jo Youngblood, 91, of Atwood, died Friday, July 4, 2014 at her home. She was born August 19, 1922 to Ray A. and Gertrude (Brown) Cox on a farm in Graham County South of Hill City. In 1928 the family moved to Rawlins County from Graham County. In January her father Ray was struck by a truck and killed....

Jul 2, 2014

Donna (Marshall) Waterman was born November 13, 1922 in Rexford, KS to Jess and Mabel (Thieler) Marshall. She was baptized August 18, 1946. She was united in marriage to Martin Waterman Sr. on February 3, 1949. She was a member at Trinity Lutheran Church in Colby, KS and Redeemer Lutheran Church in Atwood. She departed this life on July 2,...

Jun 29, 2014

Noel (Al) Lipton, 71, of Atwood, passed away, after a battle with cancer, on June 29, 2014 at the Rawlins County Health Center. He was born September 9, 1942 in Seattle, Washington to Fredrick and Francis (Kelly) Lipton. In 1965 he received a letter from the draft board in Kansas City, KS to join the United States Army. He moved...

Jun 26, 2014

Jane Sawyer Kersenbrock Jane Sawyer Kersenbrock, age 76, died June 26, 2014 at Norton Community Hospital, Norton, KS. She was born July 29, 1937 in Boston, Mass. to Paul and Mildred (Dodge) Sawyer. Jane attended grade school at the Little Red School House in South Sudbury, Mass. where the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb” was authored . She graduated...

Jun 25, 2014

Wilbur Leebrick Obituary Wilbur P. Leebrick was born November 4, 1918 in rural Rawlins County, Kansas to Charles H. and Minta Lewis Leebrick and died June 25, 2014 in Colby, Kansas. He was the last born in a family with three sisters and a brother who died in infancy. Wilbur attended rural schools through eighth grade and graduated from Atwood...

Jun 19, 2014

Jun 15, 2014

Robert “Bob” Joseph Leitner, 87 years, 11months 26 days, Herndon, KS Died Sunday, June 15, 2014 at Collier Hospice Center, Wheatridge, CO. He was born June 20, 1926 in rural Herndon on the Leitner homestead to Herman & Nellie (Heasley) Leitner. Bob was drafted into the US Navy (WWII) October 1944 to June 1946. He was a 1947 graduate of...

Jun 15, 2014

Merle Eldon Dible, 84, longtime resident of Oakley, died Sunday, June 15, 2014 at the Logan County Hospital. He was born July 27, 1929 to Clarence and Lola (Keefer) Dible, on a farm in Thomas County near Menlo. Merle spent his early years from age 3-7 in Denver at the National Jewish Children’s Hospital with bronchiectasis. He then spent the...

Jun 14, 2014

James (Jim) Harper 82 was born on March 30, 1932 to Bryan (Cute) and Sarah (Sadie) Ramey Harper in Colby, Kansas. Jim passed away on Saturday evening, June 14, 2014 after a lengthy illness at the Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas. Jim grew up on the family farm north of Levant, Kansas. Jim loved the farm and his...

Jun 12, 2014

Dale Everett Losey, 89, of Oakley, died Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Logan County Hospital. He was born May 27, 1925 to Henry and Viola (Cales) Losey in Naponee, NE. He graduated from Gove High School in 1945. He married Mary Jane Burris on June 7, 1947 in Oakley, KS. The family lived on a farm south of Gove until...

Jun 6, 2014

Robert L. Ross, 87, of Colby, died Friday, June 6, 2014 at the Prairie Senior Living Complex. He was a quiet man, kind and generous, loyal to his friends and his family. He took many road trips to attend family events from weddings to birthdays and loved being with "the Ross girls", his five sisters and their families. As a...

Jun 4, 2014

William ‘Bill’ Joseph Weishaar William ‘Bill’ Joseph Weishaar, 79, resident of Colby, died Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at Citizen’s Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born January 27, 1935 in Gem, KS, the son of Harry Joseph and Mary Agnes (Ryan) Weishaar. He attended grade school in Gem, high school at St. Joseph Military Academy (now Thomas Moore...

Jun 4, 2014

Send Flowers Kathryn "Kit" "Kit" Gerstner June 27, 1929 - June 4, 2014 Kathryn “Kit” Gerstner June 27, 1929 - June 4, 2014 Kathryn “Kit” Gerstner passed away at her home in Colby, Kansas on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at the age of 84. She was born in Salina, Kansas on June 27, 1929, the daughter of Cecil and Anna...

Jun 4, 2014

Jun 3, 2014

Bonna Lea (Fivecoat) Luedke was born the oldest of two children of Claude & Florence Fivecoat, on September 6, 1930 on her grandparents farm in Colony, Kansas. She departed this life June 3, 2014 at the age of 83. She was very fond of her younger sister Claudette who was 5 years younger than her. Growing up her father worked...

May 29, 2014

Paul Richard Nieman, 70, died Thursday, May 29, 2014, at his home in Gem, Kansas. He was born September 2, 1943 in Grinnell, the son of Nicholas and Lucy (Broeckelman) Nieman. He graduated from Grinnell High School in 1961, and attended FHSU. He then served in the U.S. Army, where he did active duty in Vietnam. He received a Purple...

May 18, 2014

Leland Warren Kindler, 92, died Sunday, May 18, 2014 at his home in Colby. He was born May 24, 1921, on a farm east of Esbon in Jewell County to Ernest and Frances (Spachek) Kindler and had lived in Colby since 1957. He served in the Navy for 39 months during World War II, including 16 months stationed at naval...