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Ivone Yosett Martinez

Ivone Yosett Martinez

Oct 31, 2012

Ivone Yosett Martinez, 25 of Garden City, Kansas died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in Hays, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1986 in Tasquillo, Hidalgo, Mexico, daughter of Ricardo and Maura (Martinez) Martinez. Ivone moved to Garden City, Kansas to lived with her parents at the age of 14 years old. She attended school and graduated from Garden City High...

Chester Graham

Chester Graham

Oct 15, 2012

Chester Graham, age 79, of Quinter, "fell asleep in Christ" (1 Cor. 15:12-20) Monday, October 15, 2012 at the Gove County Medical Center in Quinter. He was born July 24, 1933 in Gove County to Samuel Earl and Luella Mae (Milroy) Graham. He married Carlene McWilliams on July 28, 1952. For the first twelve years of their married life Chester...

H. Edward Lecuyer

H. Edward Lecuyer

Oct 14, 2012

H. Edward Lecuyer, age 87, of Hays formerly of Ellis, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born December 14, 1924 in Ellis to Dr. Anthol and Mary (Henchey) Lecuyer. He married Marjie Shepherd on July 20, 1957 in Craig, Colorado at the Congregational Church. Edward was a Co-Founder of Merrick & Company of Aurora,...

Flora Marie Zerfas

Flora Marie Zerfas

Oct 7, 2012

Flora Marie Zerfas, age 89, of Ellis, currently living in Cimarron, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born April 6, 1923 in Ellis to William E. and Elizabeth (Wolbach) Bowen. She graduated from Ellis High School. She married Raymond Zerfas on May 25, 1941 in Ellis. He preceded her in...

Walter W. Becker

Walter W. Becker

Sep 23, 2012

Walter W. Becker died Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Hays Medical Center at the age of 98. He was born July 6, 1914 the eldest of seven children to William "Bill" F. and Freda M. (Paulsen) Becker on the family farm in southern Rush County. The farmstead is located 12 miles north and 2 miles west of Rozel. Part of...

Donald J. Giebler

Donald J. Giebler

Sep 18, 2012

Donald John Giebler, age 84, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born February 13, 1928 in Catharine to Martin and Susanna (Kisner) Giebler. He married Dolores Kathleen Walters on September 11, 1950 in Catharine. She preceded him in death on May 15, 1999. He was a mechanic for 24 years primarily with...

Bernie Schoenthaler

Bernie Schoenthaler

Sep 16, 2012

Bernard Arthur "Bernie" Schoenthaler, age 88, of Ellis, passed away on September 16, 2012, in WaKeeney, KS. He was born on December 10, 1923, in Trego, County, Kansas to Frederick and Emma Regina (Deutscher) Schoenthaler. Bernie married Doris Elizabeth Ball on June 19, 1946. He was a John Deere dealer, a bookkeeper and salesman for OLoughlin Motor Sales and Fondoble...

Elmer Stecklein

Elmer Stecklein

Sep 6, 2012

Elmer Richard Stecklein, 77, of Hays, died Thursday, Sept. 6th at the Andbe Home in Norton. He was born March 1, 1935 in Pfeifer, Kansas to Joe C. and Catherine (Wasinger) Stecklein. He was a police officer for several years in Ellis and worked at Moons IGA in Osawatomie. He was a US Air Force veteran. He was an accomplished...

Elizabeth "Betty" Bradford

Elizabeth "Betty" Bradford

Sep 2, 2012

Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Hauenstein Bradford, 84, of Hays, died Sunday, September 2, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born on August 14, 1928 in Okarche, Oklahoma to Marie (Rohr) and John Oscar Hauenstein. She married Edmund Frederick Bradford on November 16, 1949. Betty dedicated her life to her family and to her career of nursing. She attended...

Mildred Haselhorst

Mildred Haselhorst

Aug 30, 2012

Mildred "Mickey" Haselhorst passed away August 30, 2012 in Hays, Kansas. Mickey was born November 17, 1924 to John Jacob Streck and Maria Magdalena Streck (ne Berschauer) in Russell, Kansas. She was a graduate of Russell High School, class of 1942. She married Marion Sterling Cann in 1944. This union was blessed with a son, Dr. Michael Sterling Cann. She...

Arthur Paul Coleman

Arthur Paul Coleman

Aug 30, 2012

Arthur Paul Coleman, 80, of Lake St Louis, MO, formerly of Ellis, KS, passed away in the loving arms of God on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at home. He was born on October 28, 1931, in Paris, Arkansas, to Jim and Ella (Riddle) Coleman. He married Karolyn Kaye (Witt) Coleman on July 25, 1955, in Great Bend, KS. He worked...

Kenneth C. King

Kenneth C. King

Aug 27, 2012

Kenneth C King, 76, of Ellis died Monday August 27, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born January 24, 1936 in Rural Ellis Co to Chris and Anna (Sauer) King. He worked in construction for many years while living in Colorado before returning to Ellis where he operated a welding shop until he retired. He had served as the...

Mark David Seibel

Mark David Seibel

Aug 26, 2012

Mark David Seibel, age 52, of Oklahoma City, passed away August 26, 2012 at Grace Living Center on Oklahoma City. He was born May 27, 1960 in Chandler, OK. He is survived by his parents, Dave and Verla Seibel of Ellis; two brothers, Steve Seibel and wife Peggy of Ellis and Gary D. Seibel and wife Terri of Salina; five...

Larry "L.J." Abker

Larry "L.J." Abker

Aug 24, 2012

Larry J Abker ("LJ"), 78, Hays, died August 24, 2012, at Hays Medical Center. Larry was born on July 7, 1934 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He attended Geneva High School in Geneva, Nebraska where he was the star drummer in the GHS band. He graduated from high school in 1951. Larry continued his education at Nebraska Wesleyan University and belonged...

Trula Cox

Trula Cox

Aug 24, 2012

Trula J Cox, 84, passed away peacefully August 24th, 2012, under the wonderful care of Hospice of the Valley in Mesa, Arizona. She was born January 16, 1928 in Minneapolis, KS to Clyde and Virginia (Emery) Merryfield, and graduated from Minneapolis High School in 1945. She married Claude Cox on April 3, 1949, and spent most of her life on...

Roma Lee Mellick Blau

Roma Lee Mellick Blau

Aug 24, 2012

Roma Lee Mellick Blau died August 24, 2012 at Via Christi Village in Hays. She was born February 12, 1931, to Del and Addie (Winslow) Porter at Beardsley, KS. She graduated from Atwood Community High School in 1949. Roma Lee married Lyle Dean Mellick October 2, 1949. They had three children, Donald Dean, Ronald Gene and Melody Ann. Roma Lee...

D.J. Pfannenstiel

D.J. Pfannenstiel

Aug 17, 2012

D.J. Pfannenstiel, age 78, of Munjor, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012 at the Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born February 22, 1934 in Hays, Kansas to John M. and Mary Theresa (Herl) Pfannenstiel. He married Margie Leiker on April 15, 1961 in Ransom, Kansas. He was the owner of D.J.s Roustabout Service and a farmer. He...

Scharlene Dreher

Scharlene Dreher

Aug 16, 2012

Scharlene F. Dreher, age 72, of Hays, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2012 at the Rush County Nursing Home in LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born February 4, 1940 in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Frank and Mary (Harp) Stumbaugh. She married Irvin Dreher on November 10, 1956 in Plainville, KS. She was a nurse for 23 years mostly at Hays Med. She...

Lyle R. Timmons

Lyle R. Timmons

Aug 11, 2012

Dr. Lyle R. Timmons, age 66, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born November 7, 1945 in Beloit, Kansas to Sherman and Esther (Jackson) Timmons. He was a graduate of Clyde High School in 1963 and of the Palmer Chiropractic College of Davenport, Iowa in 1968. He married Nancy Timmons...

Anna Geist

Anna Geist

Jul 30, 2012

Anna Marie (Weber) Geist, age 87, of Ellis, passed away Monday, July 30, 2012 at the Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born May 3, 1925 on the family farm in Glenco Township, Trego County, KS. to John and Theresia (Augustine) Weber Sr. She married her grade school sweetheart, William (Bill) Geist Sr. on Nov. 22, 1943 at...

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