Current Obituaries
Nancy Madden
Jul 18, 2012
Nancy Sevier Madden, 92, died Wed., July 18, at the Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse. She was born May 19th, 1920, to William Joseph and Marena (Sevier) Madden, at the family home in Hays where she was living until May. She graduated from Hays High in 1937 and from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1941. She also...
Clara Olman
Jul 17, 2012
Clara Irene Oman, age 82, of Almena, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 6, 1929 in Phillips County, Kansas to John and Airetta (Wolfe) Calhoon. She married James Brassfield in 1953. He preceded her in death in 1959. She married Donald Oman in 1975 and he preceded her in death in 2005. She...
Marguerite Black
Jul 15, 2012
Marguerite L. Black, 86, Hays, formerly of Rexford, died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Hays Medical Center after a battle with cancer. She was born November 25, 1925 near Selden, Kansas to Elsie (Kober) and Joseph Maddock. She married Harvey Jack May Jr. in 1946. They had one son, Randall Lynn May. She later married Andrew John "Andy" Black in...
Mary Pearson
Jul 11, 2012
Mary E. Pearson, age 91, of Ellis, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born May 7, 1921 in Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada to Jack and Mary (Young) Earl. She was a graduate of Hays High and also received a Bachelors Degree from Fort Hays State University. She married Rex K. Pearson on March...
Lyle D Stroup
Jun 30, 2012
Lyle Dean Stroup, 79, Hays, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at his home. He was born December 4, 1932, in Smith County, Kansas to Hugh M. and Dorothy M. (Musser) Stroup. Lyle was a 1950 graduate of Smith Center High School. In high school he excelled in football, basketball, track and baseball. He was invited to tryout camp...
Richard Kathol
Jun 30, 2012
Richard R. Kathol, 81, passed away on Saturday, June 30th at Hays Medical Center. He was born January 17, 1931 in Hartington, NE to Paul and Theresia (Miick) Kathol. He graduated from Hartington High in 1948 and was a Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He married LaVonne Doane April 15, 1952. They moved to Hays in 1964 opening Kathol...
Gerald E Mitchell
Jun 30, 2012
Western Kansas lost a native son who had a profound effect on the lives of thousands of students and others with whom he had contact when Gerald Mitchell died on Saturday June 30, 2012. Gerald Eugene Mitchell was born on January 30, 1945, in Osborne, Kansas, to Lyle and Helen Orr Mitchell. He attended school in Covert and Osborne and...
Elbert Robinson
Jun 18, 2012
Elbert Gregory Robinson (Greg to all who knew him), age 64, Green Bay, passed away Monday, June 18th, 2012 from a stroke after a courageous battle with colon cancer. He was born on March 25th, 1948 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Elbert & Viola (Waters) Robinson. Greg married Barbara Jean Reichert on November 10th, 1990 in Madison, WI. Surviving...
Jeremy Johnson
Jun 14, 2012
Jeremy Owen Johnson, age 27, of Hays, died Thursday, June 14th, 2012 the result of a work accident in rural Ellis County. He was born February 21, 1985 in Great Bend, Kansas to Howard and Carmen (Beck) Johnson. He graduated from Claflin High School in 2003. He worked as a tire and vehicle tech at Kansas Land Tire of Hays....
Norman Harmon
Jun 13, 2012
Pastor Norman D. Harmon age 70 of Ellis, Kansas formally of Indiana, was ushered into the presence of His Lord on Wed. June 13th 2012 at 5:50 AM at Hayes Medical Center in Hayes, Ks. He was born in Terre Haute, Ind to the late Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Harmon Sr. on Jan. 24th 1942. In Oct. 1965 he...
Rev. Lyle M. Knuth
Jun 9, 2012
The Rev. Lyle Martin Knuth, 74, died June 9, 2012, at his home in Ellis, Kansas. He was born September 28, 1937, in Guymon, OK, and was a 1955 graduate of Texhoma High School, Texhoma, OK. He continued his education at St. John‘s junior college in Winfield, KS, and Concordia senior college in Fort Wayne, IN. He received his master's...
Catherine "Katie" Rohr
May 28, 2012
ROHR (Brown), CATHERINE "KATIE", 90, Catherine passed away on May 28, 2012, at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita, KS. She was born in Ellis, KS. June 1st, 1921. She married Clarence Rohr on April 25, 1939 at St. Mary's Church in Ellis, Kansas. She worked with her husband who owned a venetian blind and drapery business in Hays, KS....
Theresa Leiker
May 24, 2012
Theresa Leiker, age 82, of Hays, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Via Christi Village, Hays. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Monday, May 28th at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Munjor. Visitation will be Sunday 5 PM- 8 PM and Monday 9 AM - 9:30 AM all at Brock's North Hill Chapel {2509 Vine Hays, KS....
Lisa Grubb
May 10, 2012
Lisa (Heiland) Grubb, age 43, of Ellis, Passed away Thursday, may 10, 2012 at her home in Ellis. She was born May 1, 1969 in Dodge City, Kansas to Ves and Jeanne (Tassett) Heiland. She graduated from Dodge City High School. On December 10, 2006 she married Tom Grubb in Las Vegas. She was a medical transcriptionist until May 15,...
Eugene I. Rohr
May 5, 2012
Eugene I. "Gene" Rohr, age 87, of Hays, passed away after a lengthy illness Saturday, May 5, 2012 at his home in Hays. He was born July 14, 1924 in Munjor, Kansas to John P. and Anna Marie (Riedel) Rohr. He married Kathryn Doerfler on June 1, 1948 in Hays. Gene worked for 47 years at the Hays Daily News,...
Ethel Ann Gatschet
Apr 25, 2012
Ethel Ann Gatschet, 72, Hays, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 31, 1939 in Victoria, Kansas to Pius and Anna (Sander) Leiker. She graduated from Victoria High School, Victoria, Kansas in 1957 and attended and graduated from the St. Anthony School of Nursing, Hays, Kansas in 1960. She married George P. Gatschet on...
Helen J. Davis
Apr 19, 2012
Helen June Davis, age 103, of Hays, formerly of Des Moines, IA passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at her daughters home in Hays. She was born June 29, 1908 in Hocking, Iowa to Andrew and Anna (Musick) Thomas. She married Donald W. Davis on August 24, 1931. He preceded her in death in 1975. She was a homemaker. She...
Albert Ruder Jr.
Apr 15, 2012
Albert Ruder Jr., age 72, of Hays, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born May 3, 1939 in Antonino, Kansas to Albert and Adeline (Korby) Ruder. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Korean War. He had worked at Fort Hays State University as a custodian and as a milkman...
Donald Storer
Apr 6, 2012
Donald Dwayne Storer, age 77, of Hays, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born August 20, 1934 in Studley, KS to Olin Franklin and Opal L. (Shepard) Storer. He married Vera Cassity on September 8, 1960 at the First United Methodist Church in Hays. He was a US Army veteran serving during...
Frances Newell
Apr 6, 2012
Frances Newell, age 86, of Hays, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born July 1, 1925 in Hays, Kansas to Mike and Josepha (Wiesner) Goetz. She graduated from Girls Catholic High in Hays. She married Eloise J. "Frenchie" Newell on August 5, 1946 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. She was a homemaker,...
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