Current Obituaries
Diana Hauswirth
Feb 5, 2012
Diana Hauswirth, age 54 of Schoenchen, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born January 16, 1958 in Steubenville, Ohio to Robert J. and Betty Jean (Zamoski) Heidenthal. She worked at St. John's Health Care Center in Hays and Victoria as a LPN. She is survived by her fianc, Gary Helget of Schoenchen, KS; a...
Howard B Peters
Feb 4, 2012
Howard B. Peters, age 65, of Olathe formerly of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the University of Kansas Hospital. He was born December 6, 1946 in Carroll, Iowa to Alvie and Helen (Schroeder) Peters. He married Kristen Lindsten on December 26, 2004 in Las Vegas. Howard was a long time business owner and consultant in Hays. He...
Almeda Stecklein
Feb 3, 2012
Almeda Regina (Kuhn) Stecklein, age 84, of Great Bend and a former longtime Munjor, Kansas resident, passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehab Center in Great Bend. She was born March 21, 1927 in Victoria, Kansas on the family farm to Joseph J. And Anna (Hammerschmidt) Kuhn. She married Nicholas "Nick" Stecklein on Feb. 4,...
Lyle G. Schiedeman
Jan 30, 2012
Lyle G. Schiedeman, age 62, of Warner, Oklahoma, formerly of LaCrosse, passed away Monday, January 30th, 2012 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He was born February 10, 1949 in Hays, KS to Arthur and Clarice (Williamson) Schiedeman. He married Connie Kahle on April 14, 1973 in Herington, KS. He worked in road and highway construction as a Foreman with the Duit...
Donna Rae Henning
Jan 29, 2012
Donna Rae Henning, age 55, of Russell, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at the Russell Regional Medical Center. She was born September 14, 1956 in Chicago to Donald and Gertrude (Tichgelaar) VanderMeyden. She married Timothy Henning on October 9, 1985 in Stockton, KS. She was a homemaker had worked for Frontline Cleaning Service. She was a supporter of the...
Karolyn Coleman
Jan 11, 2012
Karolyn Kaye Coleman, 72, of Washington, Missouri, formerly of Ellis, passed away in the loving arms of God, on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at Cedarcrest Manor Nursing Home, Washington, MO. She was born on Aug. 16, 1939, in Emmeram, KS, to Delbert and Beulah (Springfield) Witt. She married Arthur Paul Coleman on July 25, 1955, in Great Bend, KS. She...
Judy Weigel
Jan 10, 2012
Juliette "Judy" Weigel, age 77, of Plano, TX., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in Plano. She was born April 16, 1934 in Hays, Kansas to Finley and Mary Parker. She married Joseph Weigel on April 25, 1959 in Hays. He preceded her in death in 2007. She was a homemaker. She is survived by a son, Joseph Weigel of...
Hubert Rajewski
Jan 5, 2012
Hubert Rajewski, age 94, of Hays, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012 at the Great Bend Health and Rehab Center in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 4, 1917 in Vincent, Kansas to Frank and Mary (Wittman) Rajewski. He married Emma Klaus in 1939. He had worked in maintenance and was a farmer. He is survived by two daughters,...
Gloria A. Leiker
Jan 4, 2012
Gloria Leiker, dedicated wife and mother, of Hays passed away on Jan. 4, 2012, at Wesley Hospital in Wichita. She was 79. Born to Isidore and Pauline (Miller) Brull on Sept. 23, 1932, in Hays, Gloria was raised on a family farm east of Munjor. She attended a one-room, rural grade school to the south before moving to Hays as...
Rita Dreiling
Jan 1, 2012
Rita Dreiling of Hays, age 84, joined the Lord on January 1, 2012 from her home in Altera Sterling House, Hays, KS. She was born March 13, 1927 in Hays, Kansas to Joseph and Anna (Jacobs) Wiesner. She married James G. Dreiling on June 26, 1946. He preceded her in death on October 13, 1990. Rita was a Homemaker. She...
Clara Kuhn
Dec 24, 2011
Clara Kuhn, age 91, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis. She was born April 6, 1920 in Emmeram, Kansas to John and Anna (Brungardt) Hammerschmidt. She married Andrew T. Kuhn on May 14, 1946 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ellis. He preceded her in death on July 21, 1970. She...
Anna M Brueggeman
Dec 23, 2011
Anna Marie (Keller) Brueggeman, age 97, of Hays, passed away Friday, December 23, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born March 25, 1914 in Ellis County to Jake and Minnie (Huber) Keller. She married Eddie Brueggeman on September 27, 1934 at St. John Lutheran Church in Ellis. Anna was a farm wife and homemaker working with...
Alan Ross
Dec 22, 2011
Alan E. Ross, age 76, of Hays, passed away Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at Via Christi Medical center St. Francis campus in Wichita. He was born January 2, 1935 in Hays, Kansas to Frank and Andrea (Meier) Ross. He was a 1953 graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy in Hays. He married Wilma Schafer on February 11, 1956 in Hays....
Dorothy Frances Mary Herl
Dec 11, 2011
Dorothy Frances Mary (Karlin) Herl, age 87, of Ogallah, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born November 10, 1924 in the family home in Catharine, Kansas to Anton A. and Pauline (Grabbe) Karlin. She married Alvin Kenneth Joseph Herl on November 20, 1945 in St. Catherine Catholic Church, Catharine,...
Stanley Jay Dreiling
Dec 5, 2011
Stanley Jay Dreiling, age 56, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at Hays Medical Center. He was born January 1, 1955 in Hays, Kansas to James G. and Rita (Wiesner) Dreiling. He married Jan Reever on March 26th, 1988. She preceded him in death on August 28th, 2003. After graduating from Thomas More Prep in 1973, he worked...

Ross Vern Reeves
Dec 1, 2011
Ross Vern Reeves, age 93, of Hays, formerly of Phillipsburg and Hoxie, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011 at St. John's of Hays. He was born on June 3, 1918 in Oberlin, KS. to Dr. Arthur and Flora (Wilderman) Reeves. He married Margaret Naomi Geil on May 30, 1946 in Almena, KS. Ross worked in retail business and insurance and...

Jerome Louis Flax
Nov 30, 2011
Jerome Louis Flax, age 56, of Ellis, son of Marcella "Sally" Flax and the late Paul A. Flax passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in WaKeeney. Visitation will be Friday 7 PM - 8:30 PM with a parish vigil service at 7PM all at Keithley Funeral Chapel 400 E. 17th Ellis, KS. 67637. Private family services will be held at...
Loree Frances Irwin
Nov 26, 2011
LoRee Frances Irwin, 96, Hoisington, formerly of Hill City, died Nov. 26, at her home. She was born Jan. 16, 1915, in Bogue to Clarence and Besse (Hutton) Stuchlik. She married Forrest Irwin on Aug. 12, 1947. She was a beautician and homemaker. She was active in supporting the arts councils in Great Bend and Hays. She spent her time...

Lucille Staab
Nov 21, 2011
Lucille Staab, age 90, of Hays, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society Hays. She was born February 18, 1921 in Ellis County, Kansas to John M. and Agnes (Spies) Younker. She married Edwin Staab on May 21, 1941 in Ellis, Kansas. He preceded her in death on July 29, 1980. She was employed at Fort...
Brendan Lewis Young
Nov 21, 2011
Brendan Lewis Young, age 22, of Hays, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 at his home in Manhattan. He was born September 20, 1989 in Hays, Kansas to Jeff and Ann (Molz) Young. He was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Hays and graduated from Hays High School in 2008. Brendan was working as a Graphic Artist at GTM...