Current Obituaries
Walter A. Staab
Aug 15, 2011
Walter A. Staab, age 85, of Hays, passed away Monday, August 15th at the Good Samaritan Society Hays. He was born on August 19, 1925 in Catharine, Kansas to Alois and Rose (Meiers) Staab. He married Helen Fross on June 17, 1946 in Hays at St. Joseph Catholic Church. She preceded him in death on August 16, 2004.He had worked...
Sylvester Urban
Aug 15, 2011
Sylvester J. Urban, age 92, of Hays, passed away Monday, August 15th at the Sterling House in Hays. He was born on Feb. 26, 1919 in Loretto, KS. to Adam S. and Appelonia (Basgall) Urban. He graduated from Otis High School. He married Alfreda Pfeifer on May 6, 1939 in Loretto. She preceded him in death in 1989. He married...
Martha Roberts
Aug 9, 2011
Martha Marie Roberts, lifelong Ellis resident passed away Tuesday, August 9th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Society. She was born in rural Ellis on May 26, 1922 to Jacob and Jennie (Schoenthaler) Deutscher. She married Richard C. Roberts Sr. on November 19, 1944 in California. He preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 1998. Martha was a homemaker and a...
Gavin Hoft
Aug 8, 2011
Gavin Irwin Hoft, newborn son of Emi Fuentes and Gage Hoft passed away Monday, August 8th at Hays Medical Center. He is survived by his parents of Hays, a sister, Izabella Fuentes of Hays and grandmothers, April Vest of Hays and Elizabeth LeBlanc of Colorado.Memorial services will be 1:00 PM Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel 2509 Vine Hays, KS....
William "Bill" Krueger
Aug 5, 2011
William H. "Bill" Krueger, age 88, of Ellis passed away Friday, August 5th at the Good Samaritan Society Ellis. He was born October 17, 1922 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin to William and Connie (Napiecinske) Krueger. He has lived in the Ellis and Hays area since 1972, moving from Two Rivers. He married Virginia M. Anderson on April 27, 1946 in...
Lydia Burkhardt
Jul 29, 2011
Lydia H. Burkhardt, age 92 of Hays, passed away Friday, July 29th at Good Samaritan Society Hays. She was born May 23, 1919 in Victoria to Joe J. and Anna (Graf) Wasinger. She married Alvin Burkhardt on May 29, 1940 in Salina. She was co-owner with her husband of the Irish Grill in Chapman, KS. for 23 years. She also...
Roma Sue Bizzell
Jul 24, 2011
Roma Sue Bizzell, age 64, of Hays, passed away Sunday, July 24th at her home in Hays. She was born on October 5, 1946 in Lyons, KS. to Floyd W. and Erma (Hedges) Roberson. She graduated from Garden City High School and attended Emporia State University. She married O.Z. Bizzell on October 4, 1997 in Hays. Roma worked as a...
Betty Waldschmidt
Jul 18, 2011
Elizabeth "Betty" (Storm) Waldschmidt. Age 69, of Ellis, passed away Monday, July 18th at the Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. She was born May 8, 1942 on the Storm family farm south of Ellis to Leo Storm Sr. and Ida Gerstner. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1960. She married Edward Waldschmidt on June 4, 1960 at...
Donald Hertel
Jul 7, 2011
Donald Lee "Donnie" Hertel, age 62, of Hays, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011 at Hays Medical Center. He was born on August 23, 1948 in Hays, Kansas to John and Clementine (Fross) Hertel.He was currently working at Hays Medical Center in the food service department. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.He is survived by two...
Edward "Whitey" Dinges
Jun 22, 2011
Edward "Whitey" Dinges, age 79, of Ellis, passed away June 22, 2011 at Trego Lemke memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born August 17, 1931 in Schoenchen, Kansas to Albert and Mary (Gross) Dinges. He married Lillian Schmidt and was married 28 years. Whitey retired from Pepsi-Cola in Hays where he worked in the maintenance department. He was a member...
Steve Schmeidler
Jun 19, 2011
Stephen "Steve" K. Schmeidler, age 51, of Hays, passed away Sunday, June 19th in rural Trego County. He was born October 14, 1959 in Hays to Kenneth and Elizabeth "Betty" (Polifka) Schmeidler. He graduated from TMP-Marian High School in 1977 and from Fort Hays State University with a degree in Business Communications. He married Bev Bowles on April 25, 1987...
Jose "Joe" Villarreal Jr.
Jun 14, 2011
Jose "Joe" Villarreal Jr., age 47, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, June 14th in Rush County, Kansas. He was born on December 19, 1963 in Sonora, TX. to Jose and Romanita (Rodriguez) Villarreal Sr. He graduated in 1983 from Central High School in San Angelo, TX.Joe was a floor hand for Stewart Well Service of Hays. During his school years...
Rick Hernandez
Jun 14, 2011
Ricky "Rick" Hernandez, age 35, of Ellis passed away Tuesday, June 14th in Rush County, Kansas. He was born on August 30, 1975 in WaKeeney, Kansas to Phillip Hernandez and Carol Stelter. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1995. On June 2, 2001 he married Amber Keller in Ellis, Kansas at St. Mary's Catholic Church.Rick was working as a...
David Florian
Jun 14, 2011
David Scott Florian, age 36, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, June 14th the result of a vehicle accident in Rush County. He was born on August 9, 1974 in Russell, Kansas to Jerry and Virginia (Stucky) Florian. He graduated in 1993 from Wilson High School. He married Karie Winkler on December 12, 1998 In Russell, KS. at the St. John...
Vica Kinderknecht
Jun 14, 2011
Vica Kinderknecht, age 100, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, June 14th at the Good Samaritan Society Ellis. She was born on June 7, 1911 in Ellis County, Kansas to Carl and Minnie (Gaschler) Landauer. She graduated in 1931 from Ellis High School. She married Philip Kinderknecht on June 24, 1935 in Ellis at St. Mary's Catholic Church.She was a homemaker...
Delbert Kelly
Jun 9, 2011
Delbert W. Kelly, age 86, of Ellis, Passed away Thursday, June 9th at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 10, 1924 in Onaga, Kansas to Marvin and Lillian (Rockwell) Kelly. He attended schools in Onaga, Manhattan and South Dakota State College while serving in the US Air Force. He married Alma May on May 29, 1948 at Christ Lutheran...
Susan Elliott
Jun 6, 2011
Susan M. Elliott, age 87, of Hays, formerly of Hutchinson, passed away Monday, June 6th at St. John's Health Care Center in Hays. She was born on May 2, 1924 in Hoisington to George and Margaret (McGowan) Elliott. She worked in Hutchinson at various bookkeeping jobs working for the Reno County Health Department last. She is survived by a sister,...
Adelaide Camarata
May 29, 2011
Adelaide Camarata, 75, of Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease on May 29, 2011.Addie was born October 4, 1935 in Hays, KS, to Paul Waldschmidt and Alvina Engel, the youngest of seven children. She was raised in Ellis, KS, and attended St. Mary's Catholic School and Ellis Grade School, and...
Robert Lee "Bob" Befort
May 27, 2011
Robert Lee "Bob" Befort, 79, of Ellis, Kansas, went to his heavenly home on Friday, May 27, 2011. He was born January 18, 1932, in Munjor to Isadore and Rose (Urban) Befort. He attended Catholic school in Hays and was a 1950 graduate of St. Joseph's Military Academy. He received an honorable discharge from the National Guard.He married Ernestine J...
Harriet Louise Demaree
May 27, 2011
Harriet Louise (Smith) Demaree, of Goodland, passed away Friday, May 27th at the Hays Good Samaritan Center. She was born on November 30, 1931 in Goodland to Samuel and Yvonne (Woolard) Smith. She attended school in Goodland for several years then returned to school and graduated in 1963. She then attended Northwest Technical College and earned a degree in accounting....