Current Obituaries
David Lynn Schurz
Apr 1, 2011
David Lynn Schurz, age 56, of Gorham, passed away on Friday, April 1st at his home. He was born on August 5, 1954 in Logan to Walter Henry and Georgine Mary (Bittel) Schurz. He graduated in 1972 from Logan High School.David had worked in the oilfields and in construction currently working for Weigel's Construction. He was a member of St....
Robert "Wally" Wahlmeier
Mar 31, 2011
Robert A. "Wally", "Bob" Wahlmeier, age 79, of Hays, passed away Thursday, March 31st at his home. He was born on June 28, 1931 in Jennings, KS. to Aloysius and Ruth (Spohrer) Wahlmeier. He married Georgine Kreutzer in 1952. She preceded him in death in 1974. He married Catherine Gilsdorf Orth in 1975.Robert attended Fort Hays State College from 1949...
Arlen Newell
Mar 28, 2011
Arlen Newell, 62, of Versailles, KY. died Monday, March 28 at his home. He was born July 3, 1948 in Hays, KS. to Eloise J. and Frances (Goetz) Newell of Hays, KS. He was a retired sales manager for Swedish Match, a U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam era, a member of St. Leo Catholic Church, and the Knights...
Charles "Danny" Robinett
Mar 25, 2011
Charles D. (Danny) Robinett, 83, of Wichita, KS, died March 25, 2011 at Via Christi Hospital, Wichita. He was born November 22, 1927, in Jefferson City, Missouri to Daniel and Lena (Maewright) Robinett. He married the love of his life, Virginia Weber, on May 7, 1960, in Miami, OK. Danny served as a sergeant in the United States Army Air...
George Amrein
Mar 22, 2011
George Adam Amrein, age 85, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday March 22nd at his home. He was born August 16, 1925 in Liebenthal, Kansas to Alex and Margaret (Kippes) Amrein. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1944. George married Elizabeth Schuster on June 5, 1950 in Ellis. He was a veteran of the US Army serving towards the end...
Richard Kimble
Mar 17, 2011
Arrangements are pending Service Information A service summary is not available
Bonnie J. Pfeifer
Mar 14, 2011
Bonnie Jean Pfeifer, age 85, of Hays, passed away Monday, March 14th in Hays. She was born on August 12, 1925 in Plainville, Kansas to Cecil H. and Luella Mae (Hancock) Smith Sr. She married Ralph J. Pfeifer on August 14, 1944 in hays. He preceded her in death on January 11, 2004.She was a homemaker and an avid gardener....
Maevis Chapman
Mar 12, 2011
Maevis (Bangert) Chapman, age 81, of Hoxie, passed away Saturday, March 12th at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care Unit in Hoxie where she had resided since 1984. She was born on August 27, 1929 in Albert Lea, MN. to Fred and Martha (Schmidt) Bangert. She married Lester Chapman on September 21, 1953 in Denver. He preceded her...
James Shutts
Mar 9, 2011
James Oliver Shutts, age 84, of Midland, TX. passed away on March 9, 2011 in Midland, TX. He was born on August 14, 1926 in Plainville, Ks. to Clifford M. and Edith I. (Peavy) Shutts. He spent his boyhood in Ellis County attending grade school in Ellis. When he was 12 he moved to Idaho with his mother and sisters....
Larry Putz
Mar 8, 2011
Larry Putz, age 67, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, March 8th at his home in Hays. He was born on November 16, 1943 north of Mullinville, KS. on his grandpa Zimmerman's farm to June McDonald. He graduated from Greensburg high School in 1961.Larry Was a Body Mechanic working at Harper Body Shop, Schaffer Body Shop and Auto Collision Specialists during...
William W. Legleiter
Mar 6, 2011
William W. "Bill" Legleiter, age 85, of Liebenthal, passed away Sunday, March 6th at Hays Medical Center. He was born on November 11, 1925 in rural Liebenthal, KS. to Nick and Katie (Urban) Legleiter. He married Rita Giebler on November 27, 1946 in Catharine, KS.William was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII. He was a farmer and...
Agnes Niernberger
Feb 10, 2011
Agnes Ann "Aggie" (Langley) Niernberger, 87, Ellis, died Thursday, February 10th, 2011, at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 10th, 1923, in Detroit, Kansas, to Charles "Pete" and Teresa "Tess" (Nicholson) Langley. Aggie graduated from Ellis High School in 1941, and enlisted in the Army. She graduated from St. Margaret's Hospital School Of Nursing in 1944, and served in...
Ralph J. Walters
Feb 7, 2011
Ralph Joseph Walters, age 91, of Hays, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011 at Bradford Court Assisted Living Home in Nixa, MO, where he had relocated to be closer to his daughter's family and his grandchildren. Ralph was born on January 22, 1920 to Frank and Monica (Koerner) Walters in Severin, Ellis County, Kansas. He was the sixth...
Linlie Turner
Feb 3, 2011
Linlie James Turner, age 85, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2011 at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on February 26, 1925 in Thornfield, MO. to Alfred and Rose Turner. He married Mildred Lorene Johnson in 1948 in Missouri. Linlie moved to St. John, KS. after marriage to work for a tractor implement company. He moved...
Helen Schoenthaler
Jan 29, 2011
Helen E. Schoenthaler, age 97, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, January 29th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. She was born on August 11, 1913 in rural Ellis County, Kansas to John and Clara (Huber) Deutscher. She married Gerhardt Schoenthaler on November 28, 1935 at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. He preceded her in death in 1994.She was a homemaker...
Elvira Dubach
Jan 19, 2011
Elvira Hermine Dubach, 94, Ellis, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at Hays Medical Center. She was born Jan. 7, 1917, in Ellis County to Fred and Emma (Deutscher) Schoenthaler. She attended a country grade school, graduated from Ellis High School and earned a degree from Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. She married ABC (Bliss) Dubach on Jan. 25, 1939. He...
Rebecca Laas
Jan 12, 2011
Rebecca Sarah Laas, age 91, of Hays, passed away January 12th, 2011 at the Hays Good Samaritan Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hoisington, Kansas on February 20, 1919 the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Schneider) Laas.She was a homemaker, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Dodge City and she was of Lutheran faith.She is...
Barbara Merker
Jan 11, 2011
Barbara Merker, age 98, of Hays, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at St. John's Rest Home in Victoria. She was born on November 22, 1912 in Marienthal, Russia to Matthias and Walburga (Gerstner) Merker. The family came to Hays in 1923. She moved to Ohio in 1930 and returned to Hays in 1975.Barbara retired in 1974 as a...
Lester Chapman
Jan 10, 2011
Lester Dean Chapman, age 80, of Hoxie, passed away Monday, January 10th at the Sheridan County Health Complex Long Term Care Unit in Hoxie. He was born on December 27, 1930 in Quinter, KS. to Lea and Lula Bell (Cunningham) Chapman. He married Maevis M. Bangert of Denver, CO. on September 21, 1953 in Denver.He was a farmer, Veteran of...
Kenneth Speier
Jan 7, 2011
Kenneth Ralph Speier, age 62, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 7th in Hays. He was born on May 1, 1948 in Hays, Kansas to Ralph and Loraine (Wasinger) Speier. He was a 1966 graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy and Salina Vo-Tech in 1971 with a refrigeration certificate.He owned Speier and Company, which was a plumbing, heating and air...