Current Obituaries
Florence Mae Storm
Jan 7, 2011
Florence Mae Storm, age 79, of Greeley, CO. formerly of Ellis, passed away January 7, 2011 at the Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born July 6, 1931 in Hays, KS. to Frank and Magdalena (Stecklein) Augustine. She married Leo K. Storm Jr. on August 4, 1948 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ellis. He preceded her in...
John Wayne Gottschalk
Jan 4, 2011
John Wayne Gottschalk, age 72, of Schoenchen, passed away on Tuesday, January 4th at Hays Medical Center. He was born August 1, 1938 in Brighton, CO. to John H. and Georgine (Schulte) Gottschalk. He married Esther Werth on October 26, 1957 in Antonino, KS.John was the owner of Johnnie's Service and Repair in Schoenchen. He started the business in 1970...
Reinhold Boschowitzki
Dec 22, 2010
Reinhold J. "Reiny" Boschowitzki, age 90, of Ellis, Passed away Wednesday, December 22nd at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on January 22, 1920 in Rural Ellis County north of Ellis to Joseph and Louise (Werb) Boschowitzki. He married Margaret Johnson on July 4, 1964 in Ellis at the Congregational Church.Reiny was a farmer and a truck driver...
William Schultz
Dec 21, 2010
William Harold Schultz, age 93, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 21st the result of an automobile accident. He was born on May 28, 1917 in Woodston, Kansas to William and Ruby (Turner) Schultz. He graduated from Woodston High School.He was a self employed farmer and stockman in Rooks County. He was a member of the Hays City Sportsman's Club...
Steven Kurth
Dec 15, 2010
Steven Kurth, age 68, of Ellis formerly of Chase, Kansas passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at his home. He was born July 31, 1942 in Marshalltown to Merlin and Henrietta (Woollard) Kurth. He was a veteran of the US Army serving in Vietnam and he was a retired oilfield worker.He is survived by a daughter, Shelly Kurth of Wichita,...
Jack Reed
Dec 14, 2010
Charles A. "Jack" Reed, age 77, of Hays, Passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Hays Medical Center. He was born on July 9, 1933 in Hays, Kansas to Charles Syd and Hattie (Swank) Reed.Jack retired from the US Air Force serving nearly 40 years. During his military service he served in Korea, Japan and other areas throughout the world....
Marilyn King
Dec 6, 2010
Marilyn King, of Ellis, age 68, passed away Monday, December 6th at Hays Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1942 in Zurich, Kansas to Ben and Catherine (McGinty) Schoenberger. She married Ronald King on November 30, 1963 in Ellis. She had worked as a teacher's aide at Washington Elementary School in Ellis, a cook at Alloway's Restaurant and at...
Helen Zerfas
Dec 2, 2010
Helen Ruth Zerfas, age 93, of DeSoto, TX, passed away December 2, 2010 at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas. She was born January 3, 1917 in Sylvan Grove, Kansas to William Emory and Elizabeth (Wolbach) Bowen. She married Oscar J. Zerfas on May 22, 1937. He preceded her in death on March 7, 1990. Helen and Oscar lived in Ellis...
John Bieker
Nov 28, 2010
John P. Bieker, age 84, of Hays, Passed away Sunday, November 28th at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born on July 26, 1926 in Ellis, Kansas to Sylvester and Barbara (Aschenbrenner) Bieker. He attended Ellis High School. He married Irene Catherine Fisher on Feb. 26, 1946 in Ellis. She preceded him in death on...
Freda Henrickson
Nov 28, 2010
Freda Marie (King) Henrickson, 82, rural Ellis, died Monday, November 29, 2010, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born August 28, 1928 to Chris and Anna King at the King Homestead, northeast of Ellis. She married Jakie Henrickson on May 23, 1950 in Ellis, Kansas. He preceded her in death on April 11, 1993. She...
Joseph Martin
Nov 28, 2010
Joseph Patrick Martin passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at his home in Ellis, Kansas. Joseph was the third child and second son of Woodrow W. and Willena J. (Tunstall) Martin. He was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma September 1, 1945. Joe graduated from Chase Rural High School and Fort Hays State University. He was a US Navy veteran and a...
Irene C. Boos
Nov 26, 2010
Irene C. Boos, age 90, of Ellis, passed away Friday, November 26th at her home. She was born January 14, 1920 in Pfeifer, Kansas to Anton and Barbara (Unrein) Leiker. She married Paul P. Boos on August 9, 1938 in Hays. He preceded her in death on October 18, 2004.Irene lived most of her life on a farm south of...
James R. Gustin
Nov 24, 2010
James R. "Jim" Gustin, age 91, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, November 24th at Hays Medical Center following a short illness. He was born on July 17, 1919 in Ashland, Nebraska to Joseph and Anna (Thiel) Gustin. He grew up on the family farm in Murdock, Nebraska. He married Magdalene "Madge" Grosdidier on November 4, 1941 in Eudora, Kansas at...
J.T. Vonlintel
Oct 20, 2010
"J.T." John Thomas VonLintel, age 21, of Hays, passed away October 20, 2010 in Queensland, Australia the result of a farming accident. He was born on July 30, 1989 in Hays, Kansas to John and Robbie (Jeronimus) VonLintel. He graduated from TMP-Marian High School in 2007 and from the welding program at NCK in 2009. J.T. was an avid outdoorsman...
Mildred Kutina
Oct 19, 2010
Mildred Barbara Kutina, age 87, rural Ellis, passed away Tuesday, October 19th at the Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell. She was born on February 15, 1923 in rural Ellis County to Jacob and Maye (Smith) Henrickson. She graduated from Hays High School in 1941. She married Alfred Raymond Kutina on October 17, 1942 in Bloomington, IL. He preceded her in...
Eugene Engel
Oct 18, 2010
Eugene Joseph Engel, age 78, of Ellis, passed away Monday, October 18th at his home. He was born on May 21, 1932 in Ellis County, Kansas to Wendelin "WA" and Rose (Philipp) Engel. He married Melba Rose Voss on June 11, 1957. He was a retired electrician and a veteran of the US Navy serving during the Korean War. He...
Elden Ruder
Oct 17, 2010
Elden F. Ruder, age 71, of Hays, passed away Sunday, October 17th at the Hays Good Samaritan Center. He was born on April 28, 1939 in Hays, Kansas to Edward and CeCelia (Thyfault) Ruder. He graduated from St. Joseph's Military Academy in 1957. After high school he attended Bailey Technical College in St. Louis receiving a mechanics certificate. He married...
Doris Hustead
Oct 5, 2010
Doris Lea Hustead, age 89, of Hays formerly of Shidler, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, October 5th at St. John's Rest Home in Hays. She was born on June 1, 1921 in Iowa Park, Texas to William E. and Claudia (Rogers) McKinney.She is survived locally by a son, Roy A. Hustead of Hays. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:00 P.M....
Thomas "T-Bone" Bollig
Oct 5, 2010
Thomas Lee "T-Bone" Bollig, age 61, of Hays and Ahmadi, Kuwait, passed away Tuesday, October 5th at Menorah Medical Center in Overland, Park, Kansas. He was born on May 17, 1949 in Hays, Kansas to Robert J. "Cap" and Mildred Louise "Millie" (Dreiling) Bollig. He graduated in 1967 from St. Joseph's Military Academy.He worked for Halliburton from 1975 - 1995....
Paula Huser
Oct 4, 2010
Paula Huser, 59, Hays, died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Oncology Unit, Omaha, Neb.She was born July 13, 1951 to Fred J. and Evelyn (Jacobs) Huser in Hays and was a 1969 graduate of Marian High School. She earned her B.M. degree from Fort Hays State University in 1973 and her Master's in music...
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