Current Obituaries
Rose Massier
Sep 1, 2009
Rose Massier, age 88, died Tuesday September 1, 2009 at BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Rose was born on September 23, 1920 in Ellis, the daughter of Joseph and Agatha (Gaschler) Weber. She married Edward Massier on November 5, 1941 in Topeka Kansas. He preceded her in death on May 6, 2006.Rose was a homemaker and a great cook. She...
Kenneth Brungardt
Aug 23, 2009
Kenneth L. "Ken" Brungardt, age 61, of Hays passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at the Lifecare Center in Burlington, Kansas. He was born on August 23, 1948 in Hays to Alvin J. and Emma (Lang) Brungardt. He married Peggy A. Haynes on August 1, 1968 in Hays. He was a US Army Veteran stationed in Korea and Fort Hood,...
Pauline Lorimor
Aug 23, 2009
Pauline M. Lorimor, age 93 of Ellis, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at the Trego County Lemke-Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born on May 16, 1916 in Smith Center, Kansas to J.T. and Lillian (Septer) Carver. She married Orson Matteson who preceded her in death in 1943. She married Milton "Sam" Lorimor; He preceded her in death in...
Eric James Walters
Aug 20, 2009
Eric J. Walters, age 36, of Catherine died Thursday, August 20, 2009 at the Hays Medical Center after a valiant fight with brain cancer. He was born on October 7, 1972 in Hays, Kansas to Herb and Jan (Dawson) Walters. He graduated from Hays High School in 1991. Eric was a sand blaster and welder by trade working at Steel...
Tom Harvey
Aug 18, 2009
Tom L. Harvey, 83, Hays, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, in Hays. He was born Jan. 17, 1926, in Ulysses to Ray and Olive (Larkin) Harvey and was raised by Fred and Gladys Pickering and Mary Harvey, his paternal grandmother. He graduated from Ulysses High School in 1943. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Kansas State University and a...
Thelma Snell
Aug 13, 2009
Thelma Lucille Snell, 101, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, at Ellis Good Samaritan Center. She was born Feb. 4, 1908, in rural Trego County to Earl and Leona (Schlotterback) Furbeck. She married Gene Snell in 1951. He preceded her in death. She was a cook for various restaurants in the Ellis area for many years. She was dedicated to her...
Hildagarde Murray
Aug 10, 2009
Hildagarde (Urban) Murray, 101, Hays, formerly of Fayetteville, Ark.. Boise, Idaho, Temple, Texas, and Colorado Springs, died Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, at Hays Good Samaritan Center. She was born July 12, 1908, in Pfeifer to Jacob and Elizabeth (Jacobs) Urban. She married Garland (Boots) Murray on Jan. 15, 1952, in Berryville, Ark. He preceded her in death in 1978. She...
Thomas Robinson
Aug 7, 2009
Thomas Lynn Robinson, age 68 of Ellis, died, Friday, August 7, 2009 at the Hays Medical Center. He was born on July 27, 1941 in Fairbury, Nebraska to Thomas William and Eva Ann (Lewis) Robinson Tom had worked various jobs including his own company, which did Van Conversions to become handicap accessible. He served on numerous boards including SKIL, Kansas...
Margien Colleen Hamzy
Aug 1, 2009
Margien Colleen Hamzy, 81, Victoria, formerly of Chandler, Ariz., died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, at St. John's Nursing Home, Victoria. She was born Oct. 6, 1927, in Bazine to Frank and Vida (Cox) Moore. She was a 1959 graduate of Fort Hays State University with a master's degree in reading and education. She married Bill Pivonka in 1949 in Larned....
Suzanne Mcdaniel
Jul 27, 2009
Suzanne Marie McDaniel, 59, Ellis, died Monday, July 27, 2009, at her home. She was born Dec. 23, 1949, in Sapulpa, Okla., to Gordon and Anna (Jetter) Logan. She graduated from Bethany College with a bachelor's degree in math education and from Fort Hays State University with a master's degree in secondary education. She married David R. McDaniel on July...
Catherine "Katie" Schmidt
Jul 24, 2009
Catherine H. "Katie" Schmidt, 95, died July 24, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center in Hays.Katie was born January 24, 1914, in Catherine, Kansas, to Frank and Monica (Koerner) Walter. She married Alexius J. "Lex" Schmidt on July 20, 1937, in Hays, and she was a housewife until all of her children had entered school. Katie was a member of the...
Charles Miles
Jul 21, 2009
Charles E. Miles, age 59 of Hays, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Hays. He was born on November 3, 1949 in Great bend, Kansas to Charles L. and Ellen (Buck) Miles. He married Tracey Andreson on Nov. 10, 1973 in LaCrosse, KS.He was a Public Accountant receiving a Bachelors Degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.Charles...
K. Mary Rose Bieker Schmidt Mertens
Jul 16, 2009
K. Mary Rose Bieker Schmidt Mertens, 79, Hays, died Thursday, July 16, 2009, at her home after an eight month courageous battle with cancer.She was born Feb. 23, 1930, in Emmeram, to Philip and Anna Mary (Denning) Bieker.She married Ralph J. Schmidt on April 9, 1947. He preceded her in death March 5, 1980. She later married Charles C. Mertens...
Dexter Urban
Jul 2, 2009
View Tribute Dexter Benedict Urban, age 17 of Hays, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on July 2, 1992 in Hoisington, Kansas to Rosalind Kreutzer-Werth and David Urban. Dexter was a student at Hays High School where he participated in Football, Weight Lifting and Wrestling and was also active in FFA and...
Robert Brown
Jul 2, 2009
Robert H. Brown, 71, Athens, OH, died Thursday, July 2, 2009. He was born in October 1937 in Kansas City, MO, to Harold and Wenonah Brown. He graduated from John R. Buchtel High School, Akron, OH, in 1955. He received a bachelor's degree in music education from Oberlin Conservatory in 1959 and a double master's degree in music education and...
Alice Marie Gabel
Jul 1, 2009
Alice Marie Gabel, age 83 of Ellis, died Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. She was born on June 29, 1926 in rural Trego County, Kansas to Henry and Carrie (Elliot) Nejdl. She married John Joseph Gabel on April 10, 1945 in Ellis, Kansas. He preceded her in death on February 27, 1996. Alice was a...
Fred May
Jun 30, 2009
Fred A. May, age 92 of Ellis, died Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on November 24, 1916 in Minnesota to Fred and Minnie (Armbrister) May. He married Ila Rose Harshbarger on October 27, 1939 in Ellis, Kansas. She preceded him in death on July 5th, 2000. In 1936 he graduated from Ellis...
Ray Hurt
Jun 29, 2009
View Tribute Ray Kent Hurt, 88, Ellis, died Monday, June 29th at Hays Medical Center. He was born on July 30, 1920 in Ellis, Kansas to Abbie Alma (Andrews) and Henry Thomas Hurt. He married Margaret Jane Miller on December 20, 1942 at the United Methodist Church in Ellis. She preceded him in death on August 13, 2000. In 1939...
Franklin Mewhinney
Jun 28, 2009
Franklin David Mewhinney, age 60, of Hays, died Sunday, June 28th at the Hays Good Samaritan Center. He was born May 27, 1949 in Denver, Colorado to Edward and Marjorie (Speck) Mewhinney. He worked on a pulling unit in the oil fields for several years and had worked as a plumber most recently. He is survived by four sons, Anthony,...
Joseph W. Karlin
Jun 23, 2009
Watch Vidieo Tribute Joseph William Karlin, age 52 of Hays, died Tuesday, June 23rd at Hays Medical Center. He was born on March 15, 1957 in Hays to Joseph C. and Thelma (Staab) Karlin. He graduated from Hays High School in 1975. He retired from the Marines after twenty years of service. Joe had earned a Bachelors degree from Fort...
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