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Nick Dinkel
Mar 22, 2010
Nick Dinkel, age 54 of Denver former Ellis resident, passed away on March 22, 2010 at St. Anthony Hospice in Denver. He was born on November 24, 1955 in Corona, CA. to Allen and Iona (Kinderknecht) Dinkel. He did leather work making several items including boots and saddlebags. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. He is survived...
Roy K. Atkisson
Mar 11, 2010
Roy Kenneth Atkisson, age 89, of Wichita where he resided with his son for his final years and former Hays resident of 45 years passed away on March 11, 2010 in Wichita. He was born on May 7, 1920 in Grenada, CO. to Sidney Earl and Pansy Marie Atkisson. He married Leona B. Reuber on September 19, 1944 in Leon,...
Gerald Legleiter
Mar 10, 2010
Gerald H. Legleiter, age 78, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, March 10th at St. John's Health Care Center in Hays. He was born on April 21, 1931 in Liebenthal to Anton and Genevieve (Schaffer) Legleiter. He married Elizabeth Dreher on September 1, 1952 in Schoenchen.Gerald owned and operated Home Lumber Company in Hays from 1963 until his retirement. After which...
Janis K. Havel Trober
Mar 8, 2010
Janis Kay Havel Trober, age 61, of Hays, Passed away Monday, March 8th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. She was born on May 2, 1948 in Atwood, Kansas to Hugo and Ruby (Rummel) Baumfalk. She married Leonard Havel in October of 1965. He preceded her in death in December of 1986. She married Odus Trober on July 31, 1987...
Vernena Bunker
Feb 27, 2010
Vernena Carolyn (Deutscher) Bunker, age 87, of Hays formerly of Ellis passed away Saturday, February 27th at the Hays Good Samaritan Center. She was born on December 14, 1922 on a farm near Ellis, Kansas to Ludwig and Lydia (Huck) Deutscher. She was a 1940 graduate of Ellis High School and attended Fort Hays State University. She married William H....
Irene Leiker
Feb 24, 2010
Irene (Rupp) Leiker, 93, died February 24, 2010 at Hays Good Samaritan Center. She was born February 6, 1917 in Hays, Kansas, to Joseph H. and Sophia (Pfannenstiel) Rupp, from a family of 15 children. She married Clarence M. Leiker on January 2, 1958. He preceded her in death on January 1, 1994.She graduated from Sacred Heart High School, Wichita,...
Richard Leighton
Feb 22, 2010
Richard Dean Leighton, age 65, of Tucson, Arizona formerly of Hays passed away February 22nd in Tucson. He was born March 15, 1944 in Quinter, Kansas to Samuel B. and Caroline (Bieker) Leighton. He graduated in 1962 from Victoria High School. He was a security guard at Securitas Security Company in Tucson.Richard is survived by a brother, Lawrence Leighton and...
Catherine "Katie" Ptaschek
Feb 22, 2010
Catherine "Katie" Ptaschek, of Ellis, age 92 passed away Monday, February 22nd at the Trego-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born on October 26, 1917 in Ellis County, Kansas to George and Rosa (Becker) Lang. She married Nathaniel Ptaschek on June 9, 1936 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on June 4, 1986.She was a homemaker and farmers...
Esther Burgardt Harris
Feb 21, 2010
Esther Burgardt-Harris, age 79, of Hays, passed away on Sunday, February 21st at Hays Medical Center. She was born on February 24, 1930 in Hays, Kansas to Martin and Pauline (Leiker) Degenhardt. She married Lester Burghardt on October 21, 1946. He preceded her in death on July 21, 1999.Esther was the first manager at the Maurices store in the Hays...
Paul Unrein
Feb 18, 2010
Paul A. Unrein, age 86, of Hays, Passed away Thursday, February 18th at the Hays Medical Center. He was born on June 4, 1923 to Peter and Katherine (Hertel) Unrein on the family farm in Rush County, Kansas. He married Irene Herrman on November 12, 1946 in Liebenthal, Kansas. Paul was a US Army veteran serving during WWII. His service...
Minnie Ashbaugh
Feb 16, 2010
Minnie Ashbaugh of Ellis, age 94, passed away Tuesday, February 16th at the Hays Good Samaritan Center. She was born on April 15, 1915 in Ellis County, Kansas to Walter and Eve (Sauer) Haneke. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1935.She was a homemaker. Her memberships included Ellis United Methodist Church, VFW Ladies Auxiliary where she served as president...
Sally Smith
Feb 15, 2010
Marcella M. "Sally" Smith, age 91, of Hays, passed away Monday, February 15th at St. John's Assisted Living in Hays. She was born June 7, 1918 in Hays, Kansas to Florian and Mary (Dreiling) Glassman. She was a graduate of Girls Catholic High in Hays. She married Ted Smith on October 21, 1941 in Hays. He preceded her in death...
Delores Gross
Feb 14, 2010
Delores Gross, age 68, of Gorham, passed away February 14, 2010 at Colorado University Hospital in Aurora, CO. She was born March 27, 1941 in Hays to Edward and Rose (Groff) Rupp. She was a devoted homemaker and mother to five children. She enjoyed many hobbies such as gardening, sewing and bowling.She is survived by a son, Eugene Froelich of...
Jenny Aust
Feb 14, 2010
Johanna "Jennie" Aust, age 100, of Ellis, passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. She was born on August 23, 1909 in Ellis County, Kansas to William C. And Johanna (Kroeger) Hagen. She married Jacob Aust on August 23, 1928 at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. He preceded her in death on January 11,...
James Murray Downing
Feb 8, 2010
James Murray Downing, age 92, of Ellis, passed away Monday, February 8th in Phoenix. He was born on July 4, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri to James Michael and Frances Thornton (Buckner) Downing. He married Mary Alice Steelsmith on December 30, 1950 in Topeka, KansasMurray was involved in the banking industry for over 60 years. During that time he had...
Marcel Pfeifer
Feb 6, 2010
Marcel Joseph Pfeifer, age 89, of Hays, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2010 at the Trego Manor in WaKeeney. He was born on June 16, 1920 in Ellis County, Kansas to Alexander and Theresa (Sack) Pfeifer on the family farm. He married Erma Mae Mills in December of 1946 in Seguin, Kansas.He was a farmer-stockman in Sheridan County. He was...
Audi Rae Hill
Feb 5, 2010
AUDI RAE (HEMPHILL) HILLFriday, February 05, 2010, marked this chapter's end for the book of Audi.Audi Rae (Hemphill) Hill was born at the Kit Carson County Hospital on August 24, 1983, in Burlington, Colorado. Little did her family know at the time the impact she would have on their lives and others' lives as well. She was raised in Cheyenne...
Albert Hilgenberg
Jan 26, 2010
Albert Adam Hilgenberg, age 86, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, January 26th at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center. He was born on December 19, 1923 to Adam and Laura (Stoppel) Hilgenberg on the family farm in Russell County, Kansas. He married Blanche Luerman on July 16, 1944 at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Kansas.Albert was a US Navy veteran attaining...
David Harris
Jan 23, 2010
David Wayne Harris, age 50, of Hays, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at his home. He was born on April 9, 1959 in Hoxie, Kansas to Clyde Hugh and Clarabell (Deibert) Harris. He graduated from Hoxie High School in 1976. David was associated with LINK of Hays and had worked in the restaurant business as a cook. He...
Alice Theresa Windholz
Jan 20, 2010
Alice Theresa Windholz, 91, passed from this life on Wednesday January 20, 2010 at Hays Medical Center. She stepped out of the physical body one last time in the darkness of the early morning and immediately passed with ease and grace across the borders of this earthly life into the brightness of God's healing love. While her family here tearfully...
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