OBITUARIES

Jan 5, 2009

Severin Leiker, 89, Hays, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at St. John's Rest Home, Hays. He was born June 6, 1919, in Munjor to Sebastian and Mary (Pfannenstiel) Leiker. He was a 1937 graduate of St. Joseph's Military Academy.He married Marie Riedel on Feb. 11, 1947, in Walker. She preceded him in death Oct. 27, 2000. He was a farmer....

Dec 31, 2008

Joe Edwin Ward age 75, of Hays, died Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at the Hays Medical Center. He was born November 12, 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Roy and Marguerite (Steele) Goodwin. He was adopted by Bill Ward, husband of Marguerite. Joe married Mary Ann (Hoffman) on November 12, 1954 at St. Joseph's Church in Hays. He was retired...

Dec 27, 2008

Alma Pauline Armbrister, 78, Ellis, died Saturday, Dec. 27, at Hays Medical Center. She was born Nov. 14, 1930, in Ellis County to John and Edith (Sablofsky) Huber. She married Robert Armbrister on March 28, 1951, at Christ Lutheran Church, Ellis. She was a homemaker and worked at Hadley Regional Medical Center in Hays for more than 30 years. She...

Dec 27, 2008

Ralph Burns Jr., of Ellis died, Saturday December 27 at Hays Medical Center. He was born December 2, 1943, in Hays to Ralph and Barbara (Augustine) Burns. He married Viola Mae Kutina on April 20th 1963 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ellis. Ralph and Viola were blessed with two children, ten grandchildren and five great-grand children. Their daughter Annette...

Apr 1, 2001

Obituary Cecil M. Patton and Alice (Tholen) Patton of San Jose, California. Cecil, age 81, died April 1, 2001, and was born November 26, 1920, to Ernest B. and Sadie M. (Harrington) Patton. Alice (Tholen), age 97, died March 9, 2019. She was born January 18, 1922, at the farm in Vincent, Kansas to Frederick U. and Clara G. (Dortland)...

Wayne and Ann (Leiker) Augustine – of Hays Kansas. 

Wayne - 73, was born on October 4, 1940, and passed away on March 26, 2014. His parents were Michael and Anna (Weaver) Augustine. 

Ann – 81, was born on May 3, 1941, and passed away on November 14, 2022. Her parents were Edmund F. and Pearl (Kippes) Leiker.

They were married...

JOSEPH EDWARD SCARRY was born to Mary (Cook) and Fred Scarry, Jan. 29, 1944, in Dunbar, PA. In the 1950’s Howard, Julia Whipkey, and their children became Joseph’s family after his mother died.

Joseph entered Franciscan formation in 1965 from Immaculate Conception Church in Connellsville, PA, and became Br. Benignus making his final profession August 23, 1970, as a Capuchin Franciscan...