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Cynthia Karlin

Cynthia Karlin

Jun 13, 2020

Obituary Cynthia Ann Karlin, age 75, of Hays, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Hays Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1945 in Abilene, KS to Fred and Angela (Dreiling) Kisner. On May 8, 1965 she married Gerald Karlin at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Hays. Cindy was a homemaker and had worked at the Ellis County...

Melba Jean Smith

Melba Jean Smith

Jun 12, 2020

Obituary Melba Jean Smith age 86, of Hays, Kansas former Great Bend, Kansas resident died Friday, June 12, 2020 at the Russell Regional Hospital Russell, Kansas. She was born July 5, 1933, in Bazine, Kansas to Phillip P. and Esther R. (Tittel) Foos. Melba was the WIC Program Coordinator at Barton County for 15 years. She also worked at the...

Charles 'Bill' William Rupp

Charles 'Bill' William Rupp

Jun 10, 2020

Obituary Charles William "Bill" Rupp, age 80, of Hays, Kansas, passed away at his home in Hays on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. He was born June 19, 1939 in Hays to Edward and Rose (Groff) Rupp. He was married to Patricia "Patty" Leiker for 40 years. Bill owned and operated Ideal Refuse for many years with his wife Patty. Bill...

Therese M Hoag

Therese M Hoag

Jun 4, 2020

Obituary Therese Marie (Kinderknecht) Hoag, age 52, of Hays, KS passed away on June 4, 2020 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 17, 1968 in Hays to Donald and Virginia (Legleiter) Kinderknecht. She attended Hays High School. She is survived by a daughter, Sierra Hoag; two grandsons, Colton and Chase; sisters, Sue Erbacher (Pody), Dana Schmidt (John) both...

Lowell Eugene Fox

Lowell Eugene Fox

Jun 3, 2020

Obituary Lowell Eugene Fox age 53 of Catharine, Kansas died Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at his home. He was born June 7, 1966 in Montrose, Colorado to Paul Eugene Fox and Phyllis Jean Duree. He was a truck driver and a school bus driver for special needs students. He moved to Catharine eights months ago from central California. Lowell grew...

Glenn 'Rich' Werth

Glenn 'Rich' Werth

Jun 1, 2020

Obituary Glenn Richard "Rich" Werth, age 76, died June 1, 2020 at HaysMed. He was born on June 9, 1943 in Schoenchen to Frank F. and Lidwina (Tauscher) Werth. Rich attended Schoenchen school, he lived many years in California working as a tool machinist, then returned home to Hays where he worked as a house painter. He loved early mornings,...

Thelma J Karlin

Thelma J Karlin

Jun 1, 2020

Obituary Thelma Joan Karlin, 84, of Hays, KS passed away on June 1, 2020 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born April 8, 1936 in Catharine, KS to William R. and Pauline (Doerfler) Staab. On October 6, 1953, she was married to Joseph C. Karlin at St. Catherine Church in Catharine, KS. He preceded her in death on May...

Ralph Kinderknecht

Ralph Kinderknecht

May 27, 2020

Obituary Ralph M. Kinderknecht, age 90, of Ellis, Kansas passed away at his home on May 27, 2020. He was born on September 10, 1929 in rural Ellis County, Kansas to Jacob and Otillia (Bittel) Kinderknecht. He married Barbara Scheck on November 7, 1955 at St. Marys Church in Ellis. She preceded him in death on January 26, 2013. Ralph...

Joseph Patrick Feldt

Joseph Patrick Feldt

May 26, 2020

Obituary Joseph Patrick Feldt, age 55, of Hays, KS, passed away at his home in Hays on May 26, 2020. He was born on January 25, 1965, in Colby, Kansas, to Arthur and Julia (Mumm) Feldt. He was a 1983 graduate of Wheatland High School, Grainfield, KS and a 1984 graduate of Northwest Kansas Vocational Technical School, Goodland, KS. He...

Kelly Eugene Traxel

Kelly Eugene Traxel

May 21, 2020

Obituary Kelly Eugene Traxel, age 57, of Hays, Kansas passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at his home. He was born April 30, 1963 in Kansas City, Kansas to David Traxel and Rose Lea (West) Traxel. Kelly was an OTR Truck Driver for Butler Trucking and JB Hunt. He was an auto enthusiast, and a people person. He was...

Linda Ruder

Linda Ruder

May 18, 2020

Obituary Linda Diane (Brown) Ruder, age 67, of Hays, Kansas passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 7, 1952 in Russell, Kansas to Kenneth and Viola (Baum) Brown. She married Stephen P. Ruder on December 27, 1969 at the Plainville Catholic Church, recently celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Linda worked as a medical...

Florine M Sanders

Florine M Sanders

May 13, 2020

Obituary Florine M. Sanders, age 94, of Hays, Kansas passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Via Christi Village in Hays. She was born March 14, 1926 in Ellis, Kansas to John and Agnes (Spies) Younker. She married Alvin J. Sanders July 20, 1946. Florine was a homemaker and former gift shop manager of St. Anthony Hospital in Hays. She...

Phyllis Schuster

Phyllis Schuster

May 10, 2020

Obituary Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Saturday, August 1, 2020 at Brocks-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, Kansas 67601. Memorial visitation will be Saturday 9 AM until service time. Inurnment with Military Honors will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Ellis. Phyllis Jean Schuster, age 95, of Hays, KS passed away May 10, 2020 at Wheatland Nursing...

Carlyn Murphy

Carlyn Murphy

May 10, 2020

Obituary Carlyn Murphy, age 87, formerly of Hays, died Sunday, May 10, at Midland Care in Topeka. She was born August 29, 1932 in Abilene Kansas to Walter D. and Pauline (Jeffcoat) Burcham. She graduated from Abilene High School and attended Emporia State University. She married Harlan F. Murphy on January 3, 1953 in Abilene. The family moved to Hays...

Barbara Elise Willcut

Barbara Elise Willcut

May 9, 2020

Obituary Barbara Elise Willcut age 84, of Hays, Kansas died Saturday, May 9, 2020 at her home. She was born June 14,1935 in Verona, New Jersey to Ralph and Evelyn Elise (Reilly) Fulle. She married Vernon Willcut in 1976 and he preceded her in death. She was an assembly worker at Hewlett Packard in Colorado Springs for over 20 years...

James H Shore

James H Shore

May 7, 2020

Obituary James H. "Jim" Shore age 74, of Walker, Kansas died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home. He was born March 10, 1946, at Wichita, Kansas. His parents were Opher and Vivian (Huckle) Shore. He married Marge (Halbleib) on April 10, 1975 at Salina, Kansas. He was a Field Supervisor in Construction for many years and retired in 2008....

Francis S Cook

Francis S Cook

May 5, 2020

Obituary Francis Samuel Cook, Jr age 75, of Hays, Kansas passed away May 5, 2020 at Good Samaritan Society, Hays, KS. He was born April 17, 1945 in Hays, KS to Frank S. Cook and Lucille E (Poliflka) Cook. He married Selma J. Giebler at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays on June 12, 1965. Francis attended grade school in...

Kathryn 'Kay' Vonlintel

Kathryn 'Kay' Vonlintel

May 1, 2020

Obituary Kathryn "Kay" (Gross) VonLintel age 76, of Victoria, Kansas died Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at her home. She was born September 9, 1943, in Hays, Kansas to Joseph and Rose (Pfannenstiel) Gross. She married Allen "Dennis" VonLintel on October 20, 1962, at Munjor, Kansas. She was a homemaker, farmers wife, worked at A Brides World and Werth Plumbing both...

Cora Lee Pfannenstiel

Cora Lee Pfannenstiel

May 1, 2020

Obituary Cora Lee (Schmidt) Pfannenstiel age 82 of Hays, Kansas died Friday, May 1, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born June 22, 1937, on the farm north of Catharine, Kansas to Alexius F. and Sibylla (Schmeidler) Schmidt. She married Melvin Pfannenstiel on January 2, 1960, at Severian, Kansas. She was a nurse for 43 years...

Randy Lee Goodale

Randy Lee Goodale

Apr 30, 2020

Obituary Randy Lee Goodale, 63, longtime resident of Hays, Kansas died Thursday, April 30, 2020 at his home in Schoenchen, Kansas from a long complicated medical history. He was born August 26, 1956, in St. Francis, Kan., the fourth and youngest child to Max Alvin and Esther Delphine (Raile) Goodale. His family farmed around the St. Francis area. Randy competing...

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