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Richard 'Rick' Sack

Richard 'Rick' Sack

Jan 5, 2019

Obituary Richard Alphonse 'Rick' Sack , passed away on January-5-2019 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the VA hospital. He was born on November-11-1951 in Hays, Kansas. Rick was an honored Army veteran serving 2 tours in the Vietnam war. Rick enjoyed his profession as a welder. He was a sportsman, as he loved to hunt for pheasant, duck, geese, and...

Mary Ann Schmeidler

Mary Ann Schmeidler

Jan 4, 2019

Obituary Mary Ann (Pfannenstiel) Schmeidler, age 88, of Hays, Kansas passed away Friday, January 4, 2019 at her home. She was born March 25, 1930 in Hays to Joe M. and Sophie (Rupp) Pfannenstiel. She attended Girls Catholic High and on March 1, 1954 she married Gilbert J. Schmeidler at St. Josephs Catholic Church in Hays. He preceded her in...

Elvin Leroy Patee

Elvin Leroy Patee

Jan 3, 2019

Obituary Elvin Leroy Patee, age 75 of Ellis, Kansas passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas. He was born October 31, 1943 in rural Kiowa County, Kansas to Emery & Margaret (Evans) Patee. On July 30, 1966 he married Patricia Kutina at the Ellis United Methodist Church. She preceded him in death...

Jeanette A. Leiker

Jeanette A. Leiker

Dec 31, 2018

Obituary Jeanette A. (Braun) Leiker, age 77, former Victoria, Kansas resident, died Monday, December 31, 2018, at Lubbock, Texas. She was born July 5, 1941, in Hays, Kansas to Clarence P. and Pauline (Hammerschmidt) Braun. She married Anthony J. "Tony" Leiker on September 7, 1963, at Victoria, Kansas. She was a registered nurse for over 40 years and retired in...

Jeffrey Hague

Jeffrey Hague

Dec 30, 2018

Obituary Jeffrey Keith Hague, age 34 of Bennington, Kansas formerly of Newtown, Missouri, died Sunday, December 30, 2018 in Oakley, Kansas the result of a railroad accident. He was born January 27, 1984 in Kirksville, Missouri to Dale Keith and Kelly Kay (Wollenzien) Hague. He graduated from Newtown-Harris High School in 2002 where he was the Salutatorian. He then received...

Mary Jane Davidson

Mary Jane Davidson

Dec 28, 2018

Obituary Mary Jane (Knoll) Davidson age 72, of Hays, Kansas died Friday, December 28, 2018, at her home in Hays, Kansas. She was born September 14, 1946, in Hays, Kansas to George J. and Mary (Giebler) Knoll. She married Donald D. Davidson on October 5, 1968 at Hays, Kansas. She was a bookkeeper at the Hays Home Depot for twelve...

James Henson

James Henson

Dec 23, 2018

Obituary James Eugene Henson, age 52, of Hays, Kansas passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 in Hays. He was born April 13, 1966 in Rogers, Arkansas to Billy Ray and Refinna (Hoskins) Keyes Henson. He had worked as a mechanic and enjoyed 3D modeling, comic books and crocheting. He is survived by his mother, Refinna Keyes of Plainville, Kansas a...

Don Billinger

Don Billinger

Dec 18, 2018

Obituary Donald E. Billinger, 68, Trinidad, Colorado, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 1, 1950, to Edmund J. and Marie (Bode) Billinger and raised in Victoria. He married Kathy (Newland) on July 17, 1971. He was a boy scout and was able to travel the U.S. with his troop,...

Tom Schumacher

Tom Schumacher

Dec 18, 2018

Obituary Thomas L. "Tooty" Schumacher, age 67, of Hays, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 in Hays. He was born October 7, 1951 in Hays, Kansas to Marvin "Shorty" and Mildred (Dreher) Schumacher. He graduated from St. Josephs Military Academy in 1969. On June 9, 1973 he married Debra Inman at St. Marys Catholic Church in Hays. Tom owned...

Charles E. 'Chuck' Vsetecka

Charles E. 'Chuck' Vsetecka

Dec 14, 2018

Obituary Charles E. "Chuck" Vsetecka, age 96, of Victoria, KS, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2018 at Via Christi Village-Hays. He was born on July 10, 1922 in Sargent, NE to Frank and Rose (Seda) Vsetecka. On August 27, 1946 he was united in marriage to Estelle M. Schmidtberger. To this union they had three children. Estelle passed away...

Rosemary 'Rosie' Schulte

Rosemary 'Rosie' Schulte

Dec 14, 2018

Obituary Rosemary "Rosie" Schulte, age 91, of Victoria, Kansas died Friday, December 14, 2018, at Homestead Assisted Living in Hays, Kansas. She was born August 23, 1927, in Victoria to Edgar F. and Lydia (Staab) Brungardt. She married Melvin J. "Meff" Gross on January 29, 1950, at West Covina, California. He preceded her in death on September 1, 1957. She...

Ronald J. Herrman

Ronald J. Herrman

Dec 11, 2018

Obituary Ronald J. Herrman, age 65, of WaKeeney, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018 in WaKeeney. Memorial services will be at a later date Kansas Veterans' Cemetery at WaKeeney, Kansas A complete obituary and service details are pending and will be announced by Brock's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine hays, KS 67601 Services Arrangements Are Pending Kansas Veterans'...

Glenda R. Hammerschmidt

Glenda R. Hammerschmidt

Dec 6, 2018

Obituary Glenda R. Hammerschmidt, age 71, from Victoria, Kansas died Thursday, December 6, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society-Ellis. She was born June 17, 1947, at Russell, Kansas to Dale and Della (Sander) Post. She married Verlin E. Hammerschmidt on August 21, 1965 at Russell, Kansas. She was registered nurse for over 30 years and also an x-ray technician for...

Viola Robben

Viola Robben

Dec 3, 2018

Obituary Viola Robben, age 92, from Walker, Kansas died Monday, December 3, 2018, at Brookdale Assisted Living Hays. She was born May 26, 1926, on a farm South of Ogallah, Kansas to Michael and Anna (Sander) Hammerschmidt. She married Wilfred Robben on January 28, 1947, at Victoria, Kansas. He preceded her in death on August 23, 2002. She was a...

Robert E. Peters

Robert E. Peters

Nov 29, 2018

Obituary Robert E. Peters, age 76, of Hays, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 29, 2018 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 29, 1942 in Pratt, Kansas to Robert J. and Munica Belle (Reynolds) Peters. He graduated from McCracken High School. Robert managed Heims Appliance in Hays and Humburg Lumber in Lacrosse. He was a US Army veteran serving...

Eldon D. 'Pee Wee' Witthuhn

Eldon D. 'Pee Wee' Witthuhn

Nov 27, 2018

Obituary Eldon D. "Pee Wee" Witthuhn, age 70, of Hays, Kansas died Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at his home. He was born September 21, 1948, in Great Bend, Kansas to Harold and Harriett D. (VanDegrift) Witthuhn. He married Teresa L. (Showalter)-Baldwin on December 19, 1970, at Lawrence, Kansas. He worked in the Speech-Language Pathology field for 30 years , most...

Charlotte Veatch

Charlotte Veatch

Nov 21, 2018

Obituary Charlotte Veatch, age 72, of Munjor, KS, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Hays Medical Center. She was born on August 2, 1946 in Hays, the daughter of Alois "Shorty" and Mary Helen (Jacobs) Schumacher. Charlotte was a 1964 graduate from Victoria High School. She married Philip Veatch on February 14, 1976 in Hays. He preceded her...

Martina Younger

Martina Younger

Nov 16, 2018

Obituary Martina Younger, age 92, of Munjor, Kansas died Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis. She was born September 15, 1926, on a farm at Munjor, Kansas to Felix and Anna E. (Wasinger) Korbe. She married Walter Younger on October 19, 1948 in Munjor, Kansas. He preceded her in death on October 21, 2014. She...

Barbara Schumacher

Barbara Schumacher

Nov 16, 2018

Obituary Barbara Schumacher, 79, passed away on November 16, 2018 at Hays Medical Center. She peacefully went to rest surrounded by family. She was born January 2, 1939 in Quinter, KS to Elmo and Pearl (Womeldorf) Cooper. Barb married Hubert Schumacher on September 28, 1957 who preceded her in death on December 3, 1993. She was a housekeeper for Hays...

Anthony 'Tony' Ruder

Anthony 'Tony' Ruder

Nov 16, 2018

Obituary Anthony Ruder HAYS Anthony "Tony" Ruder, 91, of Hays, passed away Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at Hays Medical Center. He was born Dec. 30, 1926, in Antonino, the son of Albert and Adeline (Korbe) Ruder. Tony was a 42-year employee of Central Kansas Power Co./Midwest Energy, where he was a longtime lineman and retired in 1988 as Midwest Energys...

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