Current Obituaries
Kimberly Ann Ellison
Dec 29, 2017
Kimberly Ann Winder-Ellison, 46, Osawatomie Ks, died Friday, December 29th 2017 in her home. She was born August 27, 1971 in Osborne Ks, to Bruce Winder and Carol Werth. Kim loved her family and friends dearly. Kims children were her life. She dreamed of bigger and better things for each one of them. She was looking forward to traveling and...
Mary Matzke
Dec 25, 2017
Mary Lou (Shaver) Matzke, age 69, of Ellis passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 in Ellis. She was born September 28, 1948 in St. Francis, Kansas to Rex and Patsy (Gustafson) Shaver. She was a graduate of St. Francis High School and earned a Bachelors degree in nursing from Fort Hays State University. On December 24, 1973 she married Richard...
Thomas J. Baumrucker
Dec 22, 2017
Thomas John Baumrucker, age 77, of Hays, Kansas passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 in Hays. He was born November 15, 1940 in Hays to Ralph M. and Martina (Drees) Baumrucker. He graduated from Gorham High School in 1958 and earned 2 Bachelors degrees and a Masters degree all from Fort Hays State University. Tom owned and operated Hays Greenhouse...
Stanley J. Stramel Jr.
Dec 20, 2017
Victoria, Kansas Stanley Joseph "Stan Jr." Stramel, age 46, died Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born August 10, 1971, in Hays, Kansas, to Stanley and Patricia Ann (Hertel) Stramel. He grew up in Victoria and was a 1989 graduate of Victoria High School. He worked for over 20 years at Fort Hays State...
Kathleen 'Kathy' Edsall
Dec 16, 2017
Victoria, Kansas Kathleen Ann "Kathy" Edsall, age 66, died Saturday, December 16, 2017, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born August 29,1951, in Hays, Kansas to Alvin P. and Shirley Jean (Weigel) Braun. She married Jerry Spiess and later she married Ivan R. Edsall on March 23, 1996, in Hays, Kansas. Kathy was a homemaker, a day care...
Wilmer Rome
Dec 11, 2017
Wilmer Rome, age 91, of Victoria, Kansas died Monday, December 11, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. He was born December 16, 1925, in Victoria to Jacob M. and Eva (Weigel) Rome. He married Valeria (Wittman) on May 1,1945 in Vincent, Kansas. She died May 26, 1999. He was lifetime resident of Victoria, attended Victoria High School and...
Darin Alan Stiles
Dec 10, 2017
Darin Alan Stiles, age 51, of Hays, Kansas, died Sunday, December 10, 2017, in rural Rush County. He was born May 28, 1966, in Larned, Kansas to Ronald Joy Stiles and Josephine (Harr). He married Kelly A. (Gottschalk) on June 15, 1991, at Hays, Kansas. He was a manager and supervisor of the convenience stores in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado...
Don Morris
Dec 9, 2017
Don Harvey Morris, age 67, of Hays, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born May 4, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to William and Addie (Fox) Bodine. Don was adopted by Boyd and Grace Morris. He married Alberta Potter in Hays on July 29, 1988. Don was a Heavy Equipment Operator working...
Caron Hecker
Dec 8, 2017
Caron A. Hecker, age 76, of Hays, Kansas, died Friday, December 8, 2017, at Hays Medical Center in Hays. She was born January 28, 1941, in Orion, Kansas to William and Frances M. (Allen) Stevenson. She married Gilbert Peter Hecker on January 17, 1959, in Oakley, Kansas. She worked in accounting and was a bookkeeper all her working years. Caron...
Douglas Sandoval
Dec 5, 2017
Douglas Alan Sandoval, age 48, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 in Hays. He was born July 20, 1969 in Wichita, Kansas to JoAnn Dreiling and Timothy Daniel Sandoval Jr. He had worked as a chef and enjoyed working out, song writing, watching old tv movies and computer work. He is survived by his mother, JoAnn Sandoval of...

Johnnattan Troche Ramirez
Dec 4, 2017
Johnnattan Troche Ramirez, formerly of Puerto Rico, passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017 at HaysMed at the age of 34. Johnnattan was born on April 26, 1983 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Cremation has taken place and a service will be held in Puerto Rico at a later date. Arrangements are by Brocks-Keithley Funeral Chapel & Crematory, 2509 Vine St.,...
Kenneth Riedel
Dec 3, 2017
Lakewood, Colorado Kenneth Dwaine Riedel, age 75, died Sunday, December 3, 2017, at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado. He was born on March 1,1942, in Hays, Kansas to Arthur and Thelma (Sander) Riedel. He married Geraldine "Gerri" (Dreiling) on October 24,1970 in Victoria, Kansas. Kens most recent career was in accounting for Harding and Associates. He grew up in...
Edna E. Dreiling
Dec 3, 2017
Victoria, Kansas Edna E. (Schulte) Dreiling, age 94, died Sunday, December 3, 2017, at The Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born November 19, 1923, on the family farm east of Victoria, Kansas, to Bernard H. and Clara (Linenberger) Schulte. She married Fridolin "Fred" B. Dreiling on June 2, 1947, in Victoria, Kansas. He preceded her in death on...
Mary Frances Glassman
Nov 30, 2017
Mary Frances Glassman, age 91, of Lenexa, Kansas formerly of Hays, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 30, 2017 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born December 22, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri to Isidore and Josephine (Jacobs) Leiker. On October 23, 1945 she married Robert F. Glassman in Hays, Kansas. He preceded her in...
Judy S. Hull
Nov 29, 2017
Judy S. Hull, age 54, of Hays, Kansas passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. She was born February 7, 1963 in Phoenix, Arizona to Gene and Helen (Spaith) Georges. She married Samuel Hull on February 1, 1986 in Fullerton, California. She had worked as a bookkeeper. She was an avid Hays Kiwanis club member and was...
Jack Donald Smotherman
Nov 28, 2017
Jack Donald Smotherman, age 63, of Hays, Kansas passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at his home in Hays. He was born July 15, 1954 in Lebanon, Tennessee to Ralph Woodrow and Lassie M. (Lawless) Smotherman. He married Cheryl (Brown) July 25, 1985 in Topeka, Kansas. He had worked as an Aircraft Mechanic for AAR Aviation in Oklahoma City. He...
Patricia Ann 'Patty' Hashenberger
Nov 25, 2017
Hays, Kansas Patricia Ann "Patty" Hashenberger, age 82, died Saturday, November 25, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born December 15, 1934 in Hays, Kansas, to Alfred and Albina (Weigel) Koerner. She married Cecil E. Hashenberger on September 26, 1953, at Hays, Kansas. He preceded her in death on August 4, 1974. She was housekeeping Supervisor...
Jason Michael Schmidt
Nov 24, 2017
Hays, Kansas Jason Michael Schmidt, age 37, died Friday, November 24, 2017. He was born May 15, 1980, in Hays, Kansas, to Keith Gerard and Janice Marie (Dechant) Schmidt. He worked in construction, concrete finishing and did auto body repair. Jason enjoyed electronics, working on old cars, riding motorcycles and fishing. He attended Hays High School and was a member...
Kaylee Helen Mitchell
Nov 24, 2017
Hays, Kansas Kaylee Helen Mitchell, age 8, died Friday, November 24, 2017, at her home. She was born September 14, 2009, in Hays, Kansas to Christopher Lee Mitchell and Denissa Helen Haynes. Kaylee was a second grader, with The STAR Classroom, at Roosevelt Elementary School and was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church both in Hays, Kansas....

Viola E. Mudd
Nov 21, 2017
Viola E. Mudd, age 97, of Gorham, Kansas died Tuesday, November 21, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays, Hays, Kansas. She was born May 14, 1920, on the family farm south east of Gorham, Kansas, to Thomas Ignatius and Mary Anna (Flavin) Mudd. Viola was a clerk for Shell Oil Company in Los Angeles, California for 27 years....