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Helen 'Susie' Ubert

Helen 'Susie' Ubert

Apr 4, 2017

Helen 'Susie' Ubert, age 94, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born August 1, 1922 in Schoenchen, Kansas to Joseph and Catherine (Werth) Dinges. She graduated from Girls Catholic High in Hays. On October 26, 1957 she married Elmer Ubert in Hays. He preceded her in death July 24, 1983. Susie...

Fern Keller

Fern Keller

Apr 3, 2017

Fern Nadine Keller, age 88, of Ellis, passed away Monday, April 3, 2017 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born July 23, 1928 in Hays, Kansas to William and Frieda (Hagen) Zerfas. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1947. On October 16, 1947, she married Wilbert Keller at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. Fern was...

Norman Schippers

Norman Schippers

Mar 26, 2017

Norman Raphael Schippers, age 74, retired regional sales manager, former principal and loving father and grandfather, passed away and closed his eyes on this earth and opened them to heaven on Sunday, March 26, 2017. He was born on February 17, 1943 at Victoria, Kansas to John and Anna (Kippes) Schippers. He married Lila Mae (Hammerschmidt) on August 7, 1965...

Ralph Herzog

Ralph Herzog

Mar 25, 2017

Ralph Hubert Herzog, age 95, of Hays, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born August 19, 1921 in Quinter, Kansas to Frank and Elizabeth (Leiker) Herzog. After graduating from Quinter High School he attended St. Josephs Military Academy in Hays. He married Virginia E. McElhose on January 28, 1945 in Salina, Kansas....

Joseph Copeland

Joseph Copeland

Mar 24, 2017

Joseph B. Copeland, 95, Hays, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born April 13, 1921 in Idana, Kansas to Joseph Beattie and Effie (McMahan) Copeland. He married Edith Mae 'Edie' Shearer on Jan. 9, 1945, in Clay Center, Kansas. She preceded him in death on November 21, 2013. After serving in the...

Doug Egger

Doug Egger

Mar 23, 2017

Douglas Graydon Egger, age 88, of Hays, formerly of Ellis passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society in Ellis. He was born April 27, 1928 in Hays, Kansas to Ernest Edward and Ida Phyllis (Loflin) Egger. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1947. He married Betty Armbruster on February 13, 1954. She preceded him in...

Agnes E. Wannamaker

Agnes E. Wannamaker

Mar 23, 2017

Agnes Elaine Wannamaker, age 87, of Ellis, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born August 7, 1929 in in Ellis, Kansas to Rudolph and Regina (Tauscher) Waldschmidt. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1948. On September 7, 1949 she married Jim Wannamaker. He preceded her in death on February 3, 1995....

John Leo Brungardt

John Leo Brungardt

Mar 23, 2017

Victoria, Kansas- John Leo Brungardt, age 79, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 14, 1938, on the family farm south west of Victoria, Kansas to Leo F. and Mary (Kuhn) Brungardt. He married Eileen Kay (Herman) on October 6, 1962 in...

Mildred M. Klaus

Mildred M. Klaus

Mar 21, 2017

Munjor, Kansas - Mildred M. Klaus, age 77, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis. She was born August, 17, 1939, in Munjor, Kansas to Nicholas and Louise Helena (Befort) Klaus. Mildred was a member of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Munjor, Kansas. She lived at home until moving to the Good Samaritan...

Virgil J. Leiker

Virgil J. Leiker

Mar 18, 2017

Virgil Joseph Leiker was called home peacefully to be with our Lord on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the age of 82. He was born October 28, 1934 in Munjor, Kansas to Martin and Bridget (Burgardt) Leiker. He was one of seven siblings, a brother and five sisters. His education included 4 years at St. Francis Seminary in Victoria, Kansas....

Thomas J. Becker

Thomas J. Becker

Mar 16, 2017

Wichita, Kansas Thomas J. Becker, age 41, former Hays, Kansas, resident died Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born November 28, 1975, in Hays, Kansas, to John E. and Wanda Jane (Schuckman) Becker. He married Sara Beth (Skerbetz) on September 10, 2014, in St. Thomas of the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was a foreman at Kansas Fencing...

Tom Cole

Tom Cole

Mar 15, 2017

Thomas Oakley Cole, age 70, of Hays, passed away March 15, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. He was born August 8, 1946 in Great Bend, Kansas to Miles K. and Ava L. (Brown) Cole. On July 3, 1966 he married Vickie J. Bowsher in Great Bend. She preceded him in death January 2, 2014. Tom was a long time owner...

Ivan L. Henman

Ivan L. Henman

Mar 13, 2017

Ivan LaVoral Henmans family mourns his passing on Monday evening, March 13, 2017, at the Hays Medical Center. His family is grateful for his long and full life, and he will be missed by many for his love and thoughtfulness. Ivan was born at home in Augusta, Kansas on December 15, 1933. He grew up in Augusta and graduated from...

Wilma Joan Rowland

Wilma Joan Rowland

Mar 12, 2017

Wilma Joan Rowland, age 90, of Hays, formerly of Lawrence, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Via Christi Village in Hays. She was born December 21, 1926 in Driftwood, Oklahoma to Raymond and Frances (Hill) Orton. She married Herbert Freeman Rowland on June 2, 1945 in Alva, Oklahoma. Wilma was a long time elementary school teacher having taught for...

Elmer E. Pfeifer

Elmer E. Pfeifer

Mar 9, 2017

Hays, Kansas - Elmer E. Pfeifer, age 70, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Via Christi Village Hays, Kansas. He was born June 12, 1946, in Fremont, Nebraska to Leo Joseph and Catherine (Lattigan) Pfeifer. He was a janitor at Fort Hays State University for 28 years and retired in 2011. He was a veteran of the US Air Force,...

Kim S. Billinger

Kim S. Billinger

Mar 8, 2017

Kim S. Billinger, 63, Hays, Kansas died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 13, 1954, in Hays, Kansas to Michael D. and Leenore (Bieker) Billinger. He graduated from Thomas More Prep-Marian in 1972 and went to work for the Hesston Corporation. In 1974, he moved back to Hays and joined the...

Celeste Bliss-Johnson

Celeste Bliss-Johnson

Mar 7, 2017

Celeste Bliss-Johnson Services will be 11 AM Monday in Atwood, Kansas at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Visitation will be Sunday 3 PM - 6 PM at Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel in Colby, KS (745 South Country Club Drive) www.kersenbrockfuneralchapel.com A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Mary's Church in Ellis on March 18, 2017 at 10 AM Please note that...

Sherri Windholz

Sherri Windholz

Mar 6, 2017

Sherolyn A. "Sherri" (Rome) Windholz, age 68, died Monday, March 6, 2017, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born February 20, 1949, in Hays, Kansas to Wilmer J. and Valeria (Wittman) Rome. She married Floyd Windholz on November 3, 1979, in Victoria, Kansas. She was a homemaker and a 1967 graduate of Victoria High School. She also worked...

Roger A. Staab

Roger A. Staab

Mar 4, 2017

Roger Alexius Staab, 82, Hays died Saturday March 3,2017 at Good Samaritan Center in Hays. He was born October 30, 1934 on the family farm in Severin, KS to Alexius and Celestina (Weigel) Staab. He was the sixth of ten children. He attended Pleasant Ridge School (Severin, KS) and graduated from Hays High School in 1952. He married Verla M...

Kenneth F. Schmeidler

Kenneth F. Schmeidler

Mar 2, 2017

Kenneth F. Schmeidler, age 84, of Hays, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 at HaysMed. He was born February 28, 1933 in Severin, KS to Frank and Elizabeth (Windholz) Schmeidler. He graduated from St. Joseph's Military Academy in 1951. On December 31, 1953 he married Elizabeth 'Betty' Polifka at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hays. Kenny was the Shop Foreman...

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