Current Obituaries

Donald Reitz
Jun 20, 2017
Donald Dean Reitz, age 89, of Goodland, Kansas passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. He was born May 1, 1928 in Cherokee, Oklahoma. He was a teacher at Northwest Kansas Technical College and a US Air Force veteran. He is survived by a daughter, Linda Gale of Deland Florida; son and daughter-in-law, Rick and Julie Reitz...
Leroy J. Sander
Jun 19, 2017
Victoria, Kansas - LeRoy J. Sander, age 81, died Monday, June 19, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. He was born January 29, 1936, at Emmeram, Kansas to Josephine Sander. He spent his lifetime in Victoria and was a member of The Basilica of St. Fidelis. He worked on the Sander farm north of Victoria and the City...

Peggy L. Rankin-Baker
Jun 18, 2017
Dighton, Kansas - Peggy L. Rankin-Baker, age 69, died Sunday, June 18, 2016, at Via Christi Village Care Center Hays, Kansas. She was born May 23, 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio to William Lee and Minnie Pauline (Rigsby) Smith. She was a homemaker and a caregiver. Peggy worked as a traveling CNA, a sales clerk, and a janitorial worker. With her...
Patsy Ann Jensen
Jun 17, 2017
Patsy Ann Jensen, age 87, of WaKeeney, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Madison, Kansas, on March 29, 1930, to Robert and Jenetta (Hubbard) Manis. Patsy was a loving Wife, Mother, Grandma and Great-Grandma. On November 12, 1960, she was united in marriage to Ralph A. Jensen in Sylvan Grove,...
Kathleen Ann Fanning
Jun 15, 2017
Kathleen Ann Fanning, age 70, of Colby, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 19, 1946 in Glendale, California to John and Andrea (Fournier) Hearn. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a son, James Sisk of Norton, KS; two daughters, Christine Smith of Norton and Tammy Roeder of Anchorage, Alaska; 8 grandchildren...

Leon Holmes
Jun 15, 2017
LaCrosse, Kansas - Leon Allen Holmes, age 57, died Thursday, June 15, 2017, at his home. He was born October 27,1959, in Wichita, Kansas to Glen L Holmes and Sharon L. (Propp). He was a floor hand worker on an oil field drilling rig and was an auto mechanic. He grew up in Wichita and Hays. He attended Hays High...
Marvin N. Klaus
Jun 11, 2017
Marvin N. Klaus, age 88, of Hays, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Via Christi Village Care Center Hays, Kansas. He was born July 29, 1928, on the family farm at Antonino, Kansas to Nick and Philomena (Rohr) Klaus. He married Mary Frances (Baier) on May 9, 1950 at Vincent, Kansas. She preceded him in death on September 21, 2006....
Mary Ann Noeth
Jun 11, 2017
Mary Ann (Gottschalk) Noeth, age 73, of Boardman, Ohiodied Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Shepherd of the Valley. She was born September 9, 1943 in Hays, Kansas to George and Martha (Breit) Gottschalk. She married George F. Noeth on October 1, 1962 in Hays, Kansas. He died in April 24, 2016. Mary graduated from high school in 1961. She was...
Connie Zimmerman
Jun 4, 2017
Hays, Kansas - Constantine J. 'Connie' Zimmerman, age 92, died Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Hays Medical Center Hays, Kansas. He was born September 15, 1924, in Schoenchen, Kansas to John and Rose (Dreher) Zimmerman. He married Fern Katherine (Oelkers) on August 5, 1948 in LaCrosse, Kansas. She preceded him in death on October 23, 2004. He was a farmer...
Herbert Freeman Rowland
Jun 3, 2017
Herbert Freeman Rowland, age 94, of Hays, formerly of Lawrence, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Via Christi Village in Hays. He was born July 25, 1922 in Calumet, Oklahoma to Raymond and Anna (Loy) Rowland. He married Wilma Jean Orton on June 2, 1945 in Alva, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on March 12, 2017. Herbert was...

John Leyda
May 28, 2017
John Leyda, age 65, of Hays, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Hays. Arrangements are pending with Cline's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601 Service Information Services are to be announced
Cyrill Paul Herrman
May 28, 2017
Cyrill Paul Herrman, age 85, of Hays, Kansas passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 at Via Christi Village, Hays. He was born August 10, 1931 in Loretta, Kansas to Reinhold A. and Josephine (Kuhn) Herrman. He married Berniece Marshall June 9, 1973 in Las Vegas. He retired from the US Air Force after a distinguished career that included serving in...
Mary M. Giebler
May 28, 2017
Mary Margaret (Kroner) Giebler, 88, Catharine, died Sunday, May 28, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born Nov. 13, 1928, in Ellsworth to Katherine Werner. She was adopted by her great aunt, Beata Kroner and her husband, Anton. He died when Mary was 3 years old and Beata later married Ferdinand Ubert and they raised her on...
Lucille G. Coupal
May 27, 2017
Lucille Gertrude Coupal, age 102, of Hays, Kansas passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born October 1, 1914 in Ellsworth County, Kansas to John and Katharine (Hermreck) Kueser. She married Raymond "Tom" Coupal on August 19, 1941 in Hays. He preceded her in death July 9, 1993. She was a...
Joe Locker Jr.
May 26, 2017
Joe Locker Jr., age 92, of Ellis, passed away Friday, May 26, 2017 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born July 2, 1924 in Trego County, Kansas to Joe and Mary (Schuster) Locker Sr. On May 7, 1946, he married Lillian Weber at St. Marys Church in Ellis. Joe was a retired Bus Supervisor with the Ellis...
Renette Saba
May 25, 2017
Renette Lee Saba, age 76, of Hays, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017 at her home. She was born May 25, 1941 in Douglas, AZ to Herbert and Eugenia (Parks) Gerdes. She grew up in Bisbee AZ and was a championship tennis player. She attained a masters degree in school administration from Fort Hays State University. On July 8, 1961...
Margaret Billinger
May 20, 2017
Margaret L. (Stecklein) Billinger passed away on May 20, 2017. Margaret was born January 6, 1927 to Corneil and Ann (Pfannenstiel) Stecklein. She married Robert A. Billinger September 8, 1952 in Hays. Robert preceded her in death on April 15, 2008. Margaret was a graduate of Girls Catholic High School in Hays, St. Francis School of Nursing in Wichita, and...
Elmer Brungardt
May 18, 2017
Elmer Brungardt, age 79, of Ellis, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born January 13, 1938, in Hyacinth, Kansas to Bonaventure and Helen (Weber) Brungardt. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1956. On September 1, 1956, he married Norma (Senesac) in St. Josephs Catholic Church in Damar, Kansas. Elmer was a...
Dale Brooks
May 18, 2017
Dale J. Brooks, age 66, of Hays, Kansas died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at his home. He was born July 18, 1950, in Logan, Kansas to Cecil and Irene (Meadow) Brooks. He married Marilyn K. (Brown) on June 6, 1970, in Prairie View, Kansas. He was a barber and stylist at Continental Barber & Style Shop in Hays for many...
Michael R. Grabbe
May 16, 2017
Michael R. Grabbe, age 58, of Hays, Kansas, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 at home. He was born on November 17, 1958 in Hays, the son of Richard and Alta (Roth) Grabbe. He graduated high school from Thomas More Prep in Hays, and from Fort Hays State University in 1981. After graduating, he married Debbie (Strange) on May...