Current Obituaries
Marian M. Rajewski
Feb 16, 2017
Vincent, Kansas - Marian M. (Kuhlman) Rajewski, age 87, died Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor, Sterling, Kansas. She was born March 30, 1929, on the family farm north of Olmitz, Kansas, to Ewald W. and Rose L. (Schwartz) Kuhlman. She married James W. Rajewski on May 22, 1951, in Olmitz, Kansas. He died April 9, 2015. She...
Jeanette Misegadis
Feb 11, 2017
Jeanette (Dechant) Misegadis, age 71, of Peyton, Colorado formerly of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017, in Colorado Springs, CO. She was born April 8, 1945, in Hays, Kansas to Cornel and Ursula (Legleiter) Dechant. She graduated in 1963, from Schoenchen High and attended Beauty School in Hays. The following year, she married Melvin J. Gabel and shortly thereafter...
Larry Nicholson
Feb 11, 2017
Larry Michael Nicholson, 75, of Hays, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at home. He was born Nov. 22, 1941 in Nevada, Missouri, to Nina Potter Nicholson and Lee Nicholson. He married Celia Eveleigh July 26, 1964 in Hoisington, Kansas. After graduating high school in Hoisington, KS he earned a Bachelors degree and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University. He took...
Oscar Honas
Feb 10, 2017
Oscar Honas, age 80, of Ellis, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at Trego Lemke Long Term Care in WaKeeney, Kansas. He was born May 27, 1936 in Ellis, Kansas to Ed and Agnes (Steckline) Honas. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1954. On May 9, 1955 he married Betty (Gaschler) in Ellis, Kansas. Oscar retired from Union Pacific...
Luella Mae Davidson
Feb 4, 2017
Luella Mae Davidson, age 83, of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 in Hays. She was born July 28, 1933 in Oakley, Kansas to Joseph and Angelina (Metro) Bechard. She graduated from Girl's Catholic High School in 1951.On July 6, 1953 she married Harold C. Davidson at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hays. Luella had worked at Travenol as...
Omar F. Karlin
Feb 4, 2017
Omar F. Karlin, age 83, of Hays, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. He was born August 14, 1933 in Hays, Kansas to Celestin and Josephine (Staab) Karlin. He married Barbara Jane Peters on May 16, 1981. She preceded him in death November 30, 2016. Omar was a farmer and stockman and worked at area sale...
Jerry Lee Truax
Feb 3, 2017
Jerry Lee Truax, age 77, of Victoria passed away Friday, February 3, 2017 in Victoria. He was born July 8, 1939 in Fremont, Nebraska to Ralph and Bessie (Sallstrom) Truax. He married Roberta Ann Kurz on August 1, 1963 in Long Beach, California. He was a US Navy Veteran serving 4 years and then a National Guard member for 20...
Robert 'Bob' Young
Feb 1, 2017
Haviland, Kansas - Robert 'Bob' Young, age 67, died Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 13, 1949, in Kansas City, Kansas and was adopted by Carl L. and Sarah L. (Ford) Young. He married Linda M. (Schmidt) on December 27, 1969, at Hays, Kansas....
Jacqueline 'Jacque' Massaglia
Jan 30, 2017
Jacqueline Darlene 'Jacque' Massaglia, age 59, of Hays, died Monday, January 30, 2017, at her home in Hays, Kansas. She was born December 11, 1957, in Phillipsburg, Kansas, to William J. and Deloris (Baker) Rupke. She married Matthew Steven Massaglia on June 11, 1977 at Hays, Kansas. She was a clerk with the City of Hays Water Department. Jacque moved...
Minnie Hodges
Jan 29, 2017
Minnie Hodges, 95, of Hays, Kansas, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in her home. She was born Dec. 4, 1921, in Geneseo, Kansas, to James Alfred and Anna Margaret Nelson Jacoby. She married John Richard Hodges on Dec. 19, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kansas. She is survived by two daughters: Shirley (Joe) Vialpando, Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and Jennie (Ron) Straight, Hays,...
Bernadette 'Bernie' Dome
Jan 29, 2017
Bernadette 'Bernie' Dome, age 83, of Pfeifer, Kansas died Sunday, January 29, 2017, at Hays Medical Center Hays, Kansas. She was born January 7, 1934, on the farm East of Lorretto, Kansas, to Simplicus 'Sim' and Sophia (Herman) Stremel. She married Floris Dome on May 27, 1952, in Lorretto, Kansas. She was a homemaker, a farmer's wife, a member of...
Don E. Kohl
Jan 22, 2017
Don E. "Duck" Kohl, 67, of Parsons, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at his home. He was born on December 6, 1949 in Hays to Ray and Lorine (Gottschalk) Kohl. He grew up in Ellis and attended St. Marys Catholic School and St. Josephs Military Academy in Hays. He graduated from St. Josephs in 1968. He attended the Wichita...
Josephine Wickham
Jan 21, 2017
Josephine Marie Wickham, age 97, of Ellis passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born August 30, 1919 in Ellis County, Kansas to James and Christina (Giinther) Pulec. She married Ora Emmitt Wickham on December 28, 1935. He preceded her in death on May 3, 1997. She was a homemaker and she enjoyed...
Michael Dinges
Jan 20, 2017
Michael Francis Dinges, age 51, of Hays passed away January 20, 2017 in Wichita due to injuries sustained in an auto accident on January 10th. He was born June 22, 1965 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Ruth Leiker and Ted Dinges. He graduated from TMP-Marian High School in 1983. He met his true love, Tana Rawlins on a blind date, arranged...
Margie J. Rohr
Jan 20, 2017
Margie J. (Walker) Rohr, age 84, of Munjor, died Friday, January 20, 2017, at Via Christi Village Care Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born November 19, 1932, in Garden City, Kansas to Ted and Helen (Hipp) Walker. She married Eugene Rohr on September 25, 1954, in Wichita, Kansas. She was a registered nurse for over 50 years and a homemaker....
Maddlena 'Maggie' Hilscher
Jan 18, 2017
Maddlena Renelda "Maggie" Hilscher age 85, formerly of Hays, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at The Village Health Care Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was born on May 31, 1931 in Grainfield, Kansas to Charles and Katherine Keller (Selenke). She was married to Willie "Bill" Hilscher Oct 1, 1949 in Edgeley North Dakota. They were divorced in 1977. She...
Sharon Katherine Cole
Jan 13, 2017
Sharon Katherine Cole, age 69, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. She was born July 3, 1947 in Arlington Heights, IL to Charles and Frances (Rome) Glimes. She had worked with U-Haul in Phoenix where she became the first woman manager for the company, She also worked for the Phoenix Transit System as a...
Lorraine E. Wasinger
Jan 11, 2017
Lorraine Elizabeth Wasinger, age 85, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Hays Medical Center. She was born March 2, 1931 in Catharine, Kansas to Alois and Dora (Meis) Walters. She married Franklin D. "Red" Wasinger November 28, 1953 in Hays. He preceded her in death April 12, 2006. Lorraine cooked for several years at TMP-Marian High School...
Benita Boos
Jan 7, 2017
Benita Boos, age 92, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, KS. She was born December 23, 1924 in Ellis County, Kansas to August and Pauline (Unrein) Leiker. She married Celestine Boos on September 27, 1948. He preceded her in death on December 17, 1970. Benita was a homemaker and long time...
Richard Hughes
Jan 6, 2017
Richard A. Hughes, 95, of Champaign, IL, died on 1/6/2017 at Heartland Health Care Center, Champaign, IL. He was born September 5th, 1921 and raised on a farm about 10 miles south of Ellis, KS. He married Mary K. Lynd on October 1, 1945 in Ellis, KS. She preceded him in death on February 17, 2008. After serving in the...