Current Obituaries

Bonnie Jean Sanders
Sep 1, 2016
Bonnie Jean Sanders, age 69, of Hays passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Trego Manor in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born April 26, 1947 in Great Bend, Kansas to Alvin J. and Florine (Younker) Sanders. She graduated from Elkhart High School. She is survived by her mother, Florine Sanders of Hays, Kansas; a brother, Tom Sanders of Wichita, Kansas;...
Douglas Kent Huscher
Aug 31, 2016
Douglas Kent Huscher, age 73, of Stockton, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 in Stockton. He was born June 20, 1943 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Walter and Mona (Clark) Huscher. He married Sondra McCall on December 11, 1992 in Goodland, Kansas. Douglas was a Telecommunications Instructor at NWKAVTS in Goodland, Kansas and also worked for Rural telephone in Lenora,...
Emery Folkers
Aug 31, 2016
Emery Lee Folkers, 80, of Hays, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on August 31, 2016. Emery was born on the family farm south of Wakeeney, Kansas, November 20, 1935, to Frieda Finkbeiner Folkers and Herman Folkers of Wakeeney, Kansas. Emery grew up on this same farm and attended a one room school from first through eighth grade. He...
Shelley Holder
Aug 31, 2016
Shelley Kay (Weber) Holder, age 63 of Hays, after a lengthy illness passed away Monday, August 29, 2016 in Kansas City Missouri. She was born February 24, 1953 at Rush County Memorial Hospital to Vernon and Francis (Johnson) Weber. Shelley graduated from LaCrosse High School, North Central Kansas Technical College and Barton County Community College. She was a Registered Nurse,...
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Kohl
Aug 24, 2016
Jacqueline Ann Kohl, age 66 of Ellis, passed away on Wednesday morning, August 24th in the home. She was born March 10th, 1950 in Gage, Oklahoma. Her adopted parents, Clyde and Ellen Graves, raised Jackie and her twin sister, Jody, in Belleville, Kansas, where she graduated from high school in 1968. Jackie studied education at Fort Hays State University, receiving...

Eli Joy Stiles
Aug 20, 2016
Eli Joy Stiles, infant son of Derek Alan and Mireya Rosario (Lara) Stiles died August 20, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center Wichita, Kansas. Survivors include his parents, of the home; grandparents, Darin and Kelly (Gottschalk) Stiles, Hays, KS; Ernesto and Eusebia (Saenz) Lara, Johnson City, KS; great grandparents, Ronald Joy and Josephine (Harr) Stiles, Great Bend, KS; Rosa Lilia (Nunez)...
Fred Keller
Aug 19, 2016
Fred Keller, age 99, of Ellis passed away Friday, August 19, 2016 at Meadow Lark Place in Ellis. He was born November 26, 1916 on the family farm in Rural Ellis County, Kansas to Faldin and Louise (Ebert) Keller. He married Marie Schonthaler on April 18, 1940 at St. John's Lutheran Church. She preceded him in death on August 4,...
Robert L. Schumacher
Aug 18, 2016
Robert Lavern Schumacher, age 82, of Munjor passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born May 28, 1934 in Victoria, Kansas to Celestine and Helen (Jacobs) Schumacher. He graduated from Hays High School. On February 24, 1962 he married Bernadine 'Bernie' Dreiling at St. Fidelis Church in Victoria. Bernie preceded him in death on December...
Joseph Michael Barringer
Aug 16, 2016
Joseph Michael Barringer, age 28, of Ellis passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 near Schoenchen, Kansas. He was born January 20, 1988 in Denver, Colorado to Matthew Brent and Kathy Ann (Stieben) Barringer. He graduated from Hays High School in 2006. He was currently working for Ellis County Concrete and had also worked for WW Drilling. He enjoyed playing X-Box,...
Virginia 'Ginny' Robinett
Aug 15, 2016
Virginia 'Ginny' (Weber) Robinett, age 77, of Wichita, died Monday, August 15, 2016 at Golden Living in Wellington, Kansas. She was born March 16, 1939 in Ellis County, Kansas to Engelbert and Clara (Flax) Weber. In 1957 she graduated from Ellis High School and soon moved to Wichita, Kansas where she met and married the love of her life, Charles...
Joseph C Berger
Aug 14, 2016
Joseph C. Berger, age 90, of Hays, died Sunday, August 14, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. He was born April 10, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri to Peter and Caroline (Augustine) Berger. He married Eleanor A. (Lang) on May 24, 1947, in Great Bend, Kansas. She died August 30, 2013. He was a oil field pumper most...
Gary Dean Hammersmith Jr.
Aug 14, 2016
Gary Dean Hammersmith, Jr., age 46, of Kirwin, Kansas passed away Sunday, August 14, 2016 in Kirwin. He was born October 22, 1969 in Russell, Kansas to Gary Dean and Michele Sue (Hart) Hammersmith. He graduated from Fred T. Ford High School in Hickory North Carolina. He married Rose Marie Meis on June 15, 1996 in Catharine, Kansas. Dean had...

Wanda Speer
Aug 14, 2016
Wanda Speer, age 80, of Hays passed away Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Hays Medical Center Arrangements are pending with Brock's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, Kansas 67601 Service Information Services are to be announced
Adam M Pfannenstiel
Aug 11, 2016
Adam M. Pfannenstiel, age 15, of Munjor passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 1, 2001 in Hays, Kansas to Michael J. and Marilyn (Suppes) Pfannenstiel. He was a student at Hays High School. Adam worked on the family farm in Munjor and was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church,...
Esther Elizabeth Gribben
Aug 9, 2016
Esther Elizabeth Gribben, age 94, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born May 31, 1922 in Salina, Kansas to Henry and Anna (Stevens) Wolfson. She graduated from Salina High School in 1940. She married Ralph Gribben on January 4, 1943 in Denver, Colorado. He preceded...

Jeremy Davis
Aug 6, 2016
Jeremy Lewis Davis, age 42, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Hays. He was born April 24, 1974 in Mexia, Texas to Gayla Grissom Stricklin. He had worked in Pipeline Construction in the past. He is survived by a sister, mAudra Teague and husband John of Hays; a brother, David Rutherford and wife Audrey of Michigan; three daughters, Ashley...
Donald Herl
Aug 6, 2016
Donald Anthony James Herl, 69, rural Ogallah, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born Nov. 20, 1946, in Hays to Alvin Sr. and Dorothy (Karlin) Herl. He attended school at St. Marys, Ogallah Elementary and Trego Community High School. He worked on the family farm and years ago he worked at Trego County Hospital....
Jeremy L. Davis
Aug 6, 2016
Jeremy Lewis Davis, age 42, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Hays. He was born April 24, 1974 in Mexia, Texas to Gayla Grissom Stricklin. He had worked in Pipeline Construction in the past. He is survived by a sister, Audra Teague and husband John of Hays; a brother, David Rutherford and wife Audrey of Michigan; three daughters, Ashley...
Francis Joseph Kuhn
Aug 5, 2016
Francis Joseph Kuhn, age 88, of Victoria, Kansas died Friday, August 5, 2016, at the Willow House in Hays, Kansas.He was born April 29, 1928, on the farm at Emmeram, Kansas to Joseph M. and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Kuhn. He married Mary Jane (Kisner) on August 22, 1950, in Pfeifer, Kansas. He was a clerk for the U S Post Office...

Dr. John Watson
Aug 3, 2016
Dr. John Watson of Hays passed away August 3, 2016 in Hays. Arrangements are pending Service Information Services are to be announced