Current Obituaries
Roy Binder
Nov 1, 2015
Roy Chester Binder, age 37, of Hays, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 in Hays. He was born February 11, 1978 in Hays to Robert Roy and Carol Marie (Harwood) Binder. He was a truck driver by trade and did home remodeling. He was an avid outdoorsman who especially enjoyed fishing. He is survived by his children, Tae, Tekell and...
Carolyn B. Bird
Oct 28, 2015
Carolyn Bradford Bird, long-time Hays resident, died early Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at KU Medical Center hours short of her 65th birthday. Her husband, John T. Bird, and their children and grandchildren were at her bedside. Carolyn was a notable presence at Fort Hays State University as an advocate, student, teacher, and athletic administrator. She retired in October 2014 after...
Marjorie A. Stegman
Oct 27, 2015
Marjorie A. Stegman, age 78, of Hays passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born April 1, 1937, in Goodland, KS to P.C. and Helen (Tuttle) Jones. She married Joseph Stegman on December 28, 1957, at St. Josephs Catholic Church in Hays. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Joseph of...
Chester Dinkel
Oct 24, 2015
Chester Allen Dinkel, age 54, of Ellis passed away Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. He was born March 8, 1961 in Hays, Kansas to Fred and Catherine "Katie" (Flax) Dinkel. He was a 1979 graduate of Ellis High School. His working career was working various jobs in the oilfields. He was a member of St. Marys Church...
Jason B. Dinges
Oct 21, 2015
Jason Benjamin Dinges, 40, of the Hillsboro community, passed away on October 21, 2015 at his home. Jason was born on July 12, 1975 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was the fourth of six children born to Gary and Karolyn (Higgins) Dinges. Jason attended Holy Cross Elementary School and Trinity High School in Hutchinson, graduating with the Class of 1993. Following...
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Birbeck
Oct 20, 2015
Dr. Robert Leland (Bob) Birbeck passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at the Russell Regional Hospital. A former resident of Hays, he had resided at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell for the past eleven months. He was born in Gentry County, MO on May 14, 1926, the second of five children to Ray and Mollie (Evans) Birbeck. He grew up...
Phyllis Stuart
Oct 18, 2015
Phyllis Stuart, age 67, of Hays passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born December 29, 1947 in Ellis, Kansas to Florian and Clara (Rohleder) Engel. She married Raymond Pfeifer October 28, 1967 and they had two sons, Todd and Cory. She then married Tyree Stuart on June 29, 1996. He preceded her in...
Thomas 'Jesse' Younger
Oct 18, 2015
Thomas L. "Jesse" Younger, age 60, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015, in his beloved home in Hays, KS. He was born on November 29, 1954, in Hays, Kansas to Victor and Henneritta (Befort) Younger. He attended school in Ellis, Kansas. He married Rebecca "Becky" Vering February 29, 1996 in Las Vegas. He came from a large family with deep...
Ruth Harvey
Oct 17, 2015
Ruth Aline Harvey, age 87, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas. She was born December 29, 1927 in Anita, Iowa to Carl H. and Bertha (Krejci) Daubendiek. She married Russell Harvey on September 20, 1946 in Jefferson, Iowa. He preceded her in death November 7, 2012. Ruth was...
Robert 'Bob' Ziegler
Oct 11, 2015
Robert 'Bob' Ziegler, age 85, of Hays passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 26, 1930 in rural Colyer, Kansas to Peter and Leocadia (Waldman) Ziegler. He graduated from Colyer High School in 1948 and from Fort Hays State University with a BS in 1952. He married Rosina "Rosie" Jacobs August 10, 1957...
Vernon 'Vernie' Schmidt
Oct 9, 2015
Vernon Paul "Vernie" Schmidt, age 76, of Catharine, KS passed away Friday, October 9, 2015 at Via Christi Village, Hays. He was born February 3, 1939 in Catharine, KS to Victor and Kathryn "Katy" (Meis) Schmidt. He graduated from Hays High in 1957. He married Kathryn "Kathy" Dinkel February 4, 1961 at St. Catherines Catholic Church. Vernie enjoyed living the...
Ivan Owens
Oct 7, 2015
Ivan Fredrick Owens Sr. age 75 of Springfield, MO passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. He was born May 19, 1940 Evansville, IN to Fred and Anna (Shelby) Owens. He married Rebecca Kyger in Springfield, MO on April 16, 1976. Ivan was a longtime sheet metal worker in the Springfield, MO area owning and operating his...
Wendell Warner Sr.
Oct 2, 2015
Wendell W. Warner, Sr., of Hays, died Friday October 2nd, 2015. He was born March 7th, 1939 in Saint Francis, Kansas to Wilbur and Mildred Warner. Wendell was a graduate of Saint Francis High School. He worked for Southwestern Bell/ AT&T for over 37 years and was a Retired Staff Sergeant in the United States Army after serving for 21...
Norene Smith
Sep 28, 2015
Norene Farmer Smith, age 87, of Ellis, KS passed away Monday, September 28, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born May 12, 1928 in Gainesville, MO to Arnold H. and Lucy (Shelton) Farmer. She grew up on a farm outside of Gainesville and attended Gainesville High School. She married Doyne P. Smith of Sycamore, MO on July...
Douglas Billinger
Sep 28, 2015
Douglas M. Billinger, age 58, of Chandler, Arizona, Formerly of Hays passed away Monday, September 28, 2015 at Banner Desert Medical Center in Chandler, Arizona. He was born November 24, 1957 in Hays, Kansas to Alvin "Al" and Christine (Rupp) Billinger. He graduated from TMP-Marian in 1977. He was a Behavioral Health Tech in the Department of Psychiatry at Maricopa...
Elizabeth 'Betty' Weigel
Sep 25, 2015
Elizabeth Rose "Betty" Weigel, age 86, of Ellis, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Trego-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born December 8, 1928 in Atchison, Kansas to Edward and Rose (Gaydusek) Trompeter. She married Valentine Weigel February 17, 1990 in Ellis. He preceded her in death. Betty was a homemaker and a nurses aide at...
Steven Harkness
Sep 25, 2015
Steven Harkness, age 66, of Hays passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 in Hays. He was born June 17, 1949 in Ransom, Kansas to Vance and Lois (Wyrill) Harkness. His education included a Master's Degree in Speech Pathology, Bachelor's in Art and a Bachelor's in Education. He was an artist through and through--more than simply a hobby, it was his...
Clara Kramer
Sep 25, 2015
Clara Rose Kramer, age 93, of Hays passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 4, 1921 on a farmstead west of Hays to Joseph M. and Anna (Seitz) Kramer. Clara was a farmer and had worked at the Brunswick Caf and Ft Hays Drug. She loved farm life and enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing...
Alice Orth
Sep 24, 2015
Alice Orth, 85, of Hays, passed away at her home in the presence of family on Thursday, September 24th. She was born to Phillip and Mary Dreher in Antonino, Kansas, on May 17th, 1930. She married Leo Orth on August 16, 1948. She was a devout Catholic and a member of St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church in Hays. Mrs....
Ralph Wasinger
Sep 22, 2015
Ralph R. Wasinger, age 75. of Hays, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1940 in Hays, Kansas to Richard and Laura (Hance) Wasinger. He married Norma LaBarge September 8, 1967. Ralph worked maintenance at NCK Vo-Tech and was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. He is survived by his...
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