Current Obituaries
Helen Kohl
Feb 4, 2015
Helen M. Kohl, age 94, of Ellis, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. She was born April 3, 1920 in Ellis, Kansas to Joseph L and Catherine (Jacques) Weber. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1938. She married Alex Kohl March 2, 1943. He preceded her in death April 9, 1986. Helen was a homemaker...
Martina Bieker
Feb 3, 2015
Martina A. Bieker, age 89, of Hays passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. She was born February 9, 1925 in Emmeram, Kansas to Joseph and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Kuhn. She graduated from Victoria High School. She married Daniel F. Bieker on August 12, 1946 in Emmeram. He preceded her in death on March 30, 1981 She was...
John Kevin Landauer
Feb 2, 2015
John Kevin "Bo" Landauer, age 53, of Ellis, passed away Monday, Feb 2, 2015 at Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kansas. He was born December 6, 1961 in Kansas City, Kansas to John and Wilma (Kleweno) Landauer. He graduated from Basehor High School. He married Katheryn Tomforde on June 27, 2002 in Kansas City, KS. Bo was currently working as...

Martha Smith
Jan 31, 2015
Martha Smith, age 76, of Hays passed away January 31, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born July 16, 1938 in Clayton, New Mexico to Frank and Martha Ann (Hain) Konda. She married Earl North in June of 1956. He preceded her in death in September of 1982. Martha was a seamstress and did auto upholstery work....
Karen Baczkowski
Jan 30, 2015
Karen Ann Baczkowski, 61 of Hays, left us to enter into eternal peace with Jesus on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Northcare Hospice and Palliative Care in North Kansas City, MO. after a long and courageous battle with lymphoma. Karen was born on November 18, 1953 in Hays, Kansas to Alfred and Rita Mae (Jacobs). She grew up in Pfeifer,...
Philena Baus
Jan 26, 2015
Philena Melba (Scheuerman) Baus, age 92, of Hays formerly of McCracken passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 in Hays. She was born June 16, 1922 on the family farm north of Bison, Kansas to Philip C. and Sarah (Schlegel) Scheuerman. She attended Happy Hollow country school rural Bison. She graduated from Bison High School as the class Valedictorian. She received...
Lucille Parker
Jan 21, 2015
Lucille Amelia (Staab) Parker, age 93 of Hays, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born March 21, 1921 in Severin, Kansas to Jacob and Amelia (Walters) Staab. She attended the Severin School. She married Thomas F. Parker November 11, 1941. He preceded her in death in 1982. Lucille was a homemaker and had...
Ronnie Welch
Jan 14, 2015
Ronnie Ray Welch, age 61, of Plainville passed away Wednesday, January 14th, 2015 at Via Christi Nursing Home in Hays after a short battle with cancer. He was born February 27th, 1953 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Ray and Virginia (Dupus) Welch. He graduated from Plainville High School in 1971 and earned a Business Administration degree from Salina Area Technical College....
Faye Keller
Jan 13, 2015
Faye Jean Keller, age 63, of Ellis passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born January 12, 1952 in Hays, Kansas to Wilbert and Fern (Zerfas) Keller. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1970 and earned a business degree from Brown-Mackie College. Faye had worked for several years for Travenol were...
Lucille Walters
Jan 11, 2015
December 8, 1920, Carol Lucille McCarty was born to Martin W. McCarty and Minnie Maude Manely McCarty in Belleville, Kansas. Lucille was raised in Washington Kansas along with her sister Lorna and brother J. E. McCarty. No matter where she lived, she was always from Washington, and always looked forward to Memorial Day and class reunions. George Hicks and Lucille...
Geraldine Wittman
Jan 1, 2015
Geraldine Wittman, age 59, of Hays passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. She was born June 21, 1955 in Hays to Fidelis and Ileen (Wacker) Ruder. She attended Hays High. Geraldine was a CNA. She had attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. She enjoyed playing cards, watching TV and having conversations with family and friends. She...
Joyce Funk
Jan 1, 2015
Joyce Funk, age 56, of Hays, passed away January 1, 2015 in Hays. She was born January 21, 1958 in Junction City, Kansas. Her parents are Donald and Thelma (Griffin) Hiebsch. She graduated from Hays High in 1976. She was a homemaker. Her family and friends were important to her. She enjoyed having lively debates and was a forgiving person....
Jean Basgall
Dec 29, 2014
Jean Basgall, 65, of Olathe, formerly of Hays, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 25, 1949, in Hays, to Connie and Marcella (Doerfler) Pfannenstiel. She graduated from Marian High School in 1967. She married Jim Basgall on August 30, 1969. She spent many years working in the Catholic Schools,...
Alice V. Honas
Dec 27, 2014
Alice V. Honas, age 88 of Ellis, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born May 5, 1926 in Severin, Kansas to August and Anna (Miller) Schmeidler. She graduated from Girls Catholic High in 1944. On June 2, 1948 she married Clarence V. Honas in Severin, Kansas. He preceded her in death on...
Frank Schneller
Dec 25, 2014
Frank Joseph Schneller, age 102, formerly of Ellis passed away December 25, 2014 at The Atriums in Overland Park, KS. He was born May 7, 1912 in Ellis, KS to Leon and Mary (Erbert) Schneller. He married Margaret (Philipp) in Ellis, Kansas September 23, 1936. Frank worked at Beech Aircraft as a machinist in tool and die for 38 years....
Tim Taylor
Dec 23, 2014
Timothy Lee "Tim" Taylor, age 35, of Ellis passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born September 25, 1979 in Lexington, Nebraska to Charles James and Myrtis Kathleen (Titus) Taylor. Tim was currently the Kitchen Manager at Caseys General Store in Ellis. He was an artist enjoying drawing and animals especially his dog Misky. Tim...
Evelyn Schumacher
Dec 18, 2014
Evelyn L. Schumacher, age 82 of Hays, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 22, 1932 in Ellis, Kansas to J.C. and Olive (Mickelson) Hays. She married Ralph Schumacher on August 12, 1962. He preceded her in death May 25, 1990. Evelyn was a Finance Broker. She graduated from Northwestern University Trust School....
Celestine "Celly" Schumacher
Dec 18, 2014
Celestine 'Celly' C. Schumacher, 81, Hays, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Via Christi Village, Hays. He was born Feb. 10, 1933, in Munjor to Celestine and Helen (Jacobs) Schumacher. He graduated from Hays High School in 1951 and attended Fort Hays State University for four years. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War. He married...
Rupert Knowles
Dec 17, 2014
Rupert Knowles, age 88, of Hays passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born June 17, 1926 in Kirwin, Kansas to Raymond and Florence (Christensen) Knowles. He graduated from Hays High School where he played on the state champion 1944 basketball team and Fort Hays State University with a BS in Physical Education in...
Marjorie Johnson
Dec 17, 2014
Marjorie Mae Johnson, age 86 of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2014 at her home. She was born April 17, 1928 in St. Louis, MO to Fred Lee and Dora Mae (Smith) Henn. She graduated from Hays High in 1945 and attended Fort Hays State University. She married John Lewis Johnson December 2, 1945. He preceded her in death...