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Samuel Rich Jr.

Samuel Rich Jr.

May 8, 2014

Samuel Wesley Rich Jr, age 52, of Wichita passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 11 AM Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Open Door Christian Fellowship 560 N. Peterson Wichita, KS.. Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Hutchinson. Service Information Visitation Thursday May 15, 2014 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM...

Bob Templeton

Bob Templeton

May 8, 2014

Robert C. "BoB" Templeton, age 80, of Hays, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born April 17, 1934 in Hastings Nebraska to Thomas Carroll and Gladys Marie (Tippen) Templeton. He attended Broken Bow public schools and Hastings College before graduating from Brown Institute of Broadcasting, Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1954. He married Ruth Helen Streng...

Harold Vine

Harold Vine

May 5, 2014

Harold Wesley Vine, age 91 of Ellis, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Via Christi Village in Hays. He was born November 23, 1922 in Hays, KS to Herbert Wesley and Ortha Ester (Hinkel) Vine. He married Waunetta Helen (Turner) October 30, 1942 in Ellis, KS. She preceded him in death in 2008. Harold was a farmer and merchant...

Raxell Ortega

Raxell Ortega

May 4, 2014

Raxell Davila Ortega, 41, died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at his residence in McCracken. He was born December 7, 1972 in Queens, New York to Marta Davila. He was raised in Puerto Rico. Then in 1985 he moved to Odessa, TX. where he married his first wife and fathered three children. He then moved to McCracken, KS. where he married...

Robert "Bob" Mason

Robert "Bob" Mason

May 4, 2014

Robert 'Bob' Mason, 62, Ellis, died Sunday May 4 2014 at Hays Medical Center Hays Ks. He was born October 13 1951 in Independence KS to King and Sylvia (Kimzey) Mason. He was a 1969 graduate of McCracken High School and attended Fort Hays State University. He married Lois Berland at St Ann Catholic Church in Zurich on August 4,...

Alvin Dortland

Alvin Dortland

Apr 23, 2014

Alvin Joseph Dortland, age 96 of Victoria, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born October 9, 1917 in Gorham, Kansas to Joseph and Hattie (Waudby) Dortland. He married Irene (Robben) on October 24, 1939 at The Cathedral in Kansas City, Kansas. Alvin was a lifelong farmer and stockman. He was a member of St....

Hedwig Staab

Hedwig Staab

Apr 20, 2014

Hedwig (Rohr) Staab, 93, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. She was born Dec. 15, 1920, in Munjor. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine Catholic Church, Catharine; inurnment in the church cemetery. Memorials are suggested in her name to Alzheimer's Association, Desert Southwest Chapter, Southern Arizona Region, 3003 S. Country Club Road, Ste. 209,...

Jesse D. Pfannenstiel

Jesse D. Pfannenstiel

Apr 18, 2014

Jesse Daniel Pfannenstiel, age 40, of Woodston died Friday April 18, 2014 north of Hays, Kansas the result of an automobile accident. He was born March 28, 1974 in Eureka, California to Judith Weigel and Robert G. Pfannenstiel. He graduated from Plainville High School in 1992 and received a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Arts from Fort Hays State University. Jesse...

Lance Shepard

Lance Shepard

Apr 11, 2014

Lance Thomas Shepard, age 38 of Ellis, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at his home. He was born July 10, 1975 in Hugoton, Kansas to Keith Sullivan and Glenda Fern (Little). His parents are Steve and Glenda Fern (Little) Shepard. He graduated from Stanton County High School in 1994 and also graduated from Kansas State University with a BS...

John Kundred

John Kundred

Apr 10, 2014

John E. Kundred, age 90, of Hays passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Harvard Square Assisted Living in Aurora, CO where he had been a resident since January of 2014. He was born September 9, 1923 in Shenandoah, PA to Alex and Anna Kundred. He graduated in 1941 from J.W. Cooper High School in Shenandoah, PA. He married Mary...

Dr. Howard Reynolds

Dr. Howard Reynolds

Apr 10, 2014

Dr. Howard C. Reynolds, age 99 of Hays, KS passed away April 10, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born May 1, 1914 to George Washington and Marion Irene (Spear) Reynolds in Seward County, Nebraska. He was a 1931 graduate of Seward High School; U.S. Army WW II Veteran; earned his BS, Masters and PhD from University of Nebraska-Lincoln;...

Helen Aust

Helen Aust

Apr 10, 2014

Helen Marie Aust, age 75 of Ellis, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born May 28, 1938 in rural Ellis, Kansas to John and Maria (Homburg) Aust. She graduated from Ellis High School in 1956. Helen was a long time secretary for IMA Insurance of Wichita. She was a member...

Irene Unrein

Irene Unrein

Apr 10, 2014

Irene M. Unrein, age 85, of Hays passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at her home. She was born November 1, 1928 in Liebenthal to Boniface and Mary (Legleiter) Herrman. She married Paul A. Unrein November 12, 1946 in Liebenthal. He preceded her in death on Feb. 18, 2010. Irene worked at Travenol and had her own sewing business for...

Glenn Allen Lacy

Glenn Allen Lacy

Apr 7, 2014

Glenn Allen Lacy, age 48, of Ellis passed away Monday, April 7, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born August 31, 1965 in Greenfield, Indiana to Marian (Ghumm) and Michael Lacy. He attended school in WaKeeney. He married Scottie Matteson on November 2, 1985 at the United Methodist Church in Ellis. Glenn graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training...

Kenneth Savage

Kenneth Savage

Mar 31, 2014

Kenneth Martin "Kenny" Savage, 84, Hays, died Monday, March 31, 2014, at his home. He was born December 22, 1929 in Bixby OK to Martin and Olive (Cook) Savage. He was a graduate of Russell High School. He married Helen Withrow on Sept. 23, 1950. They celebrated 50 years of marriage before she preceded him in death May 23, 2001....

Elizabeth Hatfield

Elizabeth Hatfield

Mar 31, 2014

Elizabeth Hatfield, age 79, of Hays passed away Monday, March 31, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born January 18, 1935 in Victoria, Kansas to Anthony and Alvina (Stecklein) Dinkel. She was married to Kenneth "Cork" Hatfield who preceded her in death January 19, 1982. Elizabeth was had worked at Travenol and then became a CNA working at St....

Bernice Dreiling

Bernice Dreiling

Mar 26, 2014

Bernice A. Dreiling, age 86 of Hays, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 29, 1927 in Hays, Kansas to Clemens " C.J ." and Catherine (Dreiling) Haas. She graduated from Girls Catholic High in 1945 and from Fort Hays State University earning a Bachelor's degree. She married Donald L. Dreiling May 22,...

Alvin Augustine

Alvin Augustine

Mar 24, 2014

Alvin John Augustine, age 76 of Mountain Home, Arkansas formerly of Ellis passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 at Baxter Regional Medical Center. He was born March 14, 1938 on the family farm Northwest of Ellis, Kansas to Rudolph and Regina (Reitmeyer) Augustine. He married MaryAnn Barfoot on April 24, 2000 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He was a long time...

William Augustine

William Augustine

Mar 21, 2014

William P. Augustine, 86, Ellis, died Friday, March 21, 2014, at his home. He was born March 17, 1928 in McCracken KS to John and Regina (Schuster) Augustine. He married Rose Marie Lang on August 16, 1949, in Ellis, Kansas. He was a farmer and then a signal maintainer for the Union Pacific Railroad. He was a member of St....

Agnes Rohr

Agnes Rohr

Mar 20, 2014

Agnes Rohr, age 96, of Hays, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born December 3, 1917 in Ellis, Kansas to Frank P. and Katherine (Schoenberger) Brown. She married Gerhardt Rohr on January 29, 1936 in Ellis, Kansas. He preceded her in death on Sept 7, 1978. She was a homemaker, and...

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