Current Obituaries
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
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...
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
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...
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;...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Glenn "Spot" Honas
Mar 15, 2014
Glenn "Spot" Honas, age 82 of Ellis, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born July 6, 1931 in Ransom, Kansas to Edward and Agnes (Steckline) Honas Sr. He married Bertha Gaschler January 4, 1952 in Ellis at St. Mary's Catholic Church. She preceded him in death February 8, 1972. Glenn had...
Robert Bongartz
Mar 9, 2014
Robert "Bob" Joseph Bongartz, age 76, of Ellis passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Trego Manor in WaKeeney. He was born December 19, 1937 in Trego County, Kansas. He attended Sunflower Country School in Trego County and graduated from Ellis High School in 1955. He retired from Ellis County Road Department. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic...
Ludwina Haselhorst
Mar 6, 2014
Ludwina Haselhorst, age 92, of Hays passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born April 10, 1921 in Liebenthal, Kansas to Michael and Magdalena (Herrman) Schaffer. She married Irvin A. Haselhorst on November 19, 1941 in Liebenthal. He preceded her in death on September 27, 1995. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Joseph...
Rosabel Flax
Mar 5, 2014
Rosabel Flax, 64 of Ness City, KS died Wednesday March 5, 2014 in Abilene, KS after a 2-month battle with cancer. She was born January 9, 1950 in Hays, KS to Lucille (Dreiling) and Fred Flax. Rosabel grew up on a farm north of Ellis and graduated from Ellis High School. She earned her Bachelor's at Marymount College and Master's...
Barbara Reichert
Mar 2, 2014
Barbara Reichert, Age 98, a resident of Via Christi Village, Hays passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014. She was born May 16, 1915 in a dugout on a farmstead southwest of Antonino to Isidore and Agatha (Wasinger) Riechert. She graduated from Schoenchen High School in 1932. In 1938 she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in Concordia. She was secularized...
Mary Ann Karlin
Mar 2, 2014
Mary Ann Karlin, age 84, of Ellis passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Trego Lemke Memorial hospital in WaKeeney, KS. She was born May 26, 1929 in Antonino, KS to Carl and Monica (Ruder) Pfannenstiel. She married Peter Karlin October 13, 1952 in Antonino, KS. He preceded her in death July 8, 2002. She was a homemaker and enjoyed...
Robert F. Werth
Mar 1, 2014
Robert Francis Werth, age 78, of Schoenchen, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born April 8, 1935 in Schoenchen, KS to Frank Francis Werth and Lidwina Tauscher. He was a graduate of St. Joseph Military Academy. He married Helga Margaret (Benker) on January 9, 1959 in Bamburg, Germany. He was an Aircraft Machinist for...
Gary Boeve
Feb 26, 2014
Gary L. Boeve, age 68 of Afton, OK, formerly of Hays, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, OK. He was born November 22, 1945 in Phillipsburg, KS to Louis and Edith (Bogart) Boeve. He married Saunie (Schamber) on August 28, 1965 in Phillipsburg. Gary was a funeral director and embalmer starting in Phillipsburg...