Current Obituaries
Eileen Wittman
Feb 25, 2014
Eileen B. Wittman, age 86 of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell. She was born June 27, 1927 in Ellis, Kansas to George and Bernice (Coleman) Matteson. She attended school in Ellis, graduating from Ellis High School in 1945. She also attended Colorado Woman's College in Denver for 1 year. She married...
Rhonda Younger
Feb 24, 2014
Rhonda J. Younger, age 54, of Hays passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 at her home. She was born June 17, 1959 in Salina, KS to Charles A. Reed and Carol Meyers. She married Benny Younger. She was a housekeeper. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and she enjoyed listening to music, doing puzzles, cooking, gardening and...
John "Bill" Grimes
Feb 18, 2014
John William "Bill" Grimes DDS, age 84, of Smith Center, KS passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born September 19, 1929 in Oklahoma City, OK to Chester and Velma (Jack) Grimes. He married Patricia (Todd) on October 21, 1958 in Lawton, OK. Bill was a US Army veteran having served during the Korean War....
Patricia Hasenfratz
Feb 15, 2014
Patricia Hasenfratz, 64, Rush Center, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Hays Medical Center. She was born May 31, 1949, in Larned to Ernest Hank and Magdalena (Herrman) Cunningham. She married Kenneth Hasenfratz on May 18, 1968. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband; a son, David Hasenfratz; two brothers, Lee Edward Deperschmidt, Rush Center, Charles Depperschmidt, La Crosse,...
Mary Ann Disney
Feb 13, 2014
Mary Ann Disney died at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center on February 13, 2014. She was born March 16, 1923, in Plainville, Kansas, to Alma and Edward Plomondon. Mary Ann moved to Ellis, KS, at the age of 13 and remained a lifelong resident. She served in the United State Navy as a nurse and returned to Ellis after WWII....
Bernita Younger
Feb 11, 2014
Bernita Anna Younger, age 82, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born March 5, 1931 in Munjor, Ks to Chrysostom and Catherine (Meier) Korbe. She married Marvin Severin Younger on October 24, 1951 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Munjor. Bernita had worked at Travenol and she was...
Brenda Gabel
Feb 11, 2014
Brenda Sue Gabel, age 52 of Hays, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. She was born February 4, 1962 in Fayetteville, NC to Virgel Weigel and Darlene VonFeldt. She graduated from Marian High School in 1980. She married Curtis G. Gabel on October 17, 1981 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hays. Brenda had previously...
Evelyine Hatfield
Feb 6, 2014
Evelyine Marie Hatfield, age 71, of Hays passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 at her home. She was born Oct. 2, 1942 in Yocemento, KS to Gerhardt and Agnes (Brown) Rohr. She graduated from Girl's catholic High. She married Donald Hatfield in 1962. He preceded her in death in Dec. 1984. She was a homemaker and worked as a furniture...
Eddie Heffel Jr.
Feb 2, 2014
Eddie Heffel Jr., age 80, of Hays passed away Sunday, Feb 2, 2014 at his home. He was born March 30, 1933 in Russell, KS to Edward and Esther Marie (Fink) Heffel Sr. He married Signa McKanna on Feb. 10, 1954. He graduated from Russell High School and received a Bachelors Degree from Fort Hays State University. He was an...
John Mccabe
Feb 1, 2014
John F. McCabe, 85, Hays, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at Hays Medical Center. He was born Dec. 3, 1928, in Zurich to William and May (Mahoney) McCabe. He married Annabelle Pfannenstiel in 1975. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol, Sons of the American Revolution and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He was an avid pilot and...
Robert Klaus
Jan 13, 2014
Robert F. "Bob" Klaus, age 74, of Hays passed away Monday, January 13, 2014 at his home. He was born June 1, 1939 in Ellis County, Kansas to Isidore and Anna (Meier) Klaus. He married Alberta (Befort) on October 9, 1961 in Antonino, Kansas. He was a long time Heating and Air Conditioning contractor being a co-owner of K&W Heating...
Greta Joan Porter
Jan 12, 2014
Greta Joan Porter, age 84, of Hays, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at her residence. She was born November 8, 1929 in Ulysses, Kansas to Charles Wayne "Bus" and Virginia (Hillary) Leierer. On May 22, 1948Joan was united in marriage to Lewis "Luke" Dale Porter at the First United Methodist Church of Ulysses. two children, Jeffrey Dale and Tamara...
Vickie Cole
Jan 2, 2014
Vickie J. Cole, age 67, of Hays, passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 at Hays Medical center. She was born May 12, 1946 in Great Bend to Donald A. and Dorothy (Rinker) Bowsher Sr. She married Tom O. Cole on July 3, 1966 in Great Bend. Vickie was an Executive Secretary for DaMar Resources Inc. of Hays. She was an...
Connie Rohr
Jan 1, 2014
Conrad (Connie) L Rohr Sr, 84, Hays, died Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 at Ellis Good Samaritan Center after a 4 year struggle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was born on September 5th, 1929 in Hays to Joseph L and Agatha (Dreher) Rohr. He married Benita A Rohr in August of 1950. They were happily married for 63 years. He was...
Eleanor Helen Younker
Dec 28, 2013
Eleanor Helen Younker, age 101, of Hays passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 in Hays. She was born September 23, 1912 in Hays to Anton F. and Rosa (Maska) Arnhold. She married Anton "Tony" M. Younker on January 27, 1937. He preceded her in death. Survivors include three daughters, Esther McCleland, Charlotte Hoffman and Barbara Ochs all of Hays, a...
Andrew Joseph Herrman
Dec 28, 2013
Andrew Joseph Herrman, 36, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. He was born July 26, 1976, in Hays to Karen Parker Herrman and Gregory J. Herrman. He attended Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in Hays, Colorado Mountain College in Vail, Colo., followed by the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He worked for Marriott Corp. in Vail and Park...
Marvin Kuhn
Dec 26, 2013
Marvin A. Kuhn, 80, Hays, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at Rush County Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 8, 1933, in Gorham to Anton and Philomena (Schmidtberger) Kuhn. He married Doris D. Von Feldt on April 23, 1953, in Hays. She preceded him in death. He was a truck driver for Hunter and Allied Inc. until his retirement in...
Madge Gustin
Dec 24, 2013
Magdalene E. 'Madge' Gustin, 93, Hays, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2013, at Via Christi Village. She was born Aug. 23, 1920, in Eudora to Albert and Clara (Schehrer) Grosdidier. She was a 1937 graduate of Eudora High School, a 1941 graduate of St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing and received her Kansas registered nurse certification in 1941. She married James...

Richard Wall
Dec 10, 2013
Richard Wall, 75, Hays, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Hays Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Russell City Cemetery Service Information Funeral Service Saturday January 4, 2014 10:30 AM
Gerad Madrid
Nov 28, 2013
Gerad F. Madrid, age 34, of Plainville, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 in Hays. He was born August 5, 1979 in Leadville, CO. to Geraldine (Martinez) and William Madrid. He had worked as a handyman and carpenter. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports and fitness, working on his car and he loved to be with his daughters. Survivors include his mothers,...