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Augie Herman

Augie Herman

Jan 18, 2013

August Joseph "Augie" Herman Jr., age 76, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at his home. He was born October 21, 1936 on the family farm south of Ellis, Kansas to August and Mary (Kisner) Herman Sr. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1954. He married Sandra Ashbaugh on May 12, 1956 in Ellis at St. Marys Catholic Church....

Caroline Schmidt

Caroline Schmidt

Jan 17, 2013

Caroline Rita (Dreiling) Schmidt, age 84, of Hays, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 7,1928 in Victoria to Balthasar and Elizabeth (Graf) Dreiling. She married George J. Schmidt Sr. on August 15, 1949 in Victoria. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1981. She worked at St. Anthony Hospital, Travenol Laboratory,...

John R Harkness

John R Harkness

Jan 11, 2013

John Raymond Harkness, Wichita, 49, died Friday, January 11, 2013 in Wichita. He was born April 4, 1963 in Hays, Kansas to Robert A. and Catherine M. (Dreiling) Harkness. He graduated from Thomas More Prep in 1981 and from Fort Hays State University. He enjoyed sports and especially Fort Hays State University, The University of Kansas, Kansas City Royals and...

Frank Stecklein

Frank Stecklein

Jan 8, 2013

M/sgt Frank C. Stecklein, Air Force retired, entered into rest on January 8, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas, 3 months prior to his 100th birthday. He was the eldest of eight children born to the late Carl and Anna (Younger) Stecklein. Frank was born on March 20, 1913 in Ellis County Kansas. Frank graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy of...

Bernice Lang

Bernice Lang

Jan 7, 2013

Bernice (Herman) Lang, age 82, of Ellis passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at her home. She was born February 23, 1930 in Ellis to Nick and Anna (Lang) Herman. She married Syl Lang on June 7, 1950 in Ellis. He preceded her in death on November 27, 1985. She was a homemaker and had worked at Baxter-Travenol for 10...

Cheryl Martin

Cheryl Martin

Jan 4, 2013

Cheryl A. Martin, age 65, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to Edgar J. and Erma Jean (McMullen) Sanders. She was a retired C.N.A. having worked at Via Christi Medical Center in Wichita. She enjoyed sewing, reading and genealogy. She is survived by a son,...

John Weber Jr.

John Weber Jr.

Dec 25, 2012

John Weber Jr., age 90, of Ellis died at Hays Medical Center on Christmas morning. He was born on April 10, 1922 in Trego County to John and Theresia (Augustine) Weber Sr. He married Marcella Eberle on September 26, 1944 at St. Marys Church in Ellis. He worked to build Cedar Bluff Lake, worked for many years at Fondoble Motor...

Michael Haas

Michael Haas

Dec 21, 2012

Michael Charles Haas, age 41, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Saturday December 22, 2012. Michael was born June 12, 1971 in Denver, Colorado to Norbert "Chuck" Haas and Geraldine "Jean" (Graff) Haas. He graduated from Bear Creek High School in Littleton, Colorado and then moved with his parents to San Diego, California where he attended the University of...

Linus Miller

Linus Miller

Dec 19, 2012

Linus Jacob Miller, age 87, of Hays passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Cypress Springs Alzheimers Care Center in Wichita. He was born July 22, 1925 in Hays, KS. to A.R. and Seraphine (Ruder) Miller. He graduated from Hays High in 1944. He married Laurinda Pfannestiel January 31, 1951 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Linus was a...

Ruth Templeton

Ruth Templeton

Dec 10, 2012

Ruth Helen Templeton, age 75, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born June 8, 1937 in Omaha, NE. to John F. and Nora (Bischoff) Streng. She attended Beatrice, NE. Public Schools and Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. She married Robert "Bob" Templeton on December 25, 1956 in Beatrice, NE. Ruth was employed...

Donald Walters

Donald Walters

Dec 10, 2012

Donald J. Walters, age 81, of Hays, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was raised by Jacob and Anna (Arnold) Walters. He married Mary Lou Armbruster in Ellis, Kansas on November 20, 1955. He is a retired M/Sgt. Of the United States Air force, having served in Germany and Vienna, Austria during the four powers...

Michael Weigel

Michael Weigel

Dec 5, 2012

Michael Lee Weigel, age 54, of Pfeifer, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at his home. He was born March 26, 1958 in Hays, Kansas to Robert L. and Anna Marie (Schmidt) Weigel. He graduated from TMP-Marian High School in 1976. He was a US Navy veteran. He worked at Larned State Hospital in patient care. He was an avid...

Vernon Baier

Vernon Baier

Dec 4, 2012

Vernon J. Baier, age 90, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born April 11, 1922 in Hays, KS. to John W. and Anna V. (Wiesner) Baier. He graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy in 1940. He married Irene Schmidt on January 10, 1943. She preceded him in death in October...

Marie Karlin

Marie Karlin

Dec 2, 2012

Marie Mildred Karlin,91, Hays, died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Hays Good Samaritan Center. She was born November 10, 1921 to Jerome and Clara (Degenhardt) Hartman and was a 1939 graduate of Girls Catholic High School. Marie married Irvin Karlin on February 22, 1944. She and Irv celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary two months before Irvs death in April of...

Walter "Chuck" Ross

Walter "Chuck" Ross

Nov 30, 2012

Walter Charles "Chuck" Ross, age 65, of Hays, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 1, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to Walter C. and Philomena (Fisher) Ross. He graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy in 1965 and from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelors in Business. He married Deborah J. Flagler on...

Michael Kinderknecht

Michael Kinderknecht

Nov 28, 2012

Michael Albert Anthony Kinderknecht, age 49, of Victoria, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in Hays. He was born September 12, 1963 in Hays to Donald and Virginia (Legleiter) Kinderknecht. He married Roberta Dawn Foster on October 15, 2005 in WaKeeney. He was a laborer at Cross Manufacturing of Hays and had been a pumper in the oilfields. He enjoyed...

Rose Ann Sipes

Rose Ann Sipes

Nov 27, 2012

Rose Ann (Werth) Sipes, age 75, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born May 3, 1937 in rural Schoenchen, Kansas to August and Dorothy (Werth) Werth. She graduated from Schoenchen High School in 1955. Rose Ann works at Adronics of Hays as a assembly line worker. She was a...

Shane Gottschalk

Shane Gottschalk

Nov 19, 2012

Shane Paul Gottschalk, age 21, of Hays, passed away Monday, November 19th at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born February 25, 1991, in Hays, Kansas, to Gregg and Patricia (Wooster) Gottschalk. Shane graduated from TMP-Marian in 2009 and was attending college at Fort Hays State University. He was a very active person working for Wagoner...

Blake Mcguire

Blake Mcguire

Nov 16, 2012

Blake McGuire, age 61 of Garnett, KS, formally of Hays, KS, passed away November 16, 2012 in Garnett. He was born on Aug 10, 1951 in Hays, KS, to Inez McGuire and Jim McGuire. Blake graduated high school from Hays High in 1969, and college from Fort Hays State University in 1974 where he was a member the Delta Sigma...

Pat Rigby

Pat Rigby

Nov 15, 2012

Kenneth Leroy "Pat" Rigby, age 87, of Hays passed away Thursday, November 15, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 30, 1925 in Waldo, Kansas to Harry and Lydia "Merle" (Bealby) Rigby. He married Margaret "Paula" Walter September 29, 1973 in Hays, Kansas. She preceded him in death February 11, 2012. Pat spent his working career in the...

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