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Mark David Seibel

Mark David Seibel

Aug 26, 2012

Mark David Seibel, age 52, of Oklahoma City, passed away August 26, 2012 at Grace Living Center on Oklahoma City. He was born May 27, 1960 in Chandler, OK. He is survived by his parents, Dave and Verla Seibel of Ellis; two brothers, Steve Seibel and wife Peggy of Ellis and Gary D. Seibel and wife Terri of Salina; five...

Larry "L.J." Abker

Larry "L.J." Abker

Aug 24, 2012

Larry J Abker ("LJ"), 78, Hays, died August 24, 2012, at Hays Medical Center. Larry was born on July 7, 1934 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He attended Geneva High School in Geneva, Nebraska where he was the star drummer in the GHS band. He graduated from high school in 1951. Larry continued his education at Nebraska Wesleyan University and belonged...

Trula Cox

Trula Cox

Aug 24, 2012

Trula J Cox, 84, passed away peacefully August 24th, 2012, under the wonderful care of Hospice of the Valley in Mesa, Arizona. She was born January 16, 1928 in Minneapolis, KS to Clyde and Virginia (Emery) Merryfield, and graduated from Minneapolis High School in 1945. She married Claude Cox on April 3, 1949, and spent most of her life on...

Roma Lee Mellick Blau

Roma Lee Mellick Blau

Aug 24, 2012

Roma Lee Mellick Blau died August 24, 2012 at Via Christi Village in Hays. She was born February 12, 1931, to Del and Addie (Winslow) Porter at Beardsley, KS. She graduated from Atwood Community High School in 1949. Roma Lee married Lyle Dean Mellick October 2, 1949. They had three children, Donald Dean, Ronald Gene and Melody Ann. Roma Lee...

D.J. Pfannenstiel

D.J. Pfannenstiel

Aug 17, 2012

D.J. Pfannenstiel, age 78, of Munjor, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012 at the Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born February 22, 1934 in Hays, Kansas to John M. and Mary Theresa (Herl) Pfannenstiel. He married Margie Leiker on April 15, 1961 in Ransom, Kansas. He was the owner of D.J.s Roustabout Service and a farmer. He...

Scharlene Dreher

Scharlene Dreher

Aug 16, 2012

Scharlene F. Dreher, age 72, of Hays, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2012 at the Rush County Nursing Home in LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born February 4, 1940 in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Frank and Mary (Harp) Stumbaugh. She married Irvin Dreher on November 10, 1956 in Plainville, KS. She was a nurse for 23 years mostly at Hays Med. She...

Lyle R. Timmons

Lyle R. Timmons

Aug 11, 2012

Dr. Lyle R. Timmons, age 66, of Ellis, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born November 7, 1945 in Beloit, Kansas to Sherman and Esther (Jackson) Timmons. He was a graduate of Clyde High School in 1963 and of the Palmer Chiropractic College of Davenport, Iowa in 1968. He married Nancy Timmons...

Anna Geist

Anna Geist

Jul 30, 2012

Anna Marie (Weber) Geist, age 87, of Ellis, passed away Monday, July 30, 2012 at the Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. She was born May 3, 1925 on the family farm in Glenco Township, Trego County, KS. to John and Theresia (Augustine) Weber Sr. She married her grade school sweetheart, William (Bill) Geist Sr. on Nov. 22, 1943 at...

Myrna Faye Kincaid

Myrna Faye Kincaid

Jul 29, 2012

Myrna Faye Kincaid, 86, passed away July 29, 2012 at the Solomon Valley Manor, in Stockton, KS. She was born July 3, 1926 in Agra, KS to Roy and Faye (Beedy) Dean. She graduated from Agra High School in May 1944 and was employed by Boeing Selective Service in Wichita for a year after her graduation. She married Donald Leo...

Loren Gugler

Loren Gugler

Jul 26, 2012

Loren Arthur Gugler, age 84, of Ellis, passed away July 26, 2012 at the Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born on March 6, 1928 in Hays, KS to Ralph and Anna (Lishen) Gugler. He graduated from Ellis High School in 1946. He married Phyllis Meyer on February 12, 1955 in Chicago. He was a US Army veteran...

Ralph "Whitie" Koerner

Ralph "Whitie" Koerner

Jul 23, 2012

Ralph "Whitie" Koerner, age 90, of Hays, died Monday, July 23, 2012 at Via Christi Village, Hays. He was born March 22, 1922 in Hays, KS to John A. and Josephine (Leiker) Koerner. He graduated in 1940 from Hays High School. He married Louise Staab on Feb. 23, 1943 in Catharine, KS. He was truck driver for Graves Truck line...

Melven Herl

Melven Herl

Jul 21, 2012

Melven Joseph Herl, age 86, of Hays, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell where he moved to from the Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center in Salina, Kansas where he had been for nearly a year. He was born June 21, 1926 in Antonino, KS. to John J. and Caroline (Klaus) Herl. He married Esther Sauer June...

Raymond J Mazanec

Raymond J Mazanec

Jul 19, 2012

Raymond James Mazanec, 95, of Hays, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. He was born April 24, 1917 in Brainard, Nebraska to Adolf and Hattie (Kobza) Mazanec. He graduated from Colby High School in 1939. He married Josephine Horinek on May 1, 1945. He was a mechanic for the State of Kansas Highway Department. He served in...

Nancy Madden

Nancy Madden

Jul 18, 2012

Nancy Sevier Madden, 92, died Wed., July 18, at the Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse. She was born May 19th, 1920, to William Joseph and Marena (Sevier) Madden, at the family home in Hays where she was living until May. She graduated from Hays High in 1937 and from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1941. She also...

Clara Olman

Clara Olman

Jul 17, 2012

Clara Irene Oman, age 82, of Almena, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. She was born August 6, 1929 in Phillips County, Kansas to John and Airetta (Wolfe) Calhoon. She married James Brassfield in 1953. He preceded her in death in 1959. She married Donald Oman in 1975 and he preceded her in death in 2005. She...

Marguerite Black

Marguerite Black

Jul 15, 2012

Marguerite L. Black, 86, Hays, formerly of Rexford, died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Hays Medical Center after a battle with cancer. She was born November 25, 1925 near Selden, Kansas to Elsie (Kober) and Joseph Maddock. She married Harvey Jack May Jr. in 1946. They had one son, Randall Lynn May. She later married Andrew John "Andy" Black in...

Mary Pearson

Mary Pearson

Jul 11, 2012

Mary E. Pearson, age 91, of Ellis, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born May 7, 1921 in Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada to Jack and Mary (Young) Earl. She was a graduate of Hays High and also received a Bachelors Degree from Fort Hays State University. She married Rex K. Pearson on March...

Gerald E Mitchell

Gerald E Mitchell

Jun 30, 2012

Western Kansas lost a native son who had a profound effect on the lives of thousands of students and others with whom he had contact when Gerald Mitchell died on Saturday June 30, 2012. Gerald Eugene Mitchell was born on January 30, 1945, in Osborne, Kansas, to Lyle and Helen Orr Mitchell. He attended school in Covert and Osborne and...

Richard Kathol

Richard Kathol

Jun 30, 2012

Richard R. Kathol, 81, passed away on Saturday, June 30th at Hays Medical Center. He was born January 17, 1931 in Hartington, NE to Paul and Theresia (Miick) Kathol. He graduated from Hartington High in 1948 and was a Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He married LaVonne Doane April 15, 1952. They moved to Hays in 1964 opening Kathol...

Lyle D Stroup

Lyle D Stroup

Jun 30, 2012

Lyle Dean Stroup, 79, Hays, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at his home. He was born December 4, 1932, in Smith County, Kansas to Hugh M. and Dorothy M. (Musser) Stroup. Lyle was a 1950 graduate of Smith Center High School. In high school he excelled in football, basketball, track and baseball. He was invited to tryout camp...

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