Obituary Listing

Oct 21, 2020

Richard Gayle Horchem, 88, died Oct. 21, 2020, at the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in Topeka, Kansas. He was born April 17, 1932, on a farm southeast of Ransom, the son of Peter Jr. and Eva (Jaehde) Horchem.

Dick graduated from Ransom High School and Kansas State University. He married Lavonne Kay Horchem...

Oct 20, 2020

Mary Lou Tillitson, 68, passed away on October 20, 2020 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. She was born on October 29, 1951 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Oliver and Jennie (Potter) Tillitson.

Mary Lou was an elementary school teacher at Saint Mary Catholic School, Garden City, Kansas, and the Ransom Grade...

Oct 17, 2020

Albert T. Walt, age 86, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas, on October 17, 2020.

Albert was born on Feburary 18, 1934 on the family farm near Collyer, Kansas, the son of Leocadia Kuntz and Antone Walt.

Albert attended Banner grade school, went on to graduate from St. Joseph's Military...

Oct 14, 2020

Benita Barbara Snyder, 90, passed away on October 14, 2020. She was born on January 3, 1930 in Ness County, Kansas the daughter of Paul and Mary (Stoecklein) Seib.  She married Daniel Snyder on June 22, 1957, in Garden City, Kansas. He died on June 23, 2013.

Benita was a homemaker with a kind, loving, very gentle...

Oct 14, 2020

Larry Lee Kleweno, age 82, died October 14, 2020 at Cedar Village, Ness City.  He was born on July 4, 1938, to Herman H and Pauline (Filbert) Kleweno in Ness City, Kansas, at a maternity home.

Larry's first home was southwest of Bazine, which he always called the "Home Place".  When Grandmother Filbert died in 1947, Herman...

Oct 12, 2020

Kenneth E. Wasinger, age 69, passed away at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita on October 12, 2020.  He was born on April 27, 1951 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Nicholas and Wilma (Munch) Wasinger, while his father was deployed in Korea.  Kenny attended Sacred heart School and Ness City High School both in Ness City, Kansas. ...

Oct 5, 2020

Kenneth H. Brackney, age 90, passed away on Monday October 5 th , 2020 at Cedar Village Care Center, Ness City, Kansas.  He was born on May 30, 1930 in La Crosse, Kansas the son of Gertie (Wierman) and Hubert Brackney.

He served four years in the US Navy, obtained his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University...

Sep 29, 2020

Tracy Julianna Frank, 66, passed away on September 29, 2020 at the Ness County Hospital in Ness City, Kansas. She was born on June 22, 1954 at the Naval Base Hospital in Oakland, California the daughter of Charles and Sandra (Abbott) Wold.

Tracy lived in Berkeley, California, Lake Charles, Louisianna, and other places before moving to Ness...

Sep 23, 2020

Joyce Earllene Whipple, 78, passed away on September 23, 2020 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.  She was born on March 9, 1942 in Springcreek TWP Coffey County, Kansas the daughter of Earl and Idell (O'Dell) Harvey.

Joyce graduated from Le Roy Rural High School in 1960 and Emporia State University in 1964. She taught...

Sep 16, 2020

George Laverne Noll, 93, passed away on September 16, 2020 at the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, KS.  George was born at the Noll ranch 6 miles S.W. of Ransom on December 22, 1926 to Leonard and Eva (Daniels) Noll and continued to live there until his death.  He loved the farm and cattle.

George entered...

Sep 14, 2020

Sue Ellen Sonnenberg, 77, passed away on September 14, 2020 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas.  She was born on December 5, 1942 in South Gate, California the daughter of Richard and Bernice (Ludwigston) Risley.

Sue moved from California to Branson, Mo where she sold timeshares for many years.  She later moved to...

Sep 12, 2020

Patricia May (O'Toole) Nichol of Utica, KS passed away 12 days before her 91 st birthday on September 12, 2020 at Grisell Memorial Hospital in Ransom, KS.

Patricia was born on September 24, 1929 to Albert O'Toole and Bessie (Larrabee) O'Toole at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays, KS. An only child, she grew up on the family...

Sep 8, 2020

Bernice Marie Holmes, age 84, passed away on September 8, 2020 at Cedar Village Care Center, Ness City. She was born on April 5, 1936 in Schoenchen, Kansas to Jacob and Geneva Randa.

She graduated from Schoenchen High School and had many different work experiences but the ones she would talk about most were being a secretary...

Sep 4, 2020

Glenn Schniepp, age 93, died on September 4, 2020 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas.  He was born on November 4, 1926 in Pauline, Kansas the son of Carl and Viola (Ficken) Schniepp. When he was 3 months old, they moved to Riverside, a community in Ness County in a Model T Ford.

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Sep 3, 2020

Phyllis Jean Sheldon, 75, passed away on September 3, 2020 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas.  She was born on December 7, 1944 in Dighton, Kansas to Harold and Jennie (Stiawalt) Riepe.

Phyllis attend cosmetology school in Hutchinson after graduating from Ness City High School in 1963.  She worked as a hair stylist...

Aug 28, 2020

Leland Wayne Rein, 81, passed peacefully on August 28, 2020 as a result of COVID 19 at Hays Medical Center. He was born on February 19, 1939 at the farm south of Bazine to Fred Rein, Jr and Clara (Stieben) Rein.

Leland was the 4th of 5 children. He attended a rural grade...

Aug 27, 2020

Twila Marie Grose, 80, passed away unexpectedly on August 27, 2020 at her home in Ness City, Kansas.  She was born February 21, 1940 in LaCrosse, Kansas to Alois J. and Agnes M. (Legleiter) Ruder.

Twila was raised in LaCrosse, Kansas and was a 1958 graduate of LaCrosse High School.  On February 9, 1959 she married Vaughn...

Aug 27, 2020

Ronald Edington, 75, passed away on August 27, 2020 at his home in Ness City, Kansas.  He was born on June 2, 1945 in Geneva, New York, the son of Glen and Doris Edington.

Funeral service will be on Friday, September 4, 2020, 10:00 A.M., at the United Methodist Church, Ness City, Kansas.  Burial in the Ness...

Aug 26, 2020

Melba Eleska Dubbs was born July 27, 1926 to Maurice E. and Nellie Rose (Rufenacht) Dubbs on the family farm west of Ransom (Old Highway 4).

She attended Ransom Grade School, in the same building as her Father had attended.  She was like most children, having very few toys and learning to improvise with whatever she found,...

Aug 23, 2020

Bradley Neil Rein, age 58, died at his home in Ness City on August 23, 2020.  He was born on October 29, 1961 in Ness City the son of Cletus and JoAnn (Dreasher) Rein.

After graduating from Bazine High School in 1980, Brad worked most of his life in the oil field around Ness County.  On November...