Carol J. Schaben
Jun 25, 2020
Carol J Schaben, 79, Â passed away peacefully on June 25, 2020, at Benton House of Lenexa which was her home since 2017.
Carol was born September 11, 1940, in Bison, KS. She was the first of three children born to John and Monica Unrein. Carol was a 1958 graduate of LaCrosse High School.
Carol spent...
Eileen Hoff
Jun 11, 2020
Eileen Hoff, 89, passed away on June 11, 2020 at the Great Bend Regional Hospital in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on January 1, 1931 in Antonino, Kansas the daughter of Charley and Emma (Reichert) Munsch.
Eileen was a homemaker and an owner of Norge Village Dry Cleaners. She also worked at Travenol Industries and Walmart....
Ralph Victor Stenzel
Jun 4, 2020
Ralph Victor Stenzel, 98, of Ness City, Kansas passed away at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas on June 4, 2020. He was born on Jan. 25 th , 1922 in Big Creek Township in Russell, Kansas to Victor and Olinda (Reinhardt) Stenzel. In July of 1936; Ralph along with his parents and two brothers moved to a farm northwest...
James Samuel Fritzler
May 27, 2020
James Samuel Fritzler, 85, passed away on May 27, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on November 16, 1934 in Ness City, Kansas, the son of Sam and Freda (Sauer) Fritzler.
Jim was a 1953 graduate of Ness City High School, a member of the United Methodist Church, Ness City, and a...
Larry Dean Mccoy
May 16, 2020
Larry Dean McCoy, 79, passed away on May 16, 2020 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on April 30, 1941 on the family farm in Ness County, Kansas the son of Neal and Mary (McVicker) McCoy.
Larry was a farmer and rancher. He was a United States Army Veteran.
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John Charles Horacek
May 13, 2020
John Charles Horacek, age 94 years and four months, passed away May 13, 2020 at Cedar Village Retirement Home, Ness City, Kansas.
He was born at the family home near Rush Center, Kansas, the son of Czechoslovakian immigrants Frank and Mary Hrdlicka Horacek. He attended grade school through the eighth grade at Chilly Knob, the local country...
Melanie Ann Bernbeck
Apr 19, 2020
Melanie Ann Bernbeck was born February 25, 1957 in Washington Courthouse, Ohio to Georgann and Harold Wagner. She grew up in Kansas and went to the Pratt School system where she graduated in 1975, and then graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1979.
Melanie was a schoolteacher at Utica, Hoisington, and Ness City. She substituted at...
Phyllis Elaine Higgins
Apr 17, 2020
Phyllis Elaine Higgins, age 85, passed away peacefully at the Homestead Memory Care facility in Olathe, Kansas, on Friday morning, April 17 th , 2020. Born Phyllis Elaine Rein to Edward (Eddie) Rein and Mildred M. McKittrick on December 12 th , 1934 in Ness County, Kansas. She was the oldest of six siblings growing up in rural...
Fay Darlene Foos
Apr 12, 2020
Fay Darlene Foos, age 94, went to be with the Lord on April 12, 2020. She was born on her parent's farm south of Lucas on August 22, 1925 the daughter of Charles and Lydia (Heinze) Votruba.
In her early years she taught at a one room country schoolhouse in the Lucas, KS area. She would teach...
R.D. Rothe
Apr 12, 2020
R.D. Rothe, age 73, traded in his pilot wings for angel wings on April 12, 2020 at his home in Ness City. R.D. was born on April 15, 1946 in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was the son of Grover an Avis (Bell) Rothe.
He married Candy Austin on March 12, 1966 in WaKeeney, Kansas. They later divorced but...
Verlyn F Witthuhn
Apr 2, 2020
Verlyn Frederick Witthuhn, age 98, of Bazine, Kansas, passed away April 2, 2020 at Cedar Village, Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas.  He was born on July 19, 1921 at home, 1.25 miles west of Bazine, the son of Louis H., Sr. and Anna (Mauth) Witthuhn. He was raised on the family farm, attended Walnut Hill School and Bazine...
Alden B Miner
Apr 1, 2020
Alden B. Miner, 102, passed away on April 1, 2020 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. He was born on April 1, 1918 in Ness City, the son of Percy and Mildred (Borthwick) Miner.
Alden was an Abstractor and owner of Miner Brothers, a firm that had been in existence since 1885. He...
Gerald Dean Leikam
Mar 31, 2020
Gerald Dean Leikam, age 76, passed away on March 31, 2020 at the Ness County Hospital in Ness City, Kansas. He was born December 30, 1943 in Ness City, Kansas the son of Alphonse and Frances (Korbe) Leikam. Jerry graduated from Ness City High School in 1962. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ness...
Effie Ione Sutton
Mar 23, 2020
Effie Ione Sutton, age 92, passed away on March 23, 2020 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. She was born on June 18, 1927 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Melinda (Davis) Parkerson.
She was a graduate of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas, a teacher, a member of the First Baptist Church,...
Marjorie May Rohr
Mar 18, 2020
Marjorie May Rohr, 81, passed away on March 18, 2020 at the Rhode Island Suites in Ransom, Kansas. She was born on May 15, 1938 in Dighton, Kansas the daughter of Carl and Rosa (Michel) Cheney.
Marjorie was a secretary for C and R Salvage and a homemaker. She was a member of the Sunflower Polka Club...
Wayne Leroy Stiawalt
Mar 6, 2020
Wayne LeRoy Stiawalt, age 92, passed away on March 6, 2020 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. He was born on February 12, 1928 in Lane County, Kansas the son of William Chester and Mabel Beatrice (Reed) Stiawalt.
He was a farmer most of his life, but family always came first. He married...
Gerald Joseph Rebel
Mar 5, 2020
Gerald Joseph Rebel, 76, passed away on March 5, 2020 at the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on June 27, 1943 in Ness City, Kansas the son of Joseph and Helena (Zimmerman) Rebel.
Jerry was a Kirby Vacuum Salesman for 33 years. He graduated from Ness City High School in 1962 and...
Leon John Pfaff
Feb 26, 2020
Leon John Pfaff passed away just shy of his 80th birthday on February 26, 2020 at his home in Brownell, Kansas. He was born on March 1, 1940 in McCracken, Kansas the son of John and Silvina (Hammerschmidt) Pfaff.
Leon was a farmer stockman. He married Pat Miller on Tuesday, May 21, 1963, in LaCrosse, Kansas. She...
Ruth Leona Howard
Feb 21, 2020
Ruth L. Bitter Ochs Howard, age 92, died February 21, 2020 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas where she had been residing since 2012. She was born March 27, 1927 in Barton County, Kansas the daughter of Julius Bitter and Emilie Schmidt Bitter. Ruth completed 8 th grade in Barton County at a one-room schoolhouse. She attended Salt Lake...
Douglas Ray Petersilie
Feb 12, 2020
Douglas R. Petersilie, 71, passed away on February 12, 2020 at his home in Ness County, Kansas. He was born on December 20, 1948 in Dodge City, Kansas the son of Ray and Martina (Lang) Petersilie. He was baptized at Sacred Heart Church in Ness City.
Doug attended school in Ness City, graduating from high school in...
