Obituary Listing

Sep 25, 2017

Elaine Ann Johnson, age 70, died on Monday, September 25, 2017 at Locust Grove Village Care Center, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born on November 20, 1946 in Great Bend, Kansas the daughter of Wesley and Ruth Miller Hagelgantz. She was a member of the Bazine Seventh Day Adventist Church. Elaine taught Home Economics for many...

Sep 23, 2017

George Hunter, age 91, died on September 23, 2017 in McCracken, Kansas.  He was born in Denver Colorado February 1926 to William and Gladys Hunter.  George had 1 brother and 5 sisters. They spent most of the teen and adult years in Oregon and Washington State with most of...

Sep 11, 2017

Ann Elizabeth Pfannenstiel, age 87, died Monday, September 11, 2017 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was born on July 6, 1930 in Hillsboro, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Neva Osborn Ruffhead.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Ness City. She was a secretary for Greeley Gas, a teller...

Sep 9, 2017

Ross A. Potter, age 91, died September 9, 2017 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom. He was born on August 11, 1926 in Burdett the son of Robert Harrison "Harry" and Beatrice Ellen Miller Potter.

He was a United States Army Air Corps veteran having served with the 36 th Fighter Squadron (the Flying...

Sep 8, 2017

Alvin Fred Schugart, age 88, passed away on Friday, September 8, 2017 at his home near Bazine. He was born on August 29, 1929 in Great Bend, Kansas the son of William Fred and Velma Hlavaty Schugart.

Alvin was a farmer and stockman. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Sep 6, 2017

Basil C. Marhofer passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. Basil was born on a farm in Arnold on February 2, 1925 to Olin and Mamie Keyser Marhofer. He graduated from Ness City High School and received his AB Degree as well as his Juris Doctor Degree...

Sep 3, 2017

Robert Earl Borthwick, 93, died Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. He was born on June 20, 1924 in Concordia, Kansas to Donald J. and Maud Sjolander Borthwick. He grew up on the family farm southwest of Beeler. He graduated from Beeler High School in 1942, and attended one semester...

Aug 25, 2017

Lauretta Virginia Jones, 97, died August 25, 2017 at Pine Village, Moundridge, Kansas. She was born on October 29, 1919 in Swanton, Vermont the daughter of Alfred and Jessie Fletcher Brow.

She moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada with her parents and 2 younger sisters while at a young age. There she attended a...

Aug 21, 2017

Don Mollenkamp, 97, passed away on August 21, 2017 at the Trego Lempke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas.  He was born on March 9, 1920 on the farm in Trego County near Arnold, Kansas the son of Louis and Alvina (Huehl) Mollenkamp.

He was a farmer and stockman and a member of the United Methodist Church in...

Aug 20, 2017

Harry E. Shank, age 94, died on August 20, 2017 at Cedar Village, Ness City. He was born on February 12, 1923 on the family farm near Bazine, Kansas to Will and Katie Meyer Shank.

Harry was a 1940 graduate of Bazine High School and a graduate of Kansas State University. He was...

Aug 18, 2017

Vivian Breit  Borom, 94, of Albany, GA, died August 18, 2017 at her residence.  Mr. Dave Smoot and The Women of the Moose conducted Funeral Rites Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation following until 8:00 PM.  Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 2:00 PM at St. Aloysius Cemetery in Ransom,...

Aug 9, 2017

Larry L. Reinert, Ness City, was born to Henry and Alice Petersilie Reinert on August 5, 1937. He attended elementary school at Riverside, south of Ness City, and high school at Ness City, graduating in 1954. Following graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving for four years and returning to Ness City to...

Aug 6, 2017

Orville Joyce Hair, age 89, died on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.  He was born on the family farm to George and Grace (Holmes) Hair of Danby Valley near Brownell, Kansas. He married Willa Snodgrass on September 19, 1948.  He built the home he shared with her for nearly 69 years.  He was a...

Aug 6, 2017

Donald Lee Bain, 89, passed away on August 06, 2017 at Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. He was born on March 15, 1928 to James Elbert and Pearl Elizabeth (Painter) Bain in Cainsville, Missouri. The family would later move to Ness City where Don attend Ness City High School and later would join the United States...

Jul 31, 2017

Orley G. Burgess was born on December 28, 1919, in Arnold, Kansas the son of Roy and Lillie Ummel Burgess, and died in Evergreen, Colorado on July 31, 2017 at the age 97. He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn, and is survived by his son, Bruce.

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Jul 26, 2017

Wendi Richelle Kjellberg, age 51, died on July 26, 2017 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. She was born on January 18, 1966 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Fred Herman and Darlene J. Rauch Kraft.

She married Larry Kjellberg on June 16, 1984 in Ransom, Kansas. He...

Jul 22, 2017

Albert "Butch" L. Albers passed away at home on July 22, 2017, at the age of 69.  He was born to Donald and Marguerite (Seuser) Albers on December 17, 1947 in LaCrosse, Kansas.

Butch was raised on a farm south of Ransom, Kansas.  After graduating from high school in 1965, he attended Fort Hays State University, where...

Jul 19, 2017

Wayne E. Leikam, Sr, age 83, passed away on July 19, 2017 at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born on November 3, 1933 in Ness City the son of Alphonse and Frances Korbe Leikam.

He graduated from Ness City High School and had been a resident of Hutchinson...

Jul 13, 2017

Donald Goodfellow Davis, 91, passed away on July 13, 2017 at his home in Louisburg, Kansas. He was born on July 16, 1925 in Ness City, Kansas the son of Marshall and Jane (Goodfellow) Davis.

He was a teller and cashier for the First State Bank, Ness City and...

Jul 10, 2017

Harold Witthuhn, 92, of Bazine, Kansas, passed away July 10, 2017 at Cedar Village, Ness City. Harold was the fifth child of Louis and Anna (Mauth) Witthuhn. He was born on the family farm located 3 miles West of Bazine on the north side of Highway 96.

He attended Walnut Hill school about...