Obituary Listing

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...

Jul 9, 2017

Richard Duane Davis, age 67, passed away at his home in Brownell on Sunday, July 9, 2017.  He was born on June 13, 1950 in Tribune, Kansas the son of Jesse Vernon and Phyllis Irene (Stegman) Davis. He worked for many years at the Brownell grain elevator, the Ransom Coop, and most recently as the Custodian and Maintenance Supervisor at...

Jul 8, 2017

William Donald Albers, 65, passed away on July 8, 2017 at the Via Christi Medical Center, St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on November 20, 1951 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Donald and Marguerite (Seuser) Albers.

He was a carpenter and a member of Praise...

Jul 7, 2017

Dalton Trey Garrison, 21, passed away on July 7, 2017 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born on January 4, 1996 in Hays the son of Tad and Laurie (Washburn) Garrison.

He was a construction worker, former employee of the City of Ness...

Jul 6, 2017

Billy Dean Oliver, age 81, died on July 6, 2017 at the Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom. He was born on September 3, 1935 in Utica, Kansas the son of Lester and Edna Nelson Oliver.

He was the Grisell Memorial Hospital and Long Term Care maintenance engineer for 48 years....

Jul 4, 2017

Alex Joseph Dechant, age 85, died in rural Bazine, Kansas on July 4, 2017. He was born on the family farm on February 9, 1932 the son of Antone and Susie (Schneider) Dechant.

He was a veteran of the United States Army, a farmer, rancher, and a custom cutter....

Jul 3, 2017

Betty Evelyn Henry, age 92, died on July 3, 2017 at the Lane County Hospital, Dighton. She was born on July 23, 1924 in Wichita, Kansas the daughter of Harry and Lydia Roberts Poe. She grew up two miles from Milton on a small farm. She gradutated from Milton High School in 1942, attended Southwestern College in...

Jun 30, 2017

Jonathan Patrick Ruda, 31, of Osage Beach, Missouri, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017 in Osage Beach. Jonathan was born May 19, 1986 in Scott City, Kansas, the son of Donald and Susan (Wasserman) Ruda.

Jonathan is survived by his parents Donald and Susan Ruda of Ness City, Kansas; his fiance Jessica Stein...

Jun 27, 2017

Justin D. Leighty, a 41 year-old Warsaw, Ind., resident and editor of Elkhart, Ind.-based Woodall's Campground Management magazine, passed away on the evening of June 27 from injuries sustained in a one -vehicle accident on a rural Kansas road where he had gone with his family to help with the wheat harvest at his family farm as he did...

Jun 17, 2017

Darrell D Sunley, 64 , passed away on June 17, 2017 at the Rush County Memorial Hospital in LaCrosse, Kansas. He was born on July 05, 1952 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Roy and Ethel (McGinnis) Sunley. He was a Farmer - Rancher.

Survivors include brothers Ronald Sunley,...

Jun 5, 2017

Donald E. Ruegsegger, age 95, passed away on June 5, 2017 at his home in Ankeny. He was born on April 12, 1922 in Greene Twp, Iowa Co., Iowa the son of Guido and Eliza Moffitt Ruegsegger.

He attended Parnell Schools in Parnell, Iowa. He was a proud veteran of the United Stated...