Obituary Listing

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...

Jun 5, 2017

Gilbert Dale Borger, 90, passed away on June 05, 2017 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. He was born on April 17, 1927 at home on the farm South of in Ness City the son of Reinhardt and Amelia"Molly" (Karst) Borger.

He was the Owner...

May 22, 2017

Ambrose Andrew Kisslinger, age 88, died Monday, May 22, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis, Kansas. He was born on March 1, 1929 on the family farm N.E. of Ransom, Kansas to Herman and Catherine Flax Kisslinger. He was the fifth-born of 11 children and the first-born son.

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May 19, 2017

Lena Babcock, 100 , passed away on May 19, 2017 at the Archstone Care Center in Chandler, Arizona . She was born on May 24, 1916 near Castle Rock, Gove County, Kansas the daughter of Clade and Edna (Light) Martin. She married Ross K. Babcock on August 16, 1936 in Dighton, Kansas. He preceded her...

May 14, 2017

Sheila Marie McBee, 70, passed away on May 14, 2017 at Rhode Island Suites in Ransom, Kansas. She was born on July 25, 1946 in Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Howard and Martina (Degenhart) Betz.

She married Vernon L "Pete" (McBee) on December 1st, 1962, in Ness City....

May 12, 2017

Dorothy Marie Walker, 85, passed away on May 12, 2017 at Trego Manor in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born on January 28, 1932 in Rural Trego County, Kansas the daughter of Joe and Theresa (Ashenbrenner) Schuster.

She was a homemaker and a member of the St. Aloysius Church and...

May 10, 2017

Marva Jo Bell, age 77, passed away on May 10, 2017 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. She was born in Thomas Oklahoma on March 22, 1940 to John William and Edith Isola (Osteen) Dillmon. They then moved to Fay, OK where she attended school from first grade to the first half of...

May 9, 2017

Emalyn Claire Bernbeck, 2 days , passed away on May 9, 2017 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on May 7, 2017 weighing five pounds, five ounces and 18 inches long in Hays, Kansas the daughter of Reed and Randilee (Snodgrass) Bernbeck. S urvivors include her parents; grandparents, Ted and...

May 1, 2017

Melvin Leon "Mel" Mehler, age 82, formerly of Meade, Kansas, passed away May 1, 2017 at his home in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born on September 23, 1934 in Bazine, Kansas the son of Fredrick W. and Marie M. Foos Mehler.

Mel was a truck driver for Enron Corp. from many years.  He was a US Navy...

Apr 24, 2017

Tommy Wayne Betz, 67 went home to Jesus and wife Penny on April 24, 2017.  He was born October 27, 1949, to Dewain and Henrietta (Dechant) Betz. Tom married Penny Irvin on August 24, 1969.  They made their home on a farm South of Bazine for many years where he loved living in the country, farming, ranching, and all...

Apr 23, 2017

Terrance (Terry) Lane Antenen, age 79, passed away April 23, 2017 at Via Christi Hospital, St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. He was born on September 19, 1937 in LaCrosse, Kansas the son of Durward and Velma (Reinhardt) Antenen of Bazine. Terry was a rancher and cattleman. He was raised in the First Baptist Church of Bazine...