Alice Faye Hobbs
Jul 23, 2016
Alice Faye Hobbs, 69, died Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Alice was born Feb. 1, 1947 at Ransom, Kansas to Herman Oscar and Hazel Hoch Ummel. She attended Utica High School. In Sept. 1962 she married John E. Jennings and from this union came 2 sons and 5 daughters. In Oct. 1981 she married Joe...
Betty Lou "Goat" Fear
Jul 20, 2016
Betty Lou "Goat" (McNair) Fear, age 74, passed away at her home in McCracken on July 20, 2016. She was born on January 18, 1942 in Lee County, Arkansas the daughter of Homer and Jessamine (Shelton) McNair On May 11, 1974 she married Karold Kay "Red" Fear. He preceded her in death on October 24, 2008 She is survived by...
Norma Jean Reinert-Schuette
Jul 16, 2016
Norma Jean Reinert-Schuette, known to most as Jeannie, was born August 29, 1944, in Ness County, Kansas, to Dennis E. and Vietta A. (Ummel) Walter. She departed this life Sautrday, July 16, 2016 in Great Bend, Kansas. Jeannie married Ralph Paul Reinert March 24, 1962, in Clayton, New Mexico. To this union three sons were born: Kirk Alan of Ness...
Stephen Anderson
Jul 16, 2016
Stephen Kyle Anderson, age 68, passed away at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas on July 16, 2016. He was born on September 4, 1947, the son of Gerald and Emma Norlin Anderson. He was a veteran of the USAF, a member of the Ness City American Legion, and a volunteer on the McCracken fire department. He was a mechanic and...
Dale Lee Schwindt
Jul 3, 2016
Dale Lee Schwindt, age 73 died at his home in Alexander, Kansas on Sunday, July 3, 2016. He was born on June 18, 1943 in Ness City, Kansas the son of Harry and Dorothea Pratt Schwindt. He is survived by his wife Gloria (Stremel) Schwindt of the home; two sons, Devin Schwindt and Michael Cairns; one daughter, Kerie Schwindt; one...
Irene Virginia Roth
Jun 30, 2016
Irene Virginia Roth passed away June 30, 2016, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 94. Irene was born in La Crosse, Kansas, November 12, 1921 to Henry John Wagner and Juliana Sabersch. She was the fourth of eight siblings Hilda, Esther, Oliver, Eldon, Johnny, La Donna and Richard. The family moved from Lacrosse to Garden City, Kansas in 1924....
Alma Ann Betz
Jun 21, 2016
Alma Betz, 94, died June 21, 2016 at the Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 23, 1921, at Bazine, KS, the daughter of Jacob and Anna Hemel Funk. She had been a longtime Ness County resident and moved to Great Bend in 1994. On February 7, 1942, she married Harold Betz, at Larned. He died December...
Frank Ervin Morgan
Jun 21, 2016
Frank Ervin Morgan, age 68, passed away at Via Christi St. Frances Hospital, Wichita, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. He was born November 20, 1947 in Hoxie, KS, the son of Ervin Albert and Lora Ellen Wooton Morgan. He married Melody Ellis on August 8, 1970. They had three sons, Scott, Phillip, and Walter, all of Ness City. Frank served in...
William R. Lovitt
Jun 20, 2016
William R. Lovitt, age 78, of Ransom, Kansas, passed away while surrounded by his family at 6:00 in the evening on Monday, June 20, 2016 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas after a lengthy battle with complications from lung disease, heart disease, and cancer. Bill was born on September 19, 1937 in McCracken, to Robert and Grace...
Lois Marie Mcleish
Jun 16, 2016
Lois M. McLeish, age 86, of Ness City, KS passed away June 16, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. She was born in Altamont, Kansas on October 18, 1929 to Howard and Ethel (Hauck) Billington. Lois attended Kansas State University and was a member of Clovia House. There she met Thomas Edwin McLeish and married in 1950. She moved to their...
Hulda Marie Dye
Jun 13, 2016
Hulda Marie Dye, 93, passed away on June 13, 2016 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born on March 6, 1923 in Bazine, Kansas the daughter of Albert and Margaret (Friebus) Tittel. She was a homemaker and a member of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and Ladies Aide, Ness City. She married LeRoy Dye on Sunday,...
Sarah Boyd Jedlicka
Jun 7, 2016
Sarah Boyd Jedlicka, 98, passed away on June 7, 2016 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. She was born on November 21, 1917 in Pittsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Richard and Gabriella (Blair) Taylor. She was a member of the Ness City First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and was the choir director. She...
Tyler Lee Gabel
Jun 6, 2016
Tyler Lee Gabel, age 12, passed away at his home on Monday, June 6, 2016. He was born in Wichita, Kansas on March 20, 2004 the son of Brian and Carolyn Ferguson Gabel. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and the Ness City Grade School 5th grade class. He is survived by his parents Brian and Carolyn...
Carl Lee Harris
May 27, 2016
Dateline: Ransom, Kansas Carl Lee Harris, 68, passed away on May 27, 2016 at the Rhode Island Suites in Ransom. He was born on April 17, 1948 in Larned the son of Clifford and Helen (Andersen) Harris. Carl always carried cherished photographs of beloved family members in his shirt pocket. Tattered, worn, much loved images of the people he carried...
Marlin R. Stum
May 22, 2016
Marlin R. Stum, 81 , passed away on May 22, 2016 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on January 24, 1935 in Ness County, Kansas, the son of Glen and Nell LaNore (Ficken) Stum. He was a farmer and a rancher. He married Sandra Stairrett on June 3rd, 1956 in Jetmore, Kansas. She survives. Other...
Patricia Louise Crosswhite
May 14, 2016
Patricia Louise (Krey) Crosswhite passed away peacefully on May 14, 2016 at Medical Lodge in Kinsley KS. She was born on June 23, 1930 on the farm near Stafford, KS to Arcy and Mrytle Heggy Krey. She graduated at Great Bend High school in 1948, she went to college where she received her bachelors degree in Business Education. Then she...
Dorothy Marie Herman
May 11, 2016
Dorothy Marie Herman, age 91, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, on May 11, 2016. She was born on June 17, 1924 in Russell, KS, the daughter of Herbert and Isabelle Gager Dumler. She was a near lifetime resident of Ness City. On August 28, 1942 she married John Herman. He preceded her in death on...
Merlynna Rae Harley
May 11, 2016
Merlynna Rae Harley, age 29, passed away at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas on May 11, 2016. She was born on March 26, 1987 in Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Michael Harley and Mary Hazuka. She worked in health care, assisting disabled people in day-to-day living. She was a stay at home mom to her little boys. She had...
Florine Marie Breit
May 8, 2016
Florine Marie Brundage Ridenour Breit was born July 25, 1931 in Brownell, Kansas to Bertie B. and Halcie M. Barnett Brundage. She departed from this life at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hugoton, Kansas on May 8, 2016. She attended school at Brownell, KS, graduating in 1948. She attended Fort Hays State College and graduated with a Bachelor in Home...
Russell John Linsey
May 7, 2016
Russell John Linsey, age 58, died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at his home in McCracken, Kansas. Russ was born on June 28, 1957 in Topeka, Kansas the son of H. Dean and Carolyn Blauvelt Linsey. The family moved to Silver Lake, Kansas in 1966 where he grew up and graduated from Silver Lake High School. Russ worked different jobs in...
