Edward Stanley Ciempa
Jan 16, 2016
Graveside inurnment services will be on Sunday, May 15, 2016, 2:00 p.m. at the Ransom Cemetery. Edward Stanley Ciempa, age 76, passed away at his home in Ransom, Kansas on January 16, 2016. He was born on September 14, 1939, in Springfield, MA, the eldest son of Edward Anthony and Mary (Dudas) Ciempa. After growing up near Cleveland, OH, he...
Raymond Roy Cloutman
Jan 11, 2016
Raymond Roy Cloutman, age 60, passed away at his home in Ness City, Kansas on January 11, 2016. He was born on July 25, 1955 in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of Richard and Wilma (McCullough) Cloutman. He was a homemaker and also inspected fire extinguishing equipment. On August 4, 1975 he married Sheryl Frazier. She survives. He is also survived...
Vernon Lee Evel
Jan 2, 2016
Vernon Lee Evel, age 80, passed away at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas on January 2, 2016. He was born on April 2, 1935 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Bryan and Esther (Kruse) Evel. He was a cattle and grain farmer in Utica for all of his life. On August 31, 1958 he married Luzella Smith. She survives....
Terry Frank Blakely
Jan 1, 2016
Terry Frank Blakely, age 72, passed away at Willow House Care Home, Hays, Kansas on January 1, 2016. He was born on August 12, 1943 in Ness City, KS, the son of Frank and Alice (Watson) Blakely. He was a farmer and stockman. He was also an associate board member of the Beeler COOP, and an Eden Township board member....
Mina Ellen Musbach
Dec 25, 2015
Mina (Hartzler) Musbach went to be with the Lord on December 25, 2015, at the age of 95. She was born November 26, 1920, in rural Alton, KS, to Peter and Alma (Funk) Hartzler. She met Allen Musbach, the love of her life, after graduating from South Western Assembly of God Bible School, Enid, OK. They were married on January...
Nellie Frances Wittman
Dec 17, 2015
Nellie Frances Wittman, age 90, passed away at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas on Thursday, December 17, 2015. She was born on January 4, 1925 in Melbourne, Australia, the daughter of Alfred and Mary Ellen (Downie) Tite. On December 30, 1942, she married Wilbert Wittman Sr. He preceded her in death on April 18, 1987. She is survived by her...
Donald Lee Strecker
Dec 3, 2015
Donald Lee Strecker, age 80, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on December 3, 2015. He was born on April 25, 1935 in rural Bazine, Kansas, the son of Lawrence and Florence Fech Strecker. On August 1, 1970, he married Dixie Whitman. She survives. Other survivors include brothers, Bill (Kathy) Strecker, Carthage, MO, Allen (Brenda)...
Leroy J. Stoecklein
Nov 26, 2015
LeRoy J. Stoecklein was born October 7, 1933, the 11th of 12 children and the son of Anton A. and Rosa (Ruder) Stoecklein. He passed away November 26, 2015 at the age of 82, at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas. He married Delores Kippes who preceded him in death in August, 1955. Delores died in childbirth. He...
Elsie Marie Babcock
Nov 15, 2015
Elsie Marie (Everhart) Babcock, age 89, passed away at Select Specialty Hospital, Carrollton, Texas, on November 15, 2015. She was born on July 16, 1926 in Ransom, Kansas, to George William (Will) and Mary (Mae) Armstrong Manchester Everhart. She graduated from a county school through 8th grade and went to the 9th grade in Ransom. On May 10, 1943, she...
Juanita Irene Payne
Nov 2, 2015
NESS CITY – Juanita Irene Payne, 92, passed away Nov. 2, 2015. She was born March 14, 1923, in rural Labette County, Kan., to Howard and Ethel Billington. Juanita married Paul Johnson in 1953, and married Fred Payne in 1990. Fred preceded her in death. Survivors include: her sister, Lois McLeish of Ness City; nephews, William McLeish of Ness City...
William Joseph Groves
Nov 2, 2015
William Joseph Groves, age 45, passed away at his home in rural Ness County, Kansas on November 2, 2015. He was born on October 5, 1970 in Elmira, New York the son of Clayton and Stella Stanko Groves. He was a heavy equipment operator for Wild Bill' Inc. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. On June...
Donald Dean Weeks
Oct 31, 2015
Donald Dean Weeks, age 89, passed away on October 31, 2015 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. He was born on July 23, 1926 on the farm near Brownell, Kansas the son of John "Jack" and Nellie Brown Weeks. He was a mail carrier, farmer and a veteran of the United States Air Force having served during World War II....
John Bruntz
Oct 28, 2015
Dateline: Bazine, Kansas John Bruntz, age 88, died at Ness County Hospital, Ness City on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. He was born June 1, 1927 at the farm home southeast of Bazine to Jacob and Eva (Brunz) Bruntz. He married Eileen Wittig on August 20, 1950 at Alexander. He was a life-long member of the St. Paul Congregational Church, Bazine....
Glenn A. Pfaff
Oct 3, 2015
Glenn A. Pfaff, age 63, passed away at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas on Saturday, October 3, 2015. He was born June 25, 1952, the son of John and Silvina Hammerschmidt Pfaff. He was a farmer and stockman who loved to hunt, tell jokes, and BS. On August 5, 1978, he married Mary Beth Young. She preceded him in death...
Margaret Helen Brenner
Oct 2, 2015
Margaret Helen Brenner, age 85, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on Friday, October 2, 2015. She was born on October 13, 1929 near Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of Julius and Mathilda Boor Klug. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Theresa's Altar Society, Dighton, Kansas On February 25, 1957, she married Ben...
Jan Thelma Oenita Gantz
Sep 27, 2015
Thelma Oenita "Jan" Cooper Gantz, age 92, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas. Jan was born on May 6, 1923, in New Nata, Arkansas the daughter of W.W. and Leona (Avey) Cooper. In 1950 she moved to Ness City where she met Robert Gantz. They were married on April 9, 1952 in Ness City....
Donna Mae Rolo
Sep 21, 2015
Donna Mae Rolo, age 80, passed away at her home in Ransom, Kansas on September 21, 2015. She was born on October 12, 1934 in Fairmont, Nebraska the daughter of Ruben and Rose (Ackerman) Sell. She was a homemaker and cook at the Derrick Inn Restaurant. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Ness City and was the...
Myrtle Maxine Briand
Sep 15, 2015
Myrtle Maxine Briand, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas. She was born on June 11, 1926 in Lincoln County, Kansas the daughter of Elmer and Martha (Tatkenhorst) Rosebrook. She was a homemaker, a member of the First Mennonite Church and the VFW Auxiliary both of Ransom, Kansas. On August 1, 1948...
Glenda M. Koch
Sep 6, 2015
Glenda M. Koch, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at Garden Valley Retirement Center, Garden City, KS. She was born Glenda M. Schneider on July 27, 1924 to John and Bertha (Krug) Schneider on the family farm south of Bazine, KS. At the age of 18 she started her nurse aide career at Bakers Hospital in Lacrosse, KS. Later...
Delma Grace Stenzel
Aug 30, 2015
Delma Grace Bondurant Stenzel, 94, passed away August 30, 2015, at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas. A life-long Ness County resident, she was born April 10, 1921 in Highpoint Township in rural Ness County, where she lived with her parents Vernon Frances Bondurant and Vellah Irene Morphew Bondurant, until graduating from Bazine High School in 1938. Delma...
