Edna Stella Mcgee
Jul 7, 2015
Edna Stella McGee, age 92, passed away on July 7, 2015 at her home in Allen, Texas. She was born on October 28, 1922 in Bazine, Kansas the daughter of Jacob and Molly Muth Stieben. She married Reinold Foos on August 28, 1943. He passed away on February 6, 1979. She later married Hiram B. McGee on May 22, 1984....
Joel John Laas
Jul 4, 2015
Joel John Laas, age 93, died of natural causes in his home on July 4, 2015. Joel was born on August 27, 1921 in Trego County to Jacob and Mary (Schneider)Laas. Joel attended grade school in Utica, Kansas and high school in Ness City, Kansas. He enlisted in the Marines on February 2, 1942, where he met and married Helen...
Virginia Charlotte Conkright
Jun 21, 2015
Virginia Conkright, age 89, passed away at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas on Sunday, June 21, 2015. She was born on July 16, 1925 in Ransom, KS, the daughter of Adolph and Anna Roediger Schweitzer. Virginia graduated from Ransom High School in 1943 and married Orval Conkright on October 30, 1946. They lived in the Arnold and Ransom communities most...
Ronald James Johnson
Jun 20, 2015
Ronald James Johnson, age 50, died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. He was born on September 25, 1964 in McPherson, Kansas the son of J. Dean and Shirley (Peterson) Johnson. He was a heavy equipment operator for the Ness County Road and Bridge department. On December 5, 1994 he married Diane Shetler in Marion,...
Marguerite Mae Albers
Jun 12, 2015
Marguerite Mae Albers, age 93, passed away on June 12, 2015 at the Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. She was born on February 11, 1922 in Bazine, Kansas the daughter of George John Seuser, I and Marie Veronica (Jedlicka) Seuser. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Mennonite Church, Ransom. On September 16, 1945 she married Donald...
Kenneth Ray Kuehn
Jun 4, 2015
Kenneth Ray Kuehn, age 75, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, on June 4, 2015. He was born July 12, 1939 in rural Bazine, Kansas, the son of Harry and Georgia Hoch Kuehn. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked for 30 years as an employee of the Bazine COOP, and worked nine...
Leonita "Nita" Brackney
May 23, 2015
Leonita "Nita" Cecilia Brackney, age 79, passed away on May 23, 2015 at the Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas. She was born on June 2, 1935 in Marshfield, Missouri the daughter of Peter A. and Martina Meis Gabel. She was a homemaker, a member of the Sacred Heart Church, Altar Society and the American Legion Auxiliary Post 152 all of...
Mary Ann Yeager
May 23, 2015
Mary Ann Yeager, age 79, died May 23, 2015 at Piner's Rehabilitation Facility in Napa, California. She was born May 24, 1936 near Brownell, Kansas, the daughter of Alexander and Katharine Gross Filbert. She graduated from Bazine High School in 1954, and received a Bachelors Degree in business from Fort Hays State University. She taught business courses at Fort Hays...
Ralph Paul Reinert
May 20, 2015
Ralph Paul Reinert, age 89, passed away at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas on May 20, 2015. He was born on July 9, 1925 on the family farm near Riverside, Kansas, the son of Henry and Alice Petersilie, Reinert. He was a farmer and lifetime resident of Ness City. He served in the Army during WWII. He was a...
Harley Glen North
May 17, 2015
Harley Glen North, 86, longtime resident of Brownell, died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Rhode Island Suites Nursing Home, Ransom, Kansas. He was born February 11, 1929 in Ransom to D. K. and Bessie (Taylor) North. He graduated from high school in Brownell. He married Donna Marie Scott on December 1, 1949 in Ransom. He was a lifetime farmer/stockman of...
June Edith Ruff
May 15, 2015
June Edith Ruff, age 88, passed away at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas on May 15, 2015. She was born June 20, 1926 in rural Brownell, the daughter of William and Nina Green Horlick. She was a nurse's aide at Grisell Memorial Hospital for many years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Brownell; Senior Companion, and Senior...
Delbert Eldene Babcock
May 13, 2015
Delbert Eldene Babcock, age 84, passed away at his home in Utica, Kansas on May 13, 2015. He was born on June 10, 1930, the son of Harry and Myrtle Roeske Babcock. He was a farmer for most of his life and was in the U.S. Air Force. He was a lifetime member of American Legion Post 380 and Ransom...
Jane M. Roehl
May 9, 2015
Jane M. Roehl, age 81, passed away at Carriage House, Greensburg, Kansas, on May 9, 2015. She was born on July 21, 1933 in Hillsboro, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Neva Osborn Ruffhead. She was a member of Eastern Star and the First Baptist Church, Ness City, Kansas. She enjoyed bingo, Jigsaw and crossword puzzles, and cheeseburgers. On July...
Edwin Ervin Langer
May 2, 2015
Edwin Ervin Langer, age 89, passed away on May 2, 2015 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. He was born on December 24, 1925 in rural Barton County, Kansas near Olmitz. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Rabenseifner Langer. He was a farmer and a stockman and a member of the Sacred Heart Church, Ness City....
Donald Gale Dodrill
Apr 21, 2015
Donald Gale Dodrill, age 72, passed away at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas, April 21, 2015. He was born on March 29, 1943 in Leadville Colorado, the son of Roy and Adella Brumitt Dodrill. On September 15, 1963 he married Linda L. Cheney in Utica, Kanas. She preceded him in death on April 8, 2015. He is survived...
James "Chief" Whipple
Apr 20, 2015
James Everett Whipple "Chief", age 91, resided in Lakeside, California. He passed away on April 20th, 2015 at Pomarado Hospital in Poway California. He was born December 13th, 1923 in Ness City Kansas, the son of Bernice and Jake Whipple of Beeler Kansas. "Chief" was number 8 of 13 siblings. Chief grew up on the farm where he learned to...
Barbara Nell Torres
Apr 17, 2015
Barbara Nell (Berry) Torres died April 17, 2015 at the Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. She was born on July 28, 1941 in Aurora, Colorado the daughter of Johnnie and Minnie Wagner Berry. She grew up and graduated from high school in WaKeeney, Kansas where she was known by the nickname, "Bab-O". She married Jim Yaeger, they were divorced and...
Linda Lee Dodrill
Apr 8, 2015
Linda Lee Dodrill, age 70, passed away at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas, on April 8, 2015. She was born on May 18, 1944 in Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph D. and Maxine Hansen Cheney. On September 15, 1963, she married Donald Dodrill in Utica, Kansas. He passed away on April 21, 2015 She is survived by...
John Wesley Wright
Apr 1, 2015
John Wright of Ness City, came into this world on November 12, 1971 and went to be with our Lord and Savior on April 1, 2015. He leaves behind his loving mother and father Allen and Kathy (Wittman) Lawson, Bazine; brother Rusell Wittman and wife, Tawnya, Sedelia, MO; grandma, Nellie Wittman, Ness City; and many aunts and uncles, cousins and...
Eldon Vern Slagle
Apr 1, 2015
Eldon Vern Slagle, age 94, died April 1, 2015, at Stoneybrook Retirement Community, Manhattan, KS. He was born May 12, 1920, the first son of Vern and Ivy (Prose) Slagle, on the old Pickerell place south of Beeler, Ness County, KS. The family moved to the Buda community where he grew up. He attended grade school at Buda and Plum...
