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...
Lorene Marie Pfannenstiel
Aug 21, 2015
Lorene Marie Pfannenstiel, age 92, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on August 21, 2015. She was born on January 2, 1923 in Rural Ness County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Anna (Doerfler) Stecklein. She was a homemaker and lifetime resident of Ness County. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and...
Pauline Neill
Aug 14, 2015
Pauline Neill, age 97, passed away at Cedar Village Nursing Home, Ness City on August 14, 2015. She was born on September 28, 1917 in rural Ness County She is the daughter of Robert Byron Kerr and Zilpha Jones Kerr. She was a teacher at Monteno, Riverside, Plum Creek, Hackberry and other rural schools. She was a homemaker and farmers...
Michael Joseph Kraus
Aug 12, 2015
Michael Joseph Kraus, age 72, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas. He was born on April 20, 1943, in Arnold, KS, the son of Hugo and Alice (Hilmes) Kraus. He was a crude oil truck driver for many years. After retiring from truck driving, he worked for Simpson Farm Enterprises. On June 3, 1989 he...
Charlotte Ann Martin
Aug 6, 2015
Charlotte Ann Martin, age 77, passed away at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas on August 6, 2015. She was born on February 27, 1938 in Gove County, the daughter of Fred and Ruth (Schweitzer) Chapman. She was a home health nurse and a member of the Arnold United Methodist Church. On January 6, 1957, she married Roy Miles Martin, Jr....
Betty Lavon Wedgewood
Aug 4, 2015
Betty Lavon Wedgewood, age 77, passed away on August 4, 2015 at her home in Ness City, Kansas. She was born on July 7, 1938 in Las Animas, Colorado the daughter of James and Lola Hunt Lusk. She was a near lifetime resident of Ness City where she was a waitress and an owner/operator of a local restaurant and donut...
Roger Allen Mccreight
Aug 1, 2015
Roger Allen McCreight, age 77, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas, on August 1, 2015. He was born on May 28, 1938 in Larned, Kansas, the son of Dr. R.T. and Arlene (Hermon) McCreight. On August 18, 1960, he married Paula Shramek in Ness City. Roger's daughters, grandchildren and great grandsons were his life. He...
