Twilla Darlene Kraus
Mar 11, 2015
Twilla Darlene (Lyon) Combest Kraus, 90 years of age, passed away March 11, 2015 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas, after a year-long battle with cancer. She was born April 24, 1924, to Frank and Mabel (Wood) Lyon at the family home in rural Trego County, Kansas. Twilla graduated from Ransom High School in 1943. On June 26, 1943, she...
Robert Lee Smith
Mar 11, 2015
Robert Smith "Smitty" age 72, passed away at his home near Ransom, Kansas on March 11, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on May 28, 1942 in Ransom the son of Wilbur and Lova Pearl (Boone) Smith. He was a Vietnam Veteran serving as a Sargent in the United States Army. He is a member of...
Cynthia Jane Seltman
Feb 27, 2015
Cynthia Jane Seltman, age 66 died February 27, 2015 surrounded by her loving family at a local hospice facility. Cindy loved God and adored her family. She had many hobbies including knitting, quilting, gardening and sports, especially football and basketball when it came to her grandchildren. Cindy is preceded in death by her son Todd Allen and daughter Deborah Seltmann....
Eunice Mae Blakely
Feb 8, 2015
Eunice Mae Blakely, age 72, passed away at her home on Sunday, February 8, 2015. She was born on April 30, 1942 in Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Albert and Marie Hipple Greenwood. She was a homemaker and owner of Cline Drilling. Eunice was a member of the United Methodist Church, Beeler and the Beeler Community Friendship Circle. On...
Gerald Dean Munsch
Feb 7, 2015
Gerald (Jerry) Dean Munsch, 81, died February 7, 2015, at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. He was born January 24, 1934, on a farm southwest of Bazine, Kansas, the son of Henry and Catherine Depperschmidt Munsch. He served in the United States Army for two years and upon returning home worked as a mechanic. For 30 years, he worked...
Perry Joe Burdette
Jan 11, 2015
Perry Joe Burdette, age 66, passed away at his home in Ransom on January 11, 2015. Joe was born on November 20, 1948, the son of Chester and Evah Wallace Burdette. Joe was a parts machinist for most of his life. He was a Vietnam War veteran, a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and a member of the...
Helen Catherine Schuler
Jan 10, 2015
Helen Catherine Schuler, age 88, passed away at the Good Samaritan Center, Dodge City, Kansas on January 10, 2015. She was born on the farm near Arnold, Kansas on November 2, 1926 the daughter of Godfrey and Catherine Weber Flax. She was a homemaker in her own home and also helped other people take care of their homes. She waited...
Richard William Wagner
Dec 28, 2014
Services for Richard 'Dick' Wagner, 62, of Ness City will be held on Friday, January 2, at 2:00PM at the Ness City United Methodist Church. He passed away December 28, 2014, the result of a vehicle accident in Ness County. Dick was born September 13, 1952, the son of Raymond and Alma (Becker) Wagner of Richmond. He graduated from Central...
Pete Schlegel
Dec 25, 2014
Wesley "Pete" Schlegel, age 86, passed away in his home on Christmas Morning, December 25, 2014. He was a dedicated farmer-stockman. He was born July 26, 1928 to Henry C. and Scharlotta Kerbs Schlegel. He was raised on the family farm southwest of Ness City, Kansas. He completed grade school at the Manteno school in southwest Ness County, and graduated...
Frederick Earl Ummel
Dec 12, 2014
Frederick E. Ummel, age 89, passed away in his home in Hoisington, Kansas on Friday, December 12, 2014. He was born on a farm south of Ransom, Kansas the son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Stutzman Ummel on December 15, 1924. Fred was a retired farmer and carpenter and he was a United States Army veteran of World War II....
Terry Laverne Gross
Nov 19, 2014
Terry LaVerne Gross, age 58, passed away on November 19, 2014 at his home in Bazine, Kansas. He was born on July 26, 1956 in Larned, Kansas the son of Ruben and A. Elaine Smith Gross. Terry was a 1974 graduate of Bazine High School. He attended Penn State University via correspondence to receive his degree as a sprinkler fitter....
Joshua William Young
Nov 18, 2014
Joshua William Young, age 34, passed away near Brownell, Kansas on November 18, 2014. He was born on November 22, 1979 in Ransom, Kansas, the son of Jeffrey and Peggy Whipple Young. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for 8 years and he was a member of the Sons of American Legion Post 380 of Utica. He was...
Doris Louise Davis
Nov 3, 2014
Doris Louise Davis, age 89, passed away at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital Long Term Care, WaKeeney, Kansas, November 3, 2014. She was born May 5, 1925 in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of Lloyd and Rebecca (Peters) Allen. On March 31, 1946, she married Silas Wayne Davis Jr. in Trenton, NJ. He preceded her in death October 2, 2007....
Florence Eudy
Oct 28, 2014
Florence Eudy, age 86, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on October 28, 2014. She was born in Ness City on June 18, 1928 to John and Filomena Leiker Paul. She graduated from Ransom High School and the Salt City Business College in Hutchinson, KS. She Married Herbert E. Myers October 25, 1948. She worked...
Leonard Andrew Stoecklein
Oct 18, 2014
Leonard Andrew Stoecklein, age 80, passed away on October 18, 2014 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. He was born on October 28, 1933 on the farm in rural Ness County, near Bazine the son of Martin and Anna Depperschmidt Stoecklein. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and the Knights of Columbus, Ness City. He...
Viola M. Yost
Oct 7, 2014
Viola Mae Yost, age 99, passed away peacefully of natural causes on October 7, 2014 at Locust Grove Village in Lacrosse, Kansas. She was born Viola Mae Wimmer in Harlan, Kansas on July 25, 1915 to Harvey Lester and Mary Ann Zion Wimmer. Viola graduated from Portis High School, attended college at York College for two years, then finished her...
Ruby B. Barrows
Oct 7, 2014
Ruby B. Barrows, 88, of Leawood, Kansas passed away on October 7, 2014. Ruby was born on March 29,1926 the daughter of Ralph and Pearl Black in rural Ellsworth County, Kansas. As an infant,her parents and grandparents moved to Ness County, Kansas. She was a graduate of Ness City High School in 1944. In January of 1944, Ruby eloped with...
Robert Linn Pugh
Sep 21, 2014
Robert Linn Pugh age 85, passed away on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. He was born on March 25, 1928 in Table Rock, Nebraska the son of Donald and Mabel Linn Pugh. He was a veteran of the Korean War having served with the United States Army. He was a carpenter and helped...
Warren James Friess
Sep 20, 2014
Warren James Friess, age 82, passed away at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas, on September 20, 2014. He was born on January 3, 1932, the son of Mathias and Mayme Roths Friess. He was the tenth of nineteen children. He was a cook for most of his life including his 20 years in the Navy. He served on many ships...
Thomas Eugene Vogel
Sep 14, 2014
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Thomas Eugene Vogel, age 83, passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born on February 14, 1931 in Ness County, Kansas the son of Raymond and Ida Leiker Vogel. He was a farmer and a Soil Conservation Agent. He married Gloria Schneidewind on September 12, 1960 in Ness...
