Della Louise Leterle
Sep 2, 2014
Della Louise Leterle, age 80, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at her home in Ness City. She was born June 12, 1934 on the farm near Ransom, Kansas. She was the daughter of Walter and Laura Louise Oppliger Will. She was a member of the First Mennonite Church, Ransom, Kansas and the American Legion Frank Stull Post 152...
Valdah Lois Burns
Aug 30, 2014
Valdah Lois Burns was called home at the age of 96 on August 30, 2014 in Kennesaw, Georgia. She was born March, 8, 1918 on the Pember farm southwest of Ness City, Kansas and was the daughter of Irvin A. and Minnie (Koester) Pember. She lived most of her younger life in Ness County, Kansas, most of her married life...
Lenora Edwards
Aug 29, 2014
Jetmore, Kansas Lenora Edwards, 91, died August 29, 2014 at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, KS. She was born October 28, 1922 in Galatia, KS to Conard and Katy Bauer. She is survived by 2 sons: Conrad Earl Edwards, Chattanooga, TN, Ronald N. Edwards, Jetmore, KS; 4 grandchildren, 2 sisters, and 2 brothers. She was preceded in death...
Patricia Ann Stutz
Aug 27, 2014
Patricia Ann (Hill) Stutz, age 81, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at her home near Utica, Kansas, after a short illness. Patricia was born on June 11, 1933 in Carthage, MO to Lee C. and Nellie P. (Berkebile) Hill and grew up and attended school in Carthage. After graduation from Carthage High School in 1950, she worked at Smith...
G. Earl Slagle
Aug 24, 2014
G. Earl Slagle, age 88, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Tuesday evening, August 26, 2014, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was born on December 23, 1925, in rural Beeler, Kansas the son of Vern and Ivy (Prose) Slagle. During WW II, Mr. Slagle served as a Merchant Marine until his honorable discharge in 1945. On September 16,...
Patricia Ann Gabel
Aug 24, 2014
Hays, Kansas Patricia "Pat" Ann Gabel, age 76, passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on August 24, 2014. She was born May 14, 1938 in Ness County, the daughter of Fred and Alice Pember Burdett. She was a member of Christian Mothers Altar Society. She worked at Farm Credit in Ness City for many years until her retirement....
Evelyn Rose Gieber
Aug 22, 2014
Evelyn Rose Gieber, age 93, passed away on August 22, 2014 at the Cedar Village Long Term Care Center, Ness City, Kansas. She was born on June 27, 1921 in Ogden, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Anna Nelson Stein. On July 12, 1941 she married Benjamin C. Gieber in Ogden, Kansas. He preceded her in death on May 15,...
Vernon J. Gumescheimer
Aug 15, 2014
Vernon J. Gumescheimer, age 83, passed away on August 15, 2014 at his home in Bazine, Kansas. He was born on February 25, 1931, in LaCrosse, Kansas, the son of John Jr. and Lydia (Heronemus) Gumescheimer. He attended school until the eighth grade, at which time he quit school to help on the family farm. In addition to farming, as...
Virginia Lee Rodie
Aug 14, 2014
Virginia Lee "Ginny" Rodie, age 88, passed away on August 14, 2014 at Cedar Village, Ness City. She was born on January 27, 1926 in Great Bend, Kansas. On November 30, 1949 she married Richard Rodie in Otis, Kansas. He survives. Virginia and Richard were well known in the community for their delicious hog roast catering service. They provided food...
Drucilla M. Beamer
Aug 11, 2014
Drucilla M. Beamer (Whitham), age 89, passed away on August 11, 2014 at the Rhode Island Suites Senior Care Center, Ransom, Kansas. She was born on November 11, 1924 in Ransom the daughter of Ernest and Ruby Brewer VanWinkle. Drucilla was a lifetime resident of Ransom, she was a teacher and a member of the First Mennonite Church, Ransom where...
Stephen Gene Herron
Aug 9, 2014
Stephen G. Herron, age 66, passed away at the Good Samaritan Society, Dodge City, Kansas on August 9, 2014. He was born on January 31, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Raymond and Marian Guwendola Henry. On October 2, 1998 he married Lorene Salem Fitzgerald. She survives. Other survivors include brother, David Herron; step-son, Eddie Fitzgerald; step-daughters, Loretta...
Virginia L. Crabtree
Aug 5, 2014
Virginia L. Crabtree, 99, died peacefully in Ransom, Kansas on August 5, 2014. A memorial service and celebration of her life will be held Saturday, August 23, 10:30 A.M. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City. A private family inurnment will be held at Arnold Cemetery. A native Kansan, Virginia was born in Saline County April 1, 1915, the oldest child...
Richard Reinhardt Stenzel
Jul 28, 2014
Richard Reinhardt Stenzel, age 83, passed away on July 28, 2014 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. Dick was born on August 7, 1930 in Hays, Kansas the son of Victor and Olinda Reinhardt Stenzel. He was a farmer and stockman and he loved to hunt. He started one of the first trap shooting clubs in the area....
Elmer Keith Wierman
Jul 26, 2014
Elmer Keith Wierman, 84, of Minneapolis, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 26th, at Good Samaritan Society. Keith was born near McCracken, Kansas on the family farm, on October 12, 1929, a son of the late Margaret Loretta (McGaughey) and William James Wierman. On Nov. 14, 1951, Keith married Wanda Judeen Snodgrass in McCracken, Kansas at St. Marys Church. He was...
Vera Jean Huxman
Jul 17, 2014
Vera Jean Huxman, age 89, passed away July 17, 2014 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. Jean was born April 10, 1925 in Forrester Township, Ness County, Kansas. She was one of four children born to Charles and Margery (Rowe) Conkright. She resided in the Arnold community her entire life. The past two years she was a resident of Rhode...
Matilda "Tillie" Natalie Jones
Jul 16, 2014
Matilda "Tillie" Natalie Bain Jones, age 88, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at her home in the Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. She was born on February 16, 1926 in Galatia, Kansas the daughter of William and Natalia Krug Dietz. Tillie worked numerous jobs through her lifetime. Besides raising her children she was a waitress, telephone switchboard operator, security...
Joe Dinges
Jul 4, 2014
Joe Dinges, age 86, passed away at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas, on July 4, 2014. He was born on January 10, 1928, the son of Chris and Apollonia Meis Dinges. He was a lifetime resident of Ness City, where he was a farmer and cattle rancher. On May 31, 1949, he married Rachel Rahm. He is survived by...
Dick Vogel
Jul 2, 2014
Dick Vogel, age 79, passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on July 2, 2014. He was born on December 9, 1934 in Ness City, the son of Eddie and Mary Leiker Vogel. He was a cattle rancher, farmer, and Army veteran. On August 5, 1957, he married Carolyn Beutler. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn; sons, Blaine...
Alana Rae Rogers
Jun 29, 2014
Alana Rae Rogers, age 71, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas, on June 29, 2014. She was born on January 9, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Paul and Mamie Vernique Crawshaw. She was a farmer's wife and a certified nurses aide. She was a member of the Bookaholic's Society. She married Orval...
Jacquelyn Renee Foos
Jun 13, 2014
Jacquelyn Renee Foos, age 59, passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas, on June 13, 2014. She was born on March 24, 1955 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Vern Jack and Rogena Crottinger Gibbs. She was a registered nurse, working many years at the Ness County Hospital, where she was a member of the Ness County Hospital...
