Obituary Listing

Jun 12, 2014

Virgil Abraham Klitzke, age 92, passed away at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas, on June 12, 2014. He was born on January 28, 1922, the son of Fred and Lena Ummel Klitzke. He was a farmer and also did road maintenance for the Kansas Highway Department. He was a lifetime member of the First Mennonite Church, Ransom. On May 18,...

Jun 2, 2014

Marilea Jane Hall Wendler, age 87, was born on October 5, 1926 in the small Kansas town of Schaeffer and passed to eternal life at Carle Hospital in Urbana, Illinois on June 2, 2014 at age 87. She was preceded in death by her parents Fanny Moore Hall and Anthony Cornelius Hall, a brother Wayne Hall, sisters Atha (Dwight) Kerschner...

May 21, 2014

Alberta A. Walt, age 75, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas, on May 21, 2014. She was born on January 18, 1939 in Park, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard and Mary Wildeman Zimmerman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sacred Heart Altar Society. On October 12, 1959, she married Albert T. Walt....

May 21, 2014

Gomer Quintin Stukesbary, age 87, passed away on May 21, 2014 at Cedar Village, Ness City. He was born on August 13, 1926 in Nevada, Missouri the son of Wilbur Dewey and Hazel Irene Noyes Stukesbary. On November 27, 1947 he married Becky Ainsworth in Nevada, Missouri. Their 66 years together produced three children, many memories and accomplishments. Gomer was...

May 14, 2014

Ferne Edna Davenport, age 95, passed away at Trinity Manor, Dodge City, Kansas, on May 14, 2014. She was born on May 23, 1918, the daughter of Earl and Mattie Nelson Legg. On January 15, 1936, she married Robert D. Davenport. He preceded her in death on June 14, 1981. She is survived by her daughters, Roberta (Thomas) Fern Rodriguez,...

May 11, 2014

Evelyn Jean Frank, age 62, passed away at her home in Bazine, Kansas on May 11, 2014. She was born on February 14, 1952, the daughter of James and Juanita High Knieff. She was the previous owner of the Taco Granny's restaurant in Ness City and Brownell. She is survived by her significant other, Larry Shaver of the home; son,...

May 10, 2014

Earl "Gene" Delaney, 73 was born May 28th, 1940 on a farm Southeast of Ness City, KS to Homer & Fern (Libby) Delaney. He remained a lifetime resident of Ness County until his final journey home on May 10th, 2014 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. He spent his lifetime in Ness County as a farmer/rancher and owner of...

May 2, 2014

Penny Louise Betz, 64, went home to her Jesus from her home in rural Bazine, Kansas on May 2, 2014.  She was born July 13, 1949, to Harley and Marjorie (Norlin) Irvin. Penny married Tommy Betz on August 24, 1969.  They made their home on a farm South of Bazine for many years where she loved being a farm wife,...

Apr 30, 2014

Eugene Leedale Wagner, age 78, passed away on April 30, 2014 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas.  He was born the son of Edwin and Mabel Hinkel Wagner on March 10, 1936 on the family farm 11 miles South-East of Ness City.

From first through eighth grades Gene attended Bells-Letters country school which was about...

Apr 26, 2014

Wanita Marie Munsch Meis Reinert, age 88, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on September 3, 1925 in Bazine, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Catherine Depperschmidt Munsch. She was a homemaker and long time resident of Ness City, Kansas. She was a member of the F.O.E. Auxiliary;...

Apr 16, 2014

Valdah Merle Klitzke, age 80, passed away on April 16, 2014 at her home in the Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. She was born on July 26, 1933 in rural Ness County the daughter of Lemuel B. and Pearl A. Kanaga Burditt.

After graduating from Ness City High School in 1953, Valdah attended a Beauty Operator School...

Apr 15, 2014

Winnogene Mae "Jean" Leikam, age 92, passed away at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas on April 14, 2014. She was born on January 10, 1922 in Girard, Kansas the daughter of Jerry and Lillian Leach.

She was a homemaker and had lived in Ness City for the past 9 years.

She is survived by her...

Apr 8, 2014

Monica M. Halbleib, age 59, died April 8, 2014, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center, Wichita, Kansas.  She was born April 8 1955 in Concordia, Kansas and was adopted by Al and Mary Walters Pfeifer on April 10, 1955.

She grew up in LaCrosse, Kansas and went to Dodge City Community College and Barton County College where...

Apr 2, 2014

Thomas Michael "Tom" Cole, 66, passed away April 2, 2014 in Pueblo, CO. The son of Alfred and Ema "Lee" (Sauer) Cole, he was born May 7, 1947 in Cripple Creek, CO. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Tom served his country from 1964 to 1984. He served in Vietnam, as well as a recruiter for a number of years...

Mar 31, 2014

Jack D. Harper, age 72, passed away at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas on March 31, 2014.

He was born on June 22, 1941 in Randolph, Kansas, the son of Jim Harper and Dorothy and Cliff Lemaster.

He served his country proudly in the Navy. He was a carpenter and a member...

Mar 29, 2014

Ervin Eugene "Blackie" Koerner, age 84, passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on Saturday, March 29, 2014. He was born on June 11, 1929 in Hays the son of Alex P and Evelyn Bieker Koerner.

He was a farmer and stockman, even after retirement he considered himself a farmer through and through. He graduated from...

Mar 29, 2014

Marjorie M. Laas, age 93, passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on March 29, 2014.

She was born on November 23, 1920 in Fredrick, Kansas, the daughter of William J. and Dessa M. Gregory Holmes.

Marjorie was a 1939 graduate of Beeler High School. She was the...

Mar 25, 2014

Darlene Lavon Bratten, age 76, passed away at her home in the Lane County Long Term Care, Dighton, Kansas on March 25, 2014. She was born on June 25, 1937 in Carlyle, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Lelia Truby Bratten.

She was a waitress and worked as a housekeeper for a hospital. In 1982 she moved...

Feb 18, 2014

Donald Christopher Birnbaum, age 84, passed away on February 18, 2014 at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas. He was born the son of Christopher and Doris Devota Stumpff Birnbaum on October 14, 1929 on the farm near Utica, Kansas. He was a farmer and rancher and worked on a highway bridge construction crew. He was a member of the First...

Feb 14, 2014

Helen Mae Faulkender, age 77, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on February 14, 2014. She was born on March 27, 1936 in Hill City, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Opal Gill Keiswetter. On April 10, 1955 she married Gerald Dee Faulkender in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He preceded her in death on July 29, 1985....