Obituary Listing

Feb 10, 2014

Lois E. Wedgewood, age 93, died on Monday, February 10, 2014 at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas. She was born on September 6, 1920 in Hazelton, Kansas the daughter of Abram and Ada DeMint Dunkin. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church, Ness City, Kansas. She had lived in Ness City since 1968 coming from...

Feb 6, 2014

Albert L. Sculley, age 75, ofOsceola,Nebraska, passed away February 6, 2014, at the Osceola Good Samaritan Society.

Al was born October 12, 1938 to George Albert and Laura Irene (Mangas) Sculley in Beeler, Kansas.   He attended school in Dighton, Kansas and graduated from Dighton High School in 1956.

He served in the United States Navy from April...

Jan 21, 2014

Irene Margaret (Musbach) Stenzel, age 92, daughter of Harvey and Kathryn Musbach, was born July 1, 1921 in Ness City, KS and departed this life January 21, 2014. She attended Ness City public schools, graduating with the Class of 1939. She was a beautician, graduating from Cosmetology School in Wichita in 1941. Irene was a well-known beautician in Bazine and...

Jan 17, 2014

Raymond Leon Gross, age 68, passed away at his home on January 17, 2014. He was born on September 19, 1945 in Hays, Kansas the son of Ruben and A. Elaine Smith Gross. He was a welder, well known for the cattle handling equipment he fabricated and as a rancher he bred and produced Longhorn cattle. He was a United...

Jan 6, 2014

Wilbur Eugene Stecklein, age 82, passed away at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas on January 6, 2014. He was born in Ness City on November 13, 1931 the son of George and Lena Raskopf Stecklein. He was a heavy equipment operator for Fields Dirt Construction and a member of Sacred Heart Church, Ness City. On April 21, 1954 he married...

Jan 6, 2014

William Dana Miner, age 65, passed away in his home in Ness City, Kansas on January 6, 2014. He was born on February 15, 1948 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Alden B. and Gwen L. Miner. He was a member of the Rotary Club, Boy Scout Council, and the United Methodist Church, all of Ness City. He was...

Jan 3, 2014

Ransom, Kansas Marjorie Mae Walker, age 97, passed away at Rhode Island Suites Long Term Care, Ransom, Kansas on January 3, 2014. She was born January 13, 1916 in McAllaster, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Viola Newell Luther. She was a long time employee at Utica community cafe, where she worked until she was 85. She was a member...

Dec 29, 2013

Jose Juan Guzman Rodriguez, edad 31, fallecio en el hospital de Ness City el Diciembre 29 2013. El nacio el 29 de Junio de1982 en Durango, Mexico. El es hijo de Pedro Guzman y Maria del Rosario Rodriguez. El era un miembro de la iglesia del Sagrado Corazon en Ness City. Y trabajaba para Cheyenne Well Service como operador. En...

Dec 26, 2013

Hays, Kansas Larry Lee Stull, age 74, passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on December 26, 2013. He was born September 4, 1939 in Hays, Kansas, the son of Woodrow and Thelma Edwards Stull. He is survived by his son, Danny Stull. He was preceded in death by a son, Ira Stull; and a brother, Terry Stull Cremation...

Dec 25, 2013

Hays, Kansas Julius E. "Gene" Gabel, age 76, passed away at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on December 25, 2013. He was born June 24, 1937 in Ness City, Kansas, the son of Pete and Martina Meis Gabel. He was an automobile mechanic most of his life. He was a member of Pheasants Forever and Sacred Heart Church, Ness City....

Dec 24, 2013

Ness City, Kansas Delbert D. Moore passed away on December 24, 2013 at Cedar Village Long Term Care in Ness City, Kansas. Delbert was born on January 3, 1928 to Wesley and Pauline (Krug) Moore. On June 13, 1948 he was united in marriage to Lillian Stieben in Bazine, KS. Delbert was a member of the United Methodist Church in...

Dec 8, 2013

Gerald Edward Offutt, age 70, passed away at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care, Quinter, Kansas on December 8, 2013. He was born on August 13, 1943 in Dighton, Kansas, the son of Glenn and Pauline Marie (Munstedt) Offutt. Gerald was a carpenter for most of his life. He was a past president of Lions Club, Utica, a member...

Dec 6, 2013

Vera Edith Schweitzer, age 97, passed away on December 6, 2013 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born on October 25, 1916 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Ralph Randall and Edith Barber. She was a lifetime resident of Ness County and moved to Ness City in 1946. She attended Ransom High School and was a member...

Nov 23, 2013

Cheryl Ann Stecklein Griffin, age 68, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Hutchinson Regional Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on August 7, 1945 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Lydia Pfannenstiel Stecklein. She was a member of Holy Cross Church, Hutchinson. Before her illness Cheryl worked as a secretary for the Kansas Tranportation Commission. On...

Nov 16, 2013

Dorothy Doucet Guidry, age 80, passed away at her home in McCracken, Kansas on November 16, 2013. She was born August 2, 1933 in Lafayette, Louisiana, the daughter of Jean and Olivia (Dugas) Doucet. On May 20, 1951, she married Lester J. Guidry. He preceded her in death on February 20, 2002. She retired from the Michael Garman Gallery in...

Nov 13, 2013

Loris Jean Jacka, age 90, passed away on November 13, 2013 at the Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care in Quinter. She was born on July 26, 1923 in Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Mary Davis Frye. Loris was a lifetime resident of Ness and Gove Counties and a member of the First Christian Church, Utica. She...

Nov 11, 2013

Ada Lavon Stiawalt, age 96, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on November 11, 2013. Ada was born November 15, 1916 at her home near Alexander, Kansas. She was the oldest of the 6 children of Henry and Alice (Bott) Boese and was raised southeast of Bazine, Kansas. Ada graduated from Bazine High School...

Oct 30, 2013

Ronald Lee Wedgewood, age 71, passed away at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas, on October 30, 2013. He was born on February 5, 1942 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Cecil and Lois Dunkin Wedgewood. He was an Army veteran, serving during the Vietnam era. After the service he became a heavy machinery transporter. He is survived by sons,...

Oct 29, 2013

Darren Eugene McVicker, age 47, passed away on October 29, 2013 in rural Ness County in a single vehicle accident. He was born on June 2, 1966 in Wichita, Kansas. He is the son of Ernest and Maxine Prose McVicker. He was a farmer, stockman, and a truck driver for NCRA. He was a member of the United Methodist Church...

Oct 19, 2013

Ness City, Kansas Clyde "Skip" Lovitt, age 76, passed away at his home in Ness City, Kansas on October 19, 2013. Clyde was born on June 10, 1937 in Sabetha, Kansas, the son of Charles and Frances Campfield Lovitt. He was a horse trader for many years. On November 7, 1958, he married Marion Christensen. She survives. Clyde is also...