Susan Lee Harkness
Sep 15, 2012
Susan Lee Harkness, age 66, passed away on September 15, 2012 at the Presbyterian Manor in Salina, Kansas. She was born on January 23, 1946 in Lawrence, Kansas the daughter of Thomas and Roberta Breitweiser Harkness. She was a graduate of Emporia State University where she received her Masters in Counseling. She was an administrative assistant in the banking industry...
Jonathan James Henning
Aug 17, 2012
Jonathan James Henning, age 20, passed away, on Friday, August 17, 2012 in Hays, Kansas. He was born on June 26, 1992 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Terry and Joby Wendler Henning. He was a student at Fort Hays State University getting ready to start his junior year. He was a 2010 graduate of Ness City High School, a...
Leonard V. Hogsett
Jul 26, 2012
Lifelong Ness County resident, Leonard V. Hogsett, passed away Thursday, July 26, at Ness County Hospital in Ness City. He was born on February 26, 1925 in Ness County the son of Don H. and Emma (Gillett) Hogsett. On November 27, 1949, Leonard was united in marriage to Marcheta Betz in Ness City. He was a member of the First...
Russell Duane Klitzke
Jul 13, 2012
Russell Duane Klitzke, age 81, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012 at the Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas. He was born November 22, 1930 on the farm in Ness County, Kansas to Walter A. and Neva VanHorn Klitzke. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Ransom. He was an avid bowler and was a member of the Snodgrass...
Lawrence "Larry" Francis Webb
Jul 11, 2012
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Lawrence "Larry" Francis Webb, age 61, died at his home in Ness City, Kansas on July 11, 2012. He was born on February 27, 1951 in Ellsworth, Kansas the son of Ross and Elizabeth Mog Webb. He was a pumper for the oil field industry, a member of Ducks Unlimited and a member of the Catholic...
Richard P. Ummel
Jul 4, 2012
Richard P. Ummel, age 64, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at his home in Ness City, Kansas. He was born on July 5, 1947 in Ransom, the son of Rolla and Edna Wittman Ummel. He was a retired truck driver for D&S Welding. On July 12, 1969 he married Cynthia Mauch in Ness City. To this union two children,...
Robert Wayne Scott
Jul 3, 2012
Robert Wayne Scott, age 103, passed away at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. He was born on August 3, 1908 in Ransom the son of Charles and Bertha Goodvin Scott. He was a barber in Rosel, Ness City, and Arnold for many years, a farmer and an insurance salesman and an Elder and Bible teacher...
Luvera Rohr
Jun 27, 2012
LuVera Rohr, age 83, passed away June 27, 2012 at her home in the Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on February 14, 1929 in the family home in rural Bazine, Kansas the daughter of Martin and Anna Depperschmidt Stoecklein. She was a sales clerk for the Toggery in Ness City and for other clothing and shoe...
Martha Stegman
Jun 26, 2012
Dateline: Ransom, Kansas Martha Stegman, age 88, passed away at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas on June 26, 2012. She was born on February 29, 1924 in Trego County, Kansas the daughter of John and Bertha Bender Eichman. She was a homemaker and a certified nurses assistant. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary. On March 27, 1945 she...
Reita Mae Gabel
Jun 6, 2012
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Reita Mae Gabel, age 73, passed away on June 6, 2012 at the Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. She was born in Marion, Kansas on July 4, 1938 the daughter of George and Lorena Kuhn Bessel. She worked as a nurses' aide for many years. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and a...
Lillie L. Moore
May 30, 2012
Lillie L. Hoch Moore, 92, was born September 27, 1919, at home near Bazine, Kansas. She passed away at the Ness County Hospital May 30, 2012. She was the daughter of Ernest Ray and Bessie May Sutton Hoch. She attended the Bazine schools. In 1935 she married Frank Claire Moore in Jetmore. He passed away in December 1979. Most of...
Alan Doyle Olson
May 30, 2012
Alan Doyle Olson, age 46, passed away at Solara Hospital, in Muskogee, Oklahoma on May 30, 2012. He was born July 5, 1965 in Dighton, Kansas the son of Alf C. and Pat Martindale Olson. He was a cowboy and a past president of the Ness City Cedar Village Residents Association. He is survived by his mother, Pat of Ness...
Willa Mae Zimmer
May 10, 2012
Willa Mae (Janssen) Zimmer, age 60, passed away in her home in Ness City, Kansas on Thursday, May 10, 2012. She was born on August 25, 1951 in Beloit, Kansas the daughter of William F. and Treva Marie Peters Janssen. She attended elementary school in Cawker City and graduated from Ness City High School in 1969. She was a Master...
Marjorie "Midge" Davenport
Apr 25, 2012
Marjorie "Midge" Davenport, age 97, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at her home in the Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on December 12, 1914 in Ness County the seventh of nine children to Charles A. and Elizabeth Jaehde Klitzke. She was a homemaker, raising her family in McCracken, Kansas. She loved to can the vegetables she...
Donald Bert Leterle
Apr 21, 2012
Donald Bert Leterle, age 81, passed away on April 21, 2012 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. He was born in rural Ness County on November 12, 1930 the son of Chris and Viola Reynolds Leterle. He was a United States Army Veteran, a retired truck driver for Finney County, and a member of the American Legion, Bazine...
Walter Dean Weaver
Apr 17, 2012
Walter Dean Weaver, age 57, passed away on April 17, 2012 in Greenbrier, Arkansas. He was born on April 2, 1955 in St. Francis, Kansas the son of Ruben and Ruby Likes Weaver. He served in the United States Navy. Members of the family include his wife, Marguerite Weaver, Yellville, Arkansas; two sons, Jeremy Weaver, Ness City, Kansas and Wade...
Vernard A. Mcginnis
Apr 16, 2012
Dateline: Brownell, Kansas Vernard A. McGinnis, age 90, died April 16, 2012 at his home in Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. He was born on June 25, 1921 in Brownell the son of Arthur and Sabina Gustason McGinnis. He graduated from high school in Harper, Kansas. He retired from the United States Navy where he served from 1942 to 1962...
Edwin Wayne Beamer
Apr 4, 2012
Dateline: Ransom, Kansas Edwin Wayne Beamer, age 88, died April 4, 2012 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. He was born on August 24, 1923 in WaKeeney, Kansas the son of Merrit and Vera Clodfelter Beamer. He was a farmer and stockman. He graduated from the Ransom High School in 1942. On October 24, 1998 he married Drucilla VanWinkle Whitham...
Lydia Eileen Mcclain
Apr 3, 2012
Dateline: Bucklin, Kansas Lydia Eileen McClain, age 53, passed away April 3, 2012 at her home in Bucklin. She was born on May 10, 1958 in Ness City, Kansas the daughter of Ray and Jane Ruffhead Roehl. She was the manager of the Midway Inn and a member of the First Baptist Church, both of Dighton, Kansas. On July 22,...
Darrell Gene Vandegrift
Apr 1, 2012
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Darrell Gene VanDegrift, age 81, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Ness County Hospital, Ness City. He was born on June 5, 1930 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Vernal and Rena Scarbough VanDegrift. He was a tool pusher in the oil fields of California, a US Army veteran, a member of Frank Stull Post 152...
