Fern Ruth Delaney
Dec 22, 2012
Fern Ruth Delaney, age 95, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. She was born July 14, 1917 on the farm SW of Bazine, the daughter of Clayton W. and LuLu E. Kirpatrick Libby. She was a homemaker, attended the United Methodist Church, Ness City, attended the Bonnie View Country School and received...
Dolores A Schugart
Dec 12, 2012
Dolores A. Schugart, age 75, passed away on December 12, 2012 at Via Christi Medical Center, Wichita. She was born October 17, 1937 in Barton County the daughter of John and Josephine Lamatsch Boor. She was a 1955 Odin High School graduate. She delivered Meals on Wheels and was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and Altar Society. She...
Sue L. Haas
Dec 9, 2012
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Sue L. Haas, age 90, passed away in the Campbell County Hospital, Gillette, Wyoming on Sunday, December 9, 2012. She was born on January 27, 1922 in Hodgeman County, Kansas the daughter of Charlie and Agnes Hertel Bamberger. She was the youngest of nine children. Sue was a proud housewife and devoted mother. She enjoyed gardening,...
James K. Wierman
Nov 25, 2012
James Kenneth "Whitie" Wierman, 88 of McCracken, Kansas, passed away on November 25, 2012. He was born August 11, 1924 in Ness County, Kansas to William and Margaret McGaughey Wierman. He was a farmer/stockman. He was a World War II veteran, serving in General Patton's Army with the 26th Tank Battalion, 16th Armored Division in Germany from October 13, 1943...
Dennis Dale Michel
Nov 22, 2012
Dennis Dale Michel, age 64, died November 22, 2012 at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, to join God's Thanksgiving feast, after his long 3 year battle with peritoneal mesothelioma cancer. He was born June 3, 1948 in Great Bend the son of Walter and Fern (Keatley) Michel. Dennis was a lifetime resident of Ness County, with pride of his heritage,...
Blanche Margaret Pfannenstiel
Nov 8, 2012
Blanche Margaret Pfannenstiel, age 96, passed away on November 8, 2012 at her home in the Blue Valley Lutheran Nursing Home, Hebron, Nebraska. She was born on October 21, 1916 the daughter of Hugh and Ethel Phleger Corrigan. She was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Ness County until she moved to Hebron in 2010. She was a member...
Karen Mae Schadel
Nov 7, 2012
Karen Mae Schadel, age 75, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born on May 21, 1937 in Ness County, Kansas the daughter of David and Ella Feck Schwartz. She was the Executive Director of Kansas Association of School Business Officials and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the United Methodist...
Ivan Dale Janke
Oct 20, 2012
Ivan Dale Janke, age 56, passed away on October 20, 2012, at his home in rural McCracken, Kansas. He was born January 20, 1956, to Alvin and Ruth (Moore) Janke. They preceded him in death. Ivan graduated McCracken High School in 1974 and attended Fort Hays State University where he met Peggy Stude of Garfield, KS. They were married October...
Pauline Gumescheimer
Oct 2, 2012
Dateline: Bezine, Kansas ~ Pauline Gumescheimer,99, of Ness City, died October 2, 2012 at Cedar Village in Ness City, Kansas. Pauline was born November 21, 1912, in St. Louis, Missouri, to George Frederick and Maria Christine Bienn Helzer She grew up in Ness County and attended Rosedale school there. She married Karl Litzenberger, November 24, 1932. She later married Jake...
Trevor Lawrence Higgins-Stiawalt
Sep 21, 2012
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Trevor Lawrence Higgins-Stiawalt passed away on September 21, 2012 shortly after he was born at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He is the son of Hillary Higgins and Paul Stiawalt. He is survived by his parents, a brother, Harrison Higgins and a sister, Alexis Higgins, both of the home; grandparents, Bill and Marilyn Stiawalt, Jim and...
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...
