Feb 17, 2013

Funeral Service Update . Services for Skyler Jones have been changed to Friday February 22, 2013, 1:30 P.M. at United Methodist Church in Ness City.

McCracken, Kansas

Skyler Allen Jones, age 22, passed away in McCracken, Kansas on February 17, 2013. He was born on June 11, 1990 in Hays, Kansas the son...

Feb 15, 2013

Dateline: Bazine,Kansas Courie Kae Cox, age 12, passed away at her home in Bazine on Friday, February 15, 2013. She was born on December 21, 2000 in Hays, Kansas the daughter of Darrin and Rebecca Foos Cox. She was a sixth grade student at the Ness City Elementary School and a lifetime resident of Ness County. She is survived by...

Feb 9, 2013

Memorial service will be on Saturday, March 9, 2013, 10:00 A.M. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home. Elsie Hinnergardt, 92, died February 9, 2013, at Lone Tree Lodge in Meade. She was born August 21, 1920 in Rifle, Colorado, to Fred and Mary Klein Mickeal. Elsie was reared and attended school in Rifle. On August 21, 1939 Victor Hinnergardt and Elsie were...

Jan 27, 2013

Ness City, Kansas Mary Pfannenstiel, age 97, passed away at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas on January 27, 2013. She was born December 11, 1915 in Ellis, Kansas the daughter of Clemens and Mary Lang Depperschmidt. She was a homemaker and lifetime resident of Ness County. On August 20, 1940 she married Edgar Pfannenstiel. He preceded her in...

Jan 25, 2013

Wichita, Kansas Bonnie Lee Shreve, age 57, passed away at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas on January 25, 2013. She was born on October 30, 1955 in Lancaster, New Hampshire the daughter of Henry and Ella Jones Young. She is survived by her sons William Shreve, Ness City, Derrick Kelley, Ness City; father Henry Young; brother Raymond Young and sister...

Jan 19, 2013

Viola A. Schlegel Felzien, age 91, passed away at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City on January 19, 2013. She was born on October 3, 1921 on the family farm near Ness City the daughter of Henry and Lottie Kerbs Schlegel. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Ness City. She worked at The Toggery for 20 years...

Jan 16, 2013

Felicia Diane McClure, age 39, passed away January 16, 2013 near Ness City, Kansas. She was born on January 25, 1973 in Tribune, Kansas the daughter of Mark and Darlene Martinez Foster. She was an avid bowler and softball player, hair stylist and a graduate of Garden City Community College and the American Institute, Denver, Colorado. On September 5, 1992...

Jan 3, 2013

Wilma Jane "Billie" North, age 82, passed away on January 3, 2013 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born on April 15, 1930 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of William F. and Enid C. Buxton Scott. The Scott family lived and raised their family in Ransom, Utica and Arnold finishing their high school years in Ransom. Donna was...

Jan 1, 2013

Jean was born March 5, 1943 in Emporia Kansas, the second daughter of Walter & Orvis (Edwards) Rollins. She departed this life Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at the age of 69, after a four year battle with colon cancer. Jean was raised in the Lebo-Melvern-Alma area graduating from Alma High School in 1961. She married Delmar Von Lehe on June...

Dec 31, 2012

Mildred Foos, age 86, passed away Monday, December 31, 2012 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born on May 7, 1926 in Bazine, Kansas the daughter of George and Eva Hettinger Strecker. She was a retired caregiver. She had been a member of the Congregational Church in Kinsley, Kansas and had lived in Ness County, Rush Center, Kinsley,...

Dec 26, 2012

Larry Varble passed away peacefully at his home in Dallas on December 26, 2012. He had been gradually declining for several years due to emphysema. His mind remained clear throughout and he was very appreciative of all the care he received. His wife, Susan was with him when he stopped breathing. He asked to be cremated and his family is...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...