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...
Samantha Kay Hansen
Mar 28, 2012
Samantha Kay Hansen, age 38, passed away on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born on July 21, 1973 in Jetmore, Kansas the daughter of Dana and Jeanne Swim Hansen. She is survived by her parents, two brothers, Zane (Amy) Hansen, Mesa, Arizona and Shane (Jennifer) Hansen, Springfield, Virginia; grandfather, Henry Hansen, Burlington,...
Valentine Franklin Matthew Beyrle
Mar 25, 2012
Valentine Franklin Matthew Beyrle, long-time resident of Ransom Kansas, auto-mechanic, and friend passed away, March 25, 2012 at his home. Val Beyrle was born in Andale, Kansas on October 16, 1934 to John J. Beyrle and Gertrude A. (Giefer) Beyrle. In 1942 his family moved to Ransom, Kansas after purchasing a farm. During his childhood he would cross the hill...
Alphonse Edwin Haas
Mar 17, 2012
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Alphonse Edwin Haas, age 95, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas. He was born March 7, 1917 in Ellis, Kansas the son of Anton and Rosa Kastzki Haas. He was a farmer, barber, and a dry cleaner owner and operator and a lifelong resident of Ness County. He choose to...
James J. Cheney
Mar 14, 2012
James Joseph Cheney, also known as Jimmy Joe, 58, of Salina KS died Wednesday, March 14, 2012. He was born Feb. 10, 1954 in Ransom, Kansas, the son of the late Joseph Darrell Cheney and Maxine Hansen Cheney of Utica, Ks. Mr. Cheney worked on the farm Northwest of Utica till he got out of high school. He then moved...
Carl Henry Reinert
Mar 14, 2012
Carl Henry Reinert, age 88, passed away on March 14, 2012 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born on March 2, 1924 on the family farm in Riverside, Kansas the son of Henry A. and Alice I. Petersilie Reinert. He was a farmer and stockman, a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bazine, Gideon, and was a...
Rose Gumescheimer
Mar 14, 2012
Rose Gumescheimer, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at her home in the Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born on April 2, 1917 in Hastings, Nebraska the daughter of Jacob and Eva K. Brunz Bruntz. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Paul's Congregational Church, Bazine, and the Jolly '17ers. On November 9,...
Frank William Jedlicka
Mar 12, 2012
Frank William Jedlicka, age 91, passed away at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, on Monday, March 12, 2012. He was born on July 25, 1920 on the farm in rural Ness County the son of Joseph and Edna Seuser Jedlicka. He was a farmer and stockman, a member of the First Baptist Church, Ness City, The Gideons, WCTU and...
Donald Lee Hagans
Mar 7, 2012
Rancher and cattleman Don Hagans, age 80, passed away March 7, 2012 at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas. He was born September 28, 1931 to Art and Ida Irene (Morse) Hagans on the family ranch which his grandfather Charles homesteaded in1886. He attended the Pleasant Hill country school and graduated from Utica High School in 1949. After graduating, Don began...
Susie J Busby
Mar 4, 2012
Dateline: Utica, Kansas Susie Jean Busby, age 65, passed away at her home in Utica on March 4, 2012. She was born on February 2, 1947 the daughter of Harold and Pearl Wilson Vaughan. She was a gravel truck driver and retired to Utica with her husband several years ago. She married Leroy Busby on September 1, 2011 in Ness...
Leonard A. Rohr
Mar 2, 2012
Leonard Alfred Rohr, age 78, passed away on Friday, March 2, 2012 while working on the family farm in rural Trego County near Ransom, Kansas. He was born on June 14, 1933 on the family farm in rural Trego County, Kansas the son of Jacob and Frances Herman Rohr. He was a farmer and stockman and had worked for Trego...
Otto A Debes
Jan 18, 2012
Otto A. Debes, age 101, died January 18, 2012 in Ness City, Kansas. Otto was born April 14, 1910 in Odin, Kansas to Alois and Hedwig Debes, one of 13 siblings. On May 30, 1933, he married Susan A. Lang. Otto was a life-long farmer in Ness County. He was also a dedicated member of Sacred Heart Church and a...
Lois Elaine Stieben
Jan 17, 2012
Lois Elaine Stieben, age 95, passed away at Grisell Memorial Long Term Care, Ransom, Kansas on January 17, 2012. She was born on November 2, 1916 near Bazine, Kansas the daughter of David and Mabel Wendell Yount. She was the Postmaster in Bazine for 25 years, She was a member of the Bazine First Baptist Church. On April 17, 1940...
Mary I. Sorensen
Jan 16, 2012
Mary Irene Hope Sorensen, age 84, wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many, died January 16, 2012 in Ness City, Kansas. Mary was born February 18, 1927 in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Dr. L.O. and Helen Jackson Hope. After graduating from Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Junior College, she received a degree in home economics from Kansas State College (now...
Marilyn Sue Summey
Jan 15, 2012
Marilyn Sue Summey, age 73, passed away at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas on January 15, 2012. She was born on September 6, 1938 in Los Angeles, California the daughter of Bernard and Emma Huxman Bernbeck. She was a homemaker and formerly a librarian and sales clerk. She was a member of Utica First Christian Church. On August 5, 1956...
Thomas Francis Stecklein
Jan 12, 2012
Dateline: Boulder City, Nevada Thomas Francis Stecklein 69, died January 12, 2012 at Desert Springs Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born April 1, 1942 in Ness City, Kansas the son of Isidor and Pauline (Gabel) Stecklein. He graduated from Dighton High School and attended Fort Hays State University and Brown Mackie School of Business. He served in the Army...
Francis C. Zeller
Jan 9, 2012
Francis C. Zeller, age 89, passed away at his home in McCracken, Kansas on January 9, 2012. He was born on the family farm, seven miles northeast of Brownell, on July 7, 1922 to Joseph and Agnes Silberhorn Zeller. He attended elementary school at Peach Valley rural school and high school at Brownell Rural High School, graduating in 1940. He...
