Leroy Conard Fritzler
Jan 2, 2012
LeRoy C. Fritzler was born in Dighton, Kansas on July 17, 1927. He farmed and ranched most of his life in Ness and Rush counties. He passed away in North Platte, Nebraska on January 2, 2012, after a long illness.  He is survived by two sons, Max and Mike, and by four grandsons. Except for serving two years in the...
Claretta Elizabeth Pfannenstiel
Dec 24, 2011
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Claretta Elizabeth (Witthuhn) Pfannenstiel age 85, passed away December 24, 2011 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She was born on September 10, 1926 in Bazine, Kansas the daughter of Edwin and Clara (Michel) Witthuhn. She was raised on a farm near Bazine. She attended elementary school in Bazine, two years of high school...
Delwin Doss Chapman
Dec 7, 2011
Dateline: Utica, Kansas Delwin Chapman, age 49, passed away in Clark County, Nevada on December 7, 2011 along with his wife Tamara Chapman. Delwin was born on September 9, 1962 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Leland and Sandra Mendenhall Chapman. Delwin and Tamara Basinger were united in marriage on December 6, 1986 in Utica, Kansas. Delwin owned his own...
Tamara Leanne Chapman
Dec 7, 2011
Dateline: Utica, Kansas Tamara Chapman, age 49, passed away in Clark County, Nevada on December 7, 2011 with her husband Delwin Chapman. Tamara was born on September 3, 1962 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Dwaine and Virginia Mitten Basinger. Tamara and Delwin were united in marriage on December 6, 1986 in Utica, Kansas. Tamara was a cosmetologist. She was...
Mildred R. Rothe
Dec 7, 2011
Mildred Rothe, age 90, passed away at the Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on December 7, 2011. She was born on February 5, 1921 on a farm southwest of Ness City the daughter of Norvel and Mabel Petersilie Rollins. She formerly owned a hair salon and also was a homemaker. She had been a Girl Scout leader...
Irene Marie Blehm
Dec 6, 2011
Irene Marie Blehm, age 90, passed away at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas on December 6, 2011. She was born on November 5, 1921 on a farm southwest of Bazine, Kansas the daughter of Adolph and Mary Bentlage Schneidewind. She was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Ness and Trego Counties. She was a member of...
Ellen Lavone Helms
Nov 23, 2011
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Ellen LaVone Casey Helms, born October 1, 1920 to Patrick and Sarah McGaughey Casey at McCracken, Kansas. Attended Thistle Grove Grade School, McCracken High School, and graduated from St. Rose School of Nursing as a registered Nurse, May 1942. She worked at St Alphonus Hospital in Boise, Idaho for 2 years, Quinter Hospital for 6 months,...
Earl "Mark" Buhrle
Nov 20, 2011
Earl "Mark" Buhrle, age 64, passed away at the Peabody Care Center, Peabody, Kansas on November 20, 2011. He was born on September 29, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Earl Louis and Sadie Jane Mark Buhrle. He was a roofer and had owned his own business for many years. He was a lifelong resident of the Wichita area....
Carl Henry Stieben
Nov 15, 2011
Carl "Carlie" Stieben, age 84, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. He was born December 29, 1926 on the farm North of Bazine the son of Lydia Brehm and Henry Stieben. He was a farmer and stockman, well known as an area cattle buyer. He was a lifetime resident of the Bazine...
Marie Krug
Nov 9, 2011
Marie Krug, age 97, passed away November 9, 2011 at Crossroads Hospice in Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kansas. She was born on July 4, 1914 the daughter of John F. and Elizabeth Keil Wittman in Russell, Kansas. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Bazine where she taught Sunday School and held numerous jobs. She was a member...
Vera Seraphine Pfannenstiel
Nov 9, 2011
Vera Seraphine Pfannenstiel, age 78, passed away at Cedar Village, Ness City on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. She was born on October 27, 1933 in Ness City, Kansas the daughter of John and Anna Mary Haas Wasinger. On August 25, 1952 she married William Pfannenstiel in Ness City, he preceded her in death on November 11, 2005. She was a...
Truman Lane Roane
Nov 7, 2011
Truman Lane Roane, age 90, passed away at the Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas on November 7, 2011. He was born on August 19, 1921 in Randolph, Mississippi, the son of Joseph and Ruth Harrelson Roane. He was an United States Army Air Force veteran, where he was stationed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was a TTC Communications instructor...
Darlene A. Sargent
Nov 3, 2011
Darlene Augusta (Schreiber) Sargent died Thursday, November 3, 2011, at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom. She was born May 24, 1925, in Ransom to Frank and Emma (Roediger) Schreiber. She grew up in Ransom and graduated from Ransom High School in 1942. From there she went on to Kansas State University and earned a Bachelor's degree in business education. Following her...
John Frederick Mishler
Oct 26, 2011
John Frederick Mishler, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays. He was born on March 16, 1925 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Frederick and Anna Miek Mishler. He was a farmer and rancher and a lifetime resident of Ransom. He was a member of the First Mennonite Church of Ransom....
Dorothy Belle Jones
Oct 19, 2011
Dorothy Belle Jones, age 88, passed away in Garfield, Kansas on October 19, 2011. She was born on June 4, 1923 in rural Bazine, Kansas the daughter of Alfred and Cora Wollard Cox. She was a homemaker, a cook, and also had worked at a defense plant in Wichita as a spot welder. She was a member of the First...
Anna Nora Freeman
Oct 11, 2011
Anna Nora Freeman, age 88, passed away at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas on October 11, 2011. She was born April 17, 1923 in Utica, Kansas the daughter of Walter and Josie Clodfelter Zordel. She was a homemaker and a long-time resident of Ransom and Utica. She also had lived in Kingsdown and Bucklin.. She was a member of the...
Patricia "Patty" Koerner
Sep 14, 2011
Patricia "Patty" Louise Koerner, age 51, died September 14, 2011 at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. She was born September 28, 1959 in Hays, KS the daughter of Donald "Duck" and Billie Jobe Swim. She was a para-educator for the Sacred Heart School, Ness City. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and Altar Society. On September...
Roberta Faye Foster
Sep 10, 2011
Roberta Faye Foster, age 75, passed away at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney, Kansas on September 10, 2011. She was born on January 19, 1936 in Gate, Oklahoma the daughter of Orbie and Nina Bond Kirkhart. She was a homemaker and also had worked in the fabric department of the Hays Wal-Mart for ten years. She was a...
Lorinda Frank
Aug 29, 2011
Lorinda Frank, age 85, passed away August 29, 2011 at her home in Bazine. She was born June 9, 1926 at Morland, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Barbara Billinger Pfeifer. At the age of five years her mother passed away and she was raised by her aunt Katie Billinger Pfeifer. Lorinda came to Ness County with her parents in...
Elnora Montie Evel
Aug 21, 2011
Elnora Montie (West) Evel, age 92, passed away at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas on August 21, 2011. She was born on September 7, 1918 in Osage, Arkansas the daughter of Thomas M. and Mary Ethel Wyatt West. She was a homemaker and a near lifetime resident of rural Trego County. She was a member of the Assembly God Church...
