Shirley Ann Mauch
Aug 17, 2011
Shirley Ann Mauch, age 87, passed away at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City, Kansas on August 17, 2011. She was born on January 13, 1924 in Ness City, Kansas the daughter of Howard and Lucy Burdett Louser. She was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Ness County while living a few years in Lawrence and Kentucky. She was...
Lewis J. Friess
Aug 8, 2011
Lewis J. Friess, age 85, died August 8, 2011 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. He was born March 19, 1926 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Matthias and Mayme Roths Friess. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Ness City and the Knights of Columbus, 4th degree. He lived in Lyons, KS working as a machine inspector for...
Helen Humburg
Jul 31, 2011
Marion Helen (Grover) Humburg, a resident of the Ness City area since 1939, peacefully entered into the presence of the Lord in the arms of her loving children on July 31, 2011, at the age of 102 years and 20 days. Helen was born on July 11, 1909, in Beckham County, Oklahoma. She was the first of six children born...
Teressa Pfannenstiel
Jul 31, 2011
Teressa Carol (Nutt) Pfannenstiel, age 55, passed away at her home in Ness City, Kansas on July 31, 2011. She was born on November 13, 1955, to Carlos and Sonya Nutt in Marion, Indiana. She grew up in Murfreesboro, AR and attended Dallas Central Christian College and continued her education at Fort Hays State University graduating with a Bachelors in...
Rhonda Mae Robinson
Jul 29, 2011
Rhonda Mae Robinson, age 45, died July 29, 2011 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born on February 3, 1966 in Ness City, Kansas the daughter of Ronald F. and Josephine E. Dechant Robinson. She was a special education teacher at Marshall Middle School . She also taught music and had taught previously in Rexford, Logan, Bazine, Kansas...
Elsie Marie Williamson
Jun 7, 2011
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Elsie Marie Williamson, age 98, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City. She was born on December 11, 1912 in Colgate, Oklahoma the daughter of Thomas and Sara Nielsen Kupiec. In 1921 her father moved the family back to Norway where Elsie lived...
Melvin Albert Beltz
Jun 2, 2011
Dateline: Bazine, Kansas Melvin Albert Beltz, age 94, passed away at his home in rural Bazine, Kansas on June 2, 2011. He was born on November 20, 1916 in rural Bazine, Kansas the son of William and Hermina Mauth Beltz. He was a farmer and a lifetime resident of Ness County. He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church...
Danny K Wittman
May 25, 2011
Dateline: Bazine, Kansas Danny K. Wittman, age 63, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born on August 2, 1947 in LaCrosse, Kansas the son of Wilbert and Nellie Tite Wittman. He had retired from the Kansas Department of Transportation. On November 11, 1981 he married Patty Jones in Bazine, Kansas. She survives...
Grady William Showalter
May 25, 2011
Grady William Showalter, age 14 days, passed away at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas on May 25, 2011. He was born on May 11, 2011 in Great Bend, Kansas the son of Nathan and Sandra Setzkorn Showalter. He is survived by his parents and three sisters, Ella, Molly and Maggie Showalter all of rural Rush County; grandparents, Lee Showalter, Alexander,...
Nancy Louise Snodgrass
May 9, 2011
Nancy Louise Snodgrass, age 72, died May 9, 2011 at Via Christi, St. Francis Campus, Wichita, Kansas. She was born on February 13, 1939 in Ness City, Kansas the daughter of Leo and Katherine Eichman Raskopf. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Dighton, Kansas. She was a homemaker and a bookkeeper for Kay's Marine at Cedar Bluff...
Jim Wasinger
May 2, 2011
Jim Wasinger, age 57, passed away at Promise Regional Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas on May 2, 2011. He was born on November 4, 1953 in Ransom, Kansas the son of Nicholas and Wilma Munch Wasinger. He worked for over 25 years for Walker Implement and was a lifelong resident of Ness City. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church of...
Kenneth Earl Gardner
Apr 26, 2011
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Kenneth Earl Gardner, age 79, passed away at his home in Ness City on April 26, 2011. He was born July 4, 1931 in Kimball, Nebraska the son of Myles and Ruth Ernst Gardner. He was a farmer and rancher, a member of the Pine Bluffs Baptist Church and the Farmers' Union both of Pine Bluffs,...
Sibyl (Mcfadden) Witthuhn
Apr 22, 2011
Dateline: Bazine, Kansas Sibyl (McFadden) Witthuhn, age 84, passed away on April 22, 2011 at Cedar Village Long Term Care, Ness City, Kansas. She was born on October 19, 1926 on the family farm South of Bazine, the daughter of William Ray and Alma Idolette Bondurant McFadden. She was a helper on the family farm, a homemaker, a member of...
Laverne Handy
Apr 22, 2011
Dateline: Jetmore, Kansas Helen LaVerne Handy, age 88, passed away on April 22, 2011 at the Hodgeman County Long Term Care, Jetmore. She was born on July 16, 1922 in Beeler, Kansas the daughter of Jacob Earl and Bernice Irene Gilmore Whipple. She was a homemaker, a member of the First Baptist Church, Eureka, Montana, the American Legion Auxiliary, Ness...
Ruth Graf
Apr 12, 2011
Ruth Graf, 92, died Tuesday, April 12, at Rose Medical Center, Denver, Colorado. She was born January 30, 1919 in Bazine, Kansas the daughter of John and Eva (Brill) Stieben and was the youngest daughter of 14 children. She married Peter Graf on February 21, 1939 at Bazine and lived most of her life in Ness City, Kansas. She lived...
W. Dean Barricklow
Apr 5, 2011
Dateline: Ness County, Kansas Dean Barricklow, age 88, died at his home in Rural Ness County on April 5, 2011. Born may 31, 1922 the son of Weldon and Winnie Dagnett Barricklow. He was a farmer, a Century Farm Recipient and a World War II Veteran of the U.S. Navy. On August 15, 1943 he married Olinda Wolfe in Bazine,...
Jerry Keith Reinert
Apr 5, 2011
Dateline: Ness City, Kansas Jerry Keith Reinert, age 72, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore, Kansas. He was born November 14, 1938 on the farm in Southeast Ness County, Kansas the son of Henry and Alice Petersilie Reinert. He was a farmer and a lifetime resident of Ness County and the Riverside community. He...
Joyce Genette Hunter
Mar 26, 2011
Joyce Genette Teter Hunter, age 83, died March 26, 2011 at Hays Med., Hays, Kansas. She was born October 18, 1927 at Enid, Oklahoma to Harrison and Grace Lucille Robertson Teter. On December 28, 1946 she married George Harold Hunter at Tucson, Arizona. Born to this union were two daughters, Joyce Lucille, born May 7, 1948 at Long Beach, California...
Florence A. Pfannenstiel
Mar 17, 2011
Florence A. Pfannenstiel, age 85, passed away at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas on Thursday March 17, 2011. She was born on November 18, 1925 just outside of Ness City, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Amelia Ruder Pfannenstiel. She was a clerk and a lifetime resident of Ness County. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church...
Iris Eileen Johnson
Mar 12, 2011
Iris Eileen (Hayes) Johnson, age 97, passed away on March 12, 2011 in Ness City, Kansas. She was born on May 11, 1913 in Beeler, Kansas to Simon and Pearl Pearce Hayes, two Ness County pioneer families. She was welcomed by her three brothers, Keith, Estel "Ecky", and Melville "Buddy"; all have preceded her in death. Pearl, her mother died...
