Obituary Listing

Aug 15, 2024

Cheryl Lynn Tate, 63, went to her heavenly and eternal home on August 15, 2024. Cheryl was born on August 25, 1960, in Fargo, North Dakota to Leonard Sr. and Betty (Clark) Wahl. Cheryl graduated from Mayville-Portland, ND. Cheryl was a free-spirited person and loved the outdoors. It was evident because most of her life, she raised horses, goats,...

Aug 13, 2024

Robin Slagle, age 50, passed away in her Salina, KS home, August 13, 2024 after a long battle with cancer. She was born February 25, 1974 at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, KS. The first of 4 children to Jon and Verda (Herman) Johnson.

Robin was a 1992 graduate of Utica High School where she was very active...

Aug 2, 2024

Joan Marie VanDegrift, 89, passed away on August 2, 2024, at her home in Ness City, Kansas.  She was born on May 20, 1935, in Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of John and Anna Mary (Haas) Wasinger.

Joan was a secretary for the ASC office in Ness City for many years.  She was a member of the Sacred...

Jul 28, 2024

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RaMona L Ummel, 76, passed away on July 28, 2024 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.  She was born on July 27, 1948 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Vern and Tessa (Powell) Cranston.

RaMona worked at Pizza Plus for many years prior to retiring. She was a member of Praise Fellowship...

Jul 28, 2024

Linda Mae Partridge, 72, passed away on July 28, 2024 at Cedar Village Care Center Ness City, Kansas.  She was born on July 29th, 1951 in Concord, NH. She was the daughter of Cleve Charles and Audrey (Sweetland) Pogue.

Survivors include her only child Kristine Gibbs and her husband Jeff Gibbs of Calhan, CO; granddaughter, Emily Mae...

Jul 27, 2024

Mary Ellen Graeff, 97, passed away on July 27, 2024 at her home in Utica, Kansas. She was born on May 11, 1927 in Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Roy and Neoma (Buckman) Henry.

Mary Ellen was a resident of Wichita for almost 30 years working at O.A Sutton, Bemis Bag Co. as a printer and...

Jul 24, 2024

Margaret Ann Schrock, 89, of Ness City, Kansas was called home to our Lord on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Ness County Hospital in Ness City, Kansas. Born on April 6, 1935, in Laud, Indiana, she was the daughter of Claude Raymond and Mary Alice (Reed) Treece. Marge had three brothers and a sister.

Marge grew up...

Jul 17, 2024

Phyllis Marie (Cory) Hembree, 89, passed away on July 17, 2024 at Reflection Living Hutchinson.

Phyllis was born in Longton, KS on November 5, 1934, to Freddie Alfred Cory and Mary Isabella (Weidner) Cory.

Phyllis attended school at Oak Valley in Longton through her junior year. She moved to Lyons, KS to help her sister,...

Jul 17, 2024

Sidney Scott Osborne, age 48, died on July 17, 2024, at Bergan Mercy Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska.  He was born on September 7, 1975, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the son of Sidney and Kathy (Holbrok) Osborne.

Sidney, or Bubba as he was affectionately called, was his father's constant companion and help him with many construction projects.  He enjoyed his...

Jul 14, 2024

Clarnetta A. Whipple, 75, of Ness City passed away July 14, 2024, at Cedar Village, Ness City.  She was born on March 30, 1949, in LaCrosse, Kansas, the daughter of Helen (Foos) and Ben Gumescheimer.

Clarnetta was a lifetime resident of Ness County.  She attended grade school and high school in Bazine, Kansas.  On August 20, 1967,...

Jul 12, 2024

Larry G. Snodgrass, age 86, died on Friday, July 12, 2024, at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas. He was born on October 17, 1937, in Ransom, Kansas, the son of Earl and Ruby (Charles) Snodgrass. He was raised in Ransom and graduated from Ransom High School in 1955.

On August 4, 1956, he married Melba Sekavec. This...

Jul 11, 2024

Enid "EJ" Foos, age 89, of Lincoln, NE passed away July 11, 2024.  Enid June was born November 21, 1934, in a snowstorm on a farm outside of Ness City, KS to Emma (Schwartz) and Adam Walter.

Enid attended school in Ness City and graduated in 1952 from Bazine High School.  Enid married Floyd Foos in the...

Jul 1, 2024

LaVone Hoss, 97, passed away on July 1, 2024, at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas.  She was born on December 6, 1926, in Dighton, Kansas, the daughter of Emile and Mabel (Gray) Dutoit.

LaVone was a homemaker and a bookkeeper and was secretary of the United Methodist Church in Dighton for many years....

Jun 28, 2024

Larry Seib, age 63, died on June 28, 2024, at the Ness County Hospital in Ness City, KS.  He was born on Jan 3, 1961, in Ness City, the son of Pete and Elvira (Stecklein) Seib.

Larry was a lifetime resident of Ness City. He was baptized in the Sacred Heart Church and graduated from Ness City...

Jun 21, 2024

William Rodney (Rod) Borger was born June 18, 1938, on a farm southwest of Ness City, Kansas. He was the son of William and Lois Borger. He passed from this world on June 21, 2024, at the age of 86 years and 3 days in Cedar Village Care Center, Ness City.

Rod married Karen R. Showalter July...

Jun 18, 2024

Cynthia Jane Berkeley, 69, passed away on June 18, 2024, at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas.  She was born on March 15, 1955, in Huntington, New York, the daughter of Lawrence and Patricia (Johnson) Kunz.

Cynthia was a homemaker.  She loved fishing, gardening, keeping a spotless home, but most of all she loved...

Jun 16, 2024

Brian Gernald Yaeger, Branson West, MO, son of James and Carely (Wanker) Yaeger, was born September 12, 1979, at Ransom, KS, and departed this life on June 16, 2024, at the age of 44.

Brian is preceded in death by his grandparents, Gernald and Pauline Wanker and Peter and Martha Yaeger; uncles David Wanker, Patrick Wanker, and...

Jun 10, 2024

Scott Allen Sherwin, 54, passed away on June 10, 2024, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on June 29, 1969, in Ness City, the son of Warren and Alberta (Anderson) Sherwin.

Scott grew up on the family farm in southwest Ness County and was a 1987 graduate of Ness City High School...

May 25, 2024

Judy Kay Humburg, age 80 died at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas on Saturday, May 25, 2024.  She was born on October 15, 1943, at St. Rose Hospital in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John George and Geraldine (Phillips) Humburg and baptized in the United Methodist Church.

Judy was a very well loved and special woman....

May 23, 2024

Wallie A. Thornburg, 89, died on May 23, 2024, at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom, Kansas.  He was born on April 24, 1935, on the Thornburg farm in the old rock house, the son of Francis and Bertha (Daniels) Thornburg. Later the family moved ½ mile west where he and his brother, Roy, helped with the farming, raising and showing...