Chantelle Lashae Scott
May 21, 2024
Chantelle Lashae Scott, age 23, gained her wings on May 21st, 2024 in Dodge City, Kansas. She was born on December 1st, 2000, the daughter of Craig Scott and Lori Wiseman.
She had an amazing love for animals and was active in 4-H from a very early age. She began showing at the age of 4 in...
Rosalie Gerstner
May 20, 2024
Rosalie (Schreiber) Gerstner "Rosalea", 90, died Monday, May 20, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. She was born June 7, 1933 in Trego County, Kan., to Reinhardt and Kathleen (Kennedy) Schreiber.
As a child, Rosalie loved being outside and spent much of her time helping with farm chores and riding horses. She was involved in 4-H, basketball and cheerleading...
Robert Franklin Hembree
May 13, 2024
Robert Franklin Hembree (Bob), 93, passed away on May 13, 2024 at the Legend of Hutchinson.
Bob was born in Lyman, Oklahoma, on January 13, 1931, to Joseph Franklin Hembree and Hazel (Clapp) Hembree. Â His family moved to Kansas and settled between Lyons and Chase in April of 1939 when Bob was 8 years old. Â Bob attended...
Wilfrid "Hoop" Higgins
May 8, 2024
Wilfrid A. "Hoop" Higgins, age 97, died on May 8, 2024, at HaysMed, Hays, Kansas. Â He was born on August 30, 1926, on the family farm Southwest of McCracken, Kansas the son of Leo and Teresa (Coleman) Higgins.
Hoop graduated from McCracken High School and then joined the United States Army Air Corp. Hoop and Twila were...
Harold Dean Gabel
May 7, 2024
Harold Dean Gabel, age 90, died on May 7, 2024, at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. Â He was born on July 25, 1933, in Ness City, the son of Alex and Odella (Pfannenstiel) Gabel.
Harold attended Ness City High School, before serving in the United States Army. He married Frances Leterle on October 8, 1956,...
Terry Dean Uehling
May 5, 2024
Terry Dean Uehling, 75, passed away May 5, 2024, at the Brookdale Assisted Living in Dodge City, Kansas. He was born on January 30, 1949, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Ray and Edna (Stullken) Uehling.
Terry was raised on the farm at Riverside in southeast Ness County. He attended Riverside school and graduated from Ness City...
Helen Mary Hertel
Apr 28, 2024
Helen Mary Dechant Hertel, 92, passed away April 28, 2024, in Rossville, Kansas. Â She was born on April 25, 1932, south of Bazine to Henry J. and Albertine (Schoendaller) Dechant. Â Helen was a resident of Ness County until she moved to Topeka in 1987, then to Rossville in 2018.
She married Wilfred Hertel on March 26, 1951. Â ...
Betty Jo Oberhelman
Apr 23, 2024
Betty Jo Oberhelman, age 72, died on April 23, 2024, at Cedar Village Care Center, Ness City. Â She was born on May 2, 1951, in LaCrosse, Kansas, the daughter of Ronald and Josephine (Dechant) Robinson.
Betty was a member of the Ness City Methodist Church and was the owner of Betty's Beauty Nook which she operated until...
Wilma Marie Carr
Apr 16, 2024
Wilma Marie Carr, age 81, died on April 16, 2024, at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. She was born on April 8, 1943, in Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Dana (Douglass) Ummel.
On October 13, 1969, while living in Neodesha, Kansas she married George Dale Carr in Miami, Oklahoma. They later moved to...
Joselyn Jean Kirkman
Apr 12, 2024
Jocelyn (Joy) Jean Kirkman, 91, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2024, at Cedar Village Long Term Care in Ness City, Kansas.
Joy was born March 17, 1933, in Ransom, Kansas, to Leo and Margaret (White) Mishler. Â She graduated from Ransom High School and attended Fort Hays State University where she was a cheerleader and a music...
Ilene Norton
Feb 27, 2024
Ilene Norton, age 93, died at Brookdale Senior Living, Hays, Kansas on February 27, 2024. She was born on May 6, 1930, in rural Beeler, Kansas, to Jacob and Myrtle (Schamaun) Merryfield and was the fourth of five children. Ilene and her family resided 8 miles south of Beeler, KS from birth to young adulthood.
Ilene attended...
Ronald F. Brenner
Feb 22, 2024
Ronald Francis Brenner, age 63, died at his home on February 22, 2024. Â He was born on June 30, 1960, in Larned, Kansas, the son of Benedict and Margaret (Klug) Brenner.
Ron graduated from Thomas More Preparatory School, Hays and then went on to attend Kansas State University where he received his bachelor's degree. Â Ron was a...
Carlynn Neil Foos
Feb 20, 2024
Carlynn Neil Foos was born July 8, 1934, on the farm near Bazine, Kansas and passed away February 20, 2024, at the age of 89.  He was born to Elmer and Lydia (Fech) Foos.  He attended grades 1 – 8 at Belles Letters country school and graduated from Bazine High School in 1952.
He worked multiple jobs...
Norma Jean Stull
Feb 19, 2024
Norma Jean (Kellie) Stull, 88, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024 at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born on September 15, 1935 in Sutherland, Nebraska to Francis and Esther (Nicholson) Kellie.
Norma was preceded in death by her father, Francis; mother, Esther; stepfather, Fred Stull; older sister, Leila Mae; and nephew, Dennis Burkholder....
Delores Nadine Betz
Feb 15, 2024
Delores Nadine Betz, age 79 of Norman, Oklahoma, passed away on February 15, 2024. She was born March 16, 1944 in Dodge City, Kansas to George Swatzell and Susie (Pelton) Swatzell. Delores graduated from Ness City High School in 1962.
On February 16, 1963 she married Gary Merle Betz. They had two children, April and Aaron and...
Shirley Ann Ummel
Feb 15, 2024
Shirley Ann Ummel was born into the large family of Jacob "Jake" and Charlotte "Lottie" (Voos) Hemel on September 3, 1940 in Dighton, Kansas. Â This is where she grew up and attended school, graduating from Dighton High with the class of 1958.
On August 5, 1961, Shirley married the love of her life, Gary Ummel in Dighton...
Berniece Florence Pfannenstiel
Feb 8, 2024
Berniece Florence Pfannenstiel, age 96, died on February 8, 2024, at Grisell Memorial Hospital ISB, Ransom. Â She was born on July 24, 1927, on the family farm near Ransom the daughter of Frank J. and Elizabeth (Friess) Landwehr.
Berniece was a 1945 graduate of Ransom High School. Â She married Harold F. Pfannenstiel on April 27, 1948, in...
Melvin F. Meis
Feb 3, 2024
Melvin F. Meis passed away on February 3, 2024, at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas. He was born on October 29, 1930, in Ness City, Kansas, the son of Leo and Sera (Stecklein) Meis. Melvin went to Sunshine School and then graduated from Ness City High School in 1948. He was a lifelong resident of Ness City.
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Neal E. Delaney
Feb 1, 2024
Neal E. Delaney, age 77, went to his final adventure on February 1, 2024, after a battle with cancer. Â He died surrounded by his family at Cedar Village, Ness City, Kansas. Â Neal was born on October 7, 1946, in Ransom, Kansas, the son of Sam and Frieda (Meis) Delaney.
Neal attended Ness City Schools, graduating in 1965,...
Mary Etta Rollins
Jan 30, 2024
Mary Etta (Rollins) Hatton, age 63, died on January 30, 2024, at Cedar Village, Ness City. Â She was born on October 10, 1960, in LaCrosse, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbert "Bill" and Bernice (Bennett) Rollins.
Mary grew up in rural McCracken, attended early school years in Hays, lived in Florida for several years and eventually settled in...
