Obituaries

Jun 9, 2023

Albert Lloyd Jenik, 82, of Atwood, died Friday, June 9, 2023. He was born March 27, 1941, in Colby, KS, to Frank and Phyllis (Oelke) Jenik. Lloyd graduated from Oakley High School and attended Colby Community College. He worked at the Kansas State Highway Department in Oakley, at S&S Body Shop in Oakley, Dale’s Body Shop in Colby and Vans...

Jun 6, 2023

Lynette Ruth Chapman, 71, of Colby, died June 6, 2023, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby. She was born November 23, 1951, in Phillipsburg, KS, to Glenn and Arlene (Davidson) Ellis. Lynette married Floyd Chapman in July 1996. She is survived by her husband Floyd; son, Eric Ehlers and grandchildren, Emily, Eric and Ariel Ehlers; brothers, Marvin, Leslie, Kenton and...

May 29, 2023

Helen Mary (Mazanec) Horinek joined loved ones on May 29, 2023, in Colby, KS at the age of 100. She was born April 20, 1923, in Colby, to Adolph John Mazanec and Hedvicka (Hattie) Mazanec. Helen grew up with three sisters (one who died as an infant) and three brothers. She attended a country school in her earlier years and...

May 27, 2023

May 26, 2023

Jesse Lee Hockersmith, 52, of Victoria, KS, died Friday, May 26, 2023, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born December 8, 1970, in Colby, KS, to Terry and Betty (Schwarz) Hockersmith. Jesse graduated from Oakley High School in 1989. He then attended Northwest Kansas Area Vo-Tech, graduating in 1990, as an Auto Body Technician Jesse married Primrose Lea...

May 21, 2023

Raymond Lee Edwards “Stingray” was born on February 22, 1961, in John Day, OR to Kenneth and Muriel (Gilbert) Edwards. Ray enjoyed many career paths in his life, but his true calling was being an over the road truck driver. He loved being able to explore the country and made many life-long friends along the way. Ray enjoyed many things...

May 20, 2023

Gary Chris Madsen, 75, of Colby passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS. Gary was born February 5, 1948, in Colby, KS and was adopted by Christopher C. and Marie W. (Woerpel) Madsen, also in 1948. Gary was blessed with a bonus family, Ralph E. and Mary J. Mead (Mom and Dad) and...

May 19, 2023

Carol Janice Lovenstein, 81, of Colby, passed Friday, May 19, 2023. She was born October 23, 1941, in Colby, to Roy and Elva (Garrett) Livingston. Carol married Marvin Lovenstein on October 20, 1958. To this union three children were born. Marvin’s military career in the Air Force took the family all over the United States. They lived in California, South...

May 16, 2023

It is with great sadness that the family of Paul Matthew Horinek, Jr., announce his peaceful passing on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Lincoln, NE at the age of 78. He was born September 28, 1944, in Stratton, NE, to Paul, Sr., and Helen Mary (Mazanec) Horinek. Paul graduated from Atwood High School in 1962 and attended Wichita Technical Institute...

May 13, 2023

Pamela Bell Thomas was born September 1, 1951, at the Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis, KS, the only child of Clarence LaFollette Bell and Claribel (Shaw) Bell. She passed away May 13, 2023, at Swedish Medical Center, in Englewood, CO, at the age of 71 years and 265 days old. Pam loved to learn, at two years old she...

May 12, 2023

Wayne Lynn Walz, a life-long resident of Oakley, passed away Friday morning, May 12, 2023, at Littleton Adventist Hospital, Littleton, Colorado, at age 71. Wayne was diagnosed with Complicated Traumatic Brain Injury, following a fall, and subsequently developed a pneumonia complication. He liked to inform his friends that he was retired, following an award from Developmental Service of Northwest Kansas...

May 10, 2023

Marilyn Joyce Heble, 82, of Colby, died Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby, surrounded in love by her 2 children. She was born January 4, 1941, in Park, KS, to Alphonse and Matilda (Kuhn) Depperschmidt. She graduated from Park High School in 1958 and moved to Colby where she began working at Southwestern Bell Telephone as...

May 10, 2023

Mary Katherine Messamore, second child of Kenneth Warren and Joan Rose (Renner) Messamore, was born on May 16, 1947 in Colby, Kansas. Mary attended school in Colby, graduating in 1965. Starting at the age of 13 Mary worked at many different jobs. She was a housekeeper for a couple of families, cooked meals for another, and was a bookkeeper for...

May 9, 2023

Bruce Jerome Arnberger, 78, of Winona, KS, died May 9, 2023, in Hays, KS. He was born November 27, 1944, in Wallace, KS, to Karl and Adel (Wimmer) Arnberger. Bruce attended Winona High School, where he was a member of the 1962 State Champion basketball team and graduated that same year. He served in the United States Air Force from...

May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023

Norman B. Voigt, 81, passed away peacefully on May 8th, 2023, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby. He was born April 3rd, 1942, in Adrian, Minnesota to Ida (Finck) and Elden Voigt. He enjoyed many careers including being a librarian, teacher, running a dairy farm, owning a skating rink, managing restaurants, owning a furniture store, operating vending machines, and doing...

May 7, 2023

Rebecca L. Kersenbrock (Jain) passed away peacefully Sunday, May 7, 2023, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Oberlin, Kansas. She was born September 13, 1939, to Ralph and Ada (Foster) Jain in Colby, Kansas. She was 83 years old. Becky graduated from Colby Senior High School in 1957 and married the love of her life, Jerry Kersenbrock, on April 21,...

May 4, 2023

Mildred M. Kuhlman, 98, of Oakley, died Thursday, May 4, 2023, at Logan County Hospital with her family by her side. She was born December 6, 1924, in McCracken, Kansas, to William and Rose (Sweeney) Brenner. She was a Registered Nurse and was enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps at the end of World War II. Mildred married Henry Marion...

Apr 30, 2023

Margaret Delores (Ward) Chick passed away peacefully Sunday, April 30, 2023, at Colby Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 10, 1923, to Greely and Margaret (Nemecek) Ward in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and celebrated her 100th birthday this past January. Margaret graduated from Colby Senior High School in 1941 and married Lloyd Chick in July 1941. Together, they operated...

Apr 29, 2023

Joan Gallion, 92, of Grinnell, died Saturday, April 29, 2023. She was born August 3, 1930, in Quinter, KS, to Charles and Leona (Boston) Johnson. She married Wilfred Gallion on November 26, 1953, at her parent’s home in Gove, KS. Joan graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1953 and taught school for a few years. She also worked as...