Obituaries

Dec 6, 2021

Sandra Dossett (Reid) Studer, of Atwood, KS, passed away Monday, December 6, 2021, at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, KS. She was born March 2, 1946, in Chicago, IL, to Wylie and June (Stevens) Reid. She graduated from Maine Township High School East in 1964. While attending Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO she met her ‘Mr. Elegant’—Phil...

Dec 6, 2021

Dec 6, 2021

Betty (Suter) Lee, 90, passed away on December 06, 2021, at the home of her daughter Sheryl (Lee) Watson. She was the oldest daughter of John E. and Ida M. (Walz) Suter, born in Gove County, and grew up in Oakley, KS. Betty married Robert E. Lee of Monument, KS in 1948. In this union, they had four children, Gayle...

Dec 4, 2021

Dec 3, 2021

Geraldine “Gerry” Marie Nemeth, 91, of Herndon, died Friday December 3, 2021, in Atwood, Kansas. Gerry was born January 10, 1930, on a farm four miles northwest of Herndon, Kansas, to Francis and Cecilia (Lippold) Barenberg. She was the oldest of four children. She moved with her family into the town of Herndon in 1938, where she attended St. Mary’s...

Nov 28, 2021

Nov 26, 2021

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Hubert Duane “Pete” Pickett. Pete was born two miles west of McDonald, Kansas on November 18, 1940, to Albert Leonard Pickett and Dorothy Faye (Archer) Pickett. He passed away peacefully at his home on November 26, 2021, at the age of 81. Pete attended McDonald Elementary School...

Nov 24, 2021

Ramona “Mony” Ann (Bieker) Stupka passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby. She was born September 13, 1939, to Theodore and Leona (Billinger) Bieker in WaKeeney, Kansas. She grew up in Victoria and Colby and attended Colby High School. Throughout her school years, Mony enjoyed cheerleading and serving her friends and the community while...

Nov 23, 2021

Billy Pack Beamgard was born on December 2, 1933, in Atwood, KS, to C.W. and Gladys Innes Beamgard. Billy Pack passed away after a tragic accident on November 23, 2021. He was very proud to live in and be an active member of the Atwood community most of his life, only leaving for a few years for the military, college...

Nov 23, 2021

Celestin Severin Leiker “Junior” was born to Celestin & Virginia Leiker on June 10, 1939, just outside Wallace, KS. Junior was the youngest of 5 children. At the age of 5 the family moved into Wallace. Junior attended grade school in Wallace and high school in Sharon Springs. Junior played basketball in school. Junior was inducted into the Army Nov....

Nov 21, 2021

Just three weeks ago, Bob Prideaux was doing one of his favorite things. He was going on an afternoon van ride home to Atwood. Bob and his wife Maxine had lived at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, KS for the past five years. They liked living there and they and their children appreciated the caring staff at the facility....

Nov 18, 2021

Maxine Marie Nelson, 89, died Thursday, November 18, 2021, at Citizens Medical Center. She was born November 4, 1932, in Harlan County, NE, to Carl O Zimmerman and Mora Katherine (Stark) Zimmerman. Maxine graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree in Education. She married Albert Keith Nelson on June 2, 1952. Upon moving to Colby in 1973, she...

Nov 17, 2021

Casey “Scott” (Davis) Barnum was born on June 16,1960, in Casper WY. He took his first breath in heaven on November 17, 2021, at Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO. As a child, Scott lived in Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder, and moved to Colby in 1972 when his parents, John and Shirley Barnum, were called to the Colby Presbyterian Church. He...

Nov 14, 2021

Bryan Tate Barnett was born in Hays, KS on December 23, 1964, to Bill & Sondra (Wark) Barnett. He went home to be with the Lord at the age of 56, on November 14, 2021, at the University Medical Center in El Paso, TX. Bryan grew up on a farm north of Gem, KS and learned the principals of hard...

Nov 12, 2021

Nov 10, 2021

Nov 9, 2021

Hanford “Hank” Lloyd Payne 97, of Oakley passed away on November 9th, 2021. He was born in Myrtle, MO on September 10th, 1924, to John W Payne & Laura A Hollis. He was the oldest of 5 children. His siblings were Robert, Alma, Howard, and Gladys Payne. His mother passed while giving birth to Gladys. Hank being the oldest raised...

Nov 8, 2021

E. Darlene Ackerman, 89, of Colby, died Monday, November 8, 2021, at Prairie Senior Living Complex, in Colby. She was born July 1, 1932, in Beardsley, KS, to Loyd and Letha (Yost) Porter. She spent her early years in Beardsley and then, while still in grade school, moved to St. Francis, KS. There she met Bob Ackerman and after graduating...

Nov 8, 2021

Stanley Wancura was born September 16, 1940, to Willie and Clara Wancura in Atwood, Kansas. He passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 8, 2021, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, at the age of 81. In his younger years, he lived on the family farm near Ludell where he worked hard helping his dad with daily farm tasks....

Nov 7, 2021

Melvin Dale Kvasnicka, age 82, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away peacefully on November 7, 2021 at Ascension Via Christi with his family by his side. He was born on March 3, 1939 in Luray, Kansas to Charles Everett Kvasnicka and Amelia Keller Kvasnicka. In 1951 the Kvasnicka family moved to Colby, Kansas where Mel attended and graduated from Colby High...