Obituaries

Jul 28, 2021

Todd John Kuhlman, 49, of Oakley, died July 28, 2021. He was born July 10, 1972, in Colby, KS, to Larry and Nancy (Seele) Kuhlman. Todd grew up on the family farm and graduated from Oakley High School in 1990. He then served in the United States Marines from 1990-1995. Todd worked in construction and was a truck driver. He...

Jul 25, 2021

Betty Joan Bailey Firestone, age 87, of Kearney, Missouri, formerly of Colby, Kansas, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021, at Oak Pointe Senior Living. Betty was born January 10th, 1934, in Iowa City, Iowa and grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa, Harrisonville, Missouri and Butler, Missouri. She attended college at Central Missouri State from 1952-1954 before moving to Kansas City, Missouri...

Jul 23, 2021

Shirley Marie (Leitner) Organ, 81, of Atwood, departed this life on July 23, 2021 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS surrounded by her children. Shirley was born to Carl A. and Theresia E. (Kogl) Leitner on August 22, 1939, at home on S. 6th Street, in Atwood, KS. She attended Atwood Grade School & graduated from Notre Dame Academy,...

Jul 21, 2021

Loris Dean “Bud” Hestermann passed away at the Good Samaritan Society, Atwood, Kansas, on July 21, 2021, at the age of 91. Bud was born on July 22, 1929, on the farm north of Ludell, to Henry and Emma (Niermeier) Hestermann. Bud was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ludell. He graduated from Atwood High School in 1947 and...

Jul 17, 2021

Julia Ann (Hockersmith) Arnberger, age 75, of Winona, KS, passed away at the Logan County Senior Living, in Oakley, KS, on Saturday, July 17, 2021. Julie was born December 17, 1945, in Quinter, KS, to Willis Gene and Elta Louise (Brooks) Hockersmith. She grew up in the Oakley area and graduated from Oakley High School in 1963. Julie was a...

Jul 16, 2021

Rita Kay Peters, 68, of Colby, passed away Friday, July 16, 2021, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby. She was born July 8, 1953, in Alma, NE, to Maynard and Carol (Capstick) Ross. Rita grew up on the family farm and graduated in 1971, from Northern Valley High School, in Almena, KS. She then moved to Hays, KS, to go...

Jul 15, 2021

Tauscher Ulysses Bretz, 98, resident of Wallace County Community Care Center died July 15, 2021, at Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland, KS. He was a life-long farmer and rancher in rural Wallace, KS. He was born April 27, 1923, to Roy Allen and Mary (Tauscher) Bretz south of Winona at his grandparent’s home. He was the oldest of six...

Jul 12, 2021

The world is a lonelier place with the passing of Bonnie Sue Jeffries-Evans-Samson, 81, of Ludell, KS, on July 12,2021 at McCook Community Hospital. Bonnie was born May 31, 1940, to Marion and Eva (Yeo) Jeffries of Atwood, KS. She was the middle of two other sisters, Alberta and Marian Ellaine. Bonnie graduated from High School, in Atwood, KS, in...

Jul 9, 2021

Keith Gerard Zerr, 63, of Gove, KS, died Friday, July 9th, 2021, at Gove County Medical Center, after a difficult and well-fought battle with cancer. He was born in Oakley, KS; the fourth child to Peter C. and Blanche Zerr. Forever in a hurry to get where he was going, he was nearly born in the car on the way...

Jul 9, 2021

Lidia Elizabeth Hurst, 21, of Topeka, KS passed away on July 9, 2021. She was born October 16, 1999, in Colby, KS to Jared Hurst and Tiffany (Fletcher) Hurst. Lidia attended Rawlins County High School and received her high school diploma from the Thomas County Learning Center in 2018. She attended Paul Mitchell School of Cosmetology in Wichita, KS. She...

Jul 9, 2021

Gerald ‘Jerry’ Joseph Hutfles of Colby, age 93, passed away July 9, 2021 at the Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby. He was born on January 30, 1928 at his family home in Herndon, KS to Frank and Mary Hutfles. As a young man, he farmed and raised cattle. Jerry loved to work with his hands; building, masonry and carpentry....

Jul 6, 2021

Gayona “Gay” Ramsey, 86, of Greeley, CO, formerly of Colby, KS, died July 6, 2021. She was born January 26, 1935, in Calico Rock, Arkansas, to E.O. and Agnes Woody. Gay grew up in Dyess Colony Arkansas. Chopping and picking cotton was her childhood. Gay followed her parents to Colby, Kansas in late 1952. There she met John Ramsey. They...

Jul 6, 2021

Marjorie “Marj” Lee (Williams) Brown, 87, of Colby, died Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the University of Colorado Hospital, in Aurora, CO. She was born in Oklahoma City, OK, to Mack Olaf and Florence Elizabeth (Wheaton) Williams. She had one older sister and a younger sister and brother. When Marj was 12 years old, her family relocated to Colby, KS,...

Jul 5, 2021

Larry Allen Towns, 71, of Colby, died Monday, July 5, 2021, at Hays Medical Center. He was born July 12, 1949, in Thomas County, KS, to Lawrence and Wilma (Kistler) Towns. Larry graduated from Colby High School in 1967 and Kansas State University in 1971, with a degree in Horticulture. He married Berna Wiens on April 13, 1968, in Colby....

Jul 4, 2021

Carolyn Meier Denchfield, age 85, passed away July 4, 2021, at the Logan County Senior Living Center. She was born Carolyn Weigel, to Wilhelmina Weigel, in Chicago, Illinois, on January 27, 1936. Her mother passed away in March of 1943. Carolyn was then adopted by Wendle and Josephine Knoll Meier, of Holcomb, Kansas, in April 1944. Although she was an...

Jul 3, 2021

James “Jim” Eugene Griffin, 63, of Colby, died Saturday, July 3, 2021, at Swedish Medical Center, in Englewood, CO. He was born September 14, 1957, in Colby, KS, to Jay and Margene Griffin. Jim graduated from Colby High School in 1976 and enrolled in the Goodland Vocational Technical School, for auto mechanics. He then joined the Kansas National Guard. Jim...

Jun 30, 2021

Jun 21, 2021

Marilyn Kay (Heier) Caldwell, 81, of Grinnell, died Monday, June 21, 2021. She was born November 22, 1939, in Oakley, KS, to Vince and Ferne (Beckman) Dickman. Marilyn graduated high school in 1956, from Sacred Heart Academy, in Wichita, KS. She then attended Marymount College, in Salina, KS, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education, in 1960. Later,...

Jun 19, 2021

Dorothy Mary Cahoj passed away peacefully on June 19, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Home, in Atwood, KS, at the age of 92 years, 5 months and 15 days. She was born January 4, 1929, in Stratton, NE, to Stanley and Albina (Chvatal) Vrbas. Dorothy married Louis Cahoj on September 22, 1948. They had three children, Ronald, Collette and LuAnn....

Jun 17, 2021