Obituaries

Nov 22, 2020

Dawson Michael Walker, 18, of Atwood, KS, died November 22, 2020, at his home. He was born April 8, 2002, in Hays, KS, to David and Brandi (Stejskal) Walker. He enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, cooking outside, playing with his nephews and spending time with his family and friends. Survivors include his father David Walker; step-mother Keri; brother Hunter, of Atwood;...

Nov 17, 2020

Dorothy Elizabeth Racette, 100, of Oakley, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at the Logan County Hospital, in Oakley. She was born August 14, 1920, in a sod house, in southern Logan County, KS, to William O. and Beth (Wise) Martin. When Dorothy was 8 years old, her family started building a new home. The home was almost finished when a...

Nov 13, 2020

Julie Ann Britton, 64, of Atwood, Kansas, died on November 13, 2020. Julie was born in Atwood on January 8, 1956. She was the youngest daughter of William Walter Sawer and Erma Kathleen (Chvatal) Sawer. She was the sister of James Sawer and Carol Brown. Growing up in Atwood, Julie was always an artist in the community. In her senior...

Nov 11, 2020

Anthony Wayne Heble was born, the youngest child of Rudolph & Rose (Micek) Heble, on September 2, 1937, at the family farm northwest of Atwood, KS; where he also departed this life on November 11, 2020 at the age of 83 years, 2 months and 9 days. Tony was a lifelong resident of Rawlins County. He attended elementary school at...

Nov 10, 2020

R. Joe Kramer, 79 was born February 21,1941 in Ozawkie, KS to William Anthony and Ellen Marguerite (Clare) Kramer. He passed away November 10, 2020 at St. Francis hospital in Topeka from complications due to COVID-19. Joe grew up on a small dairy farm near Ozawkie and spent many hours on a tractor to avoid milking the cows. This was...

Nov 8, 2020

Linda Kaye Schwarz, 72, of Oakley, died November 8, 2020, in Wichita, KS. She was born August 26, 1948, in Quinter, KS, to Charles and Ruth (Moss) Sidles. Linda moved to Oakley in 1961 and graduated from Oakley High School in 1966. On July 13,1968 she married William “Bill” Schwarz in Oakley, Kansas, where they lived their entire life. To...

Nov 8, 2020

Our beautiful wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Maxine Lucy (Sabatka) Prideaux passed from this life to her life of glory on November 8 2020. She passed away with her husband Bob and sister-in-law Agnes Sabatka at her side at Prairie Senior Living in Colby, Kansas. Her passing was a result of complications from the novel Coronavirus 19. Maxine was...

Nov 7, 2020

Mildred Mary (Heim) Barnett Green, 93, of Colby, died Saturday, November 7, 2020, at the Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center, Sedalia, MO. She was born January 14, 1927, in Leoville, KS, to John and Margaret Heim. Mildred grew up near Dresden, KS and attended a country grade school. She attended High School in Leoville, graduating with the class of 1944....

Nov 4, 2020

Nov 4, 2020

Kenton Keith Krehbiel, 71, of Colby, died Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis, in Topeka, KS. He was born July 24, 1949, in Hutchinson, KS, to Walter and Dorothy (Goering) Krehbiel. Kenton started school at Pretty Prairie and graduated from Inman High School, in 1967. He then attended Brown Mackie College in Salina,...

Nov 3, 2020

Florence "Flo" Rodriguez, of Colby, Kansas, passed away peacefully, in the presence of her children, in Hays, Kansas, on November 3, 2020, at the age of 74. Flo was born on November 6, 1945 in Lakin, Kansas. She graduated from Deerfield High School in 1963. She was a long-time resident of Colby and worked at Colby Elementary School where she...

Nov 2, 2020

Max George Crum, 99, of Quinter, KS, formerly of Arvada, CO, died Monday, November 2, 2020, at the Gove County Long Term Care. He was born October 27, 1921, in Sunol, NE, to George and Mabel (Hobson) Crum. Max attended High School in Littleton, CO, graduating in 1940. He enlisted in the United States Army, serving from 1942-1946. On December...

Nov 1, 2020

Charles Edwin “Bud” Mumm, 89, of Atwood, died Sunday, November 1, 2020, at his home. He was born October 21, 1931, at the family farm near Selden, KS, to Gottfried and Sarah (McDonald) Mumm. Bud served in the United States Army, stationed in Heilbronn, Germany from 1954-55 and was a longtime member of the Herndon VFW. On October 20, 1979...

Oct 31, 2020

Carl L. Barnett, 68, of Colby, died Saturday, October 31, 2020, at Via Christi St. Francis, in Wichita, KS. He was born February 4, 1952, in Colby, to Floyd and Mildred (Hawkins) Barnett. Carl graduated from Golden Plains High School in 1970. On August 22, 1971 he married Betty Ann Dible, in Rexford, KS. Carl joined the National Guard in...

Oct 27, 2020

Oct 27, 2020

Edwin A. Huelsmann, 94, of Oakley, died Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby. He was born December 16, 1925, to Henry and Mary Louise (Baalmann) Huelsmann. Ed served in the United States Army during WWII, in the Southern Philippines, Luzon. He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine liberation Ribbon with 1 Bronze star, WWII...

Oct 26, 2020

Dora Belle (Brian) Hopson, 87, of Colby, died Monday, October 26, 2020, at Citizens Medical Center. She was born September 24, 1933, in Lyndon, KS, to Leroy and Thela (Seigal) Brian. She attended school in Brownville, KS and Brewster, KS, where she graduated from high school. She married Charles Hopson in May 1974. She was preceded in death by her...

Oct 24, 2020

Oct 23, 2020

Billie Jean Keck, 93, of Colby, died Friday, October 23, 2020 at Citizens Medical Center. She was born May 10, 1927, in Spearville, KS, to Ray and Esther (Ellis) Railing. Billie graduated from Dodge City Senior High in 1945 and then attended Dodge City Community College. On November 28, 1948, she married Bill Keck in Dodge City. Billie was a...

Oct 22, 2020

Darold Eugene Ashford, 75, of Atwood, KS, left this world early in the morning of Oct. 22, 2020, in Hays, KS. He was born Feb. 6, 1945, in Oceola, IA, to Darold Ashford and Letha (Suits) Ashford. He joined the Navy in 1964 and was discharged in 1966. Darold married Susan Sutton in 1967 and had one daughter,Leanna Ashford, of...