Obituaries

Mar 1, 2019

Wayne Holloway, 66, passed away on March 1, 2019. He was born July 21, 1952 in Merkel, Texas, the first born son of Marvin and Daphna Holloway. He graduated from Merkel High School in 1970 and served in the U.S. Army for 3 years. He is survived by his daughter, Lindsay and Tyson Hoff; his grandson, Karsten; a new grandbaby...

Feb 26, 2019

Feb 26, 2019

Annunciata Marie (Wildeman) Weber, 88, of Park, departed this life on February 26, 2019, at the Sheridan County Long Term Care Unit, in Hoxie. The oldest child of Daniel and Mary (Ziegler) Wildeman, Ann was born at home, May 29, 1930, east of Park. Ann and her family moved to their new sod house south of Grainfield when she was...

Feb 22, 2019

James Robert “Jim” Malone was born 1936 in Topeka, Kansas, to Audrey and Clarence Malone and passed away on 22. February 2019 in Bühl, near Baden-Baden, Germany, at the age of 82. He was flown one last time to his homeland, where he loved to spend time on the Malone homestead in the prairie of North West Kansas and also...

Feb 20, 2019

James “Jim” Harrell Morelock was born to Cecil and Ruby Morelock on November 6, 1935, in Little Rock, Arkansas and died on February 20, 2019 at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas. Jim and Ruth (Gayle) Morelock were married for 37 years before her death. Through this union, the couple had 3 children; Tim, Tom and Traci. As a...

Feb 18, 2019

Lorene Mary Faimon, 61, of Hebron, NE., died Monday, February 18, 2019. She was born May 5, 1957, in Lincoln, NE. In 1960 at the age of 3, she and her brother, Michael, were adopted by Ben and Agnes (Pianalto) Faimon. Her early education was spent at Stratton Public Schools until she needed more specialized care. She attended other educational...

Feb 10, 2019

Corey Lea (Santo) Bergsten, 44, of Winona, KS, died Sunday, February 10, 2019. She was born December 4, 1974, in North Platte, NE, to John and Connie Santo. Corey graduated from Stapleton High School, then attended McCook Community College and the University of Nebraska Kearney, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. She loved children and enjoyed...

Feb 8, 2019

LaVerna Lorraine Stambaugh, 98, born December 3, 1920, in Gem, Kansas to Arthur Jasper and Mary LaVerna Smith, passed away February 8, 2019. Lorraine had one older sister, Ulala Royalynn Smith. Both of her parents, sister and husband preceded her in death. Lorraine worked various jobs in Colby, Kansas, including working at the Welfare Office, Thomas County National Bank, County...

Feb 7, 2019

Justin “George” Ladenburger, 89, of Oakley, died Thursday, February 7, 2019, at Colby Health and Rehab. He was born April 18, 1929, in Angelus, Ks, to Peter and Carrie (Wehner) Ladenburger. George met Dorothy Albers and they were married on October 23, 1950 in Angelus. They were married 67 years. Our Dad, Grandpa and Great Grandpa enjoyed farming and harvesting...

Feb 4, 2019

Diana Landau, 64, of Oakley, died Monday, February 4, 2019. She was born March 14, 1954, in Norfolk, VA, to Donald and Goldie (Willson) Young. She was a pharmacist in Lawrence, KS. She was preceded in death by her mom Goldie. She is survived by her father Donald Young, of Colby; sons, Dustin Landau, of Gardner, KS and Kirk Landau,...

Feb 1, 2019

Rosalie Valnet Snow Seemann , Colby, passed away on February 1, 2019 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby, Kansas. Rosalie was the 8 th child and 4 th daughter of Harry Monroe and Ora Rachel Power Snow. She was born on September 5, 1934 in rural Bow Creek Township of Phillips County, Kansas. When she was 1 year old the family...

Jan 30, 2019

Mary Cynthia “Cindi” (Graves) Rummel was born in Atwood, Kansas on March 31, 1952, the youngest of five children born to Byron “Bike” Graves and Hazel (McGowan) Graves. She departed this life on January 30, 2019, at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas, at the age of 66 years, 9 months and 30 days. The family moved to...

Jan 30, 2019

Edward Miller, 89, of Colby, died Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born August 27, 1929, in Dresden, KS, to Edward and Christina (Zimmerman) Miller. Ed served in the United States Army. He married JoAnn Daniel on December 27, 1955, in Oberlin, and to this union nine children were born. Ed farmed until 1969, when...

Jan 29, 2019

Jan 28, 2019

Doris Ruby Peterson, 94, of Atwood, died Monday, January 28, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society of Atwood. She was born August 17, 1924, in Decatur County, KS, to T. Albert and Ruby (Peterson) Marcuson. She graduated from Decatur Community High School. She was homemaker in her adult life. She cooked at the sale barn in Atwood for 8 years....

Jan 27, 2019

Joyce Willene Phillips was born October 7, 1937 in Peach Orchard, MO, to Earnie and Carry (McGinty) Bratcher. She passed away January 27, 2019, in Tulsa, OK. Joyce attended grade school in Missouri and then Porterville High School in California. She also had special training in short hand and computers. Joyce worked in farming at an early age and was...

Jan 23, 2019

John Edmond Morrell, 62, of Wichita, was born to Kenneth & Jeanne (Poemla) Morrell in Salina, KS, on May 31, 1956. He died January 23, 2019 at his home, after a long-term battle with diabetes. He attended Sacred Heart Grade School and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Salina. Then he traveled the United States with the Silver Sabre...

Jan 22, 2019

Jan 21, 2019

Alfred J Gerstner was born in St. Peter, Ks on October 30, 1925 to Jacob J and Marcianna Gerstner and passed away on January 21, 2019 in Colby, KS. He graduated from Collyer High School in 1943. In 1944 he was drafted into the army serving in World War II Pacific theatre. On April 20, 1948 he married Kathryn R....

Jan 14, 2019

Nola Frances (Ginther) Winters, the second daughter and fourth child of Edward Earl Ginther and Mary Ruby (Mikesell) Ginther, was born on August 27, 1925 on her Grandmother Sarah (Fleming) Mikesell’s homestead near Achilles, Kansas. She passed away at the Good Samaritan in Atwood on January 14, 2019. Nola spent her infancy on a farm near Achilles and at the...