Obituaries

Jan 12, 2019

Sylvia Eleanor Helus, 86, of Colby, died Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center. She was born November 21, 1932, in Sheridan County, KS, to Otto and Monica (Mader) Robben. She married Orville Helus in 1954, in Colby. Sylvia worked as a cook at the Colby hospital for 40 years. She was artistic, drawing and painting in her free...

Jan 10, 2019

Harvey Richard “Dick” Adolph, 79, passed away peacefully in his sleep January 10, 2019, at his home in Colby. Born June 10, 1939, in Milliken, Colo., Dick spent many childhood summers on a farm north of Levant. He eventually moved fulltime to Levant and attended Colby High School, graduating in 1958. On the farm he learned to fly and to...

Jan 7, 2019

Barbara Jean Potter beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother entered Heavens gates January 7th, 2019 surrounded by her family. A lifelong resident of northwest Kansas, Barbara was born June 14, 1937 in rural Thomas County Kansas to Sam and Pearl (Schmidt) Medford. Barbara attended school in Winona until her sophomore year when she joined her sister Beverly at a...

Jan 6, 2019

Lawrence Edward Mahoney, 80, of Liberal, passed away on January 6, 2019 at Homestead Estates Home Plus Liberal, KS. He was born on August 24, 1938 to Lawrence and Bernice (Swenson) Mahoney at Lyons, KS. On December 22, 1963 he married Bernice Hillery in Oakley, KS; she survives. Lawrence graduated from Lindsborg High School; class of 1956. He received his...

Jan 5, 2019

Julia Ann Geisinger, 78, of Selden, died Saturday, January 5, 2019. She was born March 27, 1940, in Atwood, KS, to August and Ann (Haller) Martin. Julia attended Marymount College where she received her nursing degree. On February 4, 1961, Julia married John R. Geisinger, in Herndon, KS. She enjoyed gardening, canning and sending produce to the farmers market and...

Jan 5, 2019

Macalene M. (Barnhart) Olson, 89, of Atwood, formerly of McDonald, KS, died Jan. 5, 2019. She was born August 15, 1929, in St. Francis, KS to Harvey and Irene Evelyn (Moore) Barnhart. She attended a rural school near their home and later attended and graduated from St. Francis high school. She worked as a telephone operator in McCook, NE for...

Jan 4, 2019

Sonia Jan “Cloe” Domsch, 84, lost her battle after a long illness, January 4, 2019, at the Good Samaritan in Oberlin, Kansas. She was born May 12, 1934, to Bertha “Irene” and Delbert “Sohn” Cloe, in Atwood, KS. She graduated from Atwood High School and business school in Colorado Springs, CO. She married Donald W. Domsch Oct. 2, 1954, in...

Jan 2, 2019

Mark A. Robins, 70, of Oakley, passed in his home January 2, 2019. Mark was born to Bert and Elizabeth (Schreiber) Robins on June 7, 1948 in Dodge City, Kansas. The family settled in Holcomb, Kansas where Mark graduated from high school. Mark was always active in sports in some way. He participated in sports in high school and college...

Jan 1, 2019

Lois Yvonne Hubert passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at the age of 92. Lois was born March 5, 1926, in Upland, Nebraska, to Gust A. and Frances (Danielsen) Jameson. Lois attended Upland Schools until she transferred to Minden High School her senior year and graduated in 1944. After graduating she worked at Wright Patterson Army Base in Dayton, Ohio....

Dec 30, 2018

Jarrod ‘Tank’ Shane Taylor Jarrod Shane Taylor 39 of Colby, KS passed away Dec. 30 th , 2018 in rural Thomas County, KS as a result of a vehicle accident.  Jarrod was born April 21, 1979 in Wellington, KS to Rodney and Judith (Sutton) Taylor. Jarrod graduated from Colby High School in 1997. He attended NW Kansas Technical School and...

Dec 29, 2018

Ruth Kelley Hayden, 97, of Atwood, died Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the Rawlins County Health Center. Ruth was born in Atwood, June 22, 1921, to Irene (Henderson) and Alonzo W. Kelley. She attended Atwood Grade School and graduated from Atwood High School in 1939. She earned an associate of arts degree from Cottey College in 1941 and a bachelor’s...

Dec 27, 2018

Mary Jane Losey, 91, of Oakley, died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at the Logan County Manor, in Oakley. She was born November 17, 1927, in Gove County, KS, to Floyd and Pearl (Schaible) Burris. Mary Jane graduated from Gove High School in 1945 and married Dale Losey on June 7, 1947, in Oakley. She was a member of the Eastern...

Dec 27, 2018

Allen Brooks, 81, of Colby, died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born December 12, 1937, in Broken Arrow, OK. Allen served in the United States Army National Guard. He married Catherine “Annie” Carpenter on November 14, 1969, in Reno, NV. Allen had worked on the oil pipe line in California for many years and...

Dec 24, 2018

Jackie (Jack) Wilbur Stevenson went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at the age of 88 at his home in Oakley, Kansas on Monday December 24, 2018. He died of natural causes and was held in God’s loving grace as he went. Jack was born to William and Francis Stevenson on April 5th, 1930 at the...

Dec 22, 2018

Mary Agatha Cummings-Koch passed away peacefully in Lafayette, Louisiana on December 22, 2018. She was born in Dresden, Kansas on September 17, 1920, the daughter of Richard Joseph Cummings and Elizabeth Dempewolf. Mary had two adopted siblings: Cornelius, who died in Norton, Kansas in 1932 at the age of 13; and a sister, Dorothy Louise Cummings-Mason, who died in 1991....

Dec 17, 2018

Dec 13, 2018

Dean L. Gawith, son of Joseph Roy and Letha Crawford Gawith, was born December 31, 1930, in Bennington, Kansas, and departed life on December 13, 2018, at Citizen’s Medical Center in Colby, Kansas, surrounded by family. Dean was raised in Minneapolis, Kansas, until 1943 when the family moved to Sharon Springs where he graduated from high school in 1949. Prior...

Dec 12, 2018

Charles Patrick "Pat" Carroll, 77, of Atwood, went to meet the Lord Jesus on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas. He was born September 17, 1941 to Charles Miles Carroll and Angela "Violet" Meloragno-Lombardi in Denver, Colorado. Pat attended Mount Carmel Catholic School in Denver where he was a three sport athlete, who excelled...

Dec 10, 2018

Manley R Mainus Jr was born in Wellsboro,PA June 2,1960 to June and Manley Mainus and passed away December 10,2018 in Colby,KS he graduated from Galeton,PA. Manley loved being with his family going fishing with his 2 sons and grandchildren!  He was a very giving man would help anyone even if he didn’t know them and was a hardworking man!  ...

Dec 10, 2018

Rita Mary (Sabatka) Bowles was born in Rawlins County, Kansas, on October 7, 1927, to Frank J. and Mary Theresa (Heble) Sabatka. She passed away peacefully, with family by her side, on December 10, 2018 at the home of Mary and Brian Esch, in McCook, Nebraska. Rita grew up on her parent’s farm close to St. John’s Catholic Church, which...