Obituaries

Aug 9, 2018

John Preston Franz “JP” Died peacefully at home in Weir, KS, surrounded by family on August 9, 2018. John was born in Colby, KS on June 17, 1937. He was a lifetime resident of Kansas, and resided in Colby until he retired in 1999. He was a 1955 graduate of Colby High School. John is a veteran of the United...

Aug 4, 2018

William A. “Billy” Nondorf of Colby, Kansas passed away August 4, 2018 at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas at the age of 68. Billy was born March 14, 1950 to Wilfred “Willie” and Betty Dautel Nondorf in Goodland, Kansas. Billy graduated from Goodland High School. He farmed for the Urban Brothers and worked at various odd and end...

Aug 2, 2018

Melda Alice Headley Moore was the tenth child of Wes and June (Smith) Headley. She was born November 7, 1936 in Marienthal, Kansas.  She attended Russel Springs Grade School and then Colby High School. She Married Glenn Owen Moore on October 9, 1954.  They had four boys, Wesley Andrew, Charles Lynn, Jackie Owen and Donald Gene. Melda was very active...

Aug 1, 2018

Francis A. Hurst, 91, of rural Rawlins County, died Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas. He was born November 24, 1926, to Aubra John Hurst and Hazel Ione (Riblett) Hurst at their home, near Achilles, Kansas. He was the eighth of ten children in his family. Francis grew up on the family farm and...

Jul 29, 2018

Send Flowers Shirley A. Parnell September 21, 1943 - July 29, 2018 Shirley (Donn) Parnell, 74, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS surrounded by nieces and nephews. She was born on September 21, 1943 to Carsen and Freda (Duden) Donn in Colby, KS at St. Thomas Hospital. Shirley attended Levant schools until its...

Jul 27, 2018

Mr. David Allen Houston, of Colby, KS, passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018 at the age of 69 due to natural causes. David was born to parents Thomas Raymond Roosevelt Houston and Lucy Velma Gromer on March 12, 1949 in Colby, KS. He grew up as the middle of three children and attended Colby High School where he graduated...

Jul 25, 2018

Maxine Fay Phelps, 90, of Atwood, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at the Rawlins County Health Center, in Atwood, KS. She was the daughter of Henry and Zella (Davis) Fikan born December 26, 1927, at the family farmhouse southeast of Atwood. Maxine attended Union Township Grade School and graduated from Atwood High School in 1945. She then attended the...

Jul 24, 2018

Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P Bryce M. Colgan Bryce M. Colgan was born July 1st, 1989 in Colby Kansas to Valerie A Goalden and Kevin W. Nagel. He died July 24th, 2018 in Colby Kansas. In his youngest years he was involved in wrestling and soccer. Then he moved on into bigger and better things such...

Jul 23, 2018

Darlene Ann (McCarty) Vyzourek, 82, of McDonald, died Monday, July 23, 2018. She was born April 8, 1936, in the Kansas City, KS area to Edith (Moore) Ankle and Leon McCarty. She was raised by her mom and step dad, Stephen Ankle, whom she considered her dad. Darlene moved to Northwest Kansas when she was a young child and lived...

Jul 22, 2018

Rose Marie Hand (88) of Atwood, KS was born to Emile Simoneau and Delia (Saindon) Simoneau in Sequin, KS on August 7, 1929. She died on July 22, 2018 in St. Anthony’s Hospital, in Lakewood, CO. Rose was the 9th of 11 children. Her father worked as a Railroad Section foreman and moved his family across Nebraska and KS. She...

Jul 21, 2018

John Harvey McGuire, 81, of Oakley, was born in a sod house in rural Logan County, Kansas to John Lloyd and Mabell Ruby (Trowbridge) McGuire on October 22, 1936. He finished his earthly journey July 21, 2018 in Oakley, KS. He started school in District #3 and graduated from Oakley High School in 1954. Harvey was a lifetime learner and...

Jul 18, 2018

Douglas W. Hills, 68, of Colby, Kansas passed away on July 18, 2018 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born on April 27, 1950 in Colby to Harold A. Hills, Jr. and Elizabeth Jane (Ostmeyer) Hills and resided in Colby, Kansas. He graduated from Colby High School in 1968 and attended Colby Community College after high school and then joined...

Jul 12, 2018

Gilberto Retamoza-Guzman, 57, of Oakley, died Thursday, July 12, 2018, at the Logan County Hospital, in Oakley. He was born May 29, 1961, in La Batea, Zacatecas, Mexico, to Salvador Retamoza-Ayon and Evangelina Guzman-Martinez. Gilberto lived in Homestead, FL, where he worked in the orange fields. He then picked fruit, in Bakersfield, CA before moving to Garden City, KS to...

Jul 8, 2018

Winona June Cook, 88, of Oakley, died Sunday, July 8, 2018. She was born in Cedar Rapids, IA, to Donald and Doris Anna (Boomershine) Townsend, on July 8, 1930. On January 13, 1955 she married Dwight H. Cook. Winona was an antiques dealer and was an excellent seamstress. She enjoyed sewing, fishing and traveling, especially to Canada. Winona was an...

Jul 5, 2018

Jerry Lynn Margheim, 67, of Oakley, died Thursday, July 5, 2018, at the Logan County Hospital, in Oakley. He was born May 26, 1951, in Oakley, to Waldo and Mary (Settle) Margheim. Jerry had worked at Western Auto, doing bicycle repair, then at D &B Body Shop and Cross Country Trucking. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of...

Jul 5, 2018

Jul 4, 2018

Jus’ A. B. Born April 12, 1941 in St. Francis, KS to C. K. and Nellie Fisher, A.B.’s parents wanted to name him after his paternal grandfather, Abraham Billet, but (reportedly) felt that was “just too much name,” thus his birth certificate reads simply “A. B.” As a young child, when asked his name he would often shake his head...

Jul 3, 2018

STEVEN STUART BRENN Obituary Steven Stuart Brenn, 45 of rural Levant, KS, passed away July 3, 2018 at his home. He was born February 9, 1973 in Colby, KS to Lawrence and Sheryl Brenn, Levant. Steve moved to Hugoton, KS when he was 3 yrs. old and graduated from Hugoton High School, Hugoton, KS. He earned his BA in Piano...

Jul 2, 2018

Jerry Lee White > > Jerry Lee White was born on May 5, 1952 in Quinter, Kansas to Herbert (Woody) White and Carolee (LaVada) Stillwell. He died on July 2, 2018 in Colby, Kansas. > > His early years were spent on the farm outside of Hoxie. He then moved around western Kansas with his family, including Hoxie, Menlo, Rexford,...

Jul 2, 2018

Obituary for Vera Saddler Vera Marie (Ziegelmeier) Saddler, age 94, passed away on Monday, July 2, 2018, at Prairie Senior Living Center in Colby, Kansas.  She was born on June 7, 1924 to C.V. and Josephine (Queen) Ziegelmeier in Gem, Kansas, as the seventh of nine children. As a child, Vera contracted polio, which caused her right leg to be...