Obituaries

Mar 21, 2018

On Wednesday March 21, 2018 Barry Ellegood lost his fight to cancer, at the age of 49. Barry was born in Colby, Kansas to Ben and Donnette (Nelson) Ellegood on January 3, 1969. He was the second oldest of four brothers. Barry passed away at the Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kansas surrounded by his family. Barry was a lifelong...

Mar 21, 2018

Gary Paul Johnston, of Colby, passed away March 21, 2018, after a short illness, at Colby Citizens Medical Center, at the age of 75 years, one month and 21 days. Gary was born to Walter Paul Johnston and Esther Ruth (White) Johnston, January 26, 1943 at St. Thomas Hospital in Colby, Kansas. Gary attended a country school north of Colby...

Mar 17, 2018

Cheryl A. Varwig, 62, a homemaker formerly of Colby, died Saturday, March 17, 2018, at her home in Willis, Texas. She was born Oct. 17, 1955, in Colby, the daughter of Bill and Olita Jones. Preceding her in death were her parents and a brother, Stan Jones. Survivors include her husband Donald Varwig, Willis, Texas; four sons, Trevor Varwig, Kelly...

Mar 17, 2018

Roger Charles Chapman, 88, of Oakley, died Saturday, March 17, 2018. Roger was the third child of Charles B. and Hattie L. (Cook) Chapman, born in Bradgate, Iowa, on July 14, 1929. He lived most of his young years in Rolfe, IA and was baptized in the Rolfe Methodist Church in April, 1943. Roger served in the United States Army...

Mar 15, 2018

Send Flowers   Erwin E Thiele, 93, passed away early on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the Prairie Senior Living Center. He was born October 7, 1924 the second son of Franz and Elsa Thiele in Norton, KS and lived on the family farm until joining the Navy in August 1944. He served on a transport ship moving supplies to the...

Mar 11, 2018

JoAnne Sunderman, 76, of Colby, KS, passed away on March 11, 2018 at Colby Medical Center. JoAnne was born Nov. 21, 1941, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Kansas City, MO, to Helen I. (Boatwright) Jenison and Preston S. Jenison. She was raised in Kansas City and attended J. C. Nichols Grade School and Southwest High School. She graduated from Kansas...

Mar 10, 2018

Carol Rae (Shafer) Hartman, 69, went to heaven on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at her home, in Park, KS, surrounded by family. She was born July 30, 1948, in Colby, KS, to Howard and Freda (Shipley) Shafer. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Tasco, KS and graduated from Hoxie High School in 1966. Carol then went to...

Mar 10, 2018

Charlene Gayle Whitaker, 59, of Colby, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS. She was born September 25, 1958 in Chicago, IL to Larry and Welltha Whitaker and was a graduate of Thornridge High School, class of 1977. Char married Ronald T. Asbury in 1993, and resided in Goodland, KS where they happily raised...

Mar 10, 2018

Vonna Grace Lunsway, 82, of Colby, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 10, 2018. She was born in Manhattan, Kansas on January 12, 1936 to Dwight and Eula (Ragsdale) Davis. Vonna was the youngest of three children. After graduating from Colby High School in 1953, she moved to Denver, Colorado and earned a secretarial certificate. Vonna loved to read. She...

Mar 10, 2018

Marcella D. Albers, 86, of Oakley, died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at her home. She was born November 24, 1931, in Sheridan County, KS, to Levi and Margaret (Trembley) Ribordy. She attended Harmony Grade School in Sheridan County and later received her G.E.D. from Colby Community College. Growing up Marcella enjoyed roller skating, which is how she met her husband,...

Mar 7, 2018

David A. Weber, 62, a lighthearted, loving soul of rural Oakley, died Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at the Logan County Hospital, surrounded by family and the prayerful community he loved. He was born December 13, 1955, in Oakley, to Celestine and Katherine (Brungardt) Weber. Growing up, David enjoyed playing and helping on the farm, which was his lifelong passion. In...

Mar 1, 2018

Donald Eugene Phelps, 91, of Atwood, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018, at the Rawlins County Health Center, in Atwood, KS. He was the son of David J. and Alta (Scarrow) Phelps, born on May 23, 1926 in Winona, KS. He was the second of four children. When he was two years old his family moved to Beardsley, KS. He...

Feb 26, 2018

Alvin Lee Smith, 76, of Colby, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby. He was born April 21, 1941, in Howell, KS, to Dalton and Ida (Ratzlaff) Smith. Alvin grew up in Scott County, KS and attended Prairie View School and Pence Mennonite Church. He worked for the Woods Brother’s Ranch, and then for Oswald Industries...

Feb 26, 2018

Feb 20, 2018

Dewey R. Griffin was born on November 20, 1927 to Amos H. Griffin and Nina M. (Chadwick) Griffin. He graduated 8th grade in May 1943 and started working at the age of 13 to help support his family. He married Lola Mae Parsons on December 31, 1945. He served in the Army from 1946 to1947. After returning from the service...

Feb 20, 2018

Theodore “Ted” Charles Domsch, was born on a small farm Northwest of Atwood on July 14, 1939, to Theodor Charles Domsch & Anna Maria Dorthea Sophia Focke Domsch. Ted met Nyla Pennington where she was a Sophomore in high school. After graduating High School Ted went to business school and was drafted into the Army where he spent 2 years...

Feb 18, 2018

Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P Richard L. Moore Richard L. Moore died Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born November 24, 1946 in Colby to Elmer and Ellen (White) Moore of Levant. He graduated in 1965 from Brewster High School and then went into the two year carpentry program at Goodland Vo-Tech,...

Feb 17, 2018

Richard (Dick) Smith was born on November 8, 1938 to Charles Austin Smith and Margaret Louise Shaffer Smith in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up on a small farm in Bel Plain, Kansas, working the land with his dad and raising a few cattle. Dick found love in High School with Virginia McNown and the two were married on October 11th,...

Feb 15, 2018

Kenneth Wesley Wilkinson was born March 12, 1925 in Rawlins County Kansas and passed away on February 15, 2018 at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas at the age of 92. Kenneth was born the second of three sons to Guy and Rosie (Urban) Wilkinson. He grew up on the family farm in northwest Rawlins County. He attended...

Feb 15, 2018

Manford L. Meade, 82, of Topeka, died Thursday, February 15, 2018. He was born May 6, 1935, in Stratton, CO, to Russell F. and Eldora E. (Strombaugh) Meade. Manford served in the United States Army. On June 14, 1980, he married Beverly (Holmes) Wright. He was a member of the VFW and Knights of Columbus. Manford had worked as a...