Obituaries

Oct 23, 2017

Richard L. Mann, 79, of Colby, KS, formerly of Kansas City, MO, died Monday, October 23, 2017, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born March 15, 1938, in Kansas City, MO, to Walter and Mary (Denton) Mann. Richard served in the United States Army Reserves and worked in animal control while living in Kansas City. He was a jokester,...

Oct 22, 2017

John David Moore, 84, formally of Aurora, CO, died Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Colby Health and Rehab, Colby, KS. He was born Mar 16, 1933 in Sutherland, Iowa. He married Iola “Penny” Langey. He served his country in the United States Air Force. After retiring from the Air Force he worked as a police officer. He enjoyed hunting, fishing...

Oct 13, 2017

James Roger Boeger, 61, of Angelus, KS, died Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Sheridan County Health Complex, in Hoxie, KS. He was born May 6, 1956, in Hays, KS, to George and Leona (Heinrich) Boeger. James graduated from Grinnell High School in 1974 and then attended Northwest Kansas Vocational School in Goodland, KS. After his schooling James worked for...

Oct 7, 2017

Elmer Henry Holthus, son of Ella (Dunker) and Edward Holthus, died peacefully on October 7, 2017, in Orange, California. Elmer was born June 24, 1927, in the same farmhouse, a few miles east of Ludell, Kansas where his father, Edward, had been born in 1901. Elmer’s mother, Ella, came from the Dunker family, farming several miles north of Ludell. When...

Oct 7, 2017

Robert ‘Bob’ Novak, 82, of Oakley, formerly of Grinnell, died Saturday, October 7, 2017. He was born December 10, 1934, on a farm in Gove County, KS, to Otto and Regina (Dickman) Novak. Bob had worked for the Gove County Road Department. He enjoyed tinkering with motors, reading and doing puzzles. He was preceded in death by his parents and...

Oct 4, 2017

Arlene Nellie Billington, age 79, died Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home of Atwood, Kan. She was born on January 21, 1938 on a farm 1/4th mile North of Max, Neb., daughter of Peter & Ruth (Brynoff) Anderson. She attended and graduated from Max High School in May, 1956. She met Guy Billington, Jr. at...

Sep 29, 2017

Lenard Ribordy, 91, of Oakley, died Friday September 29, 2017. He was born August 29, 1926 on a farm northwest of Grainfield to parents, Levi and Margaret (Trembley) Ribordy. He grew up on this farm with seven brothers and sisters. In 1943, as a seventeen-year old, Lenard traveled to Kansas City to enlist in the Navy. His amphibious training was...

Sep 22, 2017

Sep 19, 2017

Wilfred Arthur Gallion, 84, of Grinnell, died Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at the Logan County Manor, in Oakley. He was born October 16, 1932, on a farm south of Grinnell, to Arthur and Leona (Gittinger) Gallion. Wilf attended school in Grinnell and graduated from Grinnell Rural High School in 1950. He married Mary Joan Johnson on November 26, 1953, at...

Sep 19, 2017

Sep 15, 2017

Send Flowers Sue Cathrine Harter October 27, 1953 - September 15, 2017 Sue Cathrine Harter joined Our Lord and loved ones in heaven on September 15, 2017, at the age of 63 while in her home in Nebraska. She was born on October 27, 1953 in Hoxie, KS to Harold and Eleanor (Krannawitter) Kennedy. Sue graduated from Hoxie High School...

Sep 15, 2017

Wilma Pfeiff, 79, of Winona, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita KS. She was born on August 19, 1938 to Hayden and Lou (Butler) Ross in Ordway Colorado. Wilma graduated from Olney Springs High School in the spring of 1956. She married Bobby Leo Pfeiff on December 15, 1957, at the Olney Springs Methodist...

Sep 11, 2017

H. Gene Shoemaker, 88, of Colby, died Monday, September 11, 2017, at Citizens Medical Center. He was born January 11, 1929, in Protection, KS, to A.B. and Alice M. (Lee) Shoemaker. Gene married Doris L. (Haines) Shoemaker on May 1, 1946. The couple was married for over 71 years. Gene was a retired pastor for the United Methodist Church. He...

Sep 11, 2017

Barbara (Barb) Ann Glover. 62, Oakley, died on September 10, 2017 at her home. Barb was born on January 24, 1955 in Oeneta, AL, to Lela (Churchill) and Ernest O. Glover. She was raised in Great Bend and attended school. Barb graduated from Great Bend High School and in 1973 she graduated from Fort Hays University with a degree in...

Sep 5, 2017

Ada Fae Cox Bell, 97, of Atwood, Kan., died Sept. 5, 2017, at the Rawlins County Health Center, Atwood. Ada Fae’s family sometimes gave her a bit of a hard time being born on the “longest day of the year,” June 21. (She rarely took umbrage). The year was 1920; the location, a small white farmhouse near Atwood. She had...

Sep 1, 2017

Vernon L. Patten, 78, of Colby, formerly of Brewster, died Friday, September 1, 2017 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born October 9, 1938, in Goodland, KS, to V.L. (Lewis) and Letha (Duncan) Patten. Vernon attended grade school at the Barrett Township Country School and graduated from Brewster High School in 1956. He worked on his parent’s farm, north...

Sep 1, 2017

Vianne J. Brown, 81, of Colby, died Friday, September 01, 2017 at Colby Health & Rehab. She was born February 11, 1936, at Ft. Sam Houston Army Base, in Texas, to Roy and Alice (Neese) Speaker. She graduated from Adams City High School, in Adams City, CO. On June 12, 1957, Vianne married Arnold Brown. She worked as a real...

Sep 1, 2017

Wilda Joan Urgo, 86, of Brewster, died Friday, September 1, 2017 at her home. She was born November 17, 1930, in Chanute, KS, to Earl and Hazel (Hollingworth) White. On December 25, 1955 she married Don Urgo. Wilda was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Don and brother, Kenny White. She is survived by her children, Dawn Urgo, Brewster,...

Aug 29, 2017

Obituary for Katherina D. Frederick Katherina D. Frederick (“Katie” to all her friends) died August 29, 2017, aged 97. She was born near Ruskin, NE, on February 4, 1920, to William H. and Anna M. Werner Kluender. Katie was the fourth of their six children. At 5 years old, in 1925, Katie moved with her family to a farm near...

Aug 28, 2017

Judy Kay Escudero, 77, of Goodland, died Monday, August 28, 2017, in Colby. She was born February 25, 1940, in Sharon Springs, KS, to Roy and Ruth (McGhghy) Cochrane. She attended school in Sharon Springs KS and graduated from Wallace County High School in 1958. She was as a graduate of International Career Institute majoring in culinary/catering studies. She worked...