Donald Witcher
Apr 15, 2024
Donald Ray Witcher Sr, 77, and Diana Rae Witcher, 76, of Atwood, died Monday, April 15, 2024, as the result of a vehicle accident. Don was born September 9, 1946, in Murfreesboro, TN, to Frank and Thelma (Miller) Witcher. He graduated from Willow Glen High School in San Jose, CA, in 1964. While in high school he worked at his...
Irene Hazen
Apr 13, 2024
Irene Hazen, 100, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Logan County Senior Living, in Oakley, KS. She was born on July 12, 1923, to Nick and Anna (Albers) Roths in Ransom, KS. Irene married Bill Hazen on November 12, 1946, in Ransom, KS. He died on March 29, 2009. Irene was a homemaker and provided childcare for...
Ty Koon
Apr 13, 2024
Ty Layne Koon, 55, of Colby, died April 13, 2024. He was born July 9, 1968. Ty worked as an auto body painter for Butch’s Body Shop and Lyle’s Body Shop, in Colby. He loved cars, especially classic muscle cars and enjoyed watching NASCAR and local car races. He was a self-taught musician and played the guitar in a band....
John Vergil "J.V." Morgan
Apr 12, 2024
John Vergil “J.V.” Morgan, 88, retired school psychologist and former wheat farmer, died Friday, April 12, 2024, at The Gardens at Columbine Retirement Community in Littleton, Colorado, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. John is survived by his wife Dana, who, until recently, when she required extensive physical therapy, also had been living at the Gardens at Columbine. The two...
Sandra Gaede
Apr 11, 2024
Sandra Phyllis Beattie Rothnie Aschenbrenner Gaede, 77, of Colby, KS, met her Lord and Savior on April 11, 2024, at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS after a well fought battle with cancer. She was born March 9, 1947, in Montrose, Scotland to William and Jessie (Matthew) Rothnie. Sandra graduated from the Montrose Academy where she excelled in swimming and...
Mary Ellen Wade
Apr 9, 2024
Mary Ellen Wade, 95, of Colby, KS passed away on Tuesday April 9, 2024, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. Mary Ellen was born on July 8, 1928, in Monument, KS to Jack and Ellen Reed. Mary Ellen was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Albert Patton, Ira Wayne Littell, and Gale Wade; older brothers, Gerald Reed and Jack...
Jerald Zerr
Apr 8, 2024
Jerald “Jerry” N. Zerr, 73, of Oakley, died Monday, April 8, 2024, at the Logan County Manor. He was born on Wednesday, December 6, 1950, the son of Lawrence and Mary (Maurath) Zerr. He graduated from Triplains High School in 1969. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents; sister Charlotte Wasko; twin brother Garry Zerr and granddaughter Addison Nickols....
August Durham
Apr 7, 2024
August (Augie) Durham was born on September 18, 1930, to Charles and Rosa (Miller) Durham. He was one of seven siblings. As a young man, Augie joined the Navy and served during the Korean War. After returning stateside, he was united in marriage with the love of his life, Shirley (Hamm). Augie and Shirley spent 63 years together and had...
Georgia Rowh
Apr 2, 2024
Georgia Lea (Davis) Rowh, 98, formerly of Norton, Kansas, passed on to her heavenly home on April 2, 2024, at the Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas following a short illness. Georgia was born in Dellvale, Kansas to Mazie and Percy Davis, and was the oldest of three girls and a boy. The family moved to Clayton, Kansas when she...
Roy Nickel
Apr 2, 2024
Roy A. Nickel, 91, died Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at the Logan County Hospital, in Oakley, KS. He was born September 20, 1932, in Goessel, KS, to Arnold and Lena (Gossen) Nickel. Roy attended a one room schoolhouse in Marion County. On December 7, 1952, he married Bernice Keller. Roy served in the United States Army as a medic in...
Shana Carman
Mar 30, 2024
Shana Nicole Carman, 50, of Colby, died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby. She was born on August 28, 1973, to Larry and Carol (McElderry) Westerman. Shana graduated from Kensington High School in 1992 and attended Cloud County Community College and then Fort Hays State University where she received a master’s degree in speech-language pathology. Shana...
Cynthia Trenkle
Mar 30, 2024
Cynthia Kathryn Trenkle, 72, of Colby, died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Citizens Medical Center, in Colby. She was born May 30, 1951, in Atwood, KS, to William and Clara (Gilbert) Wancura. Cindy graduated from Atwood High School with the class of 1969. In the summer of 1966, Cindy met the love of her life, Clyde “Kevan” Trenkle, while he...
Barbara Hopper
Mar 28, 2024
Barbara Hopper died March 28, 2024, after a short illness. She was born in Monte Vista, Colorado on July 23, 1947, the fourth child, of Elmer and Cordie Inez (Sidebottom) Guyer. She graduated from Boulder High in 1965 and married Cloyde Dale Hopper on December 22, 1979 at Beth Eden Baptist Church in Wheat Ridge Colorado. She is survived by...
Charlotte Albers
Mar 25, 2024
Charlotte Joan (Nemechek) Albers, 91, of Grinnell, KS, passed away March 25th, 2024 in Salina, KS. She was born on April 13, 1932 in Trego County, KS, the third of Johanna (Gaschler) and Louis Nemechek’s eight children. Charlotte graduated from Trego Community High School in 1950. She attended nursing school at St. Anthony’s hospital in Hays, graduating in 1954. On...
Aurelia Escher
Mar 25, 2024
Aurelia Marie (Marintzer) Escher, 102, of Topeka, KS, died Monday, March 25, 2024. She was born on November 14, 1921, in Herndon, KS, to Joseph and Mary Katherine (Huss) Marintzer, and was the youngest of eight children. Aurelia attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and was in the last high school class to graduate from there in 1939. Upon graduating high...
Errol Biggs
Mar 25, 2024
Errol Lee Biggs, age 83, of Castle Rock, CO passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024. He was born November 4, 1940, in Denver, CO to W.L "Red" and Eldora (Dode) Chick Biggs. He then grew up in Colby, KS. Errol was the oldest of three sons. He graduated from Colby High School where, among other sports, he was a...
Elaine Fentress
Mar 24, 2024
With a twinkle in her eye and a mischievous smile that we’ll never forget, Elaine (Dawson) Fentress aged 77, left the building – or should we say garden – on March 24, 2024. She was born to Gilbert and Dorothy (Schwarz) Dawson on January 12, 1947, in Colby, Kansas, it quickly became apparent that the world had gained a splash...
Donald Ratzlaff
Mar 23, 2024
Donald R. Ratzlaff, 79, of Colby, formerly of Ulysses, KS, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024. He was born on July 29, 1944, to William J. and Lena Marie Ratzlaff. On November 8, 1969, Donald and Judith Martin were united in marriage in Ulysses, KS. A funeral service will take place at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Baalmann...
Carla Jeanne Struckhoff
Mar 23, 2024
Carla Jeanne Struckhoff, 90, of Grinnell, died Saturday, March 23, 2024. She was born on July 27, 1933, in Hays, Kansas to John and Helene Baalman. She was the first born of four children. Jeanne graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic Academy in Wichita, Kansas. On April 24, 1956, she married Raymond F. Struckhoff at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Angelus,...
Patricia Baalman
Mar 21, 2024
Patricia Ann Baalman, 75, of Grinnell, died Thursday, March 21, 2024. She was born in Hays, KS, on November 11, 1948, to Andrew and Matilda (Dreher) Braun. Patricia married the love of her life, Thomas Baalman on June 13, 1970 and they enjoyed 50 wonderful years of marriage. She loved books and reading. She shared this love over her 38...
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