Obituaries

Mar 16, 2016

John Wesley Zeller, 77, of Colby, son of Alven H. and Carrie Marie Zeller died March 16, 2016 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby, Kansas. He was born August 30, 1938 in Scott City, Kansas. His family moved to Colby where he attended Colby schools. John worked for W.E. Cooper Feedlot, Deep Rock Station, Frontier Station and Jack Fitzsimmons Motors. John...

Mar 15, 2016

Otis Presson Dewey, 85, of McDonald, KS, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Prairie Senior Living Complex, in Colby. He was born May 30, 1930, in Denver, CO, to Chauncey and LaVon (Presson) Dewey. Otis graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute, where he played basketball and polo. He served in the United States Navy and was a lifetime member...

Mar 14, 2016

Frances Antonette Souchek was born to Rudolph and Agnes Horinek on June 27, 1919 in rural Rawlins County Kansas and died at the age of 96 on Monday, March 14, 2016. Frances was a member and office holder of the Sacred Heart Altar Society, HDU, Atwood Senior Center and Pinochle club. Frances was active on the farm in her youth...

Mar 11, 2016

Mar 9, 2016

Naomi “Jean” (Phillips) Elliott, 75, originally from Milton-Freewater, Oregon, died on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Colby Health and Rehab in Colby, KS. Jean was born on January 22, 1941, in Milton, Oregon, to Marion and Veta (Sasser) Phillips. Jean married Arlen Elliott, on March 25, 1960 and they had three children. Jean was a waitress most of her life...

Mar 8, 2016

Elinor Janet (McCain) Norman departed this life on March 8 2016. She was born in Oberlin, KS to Louis H. and Bethel McCain on May 14, 1935. She was raised with her two brothers on the family farm south of Atwood, KS and attended grade school at harmony #10. She graduated from Atwood Community High School in 1953. During her...

Mar 6, 2016

Patty Jo Gensil, 65, of Colby, died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the Hays Medical Center. She was born on January 29, 1951 to James and Betty (Ramsey) Carney in Colby. Patty graduated from Colby High School, class of 1970. She completed the Architectural Drafting program at Northwest Kansas Vo-Tech School in Goodland, Kansas. She earned a Nurse’s Aide Certificate....

Mar 3, 2016

Mar 2, 2016

Gary L. Buck, 59, of Victoria, formerly of Atwood, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 8, 1956, in Atwood, KS, to James Wayne and Violet (Robbins) Buck. Growing up, Gary enjoyed farming, playing with his dog and tinkering with things around the farm. He loved being active, woodworking, fishing and playing basketball. He...

Mar 1, 2016

Gene Samson, age 72, of Atwood, KS died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS after a long battle with cancer. He was born on September 26, 1943, the only child of Adel and Alice (Collier) Samson in Colorado Springs, CO. He attended Prairie Center, a rural school near his home for the first seven years...

Feb 22, 2016

Luceen Allen Bunjes went peacefully to Jesus at his Cheyenne Valley farm home Monday, February 22, 2016. Luceen was born to Otto John Bunjes and Nora Jean (Dankenbring) Bunjes at their farmstead southeast of St. Francis, KS on March 4, 1935. He was 11 days away from turning 81. Luceen was baptized in 1935, and later confirmed into the Lutheran...

Feb 22, 2016

Send Flowers RICHARD “DICK” HAYS STRUTT   Richard (Dick) Hays Strutt, 81, was born on May 15, 1934 to Carl Andrew Strutt and Goldie Inez (Hays) Strutt in Alton, Kansas.  Dick passed away on Monday morning, February 22, 2016 at the Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kansas. Dick attended school in Woodston, Kansas graduating from High School in 1952.  After high...

Feb 14, 2016

Charlotte Yvonne (Lewis) Deibert Charlotte was born on April 7, 1940 in Sheridan County to Herbert M Lewis and Almira Mae (Davis) Lewis and went home to her Lord on February 14, 2016 at the age of 75. Charlotte married Frank Deibert on July 30, 1955 in Hoxie, Kansas. To this union four children were born. Preceding her in death...

Feb 10, 2016

Danny Black, 64, of Gem, died Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born August 2, 1951, to Harold Lee and Carol Christine (Oster) Black, in Denver, CO. He married Cindy Black on March 17, 1995 in Bird City. Danny was a life time truck driver, where he went over three million miles without an accident....

Feb 9, 2016

Geneva A. Brown, daughter of James R. and Mabel A. (Anderson) Ramey, was born January 10, 1923 in Rawlins County, KS. She passed away in Waco, TX on February 9, 2016, at the age of 93. On September 4, 1940, she married William H. Brown in Atwood, KS. William preceded her in death on August 16, 2002. Geneva and William...

Jan 21, 2016

Twila J. McAfee, 59, of Oakley, died on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Logan County Hospital. She was born October 7, 1956 to Donald and Mary (Harrington) Haddock in Kimball, NE. She attended high school in Utah and had worked at an animal clinic in Liberal, KS. She loved animals and children. Her door was always open to take in...

Jan 20, 2016

Leroy Francis Zerr, 57, a lifelong resident of rural Grinnell, died on January 20, 2016 in Oakley. He was born March 25, 1958, in Oakley KS, to Clem and Pauline (Pfeifer) Zerr. Leroy graduated from Wheatland High School in 1976 and from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1980. Agriculture was Leroy’s livelihood as well...

Jan 18, 2016

Martha Belle (Gandy) McCain, 79, of Alliance, NE, formerly of Atwood, KS, died January 18, 2016, in Alliance. She was born July 4, 1936 at her home near Hazlehurst, Mississippi to Jesse A. and Martha Jewel (Batton) Gandy. After graduating high school, Marty joined the United States Army Women’s Army Corp and worked at the Pentagon. During her time of...

Jan 15, 2016

Buell Briney, 91, of Brewster, died Friday, Jan 15, 2016 at Prairie Senior Living Center, Colby. He was born Aug 30, 1924 to Bernard and Lula (Minor) Briney in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Colby High School in 1942 and served in the United States Army from Oct 1944 to Aug 1946 during World War II in the Philippines,...

Jan 10, 2016