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Larry Selenke

Larry Selenke

Jul 19, 2015

Larry A. Selenke, 65, of Oakley, died Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Comanche County Hospital, Coldwater, KS. He was born June 26, 1950 to Ambrose and Anna (Prewo) Selenke in Colby, KS. Larry served in the U.S. Army. He had previously worked at Great Plains Manufacturing in Abilene, KS and was a member of the Abilene Gun Fighters Club. Larry...

Lonnie Albertson

Lonnie Albertson

Jul 19, 2015

Lonnie L. Albertson, 63, of Greenwood, MO passed away July 19, 2015. Lonnie was born on March 2, 1952 to Johnnie and Twila (Walz) Albertson in Grinnell, KS. Lonnie was raised on the family farm and never forgot the values learned there, work hard, help your neighbors, be resourceful and mostly family first. Lonnie had a lot of different hobbies;...

Norma Burrows

Norma Burrows

Jul 18, 2015

Norma Jean Burrows, 78, of Oakley, died Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Logan County Manor, Oakley. She was born September 18, 1936 to Lyle and Madelyn (McGinty) Winterscheidt in Sabetha, KS. She graduated from Oakley High School in 1954. She attended Barnes Business College in Denver, CO. Norma Married Sidney James Burrows on Dec 31, 1962. She loved bowling, playing...

Charles Dewey

Charles Dewey

Jul 18, 2015

Charles Edward Dewey was born in Colby, Kansas on January 10, 1950 to Chauncy Dewey and Maewinn McKnight. During his life he had grown up on the family ranch in Rawlins County, Kansas. He enjoyed fishing, wood carving, and having a good time with everyone he met. He graduated high school in McDonald, KS. He graduated from NWKT for engineering....

Cheryl Kogler

Cheryl Kogler

Jul 13, 2015

Cheryl Rena Baldridge Kogler was born to James Baldridge and Karen (Slentz) Baldridge on January 2, 1974 in Sabetha, KS. She passed away in a vehicular accident near Russell, KS on July 13, 2015. She was raised in Sabetha, KS and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1992. While in high school, she participated in several sports. She attended New...

Brenda Beckman

Brenda Beckman

Jul 12, 2015

Brenda Beckman, 55, of Oakley, died Sunday, July 12, 2015. She was born on March 8, 1960, in Quinter, KS, to Kenneth and Ida (Hickert) Hoover. She was a 1978 graduate of Grinnell High School and attended college at Wichita State University. On August 5, 1983, she married Paul Beckman, whom she fell in love with at the age of...

James Mcdonald

James Mcdonald

Jul 11, 2015

James Thomas McDonald: James was born December 24, 1948 to Thomas Franklin McDonald and Opal Joan Clevinger McDonald. James (Jim) was born in a driving blizzard in Grundy, VA. Jim lived with his mother and father, along with two sisters; Nancy Sue and Judith Ann McDonald. In 1959, Jim and his family moved to Burbank, CA. His father, Frank was...

Rosemary Jones Briney

Rosemary Jones Briney

Jul 11, 2015

Rosemary Jones Briney, 72, of Brewster, died July 11, 2015 at Fairview Estates, Colby. She was born August 23, 1942, in Chicago, IL, to Leonard and Catherine (Levandowski) Russo. She married Robert Jones in 1962, in Phoenix, AZ and he preceded her in death. She then married Chad Briney, on April 20, 1996, in Levant, KS. Rosemary had worked for...

John Potterf

John Potterf

Jul 9, 2015

John David Potterf, 88, of Colby, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015. He was born October 3, 1926, in Junction City, KS to Clarence and Lena (Johnson) Potterf. He graduated from Winona High School in 1945. He was a World War II veteran and served in the Asia-Pacific region. He was a businessman, enjoyed flying single engine airplanes and...

Joseph Prochazka

Joseph Prochazka

Jul 1, 2015

Joseph W. Prochazka Jr. was born March 20, 1922, in the family home northwest of Atwood where he lived for 70 years. He died Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at age 93. The third child of Joseph and Frances (Dozbaba) Prochazka, Joe attended the Queen of Driftwood and Pleasant Lawn rural grade schools, spent his freshman year at St. Mary’s High...

Lonnie Frick

Lonnie Frick

Jul 1, 2015

Lonnie Eve Kelley Frick, 91, died July 1, 2015 at her home in Atwood, Kansas. She was born January 12, 1924 in Atwood to Alonzo Wilson Kelley and Irene Henderson Kelley. Lonnie was eight months old when her father died suddenly, leaving three daughters of whom Lonnie was the youngest. Her eldest sister, Mary Elizabeth Maley, died in 2004 and...

Robert Mann

Robert Mann

Jul 1, 2015

Robert E. Mann, 91, of Atwood, passed away at the Rawlins County Hospital in Atwood on July 1, 2015. He was born July 3, 1923 to Cris and Blanche Mann in a farm home in Rawlins County. Bob attended kindergarten in Atwood, and then his family moved to a farm in Achilles, KS, where he attended grade school through the...

Francine Davis

Francine Davis

Jul 1, 2015

Francine Michelle Davis, 54, of Topeka, died Wednesday, July 1, 2015. She was born August 28, 1960 in Lawrence, KS to Von and Alberta (Annis) Davis. She graduated from Oakley High School in 1978, where she was involved in Kayettes, Pep Club a, Pep Band, Year book, FHA and vice president of her senior class. She then attended Colby Community...

Gary Egbert

Gary Egbert

Jul 1, 2015

Gary Lynn Egbert, 73, of Grinnell, died July 1, 2015. He was born November 22, 1941 in Oklahoma City, OK to Lynn and Ruth (Fuller) Egbert. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Gwen Ruslikas. He is survived by his children, Lance Egbert, Jewel Herrick, Theresa Masterson, Melony Meir and Travis Egbert. Cremation was chosen and a...

James Ahrens

James Ahrens

Jun 26, 2015

James (Jim) Ahrens was the fifth child of Frederick William “Will” and Anna Marie (Heckel) Ahrens and was born on September 10, 1926, in Greensburg, Kansas. He attended school at Greensburg, KS where he was an outstanding athlete. He was drafted into the Army during his senior year in High School and spent 24 months in the army. After his...

John Curtin

John Curtin

Jun 26, 2015

John E. Curtin was born July 16, 1922 on a farm north of Colby, KS and died June 26, 2015 in Denver, CO. He was preceded in death by his parents, Everest & Jessie Curtin. He was also preceded in death by his siblings and their spouses including: Richard & Virginia Curtin and Erma & Marvin Cox of Atwood, KS,...

Methilda Pitner

Methilda Pitner

Jun 23, 2015

Tillie Pitner, 101, of Atwood, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Atwood, KS. She was born March 1, 1914 to Martin and Bertha Sattler Hafner on the family farm south east of Herndon. She married Roy Yehle after she graduated Fort Hays and to this union one daughter Connie was born. On August 8,...

Kathryn Bunjes

Kathryn Bunjes

Jun 22, 2015

Kathryn Louise Neville was born May 2, 1941 to Monta Alice Thompson Neville and George Neville. She was born and raised on the farm that her father and mother had homesteaded southwest of St. Francis, Kansas. The Lord ushered Kathryn into the glory of heaven on June 22, 2015 in Denver, CO. Kathryn had fond memories of her childhood on...

Anthony Blackhart

Anthony Blackhart

Jun 21, 2015

Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P Anthony "Tony" Blackhart, passed away peacefully at his home in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 66. Tony is survived by his sons Jason (Kimberly) Blackhart, Andrew (Kasandra) Blackhart, both of Colby. And a daughter, Valerie (Brett) Dible of Menlo. His grandchildren, Charlie, Sadie, Jaycie, Dylan, Breanna, Bradyn, Landyn, Daisy,...

Ruth Weed

Ruth Weed

Jun 19, 2015

RUTH E. WEED Ruth Erma Weed was born to Herman William Rodenbeck and Mary Theresa (Kersenbrock) Rodenbeck on January 4, 1925 at Colby, Kansas. She passed away peacefully at Prairie Senior Living in Colby, Kansas on June 19, 2015. She was born and raised in Colby. After she graduated from Colby High School, she attended Business School in Denver until...

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