Obituaries

Apr 30, 2015

Mary Annette (Pence) Nelson Mary Annette (Penoe) Nelsorq the second child of six children was born on January 15, 1929 to Homer and Ruth (Ryman) Pence on the family farm in Clinton Township in Southern Rawlins County. She died on April 30, 2015 at her home in Colby, Kansas at the age of 86. Rawlins County Shawnee # 90 and...

Apr 25, 2015

Michael Edwin McCafferty, 75, of Oakley, KS died April 25, 2015 at Swedish Hospital in Engelwood, Colorado. He was born July 22, 1939 in Clayton, New Mexico, to Edwin and Vivian Merle McCafferty. He married JoAnne Brown on October 24, 2014 in Oakley, KS. Mike graduated from Hueferano County High School in Colorado. He was a terrific athlete and lettered...

Apr 23, 2015

David R. Johnson, 65, died Thursday, April 23, 2015, surrounded by family and friends in his home following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 31, 1949, in Colby, the son of Raymond L. and Marlene Vandegriffe Johnson. He spent most of his life as an OTR truck driver. He married Liz Mitchell on Sept. 2,...

Apr 21, 2015

Wilma “Jean” Mazza Holmdahl, 76, of Atwood died April 21, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society, Atwood. Jean was born March 11, 1939 to William and Roberta VanNote Mazza in Neptune New Jersey. She is survived by her daughter, Wendy Holmdahl, of Atwood; brother, bud Mazza and wife, Arlene, of Littleton, CO; and three grandchildren, Emily and Alexander Fields and...

Apr 20, 2015

Charles Aloysious Struckhoff of Colby, Kansas passed away in the comfort of his home on April 20, 2015. Charles entered into life on Febuary 26, 1927. He was the fourth child born to Regina Ann (Ballman) and Aloysious August Struckhoff in Grinnell, Kansas and baptized at Immaculate Conception Church, Grinnell, Kansas. He graduated from Grinnell High School in1945. Charles choose...

Apr 19, 2015

Francis Salisbury, 89, of Oakley, was called home Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the Logan County Hospital. Francis was born February 4, 1926 in Centralia, KS, the last born child of nine, to Loam and Grace (Moyer) Salisbury. He was a 1944 graduate of Centralia High School. Frank served as a Corporal in the US Army during the Korean War....

Apr 18, 2015

Jim Colgan, 74, of Atwood, passed away April 18, 2015 in Oberlin, KS. He was born the first child of Leonard and Susie Colgan, October 6, 1940, in Hays, KS. He joined the Air Force after High School and served his country from 1960-1964. He married Janice Persell on June 3, 1961 in Orleans, NE. They had two sons, Tim...

Apr 15, 2015

Send Flowers Calvin D. Kistler July 31, 1949 - April 15, 2015 Calvin Dean Kistler July 31, 1949 – April 15, 2015 Calvin Dean Kistler was born at St. Thomas Hospital, in Colby, Kansas on July 31, 1949 to Leora (Wade) and Roy Junior Kistler. He died on April 15, 2015 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City,...

Apr 12, 2015

Norman G. Wellbrock, 69, of Grinnell, died Sunday, April 12, 2015 in Oakley, KS. He was born May 25, 1945 in Russell, KS to Lawrence and Martha (Jacobs) Wellbrock. He married Mary Kay Kroeger on August 7, 1965 in Ellis, KS. Norman and his father owned and operated Wellbrock Tank Service. He later ran his own business, Westland Oil Field...

Mar 31, 2015

Patricia Miller, 92, of Colby Ks. passed away March 31, 2015 at Citizens Medical Center. She was born October 13, 1922, the daughter of Edith (Brickwood) and William Henry Gill, in Devonport, England. In 1944 Pat married Orville E. Miller in Calstock, England. Orville was a Tech Sergeant in the U. S. Army during World War II. In 1946 she...

Mar 26, 2015

To celebrate the life of Clara A Prokop, a Rosary Service will be held at 10:30, Monday, April 13, 2015 at Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel, Colby, KS. Inurnment, at Mt Calvary Cemetery, Atwood, KS, will follow immediately after the service. Clara A. Prokop, 76, of Colby, KS, died March 26, 2015, in Hays, KS after a short illness. Clara was born...

Mar 24, 2015

Tonya Michelle Migchelbrink passed away at her home in Atwood, KS on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the age of 32. She was born in Atwood on October 29, 1982, to Michael Migchelbrink and Linda (Bowles-Migchelbrink) Ginther. She attended Atwood High School and graduated from Northwest KS Technical School in Graphic Design. Tonya had worked at Sure Fire Electronics and...

Mar 20, 2015

Obituary: David Owen Unruh was born in Colby, Kansas on March 1, 1941 to Sam W. and Opal (Jennings) Unruh. He passed away on March 20, 2015. Family and friends were with him throughout the day on March 19, 2015 and he was heaven-bound in the early morning on March 20, 2015. He spent his early years in Colby and...

Mar 19, 2015

Richard “Dick” Henry Dempewolf, 89, of Colby, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born in Dresden, KS on July 3, 1925 to Frank and Anna (Meitl) Dempewolf. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, where he reloaded bombs at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. On May 7, 1957 he...

Mar 18, 2015

Chauncy Dewey Jr was born May 23, 1928 in Denver, CO to Chauncey Sr, & Lavon Dewey. During his life he enjoy Bull riding, Trapping, Hunting and Wood carving Chauncey attended a country grade school and graduated from Abby High School in 1947. He is survived by his wife Deanna Dewey, his children Charles (Debbie) Dewey of Colby, KS Laura...

Mar 17, 2015

Myrna Grace Heskett, 96, of Colby (formerly of Oakley), died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Prairie Senior Living Center, Colby. She was born Dec 16, 1918 to Ernest and Esther (Benedict) Dunning in Graham County, KS. She graduated from Hill City High School in 1938 and later married Leonard Heskett on Oct 26, 1939 in Hill City, KS. Myrna was...

Mar 16, 2015

Joan Shirley Adrian, 89, Wichita, KS, formally of Colby, KS died March 16, 2015 at Harry Hynes Hospice Center in Wichita. She was born November 28, 1925, in Thomas County, KS to James & Vera (Bever) Keck. She married Murray L. Adrian on February 14, 1947 in Colby. He preceded her in death. Survivors include two children, Karen Kotrba and...

Mar 10, 2015

Mar 6, 2015

Eva Lorraine Keck, 90, passed away March 6, 2015. She was born April 21, 1924 in Kingery Township to William S. Dawes and Dora Peters Dawes. With a kind and loving heart, Eva chose to be a nurse in Colby, Ks. Eva was a RN working at St Thomas Hospital. She was the office nurse for Dr. Jensen. She was...

Mar 4, 2015

Henry C. “Hank” Vette, 89, of Colby, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born September 30, 1925, in Levant, KS, to Henry D. and Edith (Atkins) Vette. Hank married Eileen Eddy on December 25, 1947, in Osborne, KS. He was a United States Army veteran, serving in WWII and the Korean War, and...