Obituaries

May 13, 2014

Jamie Lee Skeers, 30, of Hays, formerly of Oakley, died May 13, 2014. He was born June 18, 1983 in Oakley, KS to Eddie and Roxie (Briard) Skeers. He graduated from Oakley High School in 2003. He was continuing his education at DSNWK Reed Center in Hays, KS. He was preceded in death by his brother, Jason; grandparents, James and...

May 12, 2014

Send Flowers Phyllis D. Kriss July 28, 1932 - May 12, 2014 Phyllis Delia (Bedore) Kriss, 81, died Monday, May 12, 2014, at the Citizens Medical Center in Colby. She was born to Phillip and Melvina (Thyfault) Bedore on July 28,1932 in Zurich, Kansas. The family moved to Colby when she was a young child. Phyllis graduated from Colby High...

May 10, 2014

Lois Jean Dawes, 83, of Colby, died Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Citizens Medical Center. She was born August 29, 1930 in rural Thomas County to Morris and Merle (Dawes) Ekberg. She married Duane Frank Dawes on September 12, 1948 in Colby. She was a homemaker and very active in the Levant Community Church. She was a Sunday School Teacher...

May 9, 2014

Robert Edward (Bob) Barton Sr. Age 96 died May 9, 2014 in Colby, Kansas. Bob was born on July 29, 1917 to James Franklin and Lena (Blau) Barton in Russell Springs, KS. He attended school until 8th grade in Russell Springs, Kansas then going to work on the family farm and a local ranch. On October 13, 1941, he married...

May 6, 2014

May 2, 2014

Jack Junior Brier, 84, of Colby, died Friday, May 2, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born December 3, 1929 in Colby, KS to Jack and Irene (Camp) Brier. He served in the U.S. Navy from September, 1950 to July, 1954. He married Eileen Delzeit on October 28, 1966. Jack worked as a bricklayer, a custodian at Colby Public...

Apr 22, 2014

Ross Boyd Beamer, 87, of Oakley, died Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. He was born March 15, 1927 in Gove County, KS to Clinton Ross and Ethel (Gallion) Beamer. He married Joan Beckman on April 28, 1948 in Denver, CO and they had five sons. He served in the United States Navy from 1944-1946, on the USS...

Apr 22, 2014

Bernard J. Horinek, (B.J.), 101 years, 1 month, and 1 day, of Atwood, died Tuesday April 22, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. He was born March 21, 1913 to Rudolph and Agnes (Janousek) Horinek. He married Martha Holub on August 11, 1935. They were married 65 years and 4 days before Martha passed away on August 14,...

Apr 22, 2014

Bruce Jackson Goldsworth ( B.J.) 35, died Tuesday April 22, 2014 at The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Ks. Bruce was born in Colby, Ks on April 10, 1979 to the late Milton "Moe" Goldsworth and Tammy (Dawes) Goldsworth. He graduated from Colby High School in 1997 and also attended Goodland Votech. His passion was cooking, Broncos football...

Apr 22, 2014

Charles Robert Walker was born September 27, 1939 to Doren Dale Walker and Verda Veanna (VanVleet) Walker on the three generation family farm southwest of Atwood where he resided most of his life. He joined our Lord, surrounded by family, on Tuesday, April, 22, 2014. On April 13, 1958, Charles married Wilda June Eaton. To this union, three daughters were...

Apr 21, 2014

Apr 17, 2014

Lola Ellen Marrs, 87, of Brewster, died Thursday, April 17, 2014. She was born July 1, 1926 to John and Faye (Everett) Oard on a farm near Longford, KS. She married Eugene H. Marrs July 11, 1944 in Colby, KS. Lola was a member of the Brewster United Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening, bowling, sewing, board games, and puzzles and...

Apr 16, 2014

Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P Otto “Babe” Nicolas Schroeder was born October 3, 1920 and departed this life April 16, 2014. Mr. Schroeder was born on his fathers homestead to Mart and Charlotte (Toppendeck) Schroeder Southwest of Levant, KS. The family moved to Colby KS in 1944. Babe then cared for his father and mother until...

Apr 11, 2014

Charles Robert Goetz, 79, of Grinnell, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Independent Living Apartments at Logan County Hospital. He was born in Park, KS on August 26, 1934 to the late Helen N. (Gallagher) Brungardt and Edmond Cecile Goetz. On August 4, 1956 he married Frances Lynch in Logan, KS and made their home in Grinnell. He...

Apr 9, 2014

Wilbur J. Brown, 80, of Atwood, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014. He was born July 8, 1933 to Franklin and Elva (Parker) Brown on the family farm south of Atwood. He graduated from Atwood High School in 1952 and served in the U.S. Army from July 1953 to May 1955, where he spent a portion of his time in Germany...

Apr 7, 2014

Duane Frank Dawes, 86, of Colby, died Monday, April 7, 2014 at Citizens Medical Center. He was born January 23, 1928 in Thomas County, KS to Frank and Anna (Blaser) Dawes. He married Lois Jean Ekberg on September 12, 1948 in Colby. He was a farmer and rancher and was active in his community. He served on the S&T Telephone...

Apr 6, 2014

Eleanor W. Kruse of Oakley, was born on September 2, 1920 to John and Catherine (Korte) Robben on a farm in Thomas County, KS. She passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the Logan County Hospital, Oakley, KS, at the age of 93. Eleanor attended Angelus Grade School and proudly earned her GED at the age of fifty (50)....

Apr 5, 2014

GEORGE WHITING ELLIOTT died April 5, 2014 at the age of 95. George was born to James J. and Alyce (Fischer) Elliott on September 1, 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa. His early childhood was spent on a farm north of Sioux City. He attended a country school when he was 4 years old, riding behind his older brother on an...

Apr 2, 2014

Joan Sheree Williams, 57, of Oakley, died April 2, 2014. She was born February 10, 1957 to Verlin Lyle and Norma Lee (Pinkston) Plummer. She was the second of four siblings. When Joan was a little girl, her grandmother Clara Pinkston nicknamed her ‘Joni’ and that was the name that stuck. Her father nicknamed her ‘Pudden’ and ‘Fender Bender’ cause...

Apr 2, 2014

Rolland Raye Rush, 82, died Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 in Colby, KS. He was born October 28th, 1931 to Francis and Lela (Moses) Rush in Oak Hill, KS. The family resided in the Longford, KS area until 1937 when they moved to the Levant area where he farmed the majority of his life. Rolland graduated from Levant High School in...