Obituaries

May 23, 2013

Nelda Ann Foust, 61, of Oakley, died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Logan County Hospital. She was born November 17, 1951 to Jack Landes and Nellie (Donohoo) Shepard in Denver, CO. She became a CNA after graduating from Chippewa Valley Technical College. She was a member of the Oakley Christian Church. She is preceded in death by her father Jack...

May 17, 2013

May 2, 2013

Alice Louise Nelson, 86, of Oakley, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Logan County Hospital. She was born March 11, 1927 to Simon and Myrtle (Dishong) Dawson in Oakley, KS. She married Claude Nelson on March 3, 1967, in Oakley. She worked for Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator for 35 years. She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Apr 30, 2013

Robert J. “Bob” Bixenman, 91, of Colby, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at his home. He was born April 22, 1922 to Peter and Lucy (Nordman) Bixenman in rural Thomas County. He graduated from Menlo High School and then joined the United States Army. He married Mary Helen Sims on May 7, 1946. He was a farmer and a horseman....

Apr 21, 2013

Clifford Jerome Stramel, 72, of Oakley, died Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the Quinter Long Term Care Center. He was born July 20, 1940 to Rudy and Matilda (Wessel) Stramel Northeast of Seguin in Sheridan County, KS. The family moved to Wakeeney, KS in the mid 1940’s where Cliff attended the local school. In 1957 he volunteered for the draft...

Apr 20, 2013

Ardella (Ringwalt) Frantz, 86, formerly of Oakley, died April 20, 2013. She was born December 31, 1926 to Dr. and Mrs. L.B. Ringwalt at their home in Oakley. Ardella graduated from the Oakley schools and the University of Kansas with continuing graduate studies at Emporia State, Marymount College and Western State University. She was a member of Mu Phi Epsilon...

Apr 14, 2013

Lee J. Schrock, 46, of Oakley, died Sunday, April 14, 2013 in his home due to accidental death. He was born March 12, 1967 in Hays, KS to Don and Lori (Socha) Schrock. Lee graduated from Oakley High School in 1985. He played football, basketball, track, and golf. He attended college at Kansas State University and Fort Hays State University....

Apr 1, 2013

Lynn Dale Hagler, age 80, died at his home in Colby, Kansas with his children at his side on Monday, April 1, 2013. He was born on May 15, 1932 at Chardon, Kansas to John Albert Hagler and Zillah Letitia (Winter) Hagler. He was the fourth of five children. He had two brothers, Roland (deceased) and Ross, and two sisters,...

Mar 26, 2013

Alberta M. Johnston, 72, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Logan County Manor, Oakley. She was born March 28, 1940 to Otis and Aggie (Warren) Byrd in Joplin MO. She married J.D. Johnston on February 2, 1958. She worked as a Registered Nurse at the Napa State Hospital in Idaho, working with handicapped children. She was preceded in death by...

Mar 19, 2013

Harvey M. Samuelson, 85, of Quinter, formally of Oakley, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born April 16, 1927 to Antone and Anna (Peterson) Samuelson in rural Logan County near Page City. He married Freda Wright in May of 1949. He is preceded in death by his wife Freda; his parents; a daughter Christin Molstad...

Mar 16, 2013

Erma Eileen Vette, 88, of Colby, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. She was born on Aug. 6, 1924 to Ralph and Vida (Harris) Eddy in Osborne County. She married Henry Vette on Dec 25, 1947 in Osborne, a marriage of 65 years. She enjoyed painting and arts. She was a member of the High Plains...

Mar 11, 2013

Nettie LaRae (Stickel) Griggs, 87 of Colby passed away at 4:00 a.m. on March 11, 2013 at Citizens Medical Center. She was born March 25, 1925 on a farm near Mingo, Kansas to Harry Benjamin Stickel and Luzetta (Arnett) Stickel. Nettie lived in Colby all her life. She was a very kind and patient woman. She loved to cook and...

Mar 9, 2013

Herman J. Schwarz, 81, of Colby, died Saturday, March 09, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. He was born Dec 22, 1931 to Alexander and Mary (Robben) Schwarz on the farm in Sheridan County. He served in the United States Army from 1953 till 1955. On Nov 22, 1956, he married his wife of 56 years, Joan Kaus. He worked for...

Mar 7, 2013

Feb 26, 2013

Margene M. Griffin, 85, of Colby, died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. She was born March 20, 1927 to Frank and Carrie (Henke) Gradig in rural Osborne County, KS. Margene married Jay E. Griffin on May 2, 1949. She worked for 42 years as a Registered Nurse in the Colby hospitals, was a member of Sacred...

Feb 23, 2013

Raymond (Cotton) B. Lindeman, 79, of Oakley, died Saturday, February 23, 2013. He was born February 16, 1934 to Louis and Anna (Moellering) Lindeman in Sheridan County, KS. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was a lifetime member of the Grinnell V.F.W.. He is preceded in death by his parents; brother Oliver Lindeman and sisters Mary Ann...

Jan 30, 2013

Irene C. Ziegler, 94, Grainfield, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. She was born Jan. 14, 1919, in Pfeifer to Joseph and Anna (Mader) Schmidtberger. She married Pete Ziegler on Jan 10, 1944, in Grainfield. He preceded her in death March 1, 2001, after 57 years of marriage. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, playing cards and...

Jan 29, 2013

James Jacob Mitten of Oakley departed this earthly home to join his beloved daughter Tami in heaven on January 29th, 2013. He was born in 1923 to Wayne and Eva Mitten, in a farmhouse southeast of Utica Kansas. He attended grade school in a one room country school near Utica, and in British Columbia Canada and Blaine Washington. He graduated...

Jan 26, 2013

Anita M. Huelsmann, 70, of Grinnell, died Saturday, January 26, 2013. She was born April 2, 1942 to Chester and Reba (Schroeder) Gormley in Quinter, KS. She attended grade school and high school in Grinnell and business college in Omaha, NE. She married Charles Huelsmann on April 20, 1979 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Grinnell. She was owner and...

Jan 25, 2013

Darrell Dean Barnett, 77, of Colby passed away on Friday, January 25, 2013 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby, surrounded by his family. He was born on February 5, 1935 to Jesse and Edna (Chadd) Barnett at the family farm north of Rexford, KS. It was on this farm that he spent his childhood and growing up years. He was inducted...