Allan Taylor
Feb 25, 2014
Laurence Allan Taylor, 64, of Colby, Kansas, passed away February 25, 2014 at his home. Allan was born in Colby on February 2, 1950 to parents William and Edith Taylor. He attended Colby Public Schools, Kansas State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree and in 1977 he graduated from Washburn Law School with his Juris Doctorate. From...
Frances Schleicher
Feb 22, 2014
Frances Geraldine "Jeri" Schleicher, 87 died Saturday, February 22, 2014. She was born September 10, 1926, in Waco, Texas to William Jushua Jones and Sarah Emily (Blount) Jones. Surviviors include her daughter, Linda J. Garrett, Gem, KS; her son Clif (Sheryl) Schleicher, Bradenton, FL; three grandchildren, Penny (Jerry) Nemechek, Goodland, KS; Jill (Larry) Deges, Montezuma, KS; Grady Garrett, Colby, KS;...
Dorothy Reinert
Feb 19, 2014
Dorothy Agnes (Holub) Reinert, 84, of Atwood, departed this life on February 19, 2014. She was born on Feb. 26, 1929 in Stratton, Neb., to Adolph and Mary Holub. She was the seventh of 11 children in that family. Dorothy was united in marriage to Francis "Frank" Gerald Reinert on March 30, 1948, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atwood....
Anna Sullivan
Feb 15, 2014
Anna Marie (Thompson) Sullivan, 91 of Colby, died Saturday, Feb 15, 2014 at Deseret Health and Rehab at Colby. She was born Oct 23, 1922 to William Ezam and Elizabeth (O’Brien) Thompson in Rawlins County. She was the second of three daughters. She graduated from the local country school and after her father died, her mother taught in various schools...
Thelma Nickel
Feb 13, 2014
Thelma Lorene Nickel, 81, of Atwood, passed away and entered into Heaven Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver, CO. She was born September 10, 1932 to Ralph and Clara (Hayes) Nickel in their home in Wichita County, KS. She was baptized in the Church of Christ in Scott City and attended grade school and high...
Phyllis Reed
Feb 12, 2014
Phyllis Marie Reed, age 59, of Atwood, KS passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney NE. Phyllis was born August 11, 1954 in Denver CO. to Guy Herbert and Rilla Ione Corner Graham. She went to Sheridan High School in Sheridan, CO. She moved to Atwood, KS in 2002. She met and married Duwayne Reed...
Evelyn Weber
Feb 9, 2014
Evelyn Laudine Weber, 78, of Norton, died February 9, 2014. She was born November 17, 1935, in Colby, KS, to Charlie and Mildred (Keneflec) Carpenter. She married Darrel Weber on March 12, 1952. She worked at the Thomas County Hospital in the Laundry department. She was preceded in death by her daughters, Rena and Dena Weber and sister Cynthia Rose...
Katherine Delzeit
Feb 7, 2014
Katherine Z. Delzeit, 77, of Oakley, died Friday, February 07, 2014 at Logan County Hospital. She was born November 25, 1936 on the family farm, in Sheridan County, KS, to Joseph and Agatha (Heier) Zerr. She married Fred S. Halbleib on March 21, 1957 and they had three children. He preceded her in death on December 31, 1986. On February...
Robert Carney
Feb 3, 2014
Robert "Bob" Lynn Carney was born on march 27, 1952 to James Howard and Betty Jo (Ramsey) Carney in Colby, KS. He was the fourth of eighth children. Bob grew up on the family farm and attended Colby Public Schools and was part of the class of 1971. Bob was an active child, keeping up with older siblings, fishing with...
Edna Hatcher
Feb 1, 2014
Edna A. Hatcher, 92, of Colby, died Saturday, Feb 1, 2014 at Deseret Health and Rehab at Colby. She was born May 10, 1921 to Ray and Josephine (Boucher) Hatcher in Penokee, KS. She was a stenographer for the State of California. Edna was outspoken and always made sure her voice was heard, this included writing to political figures to...
Lillian Sramek
Jan 31, 2014
Lillian Margaret (Faimon) Sramek, 95, departed this earthly life on January 31, 2014 at Good Samaritan Center in Atwood, KS. She was born June 19, 1918 at the family farm 10 ½ miles southeast of Stratton, Nebraska and was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Mary (Kopriva) Faimon. She attended St. John Nepomucene Church, northwest of Atwood, where she received...
Maxine Nelson
Jan 30, 2014
Maxine I. Nelson, 95, of Oakley, died Thursday January 30, 2014. She was born August 19, 1918 to Guy and Clara (Whan) Moritz in Villisca, Iowa. She moved with her family from Iowa to Kansas when she was two years old. Shortly after arriving in Kansas her father was killed in an accident at Campus and her mother decided to...
Wesley Mather
Jan 24, 2014
Wesley D. Mather, born April 21, 1932, in Gove County, Kan., passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on January 24, 2014, at his home in Russell Springs, Kan. Born the eighth child to Jacob Pence Mather and Susie Jane Bigbee Mather, he graduated from Grinnell High School in 1950. He was a avid KU basketball Fan. Wes served in...
Martin Weber
Jan 19, 2014
Martin Weber, 89, of Oakley, died Sunday, January 19, 2014. He was born February 5, 1924 in Gove County, KS to Jakob and Rosa (Herrmann) Weber. He was a US Army Veteran and received a silver star. On April 27, 1948 he married Antonia Heier. They farmed and raised eight children. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus...
Enedine Olson
Jan 17, 2014
Enedine "Sally Ann" Olson, 84, wife of Robert W. Olson of Atwood, a 1949 graduate of Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, surrounded by her husband and children at the home of Debra (Larry) Marks in Mulvane. She was born May 1, 1929, in Pittsburg, Calif., the daughter of John and Enedina (Martinez) Duran. She...
Ronald Carmen
Jan 16, 2014
Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-888-579-7953 Code: 2001730P RONALD DEAN “JOE” CARMEN Ronald Dean “Joe” Carmen died January 16, 2014 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. “Joe” as he was called by his friends and family, was born to Bertha (Carpenter) and Paige Carmen on August 24, 1938 on a farm 7 miles NW of Colby, KS. On...
Clemens Zerr
Jan 7, 2014
Clem A.J. Zerr, 92, of Oakley, died Tuesday, Jan 7, 2014 at Logan County Hospital. He was born Oct 5, 1921 to Joseph and Agatha (Heier) Zerr in Sheridan County on the family farm. He served our country in the United States Army in WWII from 1942 – 1946 spending most his time in the Aleutian Islands. He married Pauline...
Lou Kersenbrock
Jan 7, 2014
Luella "Lou" Kersenbrock 74 was born on August 9, 1939 to William Henry Miller and Lillian Irene Miller-Mosier. Lou passed away early Tuesday morning, January 7, 2014, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Prior to Lou’s graduation from high school, she would spend several summers living with her Aunt Genevieve and Uncle Harlan where she worked at Frederick’s Pharmacy...
Ada Hawkins Schruben
Jan 4, 2014
Ada Mae Mays was born on a farm in Furnace County, Nebraska, near the town of Wilsonville on October 7, 1916. Ada was the oldest of eight children born to Charles Owen Mays and Mable Blanche Sullivan Mays. At the age of three months Ada moved with her parents to a farm in Rawlins County, Kansas two miles south of...
Jill Samson
Jan 3, 2014
Jill R. Samson, 78, of Ludell, died January 3, 2014. She was born December 19, 1935, in Smith Center, KS, to Vance and Ruby (Hudson) Robbins. She graduated from Atwood High School. On May 27, 1953 she married Joe Samson. She worked in banking for 28 years, first at Farmers State Bank of Ludell for 10 years and then was...