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...

Jan 20, 2013

Jan 19, 2013

Josephine Quint, 80, of Grinnell, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. She was born February 21, 1932 to Peter and Agatha (Leikam) Unrein in rural Ellis County. She married Melvin Quint on Nov. 22 1949, a marriage that lasted 61 years. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church (Grinnell) and St. Mary’s Alter Society....

Jan 9, 2013

Gregory G. Close, 51, of Oakley, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at University of Kansas Hospital. He was born on Aug. 19, 1961 in Newton, KS and was adopted on Oct. 27 by Glen and Ruth Marie (Gidley) Close in Newton, KS. He graduated from Oakley High School Class of 1979 and North West Kansas Technical College class of 1980....

Jan 7, 2013

Albert J. Hartman, 61, of Quinter, died January 7, 2013. He was born January 21, 1951 to Lawrence and Johanna (Selensky) Hartman in Quinter, KS. He worked for the City of Colorado Springs as a utility purchasing agent. He had a loving heart and he became friends with everyone he talked to. He attended college at St. Thomas Seminary, Denver,...

Jan 5, 2013

George Moffitt McKee Jr., 88 of Wichita, died Jan 5 2013. He was born on March 27, 1924 to George Moffitt Sr. and Iva N. (Santrock) Mckee in Valparaiso, Neb. He graduated from Colby High School in 1942. He attended Kansas State University and Bowling Green University, Ohio, before serving in the United States Marine Corps during WWII. Following his...

Dec 29, 2012

John Frederick Fikan, 53, of Colby, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 after a long struggle with cancer. He was born April 16, 1959, in Atwood, to Darrel and Bertha (Ankle) Fikan. He was definitely born to farm; he was the fourth generation to farm the family land in Kansas and craved that independent lifestyle. He married Karen Luedders on Dec....

Dec 18, 2012

Esther L. Wieland, 99 of Colby died December 18, 2012 at Deseret Care Center, Colby. She was born on October 24, 1913 to Mae Harner and Jack (Patno) Dawes in rural Thomas County. She married John L. Wieland on February 5, 1940 in Wakeeney, and after making several moves they settled in LaJunta, CO. They had several rentals and lived...

Dec 18, 2012

Eunice Pabst, 89, of Colby, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 at Prairie Senior Living Complex, Colby. She was born Feb. 13, 1923 to William and Florence (Elliot) Garrett in Levant, KS. She married Hie Pabst on Dec. 28, 1941 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Colby. She enjoyed square dancing with her husband and traveling in their motor home. She...

Dec 9, 2012

Donna M. Smith, 69, of Oakley died Sunday, Dec 9, 2012, at Logan County Hospital. She was born May 18, 1943 to John and Amelia Schroeder in Medina, ND. She was one of 10 children. After the death of her mother she was an orphan. She was seventeen when she came to Lincoln, NE. She worked at Alice’s Restaurant as...

Dec 8, 2012

Opal Mae Bretz, 90, Wallace, a lifelong resident of Logan County, died Saturday, December 08, 2012 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, KS after a lengthy illness. She was born September 15, 1922, south of Oakley in a sod house, the daughter of Minnie Elizabeth “Beth” (Wise) and William “Bill” Oliver Martin. She attended Monument Schools. On June 16, 1948,...

Dec 5, 2012

Bill Keck, 88, of Colby died December 5, 2012 in Hays, KS. He was born February 23, 1924 to Teed and Iva (Elbidge) Keck in Enid, OK. Bill served in the United States Navy during WWII and the Korean Conflict. He married Billie Jean Railing on November 28, 1948 in Dodge City, KS. Bill was a long time businessman in...