Obituaries
Tammy Ryff
Oct 12, 2020
Tammy's life began on August 11, 1960 in Topeka, Kansas. She was the daughter of Richard L. and Barbara (Davis) Reitz. She attended college at Cloud County Community College. Tammy worked as a pellet packer for the Hodgdon Powder Company for 18 years. She was involved in Job's Daughters and Girl Scouting as a youngster. Tammy was more than just...
Dean Allen Schmidt
Oct 9, 2020
Family Tribute:
He set the first stake in the prairie. That’s what my dad always told people about Circle E Feedlot. The feedlot was his life for six decades. Work for my dad was something of a religion. He poured himself into every project he undertook. Many times I’ve seen him come up with an idea, draw it out, go...
Sylvia Anna Bezdek
Oct 9, 2020
Sylvia's life began on July 24, 1924 in Pilsen. She was the daughter of John and Victoria (Franta) Svitak. Sylvia attended grade school in Pilsen and graduated from Lincolnville High School. Not long after graduation Sylvia went to work at the Pilsen State Bank, followed by the Lincolnville State Bank and the Ramona State Bank. Sylvia worked as a bookkeeper...
Kathy Kay Beisel
Oct 8, 2020
Kathy’s life began on October 30, 1953 in Hillsboro, KS. She was the daughter of Frederick and Anna (Frantz) Beisel. Kathy attended OCCK life skills. Her family includes siblings Gene Beisel of El Reno, OK; Margie (Kenny) Nienstedt of Marion, KS; Yvonna (Art) Smith of Phoenix, AZ; Rosemary Deines of Herington, KS; Marilyn Smith of Springdale, AR; Carolyn Fizer of Salina,...
Trellis Jeanne Alt
Oct 5, 2020
Trellis J. Alt of El Dorado, KS passed away on October 5, 2020. She was born on October 17, 1947, the daughter of Wilfred and Esther (Brunner) Kohlieber. She graduated from Herington, High School in 1965 and was united in marriage to Johnny M. Alt on September 12, 1965.
Trellis worked as a corrections officer at Wyoming State Penitentiary, Ellsworth...
William Dean Alkire
Oct 1, 2020
Bill's life began on May 10, 1960 in Pampa, Texas. He was the son of Robert and Linda (Baggerman) Alkire. Bill was a 1979 graduate of Ulysses High School. He drove truck for oil field supply companies and worked as a laborer before he became disabled. Bill loved to tinker with cars and rebuilt many engines in his spare time....
Pearly Lee Edgmon
Sep 23, 2020
Pearly’s life began on December 28, 1924, the daughter of Dent and Mary (Sparks) Watson in Mossville, Arkansas. She married Arnold Edgmon on December 22, 1940, also in Mossville. She worked at Dole Packing Plant making the bacon! Pearl enjoyed quilting and was a member of the East Side Christian Union Church in Springdale, Arkansas until moving to Whitewater in...
Linda Peterson
Sep 22, 2020
Linda Diane Fike Peterson was born on November 3, 1950, to Warren and Paula (Mueller) Fike in Herington, KS. She shared her birthday with her Grandpa HFK Mueller. She is the oldest of the seven Fike children. She married her high school sweetheart, Dan Peterson on December 21, 1968.
Linda was a very caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter,...
Vickie Lynn Kaempfe
Sep 19, 2020
Vickie Lynn Kaempfe was born in 1947 in Ellsworth, Kansas. She is the daughter of Jack L. Campbell and Donna F. Ulrich Campbell. Vickie attended Ellsworth grade school and high school where she graduated in 1965. She married William (Bill) Dean Kaempfe of Sylvan Grove, Kansas on October 18th, 1965. Later in life she graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in...
John James Thies
Sep 16, 2020
John Thies passed from this life to his heavenly home on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. John was born May 20, 1948, the third child of Clyde and Bernice Groening Thies of Marion, KS. Survivors in his immediate family include brother, Wayne Thies (Sandra) of Newton, and sister Phyllis Bull of Bartlesville, OK. John was preceded in death by his parents,...
LaDonna Elsie Sherbert
Sep 12, 2020
LaDonna’s life began October 12, 1939 in Clay Center, KS. She was the oldest daughter born to James Elton and Donna (Hill) Hess. She graduated from Clay Center High School in 1957. She was united in marriage to William J. “Bill” Sherbert on May 31, 1959 in Wakefield KS. LaDonna and Bill moved to Marion in 1964 where she was...
Cheryl Robbins
Sep 11, 2020
Cheryl’s life began December 14, 1959 in Wichita, KS. She was the daughter of Conald and Sandra (Stockwell) Ferrel. Cheryl was united in marriage to David Allen Robbins on December 22, 1978 in Maize, KS.
Cheryl worked at numerous bookkeeping jobs and was a computer whiz. She was often called upon to find lost documents for people. She enjoyed visiting...
Anthony Paul Gronau
Sep 9, 2020
Anthony's life began on July 19, 1949 in Newton, KS. He was the son of Alfred and Margaret (Rutschman) Gronau. Anthony is a graduate of Remington High School, Whitewater and Pittsburg State University where he earned a degree in Construction Management. Anthony was united in marriage to the former Mari Palmisano on September 30, 1982 in Liberty, MO. He was...
George August Schlesener, Jr.
Sep 8, 2020
George's life began on February 8, 1927 in rural Herington. He was the son of George A. and Jennie E. (Fall) Schlesener. George was a 1947 graduate of Herington High School. He was united in marriage to the former Mary Ann Schneider on March 25, 1951 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ramona. George worked for the Rock Island Line, Oklahoma...
Elizabeth Helen Cowman
Sep 2, 2020
Born October 12, 1931. She left this world peacefully after a long illness on September 2, 2020. Liz and her brother grew up on the family farm in Herrington, Kansas. Her parents, Louis and Winona Cowman were lifelong residents there. It was during that time that Liz developed her love of animals, large and small. She had a great love...
