Obituaries
Laurence Dean Gibson
Jul 10, 2019
Laurence Dean Gibson, was born January 22, 1932, at Herington, Kansas, to Dean Oren and Thekla L. (Diekmann) Gibson. He departed this life July 10, 2019, at the Flint Hills Care Center of Emporia, Kansas.
Larry graduated from Herington High School with the class of 1951. He attended business colleges at Hutchinson and Great Bend. He served in the U....
Rodney William Barber
Jul 7, 2019
Rod Barber, 60
Rodney William Barber departed this life on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at his son, Robert’s home in Valley Center, Kansas. He was the son of William A. and Janice M. (Johnson) Barber. He was born April 16, 1959, at Americus. The family consisted of one sister, Ginger, four brothers, Ricky, Bill, Kory, and Rusty.
Rod graduated from...
Brenda Kay Swinney
Jul 3, 2019
Herington-Brenda Kay Swinney left this earth for her heavenly home on Wednesday, July 3rd, at the age of 58. She died suddenly at her home in Herington. Brenda was born August 7, 1960 at Herington to parents Darrell and Jewell (Gutsch) Swinney. She was a member of Hebron Lutheran Church, Burdick.
Brenda attended elementary school at Burdick and Lost Springs. ...
Teresa Renee Higgins
Jun 26, 2019
Teresa Renee Higgins, 64, Marion, died at home, Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
She was born, December 28, 1954, in Marion, Kansas. On November 25, 1972 Teresa married her high school sweetheart, Bill Higgins, at the Aulne Church and four years later they had their first son, Gabriel. Ten years later they excitedly welcomed Nicholas to their little family. Bill, Gabe,...
Sarah Courtney Melrose
Jun 25, 2019
HERINGTON - Sarah Courtney Melrose, was born June 1, 1925, at Richmond, Kansas, to Floyd and Arminta (Krieger) Higdon. She departed this life June 25, 2019, at the Legacy of Herington, Kansas.
Sarah graduated from Richmond High School and was a waitress in San Jacinto, California. Her second marriage was to James Melrose in 1956.
Preceding her in death, was her...
John Frederick Meyer
Jun 25, 2019
HERINGTON - John Frederick Meyer departed this life on June 25, 2019 at St. Luke Living Center in Marion. He was born on February 6, 1938, at Latimer, to Adolph William and Lydia Virginia (Harmon) Meyer. He had an older sister and brother, Marjorie and William, and a younger brother, Frank. On August 26, 1962, he married Cleda Louise Copple, at...
Troy Michael Allen Jones
Jun 22, 2019
Herington - Troy Michael Allen Jones, 19, of Ramona, died Saturday, June 22, 2019, at his home in Ramona. He was born September 16, 1999, at Henderson, Nevada, the son of Amanda Michelle (Littler) and Anthony Radke.
Preceded in death by his father, Anthony Radke. Survived by his mother, Amanda Radke of Ramona; grandparents, Marcia Littler of LasVegas, NV, Chuck Littler of Boulder...
Richard (Dick) H. Bredemeier
Jun 21, 2019
RICHARD “DICK” HERBERT BREDEMEIER
Dick was born on June 15, 1932 in Marion County Kansas on the farm South of Lincolnville where his parents, Herbert Leslie and Clara Etta (Hammer) Bredemeier lived and passed away at St. Luke Living Center on June 21, 2019 just a few days after his 87th birthday. Dick attended several rural schools in Marion County...
Stanley Robert Fells
Jun 19, 2019
HERINGTON - Stanley Robert Fells departed this life on June 19, 2019 at his rural home in Herington. He was born on March 30, 1944, at Enterprise, to Clifford J. and Anna Elizabeth (Strauss) Fells. On September 2, 1962, he married Patricia Ann Schlesener, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Woodbine, and to this union together they raised one daughter, Bobbi Ann.
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Wilma Jean Everett
Jun 18, 2019
Wilma's life began on August 4, 1927, in Newton. She is the daughter of Homer H. and Esther J. (Corfman) Motter. Wilma is a graduate of Whitewater High School. Wilma was courted by a young man named Phillip Everett, who gave her two pigs to raise and when asked by his brothers why he did that he proclaimed, I am...
Catherine M. Hein
Jun 17, 2019
Catherine M. Hein, Age 100, of Marion.
Catherine's life began on February 21, 1919, in Marion County. She is the daughter of Walter and Minnie (Remmers) Ruby. Catherine was united in marriage to William J. Hein on August 5, 1939, in the rectory of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Florence. She worked at St. Luke's Hospital for 27 years...
Elizabeth Lena Scheffel
Jun 17, 2019
Elizabeth Lena Scheffel was born July 24, 1927, in Stockton, California, to Edwyn and Emily (Farnsworth) Meyn. She departed this life June 17, 2019, at the Legacy of Herington, Kansas. Elizabeth lived the majority of her life in California. She grew up in the Stockton, California area. She was a high school graduate. After high school she went to cosmetology...
Willis "Bill" R. Cain
Jun 16, 2019
Willis R. “Bill” Cain, 92, of Herington, died Sunday, June 16th, 2019, at the Legacy of Herington care home. He was born on August 30, 1926, at Vick, Louisiana, the son of Joseph Sidney, Sr. and Loy Edith (McCann) Cain.
Funeral Service will be held at 1:30pm Thursday, June 27th, at the Zeiner Funeral Home – Herington Chapel; burial will...
Keith D. Longabaugh
Jun 15, 2019
HERINGTON - Keith D. Longabaugh, 92, lifelong resident of Herington, died Saturday, June 15, 2019, at his home in Herington. He was born on July 30, 1926, at Herington, the son of G. Harold and Angeline M. (Stewart) Longabaugh.
Funeral Service will be held at 10:30am - Wednesday, June 19th, 2019, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Herington, with Pastor Colleen...
Maurice Shields
Jun 3, 2019
Maurice D. Shields
Age 93
of Wichita
Maurice's life began on October 2, 1925, in Arnett, OK. He is the son of Rollin D. and Vivian (Snearey) Shields. Maurice served his country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II from 1943 until 1947. He worked in the aircraft manufacturing industry as an engineer. Maurice was...
Maureen "Rene" Pelter
May 28, 2019
Maureen “Rene” (McCauley) Pelter died on May 28, 2019. She was born on October 21, 1926, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Roch and Josephine (Smith) McCauley. On November 24, 1946, she married Joseph A. Pelter, at St. John Catholic Church, Herington, and together they raised six children.
Maureen was active in her community over the years, including delivering Meals on...
Wilfried "Fred" Klaus Meyer
May 26, 2019
OBITUARY – Fred Meyer, 52
Wilfried “Fred” Klaus Meyer, departed this life, Sunday, May 26, 2019, at the Integrist Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born July 6, 1966, at Ft. Hood, Texas, to Wilfried Gustav and Antje Gretel (Plaumann) Meyer.
Some of the best moments of growing up was when he would go water skiing with his dad...
John W. Gutsch
May 24, 2019
John Wayne Gutsch was born on the family farm located 5 and a half miles east of Antelope, Kansas on December 21, 1937, in the master bedroom of the family farm to Carl Herbert Gutsch and Dorotha Belle Peddycord. John was the fourth of five children; Bob, Juanita, Charles, and Linda Gutsch. From first through eighth grade John attended Grapes...
Roberta Anne Hailey
May 22, 2019
Roberta “Bert” Anne Hailey was born on October 1, 1952, at Strong City, Kansas. She was the fifth child of Charles “Bud” Curtis and Ruth Lorena (Whidden) Hailey. Besides her loving and caring parents, she grew up with two sisters and three brothers: Nancy Darlene, Mary Carolyn, Charles C., Jr, Robert “Bob” L., and Howard Earl Hailey.
Roberta learned a...
Doyle Taylor
May 20, 2019
Doyle Richard Taylor was born on September 19, 1945, in Manhattan, Kansas. He was the son of David and Effie Taylor and brother to Davida Rudrow, David B. Taylor and Delores Hunsaker. He died on Monday May 20th, 2019 at 73 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents David and Effie Taylor, brother David B. Taylor, sister...
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