Obituaries
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...
Lucille Klassen
May 19, 2019
Lucille Irene Leppke Klassen was born on January 8, 1923, to Carl and Lizzie (Litke) Leppke on a farm 1 mile south and ¼ East of the Ebenfeld M.B. Church, rural Hillsboro. She had 1 older brother and later 2 younger brothers were born. Lucille loved growing up on the farm and often shared her memories with her grandchildren. It...
Irene E. Finley
May 15, 2019
Irene Emma Lou Finley departed this life on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at the Legacy of Herington, Kansas. She was the daughter of Ralph William and Pearl Irene (Knopp) Latzke. She was born August 10, 1930, at Junction City. She was raised in the Lyona area with her two sisters, Elaine and Millicent.
Irene graduated from Chapman High School with...
Charles A. Heerey
May 13, 2019
Charles Anthony Heerey was born August 20, 1932, in Hillsboro, Kansas, the son of Charles J. and Mary S. (Bruemmer) Heerey. He grew up on a farm near Aulne and attended grade school in a one-room rural schoolhouse. After working two years on the family farm, he went to high school and graduated from Marion High School in 1951. Charles...
Lisa Wilburn
May 5, 2019
Council Grove - Lisa Ann Wilburn, 58, of Council Grove, Kansas, passed away Sunday May 5, 2019 at Morris County Hospital, after a 5-and-a-half-year courageous battle with cancer.
She was born December 9, 1960 in Council Grove to Wayne and Donna Hayes. She graduated from Council Grove High School and attended Crum’s Beauty School. She was employed by Eric Nelson...
Karen Kay Kline
May 5, 2019
Karen Kay Kline was born on October 16, 1946, in Marion, Kansas. She was the daughter of Walter and Rachel Keazer and sister of Marvin Kline. She died on May 5, 2019 at 72 years old. She was preceded in death by husband John, son Eric, parents Walter and Rachel Keazer, sister-in-law Evelyn Kline and brother-in-law Ron Post.
Karen graduated...
Marilyn Geis
May 2, 2019
Marilyn Geis, 88, formerly of Marion passed away May 2, 2019 at Brookdale Assisted Living where she had been a resident for the past year.
Marilyn was born November 18, 1930 the third child of Walter and Dorothy Collett Hayen. She grew up and spent most of her life in Marion County, Kansas. She married Robert Geis of...
Gemma Davies
Apr 27, 2019
Gemma (Jirak) Davies passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019, three days after the death of her beloved husband and soulmate, Ed Davies.
The youngest of eight children Gemma Jirak was welcomed into the family of Henry and Lillie (Holub) Jirak on January 17, 1943, in the Bohemian farming community of Pilsen, Kansas. In spite of the death of her mother...
Dorothy Rose Albrecht
Apr 25, 2019
Lincolnville –Dorothy Albrecht, 91, died Thursday, April 25, 2019, at the Legacy of Herington, Kansas. She was born January 2, 1928, on her family farm near Lyons Creek Church on Highway 4. She was the middle child of Walter and Leona (Stroth) Lietz. She grew up with an older sister, Bernice, and a younger brother, Willard.
On September 12, 1948,...
L. Edward Davies
Apr 24, 2019
Lloyd Edward Davies was born September 24, 1938 in The Stork’s Nest in Peabody, Kansas. His parents were Lloyd Morgan Davies and Audrey Hyde Davies. He has one older sister, Audrey Ann Slocombe. At birth he weighed in at 13 lbs. His mother was told she deserved an “Oscar” for having such a large baby and the nickname stuck.
The family...
Lois Ann Kleist
Apr 16, 2019
Obituary - Lois Ann Kleist, 74, departed this life, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at her home in Herington. She was born January 5, 1945, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Raymond and Barbara Dorothy (Laslo) Goscenski. She grew up in an era where the family was her friends and would be throughout her marriage, raising children, and being there for the grandchildren....
Ross E. Girton
Apr 13, 2019
Obituary for Ross Girton
Ross E. Girton was born February 11, 1932, at Delphos, Kansas, to Clarence Everett and Christie Olive (Pinney) Girton. The first born child was brother, Everett, next came the twins, Russ who said, “ he didn’t stay in as long as Ross for the perm”, then sister, Iliene, and the youngest sister, Judy.
He graduated from...
Jim Paulson
Apr 13, 2019
Chalmer James “Jim” Paulson was born in Goessel, Kansas on January 22, 1943. He was the son of Chalmer P and Elizabeth (Noland) Paulson. He passed away April 13, 2019 at Harry Hynes Hospice Wichita, Kansas.
Jim spent his entire life on the family farm being the fourth generation to live there. He attended school at LoneStar, Potwin and graduated...
Teddy Eugene Mosiman
Apr 9, 2019
Teddy Eugene Mosiman was born October 19th, 1959 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton to Eldon & Betty (Bachelder) Mosiman. He left this earth & went to be with mom, dad, & Jesus April 9th, 2019 at the age of 59 years old. A few days after Teddy’s birth the doctors told Elly & Betty that he had down’s syndrome. ...
David Leon Dalme
Apr 7, 2019
OBITUARY - David Leon Dalme, 33, of Herington, died Sunday, April 7, 2019, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. He was born July 15, 1985, at Salina, Kansas, to George Dalme and Barbara Ann Jacobs.
He attended the Minneapolis and Herington Schools. He was in the U. S. Army and Reserves and deployed twice, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five...
Larry "Bub" Simmons
Apr 6, 2019
Lawrence Merle, (Larry)(Bub) Simmons of Wichita was born at home in Allen, Kansas on June 24, 1930 to Merle and Luella Beth (Betty) (Leavell) Simmons. Bub succumbed to pneumonia on April 6, 2019 at Wesley Medical Center. He was 88. Bub grew up and attended school in Allen graduating in 1948 from Allen High School. Shortly after graduating he married...
Tena Busenitz
Apr 5, 2019
Tena Busenitz, the 9th blessing of 15 children, was born to John and Aganetha Driedger on June 29, 1928, in Osler, Saskatchewan Canada.
While growing up on her parents farm, she loved playing with the kittens in the barn loft. Some of her responsibilities were weeding and hoeing in their large garden, herding the cows, and learning to care for...
Geneva Jane Will
Apr 5, 2019
OBITUARY FOR – Geneva Will, 88
Geneva Jane Will, of Salina, Kansas, died Friday, April 5, 2019. She was born September 5, 1930, at Greeley, Colorado. She was the daughter of Robert Keith and Myrtle L. (Rouse) Fish. She was blessed to be a member of a loving family growing up who called her Janie. She was a sister to...
Ted Roth
Apr 2, 2019
Theodore E. Roth, Jr. was born on Easter Sunday, April 20, 1924, at Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton, Kansas to Rev. Theodore E. Roth Sr. and Hazel Elizabeth (Mellor) Roth. He departed this life on April 2, 2019, at Wheat State Manor in Whitewater, Kansas at the age of 94, just 18 days short of his 95th birthday.
Ted grew...
Donald "Dean" Duke
Mar 29, 2019
Donald “Dean” Duke was born in McPherson, Kansas, February 27, 1930 to Donald Vear Duke and Augusta Riffel Duke. He spent his early years in Durham, Kansas and graduated from Durham High School in 1947. He was baptized in the Kleiber pond and joined the First Baptist Church in Durham, Kansas in 1948.
Dean attended McPherson College in 1947-1948. The...
