Obituaries

Nov 16, 2020

Once in a rare moment in time a child is born & grows into a successful, highly driven & extremely intelligent person.  This was the case with Kenneth Dale Artz.

On July 21, 1947 the fifth & youngest child was born at his family home, 10 miles north of Phillipsburg, KS to Orville & Iva (Coffin) Artz. ...

Nov 13, 2020

Virginia Belle Dechant (Rogers) was born July 26, 1932 on a farm northeast of the small town of Lebanon, KS where she grew up.  She was a softball pitcher, active in the Methodist Church, in the High School Glee Club and Girl's Quartette and Trio, and the lead in several school plays in Junior and Senior High.  Her friends...

Nov 13, 2020

Janet Marie Hoverson was born April 26, 1938, in Almena, KS, to Henry C. "Hank" and Christine (Currey)  Kusel.  She passed away November 13, 2020 at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, KS, at the age of 82.

As a young girl, Janet and her family lived in several locations where her dad worked:  Almena,...

Oct 30, 2020

Norton resident, Maxine D. Harbers, passed away Oct. 30, 2020 at the Andbe Home in Norton at the age of 95.  She was born July 30, 1925 in Prairie View, the daughter of Klaas & Ella (Boeve) Schra.

Survivors include her daughters, Sandra Preuss of Norton, Terry Ames of Wichita & Marcia Tuell of Ridgedale, MO; her...

Oct 29, 2020

Evelyn Marie Griffiths, 92, passed away October 29, 2020. She was born October 4, 1928 in Long Island, Kansas to Henry and Hattie (Van Kooten) Erickson. Evelyn grew up in Long Island and graduated from Long Island High School in 1946. She attended Brown Mackie Business College in Salina and later worked for the Bureau of Reclamation in Indianola,...

Oct 27, 2020

Norton resident, Kenneth Kent passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at the Andbe Home in Norton at the age of 94.

He was born September 24, 1926 in Lenora, KS the son of Guy Edwin and Goldie Florence (Heines) Kent.  He served in the U.S. Army during WWII.

Kenneth was united in marriage to Virginia...

Oct 24, 2020

Wava  Lee Breathouwer Hogan was born March 30, 1929 in Prairie View, Kansas. She  passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas on October 24, 2020 at the age of 91. She was the daughter of Harold Breathouwer and Ethel Meyers Breathouwer.

Wava grew up in the Prairie View and graduated from Prairie View High School....

Oct 24, 2020

Rita Marie (Riemann) Hockman was born in a farm house located at the bottom of the hill just northeast of the Densmore Mt Calvary Cemetery on July 15, 1933. Her parents were Alfonse Riemann and Lucile Alice Bernard. She died on October 24, 2020 at the age of 87 years, 3 months and 9 days.

Rita attended...

Oct 19, 2020

Orville R. Bowers son of Leora Bryant was born January 11, 1943 in rural Sycamore, KS in Montgomery County and passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, KS on October 19, 2020 at the age of 77.

Orville grew up in Sycamore and Ottawa Kansas.  He served in the United States Navy.

On March...

Oct 18, 2020

Norton resident, Veryl Dale Nyland, son of Henry and Edith (Penning) Nyland was born November 15, 1928 near Calvert, KS and passed away on October 18, 2020 at the Andbe Home, Norton, KS at the age of 91.

Veryl lived most of his life in the Norton area and worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation until...

Oct 8, 2020

Beverly Diane Gilliland Clulow of Topeka passed away Thursday October 8, 2020 in Carbondale, Kansas. She was 88 years old.

Diane was born February 23, 1932 in Agra, Kansas to Edwin James and Florence Faye (Dixon) Gilliland. She graduated from Phillipsburg HS in 1950 and later went on to graduate from Draughans School of Business in Tulsa,...

Oct 6, 2020

Rural Glade, KS resident, Tracy L. Baxter, passed away, October 6, 2020 at his home.  He was 61.

He was born March 31, 1959 in Phillipsburg, KS the son of Robert D. and Dortha L. (Shields) Baxter.

Survivors include his two sons Nate and Joe Baxter, both of Phillipsburg; two grandchildren; and a brother Richard...

Oct 6, 2020

Lorene (Hunt) Keeten, daughter of John and Ethel (Smith) Hunt, was born August 8, 1924 in Pascola, Missouri, and passed away at Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska on October 6, 2020, at the age of 96.

She attended school in Missouri, before coming to Phillipsburg and graduating with the class of '47.

Lorene was...

Oct 3, 2020

Kirwin resident, Helen Elizabeth (McCamon) Miller Cannon passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS.  She was 97.

Helen was the third child of ten born to Edgar Vivan and Merle Elizabeth (Addis) McCamon on June 18, 1923 in Sayre, OK.  She graduated from Berlin High School on May 28, 1942....

Sep 30, 2020

Norton resident, Elden Dale Sprague was born on February 24, 1927 to Earl and Hattie (Williamson) Sprague in Norton County, KS.  He passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton on September 30, 2020, at the age of 93.

He attended schools in Norton County and graduated from Almena High School.  Elden joined the Navy on March...

Sep 29, 2020

Rural Phillips County resident, Lavonne Arlyss Baker, daughter of John and Anna (Miller) Ehm was born February 15, 1930 on a farm north of Gretna in Phillips County, Kansas.  She went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at the age of 90.

Lavonne attended the Lone Island and Plum Creek country...

Sep 28, 2020

Dale L. Henry, son of Walter J. Henry and Eva Gertrude Shoopman, was born on February 4 th , 1938, in Greensburg, Indiana. He passed away on September 28 th , 2020, at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS, at the age of 82.

He worked in a factory in Columbus, Indiana before joining the service...

Sep 27, 2020

It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Nick Shaffer announce his passing. Nick, age 23, passed away early Sunday morning, September 27, 2020.

He was born May 19 th , 1997 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Richard and Kristie (Vogel) Shaffer.

As a proud father, Nick loved nothing...

Sep 25, 2020

Erma Marie (Kaiser) Jansonius, 95, Phillipsburg, KS, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020, at the Colonial Villa Nursing Home in Alma, Neb. Erma was born on October 23, 1924 in rural Phillips County, KS to Herman Henry Paul and Eva (Fink) Kaiser.

Erma was baptized and confirmed at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Stuttgart, KS. She attended...

Sep 23, 2020

Trenton Jacob Brinkman was born October 14, 1995 in Kearney, NE to Janna & Richard Brinkman.  They later divorced.  He passed away September 23, 2020 in an automobile accident in Norton County, KS.

Trent graduated from Phillipsburg High School with the Class of 2014.  While in school, he participated in football, wrestling, t-ball, softball & soccer.