Ruth Ann Miller
Dec 27, 2019
Former Phillipsburg resident, Ruth Ann Miller passed away Friday, December 27, 2019 at Our Lady of Mercy Country Home in Liberty, MO at the age of 89.
She was born December 11, 1930 to Edwin J. and Freida (Hoffman) Merklein.
She was united in marriage to Virgil E. Miller on August 17, 1949 in Stuttgart,...
Eric S. Mcclurg
Dec 20, 2019
Eric Stephen McClurg, son of Glen & Pauline (Kemper) McClurg, was born May 24, 1949 in Stocton, Kansas. He passed away on December 20, 2019 at his home in rural Logan at the age of 70. He attended school in Logan and graduated from Logan High School. Eric attended Kansas State for a semester before returning to Logan. He...
Beryl L. Plymesser-Sweat
Dec 20, 2019
Beryl LaVerne Lemon was born June 14, 1923 to James and Mildred (Reed) Lemon on a farm 3 miles northeast of Kirwin, KS. When she was 3 years old she moved with her family to her grandparent's farm 3 miles southeast of Kirwin where she grew up attending country grade school in Phillips County.
She attended High...
Ann Tien
Dec 11, 2019
Ann Tien, daughter of Aaron and Christine (Duling) Prinsen was born on January 29, 1940 in Norton, Kansas. She passed away on December 11, 2019 at the Logan Manor in Logan, KS at the age of 79 years.
Ann was baptized and confirmed at the Prairie View Reformed Church. She graduated from the Prairie View High School...
Cynthia (Cindy) Kelley
Dec 7, 2019
Cynthia (Cindy) Diann Gano Kelley, 67 years old, Phillipsburg, passed away on December 7, 2019 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, KS. Cindy was born on December 14, 1951 in Hays, KS to Gerald and Donna (Lively) Gano. She grew up on a farm southwest of Hill City, KS until high school when the family moved into...
James Lee Hunter
Dec 7, 2019
Kirwin resident, James Lee Hunter, passed away at his home in Kirwin on December 7, 2019 at the age of 72.
Jim was born November 5, 1947 in Smith Center, KS the son of Chris and Helen (Rathbun) Hunter. He graduated from Norton High School in Norton. He then entered into the United States Army.
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Delma D. Lee
Dec 4, 2019
Delma D. Lee, the eighth and last child of Albert Sidney and Ruby Ethel (Spilman) Lee was born March 10, 1931 in King George County, VA. Among his siblings, Delma had two sisters, with one being the twin of his eldest brother and the other being his own twin. He passed away on December 4, 2019 at the Good...
Deborah Ann Shah
Nov 30, 2019
Deborah Ann Shah, 48, died peacefully on November 30th, 2019, in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Debbie was born on December 28th, 1970, in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She was the first child of Larry and Marilyn deGraffenried. She met and married her now ex-husband, Rizwan Shah, in Frankfurt, Germany. With whom she had three children Jenna,...
William G Alexander
Nov 24, 2019
Almena, KS resident, William G Alexander, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019 at the Norton County Hospital, Norton, KS at the age of 72.
William was born November 26, 1946 in Omaha, NE the son of William G. and Gladys A. (Gipe) Alexander. He attended school in Almena, KS before entering into the United States Army Reserves....
Debra K. Rohrbough
Nov 20, 2019
Debra Kay Rohrbough, daughter of Dean & Elsie (Merklein) Post, was born July 5, 1958 in Phillipsburg, KS. She passed away on November 20, 2019 in the peace of her own home in Holbcomb, KS at the age of 61.
She grew up in Phillipsburg, graduating from Phillipsburg High School with the class of 1976. She was...
Larry A. Shepard
Nov 11, 2019
Larry Arnold Shepard, 78, Lenora, Kansas passed away at the Norton Andbe Home on Monday, November 11 th , 2019.
Larry was born on August 22 nd , 1941 in Jerome, Idaho. The son of Lewis "Barney" and Nelda Shepard. He attended grade school in Idaho before moving to Lenora, Kansas and years later graduating from Hill...
Matthew Thomas Merklein
Nov 6, 2019
Matthew Thomas Merklein, son of Shawn & Rebecca (Smith) Merklein, was born October 19, 2000 in Hays, KS. He passed away November 6, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE at the age of 19.
Matthew grew up in Phillipsburg where he attended school, graduating with the PHS Class of 2019. He was attending Wichita...
Dean Walter Klink
Oct 23, 2019
Dean Walter Klink, son of Walter Clyde and Louise Isabell (Kinter) Klink was born on April 9, 1934, on the Klink homestead northwest of Speed, Kansas. He had one sister, Dolores Louise. Dean passed away at the Phillips County Retirement Center on October 23 at the age of 85.
Dean attended grade school in Speed and attended...
Elaine J. Mooney
Oct 13, 2019
Elaine Joyce Mooney passed away on October 13, 2019 at the age of 73 at the Phillips County Hospital.
Elaine was born January 23, 1946 in Kensington, Kansas to parents Irwin C. "Shorty" Sims and Thelma D. Sims. She attended school at Agra and graduated with the class of 1964. After high school Elaine married Ronald Edward...
Donna M. Lowry
Oct 8, 2019
Donna Lowry passed away Tuesday, October 8th in Logan, KS at the Logan Manor at the age of 75. Donna was born June 19, 1944 in Almena, KS to Roland and Maxine (Price) Glenn. The family moved to Pueblo, CO when Donna was an infant and later returned to Norton in 1959 where Donna graduated from Norton High School....
Ryan Lee Clancy
Oct 5, 2019
Ryan Lee Clancy of Greeley, Colorado passed away on October 5, 2019 at the age of 24.
He was born August 13, 1995 in Hays, KS, the son of Jeremiah Clancy and Lisa (McKinley) Bowker. Ryan was raised in Phillipsburg, KS, and attended school there until 2013,...
Mary Jane Keim
Oct 4, 2019
Mary Jane Keim was born May 14 th , 1940, the third child to Harold Keim and Florence McGinnes. She passed away Friday, October 4 th at the Logan Manor in Logan at the age of 79.
Mary was preceded in death by her brother, Leon and her mother Florence.
Survivors include brothers: LeRoy Keim...
Margarette Daphne Nyland
Oct 2, 2019
Norton resident, Margarette Daphne (Ebborn) Nyland was born January 18 th , 1938 in Gloucester England to Karl and Dorothy Ebborn (Nee) Harper. She passed away Wednesday, October 2 nd , 2019 at her home at the age of 81.
The family lived most of Margarette's young years in the Forest of Dean until moving to Cheltenham...
Howard "Toby" I. Colby
Sep 30, 2019
Howard Ira "Toby" Colby, son of Benjamin & Geneva (Arment) Colby, was born into this world on July 12, 1939 in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He took the stairway to Heaven peacefully on September 30, 2019 at the Parkview Care Center in Osborne, Kansas at the age of 80 with his wife, Rita, by his side.
Toby grew up...
Hank Schurz
Sep 30, 2019
Walter Henry "Hank" Schurz, Jr. came into this world on December 27, 1957 in Logan, Kansas, one of eleven children born to Walter & Georgine (Bittel) Schurz.
He grew up on a farm and attended school in Logan. On June 25, 1988 he married Linda Smith in Hays, Kansas. This union was blessed with two daughters, Sara...
