Obituaries

Dec 10, 2018

Larry D. Schemper was born October 20, 1955, in Norton, KS to Jerry and Ailene Schemper. He died December 10, 2018, the way he lived, harvesting. He lived his entire life in the Almena and Long Island area. But every summer for the past 53 years, he lived on the harvest run from Texas to the Canadian Border.

Dec 10, 2018

Charlene Joyce Duncan was born on the family farm south of Speed, Kansas on October 9, 1934. She passed peacefully from this life at her home north of Speed on December 10, 2018 at the age of 84. Charlene lived most of her life in the Speed community, living a short time in Rooks County, Kansas and Phillipsburg, Kansas....

Dec 7, 2018

Beverly Jean Morgan, third daughter of the late Fred and Edith (Drew) Gallagher, was born July 24, 1927 in Long Beach, California. She died December 7, 2018 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Beverly graduated from Downey High School in Downey, California and attended college before working in Colorado and Kansas as a homemaker, bookkeeper...

Nov 25, 2018

Billy C. Randall died unexpectedly in his home on November 26, 2018 in Kirwin, KS. He was 86 years old.Bill was born on January 7, 1932 in Agra, KS to his parents, Irv and Freida Randall. He graduated from Agra High School in 1952 and served in the U.S Navy from 1955 to 1959. Bill worked as a baker...

Nov 24, 2018

Eileen Mae Bohl passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 92. She was born August 9, 1926 on a farm in Phillips County, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Hazel (Rumbaugh) Rowland. On June 7, 1946 she was baptized and confirmed at the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church...

Nov 23, 2018

Leotha (Young) Bohl of Phillipsburg, Kansas passed away Friday, November 23, 2018 at her home in rural Phillipsburg at the age of 83. She was born November 24, 1934 to Eugene and Ruth (Stacey) Young in rural Jennings, Kansas. Leotha was nicknamed "Odie" by her father and called this by mostly everyone throughout her life. Odie graduated from Jennings High...

Nov 21, 2018

Phillipsburg resident, Terry J. Case, passed away Nov. 21, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE at the age of 74. He was born Dec. 5, 1943 in Phillipsburg, the son of Rupert & Opal (Koontz) Case. He is survived by his wife Linda of the home. Cremation was chosen. A private service will be held at a...

Nov 19, 2018

Mary F. Becker, 79, departed this life on November 19, 2018 at the family farm in Logan, Kansas.

She was born March 14, 1939 to the late Christy & Inez (Paramore) Lynch. Mary attended the Logan schools and graduated from Logan High School in 1957. She then acquired her Cosmetology license in Dodge City, Kansas.

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Nov 10, 2018

James William "Jim" Rodgers was born October 23rd, 1959 in Columbia City, Indiana, the third son of Carl and Shirley (Allsop) Rodgers. Jim grew up in a busy household with two older brothers and a dad going to college on the GI Bill. There was very little money, but always love. When he was just a few months old the...

Nov 6, 2018

Zella Marie (McKinley) Roeder, only child of William & Johanna (Jeurink) McKinley, was born April 28, 1932 in Prairie View, Kansas. She left this earthly life to meet her heavenly Father on November 6, 2018, at the age of 86. As a young girl Zella was baptized in the Prairie View Reformed Church and later became a member of...

Oct 30, 2018

Logan resident, Betty Jane Bittel, 88, passed away on October 30, 2018 at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas. She was born on October 20, 1930 on a farm near Hanover, Kansas, to Joseph West and Anna Marie (Moravek) Jandera. Betty Jane was raised in Hanover. She attended grade schools in Hanover, Goodland, Hill City, Oberlin and Downs before her...

Oct 30, 2018

Richard Lee Lamp, 58 of Colby, KS passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Swedish Memorial Hospital in Englewood, CO.

Richard was born January 27, 1960 to Robert and Geraldine (Mennenga) Lamp at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS. He was baptized on February 28, 1960 and confirmed on May 18, 1975 at Zion Lutheran Church...

Oct 23, 2018

Phillipsburg resident, Edna E. Look, passed away Oct. 23, 2018 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 92. She was born Jan. 17, 1926 in Brewster, KS, the daughter of Phillip & Katherine (Ridder) Hiegert. Survivors include her step son, Dwight Look, Jr. of Rolla, MO; her sister, Anna Anderson of San Diego, CA and...

Oct 19, 2018

Lyalla LeeAnn (Henricks) Pywell, 84 passed away Friday, October 19, 2018 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born July 21, 1934 in rural Smith County, KS to Dr. Alvin A. & Pansy (Lyall) Henricks. Lyalla was a long-time Phillips County resident, graduating from Phillipsburg High in 1952. She was faithful in her attendance of the annual alumni banquets, always...

Oct 18, 2018

Kirwin resident, Lynn Stockman, passed away October 18, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE at the age of 81. He was born November 27, 1936 in Phillips County, KS, the son of James P. "Jim" Stockman and Dorothy "Velma" (Kennedy) Stockman. Lynn was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, who delighted in every accomplishment of kids, grandkids...

Oct 16, 2018

Aaron Harman was born January 29, 1934 and passed away at the Phillips County Hospital October 16, 2018. Aaron was born to George and Edith (Van Matre) Harman in Hollinger, Nebraska. He attended school at Oxford, NE where he graduated from High School in 1952. After high school, he started working for Kansas Nebraska Energy Gas Co. in Oxford, NE....

Oct 10, 2018

Doyle (Tony) Francis Stanton was born in Logan, Kansas, on May 5, 1939, to Wilbur and Della (Ashley) Stanton. He passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at the Phillips County Retirement Center at the age of 79. Tony married Dorothy Paramore on April 9, 1961, at the United Methodist Church in Phillipsburg, Kansas. They lived in Logan for nearly...

Oct 7, 2018

Mary Edna (Reinert) Ritter, 88 of Phillipsburg, KS died Sunday, October 7, 2018. Mary was born April 24, 1930 at the family farm in Seguin, daughter of Theodore and Anna (Geerdes) Reinert. She married Vincent M. Ritter on May 29, 1950 at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Seguin. To this union, they were blessed with eleven children. Mary was a...

Oct 7, 2018

Agra resident, Carl E. Jacobs, passed away October 7, 2018 at the Sun Porch Nursing Home in Smith Center, KS at the age of 81. He was born July 3, 1937 in Phillips County, KS, the son of Charles and Lola (Randall) Jacobs. He is survived by his sister, Esther Leyendecker of Huron, SD and nieces and nephews. Cremation was...

Oct 6, 2018

Robert Dale Moffatt, son of Robert Carl Moffatt & Inez Boque (Oglesby) Moffatt, was born in Amarillo, Texas on February 27, 1947 and passed away at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas on October 6, 2018 at the age of 71. Bob grew up in Sunray, Texas, at the Diamond Shamrock Plant where his father worked as a Foreman....