Obituaries

Mar 6, 2019

 Henrietta June (Tien) Van Kooten was born April  22, 1928, the daughter of Garrit and Gradda (Veldhuizen) Tien on the family farm near Prairie View, KS.  She entered the kingdom of Heaven on Wednesday, March 6, at the age of 90. She was the oldest of 10 children, and with that, began a lifetime of taking care of others.  Whether...

Feb 21, 2019

Della Frances (Wilson) Still, daughter of Delbert and Roberta (Duffy) Wilson, was born October 3, 1939 in Lexington, Nebraska.

She spent her childhood in towns throughout Nebraska as her father worked construction.

Della and her family moved to Kirwin, Kansas where she attended her senior year of high school and graduated with the class of...

Feb 21, 2019

Lifelong Phillips County resident, Evelyn E. Ferguson, earned her wings and went to her eternal home to join her life companion, Orval, on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg at the age of 87.

She was born north of Long Island, Kansas in Phillips County the daughter of Oscar N. and Elizabeth...

Feb 10, 2019

John D. Shea, long-time resident of Phillipsburg, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, NE at the age of 77. John was born in Norton, Kansas, the son of Hamilton and Elsie Mae (Custer) Shea. He attended school and graduated from Gem Consolidated Schools in 1961. On October 14, 1961, John was united...

Feb 10, 2019

Vincent Mathias Ritter, 94 of Phillipsburg, KS died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg.

Vincent was born January16, 1925 at the family farm near Dresden, son of August & Agnes (Jacobs) Ritter. He graduated from the Leoville High School in 1943. He served in the United States Army.

He married...

Feb 6, 2019

Phillipsburg resident, Cynthia A. Brashear, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS at the age of 80.

She was born August 27, 1938 in Phillipsburg, KS the daughter of William D. and Naida (Townsend) Smith.

Cynthia was united in marriage to Truman Brashear on August 21, 1959 in Phillipsburg....

Feb 5, 2019

Leonard Calvin Pfortmiller, 94, of Stuttgart, Kansas, died February 5, 2019, at his home.

He was born January 6, 1925, in Natoma, Kansas to Edward H. and Irene (Hackerott) Pfortmiller. He graduated from Natoma High School and served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Rodman during WWII in both the European and the Pacific Theaters.

Jan 22, 2019

The good fight has been fought and the race is finished. On the final lap, the checkered flag waves and victory is claimed by Wilmer William Calhoon.

He began this life on April 1, 1942, the third child of Willis W. and Ruby G. (Lindenmuth) Calhoon on a farm west of Glade, Kansas, and departed on January...

Jan 9, 2019

Kensington resident, Suzanne R. Atchison, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at the Smith Center Health & Rehab in Smith Center at the age of 72.

She was born January 21, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts the daughter of Thomas & Rose Mary (Collins) Field.

Sue was united in marriage to Curtis L. Atchison on June...

Jan 2, 2019

Logan resident, Betty L. Rundle, passed away Jan. 2, 2019 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 87. She was born June 11, 1931 in Little River, KS, the daughter of Charles and Pearl (Garretson) Shea. Survivors include her son Bob of Houston, TX; her daughter Kathyrn Reeves of Littleton, CO; her brother Bill Shea...

Dec 30, 2018

Phillipsburg resident, Ethel Mae James, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018 in the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg, at the age of 89.

Ethel was born July 11, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Harry & Edna (Busse) Waterman.

She met and married Ernest E. James on July 26, 1944 in Spanish Fork, Utah. To...

Dec 24, 2018

Arlene Hix, daughter of Elmer and Velma States Carver, was born February 20th, 1919 at the family farm southwest of Logan, Kansas and passed away at Hadley Memorial Hospital in Hays, Kansas on December 24, 2018.

She married Harold Stanton of Parkville, MO in 1936, to which three children were born: Harold, Lloyd and Marjorie.

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Dec 24, 2018

Byron Duane (Tom) Morgan, the son of Byron Albert (Barney) and Lena Etta (Spicer) Morgan was born March 20, 1939 at Glade, Kansas and passed away December 24, 2018 at his home west of Glade. Tom was raised at the farm west of Glade and had moved back to that same farm in 1965 where he and Lela raised...

Dec 15, 2018

Lt Col (Ret.) James "JT" Theodore Plummer was born 8 Aug. 1941 in Pawnee, OK to Theodore and Oleta "Jones" Plummer. He grew up in Oklahoma living in Hominy and Ralston with his parents and brother, Joe. JT graduated from Hominy High School in 1959. He attended Oklahoma State University where he got his Bachelors Degree while also participating...

Dec 14, 2018

Tommy Lee (Butch) McLaughlin, age 64, passed away Friday, December 14, at Hays Medical Center surrounded by his, family, after a short battle with cancer. He was born December 8, 1954 to Tom and Lola (McQueen) McLaughlin in Smith Center Kansas. He married Barbara Wise on March 20, 1987 in Paola Kansas. They made their home in Stockton, KS....

Dec 12, 2018

Clarissa Ann (Benge) Bretton, daughter of William Eugene "Whitie" and Clara Bell (Staley) Benge, was born April 7, 1951 in Concordia, KS. She passed away on December 12, 2018 at the McPherson Health and Rehab in McPherson, KS at the age of 67. She attended high school in Concordia until the passing of her father. Clarissa remained in Concordia...

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...