Obituaries

Luetta Hanchett

Luetta Hanchett

Mar 28, 2018

Luetta Suzanne (Howard) Maley Hanchett, 90, passed away March 28th, 2018, at the Prairie Wind Villa in Phillipsburg, Ks. Luetta was born to Alexander and Minnie (Behringer) Howard on August 26, 1927. She was the youngest of four siblings, the only one allowed to leave the farm to attend high school. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School with the Class...

Clara J. Sebelius

Clara J. Sebelius

Mar 22, 2018

Clara Jahanna Sebelius, daughter of Henry A. & Theresa K. (Busker) Antons, was born November 25, 1923 near Vernon, Colorado on the family farm. She passed away March 22, 2018 at her home in Long Island, Kansas at the age of 94. Clara grew to womanhood near Vernon, CO, attending rural grade school and graduating from the Evangelical Lutheran Church...

Andy Sander

Andy Sander

Mar 13, 2018

Phillipsburg resident, Andy Sander, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at his home at the age of 31. He is survived by his mother, Doris, and husband Charlie Radabaugh and his father, Wayne Sander, and wife Debbie, all of Phillipsburg; his sons, Bently Sander of Great Bend, KS and Atticus Sander of Hutchinson, KS; two brothers, Chance Keiswetter of Phillipsburg...

Rose Y. Erickson

Rose Y. Erickson

Mar 8, 2018

Rose Yvonne Erickson, 83, passed away March 8th, 2018. She was born August 23, 1934 in Prairie View, KS to Herman and Elizabeth (Tillema) Wolters. Rose grew up in Prairie View and graduated from Prairie View High School in 1952. Rose joined the work force upon graduation and worked for various retail stores in Phillipsburg. In 1953 she began working...

Noma M. Keesee

Noma M. Keesee

Mar 8, 2018

Noma Mae Keesee was born 13 miles north of Gretna, Kansas, on December 4, 1929, and departed this life on February 8, 2018, at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Noma was the 7th of 9 children born to Erl Eli Haskett and Theresa Pauline Schulke Haskett. She grew up on that farm north of Gretna and attended...

Roxie Jo Hudson

Roxie Jo Hudson

Mar 7, 2018

Roxie Jo (Hoover) Hudson, 69, passed away peacefully March 7, 2018, at St. John Medical Center. Her daughter Tina was by her side. Roxie was born Oct. 13, 1948, in Phillipsburg, Kan., to John P. and Lela Marie (Ross) Hoover. She was one of five children. She had four brothers, Ron, Ed, Doug and Rob. She married Warren Bruning in...

Randy Breese

Randy Breese

Feb 28, 2018

Randall "Rabbit" Guy Breese, son of Joe & MaryLou (Post) Breese, was born March 23, 1958 in Logan, KS. He passed away of February 28, 2018 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS at the age of 59. He attended school in Logan, graduating with the class of 1976. After graduation, Randy went to work in...

Melton Dean Watson

Melton Dean Watson

Feb 23, 2018

Melton Dean Watson, firstborn son of twin boys, was born to Russell & Marcelle (Watson) Stowell in Webster, Kansas on September 6, 1947. This marriage soon ended and the boys' names were changed to Watson, their mother's maiden name. Melton attended Linwood High School in California. He & his brother, Delton, were baptized and confirmed into the Catholic faith at...

Patrick H. Underwood

Patrick H. Underwood

Feb 14, 2018

Former Norton resident, Patrick H. Underwood, passed away Feb. 14, 2018 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS at the age of 69. He was born Oct. 3, 1948 in Norton, the son of James & Jacqueline (Valle) Underwood. Survivors include his mother, Jacqueline of Norton; 2 brothers, Robert & William of Norton; his friend and caregiver, Nancy Chaffin...

Merle L. Barnes

Merle L. Barnes

Feb 10, 2018

Merle L. Barnes, 86, passed away February 10, 2018 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS. Merle was born October 20, 1931 to Harold and Alma (Underwood) Barnes in Gretna, KS. He graduated from Agra High School in 1950. Merle hauled gravel until he went into the U.S. Army in 1953. He was honorably discharged in 1956 during the...

Leta Marie Koel

Leta Marie Koel

Feb 7, 2018

Leta Marie Koel July 26, 1936-Feb. 7, 2018 Resident of Wichita, KS A long-time resident of Norton, KS, Leta lived in Norton for most of her life. Leta was one of four children born to Edward and Helene (Cramer) Luther on their farm homestead in Densmore, KS. She had a younger sister Mary Lee Page, of Saginaw, VA, older sister...

Rebecca James

Rebecca James

Jan 28, 2018

Phillipsburg resident, Rebecca "Becky" James, age 70, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born May 28, 1947 in Parsons, KS the daughter of Richard & Eleanor Ruth (Bramble) Russum She was united in marriage to Leslie James on August 28, 1970 in Wichita, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors include her two...

Jim Kreller

Jim Kreller

Jan 28, 2018

Phillipsburg resident, Jim Kreller, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the Logan Manor in Logan, KS at the age of 67. He was born December 12, 1950 in Fremont, NE to Winslow & Dortha (Morgan) Kreller. On June 5, 1988 he married Kayla Wolfe his life partner. He was a lifelong employee at Tamko for 38 years. He is...

Ronald D. Boeve, Sr.

Ronald D. Boeve, Sr.

Jan 25, 2018

Ronald D. Boeve was born September 7, 1932 on a farm near Prairie view, Kansas to Louis and Edith (Bogart) Boeve. He passed from this life on January 25, 2018 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at age of 85. The family moved to Phillipsburg in 1935. Ron was six when his mother spent a year in the...

Loren H. Grau

Loren H. Grau

Jan 21, 2018

Loren Henry Paul Grau, son of Theodore & Ida (Beyerlein) Grau, was born November 27, 1928 on a farm west of Phillipsburg, KS, and passed away Sunday evening January 21, 2018 at the Phillips County Hospital at the age of 89 surrounded by family. He was baptized December 23, 1928, and confirmed June 28, 1942, and was an active lifelong...

Brad Horn

Brad Horn

Jan 11, 2018

Brad Jay Horn, age 51, of Hays, KS, passed away early Thursday morning January 11, 2018 at the Hays Medical Center surrounded by family. Brad was born on February 12, 1966, in Phillipsburg, KS, to Robert and Ardith (Rogers) Horn. He graduated from Phillipsburg High School with the class of 1984 and was united in marriage on November 24, 1990,...

Marie L. Hogan

Marie L. Hogan

Jan 9, 2018

Marie Laverne (Van Loenen) Hogan, daughter of Jake and Bertha (Lokhorst) Van Loenen, was born July 28, 1925 in Prairie View Kansas and passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL, at the age of 92. Marie was born and raised near Prairie View, KS and graduated from Prairie View High School in 1942 at...

Darin Speth

Darin Speth

Jan 2, 2018

Logan resident, Darin Speth, passed away Jan. 2, 2018 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 49. He was born April 19, 1968 in Ogden, UT, the son of Ernest & Lorna (Peterson) Speth. Survivors include his wife Dana & son Shaydin of the home; his son Tyler of Helena, MT; 3 brothers, Keven of Logan,...

Gerald D. Wilson

Gerald D. Wilson

Dec 26, 2017

Gerald Dean Wilson, son of Kenneth L. & Helen M. (Roeder) Wilson, was born April 14, 1938 in Norton County, KS and passed away at his home in Almena on December 26, 2017 at the age of 79. Gerald grew up in Almena and graduated from Almena High School. On April 18, 1965, he married Jacqueline Merryman in Norton. They...

Lucille Simmons

Lucille Simmons

Dec 25, 2017

Edith Lucille Simmons, daughter of Albert and Marie (Cox) Simmons, was born April 12, 1933 at Lenora Kansas. She departed this life December 25, 2017 at the age of 84. She attended grade school in Lenora and Glade Kansas graduating in 1947. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1951. Lucille worked for the Duckwalls store in Phillipsburg, Kansas as...

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