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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Donna M. Hooper
Dec 23, 2017
Logan resident, Donna M. Hooper, passed away Sat. Dec. 23, 2017 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 87. She was born Feb. 14, 1930 in Logan, KS the daughter of George E. and Ruth I (Brethouwer) Maley. Survivors include her husband Louis (Bud) of the home; step sons, Louis (Skip) of Toronto, Ontario Canada &...
Mary L. Keith
Dec 19, 2017
Norton resident, Mary L. Keith, passed away Tues, Dec. 19 at Whispering Pines in Norton at the age of 91. She was born Jan. 9, 1926 in Norton County, the daughter of John and Ruth (Shewey) Saathoff. Survivors include her son Ed of Almena; two daughters, Josephine Murphy of Wilson Lake, KS and Diana Greving of Prairie View, KS; 10...
Sarah R. Austin
Dec 18, 2017
Former Phillipsburg resident, Sarah R. Austin, passed away December 18, 2017 in Hays, KS at the age of 94. She was born July 29, 1923 in Thornton, AR the daughter of Love Joy and Dora (Holeman) Crossley. She is survived by nieces & nephews. Funeral services will be held Wed. Dec. 27 at 10:00 a.m. in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel,...
John W. Gibbs
Dec 11, 2017
John W. Gibbs was born in Delphos, KS on Jan. 9, 1930, the son of Wilbur & Hazel (Pinney) Gibbs. He passed away Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 87, surrounded by his family. John married Joyce Halderson on Dec. 24, 1950 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Glasco, KS....
