Arthur Dale Miller
Oct 12, 2017
Arthur Dale Miller was born March 5, 1940 in rural Coffey County Kansas to John Arthur and Wanda Geneva Birk-Miller. The family moved to Norton, KS in 1945, because his father John was stricken with Tuberculosis and needed to be treated at the Norton State Sanatorium for the disease. Art attended schools in Norton graduating from Norton High School with...
Sophia Long
Oct 5, 2017
Former Stuttgart resident, Sophia Long, passed away Oct. 5, 2107 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 95. She was born August 11, 1922 in Phillips County, KS, the daughter of Leonard & Mary (Hoffman) Merklein. Survivors include her daughter, Janice Solida of Phillipsburg; her son Larry of Hays; 6 grandchildren & 16 great grandchildren....
Esther E. Weinman
Oct 4, 2017
Phillipsburg resident, Esther E. Weinman, passed away Oct. 4 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 98. She was born August 16, 1919 in Phillips County, the daughter of Michael & Christina (Eltiste) Miller. Survivors include her son Larry and daughter Janice Giedd both of Phillipsburg; 2 step grandchildren, 2 Step great grandchildren & 2 step...
John E. Mayhew
Oct 3, 2017
Former Phillipsburg resident, John Mayhew, passed away Oct. 3, 2107 at his home in Wichita at the age of 96. He was born Oct. 24, 1920 in Phillipsburg, the son of Hobart & Lily Mae (VanAllen) Mayhew. Survivors include his wife Dorothy of the home in Wichita; his son, Jerry of Wichita; 2 daughters, Linda Beckman of McPherson & Laurie...
Mercedes M. Wilmot
Sep 30, 2017
Mercedes Marie (Miller) Wilmot, daughter of Ralph T. and Shirley (Siegrist) Miller, was born July 22, 1928 in rural Phillips County and passed away September 30, 2017 at Good Samaritan Society---Colonial Villa in Alma, Nebraska at the age of 89 years. She grew up on the family farm, attending Deer Creek District #5 country school and then Phillipsburg High School,...
Merlin Henry Gottschalk
Sep 29, 2017
Logan resident, Merlin Henry Gottschalk, age 63, passed away at his home Friday, September 29, 2017. He was born February 2, 1954 in Hays, KS the son of John Henry & Georgine (Schulte) Gottschalk. He was a farmer. Survivors include his son, Ethan Henry Gottschalk of Great Bend; grandson, Luke Henry Gottschalk; brothers, Terry Gottschalk of Logan & Earl Gottschalk...
Rex Bretton
Sep 27, 2017
Phillipsburg resident, Rex C. Bretton, passed away Sept. 27, 2107 at his home in Phillipsburg at the age of 63. He was born April 22, 1954 in Smith Center, the son of Mavor & Ethel (Smith) Bretton. Survivors include his son Richard of Coffeyville, KS; 3 daughters, Kristina Niegisch of Oswego, KS, Angela Bretton and April Bretton of Smith Center;...
Dennis "Denny" Duncan
Sep 24, 2017
Dennis Duane Duncan, son of William W. & Charlene (Bretton) Duncan, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas, at the age of 63. He was born December 11, 1953 in Dr. Mary's office in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Denny attended the Speed Grade School and then graduated from Phillipsburg High School with the class of 1971....
Franklin H. Roth
Sep 22, 2017
Franklin H. Roth was born on August 20, 1948 in Kirwin, Kansas, to Norman and Helen Booth Roth. He passed away September 22, 2017 at the Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg, KS, at the age of 69. Frank grew up west of Glade with three brothers Don, Ivan and John. He attended school in Glade and Kirwin. After completeing some...
Leland T. Opliger
Sep 18, 2017
Leland Opliger passed away peacefully at his home in Fairview, Kansas on September 18, 2017 with his two daughters at his bedside after a long illness. He was born in Glade, Kansas on June 12, 1939, the son of Harry and Della Opliger. Leland grew up in Agra, Kansas where he graduated high school. He received several accolades in sports...
Dick De Witt
Sep 14, 2017
Dick De Witt, 95, formerly of Prairie View, passed away on September 14, 2017, at Phillips County Retirement Center. He was born in the vicinity of Luctor on January 22, 1922, to John and Susie Tien De Witt. He attended a country school through eighth grade and then began to assist his father on the family farm. He proudly served...
Thurston Goracke
Sep 12, 2017
Thurston Dee Goracke, 38, of Phillipsburg, Kansas, passed away at home on September 12, 2017. Thurston was born in Phillipsburg to Harvey and Sandy (Calhoon) Goracke on May 10, 1979. He attended Phillipsburg High School, where he was a proud member of the football and wrestling team. Following graduation Thurston moved to Hutchinson, KS where he attended Hutchinson Community College....
Todd Lumpkin
Sep 12, 2017
Donald Todd Lumpkin, son of Don and Jo Ann Lumpkin, was born March 10, 1964. He passed away peacefully on September 12, 2017 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS. He was 53 years young. Todd grew up in Phillipsburg where he attended school and graduated with the Phillipsburg High School class of 1982. He enrolled in classes at...
Avery Hopson
Sep 1, 2017
Cornelius Avery Hopson was born October 14, 1928, the second child of Cornelius Drake Hopson and Ruth Edna Eileen (Drake) Hopson on the family's farm Northwest of Phillipsburg, Kansas. Avery attended school at Iowa Union. He graduated from Phillipsburg High School in May 1946. Following high school Avery attended Fort Hays State University where he played football and attended school...
Niles F. Runnion
Aug 30, 2017
Phillipsburg resident, Niles F. Runnion, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS at the age of 78. He was born in Norton, KS on September 22, 1938, the son of Francis & Elsie (Wagner) Runnion. Niles left high school before graduating in order to help support his parents and family. On April 16,...
Lola M. Kline
Aug 24, 2017
Phillipsburg resident, Lola M. Kline, passed away Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 96. She was born in Cozad, NE on February 22, 1921, the daughter of Willey & Rose (Shadduck) Brant. Lola was united in marriage to Wm. A. Kline on Dec. 7, 1941 in Beloit, KS. Shortly following...
Carol F. Olliff
Aug 24, 2017
Carol Fern Olliff (Drake), the daughter of Leland and Freda Drake (Kiehl), was born on July 30, 1939 in Garfield Township, Nebraska on the family farm where she spent her youngest years. The family then moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska where Carol was raised. There, she attended school and enjoyed being part of the band. She played the clarinet and...
Shaylena Gitchel
Aug 24, 2017
Shaylena Rosemae Gitchel was born February 21, 2005 in Hays, KS the daughter of Dustin Gitchel & Liz Maness. Shay passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 12. She attended school in Phillipsburg until moving to Hays in December of 2016. When Shay was younger, she enjoyed riding...
Diane E. Stutterheim
Aug 14, 2017
Diane Elaine Stutterheim, daughter of Henry and Dorothy (Shearer) Edgett, was born February 8, 1953 in Norton, Kansas, and passed away Monday, August 14, 2017, at the Norton County Hospital in Norton, KS at the age of 64. Diane graduated from Northern Valley High School in 1971 and then from Fort Hays State University in 1973. On June 2, 1978...
Ethel Ann Bretton
Jul 30, 2017
Ethel Ann (Smith) Bretton of Phillipsburg, Kansas, departed this life on July 30, 2017 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 95. She was born November 7, 1921 in Kirwin, Kansas to Martin and Mary (Wisehart) Smith. Ethel was the 2nd child of eleven children. She attended school in Kirwin and spent her life in the...
