Obituaries
Marilyn June Minkler
Feb 7, 2015
Marilyn June Minkler, firstborn daughter of Melvin & Fern (Sojandler) Kellogg, was born June 19, 1928 in Courtland, Kansas and passed away February 7, 2015 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 86. On December 27, 1944, at the age of 16, she was united in marriage to David Milburn Minkler in Phillipsburg, Kansas....
David J. Melroy
Feb 4, 2015
David Joseph Melroy, son of Joseph & Bessie (Blickenstaff) Melroy, was born April 25, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri and passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at the Utica Community Care Center in Utica, Nebraska at the age of 69. He graduated from Norton High School in Norton, Kansas with the class of 1964. On November 7, 1980, David was...
Lela May Goldsmith
Jan 31, 2015
Lela May (Culbertson) Goldsmith passed away on January 31, 2015 at the Carriage House in Denton, Texas at the age of 86. She was born May 21, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Everett and Fena (Harden) Culbertson. Her mother died when she was three years old and she was adopted and raised by her Uncle Harry and...
Mary Bandt Mcclure
Jan 19, 2015
Mary Faye Bandt McClure, daughter of Benjamin Harry & Lizzie (McClaskey) Sparks, was born February 23, 1921 in Glade, Kansas and passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 93. She grew up in a large family, having four brothers and five sisters. At a young age Mary had to...
James R. Lorensen
Jan 19, 2015
James R. Lorensen was born September 18, 1933 in Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska, and he died on January 19, 2015 at the Colonial Villa in Alma, Nebraska at the age of 81. He was the only son born to Andrew & Edna (Swanson) Lorensen. James grew up on a farm southwest of North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska where he attended...
Fred W. Hoppe
Jan 16, 2015
Fred Wesley Hoppe was born April 28, 1934 in Phillips County, Kansas, the second son of Fred Irving and Emma Viola (Outhet) Hoppe. He went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 16, 2015 from the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 80. He was raised on the family farm and attended the one-room...
Darrell "Corky" Dee Redinger
Jan 14, 2015
Darrell D. "Corky" Redinger was born March 8, 1935 in Agra, Kansas to Ed & Grace (Glen) Redinger. He passed away January 14, 2015 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 79. Corky attended school in Agra, Kansas and on July 27, 1952 he married Freda Cox. To this union four children were born: Donald...
Rhonda Kaye Daniels
Jan 1, 2015
Norton resident, Rhonda Kaye Daniels, age 58, died Thursday, January 1, 2015 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. She was born October 1, 1956 in Norton, KS the daughter of John Wesley and Pearl Anna (Jurey) Eagleburger. She was a Certified Nurse Assistant. Rhonda was a member of the Norton Christian Church, where she was baptized September 18, 2012....
Lois L. Bowman
Dec 23, 2014
Lois Lola Bowman was born May 26, 1920 in Phillips County, Kansas to Rueben A. Chestnutt and Mary A. (Mitchell) Chestnutt. She passed away at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas on December 23, 2014 at the age of 94. Lois was united in marriage to Lee Everett Bowman from Norton, Kansas. To this union two children were born, Virginia...
Mary Kayrene (Zillinger) Cates
Dec 19, 2014
Mary Kayrene "Zillinger" Cates, daughter of Marcia (Grauerholz) Nelson and Kerry Zillinger, was born in Phillips County, Kansas on May 14, 1986. She died December 19, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 28. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 2004 and attended Dodge...
Alice Dell Hoppe
Dec 16, 2014
Phillipsburg resident, Alice Dell Hoppe, passed away Tuesday evening, December 16, 2014 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas at the age of 78. She was born April 22, 1936 in Burr Oak, Kansas the daughter of Forest & Retha B. (Hawkins) Foster. She graduated from the Burr Oak High School and then attended Washburn University....
Marilyn Jane Whitsitt
Dec 11, 2014
Marilyn Jane Allen Whitsitt, daughter of Herman and Elizabeth (Tillman) Wolters, was born August 21, 1931 at her home in Prairie View, KS. She passed away on December 11, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 83. She attended school in Prairie View and graduated from Prairie View High School with the class of...
Veta Mae Sears
Dec 2, 2014
Stockton resident, Veta Mae Sears, passed away Tuesday December 2, 2014 at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 97. Veta was born December 11, 1916 in Osborn County, KS the daughter of William T. & Violet K. (Garret) Eller. She was united in marriage to Cleo Sears, he preceded her in death in 1988. Others...
Sheryl Jean Rosenberg Gillette
Dec 1, 2014
Sheryl Jean (Rosenberg) Gillette, daughter of Elven Finley & Bonnie Lee (Fleming) Rosenberg, was born December 14, 1948 in Phillipsburg, Kansas and passed away December 1, 2014 at the Pathways Hospice Care Center in Loveland, Colorado at the age of 65. She graduated from Agra High School in Agra, Kansas with the class of 1966 and then attended cosmetology school...
Connie Jo Flores
Nov 21, 2014
Former Phillipsburg resident, Connie Joe Flores of Holyoke, Colorado, passed away, November 21, 2014 at the Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke at the age of 57. Connie was born March 17, 1957 in Phillipsburg, the daughter of Milton Leroy "Lee" & Patsy Ann (Faulkender) Jennings. She was a graduate of Phillipsburg High School. Connie attended a floral design course and...
Peggy Ann Cole
Nov 17, 2014
Peggy Ann (Hayes) Cole, daughter of Arnold and Anelia (Black) Hayes, was born May 21, 1945 at the Smith County Hospital in Smith Center, Kansas and passed away November 17, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 69. She attended the one-room Cora School located near the farm where she grew up with her...
Richard Alan Willis
Nov 17, 2014
Phillipsburg resident, Richard A. Willis, passed away Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 82. He was born March 20, 1932 in Kirwin, KS, the son of Alfred & Erma (Lala) Willis. Richard was a rural mail carrier for many years. His son, Jason, preceded him in death on Feb. 15,...
Eldon "Butch" Miller
Nov 8, 2014
Eldon L. (Butch) Miller, son of Ellsworth J. "Mike" and Hilda B. Merklein Miller, was born in Stuttgart, Kansas on April 25, 1940, and died at the age of 74 after a long battle with cancer. He attended grade school in Stuttgart, Kansas, graduated from high school in Phillipsburg, Kansas, then immediately enlisted in the Navy. On June 15, 1963...
Judith E. Forell
Nov 5, 2014
Agra, KS resident, Judith E. Forell, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at the Smoky Hill Health & Rehabilitation Center in Salina, KS at the age of 77. She was born January 30, 1937 in Dresden, Kansas the daughter of Julius H. & Doris E. (Kemper) Hicks. The family moved to Wichita, KS while her father worked as a mechanic...
Ruby June Werner
Nov 5, 2014
Ruby June Werner passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, Ks., under the care of Hospice Services. The daughter of John Andrew and Ruth Naomi (Ritter) Robinson, Ruby was born June 18, 1931 on a farm in northern Phillips County. She graduated from high school in Phillipsburg in May 1949 and worked...
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