Arland D. Barnes
May 20, 2015
Arland D. "Ike" Barnes, son of Harold D. and Alma J. (Underwood) Barnes, was born November 26, 1940 in Phillipsburg, KS, and passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 74. Arland attended school in Gretna and Agra. After finishing 8th grade he helped on the family's farm. He loved...
Rodney R. Linton
May 19, 2015
Rodney Ray Linton, son of Donald Ray and Juanita Gertrude (Reiter) Linton, was born March 30, 1950 in Beloit, Kansas and passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 65. He grew up and attended schools in Downs, Kansas, where he was also a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church....
Richard H. Brunow
May 18, 2015
Richard Henry Brunow, son of Henry & Hazel Marie (Korenke) Brunow, was born October 21, 1934 on a farm in Smith County near Kensington, Kansas. He passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 at St. Francis Via Christi in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 80. Richard attended schools in Phillipsburg, Kansas, graduating from Phillipsburg High School in May, 1952. He...
Roger Robison
May 15, 2015
Prairie View resident, Roger Robison, passed away May 15, 2015 at the Logan Manor in Logan, KS at the age of 75. He was born April 5, 1940, the son of Earl & Dorothy (Wilkinson) Robison. Survivors include his wife Donna of the home; 2 sons, Rick of Norton & Rodney of Manhattan; 1 daughter, Rachelle Leggett of Logan; his...
Fairie I. Gaines
May 14, 2015
Fairie Irene Gaines, daughter of Alvin and Rose ( McDermed) Plymesser, was born September 14, 1918 near Kirwin, KS and passed away from this life on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the Phillips County Retirement Center at the age of 96. On December 23, 1936 Fairie married Leo W Gaines in Kirwin. They were privileged to have celebrated many years...
Scotty D. Patton
Apr 28, 2015
Scotty Patton left his earthly home in Phillipsburg, KS on April 28, 2015, shortly after telling his family that he had completed his work here and he was ready to meet His Savior. His earthly work began on a farm in Lane County, Kansas on October 19, 1934. The son of Glen and Rogene (Ramsey) Patton, Scotty Dean was the...
Gloria Jean Ford
Apr 24, 2015
Phillipsburg resident, Gloria J. Ford, 93, passed away Friday evening April 24, 2015 in the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg. Gloria was born December 13, 1921 in Carter Nebraska, the daughter of Guy and Ollie (Jimerson) Peterson. She was united in marriage to Leonard L. Ford on September 9, 1944. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary this past September....
Gladys O. Elliott
Apr 20, 2015
Gladys Elliott, 97, passed away April 20, 2015 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas. She was born August 15, 1917 in Phillips County, Kansas to Samuel Edwin and Margaret (Nehring) Perrine. When she was a Junior in high school she began working for J. C. Penney. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1935 and continued to work...
Nadine Van Allen
Apr 20, 2015
Phillipsburg resident Nadine Van Allen passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 87. She was born March 13, 1928 in Smith County, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin & Cleo (Strickland) Moore. She attended school in Smith Center, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Warren Campbell her Junior...
Loree (Mcdowell) Province
Apr 20, 2015
Donna Loree (McDowell) Province, daughter of Karl Leon and Jane Isabella (Gordon) King, was born in Valley Township south of Kirwin, Kansas on February 13, 1926. She passed away at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska on April 20, 2015, at the age of 89. Loree went to the Bogart School south of Kirwin through the 8th grade and...
Steve Bruning
Apr 17, 2015
Steven Ernest Bruning, 72, passed away Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas after a brief, courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born December 14, 1942 to Ernest P. & Hazel L. (Arment) Bruning in Phillipsburg. Steve attended country schools and graduated with the Alma, Nebraska High School class of 1960. He married Jeanie...
Vera Lucille Lare
Apr 13, 2015
Vera Lucille Lemon Lare joined her lifelong partner in Heaven on Monday, April 13, 2015 at the age of 94 years 1 month and 1 day. She was born on the family farm near Kirwin, Kansas on March 12, 1921 to proud parents, Chase and Melva Bartlett Lemon. She attended Pleasant Ridge country school where she graduated from the 8th...
Illa M. Johnson
Apr 2, 2015
Illa Maye Johnson was born the youngest of ten siblings on the family farm southwest of Glade on February 27, 1938 to William J. and Delphia F. (Bretton) Chestnut, and passed away on April 2, 2015 at the Phillips County Hospital surrounded by her family at the age of 77 years, one month, and 5 days. Illa lived her entire...
Shirley L. Kats
Apr 1, 2015
Shirley Lorraine Alexander Kats, 74, of Phillipsburg, Kansas, died peacefully at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska on April 1, 2015, surrounded by her beloved family. She was born in rural Norton County on October 18, 1940 to Clair & Leona (Archer) Alexander. Shirley graduated from Almena High School in 1959 and married Derek Kats on April 10, 1960...
Marilyn "Sue" Miles
Mar 30, 2015
Marilyn Sue Miles was born to Everett and Ruby Billings on October 3, 1937 in LaPlata, Missouri, and passed away at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas on March 30, 2015, at the age of 77. Sue graduated from LaPlata High School in 1955 then entered and graduated from Cosmetology school. On November 21, 1957 she was united in marriage...
Greta Smedley
Mar 27, 2015
Greta Smedley, daughter of Peter & Della (Munyon) Green, was born on a farm in rural Phillips County, four miles northwest of Agra, Kansas, on January 25, 1915. She passed away peacefully at her home in Phillipsburg, Kansas on March 27, 2015 at the age of 100. From a very young age, Greta was fascinated with "school". Her grandmother lived...
Leland L. Ewing
Mar 22, 2015
Leland L. Ewing was born on October 29, 1938 in Phillips County, Kansas to Forrest C. Ewing and Opal Fern Thompson. He passed away on March 22, 2015 at his home in rural Phillips County, Kansas at the age of 76. Leland grew to adulthood in rural Phillips County. He attended elementary school at the country school house in Gretna,...
Sherman Wolfe, Jr.
Mar 20, 2015
Glade resident, Sherman E. Wolfe, Jr., passed away Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Smith County Long Term Care in Smith Center, KS at the age of 69. He was born April 15, 1945 in Birmingham, AL, the son of Sherman E. & Norma L. (Holmes) Wolfe. Sherman worked as an engineer for the railroad. Survivors include his wife, Wanda,...
Willard T. Ragsdale
Mar 9, 2015
Agra resident, Willard T. Ragsdale, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015 at the Smith County Hospital Long Term Care in Smith Center, KS at the age of 87. He was born in Phillips County on December 28, 1927, the son of William Robert & Edith Ela (Major) Ragsdale. His wife, Carol, two daughters, Lori and Linda, and granddaughter, Tina Ragsdale,...
Betty A. Brown
Mar 2, 2015
Betty Ann (Westbrook) Jackson Brown, second of five children born to Birdis & Essie (Hostutler) Westbrook, was born August 23, 1931 on the family farm east of Kirwin, Kansas. She passed away March 2, 2015 at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas at the age of 83 years, 6 months, and 9 days. Betty attended school in Kirwin, graduating from...
