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...
Helene E. Willis
Oct 28, 2014
Helene E. Willis, 90, of Joplin, MO, died October 28, 2014, at NHC Healthcare, her home since June of 2011. She was born August 12, 1924, in Soldier, IA, the daughter of Efraim and Clara Jensen. Helene graduated from Soldier High School in Soldier, IA, and then attended the Commercial Extension Business College in Omaha, NE. Following graduation in 1943,...
John Paul Schmid
Oct 26, 2014
John Paul Schmid, son of Walter & Geraldine (Bradley) Schmid, was born in Phillipsburg, Kansas on September 18, 1955 and passed away October 26, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 59. John graduated from Eastern Heights High School in Agra, Kansas with the class of 1973. He married Debra Bailey in 1976. To...
Patricia Ann Ruff
Oct 25, 2014
Patricia Ann Grant was born June 27, 1946 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the daughter of William and Helen Grant. She was part of the post WWII baby boom generation said to have been born in a hospital corridor because the hospital didn't have enough rooms for the large number of women giving birth at that time. A few years...
Dave Davis
Oct 21, 2014
David Joseph (Dave) Davis, 48, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS. Dave was born October 15, 1966 in Broken Bow, Nebraska, to Kenneth R Davis and Donna Schulte Davis. The first of four boys, Dave spent his formative years in the Sandhillls of Nebraska. In November, 1979, the Davis' moved to Kirwin, Kansas, where...
Leroy Eller
Oct 20, 2014
Kirwin resident, LeRoy Eller, passed away at the Phillips County Hospital, Monday, October 20, 2014 at the age of 82. He was born July 1, 1932 IN Harlan, KS the son of Derwin William & Thelma Mae (Hand) Eller. He was united in marriage to Helen M. Manion on February 28, 1953 in Lebanon, KS. He was inducted in the...
Buster Winn
Oct 16, 2014
Phillipsburg resident, Buster Winn, passed away Thurs., Oct. 16, 2014 at his home in Phillipsburg at the age of 74. He was born Feb. 13, 1940 in Laird, CO to Lloyd C. & Vera V. (Little) Winn. His wife, Anita, preceded him in death on March 2, 2010. Survivors include his daughter, Natalie Flin of Everett, WA; stepdaughter, Gretchen Swift...
Judy Bennett
Oct 15, 2014
Judith "Judy" Marie (Braun) Bennett, daughter of Leonard and Regina (Dreiling) Braun was born April 8, 1946 at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays. She passed away October 15, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was 68 years of age. Judy attended grade school at Plainview Country School and graduated from Stockton High School with the class of...
Harding Guy Runnion
Oct 14, 2014
Harding Guy Runnion, age 94 years, died October 14, 2014 in Long Island, KS at his home. Harding was born August 21, 1920 to Jay F. and Nellie (McFall) Runnion at the farm that his grandparents Hiram & Martha (Hughey) Runnion homesteaded in the 1870's, four miles north of Phillipsburg in Phillips County, KS. He was a farmer, drayman (delivered...
Ella P. Johnson
Oct 12, 2014
Ella Pauline (Johnson) Johnson was born the first of six children to Ralph Harvey and Laura Anna (Schulke) Johnson on March 11, 1916 in northeast Phillips County, KS. She departed this life on October 12, 2014 at Redbud Village Estates, Plainville, KS at the age of 98. Ella graduated from Phillipsburg High School with the Class of 1933 at the...
Clair Ann Glenn
Sep 28, 2014
Former Norton resident, Clair Ann Glenn, passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 at the Logan Manor in Logan, KS at the age of 79. She was born May 20, 1935 in Norton, KS, the daughter of Orville & Helen (Hager) Poage. Her husband, Henry Glenn, and daughter, Pamela Sue Shearer, preceded her in death. Survivors include her son-in-law, Kelly Shearer...
Ella Irene (Rene) Brooks
Sep 28, 2014
Ella Irene (Meadows) Brooks, 86, died September 28, 2014 in Logan, Kansas. She was born October 13, 1926 in Depwade, Harleston, England, the daughter of Frank & Hilda Meadows. Irene met her husband-to-be while he was stationed in England during World War II. On January 1, 1944, she married Cecil Nate Brooks in Great Bromley, England. Irene & Cecil were...
