Obituaries

Jul 23, 2014

Dorothy Elizabeth (Noffsinger) Detwiler, daughter of Lyle and Ruth (Galley) Noffsinger, passed away July 23, 2014 at her home at the age of 90. She was born April 16, 1924 in Osborne County, Kansas, where she grew up and went to school, graduating from Osborne High School in1942. Following high school she attended Kansas State University, graduating with a Bachelor...

Jul 22, 2014

Former area resident, Cecile K. Peterson of Salina, Kansas passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at the Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center in Salina at the age of 75. She was born in Kirwin, Kansas on December 29, 1938 the daughter of Cecil & Ruth L. (Newbrey) Power. She was a Bookkeeper. She was preceded in death by her parents and...

Jul 22, 2014

Lonnie Lynn Kellerman was born on November 27, 1955 in Phillipsburg, KS to Norman and Lois (Stutterheim) Kellerman. He grew up in the German community of Stuttgart, KS in the same house his entire childhood, with his siblings Tammy, Danny, Tim. Growing up in Stuttgart, Lonnie helped his father Norman at Stuttgart Oil doing whatever needed done. Hard work was...

Jul 15, 2014

Phillipsburg resident, Helen Rae DeBoer, passed away July 13, 2014 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 65. She was born Jan. 9, 1949 in Norton, KS to William & Martha (Meyer) DeBoer. Survivors include her 4 sisters: Carolene Stutterheim and Lorraine Wells of Phillipsburg, Elnor Van Der Wege of Lindsborg & Shirley Stutterheim of...

Jul 14, 2014

Wilmer Leonard Hogan, son of Elias and Aletta (Edel) Hogan was born March 10, 1921 near Long Island, Kansas and passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at The Wealshire, an assisted living facility in Lincolnshire, IL, at the age of 93. Wilmer lived most of his early life in the Phillips County area, except for seven years in Idalia, Colorado....

Jul 13, 2014

Phillipsburg resident, William "Bill" Ayres, Jr., passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 87. He was born on January 22, 1927 in Linn County, Kansas to William & Vesta Grace (Lee) Ayres. Bill worked as a tool pusher for an oil well drilling company. Survivors include his wife, Eva,...

Jul 10, 2014

Todd Michael Goscha, son of Jerome & Jeanne (Riedmiller) Goscha, was born June 3, 1965 in Norton, Kansas, and passed away July 10, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 49. Known to friends and family by his nickname "Hoop", he graduated from Logan High School with the class of 1983, and lived in...

Jul 6, 2014

Chester Alvin "Chet" Rumbaugh, son of Chester Cleveland and Kate Maria (Richard) Rumbaugh, was born January 28, 1926 near Agra, Kansas and passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 88. When he was young his family moved to Callaway, Nebraska where he grew up and graduated from Callaway...

Jun 28, 2014

Bertha Anna (Jurgensmeier) Glennemeier, daughter of Ben and Matilda (Kempkes) Jurgensmeier, was born on December 14, 1914, in St. Stephens, Nebraska and passed away June 28, 2014, at the Logan Manor Nursing Home, Logan, KS, at the age of 99 years, 6 months and 14 days. She attended the Sacred Heart Catholic School, in Lawrence Nebraska. On July 26, 1937,...

Jun 15, 2014

Shirley Marie (Horn) Smith, daughter of Myron Charles & Mercedes Casadena (Cary) Horn, was born May 22, 1940 in a farmhouse south of Logan, Kansas, and passed away June 15, 2014 at the Logan Manor Nursing Home in Logan, KS at the age of 74. She attended country school north of Logan until second grade and then transferred to school...

Jun 11, 2014

Roberta Graham Johnston, 83, of Inman, South Carolina died Wednesday, June 11, 2014 in Magnolia Manor, Inman, SC. Born in Manhattan, KS, she was the daughter of the late Rollin R. and Juanita (Crocker) Graham. She was the widow of Rev. David Johnston who died in 2005. Roberta gradated from Phillipsburg High School, Phillipsburg, KS and Hastings College, Hastings, NE....

Jun 3, 2014

Lifelong Phillips County resident, Jennie Esther Irene Capps, passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in the Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg, at the age of 105 years. She was born July 10, 1908 on a farm located between Speed and Logan, Kansas. Jennie was the fifth of six children born to Charles Oscar & Jennie May (Jupe) Clearwaters. When she...

May 28, 2014

Phillipsburg resident, Ardyce B. Wiehl, passed away Wed., May 28, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE at the age of 87. She was born October 24, 1926 in Phillips County, KS, the daughter of Arthur & Emma (Obering) Wachs. Ardyce worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone company for many years. Survivors include her brother, ElDean Wachs of Clinton,...

May 15, 2014

Logan resident, Terry L. Pears, passed away Thursday, May 15 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 56. Survivors include his 2 sons, Dallas of Firth, NE and Brady of Salina; his daughter, Aubrey Ruff of Logan; 3 sisters: Geoa Pears of Muskogee, OK, Tyera Gustason of Cheyenne Wells, CO and Gyola Diggs of Topeka &...

May 14, 2014

Lorraine Marie Kolb, daughter of Leonard & Fredia (Ehm) Vogel, was born in Stuttgart, Kansas on December 31, 1916. She passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas, at the age of 97. Her brother, Arnold Vogel, preceded her in death. She is survived by her son, Kelvin Kolb & wife, Laura, of Stockton,...

May 14, 2014

Former Phillipsburg resident, Larry G Munsinger, passed away May 14, 2014 in San Marcos, TX at the age of 76. He was born April 19, 1938 in Harlan, Kansas, to Roy & Emma (McClain) Munsinger. Larry was an auto parts dealer in Phillipsburg, Hays, Salina, Wichita & Grand Island, NE. Survivors include his wife, Celeste, of the home; son, Todd,...

May 10, 2014

Wilma G. Hogan, daughter of Ren & Tonia (Van Loenen) DeBoer, was born in Dayton Township, Phillips County, Kansas on June 27, 1925 and passed away at the Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kansas on May 10, 2014, at the age of 88. She grew up on a farm near Prairie View, attending school there and graduating with the high...

Apr 24, 2014

Phillipsburg, KS – Delbert "Del" William Austin, age 91, died April 24, 2014 at the Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg, Kansas.

Delbert Austin was born February 8, 1923 in Gorham, Kansas, a son of the late Lewis Lemuel and Jodie Lillian Dillingham Austin. His wife of 56 years, Jean Irene Gruver Austin; sisters Alice Paulsen, Geraldine Van...

Apr 22, 2014

Sean Mitchell Cunningham, 57, of Phillipsburg, KS passed away April 22, 2014.

He was born in Phillipsburg, KS on December 19, 1956 to parents Warner and Mary Margaret (English) Cunningham. He graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1975. In 1981 he married Judi Peterson and from this marriage raised 3 children.

He graduated from North...

Apr 22, 2014

Glenna Louise Moore, daughter of Louie and Alice (Romig) Pursley, was born July 12, 1936 in Dearing, Kansas, and passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas, at the age of 77.

She was united in marriage to Robert W. Moore on January 26, 1958 in Independence, Kansas. After their marriage...