Joan F. Whitney
Jul 27, 2012
Joan Faye Scheetz Whitney was born September 22, 1928, and died July 27, 2012, at the age of 83 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Joan Scheetz was born in Norcatur, Kansas to Fred A. Scheetz and Alta F. Thompson Scheetz, the oldest of three children. She attended schools in Norcatur and Norton, Kansas, and Marymount College in...
Earl E. Gaines
Jul 23, 2012
Earl Edward Gaines, 63, passed away at his home in Sterling, Colorado on July 23, 2012 after a lengthy illness. He was born February 28, 1949 in Myrtle, Missouri to Charles and Lavera (Runge) Gaines. When Earl was 12 years old his family moved to Logan, Kansas where Earl went to school and later married Rosemary Ebner. Earl and Rosemary...
James E. Northup
Jul 23, 2012
James E. (Jim) Northup, age 67, died at his home in Phillipsburg, Kansas on Monday, July 23, 2012. Jim was born March 8, 1945, in Stockton, Kansas to David G. and Leona M. (Cotten) Northup. After graduating from Logan High School in 1963 he went to work for Matteson Motors in Phillipsburg for a few months and then joined the...
Nancy Harris-Ott
Jul 20, 2012
Phillipsburg resident, Nancy Harris-Ott, passed away Friday, July 20 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 72. She was born Sept. 30, 1939 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Paul & Helen (Carlson) Haglund. She was a retired United Methodist Minister. Survivors include her husband Larry of the home, 2 sons: Michael Harris of Strong...
Dorothy Fern Malcolm
Jul 13, 2012
Dorothy Fern Malcolm, fourth child of William and Anna (Van Greunigen) Kipp, was born May 24, 1917 in Keeline, Wyoming. She went home to be with the Lord on July 13, 2012, at the age of 95. When Dorothy was six months old her family moved from Wyoming to their farm northeast of Prairie View, Kansas. Dorothy attended Prairie View...
Ludene A. Hoft
Jul 9, 2012
Beloit resident, Ludene A. Hoft, passed away Monday, July 9, 2012 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, KS at the age of 72. She was born February 20, 1940 in Densmore, Kansas, the daughter of Ivory Ellsworth and Ida (Griffin) Damewood. Ludene worked as a nurse's aide & at Paul's Café in Smith Center. Survivors include her sons, Rusty...
Dorothy A. Glover
Jul 3, 2012
Former Phillipburg, KS resident, Dorothy (Herrick) Glover was born March 1, 1949 in Smith Center, Kansas. She was the daughter of Ralph and Lois (Turner) Herrick. Dorothy passed away at the Aberdeen Health and Rehab in Aberdeen, SD on July 3, 2012 at the age of 63. She grew up in Phillipsburg, Kansas and graduated from Phillipsburg High School. On...
Patti O'Leary Currence
Jun 30, 2012
Patti O'Leary Currence, 88, formerly of Phillipsburg, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Palm Desert, Calif. She was born Feb. 10, 1924, in Kiowa to Frances Darrell O'Leary and Nora Patterson. She married David "Bob" Currence on Aug. 20, 1947, in Phillipsburg. He preceded her in death. She was a general accounting manager for 40 years at Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas...
Robert Lee Winslow
Jun 27, 2012
Robert L. "Bob" Winslow, 73, of Long Island, KS died Wednesday, June 27 at the Harlan County Health System in Alma, NE. He was born February 4, 1939 in Burlington, CO to Ulysses and Lydia (Zahn) Winslow. He grew up in Burlington and graduated from Burlington High School. On June 5, 1960 he married Phyllis J. Leichliter in Goodland, KS....
Wilhelmina Ames
Jun 23, 2012
Wilhelmina Ames of Phillipsburg, KS passed away on June 23, 2012 at the Phillips County Hospital at the age of 93 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Wilhelmina was born in rural Harlan Co. NE., to John William & Gretchen (Kampen) Wessels on Jan. 12, 1919. She was baptized May 23, 1919 in Evangelical Lutheran Church in Alma, NE. She...
Vona L. Hoppe
Jun 18, 2012
Vona Leigh Hoppe entered His presence June 18, 2012. Vona was born on a farm near Eckley Colorado on July 31, 1932. Her parents were Elwood & Luella Stone. Four years later they moved to Colorado Springs. She graduated from Colorado Springs High School. From there she spent one year at Emmaus Bible School in Chicago. She returned to Colorado...
Ila Dewitt
Jun 14, 2012
Prairie View resident, Ila DeWitt, passed away Thurs., June 14, 2012 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 86. She was born January 16, 1926, the daughter of Garried & Josie (Erickson) Greving. Ila was a homemaker & mother. Survivors include her husband, Dick; sons, Jerry, Dennis and Roger, all of Prairie View, KS; son,...
Ollie Irene Smith
May 27, 2012
Ollie Irene Smith was born July 27, 1936 in Phillips County, Kansas, the daughter of Fred L. & Wilma Fay (Weaver) Albright, and she died May 27, 2012 at her home in Speed, Kansas at the age of 75. She lived with her family on the farm southwest of Speed until they moved into town. She attended grade school in...
Norman L. Kellerman
May 17, 2012
Lifelong Stuttgart resident, Norman L. Kellerman, passed away Thurs., May 17, 2012 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 79. He was born Sept. 17, 1932 to Paul & Alwina (Merklein) Kellerman. He owned & operated Norm's Service Station in Stuttgart for many years. Survivors include his wife, Lois, of the home; sons, Lonnie of...
Lawrence D. Reynolds
May 4, 2012
Lawrence Dean Reynolds, second son of Neva (McCormick) Reynolds and Alvin Reynolds, was born June 28, 1926 in Smith Center, Kansas and passed away May 4, 2012 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 85.
Lawrence grew up on the family farm in Claudell, Kansas and started working when he was seven...
Helen Harris
Apr 26, 2012
Helen Fern Harris, 95, of Indiana and formerly of Phillipsburg, KS, died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Jeannette and Jack Frank, in Indiana. She was born May 3, 1916, to the late Albert and Elsie Ward Standley, in Lucas, KS. Helen married Lawrence A. Harris in 1936. They owned and operated the Phillipsburg...
Roberta Mae Ennis
Apr 24, 2012
Roberta Mae (Ayres) Ennis was born December 14, 1951 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to William & Eva (Campbell) Ayres and died April 24, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 60. She spent her early years in Phillipsburg then finished her schooling in Junction City, Kansas. After high school, Roberta completed the training to become...
Burton "Herb" Van Eaton
Apr 24, 2012
Burton "Herb" Van Eaton, son of Warren & Nora (Chance) Van Eaton, was born March 29, 1928 in Smith County, Kansas and passed away April 24, 2012 at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, Kansas at the age of 84. He attended country schools through 8th grade and graduated from Kensington High School in 1947. He was inducted...
Wayne "Sug" Grismore
Apr 18, 2012
Wayne Edward Grismore, son of Frankie & Joimae (Lee) Grismore, was born June 7, 1959 at the Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at his home in Kirwin, Kansas. Wayne "Sug" spent his childhood and teenage years in Powersville, Missouri. He loved to tell stories from these younger years and had many happy...
Armand D. Gingles
Apr 9, 2012
Armand Dean Gingles, son of Frank John & Hazel Dorothy (Klink) Gingles, was born December 29, 1924 on a farm southwest of Speed, Kansas and died April 9, 2012 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas at the age of 87. When Armand was five years old his family moved to a farm four miles west and one mile...
