Wauneta Abbott
Sep 5, 2012
Wauneta Berdina McRae was born May 30, 1927, in Franklin County, Nebraska to James and Regina (Schnuerle) McRae and passed away September 5, 2012 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS. She attended grade school at Sunny Hill country school and high school at Franklin High School. One of Wauneta's childhood memories was the flood that swept down the...
Dale M. Detwiler
Sep 5, 2012
Dale Max Detwiler, son of Henry Allen & Hilma (Drotts) Detwiler, passed away September 5, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 89. Dale was born March 22, 1923 on the family farm in Athol, Kansas. He attended Cedar Ridge Grade School and graduated from Athol High School in 1941. Following high school he...
Georgia M. Endsley
Sep 1, 2012
Georgia Mae (Newton) Endsley was born to Fred and Mabel (Sheldon) Newton on October 10, 1945, in Lexington, NE. She departed this life on September 1, 2012, at the Deseret Nursing Facility at Kensington, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Mabel Pickerill, and one nephew, Tim Phillipson. Georgia leaves to mourn her passing; one son,...
Donald W. Hayes
Aug 30, 2012
Donald W. Hayes, son of George Wallace & Alice Mary (Jahnke) Hayes, was born June 10, 1926 in Riley County, Kansas. He died August 30, 2012 at Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas at the age of 86. He attended schools in Riley, Kansas graduating from Riley Rural High School with the class of 1944. His lifelong love of sports began...
Louise Johnson
Aug 18, 2012
Agra resident, Louise Johnson, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 77. She was born October 13, 1934 in Rooks County, Kansas the daughter of Lawrence & Winnie (Haines) Mason. She was a homemaker. She married Arlan Johnson on December 4, 1970 in Sabetha, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors...
Lawrence (Larry) M. Sweat
Aug 14, 2012
Lawrence "Larry" Sweat was born September 5, 1922 in rural Kirwin, Kansas to Martin F. Sweat and Rosa-O. (Abernathy) Sweat and passed away August 14, 2012 in Loveland, CO at the age of 89. He attended grade school at Jaybird District 137 in Claudell, KS and graduated from high school in Beloit, KS in May, 1940. In October, 1942 Lawrence...
Berta Y. Van Diest
Aug 14, 2012
Berta Yvonne (Brown) Van Diest was born March 24, 1931 in Prairie View, KS to Burton & Marguerite (Goeken) Brown and passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Logan Manor in Logan, KS at the age of 81 years young. She attended elementary and high school in Prairie View, graduating with the class of 1949. Following graduation she worked at...
Shirley J. Beim
Aug 9, 2012
Shirley Joan Beim, eldest child of Walter & Helen (Wernecke) Klotz, was born March 4, 1936, on her family's farm northwest of Phillipsburg, Kansas. She passed away Thursday, August 9, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 76. Shirley attended Morningstar Country School, achieving an eighth grade education in seven years by advancing from third...
William "Bill" Godfrey
Aug 8, 2012
Long Island resident, William "Bill" Godfrey, passed away Wed., Aug. 8, 2012 at his home in Long Island, KS at the age of 51. He was born Nov. 3, 1960 in Phillipsburg, KS to Robert C. & Ila Marie (Schilowsky) Godfrey. Bill worked as a heavy equipment operator for Phillips County. Survivors include his brothers, Albert Leroy, of Anthony, KS...
Dean Bruning
Aug 3, 2012
Dean Bruning, age 76, of Rogers, AR passed away August 3rd, 2012 in Bentonville, Arkansas. He was born September 6th, 1935 on a farm North of Speed, Kansas to the late William and Velma Bruning. He was raised on the farm as a young boy before moving to Glade at the age of seven. Dean went to primary school in...
Opal Spiker
Aug 1, 2012
Phillipsburg resident, Opal Spiker, passed away Aug 1 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 91. She was born Oct. 30, 1920 in Wetmore, KS, the daughter of Roy & Cora (Spicker) Heikes. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her son Dennis of Colorado Springs, her sister, Katherine Owens of Phillipsburg, 3 grandchildren & 5...
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....
