Irene M. Hilbrink
Oct 10, 2012
Phillipsburg resident, Irene M. Hilbrink, passed away Wed., Oct. 10, 2012 at the Deseret Nursing Home in Kensington, KS at the age of 85. She was born July 19, 1927 in Kensington, KS to Ranke & Marie (Rahjes) Bienhoff. Irene worked as a Measurement Clerk for KN Energy in Phillipsburg. Survivors include her sons, Kent of White Plains, NY and...
Nila Eilert
Oct 1, 2012
Kirwin resident, Nila P. Eilert, 68, of Kirwin, died Monday, October 1, 2012 at her home. She was born at home in rural Smith County on February 2, 1944 to Garner and Beth Merrill. She was a homemaker. Nila attended Windy Point School, a small country school, until eighth grade. She graduated from Esbon High School in 1961. Upon graduation,...
Tillie L. Goracke
Sep 24, 2012
Phillips County resident, Tillie L. Goracke, passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 at the Phillips County Retirement Center at the age of 87. She was born October 21, 1924 on the farm near Macon, Nebraska, the daughter of Focke & Catherine (Miller) Diener. Tillie was united in marriage to Francis J. Goracke on August 8, 1954 at the home of...
Mildred Millie White
Sep 16, 2012
Mildred Marie Lawson was called home to be with our Lord and Savior September 16, 2012. She was born July 11, 1932 to Bertha Mae Troutt Lawson and James Franklin (J.F.) Lawson in Jefferson City, Missouri, the youngest of seven children. She grew up a preacher's child, moving from Missouri to Oklahoma and then Oregon at a young age. In...
Lucille Kennedy
Sep 12, 2012
Nellie Lucille (Gipe) Kennedy, youngest daughter of Maud Frances (Cook) Gipe and Arthur Levi Gipe was born December 29, 1919 in Phillips County, Kansas. She passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 92. Lucille attended the Walnut school in Walnut Township and graduated from the 8th grade. On...
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...
