Francis W. Judd
Oct 12, 2011
Francis Wesley Judd, son of Walter Wesley & Sarah (Gower) Judd, was born March 10, 1931 on a farm in Phillips County, Kansas and he died October 12, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 80. Francis attended a one-room country school in Phillips County through the eighth grade. On August 24, 1948, at...
Dorothy L. Currence
Oct 1, 2011
Dorothy L. Currence, 95, of Manhattan, Kansas died on Saturday, October 1 at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community. Dorothy was born in Woodston, Kansas on September 25, 1916 to William "Dutch" Stehley and Marie Osborn Stehley. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1933 and from Ft. Hays State University in 1938 with a degree in Business Administration. She married Dana...
Wilma Winder
Sep 29, 2011
Norton, KS resident, Wilma Winder, age 73, died Thursday, September 29, 2011 at the Norton County Hospital in Norton. Wilma was born October 2, 1937 in Graham County, Kansas, the daughter of Hubert & Gladys (Zunmalt) Scranton. In 1945 the family moved to Norton where she attended school and graduated with the high school class of 1955. Wilma earned her...
Vada F. Liebenau
Sep 25, 2011
Vada F. Liebenau, 96, died September 25, 2011 at the Graham County Hospital in Hill City, Kansas. She was born December 10, 1914, in Sugar Loaf Township, Rooks County, to Walter Scott & Bertha (Edson) Johnston. She attended grade school at Happy Hollow and graduated from Logan High School. Vada attended college at Fort Hays State University for one year,...
Wanda Elizabeth Dusin
Sep 25, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Wanda Elizabeth Dusin, passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 in the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg, at the age of 86. She was born April 20, 1925 in Phillips County to Clyde & Adda Mae (Gates) Oleson. She was a homemaker & mother. She is survived by three sons: Harlan, Garry, and Allen Dusin, all of Phillipsburg; two daughters:...
Mary A. Mullen Pottberg
Sep 19, 2011
Longtime resident of Downs, Kansas, Mary A. Grauer Mullen Pottberg passed away on Monday, September 19, 2011 at Prairie Haven Care Home in Kensington, Kansas at the age of 88. Mary was born January 22, 1923 in Marysville, Kansas, the daughter of John and Bertha (Hohn) Grauer, ninth of twelve children. She attended Marysville schools, graduating from Marysville High School...
Jack Hubbard
Sep 18, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Jack Hubbard, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 at the age of 80. He was born May 4, 1931 in Almena, Kansas, the son of Miner & Loese (Brown) Hubbard. He graduated from Smith Center High School with the class of 1949. Following graduation he went to work for the local power company...
Mary Bell Stapel
Sep 17, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Mary Bell Stapel, 92, died Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg. She was born August 6, 1919 in Phillips County the daughter of Robert & Mary Emma (Cockroft) Norton. She was a homemaker. She was united in marriage to Harold W. Stapel on March 13, 1939 in Alma, Nebraska. He preceded her...
Ron Delimont
Sep 8, 2011
Ronald Lee Delimont was a happy and friendly person who loved spending time with his family. He loved boating and anything on the lake. In his professional life, he loved traveling and meeting new and interesting people all over the U.S. He was a great salesman and an entrepreneur. His goal was a house on the lake with kids and...
Donald Dean Vahle
Aug 30, 2011
Donald Dean Vahle, son of George & Gertrude (Russell) Vahle, was born January 1, 1935 in Orleans, Nebraska and died August 30, 2011 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 76. As a boy, Don attended country schools in rural District #26, Spring Brooke and rural Nebraska District #54, finishing his grade school and high...
Wayne L. Weems
Aug 21, 2011
Wayne LeRoy Weems was born April 28, 1958, in Phillipsburg, KS, the second son of Loland Arthur and May Louise Smith Weems. He departed this life on Sunday, August 21, 2011 near his home of Henderson, IL. Wayne grew up in Kirwin, KS and attended Eastern Heights where he graduated with the class of 1978. After graduation his mother encouraged...
Erna Hilda Gertrude Dusin
Aug 19, 2011
Erna Hilda Gertrude Dusin, daughter of Herman F. and Erna (Schulz) Beckman, was born March 27, 1915 in Phillips County, Kansas and passed away August 19, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 96. She was baptized by her grandfather at the Zion Lutheran Church in Phillipsburg in 1915, and was later confirmed...
Floyd H. Williams
Aug 13, 2011
Norton resident, Floyd H. Williams, passed away Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Andbe Home in Norton, KS at the age of 83. He was born March 10, 1928 in Irene, SD, the son of Fredrick & Helma (Loe) Williams. He owned & operated a plastic manufacturing company in Denver, CO. Survivors include his son, Doug Williams of Elizabeth, CO; daughter,...
Marie Stockman
Jul 23, 2011
Merle Marie Stockman was born October 27, 1921, in Orion, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Nora Beougher Moore, and joined her loved ones in Heaven on July, 23, 2011, at the age of 89. Her early years were spent growing up in Western Kansas with her seven siblings. On July 27, 1941, Marie was united in marriage to Warren...
Tim Horn
Jul 18, 2011
Timothy Joseph Horn, son of Nick & Shirley (Persinger) Horn, was born March 11, 1982 in Phillipsburg, Kansas and passed away July 18, 2011 in Palco, Kansas at the age of 29. He graduated from Stockton High School in Stockton, Kansas with the class of 2001. On June 2, 2007, Tim married Kara Thomsen at the Webster Lake west of...
Linda G. Hultgren
Jul 13, 2011
Linda Geneva (Beahm) Hultgren was born in Holdrege, NE on August 7, 1943 to Merle & Mary (Norman) Beahm. She died July 13, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 67. Linda grew up in the Minden, NE community, graduating from Minden High School. She attended Brown Mackie Business School in Omaha for...
Patricia L. Henry
Jul 11, 2011
Patricia LaVerne Henry, daughter of Eva Gertrude (Shoopman) Henry & Walter J. Henry, was born in Decatur County, Indiana on September 25, 1939. She left this world July 11, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 71. Patricia was the second-born child in a family of six children. She attended school until 5th grade,...
Cleon R. Childs
Jul 8, 2011
Former Phillipsburg resident, Cleon R. Childs of Logan, passed away Friday, July 8, 2011 at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas at the age of 90. Cleon was born October 6, 1920 in Rexford, Kansas the son of Leslie R. "Judd" and Birdie F. (Ogier) Childs. He attended school in Rexford, graduating with the class of 1938. Following high school,...
Eldon L. Gebhard
Jul 3, 2011
Life long Phillips County resident Eldon LeRoy Gebhard passed away July 3, 2011, at 89 years and 4 months. He was born February 25, 1922, to Elmer and Florence (Haines) Gebhard on the family farm west of Long Island, KS. He grew up on the farm and graduated from Elk Creek country school. He was an active member of the...
Betty Laverne Gitchel
Jul 1, 2011
Betty Laverne (Jones) Gitchel was born November 18, 1953 in Norton County, Kansas the 3rd Child of Montra & Mary Opal (Berney) Jones. She attended grade school at Edmond, Kansas and high school in Norton. Growing up she lived in Edmond, Norton, then to Phillipsburg where she worked at the Mark V & Colonial Lounge. She was united in marriage...
