Obituaries
Opal Elaine Philbrick
Mar 31, 2011
Opal Elaine Philbrick, daughter of Alvin and Rose (McDermed) Plymesser, was born July 9, 1920 near Kirwin, KS & passed from this life on March 31, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center at the age of 90 years. On May 24, 1941, Opal married Floyd H Philbrick in Phillipsburg. They were privileged to have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary...
David P. Kaiser, Dvm
Mar 28, 2011
David was born on August 18, 1934 at home in Phillips County Kansas to Arnold and Anna (Colby) Kaiser. He attended and graduated from Long Island High School in 1952. Immediately after high school, David enrolled at KSC, where he graduated with a BS in agriculture in 1956. After graduating, David joined the US Army where he faithfully served from...
Hattie M. Miller
Mar 26, 2011
Hattie Marie Gackstatter Miller, the second daughter of Henry Gackstatter and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Dill) Gackstatter was born November 8, 1913 on a farm southwest of Stuttgart, Kansas and died March 26, 2011 at the age of 97. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church at Stuttgart on December 7, 1913. Hattie became a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Phillipsburg,...
Walter A. Brouhard
Mar 25, 2011
Walter A. Brouhard passed away March 25, 2011 at the age of 92 at the Phillips Co. Hospital. Walter was born December 29,1918 in Cheyenne, WY, the son of Elwin J. Brouhard and Effie Louise (Batchelor) Brouhard. He had two brothers, Frank and Edwin and two sisters, Della Sparks and Grace Waldon. After Walter was born his family moved to...
Cordell Curtis Clason
Mar 23, 2011
Cordell Curtis Clason was born on February 9, 1936 to Horace and Ruth Clason (Getty) in Norton, KS. Cordell went on to be with his Heavenly father on March 23, 2011 in Wichita, KS at the age of 75. Cordell is survived by a brother Ron Clason of Northfield, MN. Cordell is also survived by his roommates in whom they...
Leonard M. Robinson
Mar 22, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Leonard M. Robinson, passed away Tuesday, March 22 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 81. He was born June 2, 1929 in Phillips County, the son of John & Ruth (Ritter) Robinson. He worked for the state highway dept. Survivors include his sons, Leonard of Smith Center & Gary of Phillipsburg; his brother...
John "Glenn" Eller
Mar 22, 2011
Kirwin resident, John "Glenn" Eller, died Tuesday morning at the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg, Kansas, at the age of 49. He was born February 20, 1962 in Osborne, Kansas the son of LeRoy & Helen (Manion) Eller. He worked at Tamko Roofing Products in Phillipsburg. He was united in marriage to Karen E. Snow on February 20, 1980 in Phillipsburg,...
Tamera Lynn Wagner
Mar 22, 2011
Tamera Lynn Wagner, daughter of Ronald & Bernita (Zerr) Wagoner, was born July 11, 1972 in Topeka, Kansas and passed away March 22, 2011 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 38. She attended school in Great Bend, Kansas, graduating with the high school class of 1991. On April 29, 1995, Tamera...
Sharon S. Freeman
Mar 15, 2011
Logan resident, Sharon S. Freeman, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 68. She was born in Smith Center, KS on Oct. 3, 1942, the daughter of Carol W. & Myrtle (West) Conrad. She worked as a Certified Med Aide. Her son, James Conrad, preceded her in death. Survivors...
Francis M. "Frank" Ryan
Mar 14, 2011
Phillipsburg, Kansas resident, Francis M. "Frank" Ryan, passed away, Monday, March 14, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 81. He was retired from K N Energy, Inc. Frank was born June 12, 1929 in Kearney, Nebraska the son of Harold J. & Ellen R. (Lahey) Ryan. He was united in marriage to Betty...
Wayne L. Hanchett
Mar 11, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Wayne Hanchett, passed away Friday, March 11 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 85. He was born July 19, 1925 in Hoxie, KS, the son of Wilbur & Ethel (Shaw) Hanchett. He was a farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife Vera (Loyd) Hanchett on August 15, 1985. He married Luetta...
Pauline Scott
Mar 9, 2011
Pauline Muriel Doctor Brott Scott was born April 21, 1914 to Bessie Grieninger Doctor and Samuel Jessie Doctor in Elwood, Kansas. Pauline went to school in Hiawatha, Kansas and later moved to Omaha. There she met and married Jack M. Brott in November of 1939. Their son Kenneth Brott was born in Omaha in 1946. She subsequently divorced Mr. Brott...
Bertha E. Whitney
Mar 9, 2011
Bertha Elsie Kaiser Whitney was born the second child of Philip G. and Janie (Griffin) Zillinger on August 2, 1921 in Logan, Kansas and she passed away March 9, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 89. Bertha was baptized at her parent's home the day of her birth and was confirmed in...
Lois L. Groom
Mar 7, 2011
Phillips County resident, Lois Groom, 88, died Monday March 7, 2011 at the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg. She was born June 29, 1922 at Kirwin, Kansas the daughter of George & Hazel (Smith) Lemon. She was an accountant & office manager at Tamko Asphalt Products in Phillipsburg for 29 years until her retirement in 1989. She was united in marriage...
Kathy Rockey
Mar 7, 2011
Kathleen Joan Rockey, daughter of Don & Bernice (Rucinski) Weaver, was born December 14, 1942 in Jasper County, Missouri near Joplin. She passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 68. On December 1, 1961 she was united in marriage to William "Willie" Rockey at the St. Edwards Catholic Church...
Taylor Hohlstein
Feb 26, 2011
Taylor Duane Hohlstein, son of Kerri (Bretton) Bouchard, was born April 18, 1994 in Holdrege, Nebraska. He lost his courageous battle with cancer and pneumonia on February 26, 2011 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 16. Taylor attended elementary and junior high school in Phillipsburg, serving as the Manager for his eighth...
Dixie Keeten
Feb 24, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Dixie Keeten, passed away Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 87. She was born in Phillips County on Nov. 17, 1923 to Frank & Bessie (Taylor) Hodge. She was a homemaker & mother. Survivors include her son, Bud Keeten of Phillipsburg; two daughters, Judy Draper of College...
Regina "Gina" Wood
Feb 20, 2011
Regina "Gina" Lou Wood, age 53, of Phillipsburg KS, was called home on February 20, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. Gina was born on June 11, 1957 in Plainville, Kansas to Leonard and Lorine (Brunson) Pfortmiller. Her parents later made their home in Stuttgart and Gina graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1975. She was united...
Inez F. Luthi
Feb 18, 2011
On Friday, February 18th, 2011, Inez F. Luthi left this world at the age of 101 years and eight months as peacefully as she entered after a beautiful life of motherhood, service and profound friendship to every person with whom she came in contact. Her joy in life was her family and intimate friends. Her most treasured times were spent...
Ralph S. Hatfield
Feb 14, 2011
Ralph S. Hatfield of Phillipsburg Kansas passed Monday February 14, 2011. He was born July 18, 1929 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Harry P. and Lulu M. Hatfield. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1947 and was a machinist in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He was married to Anna Nadine Stout of Hutchinson from 1952 to 1969 where they moved...
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