John E. Strong
Jun 4, 2011
John E. Strong, son of Guy Ada & Mable A. (Middlebusher) Strong, was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on April 2, 1922. He died June 4, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas at the age of 89. After graduating from high school, John served in the Army during WWII. Following his honorable discharge, he was united in marriage...
Ada Marie Gaines
May 27, 2011
Ada Marie Gaines, age 87, passed away May 27, 2011 at the Prairie Haven Nursing Home in Kensington, KS after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born June 2, 1923 on the Emme family homestead near Germantown to Louie and Maggie (Grauerholz) Emme. Ada was baptized into Christian faith on June 21, 1923 at the 1st St. John Lutheran...
Huston R. Shellito
May 18, 2011
Huston Shellito was born December 30, 1934 to Harry and Joy (Thomason) Shellito. Huston was the middle child of three, having an older brother Don and younger sister Joan. Having lived in several towns in his child hood the family made their home in Phillips County when Huston was 17. He graduated from Phillipsburg High School. He married L. Joann...
E. Lucille Hofaker
May 17, 2011
Elsie Lucille Hofaker of Logan, Kansas was born on October 8, 1914 in Speed, Kansas and passed away on May 17, 2011 at Logan, Kansas at the age of 96 years 7 months, and 9 days. She was the oldest of seven children born to James L. and Josephine George Pool. Lucille's younger years were spent in a rural area...
Albert "Junior" Hackerott
May 14, 2011
Albert William Hackerott, Jr., age 90, passed away Friday, May 14, 2011 at his home in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He was born February 14, 1921 in Osborne County, Kansas to Albert W. & Margaret Dona (Wineland) Hackerott. "Junior" (as he was called by family & friends) graduated from Osborne High School in 1939. He attended Kansas State University for two years...
Cecilia Grauerholz
May 14, 2011
Cecilia Alvina Grauerholz, daughter of Henry & Elizabeth (Rahjes) Seemann, was born in Smith County, Kansas on March 2, 1936. She died May 14, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 75. On April 29, 1955, Cecilia was united in marriage to Raymond Grauerholz in Kensington, Kansas. This union was blessed with four...
Anna S. Ferguson
May 3, 2011
Lifelong rural Kensington resident, Anna Sophie (Seemann) Ferguson, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Prairie Haven in Kensington at the age of 84. Anna was born May 19, 1926 to George & Sophie (Isernhagen) Seemann in rural Kensington, the second of three children. She attended schools in Kensington and graduated from high school in 1944. After high school she...
Mildred "Bonnie" Snyder
Apr 25, 2011
Logan resident, Mildred E. "Bonnie" Snyder, passed away April 25, 2011 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 93. She was born in Phillips County on Feb. 7, 1918 to Edd & Mary (Padgell) Schooler. Her husband, Forrest, preceded her in death. Survivors include five sons: Dean of Winona, TX; Glenn (Lucy) of Great Bend,...
Dan B. Losey
Apr 15, 2011
Agra resident, Dan Losey, passed away Friday, April 15 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 84. Survivors include his daughter, Sheila Gaines of Smith Center, 4 sons: Mark & Roger of Agra, Mike of Wichita & David of rural Phillipsburg; 3 brothers: Stuart of Longmont, CO, Dale of Oakley & Joe of Salina; his sister,...
Johnita Chestnut
Apr 14, 2011
Speed, Kansas resident, Johnita Chestnut, passed away Thurs., April 14, 2011 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS at the age of 63. She was born in Logan, KS on January 7, 1948 to Lonnie & Beryl (Snyder) Smith. She was a homemaker and mother. Survivors include her husband, Alan, of Speed; son, Clint Chestnut, of Blanchard, OK; daughter,...
Dale Reeves
Apr 11, 2011
Dale Reeves 88, Phillipsburg died Monday April 11, 2011. He was born July 10, 1922 to Reva (Smith) Reeves and John Gordon Reeves. He was born in Minneapolis Ks and attended grade school until 4th grade when the family moved to Concordia, Ks. When he was in 8th grade the family moved to Smith Center where he graduated high school...
M. Juanita Lorimor
Apr 3, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, M. Juanita Lorimor, passed away Sunday, April 3 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 95. She was born March 5, 1916 to Clarence & Mabel (Hill) Schrock. Juanita was a Certified Nurse's Aide. Her husband, Verle, preceded her in death in 1963. Survivors include her 2 daughters, Sharon Irvin of Phillipsburg and...
Wayne Earl Baker
Apr 1, 2011
Wayne Earl Baker, the son of Floris and Hazel (Munyon) Baker, was born June 15, 1925, on the farm that was homesteaded by his great-grandfather, Caleb Baker, and passed away Friday evening, April 1, 2011, at the Phillips County Retirement Center at the age of 85. Wayne attended Plum Creek Country School and graduated from Agra High School in 1942....
Myrnah Ratliff
Apr 1, 2011
Myrnah Marie (Grauerholz) Ratliff was born January 27, 1925 in Smith County, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grauerholz Goll. She passed away at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, Kansas on April 1, 2011 at the age of 86. Myrnah grew up north of Kensington, Kansas on the farm owned by her grandparents, Henry & Anna...
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...
