Obituaries
Bessie Arlene Schumacher
Jan 19, 2011
Bessie Arlene (Kendall) Schumacher departed this life to her Heavenly home on January 19, 2011 in the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 71, after a long battle with COPD and cancer.
She was born in Phillips County, Kansas on July 2, 1939 to Clarence & Winifred (Bretton) Kendall, the oldest of eight children. She grew...
Juanita Jerby
Jan 11, 2011
Juanita Jerby passed away Jan. 11, 2011 at the Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege, NE at the age of 83. She was born March 23, 1927 in Phillips Co., KS to George N. & Evea L. (Lindley) Jerby. She worked as a sales clerk at J.C. Penney's for many years before retiring. Her hobby was enjoying her nieces &...
Leslie Ilene Robinson
Jan 9, 2011
Lifelong Phillips County resident, Leslie Ilene Robinson, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Hospice of Salina, Salina, Kansas. She was 85. She was born May 18, 1925 in Agra, Kansas the daughter of Leslie H. & Veva (Redinger) Faulkender. She was united in marriage to Ivan Eugene "Robbie" Robinson on June 5, 1942, and eight children were born to...
Myron "Mac" Thomas Mccormack
Jan 7, 2011
Myron Thomas 'Mac' McCormack passed away at 4:54 a.m. on January 7, 2011 at the age of 60. He was born February 26, 1950 to Elbert and Betty McCormack in Doctor Mary's home clinic in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Myron, or 'Mac' to his friends and family, attended the Sumner one-room schoolhouse north of Agra through 7th grade. He graduated from Eastern...
Kenneth E. Ellis
Jan 7, 2011
Kenneth Eugene Ellis passed away January 7, 2011 at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheatridge, CO after complications arising from chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He was 53 years of age. Kenneth (Kenny) was born October 20, 1957 in Phillipsburg, Kansas - the son of Harold and Rachel (Marple) Ellis. Kenny grew up in rural Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. He graduated from...
Darlene Rosella Whittlesey
Jan 6, 2011
Long-time Phillipsburg resident, Darlene Rosella Whittlesey, passed away January 6, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 80 years. She was born February 10, 1930 on a farm east of Kensington, Kansas to Roy and Minnie Keef. Darlene grew up in Glade, Kansas and moved to Phillipsburg with her family in 1941, where...
Jean E. Litzsinger
Jan 6, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Jean E. Litzsinger, passed away on Jan. 6, 2011 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 80. Survivors include her sons, Randy Elder & Phil Elder of Phillipsburg; her daughter, Patricia Martin of Texarkana, AR; 6 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Cremation is planned, there will be no services.
Ruth Ilene Mcclain
Jan 3, 2011
Ruth Ilene (Richardson) McClain passed away on January 3, 2011 at Scranton, Kansas at the age of 97 from Lung Cancer. She was born August 1, 1923 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Eddie Lee and Emma May (Manges) Richardson. She was baptized into the First Baptist Church of Phillipsburg when in her young teens, and went through school in the Phillipsburg...
Lucille Mary Miller
Jan 3, 2011
Phillipsburg resident, Lucille Mary Miller, passed away Monday, January 3, 2011 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 62. She was born January 30, 1948 in McCook, NE, the daughter of Vernon & Gladys (Caywood) Shepker. Lucille was a Registered Nurse. Survivors include her husband, Dick, of the home; sons Richard and Eddie, both of...
Bonnie K. Laughlin
Dec 31, 2010
Bonnie Kay Laughlin, daughter of Alfred and Doris Fischer was born April 20, 1960. She married Terry L. Laughlin in June of 1979. She went to be with her Lord, Jesus Christ (John 14:1-4,6; John 11:25-26) on December 31, 2010. Bonnie graduated from Long Island High School, and Fort Hays State University where she earned her CPA Degree. With her...
Darrel D. Gale
Dec 31, 2010
Darrel Dee Gale was born August 8, 1934 in Crystal Township north of Agra, Kansas. He died December 31, 2010 in Hays, Kansas at the age of 76 years. Darrel was the son of James and Fannie (Abbott) Gale. Darrel grew up in the same township in which he was born. He graduated from Agra High School and Kansas State...
Jean Wyrill
Dec 27, 2010
Kirwin resident, Jean Wyrill, passed away Monday Dec. 27 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS at the age of 84. She was born April 27, 1926 in Rooks County, the daughter of Dave & Nancy Jane (Mapes) Shepard. She was preceded in death by her husband John on Dec. 26, 2002. Survivors include her sons, John Bruce Wyrill...
Marie L. Vogel
Dec 26, 2010
Marie L. Vogel was born December 10, 1911 in Eustis, Nebraska, the oldest child of the Rev. Fredrick and Matilda "Tillie" (Kraushaar) Krauss. She died Sunday, December 26, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 99. As an infant, Marie was baptized into the family of God at the St. John's Lutheran Church in...
Ella Mae Bebb
Dec 24, 2010
Ella Mae (Henry) Bebb was born September 16, 1918 near Densmore, Kansas in Phillips County, and passed away December 24, 2010 at her home in Falcon, Colorado at the age of 92. She was the first of eleven children born to Zola (Smith) and Benjamin Henry (one son was stillborn). She always told of the time she was baptized at...
Marjorie A. Wolters
Dec 23, 2010
Marjorie Ann Wolters, daughter of Harry & Edna (Wickstrom) Kinney, was born December 7, 1929 in Bayard, Nebraska and passed away December 23, 2010 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 81. She attended schools in Woodruff and Long Island, Kansas. On December 21, 1947, Marjorie married Alden Ivan Wolters in Phillipsburg, Kansas. The couple...
Frieda H. Campbell
Dec 23, 2010
Frieda Helen Nonamaker, the third of four children, was born on a farm southwest of Cedar, Kansas on December 20, 1917 to Wilson and Clista (McCormick) Nonamaker. She died at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at the age of 93. Frieda's education was received at Pleasant View Country School and Cedar Rural High School, which...
Edna E. Van Loenen
Dec 17, 2010
Logan resident, Edna E. Van Loenen, age 91, died Friday, December 17, 2010 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. She was born Dec. 6, 1919 in Phillips County, the daughter of Gerrit & Anna (Van Zuuk) Van Loenen. She is survived by her sister, Geneva Gingles of Logan, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday,...
Louis E. Anderson
Dec 15, 2010
Louis Earl Anderson, son of John & Nora (Thorn) Anderson, was born September 9, 1926 in Stanford, NE. He passed away on December 15, 2010 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 84. Louis grew up in Stanford and attended school there. In his senior year, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served...
Donald L. Mann
Dec 6, 2010
Norton resident, Donald L. Mann, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Downs, KS at the age of 85. He was born Sept. 24, 1925 in Norton, the son of Clifford L. and Erma A. (Waufle) Mann. He was a retired mail carrier. He was preceded in death by his son, Kenneth. Survivors include his...
Robert Deboer
Dec 6, 2010
Robert DeBoer, son of Ren and Tonia (VanLoenen) DeBoer, was born October 1, 1916 in Phillips County, Kansas near Prairie View. He passed away Monday, December 6, 2010 at the Logan Manor Nursing Home in Logan, Kansas at the age of 94 years. On March 14, 1941, Robert was united in marriage to Edna Earle Elkinton in Prairie View. They...
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