Alfred A. Benien
Dec 3, 2010
Alfred Arthur Benien, Norton, died December 3, 2010 at the Andbe Home at the age of 92. Graveside military funeral services for Mr. Benien, a World War II Veteran, were held Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Norton Cemetery. Inurnment followed. Memorials may be made to the Andbe Home, Norton. Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge...
Mable Mae Kelling
Nov 30, 2010
Mable Mae Hoag was born to Willis and Artimesia Hoag on November 4, 1900, in a sod house near Goodland, Kansas. The family moved by covered wagon to Kirwin, Kansas, when Mae was three years old. There she attended all twelve years of school, was active in the girls' octet and tied for valedictorian in high school. After graduation, Mae...
Norma Jean Buchner
Nov 21, 2010
Lifelong Phillipsburg, Kansas resident, Norma Jean Buchner, died November 21, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 78. She was born June 27, 1932 in Phillipsburg the daughter of Walter & Ruby (Smith) Harper. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Dean, of the Home; 2 sons, John of Wichita and Gary &...
Lyndall L. Hayes
Nov 20, 2010
Lyndall Lorrayne Hayes, daughter of Lewis & Kathryn (Bretton) Billings, was born March 31, 1919 south of Speed, Kansas in Phillips County, and passed away November 20, 2010 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 91 years, 7 months and 20 days. She attended elementary school and high school in Speed, Kansas, graduating with...
Ethel O. Schneider
Nov 14, 2010
Ethel O. Schneider, 93, of Phillipsburg, Kansas was born on March 21, 1917 in a country home near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. She was the oldest daughter of Paul and Marie (Lokken) Olson. Both of her parents immigrated from Norway. On November 14, 2010 she departed this life at her home in Phillipsburg to be with the Lord. She grew up...
Orliss E. Allison
Nov 10, 2010
Phillipsburg resident, Orlis E. "Red" Allison, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 87. He was born March 21, 1923 in Russell County, KS to Floyd & Jennie (Palmer) Allison. Orlis had worked as a Boiler Room Technician at the Farmland Refinery in Phillipsburg. Survivors include his wife, Norma,...
Larry Eugene Eller
Nov 10, 2010
Larry Eugene Eller, age 72, of Cave Junction, Oregon and formerly of Kirwin, Kansas passed away at his home November 10, 2010. He was born March 19, 1938 in Glade, Kansas to Lucile and Sollie Eller. He attended school in Kirwin, Kansas and graduated from Kirwin High School in 1956. He attended a two year college in Kansas City, Missouri....
Joyce L. Anderson
Nov 9, 2010
Norcatur resident, Joyce L. Anderson, passed away on November 9, 2010 at Decatur Heath Systems in Oberlin at the age of 74. Survivors include her husband Louis of Logan, two daughters; Glenda Steelsmith of Tucson, AZ and Mary Kershner of Bloomington, NE; three brothers, Charles Seabolt of Kismet, KS, Carl Seabolt of Benkelman, NE and William Seabolt of Kansas; her...
Irene Donahey
Nov 8, 2010
Irene Donahey, 91, the youngest daughter of Sherman & Lillian (Jackson) Brady, was born March 3, 1919 in Phillips County, Kansas and passed away November 8, 2010 at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas. She grew up on a farm six miles north of Logan, Kansas and attended one-room rural country schools. Being the youngest child of the family, she...
David L. Eller
Nov 8, 2010
David Leroy Eller, son of Vernon (Dutch) Eller and Sheryl (Rosenberg) Gillette, was born June 20, 1972 at the Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kansas. He passed away on November 8, 2010 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas, at the young age of 38. David attended school in Phillipsburg, Kansas, graduating with a GED in 1991. As a...
June Kearns-Major
Nov 7, 2010
Former Kirwin resident, A. June Kearns-Majors, passed away Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 at the Logan County Hospital in Oakley, KS at the age of 74. She was born Feb. 8, 1936 in Webster County, Nebraska, to Ray & Sue (Strobl) Wilmot. She worked for the U.S. Postal Service. She is survived by her husband, Delbert Majors, of Oakley; sons, Butch...
Freda L. Rupke
Oct 28, 2010
Freda L. Rupke, 89, of Prairie View, Kansas was born on June 9, 1921 in Norton County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Albert K. and Minnie (Pakkebier) Schemper. On October 28, 2010 she departed this life at the Logan Manor Nursing Home in Logan, Kansas. Freda attended the Prairie Queen Country School. She was President of her senior class...
Bruce Colip
Oct 22, 2010
Bruce Eugene Colip, son of Charlie Cecil & Thea Maxine (Hubbard) Colip, was born January 26, 1944, in Norton, Kansas, and passed away on Friday, October 22, 2010 in the Norton County Hospital, Norton at the age of 66. He grew up on the family farm north of Norton until moving into Norton in 1961. He attended Norton High School...
Myrna David
Oct 22, 2010
Myrna Mae (Jamison) David of Lenora, Kansas, passed away at the age of 85 on Friday, October 22, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Born June 2, 1925 to Marvin and Ruth (Wing) Jamison in Quinter, Kansas, she grew to womanhood in Graham County, Kansas. She attended the North Star country school and graduated from Lenora Rural...
Gerald "Dick" Bretton
Oct 17, 2010
Gerald Dean Bretton was born Christmas day, December 25, 1936, in Phillips County, Kansas, the son of Gerald & Helen Bretton. He died on October 17, 2010 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Frank & Lisa Hall, Kirwin, Kansas. Gerald, affectionately called "Dick" by family and friends for most of his life, received his education in Phillips County....
Wyatt A Winchell
Oct 17, 2010
Phillips County resident, Wyatt A. Winchell, passed away Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 91. He was born May 20, 1919 on the family farm northwest of Long Island, KS, the son of Wyatt & Rose (Behringer) Winchell. He attended country school and graduated from the Long Island High School....
Opal G. Cannon
Oct 15, 2010
Opal G. Cannon, 92, of Derby, KS (formerly from Phillipsburg, KS) died October 15, 2010 at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, KS. She was born July 13, 1918 on her parents' farm near Glade, KS. She married Edwin L. Cannon on July 13, 1938 in Phillipsburg. Opal was raised in Phillips County and until 1961 she and Ed made their home...
Dean Bell
Oct 14, 2010
Lifelong Agra resident, Dean Bell, died October 14, 2010 at his residence at the age of 71. He was born May 12, 1939 in Agra, Kansas the son of Charles & Ida (Underwood) Bell. He was an architect. He was united in marriage to Lyndi Alexis on May 31, 1983 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. She survives. Other survivors include his...
Norma Jean Gitchel
Oct 12, 2010
Lifelong Phillips County resident, Norma Jean Gitchel, died Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at the Smith County Care Center-Deseret in Smith Center, Kansas at the age of 79. She was born March 14, 1931 in Phillips County, Kansas the daughter of Earl & Pearl (Ritter) Stevens. She was a homemaker She was united in marriage to Milo Allen Gitchel on March...
Lavern Holle
Oct 3, 2010
Louis Lavern Holle, son of John & Martha (Hanson) Holle, was born August 17, 1930 on the family farm in Rawlins County, Kansas and passed away at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska on October 3, 2010 at the age of 80 years. Vern grew up on the farm, working side-by-side with his family until he graduated...
