Obituaries

Sep 6, 2024

Beloved husband, Dad and Poppa, Gill E. Atchison Sr., age 86, passed away on September 6, 2024 at his home in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He was born on April 21, 1938, on the family farm near Kirwin, Kansas.

Gill proudly served in the National Guard from 1955 to 1960 before going into the

US Army, serving...

Sep 4, 2024

Phillipsburg resident, Virginia A. Hopson, passed away Sept. 4, 2024 at her home in rural Phillipsburg at the age of 91.  She was born Sept. 23, 1932 in Agra, the daughter of James Clark & Evelyn Ruth (Cook) Munyon.

Survivors include her sons, Clark of Phillipsburg & Mark of Norton; her daughters, Kay McCoy of Sabetha &...

Sep 2, 2024

Logan Resident, Mildred A. Lappin, passed away Sept. 2, 2024 at the Logan Manor in Logan at the age of 84.  She was born Sept 15, 1939 in Phillips Co.

Survivors include her husband LaDon of the home; her daughters: Ricklynn of Columbia, SC, Gwen Jenner of Goodland & Kimba Oropeza of Kansas City, KS & 6...

Aug 25, 2024

Shirley Elaine Boeve Olliff was born January 3, 1934, in rural Prairie View, the daughter of Louis and Edith (Bogart) Boeve.  She grew up in Prairie View and Phillipsburg, along with her three brothers, Ron, Larry, and Gary.  She graduated from Phillipsburg High School where she was a cheerleader, homecoming queen, and salutatorian of her graduating class.  Shirley was...

Aug 22, 2024

Bob was born June 29, 1925 on the land his Grandpa Joe McClelland homesteaded, in the house his Grandpa had built about 1898. His parents were Charles and Emma (Williams) McClelland. He had an older sister, Beth (Bryant) and older brother Kenneth.  The McClelland family moved to a farm ½ mile south of Long Island when Bob was a...

Aug 21, 2024

August 21, 2024 was a warm but breezy day, the kind of day Chuck Rader  would love to be out either tinkering in his shop or sitting on the  deck enjoying the peacefulness of Harlan with his wife Vicki. This day  was when this amazing  and kind man's life would end and leave this  world to start a new...

Aug 18, 2024

William Royce Levin, oldest son of William H. and Erna (nee Engelke) Levin was born on the family farm in Swan Township, Smith County, on June 14, 1930 and died at Smith Center Health and Rehab on August 18, 2024. He was baptized at home on June 15, 1930 and confirmed at Germantown Lutheran Church on July 5, 1942.His...

Aug 18, 2024

Donna Gail Farr was the fourth child born April 25, 1953 in Lexington, NE to Fred and Mabel Jessie (Sheldon) Newton.

Most of her early life she lived in Lexington and attended Bryan Grade School, Jr. High, and High School before moving to Excelsior Springs, MO for Job Corp.  She received her GED and a Clerk Typist...

Aug 17, 2024

Stanley Glaum, 84, passed away at home in Manhattan, KS on August 17, 2024.

Stanley Allan Glaum was born at home in Alma, NE on October 7, 1939 as the only son of Allan Martin and Leita Irene (Lee) Glaum. They moved to Hastings, NE in 1941; when Allan was deployed to Europe with the US Army...

Aug 14, 2024

Barabara Sue Tweedy was born September 11, 1939, in Carrollton Missouri to Averill and Eleanor Gonder (Musick), and passed away August 14, 2024, in Smith Center, Kansas at the age of 84. She attended school in Phillipsburg, Kansas following the families move there when she was a child. On August 19th, 1956, she was united in marriage to Kenneth...

Aug 11, 2024

Thomas Gerard Schandler was born on October 26, 1960 in Manhattan Ks. He was adopted into Eugene and Pat Schandler's family in 1960 from Catholic Charities in Salina, Ks. A younger brother,Jerald (Damien), joined the family in 1964. Tom attended grade school in Densmore and Logan, then graduated from Logan High School in 1978.

Tom attended Goodland...

Aug 7, 2024

Robert W. Moore , son of John W. and Martha F. (Cox) Moore, was  born October 14, 1931 in Colony, KS, and passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS, at the age of 92.

He grew up in Colony, graduating from Colony High School, and then attended Kansas University in Lawrence.  ...

Jul 24, 2024

Lifelong Phillips County resident Lee Taylor passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE at the age of 88.

He was born February 1, 1936 in Phillips County, KS the son of Hobart and Geneva (Ragsdale) Taylor.  He was a farmer and rancher.

Lee was united in marriage to...

Jul 22, 2024

Larry L. Hall passed away Monday, July 22, 2024 at the Smith Center Health and Rehab at the age of 84 after a long battle with Parkinson's.

He was born January 24, 1940, during a snowstorm, north of Agra, Kansas, the son of Roy and Zella (Munyon) Hall. After graduating from Agra, he attended Kansas Wesleyan. He...

Jun 29, 2024

Paul W. Baird, a resident of Logan, Kansas, passed away at his home on June 29, 2024, at the age of 64.

Paul was born on July 7, 1959, in Denver, Colorado, to Raymond Dick and Lucille Evelyn (Johns) Baird. He graduated from Alameda High School in Lakewood, Colorado, and later attended Colorado University.

Paul...

Jun 24, 2024

Phillipsburg, KS resident, Ralph J. Cote, passed away Monday, June 24, 2024 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 82.

He was born June 2, 1942 in Kankakee, Illinois the son of LeRoy J. and Marian F. (Allison) Cote.  He spent his childhood through a young adult in Kankakee.

He began...

Jun 21, 2024

Shayne Patrick Theobald son of Kelley Theobald and Marilyn (Goscha) Schrum was born March 27th, 1966 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Shayne passed away at his home in Glendale, Arizona on June 21st, 2024 at the age of 58.

Shayne attended elementary and junior high school at Norton, Kansas and graduated high school from Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg,...

Jun 18, 2024

Phillipsburg resident, Linda Blubaugh, passed away on June 18, 2024, at the Phillips County Hospital, in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 78.

Linda was born on August 22, 1945, in Phillips County, Kansas, to her parents Lewis and Lois (Jaenicke) Krouse.

She was united in marriage to Dan Blubaugh on October 15, 1966, in...

Jun 11, 2024

Marcia Ann Uehling, passed away on June 11, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 78.

Marcia was born on January 17, 1946, in McCook, Nebraska, to her parents Clarence and Viola (Hardy) Dake.

She was united in marriage to Douglas Lew Uehling on June 14, 1969, in Orleans,...

Jun 9, 2024

Shannon Wade Sindt passed away June 9, 2024 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS at the age of 64.  He was born Jan. 2, 1960 in Eugene, OR, the son of Ralph & Jolene (Bergman) Sindt.

Survivors include his daughter, Emily Dewbre & husband Scott of Enid, OK; his parents,  Ralph & Jolene Sindt of...