Obituaries
Mary Elizabeth Carlson
Oct 27, 2020
Mary's life began on December 3, 1930 in Hays, KS. She was the daughter of Robert and Estella (Thouvenell) Hooker of Winona, Kansas. Mary graduated from Fort Hays State College and began her career as a teacher. She went on to teach in several schools including Wichita, Denver, Salina, Assaria, and the brand-new Southeast of Saline building. At Southeast she...
Gertrude Joan Mahoney
Oct 26, 2020
Gertrude's life began on May 16, 1921 in Oil Hill, KS. She was the daughter of Martin J. and Lula (Cullins) Waner. She was united in marriage to Robert A Mahoney in Grand Island, NE in May of 1958. Gertrude was a registered nurse, trained at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. She worked for several doctors' offices in Nebraska and...
Irma Lee Meisinger
Oct 24, 2020
Irma was born, the youngest of three children, on November 4, 1941 to Albert and Ethel (Hodgson) Janzen, on the family farm eight miles north of Canada, KS. She attended Victory Grade School first through eighth grade and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1959. Irma was united in marriage to Robert Meisinger of Marion on July 5, 1959. The...
Linda Lou Burstein
Oct 21, 2020
Linda's life began on February 14, 1946 in Maywood, CA. She was the daughter of John and Helen (Stieler) Millar. She was educated in California and spent most of her life there. Linda was united in marriage to Ronald Burstein who preceded her in death in 2005. She moved to Kansas with her family in 2018. Linda loved to cook...
Marilyn V. Baker
Oct 20, 2020
Marilyn was born at home on the family farm at Lost Springs, KS, on September 19, 1932. She graduated from Lost Springs High School and Wichita Business College, then in 1997 received a BA in Theological Studies from Vision Christian University, Ramona, CA. She worked as an insurance agent/underwriter for various agencies in California for most of her career. She...
Wilferd Ralph Thiessen
Oct 16, 2020
Wilferd’s life began on March 27, 1932, the son of Jacob Edgar and Marie (Wiebe) Thiessen in Newton, Kansas. He graduated from Berean Academy in 1950 and went onto graduate from Grace Bible College in Omaha, Nebraska. He married Gladys Evelyn Kracht on June 15, 1954 in Creighton, Nebraska. Wilferd and Gladys ministered all across Latin America from 1964-2010. He also...
Ruthann Dies
Oct 12, 2020
Ruthann’s life began on February 21, 1943, the daughter of Russell Howard and Dorothy Gayle (Garten) Elliott in Enid, Oklahoma. She graduated from Udall High School in 1961 and attended a Wichita business school to become a CPA. Ruthann married Glendle Lofton and he preceded her in death. She then married Ronald Lee Dies on March 1, 1984 in Hutchinson,...
Tammy Ryff
Oct 12, 2020
Tammy's life began on August 11, 1960 in Topeka, Kansas. She was the daughter of Richard L. and Barbara (Davis) Reitz. She attended college at Cloud County Community College. Tammy worked as a pellet packer for the Hodgdon Powder Company for 18 years. She was involved in Job's Daughters and Girl Scouting as a youngster. Tammy was more than just...
Dean Allen Schmidt
Oct 9, 2020
Family Tribute:
He set the first stake in the prairie. That’s what my dad always told people about Circle E Feedlot. The feedlot was his life for six decades. Work for my dad was something of a religion. He poured himself into every project he undertook. Many times I’ve seen him come up with an idea, draw it out, go...
Sylvia Anna Bezdek
Oct 9, 2020
Sylvia's life began on July 24, 1924 in Pilsen. She was the daughter of John and Victoria (Franta) Svitak. Sylvia attended grade school in Pilsen and graduated from Lincolnville High School. Not long after graduation Sylvia went to work at the Pilsen State Bank, followed by the Lincolnville State Bank and the Ramona State Bank. Sylvia worked as a bookkeeper...
Kathy Kay Beisel
Oct 8, 2020
Kathy’s life began on October 30, 1953 in Hillsboro, KS. She was the daughter of Frederick and Anna (Frantz) Beisel. Kathy attended OCCK life skills. Her family includes siblings Gene Beisel of El Reno, OK; Margie (Kenny) Nienstedt of Marion, KS; Yvonna (Art) Smith of Phoenix, AZ; Rosemary Deines of Herington, KS; Marilyn Smith of Springdale, AR; Carolyn Fizer of Salina,...
Trellis Jeanne Alt
Oct 5, 2020
Trellis J. Alt of El Dorado, KS passed away on October 5, 2020. She was born on October 17, 1947, the daughter of Wilfred and Esther (Brunner) Kohlieber. She graduated from Herington, High School in 1965 and was united in marriage to Johnny M. Alt on September 12, 1965.
Trellis worked as a corrections officer at Wyoming State Penitentiary, Ellsworth...
William Dean Alkire
Oct 1, 2020
Bill's life began on May 10, 1960 in Pampa, Texas. He was the son of Robert and Linda (Baggerman) Alkire. Bill was a 1979 graduate of Ulysses High School. He drove truck for oil field supply companies and worked as a laborer before he became disabled. Bill loved to tinker with cars and rebuilt many engines in his spare time....
Pearly Lee Edgmon
Sep 23, 2020
Pearly’s life began on December 28, 1924, the daughter of Dent and Mary (Sparks) Watson in Mossville, Arkansas. She married Arnold Edgmon on December 22, 1940, also in Mossville. She worked at Dole Packing Plant making the bacon! Pearl enjoyed quilting and was a member of the East Side Christian Union Church in Springdale, Arkansas until moving to Whitewater in...
Linda Peterson
Sep 22, 2020
Linda Diane Fike Peterson was born on November 3, 1950, to Warren and Paula (Mueller) Fike in Herington, KS. She shared her birthday with her Grandpa HFK Mueller. She is the oldest of the seven Fike children. She married her high school sweetheart, Dan Peterson on December 21, 1968.
Linda was a very caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter,...
