Obituaries
Vickie Lynn Kaempfe
Sep 19, 2020
Vickie Lynn Kaempfe was born in 1947 in Ellsworth, Kansas. She is the daughter of Jack L. Campbell and Donna F. Ulrich Campbell. Vickie attended Ellsworth grade school and high school where she graduated in 1965. She married William (Bill) Dean Kaempfe of Sylvan Grove, Kansas on October 18th, 1965. Later in life she graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in...
John James Thies
Sep 16, 2020
John Thies passed from this life to his heavenly home on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. John was born May 20, 1948, the third child of Clyde and Bernice Groening Thies of Marion, KS. Survivors in his immediate family include brother, Wayne Thies (Sandra) of Newton, and sister Phyllis Bull of Bartlesville, OK. John was preceded in death by his parents,...
LaDonna Elsie Sherbert
Sep 12, 2020
LaDonna’s life began October 12, 1939 in Clay Center, KS. She was the oldest daughter born to James Elton and Donna (Hill) Hess. She graduated from Clay Center High School in 1957. She was united in marriage to William J. “Bill” Sherbert on May 31, 1959 in Wakefield KS. LaDonna and Bill moved to Marion in 1964 where she was...
Cheryl Robbins
Sep 11, 2020
Cheryl’s life began December 14, 1959 in Wichita, KS. She was the daughter of Conald and Sandra (Stockwell) Ferrel. Cheryl was united in marriage to David Allen Robbins on December 22, 1978 in Maize, KS.
Cheryl worked at numerous bookkeeping jobs and was a computer whiz. She was often called upon to find lost documents for people. She enjoyed visiting...
Anthony Paul Gronau
Sep 9, 2020
Anthony's life began on July 19, 1949 in Newton, KS. He was the son of Alfred and Margaret (Rutschman) Gronau. Anthony is a graduate of Remington High School, Whitewater and Pittsburg State University where he earned a degree in Construction Management. Anthony was united in marriage to the former Mari Palmisano on September 30, 1982 in Liberty, MO. He was...
George August Schlesener, Jr.
Sep 8, 2020
George's life began on February 8, 1927 in rural Herington. He was the son of George A. and Jennie E. (Fall) Schlesener. George was a 1947 graduate of Herington High School. He was united in marriage to the former Mary Ann Schneider on March 25, 1951 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ramona. George worked for the Rock Island Line, Oklahoma...
Elizabeth Helen Cowman
Sep 2, 2020
Born October 12, 1931. She left this world peacefully after a long illness on September 2, 2020. Liz and her brother grew up on the family farm in Herrington, Kansas. Her parents, Louis and Winona Cowman were lifelong residents there. It was during that time that Liz developed her love of animals, large and small. She had a great love...
Thomas Gale Maynor
Aug 31, 2020
Gale's life began on January 22, 1947, in Beckley, WV. He was the son of Joseph Thomas Maynor and Jean (Reid) Maynor. Gale was a graduate of Valley Center High School and Wichita State University in 1978. He worked for Exxon/Mobil from 1971 until 1995. Gale later went to work for ATT as an IT manager until his retirement in...
Juanita Sophia Tousignant
Aug 30, 2020
Juanita Tousignant passed from this life on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at The Legacy of Herington.
A visitation will be held from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday at the Herington Chapel of the Yazel-Megli-Zeiner Funeral Home. A prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in...
Elizar "El" Ignaty Philemonoff, Jr
Aug 26, 2020
El’s life began on January 7, 1968 in Atka, Alaska. He was the son of Elizar I. Philemonoff, Sr. and Fechla (Proskoff) Theboy. El was united in marriage to Terri Diedriche on August 4, 1993 in Crescent City, CA. He was a professional truck driver and loved driving big trucks. El was a NASCAR fan, and especially loved Dale Earnhardt,...
Leona Pauline Manhart
Aug 18, 2020
Leona's life began on October 12, 1924 in Lost Springs. She was the daughter of Henry and Pauline (Deines) Albright. Leona was a 1942 graduate of Herington High School. She worked as a switchboard operator as a young lady and later went to work in the IGA Grocery for many years. Leona was a dedicated and hard-working mother for her...
Vera Mae Tilson-Sprague
Aug 16, 2020
Vera Mae Gehring was born on September 11, 1931, to Dan and Pearl Gehring, on a small farm near Moundridge. She was the oldest of six children. (Five girls and one boy.) Even though her parents were hard working, they were considered to be poor. They lived in a small farm house with two bedrooms, no electricity, no running water...
Lida May Wallace
Aug 14, 2020
Lida's life began on November 28, 1925, the daughter of George W. and Nettie M. (Puckett) Thomas in Whitewater, Kansas. She graduated from Potwin High School Class of 1942 and also Butler County Junior College. She married Ralph Henry "Jack" Wallace on May 26, 1945 in Potwin, Kansas.
Lida taught school and substitute taught in the Potwin area. Later...
