Obituary

David Jacob Reisig, 71, of Russell, died October 10, 2019. He was born December 24, 1947 in Russell, Kansas, to Jacob D. Reisig and Olga Marie Steponick. David graduated from Russell High School in 1965. While achieving his bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from Kansas State University, he met and fell in love with Pamela Kaye … Read more

Pauline Lucy Bender, 88, of Russell, Kansas died on Saturday, October 05, 2019, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas Pauline was born on November 22, 1930, in Russell, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Cheesman ) Barker.  She grew up in Russell and graduated from Russell High School.  She met, fell in … Read more

Lucille Marie Peirano, 78, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019.  Lucille was born January 25, 1941, in Hays, KS and grew up in Dorrance, KS and graduated in 1959.  She worked at St. John’s Hospital in Salina and owned Designs and Accents Floral and Oakhurst Insurance, both in Salina, KS. She also … Read more

Renetta  (Schmidtberger) Witt ,93, of Russell, Kansas passed away September 23, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. She was born Renetta Marie Schmidtberger on March 12, 1926 in Gorham, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Mary (Mermis) Schmidtberger.  She grew up on a farm in Gorham, Kansas with five other siblings.  Renetta … Read more

Fredrick Oliver Mitchell, Sr., 82, of Great Bend, Kansas, died on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at the Ellinwood, Hospital in Ellinwood, Kansas. Fred was born on October 30, 1936, in Rural Russell, Kansas, on the family farm, the son of Oscar Rolland and Zelda Beatrice (Carroll) Mitchell.  He grew up on the farm in Russell … Read more

Mary D. Mead, 103, of Russell, Kansas, died on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at the Wheatland Nursing Home surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born on January 15, 1916, in Johnston, Rhode Island to Germano and Anastasia (Girardi) Torrice who were immigrants of D’Evandro, Italy.  Mary was one of 7 children and grew up … Read more

Karla Kay (Brown) Kingsbury, 64, of Dorrance, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2019 at her home. Karla was born September 16, 1954 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  She was the daughter of Bernard Franklin and Joyce Ann (Pfeiffer) Brown.  She grew up in Michigan until her family moved in 1968 to Boulder, Colorado.  She graduated … Read more

Betty Lou Kessler, 89, long time Kansas resident, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019, at Atria Senior Living Residence in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is dearly missed by family and friends. Betty was born on August 11, 1930, in Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Harold Schuyler and Alma Rosetta (Grisell) See.  She grew up … Read more

Bradley Lane Funk, 47, of St. George, Kansas, passed away Monday, September 9, 2019. Bradley was born February 8, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas.  He was the son of Larry Dean and Carolyn L. (Wilson) Funk.  His dad was in the Air Force while he was growing up and they lived in Big Springs, Texas; … Read more

Elroy Leon Dietz, 91, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 8, 2019 at the Via Christi Village in Hays, Kansas. Elroy was born July 25, 1928 on the family farm southwest of Russell, Kansas.  He was one of three children born to Henry L. and Magdalena “Lena” (Templing) Dietz.  He grew up and attended … Read more