Obituaries

Apr 30, 2015

Harold Dean Mai , of Loveland, CO died April 30, 2015, at home at the age of 77 years old.

Harold was born November 9th, 1937 on the family farm southeast of Russell. The son of Charley & Dolly Mai (Bender). He grew up and attended country school in the Russell area. He...

Apr 30, 2015

Jimmie Richard “Bunk” Bunker , passed away, April 30, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Wilson, Kansas.

Jimmie was born November 6, 1939 to Jim & Helen Herber Bunker in Wilson, Kansas.  He attended school and graduated from Russell High School in Russell, Kansas.  He served in the Kansas National Guard and...

Apr 22, 2015

James E. Dumler , 81 of Nixa, MO passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at his home with his family by his side.

Jim was born on May 2, 1933 in Russell, Kansas to Paul and Theresa (Reissig) Dumler.   He grew up in Russell and graduated from Russell High School with the class...

Apr 21, 2015

Paul George Dietz , 96, of Russell, Kansas passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at the Great Bend Regional Hospital in Great Bend, Kansas.

Paul was born November 3, 1918 on the family farm in Russell County just north of Bender...

Apr 19, 2015

Donald Edgar Paschal , 88, passed away Sunday April 19, 2015, in the Russell Regional Hospital.

Don was born June 23, 1926 in rural Luray Kansas, the son of Clarence and Barbara (Robinson) Paschal.  Upon graduation from Luray High school he went to work for the American Telephone Company as junior lineman.  He...

Apr 17, 2015

Marlin Wayne Buehler , 76, of Russell, Kansas passed away Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell.

Marlin was born August 14, 1938 in Russell, Kansas the son of Harvey A. and Irene (Bachman) Buehler.  He grew up and attended school in Dorrance, Kansas.  He was a graduate of...

Apr 12, 2015

W. “Fritz” Waymaster , 87, of Russell, Kansas, died on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Russell Regional Hospital.

Fritz was born on the 30th of July 1927, in rural Bunker Hill, Kansas, the son of David J. and Anna E. (Steinle) Waymaster.  He grew up in the Bunker Hill area and started...

Apr 2, 2015

Joyce Marie (Hurlbut) Lorenc – Scott , 83, of Russell, Kansas passed away Thursday, April 02, 2015 at her home with her family by her side.

Joyce was born August 15, 1931 in rural Russell County, Kansas, the daughter of Merle and Gertrude (Zweifel) Hurlbut.  She grew up in Osborne County and attended...

Mar 30, 2015

Ralph William Resley , 91, of Russell, Kansas, died on Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kansas.

Ralph was born on July 15, 1923, in Bunker Hill, Kansas, the son of William H. and Mollie (Bender) Resley.  He grew up in the Russell area and graduated from...

Mar 17, 2015

Marvin L. Boxberger , 82, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Main Street Manor in Russell, Kansas.

Marvin was born March 8, 1933 on the family farm near Milberger, Kansas, the son of J. Ben and Lydia (Miller) Boxberger.  He grew up and attended schools in Russell.

Mar 16, 2015

David “Dave” Kuhn , 60, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at his home.

Dave was born August 31, 1954 in Hays, Kansas, the son of Emil and Luella (Walters) Kuhn.  He grew up in Victoria, Kansas and graduated from Victoria High School.  He then attended a Vo-Tech school in...

Mar 15, 2015

Donald Lee Horyna , 79, of Russell, Kansas, died on Sunday, March 15, 2015, at the Locus Grove Village in LaCrosse, Kansas.

Donald was born on September 06, 1935, in Great Bend, Kansas, at the family home, the son of Edward C. and Marie R. (Krmela) Horyna.  He grew up in the Great...

Mar 12, 2015

Lonnie Alan Wallace , 65, of Pueblo, Colorado and former Waldo and Paradise, Kansas resident, died on March 12, 2015, at his home.

Lonnie was born on October 12, 1949, in the Russell City Hospital in Russell, Kansas, the son of George W. and Bonnie (Williams) Wallace.  He grew up in Waldo, Kansas...

Mar 11, 2015

Clela Fae Vaupel , 78, of Russell, Kansas, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Russell Regional Hospital.

Fae was born on November 14, 1936 in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Harold and Inez (Yarnell) Bates.  She grew up in Bennington, Kansas and graduated from Bennington High School in 1954.  She...

Mar 8, 2015

Jennifer Frances Ayers , 40, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin and former Hays, Kansas resident, died with her husband Thomas Ayers, on Sunday March 08, 2015 in their home.

Jennifer was born on July 09, 1974, in Pequannock, New Jersey, the daughter of Dennis and Rosemary (Jenkins) Gallagher.  She grew up in Hays, Kansas and...

Mar 1, 2015

Irene (Miller) Stramel , 78, of Hays, Kansas passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the Via Christi Village in Hays, Kansas.

Irene was born July 3, 1936 in Osceola, Missouri, the daughter of Richard and Hattie (Ramage) Miller.  She grew up and attended schools in the Natoma and Paradise area.  She graduated...

Mar 1, 2015

Norma Jean (Wagner) Stangle , 87, of Lawrence, Kansas and formerly of Russell, Gorham and Ellsworth, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at  Brandon Woods in Lawrence.

Norma was born August 14, 1927 in Eureka, Kansas, the daughter of E.M. “Bake” and Hulda (Dauber) Wagner.  She grew up in Ellsworth, Kansas, graduating from...

Feb 28, 2015

Theodore Frances Buehler , 92, was born at Wilson, Kansas on January 31, 1923 to Theodore and Frances (Tobin) Buehler. Ted passed into his saviors loving arms February 28, 2015, at the Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation Center in Beatrice, Nebraska.

Ted was the sixth child of 10 siblings.  Brothers: Orval, Dean, Glenn, Dale,...

Feb 21, 2015

Charlotte Irene (Helscher) Newton , 97, was born to Sylvia Melvina (Zigler) Helscher and Thomas Adolph Helscher on October 18, 1917 on a farm near Paradise, Kansas.  She passed away  on February 21, 2015 at Warrensburg, MO.

Charlotte attended school in Paradise where she graduated from high school.  She attended Fort Hays State...

Feb 16, 2015

Viola Marie (Quint) Kuhn of Russell, Kansas passed away Monday, February 16, 2015 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas.

Viola was the daughter of John and Catherine (Windholtz) Quint.  She grew up in Victoria and graduated from Victoria High School.

Viola was united in marriage to Elmer J....