Obituaries

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....

Feb 15, 2015

Joan Ruth Hirst , 83, of Russell, Kansas, died on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at the Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell.

Joan was born on July 19, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Homer and Leora (Pickert) Davis.  She grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from Mt. Prospect High School...

Feb 8, 2015

Ray C. Markley , 73, of Russell, Kansas, died on Sunday, February 08, 2015, at his home in Russell.

Ray was born July 08, 1941, in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Darrell and Lela (Webb) Markley.  He was a caretaker and senoir companion for the elderly, helping them with daily activities and going...

Feb 3, 2015

Bette J. (Schroeder) Bitter , 81, of LaCrosse, Kansas and formerly of Russell, Kansas passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Locust Grove Village in LaCrosse.

Bette was born December 22, 1933 in Cornell, Wisconsin, the daughter of Roy and Lillian J. (Rufledt) Schroeder.  She grew up in Cornell and graduated from...

Feb 3, 2015

Sharon Kay Miller , 71, of Russell, Kansas, died on February 03, 2015, at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.

Sharon was born on June 15, 1943, in Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Godfred and Alvina (Nuss) Miller.  She grew up in the Paradise, Kansas, community and graduated from...

Jan 30, 2015

Lois (Deardorff) Holland , 96, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2015, in Kaiser North Hospital in Sacramento, California.

Lois was born with her twin sister, Loise, in Southeast Kansas on November 24, 1919 and grew up with her parents, Ray and Elva Deardorff, and siblings, brother Dean and sister Loise, in Waldo,...

Jan 30, 2015

Boyd Albert Knackstedt , 81, of Russell, Kansas, died on Friday, January 30, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

Boyd was the only son of Albert and Viola (Schletzbaum) Knackstedt and was born in Little River, Kansas, on April 30, 1933.  He had three older sisters, Bernadine,...

Jan 29, 2015

Evelyn L. (Emmert) Stambaugh , 99, of Beloit, Kansas and formerly of Russell, Kansas died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the Hill Top Lodge in Beloit, Kansas.

Evelyn was born January 12, 1916 in Randall, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur N. and Maude H. (Tedrow) Emmert.   She grew up in the Mankato, Kansas...

Jan 24, 2015

Mildred M. (Finch) Ford , 91 of Boulder City, Nevada, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Hospice of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado, surrounded by her family.

Mildred was born April 14, 1923 in Natoma, Kansas, the daughter of Port Huron and Cora B. (Doty) Finch.  She grew up in the Isabel,...

Jan 24, 2015

Larry D. Doty , 69, of Russell, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Great Bend Regional Hospital in Great Bend, Kansas.

Larry was born March 26, 1945 in Hays, Kansas, the son of Paul and Stella (Pruter) Doty.  He grew up in the “on the ridge” near Fairport, Kansas and...