Obituaries
Joan R. Hirst
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...
Ray C. Markley
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...
Bette Bitter
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...
Sharon Kay Miller
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...
Lois Holland
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,...
Boyd A. Knackstedt
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,...
Evelyn L. Stambaugh
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...
Mildred M. Ford
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,...
Larry D. Doty
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...
Verlin E. "Buster" Humphrey
Jan 19, 2015
Verlin E. Buster Humphrey , 67, of Russell, Kansas passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.
Buster was born April 12, 1947 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Kenneth K.D. and Ruth (Pearce)...
Donnie Miller
Jan 19, 2015
Donnie Jean (Martin) Miller , 72, of Russell, Kansas passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.
Donnie was born December 9, 1942 in Augusta, Kansas, the daughter of Troy H. and Mary A. (Newman) Martin....
Joyce L. Bischoff
Jan 14, 2015
Joyce L. Bischoff , 75, of Russell, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Salina Regional Hospital in Salina, Kansas.
Joyce was born on May 25, 1939 in Rockford, Illinois, the daughter of Gilbert and Morse (Calvin) Benson. She grew up and attended school in Racine, Wisconsin. She was united in...
Martin R. Davis
Jan 12, 2015
Martin Raymond Davis , 63, of Russell, Kansas passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell.
Martin was born November 27, 1951 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Silas Martin and Joan (Stanley) Davis. He was living in Odessa, Texas when his family moved to the Stockton...
Eunice M. Garrett
Jan 5, 2015
Eunice Marie Garrett , 79, of Russell, Kansas, died on Monday, January 05, 2015, at the Main Street Manor in Russell, Kansas.
Eunice was born on June 25, 1935, in Dorrance, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Marie (Schmidt) Claussen. She grew up in Dorrance and graduated from Dorrance High School in 1953. ...
Louise C. Kertz
Jan 2, 2015
Louise C. Kertz , 91, was called to her heavenly home on January 02, 2015 from the Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka, KS.
She was born November 10, 1923 in Hays, KS to Menzies Moore and Mary Boitnott Moore. She lived her early life on a farm at Antonino, KS. She attended...
Mildred T. Charter
Jan 2, 2015
Mildred Theresa Charter, 88, of Russell, Kansas died on Friday, January 02, 2015, at the Ellsworth Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kansas.
Mildred was born on October 06, 1926, in Monroe, Michigan, the daughter of Charles and Mable (Jacobs) Pillette. She grew up in the Monroe, Michigan, area and attended local schools there. She...
Hayes P. "H.P." Thacker
Jan 1, 2015
Hayes Price H.P. Thacker , 89, of Luray, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.
H.P. was born July 31, 1925 in Gove County, Kansas, the son of Grover Cleveland and Cora (Eaton) Thacker. He grew up in Gove County until the third grade when...
Eugene Steinert
Dec 31, 2014
Eugene L. Steinert , 89, passed away on December 31, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Center in Ellsworth, Kansas.
Eugene was born on August 21, 1925, in Northern Barton County, Kansas, the son of Albert and Martha (Steitz) Steinert. He grew up on the family farm near Galatia and attended local schools. He...
David M. Pierce
Dec 29, 2014
David Michael Pierce , 61, of Russell, Kansas, died on Monday, December 29, 2014 at the V.A. Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.
David was born on November 07, 1953 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the son of Robert and Mary (Newby) Pierce. He grew up in Coldwater, Kansas, and graduated from Coldwater High School. Later...
Doris A. Steinert
Dec 29, 2014
Doris Amelia Steinert , 83, of Russell, Kansas, died on December 29, 2014, at the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kansas.
Doris was born on July 21, 1931, in Northern Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Tobias and Amelia (Bitter) Radke. She grew up in the Milberger and Russell area and attended...
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