Obituaries
Isaac C. Ehrlich
Mar 22, 2012
Isaac Caleb “Big Red” Ehrlich , 9 of Russell died Thursday, March 22, 2012 from an accident.
Isaac was born September 5, 2002 in Great Bend, Kansas the son of Michael J. Ehrlich and Mandy (Funk) Ehrlich. Isaac was attending Bickerdyke Elementary School in Russell. He was active in the Cub Scouts, playing...
Mary Lea Humes
Mar 22, 2012
Mary Lea Humes , 95, of Victoria, Kansas, formerly of Russell, Kansas died on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at the St. John Health Care Center of Victoria, Kansas. Mary was born on February 19, 1917, in Gas City, Kansas, the daughter of Harvey Lee and Kitty Marie (Torbett) Stuart. She grew up in the Russell area...
Jeffrey M. Miller
Mar 19, 2012
Jeffrey Martin Miller , 48, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away March 19, 2012, at the VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri due to complications after surgery.
Jeff was born on July 2, 1963 in Russell, Kansas the son of Samuel M. and Judith M. (Rogg) Miller. Jeff’s father worked for the Federal...
Junior F. Wanek
Mar 18, 2012
Junior Franklin Wanek , 86 of Russell, Kansas died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Wilson, Kansas.
Junior was born December 1, 1925 in the Wilson-Dorrance area, the son of Joseph and Cora (Root) Wanek. He grew up in the Wilson-Dorrance area and graduated from Dorrance High School in...
Elbert "Spud" G. Whitman
Mar 18, 2012
Elbert Glenn “Spud” Whitman , 88, of Paradise, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.
Spud Whitman was born February 23, 1924, to Alexander and Mary (Patton) Whitman. He grew up in rural Russell County and joined the United States Navy in March of 1943. Spud...
Barbara J. Auble
Mar 14, 2012
Barbara Jean Auble , 75, of Paradise, Kansas, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at the Russell Regional Hospital emergency room.
Barbara was born on February 14, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Richard Leroy and Elsie (Majer) Arnold. She grew up and attended school in Crown Point, Indiana and lived in...
Ardie E. Austin
Mar 9, 2012
Ardyth Elaine “Ardie” Austin , 73 of Russell died Friday, March 9, 2012 at St. John’s Nursing Center in Victoria, Kansas.
Ardie was born November 27, 1938 in Barnard, Kansas the daughter of Emerson and Muriel (Wallace) Good. She grew up in Barnard and graduated from Barnard High School in 1955.  She then...
Lorraine Anschutz
Mar 3, 2012
Lorraine (Trapp) Anschutz , 89 of Bunker Hill died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at her home.
Lorraine was born December 1, 1922 on the family farm south of Bunker Hill, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Matthew and Nora Alice (Penix) Trapp. She grew up on the farm and attended country schools....
Marie E. Houdyshell
Mar 1, 2012
Marie E. Houdyshell , 96, of Russell, Kansas, died on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at the Russell Regional Hospital.
Marie was born on Monday, March 15, 1915, the daughter of Martin and Lydia (Steinle) Heinitz. She grew up and attended school in Dorrance, Kansas, and has lived in the Russell County area all...
Melvin Junior Mills
Feb 29, 2012
Melvin Junior Mills , 86 of Russell, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the St. JohnÂ’s Nursing Center in Victoria, Kansas.
Melvin was born December 20, 1925 in Garber, Oklahoma, the son of Marvin Wheeler and Dora ( George ) Mills. He grew up in Winfield, Kansas and graduated from Winfield High School....
Joe Longoria
Feb 27, 2012
Jose “Joe” Longoria , 82, of Russell, Kansas, died on Monday, February 27, 2012, at the Ft. Dodge Kansas Soldier’s Home in Dodge City, Kansas.
Joe was born on October 26, 1929, in Donna, Texas, the son of Emmitt and Genevive (Anzaldua) Longoria. He grew up in Mission, Texas and graduated from high...
Lawrence B. Finch
Feb 26, 2012
Lawrence B. Finch , 100, passed away February 26, 2012, in Liberty Missouri. Lawrence was born August 13, 1911, south of Natoma, Kansas. He was the son of Gavin and Pearl (Clair) Finch.
As a young man Lawrence attended Craig School and helped on the family farm. He was united in marriage to...
Rolland A. Ehrlich
Feb 19, 2012
Rolland A. Ehrlich , 95 of Russell died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, Kansas.
Rolland was born on July 24, 1916 on the family farm in south Russell County, the son of George C. and Mary E. (Eichman) Ehrlich. He grew up on the family farm helping...
N. Celeste Efaw
Feb 17, 2012
Celeste (Nano) Efaw , 97, passed away in Topeka on February 17, 2012. Born October 5, 1914, in Milo, Missouri to G.E. and Zefphia Sims Baer, she moved with her family at a young age to El Dorado. She married E.C. “Chick” Efaw; they had one daughter, Beverly. They lived in...

Ray E. Ruby
Feb 16, 2012
Ray Edward Ruby , 87, of Bunker Hill, Kansas, died on Thursday, February 16, 2012, at his home.
Ray was born on July 14, 1924, in Bunker Hill, the son of Warren E. and Tillie (Luerman) Ruby. He grew up in the Bunker Hill area and graduated from Bunker Hill High School in...
Kenneth L. "Larry" Nowak
Feb 11, 2012
Kenneth Lawrence “Larry” Nowak , 75 of Russell, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita due to injuries sustained in a fall.
Larry was born December 16, 1936 in Gorham, Kansas, the son of Henry and Mae (Schulte) Nowak. He grew up in Gorham and...
Don E. Fosdick
Feb 9, 2012
Donald (Don) Eugene Fosdick , 58, of Russell, Kansas, died on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.
Don was born on Tuesday, November 24, 1953, in Ellinwood, Kansas, the son of Donald T. and Geraldine K. (Cope) Fosdick. He grew up in the Great Bend area and...
Laverta Ann Longnecker
Feb 7, 2012
LaVerta Ann Longnecker , 79, of Russell, Kansas, died on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at the St. JohnÂ’s Nursing Center of Victoria, Kansas.
Ann was born on July 18, 1932 in Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Pete Jr. and Anna E. (Herdt) Schneider. She grew up in the Russell, Kansas area and...

Carl Weather
Feb 5, 2012
Carl Lee Weathers , 75 of Harper, Kansas and formerly of Russell died Sunday, February 5, 2012 at his home.
Carl was born April 8, 1936 in Skiatook, Oklahoma, the son of Carl Glen and Marjorie (Dutton) Weathers. He grew up in Skiatook until his sophomore year in high school when his family...
Alice A. Graham
Feb 2, 2012
Alice Ann Graham , 82, of Russell, Kansas, died on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at her home in Russell.
Alice was born on October 9, 1929, in Russell, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Anna (Kost) Dawson. She grew up in the Russell area and graduated from Russell High School in 1947 and...