1884 to 2005
Last Updated February 6, 2005

I would like to thank Jan Simpson Reading of Denver, Colorado for volunteering to send me the current Rooks County Obituaries for posting.   She is formally of Codell, Kansas.   Gail McComb of Stockton and Wanda Vanhorn Sammons of Arkansas (formerly of Stockton) have shared numerous family obituaries, thank you all for each submittal we have over 280 obituaries listed.

If you have an obituary you would like posted, please send the date of the obit, newspaper name, and the obituary  text  to Brenda Reeder

30 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Jack L. Bennett
Jack L. Bennett, 75, Stockton, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2005, at Hays Medical Center.  He was born Jan. 27, 1930, in Cedar to Cecil and Goldie (Hawley) Bennett. He graduated from Gaylord High School and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.  He married Ivalee Gray on Dec. 31, 1954, in Kensington. He worked for the Rooks County Highway Department, retiring in 1996.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Scott Bennett, Stockton; three daughters, Denise McNulty, Stockton, Deena Lamp, Phillipsburg, and Darcy Wilson, Surrey, British Columbia; a sister, Shirley Lee, Modesto, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton; burial in the Stockton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton.
Memorials are suggested to the United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund or to the Stockton Public Library in care of the funeral home.

30 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Robert Kerell Hunter
Robert Kerell Hunter, 71, Plainville, former Hill City resident, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, in Lansing.  He was born Jan. 12, 1934, in Hill City to Robert and Minnie (Sanders) Hunter. He was a lumberyard employee and laborer.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Reeves Hunter, Plainville; a stepson, Gerald Reeves, Plainville; two daughters, Ronda Beacon, Hoxie, and Tonia Warner, Plainville; a brother Byron Hunter, Ness City; four sisters, Roberta Hendrick, Connersville, Ind., Rowena Carpenter, Selden, Irene Berry, Hill City, and Kaylene Zahn, Hutchinson; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Spencer-Stinemetz Funeral Chapel, Hill City; burial in the Hill City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the First Assembly of God Church.

30 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Lorene Adele Reed
Lorene Adele McClellan Hayworth Reed, 82, Plainville, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at Haysville Health Center.  She was born Aug. 27, 1922, near Plainville to Dugald and Nellie (Woods) Carmichael. She graduated from Plainville High School in 1940.  She married Wayne McClellan on Jan. 24, 1942. He preceded her in death. She married Berton Hayworth; they later divorced, and she then married Alfred Reed, who preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Gary McClellan, Wichita; a daughter, Linda Sears, Garland, Texas; four grandchildren; and four great-grandsons.
She was preceded in death by a son, Larry Eugene McClellan.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Plainville United Methodic Church. Arrangements are being made by the Cochran Mortuary, Wichita.
Memorials are suggested to the church, P.O. box 427, Plainville, KS 67663.

25 Jan 2005 The Salina Journal Leon W. Hamilton
STOCKTON — Leon W. Hamilton, 92, Stockton, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005.  Mr. Hamilton was born Nov. 15, 1912, in Leroy. He was the owner of Rooks County Record.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal, in 1996.
Survivors include three sons, Robert Leon of Stockton, C.W. II of Levant and Barry of Olathe; two daughters, Judy Helm of Goodland and Jyl Unrein of Chanute; nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Stockton Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to House Calls of HMC Home Health and Hospice, in care of Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, 723 N. First, Stockton.
There will be no visitation.

23 Jan 2005 Hays Daily News Maisie Reeder
Maisie Reeder, Westminster, Colo., formerly of Stockton, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Sunrise Assisted Living Center.
Services are pending with Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton.

19 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Anna Gilson
Anna Gilson, 93, Wichita, former Plainville resident, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis, Wichita.  She was born Feb. 25, 1911, on a farm north of Zurich to James and Emma Novotny.  She married Clarence Gilson on July 27, 1937, in Colby. They were owners of Gilson's Drug Store, Gilson's Sporting Goods and Ann's Gift Shop. She moved to Wichita from Plainville in 1985.
Survivors include two daughters, Rosemary Ann Fechner, Junction City, and Rita K. Young, Wichita; a brother, Raymond Mech, Salina; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church, Plainville; burial in the Plainville Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville, and from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the church or Catholic Care Center, 6700 E. 45th N., Wichita, KS 67226.

18 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Leta Bouchey
Leta Bouchey, 82, Stockton, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at her home.  She was born Dec. 22, 1922, in Rooks County to Joe and Emma (Miller) Veverka. She graduated from Stockton High School.  She married G. Russell Bouchey on June 22, 1944, in Lawton, Okla. He died Aug. 3, 1986. She was the Stockton city clerk from 1953 to her retirement in 1994.
Survivors include her daughter, Marsha Haines, Stockton; her sister, LaDonna Schneider, Stockton; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church, Stockton; burial in the Stockton Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton, and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the church and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

18 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Elverta Dick
 Elverta Dick, 98, Lawrence, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community, Lawrence.  She was born Oct. 26, 1906, in Potter to C.K. and Lilly (Davis) Hawley. She attended McPherson College and Emporia State Teachers College.  She married Paul R. Dick on Aug. 21, 1929; he died in March 1997. She was a retired school teacher, teaching music in school districts in western Kansas.
Survivors include a son, James P. Dick, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Paula M. Parker, Olathe; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, Lawrence; graveside services at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Plainville Cemetery.
The family will greet friends following the service. Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Plainville, is in charge of local arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to Lowman United Methodist Church, Topeka, or Baker University scholarship fund. Contributions can be sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th, Lawrence, KS, 66044.

14 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Velda Lucille Morin
Velda Lucille Morin, 90, Plainville, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, at the Rooks County Nursing Home.  She was born Sept. 27, 1914, in Natoma to George T. and Anna (Webb) Smith.  She married Thyril McClay on Sept. 28, 1929. He died Aug. 30, 1964. She married Alvin L. Morin Feb. 5, 1966, in Plainville. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; a son, Max McClay, Springfield, Mo.; two daughters, Nanette Morel, Plainville, and Maurine Francke, Flint, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Naomi Hartnett.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville; burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Plainville.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville. A Ladies Guild rosary will be at 3 p.m. Sunday with a parish vigil at 7 p.m. at the funeral chapel.
Memorials are suggested to the Rooks County Nursing Home and can be sent in care of the chapel.

11 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News  Jack Duane Baxter
Jack Duane Baxter, 78, Stockton, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2005, at the Rooks County Health Center, Plainville.
He was born Dec. 11, 1926, in Speed to Calvin Edwin “Edd” and Fern Nettie (Gartrell) Baxter.He married Ileta McCune on Oct. 7, 1945, in Phillipsburg. He worked for Lane Wells & Schult Mobile Home Factory.
Survivors include his wife, Phillipsburg three sons, Larry Baxter, Onaga, Garry Baxter, Cedar, and Baxter, Smith Center a daughter, Karol Rice, Honolulu, Hawaii nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Main Street Christian Church, Stockton burial in the Stockton Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Jack Baxter Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home.

8 Jan 2005 Concordia Blade-Empire Sister Dismas Cartwright
Sister Dismas Cartwright, 75, died Jan. 6, 2005, at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia.
She was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Gladstone, Mich., to Merrick and Catherine Abba Cartwright, and baptized Florene Dolores She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, on June 4, 1949. On March 19, 1950, she received the habit of the Sisters of St. Joseph and was given the name Sister Dismas She pronounced first vows on March 19, 1951, and final vows on March 19, 1954.
Sister Dismas received her BA in psychology from Marymount College, Salina, and she taught in schools staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Seguin, Herndon, St. Peter, Schoenchen, Plainville, Gorham, Damar and Aurora, Kan. In 1973, she semi-retired to St. Mary’s Convent in Grand Island, Neb., where she did visitation and care of the elderly and homebound. Because of health problems, in 2001, she retired to the Motherhouse in Concordia.
Sister Dismas was preceded in death by her parents and 11 siblings. She is survived by her twin brother, Lawrence, in Herndon, Fla., and three sisters, Betty Cartwright Melinda of Arlington Heights, Ill., Cecilia Cartwright Minor and Beverly Cartwright Santeler, both of Harvard, Ill.
A Bible Vigil Service will be at 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 9, in the Nazareth Motherhouse Chapel with Sister Jackie Kircher as the eulogist. The Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, Jan. 10, at 2 p.m. in the Motherhouse Chapel with the Rev. Curtis VanDel, SJ presiding. Burial will be in the Nazareth Motherhouse Cemetery.
Chaput-Buoy Mortuary, 325 W. 6th St., Concordia, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be given to the Sisters of St. Joseph Health Care/Retirement Fund or the Apostolic Works of the Sisters, P.O. Box 279, Concordia, KS 66901.

7 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Anna Jo Hill
Anna Jo Hill, 94, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at the Good Samaritan Center, Minneapolis.
She was born Sept. 22, 1910, in Burrton to Ernest Archie and Emily Ann (Stone) Durflinger. She attended Emporia State University and taught in country schools for several years.   She married Kenneth S. Hill on Aug. 3, 1930, in Hutchinson. He died in 1970.
Survivors include two daughters, Carol Bird, Stockton, and Connie Kriss, Colorado Springs, Colo. eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Following graveside private family services at Burrton Cemetery memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church, Burrton.
Memorials are suggested to the Minneapolis Good Samaritan Center or the Ottowa County Hospice in care of Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton.

7 Jan. 2005 The Hays Daily News Catherine M. Comeau
Catherine M. Comeau Plainville, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at her home.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville. A ladies guild rosary will be Sunday followed by a vigil service and Daughters of Isabella rosary at the church.
A complete obituary is pending with Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville.

10 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Catherine Mary Comeau
Catherine Mary Comeau, 82, Plainville, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at her home.
She was born April 7, 1922, in Olpe to Emanuel and Anna (Burnheide) Klumpe She attended St. Joseph Catholic School, graduating in 1940.   She married Ralphael Alphonse Comeau on Oct. 14, 1942, in Loraine, Ohio.   She was an active member of the Sacred Heart Parish, Plainville, a charter member of the daughters of Isabella, Our Lady of Olives Circle No. 873, Sacred Heart Ladies Guild and the Plainville Rural Hospital Auxiliary.
Survivors include five sons, Ronald R. Comeau, Aurora, Ontario, Perry J. Comeau and wife Cynthia, Oelwein, Iowa, Roger L. Comeau and wife Plainville, David L. Comeau Denver, Charles G. Comeau and wife Shirley, Plainville and a daughter, Catherine A. Comeau Schaukowitch, Olathe 11 grandchildren, Eric Comeau, Chad Comeau, Ryan Comeau, Matthew Comeau, Brad Comeau, April Comeau Brack, Comeau, Mark Schaukowitch, Comeau, Alex Comeau, Colin Comeau a brother, Klumpe, Madison two sisters, Arlene Williams, Leawood, and Bertha Kutz, Hayes Center, Neb. eight great-grandchildren, Grace, Sophie, Stewart, Will, Gretchen Katherine, Ava Aroon and Catherine
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband on March 12, 1983, twin sons and Leroy a grandson, Andrew Comeau, her brother, Herman Klumpe, and a sister, Leona Rossillion.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville, with Father Ronald Comeau, Father Joseph Popelka, Bishop Pazak, John Lager and Father John Maxwell officiating burial in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Plainville.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville. A Ladies Guild Rosary will be at 5 p.m. today with a parish vigil service at 7 p.m. followed by a Daughters of Isabella rosary, all at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the church sent in care of the funeral chapel.

1 Jan 2005 The Hays Daily News Shannon L. Rush
Shannon L. Rush, 32, Marion, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, at his home.
He was born Nov. 13, 1972, in Plainville to Terry and Olive Rush. He married Darla McFadden on April 22, 2000, in Hays. He was most recently a stocker at Wal-Mart in McPherson.
Survivors include his wife, a son, Matthew Rush, Hays three daughters, Christina Rush, Hays, and Alexis Rush and Olivia Rush, Marion two brothers, Christopher Rush, Kansas City, Kan., and Terry Powers, Savannah, Ga. a sister, Rush, Overland Park and grandparents, Leslie and Elizabeth Rush WaKeeney, and Olive Griffith, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Zeiner Funeral Home, Marion, and a second service will be at noon Tuesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, WaKeeney burial in the WaKeeney City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. today with the family present to greet friends at the funeral home in Marion and from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the church in WaKeeney.
Memorials are suggested to the Rush Children Trust Fund in care of the funeral home in Marion.

1 Jan 2005   Concordia Blade-Empire, Concordia, KS " Ed" Yoxall
Edward “Ed” Yoxall 79, Concordia, died Dec. 21, 2004, at Salina Regional Health Center.
He was born June 26, 1925, at Hays to Everett and Ollie Ellen Wasson Yoxall. He attended and graduated from schools in Woodston, Kan. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Elaine Ives Dec. 28, 1946, in Phillipsburg, Kan. He was the owner and operator of the Edward Yoxall Life & Health Insurance Sales Co. until he retired in 1990. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Concordia, Kan., a member of VFW Post #588 and American Legion Post #76 in Concordia.
Survivors include his wife, Yoxall of Concordia two sons, Yoxall of Concordia and Dennis Yoxall and wife of Canyon County, Calif. two brothers, Joe Yoxall and wife Marvel of Phillipsburg and Donald Yoxall and wife of Glendale, Ariz. one sister, Marjorie Conn of Stockton five grandchildren, Nicole Green and husband Michael of Derby, Kristin Yoxall and Leslie Yoxall, both of Wichita, Rachelle Yoxall and Chris Ngo of Hays and Nick Yoxall of Concordia four great-grandchildren, Jessica Paul and Jordon Paul both of Wichita, Ashton Ngo of Hays and Allie Green of Derby.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 30, at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Chapel in Concordia with the Rev. Russell J. Gotschall officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with military honors conducted by VFW Post #588 and American Legion Post #76.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or donor’s choice.
Friends may sign the register book from 8 a.m-5 p.m., Tuesday, and Wednesday at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, 325 West 6th Street, Concordia, KS 66901. The body was cremated.

30 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Edna Barbara Harrison
Edna Barbara Harrison, Great Bend, Kansas, passed away December 29, 2004. Born on February 17, 1917, in rural Rooks County, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Anna (Baxa) Howat. She married Richard Harrison by Probate Judge in Stockton, Kansas. (Later they were married in the Catholic Church). She graduated from Codell High School, taught country schools for two years. She attended Fort Hays State University majoring in child psychology. Pledged Phi Kappa Sigma. She played, coached and refereed volleyball and was a calisthenics instructor. She worked at Coleman Defense Plant in Wichita, then enlisted in World War II, on January 29, 1943, as a WAAC and took basic training in Des Moines, Iowa. She was assigned to Regular Army, 3rd Air Force, Tampa, Florida as an Air Traffic Controller. She was a flag bearer for the WAC Company and numerous Battalion parades. She was discharged November 23, 1945. She returned to Plainville, Kansas, where she owned and operated a drive-in eating establishment.   and Richard lived on the family farm with three children until the death of her husband on April 23, 1996. She moved to Great Bend, Kansas, in 1996.
Survivors include three sons, Jeff Harrison, Las Cruces, N.M., Greg Harrison, Overland Park, and Brian Harrison, Great Bend a sister, Blanche Girvan, Plainville seven grandchildren, Justin Harrison, Harrison, Riley, Anna Harrison, Abby Harrison, Harrison and Hunter Harrison and a great-granddaughter, Sydney Riley.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, and a twin brother, Edgar Howat.
Visitation will be today, Dec. 30, 2004, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend.
Vigil services will be today, Dec. 30, 2004, at 7 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home.
Visitation will be Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Moore-Overlease Chapel, Plainville.
Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 31, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville. Interment will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. Plainville, with military committal rites conducted by Plainville V.F.W. Post 8871.
Memorials are suggested to Sacred Heart Catholic School, Plainville, or Catholic Community of Great Bend. Both in care of Bryant Funeral Home or Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel.

28 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Julia O. Westhusin
Julia 0. Westhusin 86, Plainville, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, at the Rooks County Nursing Home.
She was born Aug. 8, 1918, in Rooks County to and Elizabeth (Aulbach) Westhusin. She graduated from Plainville High School and the Marymount College nursing program in Salina.   She worked for McDonald-Douglas Aircraft in Torrance, Calif., from World War II until her retirement 40 years later. She was a Plainville resident since 1991.
Survivors include a brother, Westhusin Plainville.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville burial in the church cemetery.
A ladies guild rosary will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville, followed by a parish vigil at 7:30 p.m. Friends can sign the register book from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel.
Memorials are suggested to the organization of the donor's choice in care of the chapel.

27 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News   Vance Leroy Arrington
Vance Leroy Arrington, 87, Hays, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004, at the Wheatland Nursing Center, Russell.   He was born March 21, 1917, in Stockton to Alpha and Florence (Waters) Arrington. He attended schools in Rooks County.   He was a retired contractor and the minister of the Hays Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness.
Survivors include his wife, (Lindeman) Arrington, of the home two sons, Arrington Bella Vista, Ark., and Robert Arrington, Hays five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Hays Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness.
Memorials are suggested to the Hays Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, 1112 Canterbury.
Carlson-Ford-Geisendorf Funeral Home, Salina, is in charge of arrangements.

16 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Robert A. Ballard
Robert A. Ballard, 83, Stockton, died Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, at the Solomon Valley Manor.   He was born Oct. 10, 1921, in Rooks County, to Roy A. and Laura (Selbe) Ballard. He attended Woodston High School. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II.
He married Patricia Hale on Feb. 24, 1946, in Woodston. He farmed, was with the crop & livestock reporting service, and cut and trimmed trees, all in the Stockton area.
Survivors include his wife, of the home a son, Robert Ballard, Concordia two daughters, Pamela Heller, Phillipsburg, and Rebecca Staley, Beloit six grandchildren 2 step grandchildren five great-grandchildren and nine step great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Main Street Christian Church, Stockton burial in the Stockton Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday. Visitation will continue from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the church or the German ministries in care of the funeral home.

12  Dec  2004  The Hays Daily News Lydia L. McMullen
Lydia L. McMullen, 89, Plainville, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at Rooks County Health Center, Plainville.   She was born June 27, 1915, in Ellis to Jacob and Anna (Schumacher) Lang. She graduated from Ellis High School.
She married James E. McMullen on June 22, 1948, in Ellis. He preceded her in death on Nov. 29, 1979. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, David McMullen, Courtland six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son,
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Plainville.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville, and from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at the church.
A Ladies Guild rosary will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel with a parish vigil service 7 p.m. today followed by a Daughters of Isabella Rosary at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Memorials are suggested to the Sacred Heart School or to House Calls of HMC Home Health & Hospice and may be sent in care of the chapel.

10 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Bacil Butler
Bacil Butler, 92, Stockton, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at Hays Medical Center.
He was born in Lebanon, Mo., to Harvey and Harriet “Hattie” (Huff) Butler. He was a farmer and worked for the Green Thumb Program in Glen Elder and in Oregon.
He married Esther Proeger on Jan. 12, 1933. She died April 20, 1979. He married Lucinda Hammond on Aug. 5, 1980, in Georgetown, Colo.
Survivors include his wife, of the home a son, Richard Butler, Golden Valley, Ariz. two stepsons, Raymond “Clint” Vrollier and G. Vrollier, both of Ulysses a daughter, Verna Van Donge, Liberal a stepdaughter, Anna Marie Wredrich, Gold Hill, Ore. a brother, Riggle Butler, Beloit six grandchildren three step grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Kingdom Hall in Phillipsburg burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, rural Woodston.
No visitation is planned.

8 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Rhonda K. Kollman
Rhonda K. Kollman, 51, Jetmore, formerly of Stockton, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, at Hodgeman County Health Center.
She was born Aug. 1, 1953, in Stockton to Karl A. and Quetona M. (Bird) Williams.
She graduated from Stockton High School and attended Colby Community College.
She married Gary Kollman on Jan. 4, 1972, at Larned. He died May 24, 1997. She had worked for Solomon Valley Manor, Stockton, prior to moving to Jetmore.
Survivors include two sons, Kollman, Dallas, and Andrew Kollman, Hays her mother, Stockton and three brothers, Williams and Robert Williams, both of Stockton, and Richard Williams, Salina.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Survey  Cemetery, south of Woodston.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday at Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton.
Memorials are suggested to O'Shea Memorial Clinic, 810 Bramley, Jetmore, KS 67854.

8 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Daniel J. Westhusin
Daniel J. Westhusin 58, Groton, Conn., a former Hays resident, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at Yale New Haven Hospital.
He was born Jan. 4, 1946, in Hays, to Thomas J. and Josephine (Kaba) Westhusin. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and a graduate of the University of New Haven.
He married Linda Gates on Oct. 8, 1994, at Groton. He worked for the Electric Boat Corp.
Survivors include his wife, of the home a son, Thomas R. Westhusin, Hillsborough, N. J. a stepson, G. Merrill, Thornton, Colo. a daughter, Laura I. Westhusin, Blue Springs, Mo. two brothers, Westhusin Moreno Valley, Calif., and Westhusin Plainville two sisters, Margaret Newton, Leesburg, Texas, and Harris, Minneapolis a granddaughter and two step-grandsons.
Services in Groton were Tuesday. Additional services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel. A parish vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to Sacred Heart Grade School, Plainville, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or Submarine Veterans, Groton, Conn.

7 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Taten Scott McDermott
Taten Scott McDermott, infant son of and Sheila (Eichman) McDermott, Zurich, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, at the Rooks County Health Center.
He was born Oct. 20, 2004, in Hays.
Survivors include his parents, of the home a brother, Tanner McDermott, of the home a sister, Taylor McDermott, of the home grandparents, Peggy and Glen Birney, Broken Bow, Neb., Charles and Shirley Eichman, WaKeeney, and Troy McDermott Omaha, Neb. and great-grandparents, and George Halsey, North Platte, Neb., Buel and Penny Taylor, Hermiston, Ore., Thelma Eichman, Zurich, and Margaret Hedge, WaKeeney.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Nathaniel Burbach, and great-grandparents, Eichman, McDermott and Everett Hedge.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant View Cemetery, Palco.
Visitation will be until 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville.
Memorials are suggested to the Taten Scott McDermott Memorial Fund in care of the chapel.

5 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Hays KS Stella M. Roth
Stella M. Roth, 88, Hays, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at the Hays Good Samaritan Center.
She was born March 4, 1916, in Damar to Medie and Armaline (LeBarge) Bedard..
She married Hyacinth Roth on May 23, 1929, in Hays. He died Oct. 21, 1983. They lived in California, and she returned to Hays in 1994. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.
Survivors include a son, Marc Roth, Oak Hill, Va. a brother, Levi Bedard, Hays and two grandchildren, Michael Roth, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Anne Garceau, Portland.
She was preceded in death by a son, Roth.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be a parish vigil service at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Cancer Council of Ellis County or for Masses.

3 Dec 2004 The Hays Daily News Doralynn A. Amos
Doralynn A. Amos, 88, Plainville, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born July 2, 1916, near Plainville to R. and Clara (Meritt) Collins. She graduated from Plainville High School and attended nursing school in Kansas City.
She married Robert C. Amos on June 30, 1937, in Hays. He died in February 1972.
Survivors include a son, Don Amos, Plainville a daughter, Lynn Carmichael Plainville three grandchildren three great-grandchildren and a step great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church, Plainville burial in Plainville Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville, and from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the church.

25 Nov 2004 The Hays Daily News Hays KS Reva Hixon 
Reva Hixon, 84, Palco, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney.
She was born Dec. 1, 1919, in Zurich to O. C. and Flora (Atherton) Ouderkirk.
She married Frederick Hixon on Dec. 31, 1937, in Meridian, Idaho. He died March 7, 1997. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include three daughters, Connie Clayton, Lakeland, Fla., Sharon Hixon, Hill City, and Juanita Lumpkins, Palco a son, Lowell Hixon, Spivey a sister, Steffey, Washington 13 grandchildren 35 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville burial in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Palco.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association sent in care of the funeral chapel.

21 Nov 2004 The Salina Journal  Salina KS K. " Bob" Linder
PLAINVILLE    Robert K. " Bob" Linder, 80, Plainville, died Nov. 11, 2004. Mr. Linder was born April 22, 1924, in Sylvan Grove. He was retired from Union Pacific Railroad. Survivors include three sons, Douglas and Brent, both of Pittsburg, and Terry of San Antonio four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Sylvan Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Ellis Railroad Museum, P. O. Box 82, Ellis, KS 67637. There will be no visitation. Rodrick & Minear Funeral Home, Sylvan Grove, is handling arrangements.

18 Nov 2004 The Hays Daily News Eloise E. Slansky
Eloise E. Slansky, 63, Stockton, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, at the Rooks County Health Center, Plainville.
She was born Sept. 19, 1941, in Hays to Frank and Verna (Hamit) Hammond. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School and was a program technician for the USDA in Stockton.
She married Roy D. Slansky on June 1, 1963, in Logan. He died Aug. 4, 2002.
Survivors include three sons Slansky, Kearney, Neb., Timothy Slansky, Chanute, and J. Slansky, Valley Center a sister, Darlee Sissel, Phillipsburg and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Main Street Christian Church, Stockton burial in the Stockton Cemetery.

17 Nov 2004 The Hays Daily News Eunice A. Weltmer
Eunice A. Weltmer, 76, Plainville, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, at the Rooks County Health Center.
She was born Sept. 12, 1928, in Smith Center to F. and Sabina (Maddocks) Lewis. She was graduate of Smith Center High School and was a homemaker.
She married Robert W. Weltmer on Oct. 10, 1949, in Smith Center. He died Jan. 30, 1988.
Survivors include two sons, L. Weltmer, Wichita, and Daniel J. Weltmer, Plainville a daughter, Patricia J. Bear, Waldo two sisters, Gladie Bienhoff, Smith Center, and Maxine Slothower Bethany, Okla. nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Plainville Church of the Nazarene burial in the Stockton Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Plainville, and from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Plainville Church of the Nazarene.

16 Nov 2004 The Hays Daily News Virginia M. Saunders
Virginia M. Saunders, 82, Stockton, died Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, at the Via Christie Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita.
She was born Dec. 16, 1921, near Alton to Walter and Elva Merle (Eaton) Bates.
She married William E. “Bill” Saunders on Jan. 21, 1946, in Beloit. He died Feb. 26, 1965. They owned the K& B Cafe in Stockton for 25 years.
Survivors include two sons, Saunders, Stockton and Michael Saunders, Centennial, Colo. two brothers Bates, Bella Vista, Ark., and Max Bates, Cheyenne one sister Lucy Bischoff, Carlsbad, N.M. seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her sister Cleora Pulice and brother Jackie Bates.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Smith-Moore-Overlease Funeral Home in Stockton burial in Grant Center Cemetery, Alton.
Visitation was from 9 a.m. until service today at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Senior Companions and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

16 Nov 2004 The Salina Journal  Salina Kansas Mary Berland
DAMAR  Mary Berland, 86, Damar, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004.
Mrs. Berland was born Mary Arpin on April 7, 1918, in Damar. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Urich in 1983 and six grandchildren.
Survivors include seven sons, Gilbert and Tim, both of Damar, Gary of Smithville, Va., Stephen of Manhattan, Mark of Poquoson, Va., Reginal of Evergreen, Colo., and of Lebo five daughters, Carol Gordinaier of Derby, Deanna Normandin of Poquoson, Va., Susan German of Independence, Mo., Lucinda Moore of Orlando, Fla., and Laura Weatherly of Kitty Hawk, N. C. a brother, Alfred Arpin of Damar two sisters, Duetta LaPlante of Missouri and Thyfault of Damar 41 grandchildren 35 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Damar. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
A Christian wake will be at 7:30 p.m. today at the church..
Memorials may be made for Masses or to St. Joseph Catholic Church Restoration Fund.
Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Spencer-Stinemetz Chapel 522 N. Pomeroy, Hill City 67642, and from 9 a.m. until the service Wednesday at the church.

12 Nov 2004 The Salina Journal Marquetta D. Ulrich
PLAINVILLE -- Marquetta D. Ulrich, 75, Plainville, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004.
Mrs. Ulrich was born Marquetta D. Francis on March 2, 1929, in Hunter. She worked for the Veterans Hospital and Duckwall's in Topeka.
Survivors include two daughters, Diana D. Davis and Donna D. Duley, both of Topeka her companion, Bob Cheek, of the home two sisters, Juanita Pummill of Hays and Darlene Herrick of Damar four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Moore-Overlease Funeral Chapel, 409 S. Cochran, Plainville 67663. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Damar.
Memorials may be made to House Calls of HMC/Home Health and Hospice, in care of the funeral home.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to service time today at the funeral chapel.