Obituaries

Mar 3, 2023

Danny Ray Nash, 75, of Kinsley took the Lord by the hand on March 3, 2023. He walked out of his tired old body and into the gates of Heaven. Danny was born December 18, 1947, in Kinsley at the family home on 2nd and Elizabeth street. He was the youngest of five children born to Samuel Frederick and...

Feb 28, 2023

Jerome Edmund Herrmann, 91, passed away peacefully to his heavenly home on Tuesday February 28, 2023 at the Soldiers Home in Fort Dodge, KS.  Jerome was born March 1, 1932 the 5th of 6 children to Carl and Martha (Weber) Herrmann. Jerome attended Saint Peter and Paul grade school NNW of Kinsley and graduated Kinsley High School in 1950....

Jan 22, 2023

Ivica Tvrtkovic, Poet

Ivica (ivo) Tvrtkovic, age 70, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2023 in his home in Kinsley, Kansas. He was born on July 25, 1952 in Bugojno, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the son of Josefina Knezevic and Marko Tvrtkovic, a descendant of medieval royal linage. Ivo was Croatian and a...

Jan 7, 2023

Harry “Fuzz” Dale Johnson passed away on January 7, 2023 at the Edwards County Medical Center. He was born October 12, 1943 in West Plains, MO, the son of Archie Johnson and M. Eileen (Ferguson) Johnson Reichardt.

He and his family moved to Kinsley and Fuzz was a 1961 graduate of Kinsley High School. On January 2,...

Dec 26, 2022

Scott Michael Vogel, 64, years old, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 26, 2022, at his home in Kinsley, KS.  He was born on November 9, 1958 in Dodge City, KS.  On January 26, 1989 Scott married Dena Hodges in Las Vegas, NV.  Scott was preceded in death by his parents Stanley and Phyllis Vogel, a sister...

Nov 17, 2022

Jay Dean Dill passed away on November 17, 2022 at the Edwards County Medical Center after a battle with cancer. He was born June 10, 1955 in Kinsley, the son of Harold “Dean” and Bernice (Brodbeck) Dill.

Jay was a 1973 graduate of Kinsley High School. He continued his education at Emporia State University, graduating with a...

Nov 17, 2022

Catherine Eileen McClaren, age 98, passed away peacefully November 17, 2022 in Lewis, Kansas.

Eileen was born on her family’s homesteaded farm near Lewis, Kansas on February 27, 1924. The daughter of James Leroy and Frances Lucille Vanderree McClaren. Eileen was a lifetime Lewis resident. She graduated with the Class of 1941 from Lewis High School. She...

Oct 16, 2022

Louis Tieperman, 90, died October 16, 2022, at Edwards County Medical Center in Kinsley.

He was born November 10, 1931, at Kinsley, KS. the son of George and Ada (Hargadine) Tieperman.

Louis was a life long resident of Kinsley. He was a retired office manager for the Edwards County Highway Department.

He was...

Oct 14, 2022

Fred James Johnson, age 77, died October 14th, 2022 at home, from heart related issues. He was born on April 17th, 1945 in Melrose, Kansas to James Luther and Effie Mae Johnson. Fred married Cynthia Sue (Eubank), in Great Bend, in 1964. They move to Lewis, Kansas when Fred started working for Cross Mfg. and then moved to Kinsley,...

Oct 4, 2022

Bowers, Norma Florine (Brown), 93, Kinsley, Kansas died October 4, 2022. Norma was born September 29, 1929 in Centerview, Kansas to the late Mable and Leroy Brown. She was united in marriage to Ernest (Ernie) Wayne Bowers May 20, 1947. He preceded her in death on September 24, 1996. She was also preceded in death by sisters Glenna Slater...

Sep 24, 2022

Roland E. Sawyer passed away peacefully at home on September 24, 2022. He was born February 15, 1972 in Kinsley, KS. He was the son of Leroy and Carolyn Sawyer. Roland enjoyed fishing, hunting, hanging out at the lake camping and spending his time outside.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dutch and Ruby Sawyer...

Sep 15, 2022

Rosanna Gleason, 98, died September 15, 2022. She was born August 30, 1924 in Russell, Kansas to Joseph and Frances (Kepka) Dauber. She attended Fort Hays University where she met James Gleason. She taught school in rural Russell County while James served in the U. S. Army Air Corp. On May 23, 1946 they married at St. Mary’s Catholic...

Sep 4, 2022

Laura Van Ausdall Allison, 93, died Sunday, September 4, 2022 at Western Prairie Care Home in Ulysses, Kansas.

She was born in Attica KS, August 21, 1929 and was a long time Kinsley resident.

Laura married Bill Allison in December, 1974.

Survivors include Karen (Bobby) Schrimpf of Reno, NV; Diane (Jim) O'Neill, Olathe,...

Sep 2, 2022

Kevin Gerard Brake of Kinsley, KS passed away at home on September 2, 2022.

Kevin was born on December 8, 1956, in Kinsley, KS. He was the son of Kenneth and Eleanoria (Peters) Brake, and the grandson of Anthony and Rose (Nosal) Brake and Edmund Peters Sr. and Eleanoria (Rupp) Peters. As a child, Kevin grew up...

Aug 30, 2022

Leona JoAnn Boggs, 89, Hays, died Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at HaysMed, surrounded by family.

She was born May 12, 1933 in Norton County, Kansas, the daughter of William Henry and Nancy (Spencer) Roe. She was a 1951 graduate of Norcatur High School. On June 2, 1951 she was united in marriage to Lewis Dean Boggs in...

Aug 13, 2022

Irene Emilie (Fischer) Woolard, 94, passed away on August 13, 2022, at Medicalodge in Kinsley, Kansas.  She was born August 9, 1928, to Arthur and Emilie (Aleck) Fischer at their home in Hudson, Kansas.

She was united in marriage to Ralph Clarence Woolard on October 12, 1947, at Peace Church in Hudson, Kansas.  He preceded her in...

Aug 5, 2022

Janet Adele “Jan” Wagner went to her Heavenly reward August 5, 2022 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City.

She was born Janet Walton on February 13, 1945 in Port Angeles, Washington, the second child and first daughter of Earl and Susie (Cripe) Walton. She grew up in Montana, living in several communities where her father worked...

Aug 4, 2022

Michael E Sturgeon 66, went to be with the Lord on August 4, 2022. He was born January 7th, 1956, in Manhattan, KS to father Larry Sturgeon and mother Elizabeth Sturgeon. He attended Dodge City Community College and Fort Hays State University, and he cherished the K-State Wildcats.

He was an amazing husband to Anni Sturgeon and...

Aug 2, 2022

Anita Darlene Wagner passed away peacefully August 2, 2022, at the Medical Lodge in Kinsley Kansas.

Anita went by her middle name and was known to all as Darlene. Darlene was born June 24, 1938, the youngest of Henry and Christine Wagner, in rural Pawnee County Kansas.

She was proceeded in death by her parents...

Jul 25, 2022

William Joseph Ramsay, 88, of Kinsley, passed away peacefully at his home on July 25, 2022. Bill was born in Zenith, KS on March 18, 1934 to William Harold & Venita Virginia (Volker) Ramsay.  He graduated from Stafford High School and received a business degree from Kansas State Teachers College.  He was married to JoAnna (Dixon) Ramsay. Bill was...