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Bill D. Crites

Bill D. Crites

Feb 9, 2019

Greensburg-Bill D. Crites, 81, died February 9, 2019 at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kansas. He was born July 5, 1937 in Higgins, Texas the son of Elby Glenn and Mary Ilene (Brown) Crites. Bill was retired from The Williams Company (Cities Service Gas Company.) On February 16, 1963 Bill married Donna Spencer in Hardtner, Kansas. She survives. Other survivors...

Gloria Susan (Weese) Taaffe

Gloria Susan (Weese) Taaffe

Feb 1, 2019

Greensburg- Gloria Susan Taaffe, 59, died February 1, 2019. She was born July 3, 1959 in Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Carl F., Sr. and Maria A. “Dora” (Espinosa) Weese. Gloria grew up in Greensburg, Kansas where she made many friends that she stayed in contact with throughout the years. In 1982 she graduated from Stormont Vail School of Nursing...

Jack Harvey Price

Jack Harvey Price

Jan 29, 2019

Mullinville- Jack Harvey Price, 82, died January 29, 2019 at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg, Kansas. He was born April 21, 1936, north of Mullinville, to Harold Lee and Vergie Maxine (Stein) Price. A lifetime rural Mullinville resident, Jack graduated from Mullinville High School in 1954. That same year he married Leree Howell, farmed and started raising his family. He...

Clorene Jewel Smith

Clorene Jewel Smith

Jan 24, 2019

Clorene Jewel Smith, 90, passed away January 24, 2019 in Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1928 in Pratt, Kansas the daughter of Louis L. and Zelma (Kerrick) Graves. Clorene had lived in Greensburg until the May 2007 tornado relocated her to North Newton. She graduated from Greensburg High School in 1946. For many years, she...

Shirley Mae Uselman

Shirley Mae Uselman

Jan 2, 2019

Coldwater- Shirley Mae Uselman, 68, died January 2, 2019 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born March 29, 1950 in Greensburg, Kansas the daughter of Carl William and Winona Mae (Logan) Naumann. Shirley graduated from Greensburg High School in 1968. She was a nurse’s Aide and managed the Smoke Shop in Coldwater. She was a member of...

Gary Ray Goodheart

Gary Ray Goodheart

Dec 28, 2018

Greensburg- Gary Ray Goodheart, 78, died December 28, 2018 at Hill Top House, Bucklin, Kansas. Born March 19, 1940 in Ellsworth, Kansas to Ray Marion and LaVon Isabel (Missimer) Goodheart. Gary was an Educator for 33 years. He had lived in Bunker Hill, Russell, Wakeeney and Greensburg since 1964. He served in Greensburg on the City Council (1998-2011), on the...

Sherrell Kay Heft

Sherrell Kay Heft

Dec 24, 2018

GREENSBURG – Sherrell Kay (Seacat) Heft, 77, passed away December 24, 2018. Born September 14, 1941 in Manhattan, Kansas to Russell and Lois Seacat, she moved with her family to Greensburg, Kansas in 1943. After her Greensburg High School graduation, she attended Colorado Women’s College. Sherrell married Dayle Allen Heft in Clayton, New Mexico. They resided in Denver, Colorado until...

Paul Wayne Hayse

Paul Wayne Hayse

Dec 18, 2018

Mullinville- Paul Wayne Hayse, 74, died December 18, 2018 at his home South of Mullinville, Kansas. He was born February 28, 1944 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Nathan Berkley and Helen Lucille (Alford) Hayse. Paul graduated from Mullinville High School in 1962 and from Kansas State University in 1966 with dual degree’s in Ag Econ and Animal Husbandry....

Clifton Darrel Clark

Clifton Darrel Clark

Dec 9, 2018

Haviland- Clifton Darrel Clark, 90, died December 9, 2018 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born July 16, 1928 north-east of Haviland, KS to Clarence “Slim” and Flossie Clark and was a lifetime resident of the town. Clifton was a Haviland Dragon thru and thru. He graduated from Haviland High School in 1946 and drove a...

Donald Eugene “Skeet” Clemensen

Donald Eugene “Skeet” Clemensen

Nov 26, 2018

Haviland- Donald Eugene “Skeet” Clemensen, 89, died November 26, 2018 at his home in Haviland, Kansas. He was born August 29, 1929 in Haviland. He graduated from Haviland High School and attended Pratt Junior College. Skeet served in the U.S. Navy. He had lived in Kansas, Wyoming and Nebraska. He had worked as a roughneck and pumper in the oilfield....

James Lee Schmidt

James Lee Schmidt

Nov 20, 2018

Greensburg- James Lee Schmidt, 62, died November 20, 2018 in Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born in Greensburg, Kansas, April 1, 1956 to Harold Eugene and Sarah Elizabeth (Kennedy) Schmidt. A lifetime resident of Greensburg, James was a farmer. He graduated from Greensburg High School in 1974 and attended Hutchinson Community College. He had served on the...

Bud R. Mcfarlen

Bud R. Mcfarlen

Nov 16, 2018

Wichita- Bud R. McFarlen, 87, died November 16, 2018 at Homestead Health Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born June 18, 1931 in Greensburg, Kansas the son of Albert Eugene and Onieta Carolina (Wheeler) McFarlen. Bud lived in Greensburg and Wichita. He earned a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA. He was an Aeronautical Engineer working for Boeing and retiring...

Clara Diane Halley

Clara Diane Halley

Nov 7, 2018

Belvidere- Clara Diane Halley, 74, died November 7, 2018, at Pratt Rehabilitation and Residence Center, Pratt, Kansas. She was born March 6, 1944 in Ellsworth, Kansas, the daughter of Hubert and Roberta (Webb) Voeltz. Diane was a retired cook. She had worked at Burke’s Restaurant and the Kansan Restaurant, both in Greensburg. She had lived in Greensburg and Belvidere, Kansas....

Arthur Jean Todd

Arthur Jean Todd

Sep 20, 2018

Greensburg-Art Todd, 82, died on September 20, 2018 in Kinsley, Kansas. He was born northwest of Haviland, Kansas, on February 28, 1936. He was the son of Henry “Hank” and Georgia (Stewart) Todd. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Helen (Melton) Todd; two children, Brian (Darice) Todd of Kirksville, Missouri, and Christy (Michael) Todd Cooper of...

Carolyn “Ann” Kruse

Carolyn “Ann” Kruse

Sep 17, 2018

Carolyn Ann (Wooten) Kruse died September 17, 2018, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born June 21, 1941, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “Ann” as she was known by her family, was a very shy and quiet child who enjoyed helping her mom in the kitchen. She became “famous” among close family members for her peanut butter fudge which she made for...

Roger Lee “Bucky” Moore

Roger Lee “Bucky” Moore

Sep 9, 2018

Coldwater- Roger Lee “Bucky” Moore, 75, died September 9, 2018 at the Ashland Health Center, Ashland, Kansas. He was born September 17, 1942 in Trenton, Missouri, the son of Austin Claris and Frances LaVaughn (Gannon) Moore. Bucky graduated from Trenton High School in 1960. He was a railroad engineer, retiring from Union Pacific Railroad after over 30 years. Bucky was...

Sonia Lou Hadley

Sonia Lou Hadley

Sep 9, 2018

Greensburg-Sonia Lou Hadley (Sayre), daughter of Bernal and Dorothy (Ralstin) Sayre, was born on April 11, 1937 at Wichita, Kansas. Sonia attended school in Mullinville and graduated in 1955. Sonia planned to marry her high school sweetheart as soon as she graduated from high school. A near fatal car accident just before Sonia graduated put their wedding plans on hold....

Lavona Jeanne Ellis

Lavona Jeanne Ellis

Sep 1, 2018

Lavona Jeanne Ellis, daughter of Herbert and Mildred Light of Haviland, Kansas, passed away at age 86 at UC Medical Center in Loveland, Colorado, on September 1, 2018. She is survived by her three children Dannah Ellis of Wichita, Kansas, Mark Ellis of Windsor, Colorado and Deborah Hargett and husband Randall of Satanta, Kansas, eight Grandchildren and nine Great-grandchildren. Jeanne...

Shirley Dee Bradley

Shirley Dee Bradley

Aug 18, 2018

Shirley Dee Bradley, 89, passed away August 18 after living a life blessed with family, community, and many friends. Shirley was born December 31, 1928 in Evanston, WY. She attended the University of Utah, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Shirley met Rod Bradley at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. They married in 1950 and...

Jason Lee Taylor

Jason Lee Taylor

Jul 23, 2018

Greensburg- Jason Lee Taylor, 37, died July 23, 2018 at his home near Greensburg, Kansas. He was born October 7, 1980 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Michael Lee Taylor and Rhonda Sue (Appel) Juel. A life time resident of Greensburg, Jason was a farmer. He is survived by a daughter Jennifer Taylor, a son Cole Woodward, his parents...

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