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Leo H. & Loretta Jean Baum

Leo H. & Loretta Jean Baum

Jul 25, 2022

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Leo Harold Baum 1923 - 2022

Leo Harold Baum, 98, passed away July 25, 2022, at Country Place Senior Living Memory Care, Hoisington.  He was born August 28, 1923, at Susank, Kan., to Andrew and Katherine (Schmidt) Baum.  Leo married Loretta Jean Cronn Dec. 12, 1949, in Russell, Kan.  They...

Leo Harold Baum

Leo Harold Baum

Jul 25, 2022

Leo Harold Baum, 98, passed away July 25, 2022, at Country Place Senior Living Memory Care, Hoisington.  He was born August 28, 1923, at Susank, Kan., to Andrew and Katherine (Schmidt) Baum.  Leo married Loretta Jean Cronn Dec. 12, 1949, in Russell, Kan.  They celebrated 72 years of marriage last December.

Leo, a resident of Hoisington since...

Thomas A. Nulton

Thomas A. Nulton

Jul 23, 2022

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Thomas A. Nulton, 93, died July 23, 2022 at Locust Grove Village in LaCrosse, Kan. He was born January 7, 1929, at Hays, Kan., the son of Charles and Ruby (Bourdette) Nulton.  He married Phyllis Wikoff October 21, 1951, in Hays. She passed away March 23, 2012.  Mr. Nulton worked for Producers Gas Equities...

Harold Verle Larson

Harold Verle Larson

Jul 19, 2022

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Harold Verle Larson, 87, died July 19, 2022, at Country Place Senior Living, in Hoisington, Kansas.  He was born November 15, 1934, in Humboldt, Kansas, to Hugo and Florence (Stark) Larson.  Harold was the youngest of five children.  He lived on a farm outside of Humboldt and then Chanute.  He graduated from Vilas High...

Sharon L. Tammen

Sharon L. Tammen

Jul 16, 2022

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Sharon L. Tammen, 74, died July 16, 2022, at Hilltop Lodge, in Beloit, Kansas.

She was born March 14, 1948, in  Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of LeRoy and Neita Mae (Hysell) Davidson.  Sharon graduated from Claflin High School in 1966 and later attended business school.  She worked for many years as...

Cecilia Ann Schneweis

Cecilia Ann Schneweis

Jul 4, 2022

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Cecilia Ann Schneweis, 92, died July 4, 2022, at Country Place Senior Living of Hoisington, Kansas.  She was born September 20, 1929, on the family farm in Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of Adolph and Carrie (Linsner) Demel. Cecilia graduated from Odin High School in 1947.

On June 1, 1948, she married Raymond...

Cody Ryan Seever

Cody Ryan Seever

Jul 4, 2022

On July 4, 2022, Cody Seever, age 22, joined the great rodeo beyond. Cody grew up with a love for the Rodeo world and officially started riding bulls about ten years ago. Ever the country boy, Cody loved being outdoors and getting dirty. There wasn't a time in his life that Cody didn't have his fair share of animals...

William John "Bill" Luebbers

William John "Bill" Luebbers

Jul 1, 2022

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William John "Bill" Luebbers, 68, passed away July 1, 2022, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington.  He was born February 7, 1954, to Joseph and Martina (Younger) Luebbers.  Bill married Becky (Keener) Schneider May 4, 1990, in Jetmore.  She survives.

Bill, a 1972 graduate of Claflin High School and lifelong resident of Hoisington,...

Paul Jerome Axman

Paul Jerome Axman

Jun 21, 2022

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Paul Jerome "P.J." Axman, 64, passed away June 21, 2022, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on April 22, 1958, at Great Bend, to Jerome "Jack" & Betty Mae (Smolik) Axman. He married Brenda Frydendall on June 5, 1981, at Olmitz.

A lifetime Barton county...

Riley Jo Bieberle

Riley Jo Bieberle

Jun 17, 2022

Riley Jo Bieberle, was born on June 17, 2022, in Merriam, Kan., the infant daughter of Ryan and Kelsey (LaRocco) Bieberle. She passed away peacefully with her loving parents by her side at Advent Health – Shawnee Misson in Merriam, Kan., on Friday, June 17, 2022.

While only here with us on Earth for a short time,...

James K. Dewald

James K. Dewald

Jun 6, 2022

James K. "Jim" DeWald, 86, died June 6, 2022, at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas.  He was born January 4, 1936, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Jacob R. and Gertrude (Schwein) DeWald.  Jim was a graduate of Hoisington High School.

A lifetime Barton County resident, Jim was a farmer and had worked in the oil field...

Michelle Janette Kaiser

Michelle Janette Kaiser

Jun 6, 2022

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Michelle Janette Kaiser, 55, died June 6, 2022, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. She was born October 24, 1966, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Martin James and Kary Sue (Overbaugh) Miller.  Michelle was a 1985 graduate for Hoisington High School and went on to graduate from Barton County Community College....

Gary Alan Biles

Gary Alan Biles

Jun 4, 2022

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Gary Alan Biles, 75, passed away June 4, 2022, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson.  He was born August 19, 1946, in Great Bend, to Orville and Thelma (Cain) Biles. Gary married Julita (Campbell) Howard Aug. 10, 1994, in Russell.

Gary had been a Hoisington resident since 1996, coming from Russell and...

Tom B. Huslig

Tom B. Huslig

Jun 2, 2022

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Tom B. Huslig, 74, passed away June 2, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society, Ellsworth.  He was born March 30, 1948, in Wichita, to Bernard and Marie (Riedel) Huslig.

Tom, a lifetime resident of the Claflin area, was a farmer, enjoying all aspects of farm life (except fixing fence), especially mowing the farm...

Michael Eric Neiman

Michael Eric Neiman

May 29, 2022

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Michael Eric Neiman, 60, died May 29, 2022, at his home in Hoisington, Kansas.  He was born August 24, 1961, in Bad Axe, Michigan, the son of Wilbert "Willie" and June (Toner) Neiman.

A Barton County resident since the early 1980's, Michael was a truck driver, with over a million miles on...

Jeannie Marie Mater

Jeannie Marie Mater

May 27, 2022

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Jeannie Marie Mater, 78, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, died at her home in Hoisington, surrounded by family, on May 27, 2022. She was born August 25, 1944, in Ellsworth, Kansas, the daughter of Walter "Earl" and Myrtle Nora (Maynard) Thornton.  Jeannie was a 1962 graduate of Ellsworth High School.

A...

Christopher Joseph Redetzke

Christopher Joseph Redetzke

May 27, 2022

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Christopher Joseph Redetzke, 44, died May 27, 2022, at his second home, Wilson Lake.  He was born January 30, 1978, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Gregory F. and Bernice M. (Rubio) Redetzke.  Chris was a member of the Hoisington High School Class of 1996.

In 2004 he married Erika Landers and...

Bertha Mae Martin

Bertha Mae Martin

May 16, 2022

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Bertha Mae Martin, 91, died May 16, 2022, at Locust Grove Village, La Crosse, Kansas.  She was born December 29, 1930, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the daughter of Arnold and Carolina (Reinhardt) Kunze. Bertha was a graduate of Broken Arrow High School.

On December 11, 1949, she married Leon L. Martin in...

Wilmetta K. Deutsch

Wilmetta K. Deutsch

May 15, 2022

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Wilmetta Katie Lee Deutsch, 88, died Monday, May 16, 2022 at Country Place Senior Living in Hoisington, KS.    Wilmetta was born December 24, 1933, in Russell County, the daughter of John J. Mai and Katherina Elizabeth (Maier) Mai.   She grew up in the Bender Hill area, attended Bender Hill Schools and graduated from Russell...

Betty J. Davis

Betty J. Davis

May 14, 2022

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Elizabeth (Betty) J. Davis, 86, passed away on May 14, 2022, at The Dorset Place, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born March 4, 1936, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Forest and Elizabeth (Korf) Newkirk.

She married Emerson J. Davis on October 8, 1953. He died January 2, 2015.

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