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Clementine Marie Shives

Clementine Marie Shives

Jul 21, 2018

Clementine M. Shives, 94, died July 21, 2018, at her home in Hoisington. She was born June 19, 1924, in St. Peter, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Clara (Riedel) Billinger.

A longtime resident of Hoisington, she was a homemaker. Clementine was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and Altar Society. She was also...

Bonnie Lee Connell

Bonnie Lee Connell

Jul 21, 2018

Bonnie Lee (Mousel) Connell, 85, of Claflin, peacefully passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born September 7, 1932 in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Leo M. and Daisy B. (Biggerstaff) Mousel.

Bonnie grew up in Sioux City, Iowa and graduated from Central High School and attended Wayne State...

Doris Lucille Boxberger

Doris Lucille Boxberger

Jul 14, 2018

Doris Lucille Boxberger, 90, died July 14, 2018, at Almost Home, Great Bend. She was born November 15, 1927, on the farm near Galatia, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Gertrude (Schwein) DeWald. Doris was a 1945 graduate of Russell High School.

On October 24, 1948, she married Herbert "Herb" Boxberger at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in...

Bernice "Bee" Moore

Bernice "Bee" Moore

Jul 13, 2018

Bernice Moore, 92, known as "Gram Bee" to her own grandchildren as well as to her Roosevelt kindergarten classes, passed away on July 13, 2018, at Country Place Living, Hoisington.  She was born October 4, 1925, in Carnegie, Okla., to Elbert and Bernice (Wells) Mitchell.

Bee attended Southwestern Institute of Technology, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a...

Jeanette Aliene Shirer

Jeanette Aliene Shirer

Jul 8, 2018

On August 10, 1933, Jeanette Aliene Lewellen was born to Clara Stipes and Roy C. Lewellen in Hoisington, Kansas. She passed away on July 8, 2018, in Willow Park, Texas after a year of convalescing from different illnesses.

After high school she married Robert Reed Shirer and together they had two children. She was preceded in death...

Thomas James Mckenna

Thomas James Mckenna

Jul 6, 2018

Thomas James McKenna, infant son of Brett and Tracey (Weber) McKenna, was born and went to heaven on July 6, 2018, surrounded by his loving family.

He is survived by his parents; brother, Tate; and sisters, Audrey and Ellie of the home; maternal grandparents, Roy and Susan Weber of Claflin; paternal grandparents, Mike and Joan McKenna of...

Sue Ellen Lindsay

Sue Ellen Lindsay

Jun 20, 2018

Sue Ellen Lindsay, 64, passed away at her home in Paola.  She was born on April 2, 1954 in Hoisington.  Sue was lucky to have two loving parents, Lester L. and Dolores (Brewer) Lindsay.

Sue was baptised a Christian and was active in the church as she grew up.  She was a member of the pep club,...

Delora Mae Donovan

Delora Mae Donovan

Mar 24, 2015

Delora Mae Donovan was born in 1936 at the country-home of Jerome and Lenora Donovan at the end of the dustbowl days in Hoisington, Kansas. Delora grew up with her siblings Gerald, Melva and Marvin. A vigorous volunteer for many non-profit organizations and an activist for progressive social causes, she traveled to China with the Peace Corps, helped build...

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