Obituaries in Kansas Newspapers (arranged by city)
Alvina Krehbiel
Alvina Krehbiel, 100, died Dec. 30, 2003, at Memorial Home, Moundridge. She was the mother of Don and Kerry Krehbiel, both of Hesston.
Anna Duerksen
Anna Duerksen, 88, of Goessel, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, at Bethesda Home in Goessel. She was the mother of Dorothy Sebes of Hesston.
Bradley J. Nickel
Bradley J. Nickel, 50, Newton, a newspaper distributor, died Jan. 8, 2004, in Emporia. He was a member of Hesston Inter-Mennonite Fellowship.
Leo L. Miller
The Rev. Leo L. Miller, 77, died Jan. 3, 2004, at Mercy Hospital.
Anneta Yost
Anneta Yost, 81, homemaker, died Aug. 29, 2003, at Mercy Hospital in Moundridge.
Chelson Del Burns
Chelson Del Burns, 2, died Aug. 20, 2003, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was the great-grandson of John and Alice Dyck and Roy and Evelyn Dyck, all of Hesston.
Edna R. Klassen
Edna R. Klassen, 91, died Aug. 24, 2003 at Pleasant View Home, Inman. A former resident of Hesston, she is the mother of Marcy Vogt, rural Hesston.
Elizabeth Z. Penner
Elizabeth Z. Penner, 78, died Aug. 30, 2003, in Newton. She was the sister of Cornelius Z. Penner and Margaret Z. Reimer, both of Hesston.
Gertrude Blough
Gertrude Blough, 89, Hesston, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003 at Mercy Hospital, Moundridge.
Preston E. Nebergall
Preston E. Nebergall, 74, died Aug. 27, 2003, in Wichita. He was the brother of Russell Nebergall of Hesston.
Wilbur L. Prouty
Wilbur L. Prouty, 93, stockman, farmer and founder of Prouty Truck Line, died Sept. 5, 2003, at Memorial Home in Moundridge.
Laura Pirtle
Laura Nora Pirtle, 86, Hesston, a homemaker, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003 at Newton Medical Center.
Vernon E. Yoder
Vernon E. Yoder, 72, M.D., Hesston, a psychiatrist, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003, at Newton Medical Center.
Annie Goertzen
Annie Goertzen, 98, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. She was the mother of Mildred Martins-Unruh, Hesston.
Anthony Edwards
NEWTON - Anthony James Edwards, 43, died Sept. 23, 2003, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was the brother of Floyd Edwards, Hesston.
Bennie Brooks
Bennie L. Brooks, 85, farmer and assembler for Hesston Corporation, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003, in Newton.
Jack Hatfield
LEAWOOD – Jack E. Hatfield, 87, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003. He was the father of Cheryl Fuqua, Hesston.
Katie Schmidt
GOESSEL -- Katie Dyck Schmidt, 90, died Sept. 25, 2003, at Bethesda Home, Goessel. She was the sister of Edna Koehn, Hesston.
Barbara Borntrager
YODER -- Barbara D. Borntrager, 94, died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003, at Schowalter Villa. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Yoder Mennonite Church, Yoder.
Donna Logue
Donna L. Logue, 62, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003, at her residence in Newton. She was a welder for AGCO in Hesston.
Helen Hershberger
Helen M. Hershberger, 73, died Friday, Oct. 3, 2003, at Schowalter Villa. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Hesston Inter-Mennonite Fellowship.
Melva Kauffman
Melva Kauffman, 86, Hesston, died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, at Schowalter Villa. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, in East Lawn Cemetery.
Roy Sauder
ARCHBOLD, Ohio -- Roy E. Sauder, 91, Archbold, Ohio, died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003, at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon. He was the father of R. Wendell Sauder of Hesston.
Harry Decker
DURHAM -- Harry Decker, 97, farmer, died Aug. 11 (2003) in rural Durham. He was the brother of Elmer Decker, Hesston.
Glen O. Humburg
Glen O. Humburg, 95, died Monday (May 5, 2003) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
Lena Brainard
Lena Brainard, 94, died Thursday (May 15, 2003) at Friendly Acres Retirement Community. She was the mother of Elizabeth Ellen Schneider of Hesston.
Berniece Goertz
C. Berniece Goertz, 80, homemaker, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, in Hesston.
Dolores Liggett
Dolores V. Liggett, 71, Newton, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003, at her Newton home.
Anna Thiesen
Anna Thiesen, 84, died Thursday (Nov. 6, 2003) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
Bernita Walker
Bernita Joyce Walker, 77, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003, at Johnson. She was the mother of Lynn Walker, Hesston.
Faye A. McClure
Faye A. McClure, 81, died Nov. 8, 2003, at Newton Medical Center, Newton.
Adolph Schriner
Adolph Frederick Schriner, 97, former resident of Ponca City, Okla., died Nov. 5, 2003, at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
