All Obituaries

WILSON LAKE   Thomas L. “Tom” Walsh, 85, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023 in Lincoln, KS. He was born August 16, 1938 in La Junta, CO to Leonard and Louise (McCreery) Walsh. They moved to Garden City, KS in 1948. While attending school, Tom excelled in playing baseball for the Garden City Junior Legion. He graduated from Garden City High School in 1957. After Graduation Tom enlisted in the United States Navy. He was based in San Diego California for boot camp. He...

ELLSWORTH   Lois Fern Hendricks, 87, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023 in Ellsworth, KS. She was born October 10, 1936 in Hutchinson, KS to Glenn and Opal (Lamont) Avery. Lois married Darrel Morris in Kingman, KS on March 26, 1955. Shortly after their union, Darrel passed serving in the Korean War. She later married Homer Frank Hendricks on November 5, 1956.   Lois worked as a dispatcher for the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office for many years. She was a lifetime member...

ELLSWORTH   Dustin A. Petty, 44, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2023 in Ellsworth County. He was born August 7, 1979 in Topeka, KS to Randall Joe and Carman (Flott) Petty. He met Kayla Maze in July of 2014. After enjoying 5 years together they were united in marriage in Ellsworth on July 5, 2019.    Dustin had a larger-than-life personality. He put his heart into anything and everything he did. If he set his mind to something, you could be sure it was going to be done...

HOLYROOD   Joan Ruth White, 82, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2023 in Wilson, KS. She was born July 27, 1941 in Ellsworth, KS to Earl and Helen (Katzenmeier) Durr. A longtime resident of Holyrood, KS, Joan was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church and home health care provider. After the passing of her first husband, Richard Dale Zorn, she married Weldon White.   Joan is survived by her sons, Richard Zorn, Jr. and wife Kellie of Chase, KS, David White of Texas, and Scott...

ELLSWORTH   Paul G. Wagner, 87, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2023 in Ellsworth. He was born August 23, 1936 in Hastings, NE to Fred and Rose (Essinger) Wagner. After graduating college, Paul served in the U.S. Army before going to work for JC Penney where he retired as the District Operations Manager. He married Beth Rush in Olathe, KS on June 1, 1996. A longtime resident of Ellsworth, Paul was a member of the Ellsworth American Legion, Kiwanis, JH Robbins Memorial Library board...

ELLSWORTH   The world became a little less colorful on Sunday, October 22, 2023 when Verl G. Deming, 72, passed away in Salina, Kansas. Those who crossed paths with this witty, fun, sometimes wildly inappropriate, but loving human being never had to wonder how he felt about anything. If it wasn’t written on his face, he had no problem saying it with spice and a string of colorful words. Verl was born to loving and adoring parents, Earl J. “Bud” Deming, Jr. and Violet...

KANOPOLIS   Esther Muro, 95, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at her home in Kanopolis, KS. She was born July 22, 1928 in Ellsworth, KS to Urbano Perez, Sr. and Emma (Ortiz) Perez. Esther was a lifetime resident of Kanopolis where she married Refugio Muro on July 19, 1952. She worked as a housekeeper at the Ellsworth Memorial Hospital and was a member of the St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Kanopolis.   Esther is survived by her daughter, Yolanda Pruitt of Ellsworth; son,...

ELLSWORTH   Wadona Velma Bircher was born January 19, 1928 at a farm North of Bushton to Arthur William and Emma (Schwerdtfeger) Heitschmidt. She went to her heavenly home September 30, 2023   Wadona was a graduate of Holyrood High School and Wichita Beauty College   Wadona and Donald Lee Bircher were united in marriage October 9, 1948 at the United Church of Christ (St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church), Holyrood, Kansas. They enjoyed 69 years together. To that union...

ELLSWORTH   Dorothy Neuschafer Grothusen of Ellsworth County, died May 13, 2023 at Salina Presbyterian Manor at age 100. She was born December 1, 1922 on a farm 10 miles southwest of Ellsworth to Henry and Mary (Obadal) Neuschafer.   She attended Cass Ridge Country School, a one-room schoolhouse, and graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1940. She was then employed by the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration), achieving the position of chief clerk.   She married...

KANOPOLIS   Ernst “Ernie” Floyd Kasiska, 63, passed away Friday, September 1, 2023 at his home in Kanopolis, KS. He was born December 7, 1959 in Ellsworth, KS to Floyd and Anna (Kamphuis) Kasiska. Ernie was a longtime resident of Ellsworth County. He retired from the Ellsworth County Road and Bridge Department. He married Ronda Lloyd in Ellsworth on October 17, 1981.   Ernie is survived by his daughter Lynsey Schultz (Andy) of Ellsworth; son Joshua Kasiska...