Walter A."Pete" Wessel, Jr. was born on August 28th, 1913 to Constance and Walter A. Wessel in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1931. After graduation he worked his father in Wessel's Store; he quit to drive a truck for Watson Brother's. In 1940 he enlisted in the Navy for a six year tour of duty, serving in the states and also overseas on diff...

Verda Marie (Iverson) Ellsaesser, age 90, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born August 28, 1924, the 13th child of Iver and Ida (Larson) Iverson in Montrose, South Dakota. Verda married Harley C. Ellsaesser on April 20, 1945. They lived most of their 62 years of marriage in southwest Kansas. Harley preceded her ...

Vernon Janzen, age 77, of Elkhart, Kansas died September 25, 2014 at Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born December 19, 1936 in Peabody, Kansas the son of Gustav R. and Emma (Voth) Janzen. Vern grew up in Hillsboro, Kansas. He moved to Newton during high school and graduated from Newton High School in 1954. He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 – 1958. He...

Clarence M. Ford, age 99, died early Wednesday morning, September 24, 2014, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas. He was born February 13, 1915, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Fred and Sylvia (Keltner) Ford. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system. After his schooling, he began his career in auto body repair, owning and operating Ford Body Shop in Meade for many...

Martha E. "Marte" Wessel was born January 13, 1925 to Florence and Claude Engle in Grove City, Ohio. Marte and Walter A. "Pete" Wessel were married May 21, 1945 in Covington, Kentucky. When Pete completed his tour of duty in the Navy in 1946 they then settled in Denver, Colorado. Marte was a Board of Director for the Denver Women's Bowling Association and bowled in three ...

Lotte G. Headrick, 73, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away September 17, 2014 at Integris Bass Baptist Medical Center in Enid, Oklahoma. Lotte was born August 10, 1941 in Dudweiler, Germany, the daughter of Nicholas and Katherine Gruen and sister to ten brothers and sisters. During and after her high school education she worked in a bakery for a family she dearly loved. She met and date...

Tim Jones AGE: 49 OF: Rolla, Kansas DIED: Saturday, September 13, 2014 AT: His home in Rolla, Kansas FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY: Garnand Funeral Home, Elkhart, Kansas ...

Juanita V. Rodriguez, age 79, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, September 13, 2014 at her daughter’s home in Ulysses, Kansas.  She was born August 29, 1935 in Hillrose, Colorado, the daughter of Tiofilo Rodriguez and Romalda Vasquez. Juanita grew up in Morgan County, Colorado. She married Roman Ochoa Rodriguez on December 13, 1954 in Brownsville, Texas. Migrant workers, they followed the wo...

Ricardo Rodriguez, age 76, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, September 13, 2014 at his home in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born January 8, 1922 in El Terrero Namiquipa Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Reinaldo and Rosario (Medina) Rodriguez. Ricardo grew up in Mexico. He married Gricelda Ortega in 1955 in Allende Mexico. They moved to Great Bend, Kansas in 1977. He was a yard operator for Great Bend...

James Taylor "Nick" Nickeson, 94, of Turpin,OK passed away on September 11, 2014 at Perryton, TX. He was born on September 30, 1919 to Judson and Gertrude (Lay) Nickeson near Turpin at Lorena , OK. He attended school at Turpin, OK where he graduated class of 1938. He moved to California at a young age where he worked in a machine shop and tile shop until he joined the Navy in 1943 ...