Rosarie M. Jecha, 90, Timken, Kansas, died Sunday, August 5, 2018, at Locust Grove Village, La Crosse, Kansas.

Mrs. Jecha was born October 7, 1927, in Wayne, Kansas, the daughter of Vincent Matthew and Ella Anna (Blazek) Baxa. She was a resident of Rush County, Kansas, for 70 years, moving from Cuba, Kansas. A 1945 graduate of Belleville High School, Belleville, Kansas, she was a homemaker. She also was an elementary school teacher for one year at the Kunkel School, Cuba, Kansas, and was employed for five years as the Timken Elementary School secretary, Timken, Kansas.

Rosarie was devoted to her church, and dedicated many hours serving as the church sacristan at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Timken, Kansas. She was also a member of St. Ann’s Altar Society, Timken, Kansas.

On May 4, 1948, she married Edward Joe “Ed” Jecha at St. Edward’s Catholic Church, Belleville, Kansas. He preceded her in death May 19, 2006.

Survivors include: two sons, Thomas Jecha, Wichita, Kansas, and Edward Jecha, Hutchinson, Kansas; five daughters, Cecilia May, Lawrence, Kansas, Margaret Waterman (Elmer), Bonaire, Georgia, Mary Casselman (David), Arlington, Texas, Rita Andress (John), Great Bend, Kansas, and Jane Jacobs (John), Garden City, Kansas; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, Joe Jecha; four sisters, Alice Baxa, Magdalena Pachta, Frances Winbinger, and Elizabeth Oborny; and seven brothers, Vincent Baxa, Henry Baxa, Fred Baxa, Alfonso Baxa, Alois Baxa, Edmund Baxa, and Edward Baxa.

Visitation will be Wednesday, August 8, 2018, from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas. A vigil service and rosary will be at 7:00 P.M.

Church visitation will be Thursday, August 9, 2018, from 9:00 A.M. to 9:50 A.M. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Timken, Kansas.

Funeral service will be Thursday, August 9, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Timken, Kansas, with Father Eric Gyamfi , Father Henry Baxa, and Father Matthew Kumi officiating. Interment will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Timken, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests memorials to Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Timken, Kansas, or Locust Grove Village, La Crosse, Kansas.

Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.

Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.

Wilma Maxine (Jarvis) Zordel, age 84, passed away August 2nd, 2018 at Grisell Memorial Long-Term Care Unit a few blocks away from her longtime home in Ransom Kansas.

A come-and-go memorial service will be held October 13th and 14th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at her home in Ransom.

She was born in Arnold Kansas October 14th, 1933, she grew up in the Ness county area and graduated from Arnold High School in 1951. Wilma was a life-long member of the United Methodist Church in Ransom, Kansas. She worked at Grisell Memorial in her younger years as a Certified Medication Aide and lived as a homemaker raising her two children with her husband.

Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, William and Ethel, and her soulmate Walter Zordel Jr.

Wilma leaves behind her brothers, Keith Jarvis of Rolla, KS and Basil Jarvis of Bunker Hill, KS; her sister, Ramona Brooks of Saratoga, CA; her two children, Steve Zordel and Kelly Ancar; four grandchildren: Melissa Dible, Isaac North, Victoria Flax and James North, and ten great-grandchildren: Emerald, Lisa, Cora and Adam Dible; Destiny, Elizabeth, Anabelle and Alexander North; Maddix Randa and Xavier Flax.

Shirley Anne Woodside, age 88, died on August 3, 2018 at Ness County Hospital, Ness City. She was born on November 5, 1929 in Quinter, Kansas the daughter of Leon and Adeline Cates Coleman.

On June 24, 1951 she married Forrest Woodside in Denver, Colorado. He preceded her in death on March 5, 2017.

Shirley is survived by her son, Eric Woodside of Ness City and three daughters, Georganne and Gail Melton of Andover, Holly and James Hertel of Bazine, and Paula and Jon Allen of Edmond, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Richard and Charles Coleman.

Funeral service will be held at the Cedar Village Care Center, Ness City on Friday, August 10, 2018, 10:00 A.M. followed by burial in the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Kansas. Viewing will be held at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. with the family present from noon until 6:00 P.M.

Memorial Contributions may be given to Praise Ranch, Pawnee Rock, Kansas.

Salina resident Dick Westbrook passed away August 4, 2018 at his home in Salina at the age of 74. He was born August 10, 1943 in Phillips County, KS, the son of Birdis and Essie (Hostutler) Westbrook.

Survivors include his wife Arlene of the home; 2 sons, R.J. of Converse, TX and Chad of Lindsborg, KS; 2 daughters, Vicki Robison of Norton, KS and Kim Westbrook of Salina; 2 brothers, Jerry of Loveland, CO and Bob of Kensington, KS; 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, August 10 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Salina, with Father Keith Weber officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. till service time.

A graveside service will be held Friday, August 10 at 4:00 p.m. in the Kirwin Cemetery, Kirwin, KS.

Memorial contributions may be made to Sunflower Adult Day Services, Salina Alzheimers Support Group or Rolling Hills Zoo.

Visitation will be from 12:00 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg.

Galen Ray Huffman, 78, of Quinter, Kansas, passed away on August 6, 2018, surrounded by family.

Galen was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri on July 5, 1940. He graduated from Benton High School in 1958, the same year he set a new Missouri high school record of 12’9 1/4” in the pole vault. He later received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Arts with a minor in Science from McPherson College. While there, he set a new McPherson College record of 13’10” in the pole vault, a record that stood for a decade. Galen was married to Karen Stoner on August 28, 1960. They were married 58 years.

Galen taught high school and coached at Oakley, KS and Quinter, KS for four years, and worked as a standardization engineer for New Holland Industries for a year. He later worked 15 years for Quinstar, first as a design engineer and later as a sales rep. In 1989 he founded his own business, Formation Plastics which has thrived for 30 years.

He enjoyed athletics, including football, pole vaulting, diving, and gymnastics. He enjoyed building model airplanes, fishing, woodworking, and sitting on the front porch swing overlooking Big Creek. He was also actively involved in the Quinter Church of the Brethren, serving as a Sunday school teacher and deacon for many years. He also served for over 40 years on the executive board of Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas and numerous state manufacturers’ advisory boards.

Galen is survived by his wife Karen, five children, Jana (David) Pote, Wichita; Scott (Carolyn) Huffman, Lawrence; Eric Huffman, Hays; Penny Callantine, Quinter; and Jeff (Shawna) Huffman, Lawrence; twelve grandchildren, Jordan Pote, Joshua Pote, Jacob Pote, Courtney Summers, Jessica Sharpe, Alexis Luinstra, Garrett Luinstra, Tim Huffman, Patrick Huffman, Stephen Huffman, Matthew Callantine, and Audrey Callantine, two great-grandchildren Tenley Pote and Beckett Pote, and nephews Dan Crist and Kevin Crist.

Galen is preceded in death by his father, Galen Raymond Huffman, his mother Dorothy Ellen Huffman, and his sister Carol Crist.

Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Church of the Brethren, Quinter, KS. Burial will follow the service in the Baker Township Cemetery.

Visitation and viewing will be Friday evening, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Church of the Brethren, Quinter.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Project Rose at Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas and may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS.

Marian R. (Sack) Dreiling, age 86, died Friday, August 3, 2018, at Mount St. Francis Nursing Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

She was born October 5, 1931, in Hays, Kansas, to John J. and Mary (Vonfeldt) Sack. She married John G. Dreiling on February 23, 1952 in Victoria, Kansas. He preceded her in death on September 25, 2003.

She was a homemaker and spent her lifetime in the Victoria and Hays area until moving to Colorado Springs in 2013. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church Hays, Kansas and was a 1949 graduate of Hays High School.
She enjoyed spending time with her family, going to the lake, traveling and reading.

Survivors include her son, Todd Dreiling and wife, Susan, Colorado Springs, CO; three grandchildren, Ashley Hoff and husband, Cody, Monument, CO; Joshua Dreiling, Portland, OR; Trevor Dreiling, and fiancé, Sara Rocks, Colorado Springs, CO; three great grandchildren, Gavin, Kendall and Maisie Hoff, Monument, CO.

She was preceded in death by, her parents; husband; two brothers, Donald Sack and William Sack; three sisters, Aurelia Amrein, Rosetta Sack and Vera Sack.

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Friday, August 10, 2018, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays, Kansas. Inurnment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays, Kansas.

A vigil/rosary service will be at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday, at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, and from 9:30 to 10:00 A.M. Friday, at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Memorial to St Joseph Catholic Church of Hays, Kansas

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