Anne Christine (Kelly) Walters, age 69, of Hays, KS, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Via Christi Village in Hays.

She was born September 18, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan to John Lawrence Kelly and Dorothy Jeanne (Peters) Kelly. At age 7 the family moved to the Kansas City area settling in Leawood, Kansas.

She graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 1967. She received her nursing degree from Avila College in Kansas City. After being employed at General Hospital and Menorah Medical Center in Kansas City she entered medical school at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She interned at Truman Medical Center.

Chris (Dr. Chris by her patients) moved to Hays in 1982 and joined Surgical Associates. After marrying Jim Walters on May 29, 1987, she started a medical/surgical practice specifically for the disease of the breast. Her patients frequently called themselves “Kelly Girls”. Chris devoted herself to her faith, family and patients. She retired in 2010 due to Alzheimers Disease.

She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church where she also served on church council, Cancer Council and multiple medical organizations.

She is survived by her husband Jim of the home; two daughters, Jamie Walters of Kansas City and Jackie Hertel and husband Matt of San Diego, CA; a step son, Jason Walters and wife Kerri and their daughter Natalie all of Eules, TX; a sister, Barb Kelly of Kansas City; a sister-in-law, Janet Kelly and her son, Jack of Wentsville, MO; a sister, a sister-in-law, Karen Dreher and husband Ron of Hays; a brother-in-law, Herb Walters of Hays and a sister-in-law, Marie Shields of St. John, KS as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents John in 1965 and Dorothy in 1997 and a brother John in 2014.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M., Monday, November 12, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 201 W. 13th St., Hays, KS. Inurnment will follow services at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Hays.

Visitation will be on Sunday, November 11, 2018 from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. and Monday from 10:00 to 10:30 A.M. all at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine St., Hays, KS 67601.

A rosary service will be recited at 7:00 P.M., followed by a parish vigil service all at the funeral chapel.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Holy Family Elementary School and/or TMP-Marian. Contributions can be mailed or left with the funeral home.

Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or by email at [email protected].

Arrangements are by Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel & Crematory, 2509 Vine St., Hays, KS 67601.

Morris W. Hyman, 67, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2018 in Salina, KS.

Arrangements are pending with All Faiths Funeral Chapel.

Bonnie Bell Patchen Steele, 90, peacefully passed away November 7, 2018 under the care of Pathways Hospice in Loveland, Colorado.

Bonnie was born on December 4, 1927 in Jetmore, Kansas, to Vernon W. Koontz and Carrie Etta Rumford Koontz. She graduated from Jetmore High School in 1945 and attended one year at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas. In her early years, Bonnie enjoyed singing with her siblings and worked at the Koontz Mercantile, her father’s grocery/clothing store.

Bonnie married Charlie (Chuck) W. Patchen on May 5, 1947, in her family home and began fifty adventurous years as a farm wife on the Pawnee Creek in northwest Hodgeman County, Kansas. To this union, four children were born.

From 1947-1958, Chuck and Bonnie and family lived in a two-room cabin on the Sinclair ranch in the North Roscoe township. In 1958, they moved five miles away to Chuck’s parent’s native stone farmhouse located 20 miles northwest of Jetmore.

Bonnie cherished her time being part of the ‘North Roscoe mother team’ raising her children while enjoying the many neighboring kids. Bonnie was a gifted cook, gardener and seamstress and was actively involved in the operational aspects of wheat farming and cattle ranching. Along with her husband, she drove tractors and harvest trucks and tended to cattle, sheep and chickens. She was a leader with the Jolly Jayhawkers 4-H Club in which all of her children participated. With family and friends, Bonnie enjoyed playing cards, especially cribbage and the country life of fishing, coon hunting and searching out Indian artifacts prevalent in the area.

Bonnie’s dear husband, Chuck, passed in 1994. Two years later, she moved off the farm and back to her hometown of Jetmore.

Bonnie married Wilbur (Bill) Steele on September 10, 2001. Living in Branson, MO for ten years, they enjoyed hosting guests, seeing shows and Bonnie challenged herself with the use of computers and the smart phone. In 2014, Bill and Bonnie moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, to be closer to family. Bill passed in 2016.

Bonnie was proceeded in death by her mother in 1931, father in 1965, and step-mother, Lillian, in 1962; two brothers, Dale (infant) Koontz and Wayne Koontz; two sisters, Jean Barrows and Betty Burgert; two half-brothers, Ward and Denzil Koontz; half-sister, Ella Mae Mann and two grandsons.

Bonnie is survived by her half-sister, Eva Koontz, Kansas City, MO; daughters, Linda (Sonny) Diehl, Fort Collins, CO and Peggy (Bob) Rinne, Seattle, WA; and sons, Larry (Pat) Patchen, Pagosa Springs, CO and Terry Patchen, Las Vegas, NV; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Bonnie will be interred at the Fairmount Cemetery in Jetmore, KS. A memorial service will be held Memorial Day 2019.

Friends may send condolences to the family via www.BeckwithMortuary.com. In lieu of flowers and gifts, please consider donations to Pathways Hospice, Fort Collins, CO and/or Hodgeman County 4-H, % Beckwith Mortuary, Box 663, Jetmore, KS, 67854.

Bonnie’s kind actions and ready laugh will be missed by all who knew her.

Sublette – Brian Kelly Quimby, 52, died November 4, 2018 in Haskell County. He was born on October 18, 1966 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Dennie Lee and Vivian Viola (Randle) Quimby.

Brian moved with his family several times before they came to Sublette. He graduated from Sublette High School in 1986. Brian became a father to Ryan on June 30, 1987. He was a devoted father and loved taking his son places. On October 2, 1993, he married Meredith Hall at the Methodist Church in Sublette. They lived in several southwest Kansas towns before returning to Sublette in 2000. Brian worked for Collectia, Seward County and later for Haskell County as a road maintainer. He enjoyed hunting, working on his truck, and everything OU. His family was most important to him. Brian’s laugh and smile will be missed by all who knew him.

He was a member of the NRA.

Brian is survived by his wife, Meredith of Sublette; one son, Ryan Quimby and wife Maddy of Hays; his mother, Vivian Quimby of Sublette; three brothers, Glen Quimby and wife Connie of Satanta, Michael Quimby of Larned, and Jeffery Quimby of Borne, Texas; a sister, Fran Lothman and husband Shane of Wharton, Texas; parents-in-law, Pete and Bev Hall of Sublette; brother-in-law, John Hall and wife Misti of Sublette; sisters-in-law, Marilyn Kane of Wichita and Robin Knight and fiance Paul Brown of Norman, Oklahoma; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews. He is preceded in death by his father, Dennie.

Memorial service will be held at Sublette United Methodist Church on Friday November 9, 2018 at 11:30 AM with Mr. Russ Brandon presiding. Friends may sign the guest book at Swaim Funeral Chapel of Sublette on Thursday November 8, 2018 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Cremation has taken place and a private family burial will take place at a later time. Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) for Southwest Kansas Youth Hunt in care of the funeral home. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online guest book at www.swaimfuneralhome.com.