Clifton Daniel Jamison, “Cliff” or “Clifford the Big Red Dog”, age 62, of Quinter, KS passed away on February 8, 2019

Cliff was born on April 8, 1956, at the Gove County Medical Center. He graduated from Quinter High School in 1974. He worked for Flex-King in Quinter, then farmed the remainder of his lifetime on the family farm in Quinter.

Cliff was united in marriage to Rita Briard, on July 11, 1975, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, rural Studley, KS. They later divorced. He then married Leiana West on December 14, 1997. This union continued for 21 years. He was part of Tractorcade in 1978 and 79 in which he drove a tractor from Quinter to Washington DC at 15 mph. He was also a proud member of the Free Tomorrow Motorcycle Club for 34 years.

Cliff is survived by his wife, Leiana (West) Jamison of Quinter; son, Kris Jamison of Inman; daughters, Cherie Pfannenstiel and husband Whitey of Munjor, and Jackie Diaz and husband Elias of Farmington, NM; parents, Herb and Mildred Jamison of Redding, CA; sisters, Jeanne Elliott, CA, Beth Meier and husband Rod of CA, and Cheryl Reese and husband Ted of OR; grandsons, Dawson Jamison and Tobias Diaz, and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Cliff was preceded in death by grandparents; three stepsons, Brandon, Michael, and Dusty Smith; and brother-in-law, Jim Elliot.

Funeral service will be 11:00 am Saturday, February 16, 2019, at the Church of the Brethren, Quinter. Burial will follow in the Baker Township Cemetery.

Visitation will be prior to the service from 9:00 – 10:30 am, at the Church of the Brethren.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, memorial contributions are suggested to the Keller K-9 Rescue. Donations made to the organization may be left at the service, or sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 Main Street, Quinter, KS 67752.

William J. (Bill) Goscha was called home by the loving Lord on February 10, 2019.

Bill was born on December 30, 1939 to John and Helen (Meitl) Goscha in Selden, Kansas where he lived with his family. Bill graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1957. He went on to serve in the Air Force, and upon his father’s death came back to Oberlin to take care of his family. He is best known for being a father, grandfather, brother, and friend to all who knew him.

He is survived by his sons: Don Goscha and wife Dienna, Dave Goscha and wife Shelley, Bradley Goscha, and Todd Goscha and wife Sara; his daughter, Shawnda Rumbaugh and husband Bruce and 10 grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers: Dennis Goscha and Michael Goscha and his sisters: Henrietta Juenemann, Mary Eichner, Kathleen Spellman, and Carmela Werner.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Helen Goscha and brothers and sisters: Verna Wearing, Albert Goscha, Charles Goscha, Daniel Goscha, Herb Goscha, and Patricia Buell.

His funeral will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Pauls Funeral Home 121 N. Penn Ave in Oberlin, KS. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that memorials to be sent to Pauls Funeral Home 121 N. Penn Ave. Oberlin, KS 67749 in care of William Goscha for Bill’s final expenses or donate to your local charity benefiting cancer research in Bill’s honor.

Vincent Mathias Ritter, 94 of Phillipsburg, KS died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg.

Vincent was born January16, 1925 at the family farm near Dresden, son of August & Agnes (Jacobs) Ritter. He graduated from the Leoville High School in 1943. He served in the United States Army.

He married Mary Edna Reinert on May 29, 1950 at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Seguin. To this union,
they were blessed with eleven children.

His work ethic started at a young age when he helped on thefamily farm. During his lifetime he had many jobs including working at the railroad, trailer plant, various construction jobs and township motor grader operator. His main desire remained in farming. He was an avid sports fan & spent many hours following the Kansas City Royals or any other team that played!

Survivors include five sons, Charles & Laura Ritter of Kanas City; August (Joe) Ritter of Goodland; Will & Tina Ritter of Olathe; Rick & Lynette Ritter of Colby; Paul & Kalyn Ritter of Monument; Four daughters, Irene & Steve Whorton of Topeka; Doris & Kevin Yonke of Holton; Louise & Randy Phillips of Lawrence; Jayne & Darryl Leidig of Phillipsburg; 33 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Cordula (Ed) Werth of Park, KS.
Vincent was preceded in death by his parents; sister Augusta Jansen; brother Albert Ritter; wife, Mary; daughter, Carol A. Wilson; son, John M. Ritter; son-in-law James Fuller & granddaughter, Jennifer Whorton.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 16, 2019 in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Leoville, KS. Burial will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Leoville.

A Scriptural Wake and Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 15, 2019 in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd Street, Phillipsburg, KS 67661.

Mr. Ritter will lie in state from Noon until 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Services or Johnson Cancer Research Center.

Clifford Anthony Martin, age 71, passed away February 7, 2019, at the Castle Rock Adventist Hospital in Castle Rock, CO.

Cliff was born in McCook, NE on April 14, 1947. He was the fourth of five children born to Fred and Helen E. (Colling) Martin. After losing his mother to cancer at the tender age of 5, Cliff went to live with his grandparents, Bernard and Helen M. Colling, on their farm 13 miles northwest of Indianola, NE. At the age of 15, he moved to McCook where he went to school and worked at a bakery and a filling station. His senior year, he moved to Jennings to work on his sister Frieda’s farm and to finish high school, where he met his future wife, Carol Wagoner. They were married May 28, 1966 in Leoville, KS. To this union were born five children, Corinna, Carmen, Christopher, Casandra and Camille. Cliff held a variety of jobs including farming, mechanic work, truck driving and managing grain elevators. He was known as a jack of all trades and an entrepreneur.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his step-mother, Emma (Stewart) Martin, his brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Beverly Martin, and his father-in-law, Wilfred Wagoner. He is survived by his wife, Carol of Sharon Springs, his children, Corinna Riches of Horsham, PA, Carmen (Doug) Simon of Quinter, KS, Chris (Barb) Martin of Englewood, CO, Casey (Richard) Whitley of Goodland, KS, Camille (K.B.) Murphy of Wallace, KS, 18 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren (and 2 on the way,) his sisters, Frieda (Bernie) Goetze of Norcatur, KS, Bernadette (LaVerne) Miller of Norfolk, NE and Bonita (Carey) Hollenhors of Trenton, NE. and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Dad was our Google before Google. He could fix things over a phone line. He never met a stranger and would often open his house to those who needed a place to stay. He was a great example of how to work hard, to never give up and to share whatever we have with others. Our friends felt like they were just another member of the family. Dad would tell everyone he met how proud he was of his children, especially of his joy that each of us are believers in Christ. He offered up his pain and suffering as a sacrifice to the Lord, his savior. We will miss his smile and infectious laugh, but we rejoice that he is no longer in pain.
Donations may be made to:

In Lieu of Flowers to the Clifford Martin Memorial Fund and may be left at the services or mailed to Koons-Russell Funeral Home, 211 N. Main Ave., Goodland KS 67735

In Lieu of Flowers to the Wallace County Community Foundation and may be left at the services or Mailed to Koons-Russell Funeral Home, 211 N. Main Ave., Goodland KS 67735

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Janice Rae (Nech) Underwood passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Windsor Estates in Salina, Kansas at the age of 70. She was born on September 23, 1948 in Hays, KS to the late Raymond and Lucy (Winters) Nech.

Janice grew up in Plainville and Salina. Shortly after her graduation from Salina Central High School in 1966, she started working for Beech Aircraft where she was a secretary for 20 years. In 1987 she then relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada where she worked as a secretary at Caesar’s Palace and other establishments until her retirement in 2011, at the age of 62. After her retirement, she moved back to Salina where she lived out the rest of her life.

Janice liked staying busy. She enjoyed working on any type of crafting activity or playing computer games. Janice loved spending time with her dogs and her family. She was baptized in the United Methodist Church in Plainville and belonged to the Lutheran Church in Salina.

A hardworking woman of faith, hope, and love, Janice showed us all by her life that the greatest of these is love. Although she will be greatly missed, she will live forever in the hearts of those who knew her best, for they were greatly loved.

Janice is survived by her brother, Douglas Nech and wife Cindy of Haven, KS; nieces and nephews Lynecia Bogue of Lawrence, KS, Amanda Nech of Conshohocken, PA, Corey Nech and significant other Megan Rinehart of Haven, KS; great-niece and nephew Lily and Asher Bogue; best friend Glenn Madden; and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents Raymond and Lucy Nech; and husband Jim Underwood.

A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the United Methodist Church in Plainville. Burial will follow at the Plainville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00am until service time on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the church.

Isabella Weslie Artman died peacefully on February 5, 2019, at her home in the Lighthouse Care Community in Omaha. She was 93. Isabella was born in Oakland, CA, on March 23, 1925, to Joel Osgood Wilder and Weslie (Wort) Wilder. When she was 3, Isabell moved, with her older sister Emma Jane and her mother, to Kearney, NE, to live in her maternal grandparents’ home (D and Emma Wort). She took piano and cello lessons, and particularly enjoyed dramatics, elocution and ballet. She felt Kearney was a great place to grow up.

Her future husband, John, moved to Kearney from Kansas when they were both in the 8th grade. They were in the same ballroom dancing class and found they had many similar interest, they became sweethearts early on and a lifelong love was born.

After graduation from Longfellow High School in 1942, Isabella decided to attend Mills College in Oakland, CA, where her mother and older sister had graduated. As teachers were in short supply, she chose to major in Elementary Education. Much correspondence and too few meetings helped Isabella and John decide to marry at the end of her junior year, after which Isabella would return to Mills to finish her senior year, while John started medical school in Kentucky, courtesy of the Navy. They were married at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Kearney, NE on June 3, 1945. After graduating from Mills, she joined John in Kentucky for two years, during which she taught fifth grade students at a private country school. John’s medical internship took them to Independence, MO, where she taught a combined room of third and fourth graders. She was very proud of her teaching experiences. The next stop was Denver, where their first daughter was born. After a year in Denver, they moved to Hays, KS, where John joined a medical group. In 1951 a second daughter was born. With a 2-year-old and 4-year-old in tow, an 8 months pregnant Isabella took a plane and met John in Bremerton, WA. A third daughter was born right before John was sent to medical duty on the hospital ship Haven during the Korean War. Isabella took their three daughters to live in Kearney where she had the support of her mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. Once John returned, they drove back to Hays from Bremerton to continue raising their family. To their delight, a son was born in 1961.

Isabella greatly enjoyed her lifelong memberships in DAR and PEO and took an active role in these groups. She especially enjoyed researching her family’s history and genealogy. She belonged to bridge clubs, was a lector and active congregant at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Hays, enjoyed dance and supper clubs with John, and socializing with their many friends in Hays. After retirement, a vacation home in Colorado became a great source of fun with friends and family as well as many family vacations. Isabella loved to travel, as did John, and they saw a good part of the world via cruises with friends. She had many childhood friends she stayed in touch with through the years and enjoyed keeping up with Hays friends after her move to Omaha. Isabella bloomed where she was planted!

Isabella’s greatest treasure and her greatest source of pleasure was her family. She never tired of sharing the accomplishments of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Isabella was preceded in death by her husband John, and older sister Emma Jane. She is survived by her children: Cyndi Hartman (Herb) of Omaha, Pam Artman of Kearney, Chris Lawrence (Patrick) of Colorado Springs, and John (Eleanor) of Seattle; grandchildren: April Clausen (Matt) of Omaha, Herb Hartman (Beth) of Sioux City, and Shane Hundley of Jacksonville, FL; great-grandchildren: Anna, Bennett, and Clara.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Wednesday, Feb 13th at 2pm at the Lakeside Lighthouse Chapel, 17600 in Omaha. Isabella will be entombed in the family mausoleum at Kearney Cemetery on Thursday, Feb. 14th at 2pm. Memorials are suggested to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Kearney, NE.

Deloris Marie Unruh, age 87, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on February 7, 1932 in Greensburg, Kansas, the daughter of Lincoln & Frances Nichols Jantz. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1951 moving from Greensburg, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Scott Mennonite Church in Pence, Kansas.

On May 6, 1951 she married Isaac “Ike” Unruh in Greensburg, Kansas. He Survives.

Survivors include her Husband – Isaac “Ike” Unruh of Scott City, Kansas, One Son – Tom & Lisa Unruh of Spearman, Texas, Three Daughters – Barbara & Ervin Koehn of Scott City, Kansas, Karen & Rick Penner of Swan River, Manitoba, Canada, Joyce & Leland Koehn of Scott City, Kansas, One Brother – Gary & Darlene Jantz of Greeley, Colorado, Three Sisters – Jennie & Calvin Unruh of Greensburg, Kansas, Marian & Verle Litwiller of Barron, Wisconsin, Glenda & Mark Rhodes of Windsor, Colorado, One Sister In Law – Karen Jantz of Fredonia, Kansas, Twenty Seven Grandchildren and Twenty Seven Great Grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her Parents, One Brother – Marlin Jantz and One Granddaughter – Michelle Koehn.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the Scott Mennonite Church in Pence, Kansas with the Franklin Koehn & Richard Koehn presiding.

Memorials may be made to the USA Missions in care of Price & Sons Funeral Homes.

Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday and 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas.

Internment will be in the Scott Mennonite Church Cemetery in Pence, Kansas.

Hazel I. Boden, 88, of Osborne, KS passed away on February 7, 2019 at the Parkview Care Center of Osborne. Hazel was born on July 4, 1930 to George E. & Dolly E. (Bishop) Sullivan in Polk County, Missouri. She was one of several children.

Hazel attended school through 8th grade. She later married Edward F. Boden and to this union, 5 children were born. They resided on a farm in the Osborne, KS area. Hazel was a farmwife.

Hazel was preceded in death by her husband, Edward in 2012. She is survived by her daughter: Nancy Krier of Holyoke, CO; sons: Clarence of Hays, KS; Brad of Osborne, KS; Laverne of Gardner, KS; Dan of Marshall, MO; sister: Vernie Lee of Atlanta, GA; brothers: John Sullivan of Eugene, OR; Ernie Sullivan of Springfield, MO; 11 grandchildren & 5 great-grandchildren.

Janet Eileen Buddemeyer, 62, Richardson, Texas, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019 at her home in Richardson.

Janet was born December 14, 1956, in Hays, Kansas the daughter of Raymond H. “Ray” and Odelia (Werth) Haselhorst. She was working as an IT professional at TD Ameritrade in Richardson and had previously spent 25 years with AT&T in Kansas City.

Survivors include her mother, Odelia Haselhorst, a sister, Cheryl Haselhorst Kessler, two nieces, Shara Haselhorst and Christina Kessler Gutmann (Thorsten), three nephews, John Kessler, Steve Haselhorst, and Shane (Kathleen) Haselhorst, her three cats, Lucy, Linus, and Ricky, and a host of other loving family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Mark Buddemeyer, her father, Raymond H. Haselhorst, and two brothers, Steve Haselhorst and Charles Haselhorst.

A memorial mass will be at 11:00 am on Friday, February 15, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 215 W. 13th Street, Hays with Fr. Fred Gatschet officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until service time at the church, and a rosary will begin at 10:40. Private family inurnment will be at a later date in the St. Anthony Cemetery, Schoenchen. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, or a no-kill animal shelter of the donor’s choice, in care of Hays Memorial Chapel, 1906 Pine Street, Hays. Condolences and memories of Janet may be shared with the family at www.haysmemorial.com.