Susan (Major) Young was born July 4. 1940 in Youngstown, OH to Robert Bruce Major and Jane (Hum) Major. Susan was a happy and optimistic child and was 5 when her brother Charlie was born. Her father was a Boy Scout leader for many years and the children grew up involved in the Scouts, visiting Boy Scout Jamborees and various other events during their childhood. Her parents were also involved in the Masons and Susan, therefore, belonged to Job’s Daughters Organization. The family moved several times and Susan graduated high school at San Mateo High School, San Mateo, CA.

Susan met James Alvin Young in Alameda, CA and they married in 1961. Susan had 4 children, Jennifer Lynn Craft (1962), Debra Kay (Gosser) Kerr-Hunter (1964), Lynda Sue Ortiz (1965) and Daniel Jay Young (1970). James was an Active Duty Airman in the U.S. Navy. The family moved many times during their marriage and lived in Virginia, California and Hawaii. The marriage ended in 1972. Susan and the 4 children moved from Barber’s Point, HI to Temple City, CA to live with her parents.

Some of our fondest memories are from the time living in Temple City. During this time Susan got her CNA certificate and worked at Temple City Convalescent Hospital. She enjoyed her job helping others. Her sweet smile, gentle way, and humor were well-received by the residents she helped.

Susan never learned to drive a car, but, was a seasoned traveler on the LA County Bus system and could get virtually anywhere on a bus, always with children in tow.

Susan met Gordon “Rocky” Racco in the late 1980s and although they never married, they lived a quiet life together with their pet parakeets in Victorville, CA. These were happy times for Susan because they both enjoyed welcoming company. Due to health reasons, Susan moved to WaKeeney, KS in 2002. Rocky soon followed. Susan cared for him until he passed away in 2003.

In 2004, Susan purchased the first and only house she ever owned. She was so proud to make her monthly payments and enjoyed taking care of her own things. During this time, she also worked part-time at Debbie’s flower shop sweeping the floor, taking out trash, and watering plants.

Susan had an unexplained traumatic brain injury in 2007 and was left with short-term memory loss and dementia requiring her to reside in a nursing home. She had many nursing friends over the years being in 5 nursing homes, Long Term Care, Wheatland, Trego Manor, Rhode Island, and Smoky Hill in Salina which was her last facility.

To her children, Susan was the most caring, kind, gentle, and trusting person you could ever imagine. They believe that the very best traits each of them possess were taught to them by her example. She never met a stranger and her open and easy smile would make anyone meeting her immediately feel at ease. She was curious about other people and would often sacrifice her own comfort and needs for the good of another. She had a well-developed sense of humor and was prone to bouts of silliness just to make others laugh. She loved music and singing and would burst into song, often campfire songs, when she was feeling great.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her ex-husband, and her longtime partner.

She is survived by her brother, Charles and wife Shari, 4 children Jenny, Debbie, Lynda and Danny and wife Mindy, 7 grandchildren, Stevie, Rayna (Joey), Ashley (Jeff), Amanda, Jimmy (Tess), Eileen and David Jr., 2 great-grandsons Dominic and Jamison, and 2 nieces Amy (Ben) and Marcie (Howdy).

She will be greatly missed.

Memorial services are not planned at this time. Cremation was chosen.

Henderson, Nevada, resident Thelma Jane Koch passed away July 24, 2018 at the Tranquil Breezes Assisted Living in Henderson, NV at the age of 89.

Thelma was born March 11, 1929 in Agra, Kansas the daughter of Elvin & Blanche (Furlong) Wheelbarger. She graduated from Agra High School with the class of 1947.

She was united in marriage to Fred W. Koch on October 3, 1953 in Kansas City, MO.

Thelma worked for the Federal Civil Service as Senior Budget Analyst for the Department of Army in Monterrey, CA. She retired in 1990. She & Fred lived in Altus and Duncan, OK until Fred passed away on May 25, 2004. She then returned to Galt, CA and later moved to Henderson, NV to be near her daughter.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred; her son, Victor Rafiner; 3 brothers; and 3 sisters.

Survivors include her son, Fred W. Koch & wife, Linda of Elizabethtown, KY; Daughter, Brenda Whiteman of Henderson, NV; 8 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, KS, with Pastor Blake Stanwood officiating, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 11, 2018. Burial will follow in the Agra Cemetery, Agra, KS.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Agra High School Alumni Association.

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

Condolences and be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfunealchapels.com or can be sent via e-mail to [email protected]

Melda Alice Headley Moore was the tenth child of Wes and June (Smith) Headley.

She was born November 7, 1936 in Marienthal, Kansas.
She attended Russel Springs Grade School and then Colby High School.

She Married Glenn Owen Moore on October 9, 1954. They had four boys, Wesley Andrew, Charles Lynn, Jackie Owen and Donald Gene.
Melda was very active in Boy Scouts with her boys. Later in life she became very active in the Lions Club
and was one of the first female Lion in Thomas County.

In 1979 she started working at Lantern Park Nursing Home. She became a Medaide and played many other roles on her 30 plus years there until she retired.

She is preceded in death by her Husband Glenn on February 13, 1985 and her youngest son Donald on October 15, 1985. A granddaughter Amanda Moore on June 27, 1990. she was also preceded in death by 5 brothers.

She is survived by three sons, Wesley (Claudia), Charles, Jack (Connie). She is also survived by her 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Two brothers James Headley & Duane Headley and two sisters Ulella Norton & Edith Harrington.

Salina resident, Dick Westbrook, passed away Aug. 4, 2018 at his home in Salina at the age of 74. 

He was born Aug. 10, 1943 in Phillips County, Kansas, the son of Birdis and Essie (Hostutler) Westbrook.

Survivors include his wife, Arlene of the home; two sons, R.J. of Converse, Texas and Chad of Lindsborg, Kansas; two daughters, Vicki Robison of Norton, Kansas and Kim Westbrook of Salina; two brothers, Jerry of Loveland, Colorado, and Bob of Kensington, Kansas; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

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

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

A graveside service will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10 in the Kirwin Cemetery, Kirwin, Kansas.

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

Online condolences:  www.olliffboeve.com.

Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Henderson, Nevada resident, Thelma Jane Koch, passed away July 24, 2018 at the Tranquil Breezes Assisted Living in Henderson, Nevada at the age of 89.

Thelma was born March 11, 1929 in Agra, Kansas, the daughter of Elvin and Blanche (Furlong) Wheelbarger.   

She was united in marriage to Fred W. Koch on Oct. 3, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded by a son, Victor Rafiner.

Survivors include her son, Fred W. Koch and wife, Linda of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Daughter, Brenda Whiteman of Henderson, Nevada; eight grandchildren;  two step-grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018 at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Blake Stanwood officiating. Burial will follow in the Agra Cemetery, Agra, Kansa.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Agra Alumni Association.

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

Mrs. Jecha was born Oct. 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 from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas. A vigil service and rosary will be at 7:00 p.m.

Church visitation will be from 9 to 9:50 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Timken, Kansas.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 9, 2018 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.