Hays, Kansas – Joseph C. Berger, age 90, died Sunday, August 14, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. He was born April 10, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri to Peter and Caroline (Augustine) Berger. He married Eleanor A. (Lang) on May 24, 1947, in Great Bend, Kansas. She died August 30, 2013.

He was a oil field pumper most of his life and retired from Phillips Petroleum Company in 1986.

He was a WW II veteran of the US Marine Corps and served in the South Pacific and Japan. Joe was a member of Immaculate Heat of Mary Catholic Church, the Schoenchen Council #4166 -3rd Degree Knights of Columbus and a life member of the Hays V.F.W. Post #9076 and Hays American Legion. He enjoyed fishing, playing cards, building lawn furniture, his vegetable gardening and spending time with his family.

Survivors include two sons, Joseph Berger Jr. and wife, Colette, Inman, KS; Dennis Berger, Hays, KS; two daughters; Judy Weigel and husband, Bob, Hays, KS; Connie Schmidt and husband, Melvin, Victoria, KS; six grandchildren, Mike Berger and wife, Christie; Ryan Berger and wife, Allison; Justin Weigel; Trina Proberts and husband, Kevin; Miranda Ashbaugh; Jaclyn Schmidt; 10 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, one son, Kenneth Berger in 1973 and an infant grandson, Joseph Berger III; one brother, Carl and his wife Eloise.

Services are 10:30 A.M. Thursday, August 18, 2016, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church 18th & Vine street Hays, Kansas. Burial in St. Joseph Cemetery Hays, Kansas with military honors by the Hays V.F.W. Post No. 9076.

A vigil service will be at 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, both at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601.

Visitation is from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday and from 9:00 to 10:15 A.M. Thursday, all at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays. Memorial to Good Samaritan Society of Hays or Hospice of Hays Medical Center.

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

Karl Edwin Jennison, age 90, died on Saturday, August 13, 2016 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott CIty, Kansas. He was born on August 7, 1926 Scott City the son of Herlan and Katharine Ehmke Jennison.

A lifetime resident of Southwest Kansas, Karl worked as a Farmer and the General Manager of the Healy Coop.

He was a member of the Healy United Methodist Church and the American Legion.

On December 18, 1948, he married Mary Belle Phipps in Healy, Kansas. She passed away on October 25, 2005 in Scott City, Kansas.

Survivors include:

Two Sons Richard and Diana Jennison of Healy, Kansas

Robin and Coleen Jennison of Wichita, Kansas

One Daughter Karla and Tom Bennett of Healy, Kansas

Nine Grandchildren, Seventeen Great-Grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church in Healy, Kansas at 2:00 p.m.

Visitation will be from 12:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, August 15, 2016 at the Price and Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas.

Internment will be in the Healy Cemetery immediately following the funeral service.

Memorials are suggested to the Karl and Mary Belle Jennison Camp Scholarship Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home.

LeRoy Joseph Ruder, age 78, passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS. He was born May 16, 1938 to Anton and Anna (Wasinger) Ruder in Hays, KS.

He attended Sunnyside School all eight years and was a 1956 graduate of St. Joseph’s Military Academy in Hays. After graduation, he enlisted in the army and served two years stationed in Germany.

LeRoy married Norma Jean Pfeifer on April 30, 1962 in Hays, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Fr. Alfred Carney as Celebrant. They had three children, Vincent, Michael, and Ann Marie.

LeRoy worked for the Boogaart Grocery Chain in Hays, where he started as a sacker and carry-out and trained to be Manager. He was promoted and transferred to Mankato in 1968 as manager. In 1973, LeRoy was moved to Liberal where he managed the store for two years. For a short time, he was a salesman selling Lawson Products. In 1976, LeRoy and his wife, Norma, co-founded an interior decorator business named Ruder’s Draperies. They operated the business until they retired in 2011. They were very blessed meeting many wonderful people through their business and enjoyed living in Liberal.

LeRoy was a member of the Mankato Jaycees, the Liberal Noon Lions Club and the Elks Lodge in Beloit and Liberal. He was a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus participating in councils at Schoenchen, Superior, NE and Liberal.

Hobbies included hunting, fishing, playing cards, and fantasy football. LeRoy was an avid sports fan and supported the Liberal Redskins Football and Basketball teams and the SCCC Lady Saints and Saints Basketball Teams. He loved to play pool and was a member of the Billiard Association in Liberal for many years.

LeRoy is survived by his wife, Norma, of the home, two sons; Vincent (Janet) of Kemah, TX, and Michael (Jennifer) of Olathe, KS and their children, Harrison, Winifred and Thatcher, a daughter; Ann Marie of Liberal and her son, Tyler Dean Ruder, and two great grandchildren; Rebecca and Adrian. He is also survived by two brothers, Robert (IIa Mae) Ruder of Hays and Earl (Mary) Ruder of Edmond, OK, and his sister, Diana Dome of Hays, and numerous nieces and nephews.

LeRoy was preceded in death by his parents and a brother-in-law, Benjamin Dome, and a very dear cousin and hunting buddy, Delvin Wasinger.

Funeral Mass will be at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, 215 W. 13th, Hays, with Fr. Fred Gatschet officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 8:00 on Monday and from 1:30 pm until 2:45 on Tuesday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street. A vigil service and rosary will be at 6:30 pm on Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph Catholic Church, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com

Adam M. Pfannenstiel, age 15, of Munjor passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Hays Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 10 AM Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Munjor with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be Monday 2 PM – 4 PM at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601 and 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM  with a combined rosary and vigil service all at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church in Hays. Tuesday visitation will be 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Boy Scouts Troop 101 or for Masses.

Condolences may be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected].

A complete obituary is pending.

Esther Elizabeth Gribben, age 94, of Hays, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

Funeral services will be 10 AM Monday, August 15, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be Sunday 5 PM – 8 PM and Monday 9 AM – 9:30 AM all at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.

A VFW Auxiliary prayer service will be Sunday at 6:15 PM followed by a combined Daughters of Isabella and VFW Auxiliary rosary at 6:30 PM and a parish vigil service at 7 PM all at the funeral chapel.

Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph’s Church or donor’s choice.

Condolences may be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected]

A complete obituary is pending.

Lyle Lee Casper, 85, of Russell, Kansas, died on Monday, August 08, 2016, at his home in Russell.

Lyle was born on January 12, 1931, in Bunker Hill, Kansas, the son of William H. and Carrie E. (Hoch) Casper. When he was very young, he grew up in the Dorrance area and later in life he grew up in El Dorado, Kansas and attended high school in El Dorado. After high school he moved back to the Russell County area and made his permanent home in Russell, Kansas, living here over 60 years. He met, fell in love and was united in marriage to Opal Odell Anthony on October 18, 1951, in Great Bend, Kansas. From this union Lyle and Opal were blessed with 8 children Lyle, Valerie, Deborah, Jackie, Gary, Joel, Dale and David. He made his career as a welder working on the pipeline in the Russell area and later was the owner and operator of Casper Welding. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, target shooting his guns, playing cards and shooting pool. Most of all he enjoyed spending time with his children and grand children.

Surviving family include his children Deborah Clark (Gary) of Cadiz, Kentucky, Jackie L. Casper of Russell, Gary W. Casper (Bernice) of Murray, Kentucky, Joel R. Casper (Michelle) of Russell, Dale A. Casper (Jayne) of Russell and David B. Casper and companion Kelli Fuller of Russell; brother William Casper (Linda) of Russell and sister Jane Galliart (Morris) of Wilson, Kansas; 22 Grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Opal, son Lyle O. Casper and daughter Valerie VanLoenen.

A celebration of Lyle’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, August 12, 2016, at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell with John Dumler officiating. Burial will follow at the Bunker Hill Cemetery in Bunker Hill, Kansas. Visitation will be from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the mortuary with the family present to greet guests from 6 P.M. to 7 P.M. Thursday evening. Cards and condolences can be sent to the mortuary, there is no memorial. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.