Jeremy Lewis Davis, age 42, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Hays. He was born April 24, 1974 in Mexia, Texas to Gayla Grissom Stricklin.

He had worked in Pipeline Construction in the past.

He is survived by a sister, Audra Teague and husband John of Hays; a brother, David Rutherford and wife Audrey of Michigan; three daughters, Ashley Davis, Cheyenne Clouses and Kassi Davis; four nephews, Tray Rutherford, Trent Ruherford, Chase Rutherford and Justin Esner; four nieces, Chelsea Teague, Angeline Mephem, Abby Johnson and Haley Rutherford as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He is preceded in death by his mother.

Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements in care of Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601

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

Frances Lorene Foos Kimple passed away August 5, 2016 in Plano, TX. She was born in Bazine, KS on Oct. 10, 1942 to Elmer Foos and Lydia Fech Foos.

She was a graduate of Bazine High School and Emporia State Teachers College with a degree in Elementary education. She met Stephen Kimple of Ellinwood, KS in the band at Emporia. They married August 10, 1963 after he joined the Air Force. They first lived at Myrtle Beach AFB, SC and then Bergstrom AFB, Austin, TX. After military service in 1968 they moved to San Antonio, TX where Steve went to work for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. For the next 33 years, they lived in California twice, Japan, Germany, and Dallas, TX before retiring in Plano, TX. Fran retired from State Farm Insurance in Dallas, TX after 22 years. She enjoyed attending the activities at Temple Emmanu-El in Dallas and volunteered a day each week at the Judaic Treasures gift shop. She loved her Siamese cats. She enjoyed attending family reunions and her many sewing projects and crafting quilts.

She is preceded in death by her parents and older brother, Dennis Foos of Tahlequah, OK. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Stephen Kimple of Plano, TX; three sisters, Donavee Shaw of Buckeye, AZ; Nancy Alsop of Seattle, WA and Kathryn Foos of Plano, TX; two brothers Carlynn Foos of Ness City, KS and Lowell Foos of Bazine, KS; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service was held Thurs., Aug 11, 2016 at Temple Emmanu-El in Dallas, TX.

Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Sunday and Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. with the family present from 6-8 p.m. on Monday. Burial Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Ness City cemetery.

Justin Jorge Ammon, 41, of Lucas, Kansas, died on Friday, August 05, 2016, near his home in Lucas.

He is survived by his wife Lisa (Blair) Ammon of the home; children Steven, Darren, Corben and Savannah; mother Sandi Plotner (Craig) and father David Ammon (Christina), Sister Shari’ Mills; brothers: Shane Ammon, Garrett Ammon; Step brother Anthony Potter.

A gathering with the Ammon family will take place on Tuesday evening August 09, 2016. The Ammon family will greet guests from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. at the Lucas United Methodist Church in Lucas, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to The Ammon Family Fund and can be sent in care of the mortuary.

Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas is in charge of the arrangements.

James August “Jim” Schremmer, 83, of Russell, Kansas, died on Sunday, August 07, 2016, at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, Kansas.

Jim was born on August 19, 1932, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of August R. and Adelia G. (Depiesse) Schremmer. He grew up in the Russell area and graduated from Russell High School in the class of 1950. In 1952 he was drafted into the military and joined the United States Navy. He fought in the Korean war and after serving his country was honorably discharged in 1956. After returning back home from the war, he met, fell in love and was united in marriage to Mary K. “Kitty” Stehwein on February 04, 1959.

From this union Jim and Kitty were blessed with 7 children Jim, Bob, Liz, Dave, Joe, Kathi, and Chuck. The family moved to and lived in several different places before settling back down in Russell, Kansas, in 1980. He worked as a manager with Firestone for 15 years. He also was owner and operator of Kitty’s Bargain Barn. He was a longtime member of St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Russell. He was also a longtime member of the V.F.W. Post #6240, American Legion Post #99, and was a 3rd degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed camping, fishing, boating on the lake, watching the Denver Bronco’s and Kansas State University Wildcat Football as well as St. Louis Cardinals Baseball. Most of all he enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Surviving family include his children, Jim Schremmer of Tucson, Arizona, Bob Schremmer & wife Melissa of Russell, Dave Schremmer & wife Catie of Omaha, Nebraska, Joe Schremmer & wife Robyn of Salina, Kansas, Kathi Jeroue & husband Kelly of Twin Falls, Idaho, Chuck Schremmer & wife Cheryl of Salina, Kansas; siblings Pat Proksch, Lois Klug, Karen Bishop, Ron Schremmer, Bill Schremmer, Eugene Schremmer all of Hoisington, Kansas; 15 Grandchildren and 8 Great Grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Kitty on April 18, 2010, daughter Liz Schremmer and brother Earl Schremmer.

A Funeral Mass to celebrate Jim’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, August 15, 2016, at the St. Mary’s Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Russell, Kansas, with Father Michael Elan and James Grennan officiating. The vigil and rosary will be held at 7 P.M. on Sunday, August 14, 2016, at the church. Visitation will be from Noon to 5 P.M. on Sunday, August 14, 2016, at the mortuary. Memorials may be given to the St. Mary Cemetery Fund and sent in care of the mortuary. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Donald Anthony James Herl, age 69, of rural Ogallah, Kansas passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. He was born November 20, 1946 at Saint Anthony’s Hospital in Hays, Kansas to Alvin Sr. and Dorothy (Karlin) Herl.

He worked diligently on the family farm. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ellis and attended school at St. Mary’s, Ogallah Elementary and Trego Community High School. Years ago he worked at Trego County Hospital. He enjoyed archery and designed his own personal bows and arrows, he enjoyed nature walks where he would often collect unique small artifacts. He was a self taught artist creating western scenes, comics, animals and nature themed landscapes. He enjoyed music and played the guitar, harmonica and attempted the banjo. Don enjoyed reading history, geographical and relegious books. He could recite lengthy poems that he had learned as a young man. He loved his family and enjoyed visits with them and friends.

He is survived by his identical twin brother, Ronald (Karen) Herl, another brother, Alvin (Amy) Herl all of Ogallah, Kansas; three sisters, Jeannette (Charles) Augustine of Ellis, Kansas, Joyce (Kenneth) Kinderknecht of Collyer, Kansas and Jean (Donovan) Neufeldt of Moundridge, Kansas; nieces and nephews, Michael (Jennifer) Augustine and children,Samantha, Emily and Nathaniel all of Topeka, Kansas, Tony R. (Christy) Knouf and son Hunter all of Conway and a daughter, Khloe Knouf of Peyton, Colorado,Michelle (Craig) Goldsberry and children, Cale and Tenley all of Springfield, Missouri, Jessica (Jason) Augustine-Stegman of Manhattan, Kansas, Aaron Herl and Fiance, Shelby Gottschalk of Hays, Kansas, Jared, Katelyn and Ryan herl of Ogallah, John Kinderknecht of Colorado and Nicole Neufeldt of Moundridge, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Alvin and Dorothy Herl.

Funeral services will be 10 AM Thursday, August 11, 2016 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ellis with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be Wednesday 6 PM – 8 PM with a combined rosary and vigil service at 7 PM and Thursday 9 AM – 9:30 AM all at Keithley Funeral Chapel 400 E 17th Ellis, KS 67637.

Memorials are suggested to the organization of your choice.

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

Jeremy Lewis Davis passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Hays.

Cremation has taken place and no services are planned.

Kathryn Coletta Kraus of Grainfield, KS, 94, died at the Long Term Care Center in Quinter, KS on August 7, 2016.

Kathryn Kraus was born August 12, 1921 to William and Mary Anne (Poss) Luetters, and was baptized on August 21. She was the youngest of six children who were born and raised on a farm in rural Ransom, KS. Several weeks after her birth, her mother died and Kathryn was placed in the home of their neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. John Hilmes, where she happily spent the first four years of her life. She attended eight grades in a one-room country school house and then graduated from Ransom High School in 1939. Already during high school she was dedicated to the service of the Church, as a religious education teacher at St. Aloysius Church in Ransom. She then stayed home to help her sister as house keeper and farm assistant for her father and brothers.

On July 27, 1943 she was united in marriage with her handsome neighbor, Florian Kraus, at St. Aloysius Church. They resided on the Kraus family farm and also cared for Grandma Kraus. On this farm they were blessed with seven children. In 1953 they moved to a farm south of Grainfield, KS, where they were blessed with four more daughters in the family.

Kathryn was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers Francis, Werner, George and Bill, her sister Armilla, her husband Florian who died at age 76 in 1993, and four children. The children that Florian and Kathryn gave back to the Lord were Mary Jane (Sr. Mary Gregory, O.P.) who died of an illness at age 20 in 1964, Richard (Dick) who died in a car accident at age 25 in 1972, Daniel who died at birth in 1947, and Mark who died in a farm accident at age two in 1953. She was also preceded in death by two infant grandsons Jeffrey and Connor.

She is survived by seven children: Fr. William Kraus, OFM Cap of Colorado Springs, CO; Bob (Robbi Horinek) of Wray, CO; Paul (Debbie Davignon) of Hays, KS; Marcia (Mick Leon) of Quinter, KS; Jeanine (Bruce Heier) of Russell, KS; Geralyn (Nolan Allen) of Hays, KS; and Elaine (Darren Klotz) of Longmont, CO; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

Kathryn loved the farm life and working with her husband as they raised their family in Christian love and the Catholic faith. She enjoyed house work, gardening, sewing and being a leader in 4-H, in which all her children participated. As the children left home to follow their own vocations, Kathryn had more time to help and volunteer in various Church and community activities. In St. Agnes Parish in Grainfield she was involved in Christian Mothers and the National Council of Catholic Women, served as a lector and Eucharistic minister, sacristan and janitor. She taught and then coordinated religious education for a total of 26 years, finally retired from her church service at age 90 in 2011.

She took joy in seeing her children participate and generously serve in their local parish communities, and she encouraged and prayed until the day of her death that all her grandchildren and great-greandchildren would do the same.

Kathryn enjoyed arts and crafts and is remembered especially for her quilts that she made for decades. Many hours were spent designing and cutting, sewing and appliqueing her precious works of love for family, friends, and various charitable causes. Not a scrap of material was wasted, a kind of symbol for her life of receiving gratefully and treating carefully all God’s gifts of creation, especially the gift of human life.

She was a wonderful neighbor and friend, and she encouraged and gave life to hundreds of people through her beautiful ministry of letter-writing. Among Kathryn’s many community activities, her favorite was being a Senior Companion from 2000 to 2015. For those 15 years she visited and assisted elderly people in their homes and in the Long-Term Care Center in Quinter, where she died among many friends she had made in this work of love and mercy.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 11, 2016 at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Grainfield. Burial will be in the Grainfield Cemetery.

Visitation will be Wednesday, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the St. Agnes Religious Education Center, Grainfield. A parish vigil will follow at 7 p.m.

Memorials may be made to Capuchin Province of Mid-America; Dominican Sisters of Peace; or Hospice Services, Inc. of NW Kansas. Contributions made to the organization may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS 67672.