VICTORIA, Kansas — Olivia (Kuhn) Windholz, age 88, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Center of Ellis, Kansas.

She was born December 5, 1925, on the family farm northwest of Victoria, Kansas, to Anton and Mary (Hoffman) Kuhn.  She married Bernard “Ben” Windholz on October 30, 1944, in Victoria, Kansas.  He died January 23, 2001.

She was a member of the Basilica of St. Fidelis Victoria, Kansas.  She was a homemaker, a farmer’s wife, and enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing, quilting and spending time with her grandchildren.

Survivors include one son, Leland Windholz and wife, Mary Ann, Victoria, KS; one son-in-law, Leon Huser, Vincent, KS; two brothers, Alfred Kuhn and wife, Lucille, Alphonse “Ollie” Kuhn, both of Victoria, KS; two sisters, Lorinda Schmeidler and Henrietta Kuhn both of Hays, KS; seven grandchildren, Kevin Huser and wife, Kathy, Galen Huser and wife, Shelly, Geralyn Schippers and husband, Troy, Randy Huser, Glenn Huser and wife, Brandy, Amorette Windholz, Garett Windholz and wife, Meredith; 12 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, one daughter, Elsie Marie Huser; three brothers, Edmund Kuhn, Emil Kuhn, Ermin “Ernie” Kuhn; four sisters, Albina Dreiling, Regine Kuhn, Helen Dinkel, Margaret Kuhn; and three infant sisters, Albina, Mary and Henrietta.

Services are at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, July 12, 2014, at the Basilica of St. Fidelis Victoria, Kansas.  Burial in  St. Fidelis Cemetery Victoria, Kansas.

A vigil service and parish rosary is at 6:30 P.M. Friday, at Cline’s Mortuary, 412 Main Street, Victoria, Kansas 67671.

Visitation is from 4:00 to 9:00 P.M. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Saturday, at Cline’s Mortuary Victoria, Kansas.

Memorial to the Basilica of St. Fidelis. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected].

Herbert C. Hoover, 85, Hays, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at the Sterling House of Hays.

He was born March 4, 1929 in Grinnell, Iowa the son of Frederick D. and Grace (Cline) Hoover. On January 21, 1950 he married Wilma J. Rupp in Hays. He was the General Manager of Rupp’s Incorporated John Deere dealership until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the Sunflower Retriever Club, the National American Hunt and Retrieve Association, loved to go hunting with his black labs Gunner and Crash, was a member of the National Hot Rod Assoc. and loved drag racing with his top alcohol dragster, and was an avid airplane lover.

Survivors include his wife, of the home in Hays, sons Don Hoover and wife Jolene and Fred Hoover and Sharley Benham, all of Hays, five daughters, Mary Metz and husband Bill of Berryton, KS, Carol Neihardt and husband Nelson of Eudora, KS, Connie Sheldon of Hays, Sue Ihde and husband Bob of Hays, and Janet Kuhn and husband Ed of Walker, KS, eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by brothers, Ward and Harlan Hoover, sisters Velda Hoover and Esther Diehm, a son-in-law Mike Schlagek, and a great grandson Xavier Shuler.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Hays.  Burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 8:00 on Tuesday and from 10:00 am until 10:45 on Wednesday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street. A parish vigil service will be at 6:30 pm on Tuesday at the funeral home. 

Memorials are suggested to the Herbert C. Hoover memorial fund, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com

Louise Rohr, 99, Hays, died Friday, July 4, 2014 at the Hays Good Samaritan Society.

She was born July 24, 1914 in Munjor, Kansas the daughter of John and Rosa (Speier) Pfannenstiel. She married Nick Rohr on November 5, 1935 in Antonino, Kansas. He died October 17, 1986. She was a homemaker and a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, the Christian Mothers and St. Joseph Altar Society, St. John’s Auxiliary, and the Hays Medical Center Auxiliary.

Survivors include a son, Maurice Rohr and wife Mary Rose, two daughters, June Koerner and Marjorie Meyers and husband Clayton, all of Hays, thirteen grandchildren, Pam Koerner of Hays, Ben Koerner and wife Julie of Gilbert, AZ, Jay Koerner and wife Terry of Canton, GA, and Brent Koerner and wife Shelby of Woodstock, GA, Kale Meyers and wife Renee, Kaye Hoffman and husband Curt, Kel Meyers and wife DeAnn, Karl Meyers and wife Sandra, all of Hays, Kimaree Manifold and husband Brett of Gardner, KS, Kimarae May and husband Greg and Kory Meyers and wife Amanda, all of Hays, Mitch Rohr and wife Leah of Elbert, CO, and Mark Rohr and wife Tina of Hays, thirty three great grandchildren , three step great grandchildren and two great great granddaughters. She is also survived by a sister Viola Smith of Denver, CO and a brother Frank Pfannenstiel of Watson, CO.
She was preceded in death by a son-in-law Fred Koerner, two great grandsons, a sister Opal Bailey, and five brothers, Eugene, Al, Izzy, Raymond, and Clarence Pfannenstiel.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday from 4:00 pm until 8:00 and on Saturday from 1:00 pm until 1:45, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine. A parish vigil service will be at 6:30 pm on Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph Catholic Church, Masses, or the charity of donor’s choice, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com

Hazel B. Dick, 101, Hays, died Monday, June 30, 2014, at Via Christi Village in Hays.

She was born July 18, 1912, in Fairmont, Minnesota, to John F. and Effie (Hengen) Haeckel. She was a graduate of Fairmont High School and worked in Minneapolis Minnesota. In 1939, she came to Lyons, KS to visit her sister where she met her future husband. She married Orle Dick on April 2nd, 1940. He preceded her in death on August 3, 1986.

Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Marium, Wichita, KS, four daughters; Barbara James and husband Don, Burlington, North Carolina; Joan Phelps, Japan; Ann Staab and husband Leon, Hays; Mary Reel and husband Rod, Carlton, Kansas; twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren and a sister, Helen McCleary, Florida
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, John; five brothers, Ray, Warren, John, James and Joe Haeckel and three sisters, Fay Bula, Florence Muir, and Jean Reitkerk.

In 1988, Hazel moved to Hays from the farm in Rice County, where she and Orle raised their family. Hazel enjoyed walking and was often seen in downtown Hays visiting local businesses and delivering her homemade cookies.  She was very active in her church, the Hays Public Library, The Hays Arts Council, PEO, and the Kansas Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired.

She loved music, attending as many concerts and performances as she could.  Hazel always had her music playing while sitting at her loom weaving the many rugs that she gave to friends and organizations. After taking a workshop through the Art Department at Fort Hays State University, Hazel became a part of a small group of local artists and created her own paintings for many years.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.  Inurnment will be at a later date in the Lyons City Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday from 5:00 until 7:00 pm at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home and on Saturday from 9:30 am until service time at the church. A parish vigil will be at 6:30 pm. on Friday at the funeral home. 

Memorials are suggested to the Hays Arts Council, the Hays Public Library or the Capuchin Franciscans of Mid America, in care of Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine St. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.

Goldie J. Jensen, 86, Hays, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Via Christi Villages in Hays.

She was born January 23, 1928 in Hays to Joseph and Goldie (Ginther) Knoll.  She married Ivan Jensen, Sr. on September 18, 1946 in Russell, Kansas. She was a seamstress, baker and an EEG Technician for Oak Park Medical in Hays after Ivan retired. She enjoyed painting, reading and doing puzzles in her spare time.  She was also part of a card club with her husband at Buckeye and played the piano and organ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.

She was survived by three grandsons, Darren Jensen and wife Sheri, Seattle, WA, Nick Jensen and wife Melissa, Hays, and Andrew Jensen and wife Theresa, Basehor, KS, a granddaughter, Jeanie Corona and husband Joey, California, a sister, Frances Dinkel, Hays and 12 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sons, Dennis, Claude, and Ivan Jensen, Jr., and a sister, Shirley Gosser.

Funeral services will at 2:00 pm on Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine St. A private family inurnment will at St. Andrew’s Cemetery at a later date. The family will be accepting friends from 1:30 until the service time at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be left at haysmemorial.com.

Shirley Marie Lindsay, 76, Hays, left this life Thursday, June 26, 2014, at the home of her daughter in Andover, Kansas.

Born November 26, 1937, in Hays, she was the daughter of Peter and Mary (Brungardt) Dinkel.

A member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and VFW Auxiliary, Hays, she was a self-employed insurance agent, an Avon dealer, and especially enjoyed being a Senior Companion the last nine years.

Shirley and Richard Lee Lindsay were married in Hays, April 28, 1956.  To this union were born Christine A., Steven Lee, and Richard Lee Jr.  Steven was killed in a vehicle accident as a teenager in 1972.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Chris and Ed Bennett, now of Wichita, Rick and Lori Lindsay, Norton, grandchildren, Jedidiah and Jennifer Lindsay, Zachary Lindsay, both of Norton, and Amanda and Jacob Swim, Wichita, and four great grandchildren.

Besides her parents, husband and son, Steve, Shirley was preceded in death by her six siblings, Joe, Bob and Melvin Dinkel, Leona Asper, Ruby Bieker, and Hubertine Herl.

She will be remembered by all for her always present sense of humor.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.  Inurnment will be at 4:00 pm on Tuesday at the Norton City Cemetery.  Friends may call from 10:00 am until the service time at the church.  Memorials are suggested to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society  in care of Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine St.

Condolences can be left at haysmemorial.com.

 

Hays, Kansas – Daniel H. “Dan” Johnson, age 77, died Sunday, June 29, 2014, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.

He was born August 18, 1936, in Hays, Kansas to William and Kathryn (Harris) Johnson Jr.
He married Gwen (Miller) on June 11, 1958, in Hays, Kansas.

He was a farmer and rancher in Ellis County on the Johnson homestead land that has been in the family since from 1897. He attended public school in Hays and was a 1954 graduate of Hays High School. He was a 1958 and 1968 graduate of Fort Hays State College with a B.A. and M.A
During the 1960s, he taught auto mechanics classes at Fort Hays State College and also worked in automotive equipment sales.

In 1954 he joined the Kansas National Guard and was a graduate of the Officer Candidate School and the Army Ranger School. He retired from the Guard in 1978 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives for the 110th District in 1996, and  served 14 years until January of 2011. He also served as Chairman of the House Agricultural Committee for seven years while in Topeka.

He was a avid historian of General George Armstrong Custer history and made many presentations. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of rural Hays, and served as a Lay Minister for many years. He was a 40-year member of the Hays Masonic Lodge/Bodies and was  a Past  Master, Salina Isis Shrine, Hays Rotary Club and a Past President, Kansas Livestock Association and past board member, Ellis County Farm Bureau and past board member, Ellis County Historical Society, Old Fort Hays Historical Museum, the Trego Rural Water District #2 and past board member for 18 years, and other Ellis county boards.

Survivors include his wife, Gwen Johnson, of the home; two sons, Dennis Johnson and wife, Denise, Hays, KS; Stan Johnson, Hays, KS; one granddaughter, Alex Johnson, Hays, KS; two step-grandchildren, Drew Thomas and wife, Abbey, Overland Park, KS; Dena Aovassor and husband, Salah, Carbondale, IL; one step-great granddaughter, Vera Thomas; two brothers-in-law, Tim Miller and wife, Linda, Hays, KS; Doyle Miller and his companion, Betty Smith, Branson, MO; two sisters-in -law, Emilie Miller, Elk Grove Village, IL; Marilyn Kunzler and husband, Dwayne, St. Joseph, MO; and several nephews, nieces and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Donald W. Johnson; two nephews and one niece.

Services are 10:00 A.M. Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas.  Inurnment at Mount Allen Cemetery, Hays, Kansas with rites by the Hays Masonic Lodge and military honors by the Hays America Legion and Hays V.F.W.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Thursday all at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays.

Memorials to Fort Hays State University Endowment or St. Andrew’s Church. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected]