Hays, Kansas — Robert F. Hayes, age 73, died Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.

He was born August 3, 1940, in Esbon, Kansas, to Fred W. Hayes and Mabel Estelle (Healy) Hayes-Rorabaugh. He married Carol (Loring) on December 16, 1961, in Hingham, Massachusetts.

He was a cattle hauler and freight hauler for over 25 years. He was a truck driver for KW Trucking and High Plains Trucking until 1998, then owned and operated the Russell county Fed-Ex freight routes until he retired in 2011. He was a 1959 graduate from Esbon High School and a U. S. Army Veteran. He was a cat breeder for many years and enjoyed showing his award winning maine coon cats in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado. He was an avid NASCAR and racing fan.

Survivors include his wife, Carol Hayes, of the home; two sons, David Wallace Hayes and wife, Laura, Hays, KS; Matthew Allen Hayes and companion Crystal Peter, of the home; one brother, Donald Hayes, Dodge City, KS; five grandchildren, Jonathan David Hayes, Austin Wade Hayes, Shelly Felt , Cheyenne C. Liester and Destiny R. Liester; and one great granddaughter, Alexis Felt.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Services are 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 and a U. S. Flag will be presented to the family by the Hays V.F.W. Post # 9076. A private family inurnment will be held at a later date.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. Saturday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays. Memorial to Cat Fanciers’ Association INC., 260 E. Main Street, Alliance, OH 44601 in care of the mortuary. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected]

WINONA, Miss. — John Edmund McCabe, age 50, former Hays, Kansas, resident died Friday, May 16, 2014, at his home, on the family farm in Winona, Mississippi.

He was born November 13, 1963, in Sweetwater, Texas, to Edmund Lee and Martha Jean (Sandidge) McCabe.  He married Teresa (Dreiling) on June 1, 1996, in Hays, Kansas.

He worked for John Richard in Greenwood, Mississippi, as a network administrator and moved to Mississippi in 2013. He was a 1982 graduate of Hays High School and a 2003 graduate of Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree.  He was a network administrator at Fort Hays State University for five years. He was a gunsmith and an avid outdoorsman.

Survivors include his wife, Teresa McCabe, of the home; one son, Nathan Dreiling and wife, Kasey, Hays, KS; two grandsons, Lee David Blundon and Connor James Dreiling; his parents, Ed and Martha (Sandidge) McCabe, Hays, KS; two sisters, Martha Lee McCabe, Wichita, KS; Amy Louise Stump and husband, Frank, Denver, CO; one nephew, Matthew Dorzweiler, Hutchinson, KS; two nieces, Sara Masura and husband, Jon, Colorado Springs, CO; Lisa Dorzweiler, Denver.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lester and Ella (Penn) McCabe; Henry Brown and Minnie Mae (Austin) Sandidge.

A memorial service will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 31, 2014, at the First Baptist Church, 12th and Fort, Hays, Kansas.  A private family inurnment will be at a later date.

The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas  67601 and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Saturday, at the First Baptist Church, Hays, Kansas.
Memorial to the McCabe family in care of Teresa McCabe.

Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected]

Funeral services for Sister Patricia Younger, CSA, 84, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2014, at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria.

Cline’s Mortuary of Victoria is in charge of arrangements.

Roy Albert Buchholz, age 91, of WaKeeney, passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 at Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. He was born January 13, 1923, in Ogallah, the son of Fred William and Julia E. (Hervey) Buchholz.

Upon graduating high school, Roy proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during World War II. In his younger days, Roy worked in the WaKeeney area for Clark Dairy and Riggs Tire Shop. On May 2, 1946, Roy married Sara F. Batdorf in Wichita. While living in Wichita, he worked for Mobile Service Station and Lowery Motor Co. Upon Roy and Sara’s return home to WaKeeney, Roy managed the Mobile Service Station, worked at M&B Chevrolet, and went to work as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service. He worked as a letter carrier until his retirement in 1986. He was a member of the WaKeeney Presbyterian Church, and a life member of the Randall Reid Post No. 3449 and American Legion Moore Post No. 197 of WaKeeney.

Roy is survived by his wife, Sara of WaKeeney; a son, David and wife Diane of Ellsworth; three daughters Barbara and husband Mike Bond of Parker, Colorado, Della Stone of Kanopolis, and Betty Fields of Salina; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, LaVerne of Hillsboro and Duane of WaKeeney.  He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters Irene Wheeler and Gladys Jamison; and two brothers, Harry and Glenn.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Schmitt Funeral Home of WaKeeney. Burial will be in the WaKeeney City Cemetery.

Visitation will be Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m. at funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to VFW Post 3449 or WaKeeney Presbyterian Church. Checks made to those organizations may be sent in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 N. 12th, WaKeeney, KS 67672.

Words of support may be sent to the family at www.schmittfuneral.com.

HAYS — Dean Elwin LeSage, age 87, died Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the Ellis Good Samaritan Center.

He was born January 26, 1927, in Alcona Township in Rooks County, Kansas, to Charley and Daisy Belle (Ochampaugh) LeSage. He married Ida Mae (Hamel) on July 26, 1951, at Damar, Kansas.

He was a farmer, an owner/operator of Alcona Oil and moved to Hays in 1985. He grew up west of Stockton, Kansas and was a 1944 graduate of Stockton High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in WWII. He was very active on the state level of the ARC and also with the Solomon Valley ARC. 

After his retirement, he was very active in wagon trains and trail rides in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado along with his two specials horses, Cochise and Satin. He was a lifetime member of the Monroe-Taylor-Barnes V.F.W. Post No. 8873 and American Legion both of Stockton, Kansas. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus and 4th Degree Knights of Columbus Bishop Cunningham Assembly all of Hays, Kansas.

Survivors include his wife, Ida Mae LeSage, of the home; four sons, Mark LeSage (Sue), Stockton, KS; Alan LeSage (Nyla), Hill City, KS; Leon LeSage (Michelle), Pretty Prairie, KS; Les LeSage (Connie), Winchester, VA; three daughters, Denise Goetz (John), Wichita, KS; Renee Oliphant (Doug), Salina, KS; Deanna LeSage, Hays, KS; two sisters, Nola Odle (Darrel) and Zola (Bud) Tolman, both of Overland Park, KS; 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Vyrl LeSage and his wife, Charlotte.

Services are at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, May 22, 2014, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays, Kansas. Burial is at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery at WaKeeney, Kansas, with military honors  by the Stockton V.F.W. Post No. 8873.

Visitation is from 3:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Thursday all at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas  67601. The family will be present from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M. Wednesday at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays.

A vigil service is at 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, followed by a 3rd and 4th Degree Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, both at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays. The 4th Degree Knights of Columbus will stand honor guard from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays.

Memorials to Solomon Valley ARC. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected]

Sr. Patricia ‘Pat” Younger CSA, died May 7, 2014, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Sr. Pat was born to Jacob P. and Catherine (Mader) Younger June 2, 1930, at their farm home near Catharine, Kansas.

She attended Catharine Grade School and then left the farm for Fond du Lac, Wisconsin where she joined the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes. Sr. Pat made her profession of vows on August 15, 1949.

She received a bachelor’s of education from Marian College in Fond du Lac and a master’s degree in administration with a minor in guidance and counseling from Mary Manse College in Toledo, Ohio.

She was an elementary teacher for eighteen years in Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota and Texas. She was a principal for twenty-seven years in Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, and Kansas. She was assistant principal at Hayden High School, Topeka from 1984-87; assistant superintendent for Diocese of Wichita schools in 1987-88; principal-president at Thomas More Prep-Marian High, Hays from 1988-92; and a teacher & librarian at Holy Savior School, Wichita from 1992-2001.

After retiring from teaching, sister spent 10 years in New York at the Leo House, a hotel ministered by the Sisters of St. Agnes, welcoming people to a home away from home.  Sister’s last mission was in Bisbee, Arizona, teaching religion to the Mexican children.

Sister Pat brought her gifts of music and laughter to every place in which she lived and ministered.

Survivors include two brothers, John C. Younger and wife, Ethel and Tom Younger and wife, Det, both of Victoria, KS; one sister, Nadine Pedersen, Winter Springs FL; two sisters-in-law, Jeanette Younger, Victoria, KS; LaVerna Younger, Hays, KS; 15 nephews; 23 nieces and many great-nieces and great-nephews; and by the Sisters of St. Agnes with whom she lived, prayed, and ministered.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Richard Younger, Albert Younger, Jack Younger and Bernie Younger; and four sisters, Lucille Miller, Rita Desch, Lietta Niernberger and Catherine Bitterman.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Pat was held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 10, 2014, in the St. Francis Home Chapel, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.  Father Ken Smits, Capuchin, was the presider.

Her final Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 24, 2014, at The Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria, Kansas.  Burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, Kansas.

A vigil service is at 7:00 P.M. Friday, at Cline’s Mortuary, 412 Main Street, Victoria, Kansas 67671.

Visitation is from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Saturday, at Cline’s Mortuary Victoria, Kansas.

Memorials are suggested to the Sisters of St. Agnes Development Office, 320 County Road K, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54937.

The Sisters of St. Agnes and the Younger family are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center/St. Francis Home and the staff of Hospice Hope for their care of Sr. Pat.

Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected]

Sally Molleker, 95, Hays, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 at the Via Christi Villages in Hays.

She was born April 12, 1919 in Catherine, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Catherine (Schukman) Ubert.  On June 30, 1941 she married Leo Molleker in Hyacinth, Kansas. He died May 12, 1944.  She was a housekeeper and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the VFW Auxiliary.  Sally loved to visit with family and friends.

Survivors include two brothers, Wilfred Ubert of Arvada, Colo., and Victor Ubert of Kansas City, KS, one sisters, Lillian Staab of Hays, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, brothers, William, Alfonse, Robert, Walter, and Francis Ubert, Jr., and sisters, Ida Goetz, Hilda Jaques, and Eleanor Ross.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Monday, May 19, 2014 at St. John’s Chapel at Via Christi Villages, 2225 Canterbury Drive.  Burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery.  Friends may call on Sunday from 5:00 until 7:00 pm at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine, or on Monday from 1:00 pm until service time at St. John’s Chapel at Via Christi Villages. A parish vigil service will be at 6:00 pm on Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the Hospice of Hays Medical Center, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.

WALKER — Louise Virginia Sheets, age 64, died Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.

She was born December 3, 1949, in Cherry Hill, Maryland, to George Nelson and Dorothy Virginia (Strawbridge) Norris.  She and her companion, Richard J. Webb III have been together for over 20 years.

She was a homemaker and moved to Walker, Kansas, in 1995 from Cherry Hill, Maryland, where she grew up.  She was a very good cook and enjoyed canning, gardening, her flowers, her cats and spending time with her family and friends.

Survivors include her companion, Richard J. Webb III, of the home; a nephew, Adam Norris and  wife, Angie, York, Penn; two brothers, Edward Norris and Donald Norris, both of Cherry Hill, MD; and several other nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Graveside services are 11:00 A.M. Monday, May 19, 2014, at the Winterset Cemetery south of Gorham, Kansas.

A vigil service and rosary will be at 7:00 P.M. Sunday, at Cline’s Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS. 67671.
Visitation is from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday, and from 9:00 to 10:30 A.M. Monday, at Cline’s Mortuary, Victoria, KS.

Memorial to Humane Society of the High Plains.

Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected]