WIlkey, Edgar Lee ‘Ed’        divorced husband of Helen(Stanton) O’Neil

Burial Date:  2016,  08/03               Age:57          Lot: 476 1/2 E

Edgar L. Wilkey, 57, of Sterling, died July 29, 2016, in Sterling, KS.  He was born on November 17, 1958, in Sterling, KS, the son of Louis and Mary Jane (McKissick) Wilkey. He is survived by his brother, John (Phyllis) Wilkey, Sterling; sister, Peg (Jettie) Condray, Minneapolis, KS; niece, Beth Johnson; nephews, Chuck, Jes, Joel, and Kelly Condray, Justin and Tanner Wilkey; and sister-in-law, Dawn Wilkey.  Ed was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Hadley Wilkey.  He attended Sterling Grade School, High School, and Sterling College.  Ed was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sterling.  He was employed by various area businesses throughout his life.  Funeral Services will be at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sterling.  Visitation will be at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. with family present from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Memorials are to the Sterling Reformed Presbyterian Church or Sterling Recreation Commission in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling, P.O Box 262, Sterling, KS 67579.

James H Grogan      November 7, 1947 ~ July 13, 2016 (age 68)

Grogan, Jr.,  James Hillyard ‘Jim’

son of James Hilliard, Sr. & Sophia Grace (Wolfe)Ingram

Burial Date: 2016,  07/26          Age: 68                Lot:  848 G Crems

02/10/2020 – There is no grave stone.

DATELINE:  Sterling, Kansas

NAME:  James H. Grogan

AGE:   68 yrs

DATE OF DEATH:  July 13, 2016

PLACE OF DEATH: his residence in Sterling

DATE OF BIRTH: November 7, 1947

PARENTS:   James Hillard, Sr. & Sophia Grace Wolfe Grogan

RESIDENCE:  longtime Sterling

OCCUPATION: former Cessna Aircraft employee and Dillon’s in Sterling

EDUCATION: Graduated Sterling High School in 1965 and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Sterling College

MEMBERSHIPS:  Crosspoint Church, Sterling

SURVIVORS:  5 Cousins, Charlie Wolfe, Linda McNutt, Barbara Monroe, Bill Wolfe & Teri Eskandari

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  Parents

FUNERAL SERVICES:  10:30 A.M., Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Crosspoint Church, Sterling

OFFICIATING:  Rev. Michael Gray

BURIAL:  Sterling Community Cemetery

MEMORIAL:  Crosspoint Church in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling

There is no gravestone.

Miller, Maralee Joanne(Towse)                  Divorced wife of Richard Hamilton  Miller

Death Date: 2005,  04/08             Age: 71               Lot: 780 D,  580 A/C

Marker only            Ashes scattered on parents’ graves 580 A/C  Memorial stone 780 D

Birth:	Nov. 20, 1933 Sylvia Reno County Kansas, USA
Death:	Apr. 8, 2005 Phoenix Maricopa County Arizona, USA
Memorial Marker onlyDaughter of Ursela and Levert Towse ASHES scattered on parents’ gravesite.Family links: Parents: Levert E Towse (1906 – 1992) Ursela Harvey Towse (1904 – 1989)   Sibling: Derald Eugene Towse (1926 – 2001)* Maralee Joann Towse Miller (1933 – 2005) *Calculated relationship
Burial:  Not buried; Ashes scattered on parents’ grave. Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 580 A/C
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Created by: Kelley Miller Record added: Apr 04, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 18770837

Steele, William Joseph

husband of Letitia Plunkett ‘Lettie'(Bingham)

Burial Date:   1950,  04/15               Age:    83            Lot:   554 C

William J Steele was born on September 16, 1866 in Hannibal, MO. He married Letitia Plunkett in 1891. They had nine children in 19 years. He died on April 15, 1950, in Sterling, Kansas, at the age of 83.

Birth: 1866

Death: Apr., 1950
age 83

Family links:
Spouse:
Letitia ‘Lettie'(Plunkett)  Bingham  Steele (_1869 – 1943)

Children:
Infant Steele

(1869 – 1943)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 554 E
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Record added: Apr 22, 2013
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Ray, Evans Claude                        husband of Tevetis M ‘Tee’ (Lemen)

Burial Date: 1981,  05/27        Age: 70       Lot: 970 D

WW2                      US Army

Birth:	Jan. 12, 1911 Kansas, USA
Death:	May, 1981 Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas, USA
Family links: Spouse: Tevetis M. Lemen Ray (1917 – 2011)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Robert Eugene Kirchoff

January 24, 1931 ~ July 1, 2016 (age 85)

Kirchoff, Robert Eugene            husband of Treva Colleen (Bartow)

Burial Date: 2016,   07/05               Age:  85             Lot:1102 D

Korean War            US Air Force     

STERLING – Robert E. Kirchoff, 85, died July 1, 2016, at Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. He was born Jan. 24, 1931, in Lyons, the son of Louis and Maude (Chance) Kirchoff.

He was a resident of Sterling since 1960, formerly of Bushton. Robert was a retired pipeline worker. He graduated from Bushton High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant.

On Dec. 31, 1959, Robert was united in marriage with Colleen Bartow in Bushton. She preceded him in death June 25, 2009.

He is survived by two daughters, Kenda Clayton and Vicky Kirchoff, both of Sterling; two brothers, James Kirchoff of Garden City and Donald Kirchoff of Hutchinson. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and son, Ricky Kirchoff.

Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at Sterling Community Cemetery, with pastor Joel Grizzle officiating. Burial will be at the Sterling Community Cemetery with military honors by the United States Air Force and the Sterling American Legion. Memorials may be made to the Sterling College Athletic Department, in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling.

Reed, Sr., Robert Maurice        husband of Margaret Elizabeth(Nichol)

Burial Date: 2016,   07/02               Age: 98                  Lot: 927 G

War: WW2    Merchant Marines   

Robert Maurice Reed, 98, died June 27, 2016 at District Hospital Rice County. He was born at home in Topeka, Kansas on July 28, 1917 to Theo Hargrave Reed and Alice Mary (Dill) Reed. Maurice graduated from Topeka High School in 1935 and Sterling College, Sterling, KS in 1939. He married Margaret Nichol in Sterling, KS June 14, 1940. She died April 25, 2009. They lived in Topeka until World War II, when Maurice joined the Merchant Marines and served as Chief Radio Officer on 3 ships in both the Pacific and Atlantic Theaters. He and Margaret returned to Sterling after the war where Maurice started a dry cleaning business, which he ran for 13 years. Following that time, he taught in the Sterling public schools as a Junior High science and math teacher during which time he earned a Master’s Degree from Emporia State University in 1962. He served as principal for Sterling High School for 3 years before returning to Topeka to teach in the Washburn Rural School District until his retirement in 1982. He and Margaret returned to Sterling in 1992. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, a daughter Marilyn and a son Robert Maurice, Jr., a grandson John David Reed, a great-granddaughter Reed Madelyn Dillard and sister Marian Martin. He is survived by a son Don (wife Linda) of Sterling, daughter-in-law Ginger of Sterling, six grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. Maurice was a lifetime member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America having held membership in the Topeka and Sterling congregations and served as Elder in both congregations. He served 8 years on the Sterling Public School Board. He also served on the Board of Sterling College (1951–1956). He was a long-time member of Rotary International. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2016, at the Sterling Reformed Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Jerry Milroy officiating. Burial will be in the Sterling Cemetery with military honors by the U.S. Navy and the Sterling American Legion. Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00 P.M. Friday with family present from 5:00 – 7:00 at Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling. Memorials may be sent to Sterling Reformed Presbyterian Church or Sterling College for the Reed Family Endowed Scholarship.

Maurice and his 15 great grandchildren, Thanksgiving 2015.

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Family photo prior to my Grandpa Reed’s funeral today. It was a joyous time celebrating his life and his love for Christ.  Shawn

Hadley Fergus Hicks

Hicks, Hadley Fergus        husband of Nancy Anne L B(?) Stecker/  Nancy Joan (?)MNU

Burial Date: 2016,   07/02     Age:   83            Lot: 1160 F

Korean War

Beloved husband and father, Hadley Fergus Hicks, 83, longtime resident of Sterling KS, went home to be with his Savior on June 21, 2016. Hadley was born in Bisbee, Arizona, on April 1, 1933, to Hadley Hugh Hicks and Margaret Fergus Hicks. He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Mike Hicks of Inman, KS. Hadley graduated from Bisbee High School in 1952, where he was a star athlete. He was on the All American High School Football and Track team 1951-1952 and the school retired his #20 football jersey when he graduated. He was the Governor of Arizona Boys State in 1951. He served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Arizona State University where he also played baseball. In 1958, he played on a rookie team for the Chicago Cubs in Pulaski, Virginia. He later earned a Master’s Degree from the University of Montana and served on the board of the Arizona Athletic Hall of Fame. He was an outstanding teacher and a coach for his entire career, which included positions in Carmel CA, Prescott AZ, Flagstaff AZ, Sioux Falls SD, and Sterling College. He retired in 2013 from the Sterling Public Schools. He authored two books: The B Shines Brighter: The Bisbee High School Legacy, about his childhood in Bisbee and So You Wanna be a Legend: So Did I, about teaching, coaching and life. He was a member of Faith Bible Church in Lyons KS. He is survived by his loving wife of 31 years, Nancy Hicks of Sterling KS; sister, Quila Rider of Showlow AZ; and brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Linda Hicks of Bisbee AZ; daughter and son-in-law, Susie and Dennis McDonald of Camp Verde AZ; son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Lori Hicks of Camp Verde AZ; daughter-in-law, Jean Hicks of Camp Verde AZ; daughter and son-in-law, Kristin and Scott Randolph of Sterling KS; and son and daughter-in-law, Anthony and Mieka Stecker of Spirit Lake IA. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Michael and Taylor Hicks of Camp Verde AZ; Jason McDonald and and wife Camille of Paris, France; Megan McDonald of Camp Verde AZ; Joanna Street and husband Kiefer of Pineville NC; Luke Hicks and wife Breanna of Camp Verde AZ; Elizabeth Hicks of Oklahoma City OK; Harrison, Addisyn, Jolie, and Quentin Randolph of Sterling KS; and Annika, Adrie, Dylan, Ethan, Bennett, and Evan Stecker of Spirit Lake IA; and great grandchildren, Nolan, Rylan, and Rae Lynn Hicks of Camp Verde AZ; and Calvin Street of Pineville NC. There will be a private graveside ceremony for the family with military honors at the Sterling Community Cemetery. A memorial service, open to friends and family, will be at Faith Bible Church in Lyons KS on July 2, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Phil Green officiating. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established that will be used to honor Hadley’s desire to support various ministries. Memorials can be sent in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling.

Wyatt, RIchard Curtis ‘Dick’

husband of Anna Lou ‘Annie'(McAllaster)

Burial Date: 2016,  06/24        Age:  92      Lot: 603 B  Cremains

War: WW2     Korean War

Richard C. (Dick) Wyatt, Wichita, Kansas, died June 16, 2016, in Wichita. Dick was born March 4, 1924 in Sterling, Kansas, the son of Robert E. Wyatt and Nina M. Cuthbertson Wyatt. He had 2 brothers, Robert E. Wyatt and William M. Wyatt. He was a graduate of Sterling High School and attended Sterling College and the University of Kansas. He served his country with the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII with the Asiatic/Pacific Theater. He was recalled to the Navy Reserve Unit to serve in the Korean War. On April 5, 1947 he married Anna Lou (Annie) McAllaster. They had 2 sons, Ray E. Wyatt, Abilene, KS., and Rex A. Wyatt, now deceased.

Dick was President of Peoples Savings and Loan Association, Sterling, Kansas, until 1983. At that time, Peoples Savings merged with First Federal Savings and Loan Association, now Landmark National Bank, and Dick and Annie moved to Dodge City, Kansas, where Dick served as Senior Vice President and on the Board of Directors until his retirement.

Dick was involved in many activities. He was President of Midwest Savings Conference in 1962-63; served on Board of Directors of Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka which supervised the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Nebraska from 1968 to 1972. He was president of the Kansas Savings and Loan League during the year 1975-1976. He served on the Board of the United Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America, a Director of the Dodge City Chamber of Commerce, a Director of the Rice County Development Corporation, & clerk of the public school district in Sterling for 18 years.

Dick had been active in the Presbyterian Church in Sterling. He was treasurer of 15 years and also served as a ruling elder on the Session. He was chairman of the building committee for the new church in Sterling, dedicated in 1971. After moving to Dodge City in 1983 he served the Presbyterian Church there as an elder, church treasurer and Trustee.

Active in Rotary since joining in January, 1948, he was a Paul Harris Fellow, and served as President of the Sterling and Dodge City, Kansas, Clubs, as well as a District Governor of Rotary District 5690. An avid golfer, he was a member of the Rotary International Golfing Fellowship and one of the organizers of the United States Golfing Fellowship of Rotary. He enjoyed golf, bridge and traveling with Annie.

He is survived by Annie, of the home, Ray, and wife Joan, of Abilene, Grandsons Tate, Tanner, Jeffery and Joshua, 5 Great-Grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Friday, June 24, 2016, at 1:30P.M., in Sterling, Kansas, at the United Presbyterian Church, 309 N. Broadway Ave. Memorials may be made to the Sterling College Athletic Department Scholarship Fund and sent in care of the Birzer Funeral Home, 203 N. 7th Street, Sterling, KS, 67579

Stubbs, Frank Cassatt                  h/Sarah Emma(Morris)

Burial Date: 1949, 09/26          Age:  76                        Lot: 511 F

Birth:	Aug. 4, 1873
Death:	Sep. 24, 1949
age 76 Family links: Parents: Ira Stubbs (1837 – 1934) Rebecca J Swain Stubbs (1838 – 1928)   Spouse: Sarah Emma Morris Stubbs (1874 – 1960) Children: Frederick Glen Stubbs (1899 – 1988)* George Arthur Stubbs (1903 – 1905)* Curtis Alexander Stubbs (1910 – 1997)* Siblings: Ollie Amy Stubbs Conarroe (1860 – 1926)* Charles S Stubbs (1862 – 1939)* Russell Finney Stubbs (1863 – 1951)* Curtis Alexander Stubbs (1866 – 1905)* Mary Malinda Potter (1868 – 1963)* Lurton H. Stubbs (1871 – 1937)* Frank Cassett Stubbs (1873 – 1949) John Orian Stubbs (1875 – 1959)* Lewis S. Stubbs (1882 – 1948)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 511 F
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Wahl, Douglas Walter

son of Richard Walter & Harriet Ann(McGuire)Wahl

Burial Date: 2013                     Age: 56                    Lot: 973  Crems

Birth: Jun. 11, 1957
Lincoln
Lincoln County
Kansas, USADeath: Jul. 30, 2013
Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas, USA
LAWRENCE — Douglas Walter Wahl, 56, of Lawrence, Kan., died July 30, 2013, in Lawrence. Doug was born in Lincoln, Kan., on June 11, 1957, the second of three sons of Richard and Harriet Wahl. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1975, attended Kansas State University for a year, and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1980 with a degree in journalism. He later received a master’s degree in business from Baker University. Doug went to Europe in 1980 for graduate school and the grand tour, eventually deciding to live in Bologna, Italy, where he worked as an English instructor and tour manager until 1987, when he returned to the U.S. He held marketing positions with KPL Gas Service Co. and Utilicorp United in Lawrence and Kansas City, and later held executive positions with Commonwealth Edison in Chicago and with First Energy in Akron, Ohio. In 2001, Doug moved to Lawrence and purchased Lawrence Pawn and Jewelry. Doug had a creative, independent and sensitive spirit. He loved cooking, guns, good humor, and Italy, and he never lost touch with the sandy-haired boy who roamed the creeks and rolling hills, dreaming of adventures and fascinating things. Doug was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his brother, Phillip, and wife Leslie and children, Natalie and Georgia; and his brother, Donald and partner Sean O’Hogan and children, Axel, Cris and Seni. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date.

Family links:
Parents:
Richard W Wahl (1923 – 2012)
Harriet Ann McGuire Wahl (1923 – 2004)
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
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Record added: Aug 12, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 115326171

Wahl, Richard Walter           husband of Harriet Ann(McGuire)

Burial Date: 2012,   06/16         Age:89           Lot: 973 I

Birth:	1923
Death:	2012
Richard W. Wahl, 89, of Salina, Kan., died May 21, 2012, at Salina Regional Health Center. He was born in Saxman, Kan., on Jan. 26, 1923, the youngest of eight surviving children of August and Olga Wahl, German immigrants from the area on the Baltic Coast then known as East Prussia. He attended public schools in Saxman and Lyons, Kan., graduating from Lyons High School in 1940. He briefly attended the University of Kansas before enlisting in the United States Army in 1943, serving in medical units in Ireland, England, and France during World War II and in Germany immediately following the War. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to the University of Kansas, graduating in 1949 with a degree in business and in 1951 from the University of Kansas School of Law. After graduation, he moved to Lincoln, Kan., and established a solo law practice that he maintained until 1975 when he was appointed Chief Judge of the 12th Judicial District of Kansas. He retired in 1989 but continued to sit by appointment. He was later appointed a Senior Judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals and served until a few years before his death. In 1954, Richard married Harriet McGuire, originally of Decatur, Ga., and they raised three sons in Lincoln. In 1981, he and Harriet moved to Concordia, Kan., where they lived until Harriet died in 2004. He moved to Lawrence, Kan., in 2005 and to Salina in 2011. He was predeceased by his wife, parents, and siblings. He is survived by his son, Phillip and his wife, Leslie and their daughters Natalie and Georgia; and by sons Douglas and Donald; his partner, Sean O’Hogan and children Axel, Cris and Seni. Richard lived honorably, unselfishly and with humor, consistently doing the right things for the right reasons. He was among the very best of us. There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 16, 2012, at the Lincoln United Methodist Church, Lincoln, Kan., with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Concordia or Camp Concordia POW Camp, in care of Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home, 500 S. Ohio, Salina, KS 67401. Family links: Parents: August Wahl (____ – 1932) Olga Bertha Ruckmann Wahl (____ – 1958) Spouse: Harriet Ann McGuire Wahl (1923 – 2004)* Children: Douglas W. Wahl (1957 – 2013)* Siblings: August Wahl (1902 – 1996)* Amelia A Wahl (1917 – 2009)* Richard W Wahl (1923 – 2012) *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Allen, Dorothy Mae(Scholle)          wife of Lester J.

Burial Date: 2016,  06/17            Age:90             Lot:933 B

Dorothy M. Allen, 90 years old, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. She was born July 6, 1926, Coldwater, daughter of David and Velma Malone Scholle. Dorothy married Lester J. Allen, Sept. 24, 1945, in Liberal. She has been a Sterling resident since 1968 formerly of Great Bend. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Sterling. Survivors include two daughters, Doris and Brian Hamby, Hutchinson,  Beth and John Cota, Olathe; two brothers, James Scholle, Van Buren, Ark., Ivan Scholle, Clarksville, Tenn.; five grandchildren, David and Stephanie Hamby, Lawrence, Paul and Julie Hamby, Rachel and Bruce Brown, both of Wichita, John and Wendy Cota, Bonner Springs, Anthony and Bonny Cota, Gardner; great-grandchildren, Taylor and Logan Hamby, Preston, Kellyn and  Breckyn Hamby, Asher, Lucy and Macy Brown, Katie Cota, Isabelle Cota and Kaitlyn Trotter. Preceded in death by her husband Lester; parents; and her sister, Mary Lynn. Visitation will be 2-7 p.m., Thursday, June 16 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling. Funeral Service will be 2 p.m., Friday, June 17 at Calvary Baptist Church, Sterling, with Pastor Dale Jordan. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery Memorials may be made to Sterling Presbyterian Manor or Calvary Baptist Church in care of the funeral home. The Sterling Bulletin, June 16, 2016

Allen, David Ellis               son of Joseph Worley & Anna Mary(Shoemaker)

Burial Date: 1901, 06/22              Age:  2 months                 Lot: 275 G

David Ellis Allen was born in April 1901 in Sterling, Kansas, his father, Joseph, was 62 and his mother, Anna, was 41. He had three brothers and four sisters. He died on June 22, 1901, in his hometown, within a year of his birth.

Anna Mary Shoemaker died on May 16, 1901, in Sterling, Kansas, when she was 42 years old, following the birth of her son, David.

Zimmerman, Helen Louann(Couch)

wife of Jarold Lewis ‘Jerry’

Burial Date: 2009,  07/25             Age: 65                    Lot: 334 D

Louann was born in Anthony, Harper County, KS on Nov. 30, 1943

Birth:	Nov. 30, 1943
Death:	Jul. 21, 2009
age 65, wife of Jarold ‘Jerry’
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 334 D
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