Deceased Alumni in 2004

GRAINFIELD - Joyce Katt Howard, 68, class of 1953, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter.
Other deceased members of the class of 1953 include Mary Schumacher Depperschmidt, Mary Ann Rupp Feldt, Gene Ludlow, Joe Newton, and Marvin Marcotte.


QUINTER - Victor J. Press, 84, class of 1937, died Thursday, May 6, 2004, at Salina Regional Medical Center.
He was born Jan. 27, 1920, in rural Grainfield to John W. and Martha C. (Fischer) Press. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran.
He married Iris R. Keady on June 30, 1957, in WaKeeney. He was a farmer and self-employed auto bodyman.
Other deceased members of the class of 1937 include Gail Blank, Murl Blank, Loren Press, Howard Staples, and Acquiline Prewo.

COLBY - Juliana "Judy" Albers, 81, class of 1941, died Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Citizens Medical Center.
She was born Nov. 21, 1922, in Gove County to Adam and Katherine (Zimmerman) Hartman.
She married Arnold Henry Albers on Oct. 9, 1950, in Grainfield. He died April 29, 1997. She was a homemaker.
Other deceased members of the class of 1941 include Hilda Schmidtberger Wolf and Bill Gillespie.

TRIBUNE - Ella M. Hetzel, 97, class of 1925, died Saturday, June 19, 2004, in Tribune.
She was born Jan. 13, 1907, in Grainfield to Charles W. and Clara E. (Birrer) Cooper.
She married Harold Lee Hetzel on Aug. 11, 1928, in Grainfield. He died June 3, 1972.
She was a homemaker.
Other deceased members of the class of 1925 include Laura Bartels, Melvin Grecian, Erma Organ Johnson, Carl Katt, Edgar Kreigh, Albert Popp, and Weltha Highley Russell.

SHAWNEE - Pauline Maxine "Polly" McBride, 67, class of 1954, died Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
She was born Sept. 15, 1936, in Grainfield to Emery and Jeannette (Boucher) Gagnon. She worked for Braniff Airlines for 26 years.
Other deceased members of the class of 1954 include Pius Selenke, and Nila Jean Moore Weigel.

Dodge City, Darlene "Dolly" V. Schumacher, 60, class of 1961, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at her home.
She was born Dec. 23, 1943, in Quinter to Nick and Elizabeth (Stecklein) Schumacher. She was Clerk for the Dodge City Post Office for 35 years, retiring in the spring of 2003.

Please submit your obituaries, additions and/or corrections of deceased GRHS Alumni to djgagn@yahoo.com.