Mary I. Schippert, 86, longtime Goodland, Kansas resident, died Monday, February 15, 2010, at Assured Assisted Living in Castle Rock, Colorado. The funeral will be Thursday, February 18, at 2:00 PM MT, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Goodland, with burial in the Goodland Cemetery. Friends may share their respects on Wednesday, from 3:00 until 7:00 PM MT, at Koons Chapel. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be designated to Legacy Hospice or Alzheimer's Association, and may be left at or mailed to Koons Funeral Home, 211 N. Main, Goodland, KS 67735-1555. She was born March 27, 1923, at Elmwood, Nebraska, the daughter of Ed A. and Frances Leona (Vette) Kunz. She attended schools at York, Nebraska; Colby, Kansas; and Goodland, Kansas. On August 12, 1941, she and Paul E. Schippert were married at Atwood, and they made their home in Goodland. Preceding her in death were her husband Paul E. Schippert; two grandchildren Debra Swenson and Lyle Anthony Warning; three brothers Norman Kunz, Alfred Kunz, and Sterling Kunz, sister Frances Wallace; and her parents. Surviving family includes two daughters Loretta Kay Swenson of Mound Valley, Kansas; Pauline Warning and her husband Leland of Castle Rock, Colorado; 5 grandchildren Chuck Swenson and his wife Martha of Mound Valley; Tamie Ball and her husband Terry of Parsons; Ruby Smedley and her husband Terry of Thayer; Tina Joyce and her husbandn Brian of Goode, Virginia; Travis Warning of Lodi, California; 9 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; brother Clarence Kunz and his wife Maxine of Lincoln, Nebraska; brothers-in-law Everett Schippert and Leo Schippert, both of Lincoln, Nebraska; sister-in-law Maxine Kunz of Denver; numerous nieces and nephews; and many wonderful friends.
Elmer Duell, 92, lifelong Sherman County, Kansas resident, died February 19, 2010, at Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas. The funeral will be Wednesday, February 24, at 10:30 AM MT, at Goodland Bible Church, with Pastor Chad DeJong officiating. Burial will follow in the Goodland Cemetery. Friends may share their respects on Tuesday, from 3:00 until 7:00 PM MT, at Koons Chapel. Memorials may be designated to Sherman County Historical Society, and may be mailed to Koons Funeral Home, 211 N. Main, Goodland, KS 67735-1555. Preceding him in death were four brothers Eugene Duell, Duane Duell, Dean Barnes, Roland Barnes; sister Dorothy Armstrong; parents Fritz Elmer and Lonella Opal (White) Duell. Surviving family includes his wife Freda Duell, Goodland; three sons Robert Darrell Duell and his wife Amy of Campbell, CA; Myron Duell and his wife Mitra, San Jose, CA; Bruce Duell, Topeka; 10 grandchildren;15 great-grandchildren. He graduated from Ruleton High School in 1936. On July 28, 1940, he and Freda Fay Purvis were married at Goodland. He worked as a construction contractor, tractor dealer, auto salesman, mechanic, and farmer. His memberships included Century Club, Sherman County Historical Society, Masonic Lodge, and IOOF.
Ethel Mary (Percy) Veselik, 88, Kanorado, Kansas resident, died February 27, 2010, at Morton County Health Systerms in Elkhart, Kansas. The funeral will be Thursday, March 4, at 10:00 AM MT, at Koons Chapel, Goodland, with Pastor Travis Blake officiating. Burial will follow in the Goodland Cemetery. Friends may share their respects on Wednesday, from 3:00 until 7:00 PM MT, at Koons Chapel. Memorials may be designated to Alzheimer's Association, and may be left at or mailed to Koons Funeral Home, 211 N Main, Goodland, KS 67735-1555. Preceding her in death were her parents George Olin and Constance Alice (Keith) Percy, her husband Doyle D. Veselik, brother Clarence Percy, and sister Neva Bremenkamp. Surviving family includes 2 sons John Veselik and his wife Sara of Kanorado; Ronald Veselik and his wife Marjorie of Parker, CO; 2 daughters Greta Lawlor and her husband Bruce of Broomfield, CO; Gretchen Andrews and her husband Glenn of Aurora, CO; 6 grandchildren Valerie Veselik-Jones, Jennifer Schafer, Jessica Harrison, Erin Bartlett, Morgan Matthews, Heather Long; 14 great-grandchildren; sister Verna Price of Sterling, CO; sister-in-law Margie Veselik of Aurora, CO.