Paul Binder

Paul Binder, 97, Munjor, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 at his home.

He was born December 24, 1917 on the family homestead near Munjor the son of Joe and Maggie (Befort) Binder.  On November 25, 1946 he married Ruby Klaus at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Munjor.  He attended Hays High School and Fort Hays State University.  In 1942, during WWII, he joined the U.S. Army and served with the 333rd Engineers serving in England, Belgium, France, and Germany.  He was awarded five campaign stars and was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant.  He was a grain farmer and dairyman and served on the St. Francis of Assisi Church Council, District #8 School Board, Marian High School Board, Farmers Credit Union, 4-H Fair Board, and Board of Directors of Farmers Co-op. 

Survivors include his wife, of the home in Munjor, three sons, Ernest and Lilly (Legleiter) Binder of Munjor, Stephen and Carolyn (Beaudet) Binder of Washington, MO, and Thomas and Mary Beth (Wheeler) Binder of Marion, IA, one daughter, Margaret Ann and Willie Schaffer of Hoxie, Kansas, ten grandchildren, Elliot Binder, Preston Binder, Stephanie Schaffer-Howie and husband Tom, Tami Schaffer-Chievous and husband Derrick, Jennifer Binder, Julie Binder, Joe Binder and wife Carola, Annie Binder, Katie Binder, and Peter Binder, and five great grandchildren, Braydon Binder, Tahki, Malia, and Aven Chievous, and Ruby Binder. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Isidore, Alois, Adolph, and Julius Binder, sisters Mary Lafferty, Helen Gross, and Bertha Drees, and an infant brother Adolf.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Monday, February 16, 2015 at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Munjor with Fr. Daryl Olmstead officiating.  Burial with military honors by the Hays VFW Post #9076 honor guard will be in the church cemetery.   Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 pm on Sunday and from 9:00 am until 9:45 Monday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine.  A parish vigil service will be at 6:30 pm on Sunday at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.