Announcements

Stanley Watters

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Stanley Lee Watters, 55, of Seneca died on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka with Lynn and Rose by his side.Stanley was born at the Axtell Kansas Hospital on September 20, 1964 to Donald and Helen Hittle Watters. He was raised in the Axtell Community and attended Axtell Grade School until the age of 12.nbsp The family moved around during his teenag

Loretta Davis

Nebraska City , NE

Loretta Agnes Gergen Davis, 82, of Nebraska City, Nebraska passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 at The Monarch in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born February 19, 1936 to William and Marie Grote Gergen on the family farm, rural Shickley, Nebraska.Loretta was the youngest of ten children. Her father passed away when she was 7 years old and her mother raised her and her siblings on

Vivian Pfister

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Vivian Leona McKee Pfister, 92, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born January 23, 1926 near Fairview, KS the daughter of Nick and Dorothy Bindel McKee.Vivian graduated from Powhattan High School in 1944. She was a candidate at the Hiawatha Halloween pageant.Vivian married Gale Pfister at Hiawatha, KS on December 29, 1

Donald Anthony Smith (“Smitty”)

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Winchester, Valley Falls, and Atchison, KS

Donald Anthony Smith ldquoSmittyrdquo 85 of Winchester amp Valley Falls formerly of Atchison departed this on world on December 18, 2018 at F.W. Huston Senior Center, Winchester.A Memorial Catholic Mass will be held on Saturday December 22nd, 2018 at St Josephrsquos Catholic Church Atchison, Kansas at 1pm. Family and Friends will be received Friday night at the Elks Lodg

Amos Goslin

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Horton, KS

Amos Grant Goslin, 88, of Horton, KS passed away December 16, 2018 at his home. He was born September 7, 1930 in St. Joseph, MO the son of Lester ldquoDutchrdquo and Nora Goslin.Amos attended schools in Kansas and served in the United States Navy. He owned and operated Kickapoo Trucking and traveled across the country. He worked in the movie industry in New York City he was f

Beverly Downing

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Cummings, KS

Beverly Ann Thompson Downing 66, of Cummings, KS, passed away Friday December 14, 2018 at her home.Funeral services will be 200 pm, Thursday,nbspnbspnbspDecember 20,nbspnbsp2018 at Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home with Reverend Carter officiating.nbspnbspFamily will receive friends from 600pm to 800pm on Wednesday Decem

Mona Davidson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Mona M. Davidson, 84, of Hiawatha, died Sunday, December 16, 2018, at her home.Mona was born March 20, 1934, at Dante, South Dakota, one of fourteen children born to Harvey ad Hazel Hallman Myers.nbsp She moved with her family to the Gower, MO community where she grew up and attended school.nbsp The family later moved to Dearborn, MO where she graduated from high school with t

Barbara Gaede

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Barbara May Gaede 79, of Hiawatha, died unexpectedly Saturday evening, December 15, 2018, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.Barbara was born in Troy, KS, October 17, 1939, one of seven children born to the late William and Dorothy Huber Brook and had lived in Hiawatha nearly all of her life. She grew up at Hiawatha where she attended school, later working to earn her GED.nbsp Sh

Donald Meyer

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Donald K. Meyer, 69, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018.Donald was born in Sabetha on December 6, 1949 to Fremond A. and Ruth E. Strahm Meyer.nbsp He attended grade school at Excelsior and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1967.nbsp Don attended Kansas State University, where he met Marianne Addeo Root.nbsp They were united in marriage September

Madison Taliaferro

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Madison Eileen Taliaferro, 18, of Holton, KS passed away peacefully, with her many family members by her side on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at St. Louis Childrenrsquos Hospital in St. Louis, MO after a courageous-long-fought battle with cystic fibrosis.Madison was born September 16, 2000 in Olathe, KS the daughter of Michael D. and Desiree D. Razak Taliaferro.Ma

Eugene Kramer

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

rural Winchester, KS

Eugene William Kramer, 81, of thenbsp Mooney Creek community of rural Winchester, died Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. He was born March 25, 1937 in Winchester, the son of William Adolph and Eulalia Rosella Shrick Kramer. nbspAs a lifelong resident of the area, he was a 1955 graduate of Winchester High School.nbsp He was a farmer and stockman all

David Engelken

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Topeka, formerly of Seneca, KS

David M. Engelken, 59, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka after a hard-fought battle with colon cancer.David was born February 21, 1959, in Axtell, KS to Aloysius ldquoWishyrdquo and Marjorie Heideman Engelken. He grew up in Seneca, KS attending St. Peter amp Paul grade school and Nemaha Valley High School. As a young man, David

Dorothy Dick

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Nemaha County native , KS

Dorothy E. Gress Dick, 93,nbsp died on Thursday December 13, 2018 at Living Community of St. Joseph in St. Joseph, Missouri.Dorothy was born on January 11, 1925 on a farm northeast of Seneca, the daughter of Aloysius and Lorena Tanking Gress.nbspnbsp The family lived on various farms near Baileyville and St. Bridget before settling on the Gress homestead in 1937.nbsp She g

Mark Heideman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Corning , KS

Mark Gerald Heideman, 64, of Corning, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at his home.Mark was born in Seneca on December 10, 1954, to Gerald and Alice Mahoney Heideman. He grew up near Corning and attended Corning Grade School and graduated from Centralia High School in 1973. After graduating from high school, he went to work for the Railroad. Mark later painted water towers and h

Mike Meyerkorth

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Formerly of Shubert, NE

Mike Meyerkorth, 64, of Paxico, KS passed away December 12, 2018 at Manhattan, KS. He was born October 22, 1954 at Humboldt, NE to Laver and Lila Vice Meyerkorth.nbspHe married Rebecca Ganger on March 1, 1977 at Alliance, OH and they were later divorced.Mike was raised in the rural Shubert area and graduated Peoples Bible College at Colorado Springs. He returned h

Mary Hochuli

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Mary Elizabeth Hochuli, 91, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at The Pines in Holton, Kansas.nbsp She was born on November 14, 1927 in Frankfort Kansas to Minnis and Dorothy Kaul Riley.The family moved to Holton where she spent the rest of her days living on Iowa Street.nbsp She graduated from Holton High School and went on to attend Kansas State University where s

Les Baumgartner

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, formerly of Bern , KS

Les Baumgartner, 93, of Sabetha, Kansas formerly of Bern, Kansas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.Funeral service will be held Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 1030 a.m. at the Bern Apostolic Christian Church. Visitation will be Friday, December 14, 2018 from 700 p.m. to 830 p.m. at Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha, and a Saturday visi

Leslie " Chick" Hale

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Hiawatha , KS

Leslie quotChickquot Hale quotWag Gesh G39Mukquot, 75, of Hiawatha, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 surrounded by his wife, children, and loving family at the Hiawatha Hospital.He was born on July 11th, 1943 at home in Topeka, Kansas to Jessie William Hale and Alfredia Williams Hale.nbsp Chick graduated from Whiting High School in Whiting, Kansas a

Jeffrey “Jeff” Ogden

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Rulo, NE

Jeffrey ldquoJeffrdquo Ogden, 50, of Rulo, NE, passed away December 12, 2018 at Rulo. He was born October 8, 1968 at Falls City to Louis and Shirley Nitzsche Ogden.He married Linda Petersennbspon July 4, 2007 at Lincoln, NE.Jeff was raised at Rulo and graduated Falls City High School in 1986. After graduation he attended the Police Academy at Hutchinson, KS an

Jo ( Mock) Pugh

formerly of Sabetha, KS

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