Announcements

Martin Edward Potter

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Ozawke and Leavenworth, KS

Martin Edward Potter, 85, of Ozawkie, formerly of rural Leavenworth, died Saturday, November 17, 2018 at his home in Ozawkie.He was born February 9, 1933 in the Iowa Point Community of Doniphan County, the son of Tressie Edward and Viola Helina Fuhrman Potter.He was a 1952 graduate of Robinson High School. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving 1956 to 1958 and serving i

Betty Koelzer

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home in Falls City

Falls City, NE

Betty Koelzer, 93, of Falls City, NE, passed away November 17, 2018 at Falls City. She was born April 4, 1925 at Rulo, NE to John and Edna Mae Knepper Schulenberg.She married Bernard ldquoBarneyrdquo Koelzer on February 21, 1946 at Falls City. He passed away February 20, 1010.Betty was raised in rural Richardson County and graduated Falls City High School in 194

Larry Kruse

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Sabetha/Fairview communities , KS

Larry Paul Kruse, 73, of the Sabetha/Fairview communities, peacefully passed away November 18, 2018 at his Sabetha home.He was born in Falls City, Nebraska on January 12, 1945 to Leo and Bertha Gerdes Kruse of Hamlin.nbsp Larry graduated from Fairview High School in 1963, and attended Emporia State University in 1963 and 1964.nbsp He married Kathryn Lippincott Kruse on May

Mildred Oenbring

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca , KS

Mildred Augusta Oenbring, age 94, died Nov 18, 2018 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.nbsp She was born Jan 11, 1924 at Baileyville, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Bokern Fox.nbsp She attended schools in Seneca, Baileyville, and St. Benedict.She married Raymond John Oenbring on Jan. 9, 1946.nbsp They lived on their farm north of Baileyville for nearly 50 year

Donald J. Handke

Arensberg Pruett Funeral Home

Atchison, KS

Donald J. Handke, 93, Huron, Kansas, died Friday, November 16, 2018, at Atchison Senior Village.Mass of Christian burial will be Friday, November 23, 2018 at 1100 A.M. at St. Louis Church at Good Intent with Fr. Dan Gardner as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Louis Church Cemetery.nbsp A parish rosary will be recited on Friday, November 23rd at 1045 A. M. at St. Louis Church. Visita

Carl Schwartz

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Valley Falls , KS

Carl Wayne Schwartz, 66, Valley Falls, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, due to complications from a stroke.He as born July 29, 1952, at Eureka, the son of Waymond ldquoDutchrdquo and Betty Louise Mae Larcom Schwartz. Carl graduated from Eureka High School in 1970, and then attended Butler County Community College for one year. He later received

John " Jack" Grannell

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

John B. quotJackquot Grannell, 77, of Holton, died Saturday, November 17, 2018 at his home.He was born December 22, 1940 at Holton, the son of Guy and Adeline Kelly Grannell.nbsp He served with the U.S. Army Reserve for eight years.Jack worked as a carpenter for four years and then for Fretoes Asphalt Company for two years.nbsp He then worked seven years for J

Jon " Bill" Hybskmann

Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka

Topeka , KS

Memorial services will be at 1100 Saturday, November 24 at Davidson Funeral Home, 1035 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66608for Jon William ldquoBillrdquo Hybskmann, 69, Topeka.nbspnbspHe died in a Topeka hospital August 30, 2018, following injuries sustained in an accident.nbspnbspThe family will receive friends following the funeral service.Jon was born November 24,

Norma Wintz

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Norma Wintz, 90, of Falls City, NE, passed away November 15, 2018 at Falls City. She was born January 4, 1928 at Verdon, NE, to Ferdinand and Opal Settles Gebhard.nbspShe married Lawrence Wintz on August 1, 1950 at Denver, CO. He passed away April 4, 2000.Norma was raised at Verdon and graduated Shubert High School in 1946. Following graduation she moved to Falls

Debra Sinclair

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Circleville, KS

Debra Lynn Sinclair, 63, of Circleville, KS passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 after a brief battle with cancer. She was born April 20, 1955 in Axtel, KS, the daughter of Rex Richard and Sondra June Hladky Hill.Debra graduated from Jackson Height High School in 1973. Thereafter receiving numerous college credits through Highland Community College and Washburn University.nbs

Ivan " Jerry" Pemberton

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Winchester , KS

Ivan M. ldquoJerryrdquo Pemberton, 92, a lifelong resident of Winchester, died Monday, November 12, 2018 at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center. nbspHe was born September 13, 1926 in Winchester, the son of Marvel Fern Pemberton and was raised by his mother and step-father, Raymond Grayson. ldquoJerryrdquo was a 1944 graduate of Winchester High School. He was a U.S. Army

Jeroma "Jerry" Beem

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Falls City, NE

Jermona ldquoJerryrdquo June Hayes Beem, 89, of Falls City formerly of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on July 14, 1929, in Palmer, Nebraska to Jerome H. and nbspAnna C. Chalupnik Polak. nbspThey lived in Brainard until she was 4 when they moved to Beatrice. nbspJerry graduated from Beatrice High School in 1946 and worked for Budrsquos Drive Inn for the summer and then worked for a

Effie Heller

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Effie Carolyn Dean Heller, 89, of Holton, KS, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday, November 11,2018 at Medicalodge Jackson County after a long battle with Alzheimerrsquos Disease.She was born on August 26, 1929 in Council Grove, KS, the daughter of Elza Henry and Julia Ellen Satchell Dean. Effie graduated from Emporia High School in 1946 and attended th

Valora Schmidt

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Hiawatha , KS

Valora Mae McKee Schmidt, 88, of Hiawatha, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at the Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.She was born on April 9, 1930 in Fairview, Kansas the daughter of Nick and Dorothy Bindel McKee. Valora graduated from Powhattan High School in 1948. She worked as a bookkeeper for several drug stores and Walmart in Omaha, Nebraska before reti

Elaine Feldkamp

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Baileyville, KS

Elaine K. Sack Feldkamp, age 86, of Baileyville passed away on November 11, 2018 at Life Care Center of Seneca. nbspElaine was born April 16, 1932 on a farm north of Seneca, Kansas.nbsp The youngest child of Bernard and Anna Waller Sack.Elaine attended Rock Country School north of Seneca and graduated from the 8th grade.nbsp She graduated from St. Peter and Paul

Rev. Sean P. Roper Kelley

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Rev. Sean P. Roper Kelley, 46, Atchison, Kansas died Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.Funeral services will be Monday, November 12, 2018 at 200 P.M. at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Kelley officiating. Visitation with the family will be Monday from 100 until 200 P.M. at the Church. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Online condolen

Joyce Moore

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

rural Hiawatha , KS

Joyce E. Moore, 85nbspnbsp of rural Hiawatha, died late Saturday evening, November 10, 2018, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.She was born at Rushing, Arkansas, August 8, 1933, one of six children born to the late Joseph Garland and Wilma Orvella Badberry Nelms and came to northeast Kansas in her early high school years and later graduated from Sabetha High School.

Eileen Ray

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Eileen Ray, 95, of Sabetha, KS formerly of Nebraska City,NE passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.nbspEileen was born July 19, 1923 in Nebraska City, NE to Earl A. Bray and Nellie Erwin Bray.nbsp She was raised in Nebraska City and graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1940.nbsp On February 17, 1941, she married Jack Ra

James E. “JJ” Johnson

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

James E. ldquoJJrdquo Johnson, 73, of Atchison KS died on Wednesday, Nov. 7th at the Kansas City Transitional Care facility in Kansas City, KS.Funeral services will be 200 pm on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchison. The family will receive friends from 600 to 800 pm on Sund

Leona Waterman

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Tecumseh, NE

Leona Irene Beethe Watermann was born on August 19, 1928 to Theodore and Clara Rinne Beethe. nbsp Leona was baptized at St. Peters Lutheran Church on September 2, 1928 by Rev. Iddo C. Heinicke.nbspLeona attend District 30, Beethe School, through the fifth grade and then attended St. Peters Lutheran School and was confirmed on March 29, 1942 by Rev. W.G. Nau. Leona and Henry