Announcements

William Scott Schock

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Retired Falls City Journal Publisher and popular columnist Scott Schock passed away at his home Saturday, April 22, 2017 from apparent sudden cardiac arrest. He was 68.nbspMr. Schock was associated with the Journal for 38 years, beginning as a reporter and photographer in 1976 before being promoted to editor, then publisher. His column, ldquoOff the Cuff,rdquo regularly a

Gayleen Zentner

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Gayleen Zentner, 84, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 24, 2017 at Falls City. She was born January 5, 1933 at Shubert to Kenneth and Hazel Rase Wilson.On July 20, 1958 she married Lewis Zentner at Falls City.Gayleen was raised in Shubert and Falls City, graduating Falls City High School in 1950. She then attended Peru State Teachers College and obtained a teachi

Ronald Collins

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Havensville, KS

Ronald Ray Collins, 57, of Havensville, KS passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home. He was born November 11, 1959 in Onaga, KS the son of Lewis L. and Evelyn ldquoLorenerdquo Rieschick Collins.Ron graduated from Onaga High School in 1977. He had lived in the Onaga, Havensville and Holton communities. Ron had worked for Oldhamrsquos Sausage in Holton for many years.

Jimmy Entrikin

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Jimmy Don Entrikin, 70, of Horton, Kansas, passed away suddenly on April 23, 2017 in Wichita Falls, Texas.Jim was born on September 12, 1946 in Potter, Kansas the son of Wilbur and Pat Fowler Entrikin. Jim graduated from Everest High School in 1966, he then joined the United States Naval Service in May of the same year. After completing a four year tour of duty with another two ye

Betty (Adkins) Myers

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Denton, KS

DENTON, KANSAS - Betty L.Adkins Myers, 92, of Denton, Kansas died Monday, April 24, 2017 at an assisted living home in Hiawatha, Kansas.nbspBetty was born on March 5, 1925 in Table Rock, Nebraska to Samuel Frank and Maude Randall Adkins. She lived most of her life in the Leona and the Denton area. Betty was a homemaker. Betty loved gardening, planting flowers, horses, m

Maxine Bowman Staley

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

rural Robinson, KS

Maxine Bowman Staley, 91, died Saturday evening, April 22, 2017, at Hiawatha Community Hospital, surrounded by her family.nbsp She had made her home next door to her daughter and son in law Linda and Steve Korthanke of rural Robinson, for the past 16 years.Maxine was born December 5, 1925, at Buffalo, KS, one of five children born to Arnold and Hazel Gilliland Moreland.nbsp Sh

Louis F. Bidding

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Louis F. Bidding, 88, of Atchison, KS, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph, MO.Funeral service will benbsp200 PM, Monday, April 24, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.nbspnbspBurial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison, KS.nbspnbspFamily will receive friends fromnbsp500 to 700

Ethel Baumgartner

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Ethel Agnes Wilhelm Baumgartner, 88, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Friday, April 21, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family.Ethel was born on February 6, 1929 to Frank and Amelia Heinen Wilhelm near the Seneca and Kelly area. She attended and graduated from St. Bedersquos High School in Kelly, Kansas. Ethel was united in marriage to Denzel Baumgartner on August 9,

Bertille Lucy "Bert" Zeltner

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Everest, KS

Bertille Lucy ldquoBertrdquo Zeltner, 96 of Everest, Kansas passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Maple Heights Senior Living Center in Hiawatha, Kansas.Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, April 24, 2017 at 1030 A.M. at St. Maryrsquos Church at Purcell, Kansas with Rev. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Maryrsquos Church Cemete

Marilyn Waller

Hixson-Klein Funeral Home in Gower, MO

St. Joseph, MO

Marilyn Waller, 67 of St. Joseph, MO was welcomed into the arms of Jesus,nbspFriday, April 21, 2017nbspat her home.She was born on January 29, 1950 to Clifford J. and Mary Ellen Harrach Coufal in Highland, Kansas.nbsp Marilyn grew up in the Bendena, KS area and graduated valedictorian from Midway High School in 1968.nbsp Marilyn attended Methodist School of Nursing and r

James Macke

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

James H.nbsp Macke, 66, of Seneca, Kansas, died unexpectedly Monday, April 17, 2017, at his home in Seneca.He was born on August 21, 1950, in Seneca, the only son of Henry and Mary Nordhus Macke. He grew up on the Macke farm and attended B amp B school graduating from High School in 1969. He was a farmer and a stockman, farming with his Father until his own health forced him

Jesse Hamilton

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Denton , KS

Jesse Miles Hamilton, 61, of Denton, Kansas passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at his home. Jesse was born on April 12, 1956 in Highland, Kansas to George amp Gertrude Adkins Hamilton. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Troy, Kansas. Jesse worked for MGP Ingredients of Atchison, Kansas as a Material Handl

Trenton Stutheit

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Omaha, Formerly of Falls City , NE

Trenton Carl Stutheit, age 29 of Omaha, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha.Survivors include his daughter Annella of Omaha Annellarsquos mother Amanda Schulte of Omaha mother and step-father Linda and Patrick Portrey of Shubert father and step-mother Mervin and Patty Stutheit of Dawson grandmothers Judie Douglas of Peru Daisy

Esther Ellen Clark

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Formerly of Talmage, NE

Esther Ellen Clark, 98, formerly of Talmage, Nebraska was born on January 27, 1919 in Hardin, Montana to Boyd and Eunice Violet Young Whisnant.nbsp She attended grade school in Clarkston, Montana and later attended Clarkston High School where she graduated in 1936.nbspEsther met her future husband Charles Clark while he was working in the shipyards in Washington and they wer

Pacey Marie Maxfield

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Horton, KS

Pacey Marie Maxfield passed away peacefully in the loving arms of her mother and father on the evening of April 18, 2017. She came early to her loving family and left us too soon. Pacey was born on her motherrsquos birthday April 17, 2017 at 1130 a.m. at Stormont Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.She is survived by her parents Samantha Stephenson and Wesley Maxfield of Horton, KS Gra

Thelma Sawyer

Wherry Mortuary in Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Thelma Vance Sawyer, 91, of Pawnee City, Nebraska was born on February 1, 1926, in Bassett, Nebraska to Harold and Blanche Olson Vance.nbsp Her family moved to Pawnee City in 1938 when her father took over the position of Ag teacher at Pawnee City High School.nbsp Thelma graduated from Pawnee City High School with the class of 1943.nbsp She went one year to Nebraska Wesleyan Universi

Harvey Sauvage

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Havensville, KS

Harvey Perl Sauvage, 87, of Havensville, KS passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born November 2, 1929 in Emmett, KS the son of Carl Charles and Nellie ldquoMaerdquo Day Sauvage.Harvey attended Holton and Havensville schools. He grew up helping his dad on the family farm and later was a farmer and stockman on his own farm south of Havensvi

Margaret Heuertz

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

Margaret E. Heuertz, 77, Valley Falls, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at a Topeka hospital as a result of injuries from a single vehicle accident near Topeka.She was born Feb. 12, 1940, at Valley Falls, the daughter of Elmer A. and Esther Gile Hosler. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1957.Margaret was a homemaker. She had done residential cleaning and had

Lynn Heiman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Lynn Elmer Heiman, 65, of Seneca, Kansas, died unexpectedly on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 at his daughterrsquos home in Kansas City, Missouri.Lynn was born on July 18, 1951 in Axtell, to Elmer F. and Aurelia Macke Heiman.nbspHe grew up in the Baileyville community and attended B amp B High School, graduating with the Class of 1970. He attended Emporia State College for a

Eugene " Gene" Sawyer

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Eugene A. ldquoGenerdquo Sawyer, 94, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Vintage Park in Holton. He was born August 31, 1922 in Hamlin, KS the son of Don A. and Helen M. Felmlee Sawyer.Gene graduated from Hamlin High School in 1940. A few years after graduation, Gene proudly served in the United States Army during World War II and Pacific Saipan earning Asia