Announcements

Raymond Rilinger

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Raymond E. Rilinger, 94, of Seneca, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019nbspat Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.He was born on January 11, 1925 on a farm north of Seneca, to George J. and Mary E. Fangman Rilinger. He attended St. Maryrsquos Grade School in St. Benedict, Kansas and graduated from St. Benedict High School with the Class of 1943. As a young man, he helped his fa

Darlene Haug

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Darlene Leona Haug passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Life Care Center of Seneca, surrounded by her loving family.Darlene was born on November 30, 1926 to Frank C. and Josephine Burdiek Strathman on a farm south of Baileyville. Darlene attended Center Grade School and helped on the family farm.nbsp She graduated from Baileyville High School in1944.Darlene mar

Jeanette Frump

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Severance , KS

Jeanette Marie Davis Frump, 63, of Severance, Kansas passed away Sunday, June 23, 2019 at her home.Jeanette was born on February 21, 1956 in Fort Riley, Kansas to Albert Charles amp Jeanette Louise Boyd Davis.She graduated from Elwood High School. Jeanette worked for Wal-Mart in the customer service department amp was a member of the Elwood United Community Ch

Roma Dove

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Roma June Dove, 91, of Sabetha, Kansas entered the larger life on Friday, June 21, 2019.Second child and younger daughter of Dayrel Elijah and Fern Maurine Reed Dove, Roma was born June 13, 1928, east of Severy, Kansas, on farmland which her paternal grandfather had homesteaded in the late eighteen hundreds.Following the death of her mother in Febru

Gerald Keith Parker

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Lancaster, KS

Gerald Keith Parker, 81, of Lancaster, KS died Friday, June 21, 2019 as the result of an automobile accident on 286th Rd and 73 Highway in Lancaster, KS.Funeral services will be held at 1030 am on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 at the Lancaster United Methodist Church with Rev. Seth Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in the Lancaster Cemetery. The family will receive friends

Goldie Belle Smyth

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly Atchison, KS

Goldie Belle Smyth, 95, formerly of Atchison, KS passed away on June 19, 2019 in Pampa, TX.Memorial service will be 1100 AM, Friday, June 28, 2019 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Jim Cormode officiating. Burial will follow at the Sumner Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Association for the Blind and may be sent in care of the funeral

F.W. "Bill" Bennett

Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Formerly of Nortonville, KS

F.W. ldquoBillrdquo Bennett, of Nephi, Utah, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in Tulsa,OK while visiting his son.Funeral service will be 130 pm on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Becker Chapel,402 nbsp3rd St. in Effingham, KS with Rev. Jerry Boaz officiating. nbspBurial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham, KS. nbspFamily will receive friends from 1230pm until

Wayne F. "Grizz" Rygaard

Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Effingham, KS

Wayne F. ldquoGrizzrdquo Rygaard, 81, of Effingham, KS died on Friday, June 21, 2019 at his home surrounded nbspby his loving family.Memorial Celebration of Life services will be 700 pm on Friday, June 28th, 2019 at the Becker-Dyer- Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. David Burnworth, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hoyt officiating. nbspThe body has been cremated. The family will re

Margaret Shafer

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Margaret E. Shafer, 92, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 18, 2019 at Falls City. She was born November 13, 1926 at Falls City to William and Ann McMahon Murphy.She married Donald F. Shafer on November 24, 1948 at Dawson, NE. He passed away February 9, 1969Margaret was raised at Dawson and graduated from Dawson High School. When married the couple made their home

Marion I. “Bud” Kelley

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Marion I. ldquoBudrdquo Kelley, 87, Atchison, Kansas died Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at Country Care Nursing Facility, Easton, Kansas.Visitation with the family will be Thursday, June 27, 2019 from 500 P.M. until 630 P.M. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow the visitation at 700 P.M. sharp at Shiloh Baptist Church until 800 P.M. Memorial contri

Margaret Fricke

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Prescott, AZ

nbspMargaret Ann Fricke, 96, of Prescott, AZ, passed away June 3, 2019 in Prescott, AZ. She was born March 23, 1923 in Delia, KS, the daughter of Louis M. and Margaret Salisbury Hurla. She was the youngest of 11 children.nbspMargaret spent her childhood on farms near Delia, KS until 1939. The

Sheila Kay Yoder Kirkendal

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Sheila Kay Yoder Kirkendall, 83, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 19, 2019 at Falls City. She was born November 18, 1935 at Falls City to Francis and Gladys Arnold Yoder. She graduated from Falls City High School in 1954.She married Donald J. Kirkendall on June 24, 1956 at Falls City, and they lived on a farm east of Falls City. The couple had two children. He passed away Apr

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

Fr. Denis Meade, OSB

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Having received the sacraments and the apostolic pardon Fr. Denis Meade, OSB, died peacefully on June 18, 2019. James Thomas Meade was born to parents Joseph Patrick and Ella Flannery Meade on October 16, 1930, in Des Moines, Iowa. Raised in rural Madison County, he attended grade school in Cumming, Iowa. After beginning his high school studies at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moi

Randy Servaes

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Randy Servaes, 60, Atchison, Kansas, passed away peacefully June 18, 2019, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.Funeral services will be Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 1030 A.M. in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as officiant. Interment will follow in Sumner Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday, June 21st from 600 un

Melvin Hjetland

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Melvin Hjetland died Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at The Pines in Hiawatha, Kansas. He was 97-years-old.Mr. Hjetland was born on August 1, 1921, to Perry and Sophia Hjetland of Everest, Kansas. He lived all of his life on the family farm near Everest, until a move with his wife, Helen, to Hiawatha in 1989.Melvin graduated from Everest High School in 1939. On April 24, 1949

Margaret Weagel

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Margaret Weagel, 98, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 14, 2019 at Falls City. She was born April 28, 1921 at Coblenz, Germany to Ernest and Anna Adams McGinnis.She married Henry ldquoHankrdquo Weagel on April 27, 1946 at Kansas City, MO. He passed away May 27, 1993.Margaret was raised at Dawson and graduated Dawson High School in 1939. Following graduation sh

Kathryn "Kay" Werner

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Lincoln, NE

Kathryn ldquoKayrdquo Werner, 92, of Lincoln, NE passed away Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Journey Hospice House in Lincoln, NE. She was born October 4, 1926 in Dallas, TX, the daughter of George F. and Ethel A. Achten Keggin two pioneer families to the Granada/Bancroft area.Kay graduated from Ward Belmont College in Nashville, TN, where she was active publications and art group

Avitus Haverkamp

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Wetmore, KS

Avitus Francis Haverkamp, 89, of Wetmore, passed away June 17, 2019, at Life Care Center in Seneca, surrounded by his loving family. Avitus was born November 19, 1929, on the family farm in Kelly, Kansas, to George and Evelyn Winkler Haverkamp. He graduated from Kelly High School in 1947 and began farming with his father. He was a member of the Army National Guard from 1951-1952 and worked o

Juanita Marie (Noll) Jones

O'Trimble Chapel in Nortonville

Easton, KS

Juanita Marie Noll Jones, 82, passed away Monday, June 17, 2019 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1100 am on Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at the Corpus Christi Church, Mooney Creek, KS with Fr. Lazar Carasala as Celebrant. Burial will follow in the Corpus Christi Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 600 to 800