Announcements

Dareld Lacey

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

nbspDareld D. Lacey, 85, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 in Holton, KS. He was born October 25, 1931 in Holton, the son of Homer and Ruby Evelyn Miller Lacey.Dareld graduated from Bancroft High School after graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army.nbspHe had lived in the Holton community for most of his life. Dareld worked for

Joann Rose

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Formerly of Humboldt , NE

Joann Mae Blecha Rose, 75, of Kansas City, Missouri formerly of Humboldt, Nebraska was born in Humboldt, Nebraska on April 28, 1941 to Ivan and Amy Rue Blecha. nbspShe was raised in Humboldt where she attended grade school and later graduated from Humboldt High School with the class of 1959.nbspJoann passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017, in Falls City, Nebraska having

Robert (Bob) Lee Dunn

Atchison, KS

Robert Bob Lee Dunn, 76 of Atchison, KS passed away February 9, 2017.Born on April 7, 1940nbspin Atchison, KS to Edgar and Mary Inez Stacy Dunn.nbsp Bob attended Atchison County Community Schools and graduated from ACCHS in 1958. nbspMay of 1963 he was drafted in the US Army and received an honorable discharge in April of 1965.nbsp nbspAfter the Army he farmed for se

Carol Alberta Barnes

The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Atchison, KS

Carol Alberta Barnes, 70, of Atchison, KS, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at the Atchison Medicalodge.Funeral Services will be 1100 AM, Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison, KS with Rev. Keith Hoover, officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, south of Rushville, MO. nbspFamily will receive friends for one hour

Barbara June Landes

The Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena, KS

Barbara June Bartlett Landes, 91, of Wathena, Kansas passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at the Mosaic Life Care of St. Joseph, Missouri.nbspBarbara was born in Harrison County, Missouri on June 7, 1925 to Francis and Pearl Nalley Bartlett. She lived in Bethany, Missouri, Stanberry, Missouri and the past 47 years in Wathena, Kansas. Barbara worked all of her adult life an

Mary " Monnie" Wabaunsee

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Mayetta, KS

Mary Theresa ldquoMonnierdquo Wabaunsee, 70, of Mayetta, KS passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at her home. She was born October 7, 1946 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Lou and Freda Jane Nozhackum Wabaunsee.Monnie graduated from shyshyshyshyshySt. Paulrsquos Indian Mission in Marty, South Dakota. She spent most of her life on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Rese

Clarence Roy Voigtlander

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Clarence Roy Voigtlander was born at home in San Francisco on September 9, 1920 to Frank and Hattie Voigtlander. nbspHe was youngest of his family.nbspHe attended grammar school in the Portola district of San Francisco until moving to San Anselmo in 1932 to help his aunt Doris Kreuzer run her grocery store. nbspHe completed his elementary education in San Anselmo and graduat

Dennis Joseph Thummel

The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Atchison, KS

Dennis Joseph Thummel, 50 of Atchison, KS, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the Atchison Hospital, Atchison, KS.nbspFuneral service will benbsp200 PM, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.nbspnbspBurial will follow at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO.nbspnbspFamily will receive friends

Carol Turner

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Carol Jean Turner, 56, of Seneca, died February 8, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.Carol was born December 20, 1960 in Connersville, Indiana to Burdette and Marjorie Paris Turner. She attended Connersville High School and graduated in 1978. After school, she went to work at Sanders Grocery Store in Connersville after raising her daughter.She was a lifelong re

Edward Pepperl

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Formerly of Burchard , NE

Edward Pepperl 95, of Lincoln, Nebraska formerly of Burchard, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, nbspFebruary 9, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska.Mass of Christian Burial 1030 a.m., Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Burchard, Nebraska. nbspOfficiating Father Michael Christensen. nbspRosary Monday, February 13, 2017 at 630 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Chu

Ashley Obbards

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Hiawatha , KS

Ashley Marie Obbards, 32, of Hiawatha, Kansas, passed away on February 7, 2017 in Hiawatha, Kansas.She was born on October 24, 1984 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Glen and Mary Long Obbards.Ashley worked as a sales clerk and was a homemaker. She married Floyd Moppin in Hiawatha, Kansas. They later were divorced.nbspSurvivors include her father, Glen

Emmett Labes

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

formerly of Horton , KS

Emmett C. Labes, 83, of Belleville, Kansas, formerly of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2017 at the Belleville, Kansas Health Care Center.He was born on December 8, 1933 in Concordia, Kansas the son of Emmett J. and Eva Bachtell Labes.Emmett grew up in the Clifton, Kansas area and after high school he graduated from the Brown Mackie College in Salin

Ramona M. Chesson

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Ramona M. Chesson, 57, of Falls City, NE, passed away February 8, 2017 at Falls City. She was born July 2, 1959 to Bernard and the late Dottie Hinsley Stewart.On August 1, 1998 she married William Chesson at Omaha, NE.Ramona was raised in Omaha and graduated from North West High School in 1978. After the couple married they moved to Falls City in 1999. Ramona worked

Archie Hodge

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Archie Hodge, 88, of Falls City, NE, passed away February 7, 2017 at Falls City, NE. He was born October 13, 1928 at Fairbury, NE to the late Archie Taylor and Clara Bean Hodge.As a child, his family moved to Rulo where he attended school and graduated from high school in 1946. nbspHe enlisted in the US Navy in Kansas City on August 30th, 1951, and was honorably discharged on

Mary E. Turner

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Denison, KS

Mary E. Turner, 71, Denison, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at her home.nbspnbspnbsp She was born Oct. 11, 1945, at Harrisonville, MO, the daughter of Charles and Lucy McCall Howdeshell.nbspnbspnbsp Mary was a Certified Nurse Aide and a Certified Medical Aide at the Jefferson County Geriatric Center at Winchester when she retired. She had worked as a waitress at the Sun

Johnny Gene Yocum

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Saint Joseph, MO

Johnny Gene Yocum, 52, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died suddenly on February 4, 20117, at Mosaic Life Hospital in St. Joseph Missouri.Johnny was born on July 9, 1964, in Beloit, Kansas to Oliver Owen and Lois Maxine Groves Yocum. He grew up in Sabetha and attended Sabetha High School. Johnny moved to Hiawatha after high school and joined the Kansas Nation Guard in September 11, 1981

Alfred Adkins

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland

Hiawatha, formerly of Doniphan Co , KS

Alfred T. Adkins, 72, of Hiawatha, died Tuesday morning, February 7, 2017, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.Alfred was born on a farm near Leona, September 22, 1944, one of fifteen children born to Samuel Franklin and Maude Randall Adkins, and had lived nearly all of his life in the Doniphan-Brown county area. He grew up in the Leona-Denton area where he attended country school.

Geneva Tosh

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Geneva Tosh, 81, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. She was born September 17, 1935 in Mayetta, KS the daughter of Homer and Celia Millenbruch Burget.nbspGeneva graduated from Effingham High School, class of 1954.She married Harold Tosh on February 12, 1956 at Coal Creek Church. She was a wife and homemaker for the last 60 years until Haroldrs

Joyce Spier

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City , NE

Joyce Lorraine Hefling McAferty Spier, passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Colonial Acres in Humboldt, Nebraska. She was born February 25, 1937 to Ira Franklin and Gladys Rose Anderson Hefling on the ldquoHome Placerdquo during a snowstorm. She was baptized at the Federated Church in Mt. Hope, KS. She graduated from Mt. Hope High School in 1955. She attended the American Busin

Donald Jacobson

Terry-Christie Funeral Home in Waterville

rural Vermillion , KS

Donald F. Jacobson, age 86, of rural Vermillion, passed away at his home on the morning of Thursday, February 2, 2017.Don was born April 24, 1930, at Cottage Hill, to Robert E. and Hannah D. Steenson Jacobson. He attended the Harbaugh School and was raised on his family farm. Don married Lola Mae Montague on April 3, 1955, at the Evangelical Church in Marysville