Announcements

Albert Stanley Hay

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Onaga

Wamego, formerly of Onaga , KS

Albert Stanley Hay, 80, of Wamego, formerly of Onaga, died Sunday, December 4, 2016 at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland.nbspHe was born May 18, 1936 at Soldier, the son of Albert S. Hay, Jr. and Flora Downey Hay.nbsp He graduated from Onaga High School in 1954 and had served in the Army National Guard.nbspStan was a farmer and a stockman.nbsp

George B. Blodig

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

George B. Blodig, 86, Atchison, Kansas died Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.Mass of Christian burial will be Friday, December 9, 2016 at 1030 A.M. at St. Benedictrsquos Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A Parish rosary will be recited on Thursday, December 8, at 600 P.M. at

Joyce J. Nitz

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Joyce J. Nitz, 64, Atchison, Kansas died Saturday, December 3, 2016 at her home following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 200 P.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Kansas. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, December 10th from 1230 until service time at the f

Wayne “The Beard” Robert Albers

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Bendena, KS

Wayne ldquoThe Beardrdquo Robert Albers, 77 of Bendena, KS passed away Monday, December 05, 2016, at Highland Healthcare amp Rehab Center, Highland, KS.Funeral service will benbsp1000 AMnbspThursday, December 8, 2016 at St. Johnrsquos Lutheran Church, Bendena, KS with Rev. Jennifer Obermueller officiating.nbspnbspBurial will follow at Moray Cemetery, Bendena, KS.

Diana Wendtlandt

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Diana L. Wendtlandt, 67, of Falls City passed away December 4, 2016. She was born January 23, 1949 to the late Leonard and Lucille Aue Shefferd.Diana married Ronald Dishong September 7, 1966 at Falls City. He later passed away on August 29, 1996. She then married Henry Wendtlandt, Sr. on September 6, 2001.Diana grew up in the Stella, NE area and attended school ther

Clarence Rottinghaus

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Wetmore , KS

Clarence W. Rottinghaus, 93, of Wetmore, KS passed away Sunday morning, December 4, 2016, at Crestview Nursing and Residential Living in Seneca, KS.He was born on July 7, 1923 on a farm north of Corning, KS, the son of Henry amp Magdalen Steinlage Rottinghaus. Clarence was one of ten children.nbspClarence went to school at Corning for a few years then went to St. Bedersquos

Dorthea Peterson

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Dorthea Irene Peterson, 87, of Horton, Kansas passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Horton Community Hospital in Horton, Kansas.She was born on February 4, 1929 in Whiting, Kansas the daughter of Irving and Grace Dykeman Peterson.Dorthea graduated from Whiting High School in 1947. She then went to work for the United Telephone Company as a telephone operato

Henry " Hank" Hulsing

Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home in Topeka

Topeka, KS

Henry Nicholas ldquoHankrdquo Hulsing, 79, Topeka, passed away suddenly Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Health Center, comforted with love as he was surrounded by his family.Hank was born to Henry Joseph and Ida Josephine Gelhaus Hulsing in Axtell KS on March 6, 1937. He graduated from St. Maryrsquos High School in St. Benedict KS in 1955. He was married to Ri

Helen Bergman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

formerly of St. Benedict, KS

Helen M. Bergman, 99, of Topeka formally of St. Benedict, Kansas, died December 1, 2016nbsp at the Presbyterian Manor in Topeka.nbsp Resident since November 7, 1996.She was born November 8, 1917, on a farm northwest of St. Benedict, Kansas, the daughter of George and Louise Oenbring Schmitz. She attended St. Maryrsquos School and Bellview Country School.nbsp She attended o

Mabel Harris

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Soldier , KS

Mabel J. Harris, 87, of Soldier, KS passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Eastridge Nursing Home in Centralia. She was born March 2, 1929 in rural Soldier, the daughter of Guy and Angelica Van Valkenburgh Nott.Mabel graduated from Soldier High School in 1948 and had lived all of her life in Soldier as a farmwife and homemaker. She had also worked for Stauffer Communications

Lavonne Riley

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Lavonne M. Riley, 85, of Holton, KS passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born June 16, 1931 in Iola, KS the daughter of Arthur Edmund and Elizabeth Whipps Starr.Lavonne graduated from Welda High School in 1949 and graduated from Kansas State University in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree. She taught home economics and chemistry in

Fred S. ‘Fritz’ Smith

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Fred S. lsquoFritzrsquo Smith, 96, of Atchison, KS, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at the Atchison Hospital surrounded by his loving family.Memorial services will be 400 pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at the Trinity Episcopal Church with Fr. Jon Hullinger, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, celebrant. The body has been cremated and interment of the cremated rema

Norman Thonen

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Powhattan , KS

Norman Lee Thonen, 91, of Powhattan, Kansas, passed on to his Heavenly Father and rejoined his loving wife Leona, on 30 November 2016.Norman was born February 9th, 1925, at his home in Powhattan.nbsp He was a lifelong resident, farmer, and rural mail carrier in Brown County.nbsp He graduated from Powhattan High School with the class of 1943.He joined the United States

Virginia Winkler

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Centralia, KS

Virginia M. Winkler Dalinghaus, 83, of Centralia, Kansas passed awaynbspMonday,nbspNovember 28, 2016nbspat Life Care Center in Seneca where she had been living for the past 3 weeks.nbspVirginia was born December 13th, 1932 on a farm south of Baileyville, Kansas, to Lawrence A. and Margaret Sudbeck Dalinghaus. She graduated from Baileyville High School in 1950.nbsp Af

Reverend Betty Ruth (Boldridge) King

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Topeka, KS

Reverend Betty Ruth Boldridge King, age 73, died on November 27, 2016 in Topeka, KS, following complications from a long- term illness. nbspFuneral services will be Friday, December 2, 2016 at 1100 A.M. at Atchison United Methodist Church, 501 Kansas Avenue, with Reverend Angela Gazaway officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas. Visitation wi

Merril " Bud" Bestwick

Manhattan , KS

Merril ldquoBudrdquo Frank Bestwick, 95, of Manhattan passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 at the Colmery-OrsquoNeil VA Medical Center in Topeka.Bud was born in Sabetha, KS on May 24, 1921 to Richard Frank Bestwick and Delma Hinton Bestwick. He was the youngest of five children. He graduated from Sabetha High School in 1939. He served in WWII in the South Pacific with the A

Kim Bechtold

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Kim E. Bechtold, 57, of Falls City, NE passed away on November 27, 2016 at Lincoln, NE. She was born August 29, 1959 at Falls City, NE to the late Ronald and Sandra Stednitz Sailors.Kim married Jay Bechtold on September 5, 1981 at Hiawatha, KS. They were later divorced in 1991.Kim was raised in Falls City and graduated from Falls City High School in 1977. When marri

Lloyd Cook

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Formerly of Auburn , NE

Lloyd Robert Cook, age 77, formerly of Auburn, Nebraska was born on July 17, 1938 on a farm near Thurman, Iowa to Fred Earl and Ruth Alice Ralston Cook. nbspIn 1942, he moved with his parents and sister to Wichita, Kansas. nbspAfter World War II, the family moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska where Lloyd attended the Nebraska School for Visually Impaired in Nebraska City from 1945-1952. nb

Harvey Wenger

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Harvey Robert Wenger, 89, of Sabetha died Sunday, November 27, 2016 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, surrounded by his children. nbspHe was born on July 8, 1927, the oldest of three children of William Wenger and Lena Brunner Wenger.nbsp He grew up on a farm four miles south of Sabetha.nbsp He attended Harmony country school from age of seven through the 7th gra

James " Jim" Cackler

formerly of Horton, KS

James ldquoJimrdquo Walter Cackler, 70, returned to his heavenly home on November 18, 2016 surrounded by his family. His devotion to his family and his love and firm belief in God gave him peace throughout his entire life. Jim was born to the late Walter and Evelyn Cackler of Horton Kansas. He was immersed in the Christian community that would be his lifelong support from an early age.