Announcements

Ralph Peterson

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Effingham , KS

Ralph E. Peterson, 80, of Effingham, KS died on Tuesday, Jan. 26th, 2021 at his home surround by his family.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, Feb. 4th at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison. Visitation will be from 10:00 am until time of service on Thursday, Feb. 4th, at the funeral home. Graveside services and burial will be at 12:30 pm on Thursday


Bonnie Hossfeld

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Falls City , NE

Bonnie Hossfeld, 89, of Falls City, Nebraska, passed away Sunday evening, January 24, 2021, in Lincoln, NE at Bryan East Hospital. Bonnie was born in Hiawatha, KS, on April 12, 1931, one of eight children of Harvey and Maude Taylor Hards. She grew up in Hiawatha and attended school there.

On November 2, 1947 she married Raymond Hossfeld. He preceded her in death April 27, 2000.


Elizabeth "Betty" Lee Hoar

Chapel Oaks Funeral at Hiawatha

Horton, KS

Elizabeth “Betty” Lee Hoar, 89, of Horton, KS passed away January 26, 2021 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.

She was born in Falls City, Nebraska on January 17, 1932, the oldest of four children born to Joseph Sr. and Sarah Blanche Lee Martinosky. Betty graduated with the class of 1950, from Reserve High School. She married Wayne Lovelady July 22, 1950 and to this uni


Linda Kay Medis

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home of Highland

Kansas City, KS

Linda Kay Medis, 76, of Kansas City, died Sunday January 24, 2021 from complications of stage four cancer. Linda had been battling cancer for a year.

Linda was born in Atchison, Kansas, November 9, 1944 and was a graduate of Midway High School class of 1962. She was the youngest daughter of Dale and Maxine Kauffman Kessinger of Bendena, Kansas.

She attended Highland Jun


John Koch

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Baileyville, KS

John V. Koch, 82, of Baileyville, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2021, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, surrounded by his family.

John was born on December 28, 1938, on a farm north of Baileyville, the son of Vincent P. and Helen B. Hulsing Koch. He attended Baileyville school and graduated from the 8th grade; later in life he obtained his GED, an accomplishment for whic


Ronald Louis Rist

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Humboldt , NE

Ronald Louis Rist, 77, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born to Louis and Marjorie (Baker) Rist on December, 21 1943 in Humboldt, Nebraska.  Ron grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1962.  He continued his education and attended college at Peru State College.  Ron worked at Cooper Nuclear Station in Brownville, Nebraska for over 20 years.  On May 24, 1981


Linda K. Floyd

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Linda K. Floyd, 63, of Holton, KS, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021 at her brother’s home with family by her side. She was born August 26, 1957 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Don D. and Lela Faye (Fisher) Collins.

Linda graduated from Holton High School and she lived in the Holton Community most of her life. Linda worked in the Department of Revenue for the State of Kansa


Alvin Guy Wood, Jr.

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison, KS

Atchison, KS

Alvin Guy Wood, Jr., 80, died Sunday, January 24, 2021 at the Hiawatha Hospital, Hiawatha, Kansas.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant.  Inurnment will follow in St. Charles Catholic Cemetery, Troy, Kansas.  A rosary r


Donna Buck

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Donna Rae Buck, 74, of Holton, KS, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Kindred Northland Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She was born September 28, 1946 in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Paul W. and Delphia A. (Loesing) Rankin.

Donna graduated from Washington High School in 1964 in Kansas City, KS. She lived in the Holton Community since 2011 and previously in Kansas City and


Karen " Susie " Barnett

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Bonner Springs, KS

Karen Sue “Susie” Barnett, 64, of Bonner Springs, KS, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at her home.

She was born December 16, 1956 at Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Edward Eugene and Martha Anne Johnson Theno, and was raised by her adopted mother and father, Sharon and Johnny Hylton. She was a 1974 graduate of Linwood High School. She lived in Bonner Springs after movin


Jessie Florine Barnes

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Jessie Florine Barnes, 81, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, January 18, 2021 at Atchison Senior Village Nursing Center.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at 2:00 P.M. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Interment will be at a later date at Newt


Marcedes Hoffman

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly Atchison, KS

Marcedes Hoffman, 90, loving and dedicated mother, grandmother, wife, and friend to many, formerly of Atchison, KS, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 near her family in Greeley, CO.

Funeral Services will be 1:00 pm, Monday, January 25, 2021 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Brad Greene, officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchison. Family


Damon Quigley

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Corning , KS

Damon Lucas Quigley, age 13, entered into eternal life on January 19, 2021. He was born on June 24, 2007 in Onaga, KS. He is the youngest child of Ron and Brenda (Adams) Quigley of Corning, KS.

Damon was a seventh grader at Centralia School. He had lots of friends of all ages and was known for being a kind, helpful, thoughtful young man. He had a contagious smile and loved to make


Bob D. Bartlett

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Bob D. Bartlett, 65, of Fall City, NE, passed away January 21, 2021 at Falls City. He was born December 2, 1956 at Beatrice, NE to Wilbur and Ardene (Hubka) Bartlett.

Bob moved to Falls City when he has one and graduated Falls City High School in 1975. He then attended Southeast Community College at Milford, graduating in 1977 with a degree in Electronic Technology. He worked at Ch


Mary "Jodi" Fritz

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City , NE

Mary “Jody” Fritz, 74, of Falls City, NE, passed away January 19, 2021 at Falls City. She was born August 31, 1946 at Oak Grove, LA to Governor and Opal (Cundiff) Tackett.

Jody was raised at Oak Grove and graduated Oak Grove High School in 1964. Following high school she started a family and was a stay at home mother. She moved to the Falls City area in 1972 and has liv


Loretta " Retta" Puvogel

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Loretta Jane “Retta” Puvogel, of Maple Grove Apartments of Hiawatha, passed away Tuesday evening, January 19, 2021, at Maple Heights Nursing Home, at the age of 88.

She was born in Doniphan County, September 22, 1932, the daughter of Norman LeRoy and Edra Fay Johnson Ptomey and was adopted when she was three months old by Paul & Esther Ptomey Owen.  She grew up


Robert “Bob” Schneider

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Nortonville, KS

Robert John “Bob” Schneider, 80, of Nortonville, KS, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at The University of Kansas Health System- St. Francis Campus in Topeka, He was born November 26, 1940 in Effingham, KS, the son of Celestine J. Schneider, Sr. and Mary Armella (Herbers) Schneider.

Bob graduated from Nortonville High School in 1958. He was a farmer. Bob along with


Sandra Coder

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Sandra (Sandy) S Coder, daughter of William and Rose (Harris) Coder was born in St Joe on March 9, 1940 and passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021.

She graduated from Central High School in 1959. Sandy worked at TG&Y where she met Donald Huss Sr they married in March of 1962 and later divorced. Sandy also worked at Sherwood Medical for 20 yrs until the 1993 flood when Sherwood c


Virginia Tolles

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Hiawatha….Virginia Anne Tolles, passed away on January 16, 2021 at the age of 81.

She was born July 10, 1939 in Hiawatha, Kansas to Richard Alexander and Lenore Elizabeth (Whaley) Young. She graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1957.

On October 24, 1958 she married Richard Lawrence Tolles, also of Hiawatha, at the First Christian Church in Hiawatha and they cel


Eleanor Stover

Popkess Mortuary, Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Eleanor Jane (Picton) Stover, 82, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas.    

Eleanor was born on March 1, 1938 in Padonia, Kansas the daughter of Everett Vernon Picton and Ruth Esther (Hinton) Picton.   She was raised on the family farm southwest of Hamlin, Kansas and attended school in