Announcements

Charles L. Aldridge

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Charles L. Aldridge, 71, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, November 6, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

Funeral services will be Friday, November 13, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be for one ho


Mary Ellen Reynolds

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Mary Ellen Reynolds, 91, of Atchison, KS passed away November 9, 2020, surrounded by her family.

Funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, Nove


Lela Annetta (Koehler) Buchholz

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Rural Table Rock, NE

Lela Annetta (Koehler) Buchholz, 97, of rural Table Rock, passed away November 5, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Center in Auburn, Nebraska.  She was born to Albert and Lena (Johnson) Koehler on October 18, 1923 on the family farm near Humboldt, Nebraska.  She was one of six children.  Lela was baptized Nov. 18, 1923 and confirmed March 6, 1938 at the St. James Lutheran (Long Branch


Raynette Urban

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland

Bendena, KS

Raynette Louise Urban, 75, of Bendena, died Friday, November 6, 2020, at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.

She was born in Atchison, KS on July 12, 1945, the only child of Ralph “Daniel” and Mary Louise Van Hoozer Bromley. She grew up in Atchison, KS graduating from Mount St. Scholastica Academy with the class of 1963. Raynette attended St. Joseph’s Beauty Universit


Connie R. (Kelsay) Merrill

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Georgetown, TX

Connie R. (Kelsay) Merrill, age 73 of Georgetown, TX, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020 at Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, TX.

Survivors include her husband Jim; daughter and son-in-law Carrie and Gary Snyder of Lincoln; son and daughter-in-law Cory and Roxy Goings of Eagle; five grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 2 step-great-grandchildren; brothers Dan Kelsay of


Twila Marlene Hochstein

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Falls City, NE

Twila Marlene Hochstein, 77, of Falls City, Nebraska was born on September 22, 1943, in Shubert, Nebraska to Norman E. and Bonna J. (Marchand) Alexander. She spent most of her childhood with her family in Shubert, but her family moved around a bit and Twila spent some of her school years in central Iowa.  The family eventually moved back to s


Clara Wynkoop

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

VALLEY FALLS-Clara Louise Heuertz Wynkoop, 78, resident of Valley Falls, KS, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. 

Louise was born on September 21, 1942 at home in Valley Falls, KS. Daughter of Ben and Clara Heuertz. She has 9 siblings, Benny, Mary, John, Phil, Cathy, Margaret, Eddie, Ruth and Carolyn. She went to the Catholic school


Doris Zabel

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Rushville, MO

Doris “Arlene” Zabel, 58, of Rushville, MO died Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 at the Mosaic Life Center, St. Joseph, MO.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 at the Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tu


Iona E Dryer

Harman-Rhode Funeral Home in Wathena

Savannah, MO

Iona E. (Osburn) Dryer, 94, of Savannah, Missouri (formerly of Wathena, Kansas) died Thursday, November 5, 2020 at a hospital in St. Joseph, Missouri. 

 

Iona was born on November 16, 1925 in Chapman , Kansas to Earnest and Mar


Janice Lee Turner Ernzen

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Waco, TX

Janice Lee Turner Ernzen, Jan to her family and friends, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, November 2, 2020, in Waco, Texas. 

Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 Monday, November 9, 2020 at St. Patrick’s Church in Atchison, Kansas. Interment will follow in St. Patrick’s Church Cemetery. A parish rosary will be Sunday, Nov. 8th at 5:00 p.m.


Charlie Meers

Harman-Rhode Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena, KS

Charlie Meers 84, passed away November 5, 2020 at his home. He was born December 7, 1935 in Highland, Ks to Charlie and Jesse (Curry) Meers. 

Charlie drove a semi-truck all his working life as it is all he ever wanted to do for a living. In 1955 he began driving for Crouch


Rachel M Thompson

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home

Atchison, KS

Rachel M. Thompson, 101, entered her heavenly rest on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

She was born March 16, 1919 on a country farm in Green County, Kansas, the youngest of five children born to Claude and Lucy (Stoffel) DeGroff. She married the love of her life, Albert N. Thompson, on March 5, 1944, and together they shared 42 years of marriage prior to hi


Lonnie Shannon

Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home in Axtell

Vermillion , KS

Lonnie Allen Shannon, 82, Vermilion, died November 4, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Friday, November 6 at Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home, Axtell.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, November 7 at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

A memorial fund is established.&nb


Dennis Gleason

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Dennis William Gleason, 65, of Seneca, Kansas passed peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at his home.

Dennis was born in Seneca to William and Evelyn (Goodman) Gleason of Goff, Kansas on December 13, 1954. He graduated from Nemaha Valley High School in 1972. Dennis worked as a mechanic for his dad at Gleason Chevrolet for many years until its closure. He then worke


Raymond Miller

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

Raymond Howard Miller, 52, of Valley Falls, KS, passed away November 2, 2020 in Topeka.

He was born June 2, 1968 in Topeka, the son of Raymond C. Miller and Janet (Whitaker) Bailey. He graduated from Royal Valley High School in 1986.  Raymond and Rae Bryant had three children together Tyler, Ashley and Toni.

He worked at Southwest Publishing in Topeka for over 16 y


Eva Libel

Meierhoffer Funeral Home in St. Joseph

Highland, KS

Eva Mae Libel passed away on October 28, 2020, at home surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with cancer.

Eva was born on April 29, 1939, to George and Marion (Jones) Moore in Troy, Kansas.

She graduated from Robinson High School with the class of ‘57. She worked at the Bank of Leona in Leona, Kansas, and this is where she met her husband, Bill.


Harry Hamilton

Hall Funeral Home in Falls City

Rulo , NE

Harry Owen Hamilton, 89, of Rulo, Nebraska was born on October 25, 1931 in Maryville, Missouri to James Elmer and Ethel Louise (Barrett) Hamilton. He attended school through the eleventh grade in Missouri but transferred his senior year to Blanchard High School in Blanchard, Iowa where he graduated with the class of 1949.  On February 1, 1951, Harry entered into active duty in the U.S. Ma


Adrian " Cookie" Koch

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

 Adrian F. “Cookie” Koch, 96, of Holton, died Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at his home.

He was born September 18, 1924 at St. Benedict, the son of Edward and Rose Deters Koch.  He graduated from St. Benedict High School in 1942.

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Sue Haws

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Sue Haws, 85, of Falls City, NE, passed away November 2, 2020 at Falls City. She was born November 25, 1934 at Falls City to Joseph and Alyce (Brown) Stewart.

She married Virgil Vinsonhaler and they were later divorced and then married Clarence Haws, he passed away in 1986.

Sue was raised at Falls City and attended Falls City High School. When married to her first husba


Mildred Reinecke

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Mildred Emma Reinecke, 93, of Seneca died on Monday, November 2, 2020 at the Life Care Center of Seneca.

She was born on April 2, 1927, on a farm east of Seneca, to John F. and Clara Tanking Burdiek. She attended Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School in Seneca and helped on the family farm.

On April 8, 1947, she married Louis A. Reinecke at Sts. Peter & Paul Church