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Sylvia Taylor

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Humboldt , NE

Sylvia Lorene (Tupa) Taylor, daughter of Frank and Lois (Wissler) Tupa, was born December 6, 1927 in Pawnee City, Nebraska.  She attended Sheridan Country School until her family moved to DuBois, where she graduated from the 8th grade.  Later they moved to a farm south of Humboldt, and she graduated from Humboldt High School with the class of 1946. 

After high school


Marsha Engelken

Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan

Vermillion , KS

Marsha F Crotinger Engelken age 76, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and educator passed away February 1, 2020 with her loving husband by her side.

Marsha was born June 7, 1943 in Syracuse Kansas to William and June Crotinger. She grew up on a farm in Western Kansas, and attended Greeley Co. Schoo


Gary Edelman

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Gary David Edelman, 71, of Sabetha, Kansas went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 2, 2020.

Gary was born in Sabetha, Kansas on September 29, 1948, the son of David and Lena (Titus) Edelman. He spent his adult life on a farm across the road from his birth place. He graduated from Sabetha High School in 1966 and attended Kansas State University where he met his future wife, Mar


Dennie Lee Crofford

Hall Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Dennie Lee Crofford, 77, of Falls City, Nebraska was born August 18, 1942, in Falls City, Nebraska to Kenneth W. and Helen (Stednitz) Crofford.  He was raised in Falls City where he attended public school and graduated from Falls City High School with the class of 1960.  On June 9, 1961, Dennie was united in marriage to Pamela Weik in Holton, Kansas.  To this union a daughter, L


Augustina Trenidad "Tina" Greemore

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Augustina Trenidad Greemore, 72, of Holton, KS, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital in Kansas City, KS with family by her side. She was born September 30, 1947 in Sabetha, KS, the daughter of Joaquin and Jessie Margaret (Robidoux) Mendez.

Tina graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1967. She worked as a CNA for Jackson County Nursing Home and she wo


Justin Grabhorn

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

 On January 27, 2020, Justin Michael Grabhorn, of Hiawatha, went to meet the Lord at the age of 29 years.

Justin was born on October 10, 1990 at Marysville, KS to Philip and Barbara Grabhorn. He grew up in Belleville, KS and Edgar, NE. He graduated high school at Sandy Creek in Fairfield, NE in 2009. He went onto college and obtained an Associate’s Degree in


Jerry Fred Segenhagen

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Jerry Fred Segenhagen 79, of Holton, Ks, he would have been 80 years old, and married 50 years on January 30, 2020, passed away at home on January 28, 2020. Jerry Fred Segenhagen was born January 30, 1940, at Holton, Ks, the only son and one of two children born to Wilmer Fred and Elma Deloris (Johnson) Segenhagen. He grew up on a dairy farm outside of Holton.

He graduated from Hol


Sharon Lane

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Sharon L. Lane, 83, of Holton, KS, passed away Monday, January 27, 2020 at the Atria Hearthstone Assisted Living in Topeka, KS. She was born December 13, 1936 in Havensville, KS, the daughter of Ralph Ivan and Florence (Nicholas) Clements.

Sharon graduated from Holton High School in 1955. After high school she attended Washburn University. Sharon was a homemaker and also worked as


Jon M. Fink

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Tecumseh, NE

Jon M. Fink was born to John R. and Doris (Townsend) Fink on September 20, 1935 in Tecumseh, Nebraska.  He spent his early years on a rural Elk Creek farm.  His parents relocated to Seattle, WA for a few years while they worked in an aircraft factory during the war and then returned to Nebraska where Jon spent the remainder of his youth living in Pawnee City until starting college.&n


Lynn B. (Saxton) Johnson

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Lynn B. (Saxton) Johnson, 95 of Pawnee City, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at the Pawnee County Memorial Hospital.  She was born on March 10, 1924.  She was born on March 10, 1924 to Alba and Bertha (Trumble) Saxton in Belvedere, Nebraska.  She graduated from Belvedere High School in 1942. She moved to Pawnee City after graduation and taught rural school fo


Emily Jean Lackey

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Emily Jean Lackey, 94, of Seneca, Kansas passed away on Friday, January 24, 2020 at Life Care Center surrounded by her family.

Jean was born the only child to Lawrence and Edna (Roush) Lynn on September 27, 1925, in the west Powhattan Community near Wetmore, Kansas.

She attended West Powhattan Country School for eight years and graduated from Wetmore High School in 1943


Eva Bowser

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Emmett, KS

Eva Virginia (DeGroff) Bowser, 81, of Emmett, KS, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020 at Tanglewood Health and Rehab in Topeka. She was born March 3, 1938 Onaga, KS the daughter of Willie and Ella Leona DeGroff.

Eva attended Onaga High School and she later attended Highland Junior College where she received a degree in Accounting. After graduation, she worked for the State of Ka


Nema Brown

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Horton , KS

On Friday, January 24, 2020 , Nema Brown, loving wife and mother of 4, passed away due to complications from lung cancer. She was 43 years old.

Nema was a resident of Horton, KS and worked as a Registered Nurse at the Hiawatha Community Hospital until her cancer diagnosis in July of 2018.

Nema is preceded in death by her mother, Debbie Frayer, and an adopted sister Brea


Tom White

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Tommy Gene White, 88, of Falls City, NE, passed away January 25, 2020 at Falls City. He was born May 28, 1931 at Bushnell, NE to Thomas and Zepha (Fouraker) White.

He married Verna Mae Cawley on May 29, 1955 at Falls City, NE

Tom enlisted in the United States Navy on May 17, 1950 at Kansas City, MO. He served on the USS Princeton. He earned a Japanese Occupation Medal,


Leonard Baumgartner

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Leonard Baumgartner, 93, of Sabetha died Sunday, January 26, 2020 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.

Funeral service will be Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bern Apostolic Christian Church. 

Visitation will be Tuesday, January 28, 2020 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Popkess Mortuary Chapel in Sabetha. 

The interment


Forrest " Bob" Johansen, Sr.

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

rural Robinson, KS

Forrest Robert “Bob” Johansen, Sr., 90, of rural Robinson, passed away surrounded by his family on January 24, 2020, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital, Hiawatha, KS.  He was born December 30, 1929, to Forrest Aaron & Ruth Rosella (Metzger) Johansen at Falls City, Nebraska.  He grew up just across the state line from there in rural Reserve, Kansas.

He marr


Luella Curti

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Luella Frances Curti, 91, of Seneca, died at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca, on January 23, 2020.

Luella was born March 23, 1928 the daughter of John F and Theresa Olberding Haverkamp.  Luella grew up in Nemaha County.

Luella worked in the dietary department at Seneca Hospital and the dietary department in Colorado.

Luella married Ed Curti


Betty Grove

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Elizabeth Ann Mathewson Grove, (Betty), 99 years of age, a well-known resident who helped others with transportation and food delivery support, died on January 23, 2020, at Maple Heights in Hiawatha, Kansas.

She was born on September 21, 1920, to James and Helen Nesladek Mathewson. Betty graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1941. A lifelong Hiawatha resident, she provided grocery


Mary Lois Sickel

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Mary Lois Sickel, 79, of Falls City, Nebraska, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2020, at her home in rural Falls City, surrounded by her loving family.  She was born December 30, 1940 at home in Falls City to Albert and Nellie Kautzman Robb.   Her parents later divorced, and Mary Riden Robb became her stepmother.

Mary attended school in Falls City, graduating from


Douglas Wayne Goodpasture

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Douglas Wayne Goodpasture, 68, Atchison, KS, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family.

Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Monday, January 27, 2020 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison, KS.  Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00