Announcements

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Gellings

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Gellings, 89, died peacefully in his Atchison, Kansas home on 20 December 2019.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 at St. Benedict Church with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB and Fr. Luke Turner, OSB as celebrants. Parish rosary will be Frid


Mary Rita Coupe

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Mary Rita Coupe, 89, Atchison, Kansas died Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Atchison Medicalodge Nursing Center.

Mass of Christian burial will be Friday December 27, 2019 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Benedict Church. Parish rosary will be recited Friday, at 9:30 A.M. with visitation to follow until 10:30 at the church. Interment will be in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Effingham, Kansas. Memori


Georgina Engelken Glissman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Georgina Engelken Glissman, 86, of Seneca, Kansas died on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.

Georgina was born on a farm southwest of St. Benedict on March 9, 1933 to Albert and Helen (Fangman) Engelken. He attended school in St. Benedict and graduated from St. Benedict High School in May 20, 1951.

She married Callistus Glissman on August


Julia “Judy” (Simmons) Ross

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Julia “Judy” (Simmons) Ross 92, of Troy, Kansas passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Thursday, December 19, 2019.

Judy was born on October 25, 1927 in Highland, Kansas to Robert and Cecil (Gibson) Simmons. She was a lifelong resident of Doniphan County and a homemaker.

She is a member of the First B


Mark Richard Grove

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly Atchison, KS

Mark Richard Grove, age 75 of Blair, Nebraska, formerly of Atchison, Kansas, passed away December 4, 2019 in Blair, NE.

A visitation and rosary will be held on Friday, December 20, 2019 at 7 PM at St. Benedict’s Church, 1001 N. 2nd St., Atchison, KS. The funeral Mass, with Fr. Jeremy Heppler O


Chalen Elizabeth Asher Reed

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Chalen Elizabeth Asher Reed, 50, of Horton Kansas passed away on December 17th, 2019 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.

Chalen was born in Fort Scott Kansas on August 16, 1969 to Kenneth and Mary Chester Asher.  She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas J. Reed on July 24, 2019.

Chalen is survived by her parents Kenneth and Mary Asher of Louisburg KS and her


Vernetta B. Moore

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Vernetta B. Moore, 91, of Atchison, KS, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at the Atchison Hospital, Atchison, KS.

Graveside service and burial will be 11:30 AM, Monday, December 23, 2019 at the Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery Committal Shelter, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Cyd Stein officiating.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the Be


Marian Carr

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Marian F. Carr, 95, of Seneca, died on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

Marian was born on September 10, 1924, at home, in Topeka to Fay W. and Mary Alice Smith Adams. When Marian was 6 ½ years old her mother passed away and she lived with her father and grandma Mary (Nan) Smith and her little brother Bill. Marian attended Gage Gra


Aaron Holthaus

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

a Seneca native, KS

Aaron Kent Holthaus, 42, of Greensboro, North Carolina, died unexpectedly on December 3, 2019 at his home.

Aaron was born on October 21, 1977 in Seneca, KS to Randy & Donna Holthaus. He graduated from Nemaha Valley High School in 1996. He later attended Manhattan Area Technical College and was an electrical lineman.

Aaron loved the outdoors, woodworking, watching th


Linda Borders

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Whiting , KS

Linda Darlene Borders, 56, of Whiting, KS, passed away Friday, December 13, 2019 at her home. She was born December 2, 1963 in Horton, KS the daughter of Keith and Mildred (Wenger) Bowser.

Linda graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 1982 and attended NEK Technical College in Atchison. She wa


Evelyn Clayter-Roper

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Evelyn J. Clayter-Roper, 97, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, December 13, 2019 at Twin Oaks Nursing Facility in Lansing, Kansas.

Funeral services, Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 12:00 Noon at Shiloh Baptist Church. Visitation with the family will be Friday, December 20th from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church. Interment will be in


Joyce Bowman-Walsh

Wherry Mortuary in Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Joyce Clementine Bowman Walsh, 97 of Pawnee City, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Premier Estates, Pawnee City.  She was born on July 10, 1922 to Clement Glen and Ina E. (Bond) Hubka in Akron, Colorado.

She moved with her parents and sister to Virginia, Nebraska. Then to Pawnee City, Nebraska in 1930. She attended county school District 19, graduated fro


Sally Hutt

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Tecumseh, NE

Sally Ann (Blessing) Hutt was born to Charles “Chuck” and Donita (Wiltfang-Stull) Blessing on March 8, 1952 in Tecumseh, Nebraska. She grew up in Tecumseh and graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1970.  Sally continued her education at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where she received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and later her master’s deg


Janice Kleppe

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Highland

rural Leona, KS

Janice “Jan” Ruth Kleppe, 77, died Thursday, December 12, 2019.

She was born October 10, 1942, in Wilmington, Ohio, the daughter of Walter and Helen Shaw. Janice graduated from Troy High School, Troy, OH, in 1960. She was a homemaker for most of her life. She loved cooking and was the owner/operator of the café in Robinson, KS in the late 1970’s, and worked


Jerry Smith

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

formerly of Whiting , KS

Jerry Ray Smith, 54, of Topeka, KS, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019. He was born March 20, 1965 in Horton, KS, the son of Daryl and Nadine Smith.

Jerry graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 1983. Jerry grew up on the family farm in Whiting. He enjoyed farming but his greatest love was the horses and cattle. He fulfilled his dreams of working as a ranch hand


Virginia " Rose" Howard

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

rural Hiawatha, KS

Virginia Rose (Rockey) Howard, a long-time resident of rural Hiawatha, died Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. She was born Aug. 3, 1926, to Oliver and Effie (Bollinger) Rockey in Robinson, Kansas.

Rose met her husband Eugene Howard at the movies, and the couple married Oct. 13, 1945 in El Paso, Texas.   Rose and Gene lived in Alaska while he was in the Army and moved bac


Mavis Marti

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Bern, KS

The family of Mavis Marti wishes to share the news of her passing on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at the age of 93. Mavis was the wife of Leroy Marti, who preceded her in death. She was the mother of Sharon (Ron) Duryea and Linda Marti. She will be remembered with love by her grandchildren, Liese (Bruce) Haverkamp and Cindy (Matt) Broxterman; great grandchildren, Jordyn (Kyler) Emert, Kelsey H


Ernest Monroe “Uncle Bill” Watson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Ernest Monroe “Uncle Bill” Watson, 98, of Hiawatha, died early Friday, December 13, 2019, at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Hiawatha where he had been a resident in assisted living for a number of years.

He was born April 15, 1921, at Garden Grove, Iowa, one of two children of Lewis and Sylvia Watson. Ernest served in World War II, from 1942 until being discharged in 194


Betty Jane Buman

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City , NE

Betty Jane (Ackerman) Buman 96 of Pawnee City, Nebraska passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019 at the Pawnee County Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born on August 20, 1923 to Albert and Anna (Johnson) Ackerman in Liberty, Nebraska.

Betty leaves to celebrate her life; her children; Arlene Buman, Linda Ketelsen, Dale Buman, Roger Buman, Debora Kerl.


Mary Thomas

Wherry Mortuary in Humboldt

rural Dawson, NE

Mary Ellen Thomas, 59, of rural Dawson, Nebraska was born on April 17, 1960, in Falls City, Nebraska to Frank J. and Mary Elizabeth (Finchun) Thomas.  Mary was the youngest of four children and was raised on a farm near Dawson.  She graduated from Dawson-Verdon High School with the class of 1978.  After graduating, Mary lived with her family on an acreage outside of Dawson where