Announcements

Robert "Bob" Strathman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Robert “Bob” J. Strathman, 92, of Seneca passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Life Care Center of Seneca.

Bob was born October 24, 1926 in Seneca to Joseph H. and Appolonia Fangman Strathman. He attended grade school and high school at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Seneca, graduated high school with the Class of 1944. As a youth, he worked at the family owne


Larry Craig

Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home in Wymore

Wymore, NE

Larry E. Craig, 71 years of age, of Wymore passed away at the Crestview Nursing home in Seneca, KS Sunday morning, June 23, 2019. He was born on September 12, 1947 in Odell, NE to Enis “Slim” and Thelma (Creek) Craig. He lived in Wymore most of his life and in Diller for about 25 years. Larry served his country in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He had been employed


Martha Hufles

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Martha Hutfles, 92, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 24, 2019 at Falls City. She was born August 17, 1926 at St. Marys, KS to Joseph and Johanna (Bokern) Boeckman.

She married Leo Hutfles on April 11, 1945 at Kelly, KS. He passed away April 21, 2016.

Martha was raised at Kelly, KS and following her schooling she worked various jobs in and around Kelly. When married t


A. Pauline Borg

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

A. Pauline Borg, 99, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 23, 2019 at Falls City. She was born October 23, 1919 in

rural Phelps County, NE to Axel and Ereka (Anderson) Carlson.

She married Kenneth Earl Borg on November 22, 1942 at Holdrege, NE. He passed away October 29, 2007.

Pauline was raised in Holdrege and graduated Holdrege High School in 1937, then att


Raymond Rilinger

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Raymond E. Rilinger, 94, of Seneca, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.

He was born on January 11, 1925 on a farm north of Seneca, to George J. and Mary E. Fangman Rilinger. He attended St. Mary’s Grade School in St. Benedict, Kansas; and graduated from St. Benedict High School with the Class of 1943. As a young man, he helped his fa


Darlene Haug

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Darlene Leona Haug passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Life Care Center of Seneca, surrounded by her loving family.

Darlene was born on November 30, 1926 to Frank C. and Josephine (Burdiek) Strathman on a farm south of Baileyville. Darlene attended Center Grade School and helped on the family farm.  She graduated from Baileyville High School in1944.

Darlene mar


Jeanette Frump

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Severance , KS

Jeanette Marie (Davis) Frump, 63, of Severance, Kansas passed away Sunday, June 23, 2019 at her home.

Jeanette was born on February 21, 1956 in Fort Riley, Kansas to Albert Charles & Jeanette Louise (Boyd) Davis.

She graduated from Elwood High School. Jeanette worked for Wal-Mart in the customer service department & was a member of the Elwood United Community Ch


Roma Dove

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Roma June Dove, 91, of Sabetha, Kansas entered the larger life on Friday, June 21, 2019.

Second child and younger daughter of Dayrel Elijah and Fern Maurine (Reed) Dove, Roma was born June 13, 1928, east of Severy, Kansas, on farmland which her paternal grandfather had homesteaded in the late eighteen hundreds.

Following the death of her mother in Febru


Gerald Keith Parker

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Lancaster, KS

Gerald Keith Parker, 81, of Lancaster, KS died Friday, June 21, 2019 as the result of an automobile accident on 286th Rd and 73 Highway in Lancaster, KS.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 at the Lancaster United Methodist Church with Rev. Seth Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in the Lancaster Cemetery. The family will receive friends


Goldie Belle Smyth

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly Atchison, KS

Goldie Belle Smyth, 95, formerly of Atchison, KS passed away on June 19, 2019 in Pampa, TX.

Memorial service will be 11:00 AM, Friday, June 28, 2019 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Jim Cormode officiating. Burial will follow at the Sumner Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Association for the Blind and may be sent in care of the funeral


F.W. "Bill" Bennett

Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Formerly of Nortonville, KS

F.W. “Bill” Bennett, of Nephi, Utah, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in Tulsa,OK while visiting his son.

Funeral service will be 1:30 pm on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Becker Chapel,402  3rd St. in Effingham, KS with Rev. Jerry Boaz officiating.  Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham, KS.  Family will receive friends from 12:30pm until


Wayne F. "Grizz" Rygaard

Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Effingham, KS

Wayne F. “Grizz” Rygaard, 81, of Effingham, KS died on Friday, June 21, 2019 at his home surrounded  by his loving family.Memorial Celebration of Life services will be 7:00 pm on Friday, June 28th, 2019 at the Becker-Dyer- Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. David Burnworth, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hoyt officiating.  The body has been cremated. The family will re


Margaret Shafer

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Margaret E. Shafer, 92, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 18, 2019 at Falls City. She was born November 13, 1926 at Falls City to William and Ann (McMahon) Murphy.

She married Donald F. Shafer on November 24, 1948 at Dawson, NE. He passed away February 9, 1969

Margaret was raised at Dawson and graduated from Dawson High School. When married the couple made their home


Marion I. “Bud” Kelley

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Marion I. “Bud” Kelley, 87, Atchison, Kansas died Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at Country Care Nursing Facility, Easton, Kansas.

Visitation with the family will be Thursday, June 27, 2019 from 5:00 P.M. until 6:30 P.M. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow the visitation at 7:00 P.M. sharp at Shiloh Baptist Church until 8:00 P.M. Memorial contri


Margaret Fricke

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Prescott, AZ

 Margaret Ann Fricke, 96, of Prescott, AZ, passed away June 3, 2019 in Prescott, AZ. She was born March 23, 1923 in Delia, KS, the daughter of Louis M. and Margaret (Salisbury) Hurla. She was the youngest of 11 children. 

Margaret spent her childhood on farms near Delia, KS until 1939. The


Sheila Kay Yoder Kirkendal

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Sheila Kay Yoder Kirkendall, 83, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 19, 2019 at Falls City. She was born November 18, 1935 at Falls City to Francis and Gladys (Arnold) Yoder. She graduated from Falls City High School in 1954.

She married Donald J. Kirkendall on June 24, 1956 at Falls City, and they lived on a farm east of Falls City. The couple had two children. He passed away Apr


Valora Schmidt

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Hiawatha, KS

Valora Mae McKee Schmidt, 88, of Hiawatha, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at the Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

She was born on April 9, 1930 in Fairview, Kansas the daughter of Nick and Dorothy Bindel McKee. Valora graduated from Powhattan High School in 1948.

She worked as a bookkeeper for several drug stores and Walmart in Omaha, Nebraska


Fr. Denis Meade, OSB

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Having received the sacraments and the apostolic pardon Fr. Denis Meade, OSB, died peacefully on June 18, 2019. James Thomas Meade was born to parents Joseph Patrick and Ella (Flannery) Meade on October 16, 1930, in Des Moines, Iowa. Raised in rural Madison County, he attended grade school in Cumming, Iowa. After beginning his high school studies at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moi


Randy Servaes

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Randy Servaes, 60, Atchison, Kansas, passed away peacefully June 18, 2019, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Funeral services will be Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 10:30 A.M. in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as officiant. Interment will follow in Sumner Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday, June 21st from 6:00 un


Melvin Hjetland

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Melvin Hjetland died Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at The Pines in Hiawatha, Kansas. He was 97-years-old.

Mr. Hjetland was born on August 1, 1921, to Perry and Sophia Hjetland of Everest, Kansas. He lived all of his life on the family farm near Everest, until a move with his wife, Helen, to Hiawatha in 1989.

Melvin graduated from Everest High School in 1939. On April 24, 1949