Announcements

Joan Agnes (Wilburn) Seitz

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Joan Agnes (Wilburn) Seitz, 81, of Atchison KS passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at the Atchison Hospital surrounded by family.

Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Seth Montgomery officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 am until time of service on Saturday at the funeral


Twila Me Fee

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

White Cloud, KS

Twila Me Fee, 81, of White Cloud, KS, passed away February 12, 2019 at Hiawatha, KS. She was born August 26, 1938 at Falls City, NE to Everett and Mary (Roesch) Durfee. 

She married Ronald Fee on May 24, 1954 at Falls City. He passed away August 3, 2007.

Twila was raised by her Aunt Lydia (Durfee) Schmutzer and Uncle Clarence Durfee. She attended schools in the Fal


Angela Volz

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Angela Katherine Volz, 97, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the Horton Community Hospital.

She was born on July 19, 1921 in Fidelity, Kansas the daughter of Frank and Evelyn Schuetz Meyer. Angela worked for Gockel's Grocery and the Dress Rack before retiring. She was a member of St. Leo's Catholic Church and the Altar Society.

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Jean Dahl

Popkess Mortuary in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Jean (Jeannie) Louise Dahl, 64, of Seneca, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. She was born November 19, 1954, in Kenosha, WI, the daughter of Eugene and Kathryn (Luby) Brown.

Jeannie was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and lived in several places including Kansas, Indiana, Arizona, Mississippi, Nebraska, Tennessee, Missouri, and


George Achten

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Wetmore , KS

George Frederick Achten, of Wetmore, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2019 at the Apostolic Christian Church Home in Sabetha, KS at the age of 95. He was born October 17, 1923 to Frederick and Anna Achten on the family farm south of Granada. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Granada until its closing at which time he joined the United Methodist Church in Wetmore. He was a


Norman Kroemer

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Bern, KS

Norman L Kroemer, 64, of Bern, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.

Norman L. Kroemer was born on June 23, 1954 at the Axtell Hospital to Lavern and Evelyn (Fritch) Kroemer. Norman lived his first 25 years on the family farm north of Seneca on the Nebraska State Line, where his family raised cattle, hogs, chickens, had a large garden an


Charles R. “Dick” Lutz

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Charles R. “Dick” Lutz, 82, of Atchison, Kansas died Monday, February 11, 2019.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, February 15, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Benedict’s Church with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. A parish rosary will be at 9:30 A.M. followed by visitation with the family until 11:00 A.M. at th


Cecilia Gerstenkorn

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Topeka , KS

Cecilia A. Gerstenkorn, 98, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019, at Life Care Center of Seneca, Kansas.

Cecilia was born on October 30, 1920, in Odin, Kansas, the daughter of John and Louisa Herman Boor.  Cecilia married Julius Gerstenkorn on January 19, 1943. They enjoyed 67 years together, prior to his passing in 2010.  

Cecilia was a homemak


Betty Workman Hartter

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Sabetha , KS

Betty Colleen Workman Hartter, 81, of Sabetha, KS, passed away February 10, 2019 at Sabetha. She was born February 12, 1937 near Salem, NE to Sam and Rachel (Lee) Mullins. 

Betty was a 1954 graduate of Stella High School at Stella, NE. She married Harold Workman on January 17, 1954 becoming a farm wife and mother. Together they raised seven children.

In the spring


Frances Louise McClintock

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City , NE

Frances Louise McClintock, 79 of Pawnee City, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  She was born on February 1,1940 to Clyde and Hettie (Mitchell) (Dobson) Gibson in Iowa City, Iowa.

She attended school at Shenandoah Public Schools.

Frances married Clarence McClintock on May 17, 1959 at the Methodist Church in Pawnee City.&n


James “Jim” A. Asher

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

James “Jim” A. Asher, 92, passed away February 10, 2019, at Vintage Park of Atchison, Kansas.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Benedict’s Church with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 9:30 a.m. at the church w


Bill Pyle

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Bill Pyle, 89, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away at home on Thursday, January 24, 2019. He was raised and lived in the Morrill, Kansas area for many years and moved to Sabetha in 1970.

Bill was born in Sabetha, KS on September 26, 1929 to George and Nellie (Bundy) Pyle, one of 5 children. He attended the Morrill schools and graduated from Morrill High School in 1947. He married Della


Charles “Charlie” Bentley

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Charles “Charlie” Bentley, 73, of Falls City, NE, passed away February 7, 2019 at Falls City. He was born on a farm northeast of Barada to Ernest and Lena (Palmer) Bentley.

He married Jean Fisher and they were later divorced. He then married Carol McCann on December 20, 1973 at Auburn, NE.

Charlie was raised on a farm northeast of Barada, NE in what is now I


Raymond Wendel Anslinger

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly Atchison, KS

Raymond Wendel Anslinger, 86, of Savannah, MO formerly of Atchison, KS, and Wichita, KS passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019, at LaVerna Senior Living, Savannah, MO.

Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Michael Strickland officiating.  Family will receive friends prior to the service


Donna Johnston

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

Donna Marie Johnston, 60, Valley Falls, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

She was born Dec. 1, 1958, at Winchester, the daughter of James Donald and Frances E. “Jean” Boyce. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1977.

 Donna enjoyed being a farm wife, fishing, making candy for Christmas and doing embroidery. She w


Merinda Ann (Mindy) Oaks passed away peacefully on February 4, 2019 at Midland Hospice in Topeka after a short battle with cancer.

She was born May 18, 1977 in Hiawatha, KS to William (Bill) and Rebecca (Becky) Ferry-Torres Oaks of Horton.

She married Rick Neidfelt of Emmett. He survives.

Other survivors include her mother Rebecca Colhour and husband Randy,


Major Robert Frederick Layton

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Denison, KS

Major Robert Frederick Layton, 85, of Denison, KS, went to be with his lord and savior on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born October 11, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Robert Edward and Alyce Rae (Schulte) Layton.

Bob lived in the Denison community since 1986 and had previously lived in the Wichita area from 1975 – 1986. He proudly s


Deloris Buss

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Mrs. Deloris A. Buss died on Sunday, February 3, 2019 in Hiawatha, Kansas at the age of 84.  Deloris was born on December 7, 1934 at her Grandma and Grandpa Loseke’s house in Stanton County, Nebraska.  She graduated from Pierce High School in 1952.   

Deloris’s early life included meeting her future husband, Gerald Buss, when she was just 7 years old.&n


Leota Uhri

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Table Rock, NE

Leota Uhri, 94, of Table Rock, Nebraska passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019, at the Community Medical Center in Falls City, Nebraska.

Born:  February 9, 1923 in Humboldt, Nebraska

Died:  February 4, 2019 in Falls City, Nebraska

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at the United Methodist Church in


Doug Christian

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

formerly of Hiawatha , KS

Douglas Mead Christian, 51, of Bella Vista, Arkansas passed away unexpectedly January 31 at his home.  

He was born August 1, 1967 to Edward and Toni Christian in Hiawatha, Kansas.  He attended schools in Hiawatha and then attended Beloit Technical School and graduated with a certificate in heavy machinery.  Doug was an over the road truck driver at the time of