Announcements

Frank Hulsing

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Baileyville, KS

Francis “Frank” John Hulsing, 58, of Baileyville, Kansas lost his battle against cancer, on Friday, November 23, 2018, at his home.

Frank was born on December 1, 1959 at the Seneca Hospital, to Anthony H. and Florence M Haug Hulsing.  The seventh of eight children.   Frank grew up playing sports and loving the outdoors.  He attended B& B School;


Robert " Quentin " Engelken

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Robert “Quentin” Engelken, 90, of Seneca, Kansas died on Saturday, November 24, 2018; he had been ill since March 2018.

Quentin was born on a farm southwest of St. Benedict on July 1, 1928 to Albert and Helen (Fangman) Engelken.  He attended school in St. Benedict and graduated from St. Benedict High School in 1945.

He married Arlene Mueting on July 21,


Galen Lay

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Retired Hiawatha businessman Galen Stuart Lay, 70, of Hiawatha, died unexpectedly November 23, 2018, at Hiawatha Community Hospital.

He was born in Herington, KS, September 16, 1948, the son of Parents: Stuart Clifton (1918-2001) Lay and Selena Mae Langhofer (1921-2017). Galen attended Roosevelt Elementary, Newton High School, Hutchinson JUCO, and Highland Community College where h


Margaret L. McConnell

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Margaret L. McConnell passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Mosaic Life Care Center, St. Joseph, MO.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, Nov. 30th, 2018 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Nancy Kollhoff, Pastor of the Atchison United Methodist Church officiating. Burial of cremated remains will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison.


Marion Lee Howerton, Sr.

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Mayetta, KS

Marion Lee Howerton, Sr., 68, of Mayetta, KS passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born February 9, 1950 in Quinter, KS, the son of Marion Wesley and Goldie Alice (Hays) Howerton.  

          Marion attended grade school and junior high at Perry schools. He began working in the mid-1960’s at


Carl “Pete” Larsen

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Nebraska City, NE

Carl “Pete” Larsen, 81, of Nebraska City, NE, passed away November 20, 2018 at Ashland, NE. He was born April 28, 1937 at Sabetha, KS to Carl and Marie (Boggess) Larsen.

He married Patricia Dunn on May 21, 1963 at Hiawatha, KS. She passed away September 16, 2008.

Pete was raised at Salem and graduated Salem High School in 1954. He then enlisted in the U. S.


Arlene Wardlow

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Arlene Wardlow, 73, of Falls City, NE, passed away November 20, 2018 at Lincoln, NE. She was born October 28, 1945 at Falls City to Alphonse and Lucille (Faller) Bauman.

She married Harold Wardlow in 1965 at Rulo, NE.

Arlene was raised on a farm outside of Rulo, she graduated Falls City High School in 1963. Following graduation she worked at the Falls City Meat Com


Sandra E. Oswald

Hall Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Sandra E. Oswald, Falls City, NE was born June 11, 1962, in Hiawatha, KS to William and Lois (McCoy) Oswald. Sandy worked at the Casino White Cloud and the Sac and Fox Trading Post for 20 years.  She enjoyed working, her animals, spending time with her grandchildren, nieces, nephews and was very family orientated. Sandra passed away in Lincoln, NE on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the ag


Forest “Jim” Morgan

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls , KS

Forest “Jim” Morgan, 80, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018.     He was born April 16, 1938, at Prestonsburg, KY, the son of Bill and Eunice Stanley Morgan. He graduated from Prestonsburg High School in 1954. He served stateside in the US Army for three years.         Jim was an over the road truck driver and


Patty Ann McNett

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland

Severance, KS

Patty Ann McNett, 61, of Severance, KS, surrounded by family, passed away peacefully November 19, 2018 at her home.

Patty was born at Highland, March 30, 1957, one of nine children, born to Charles Eugene and Helen May Simpson Baxter and had made Doniphan County her home most of her life. She grew up in the Sparks/Severance communities where she attended Midway Schools. She worked


Gary Russell Harden

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Lancaster, KS

Gary Russell Harden, 78, of Lancaster KS died Monday, November 19, 2018 at his home in Lancaster, KS surrounded by his family.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 am on Saturday, Nov. 24th, 2018 at the St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lancaster, KS with Rev. Cynthia Schnaath officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Huron Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to


Donna Dittemore

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Donna Dittemore, 90, Atchison, Kansas, died Monday, November 19, 2018, at Medicalodge’s Atchison

Graveside services will be Friday, November 23, 2018, at 3:00 P.M. at Sunset Memory Gardens, with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB, officiating. Memorial contributions are suggested to Benedictine College, the Atchison Library or the ADK Scholarship Fund and may be left in care of Arensber


Lee Douglas Holtman

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Horton and Hiawatha, KS

Lee Douglas Holtman, 56, of Horton/Hiawatha communities, died Saturday November 17, 2018, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.

Doug was born October 29, 1962 at Trenton, Missouri, one of six children born to Robert and Sylvia Alexander Holtman. The family moved in various places and grew up, attended school in Des Moines, Iowa.

He married Carrie Ann Krebs, April 15, 199


Martin Edward Potter

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Ozawke and Leavenworth, KS

Martin Edward Potter, 85, of Ozawkie, formerly of rural Leavenworth, died Saturday, November 17, 2018 at his home in Ozawkie.

He was born February 9, 1933 in the Iowa Point Community of Doniphan County, the son of Tressie Edward and Viola Helina Fuhrman Potter.

He was a 1952 graduate of Robinson High School. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving 1956 to 1958 and serving i


Dorothy Irene Knouse

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Dorothy Irene Knouse, 97, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at her home in Horton, Kansas.

She was born on March 2, 1921 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of John and Inez Page Campion.

Dorothy graduated from the Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas with her Bachelor's degree and then went on to obtain her Master's deg


Mildred Oenbring

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca , KS

Mildred Augusta Oenbring, age 94, died Nov 18, 2018 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.  She was born Jan 11, 1924 at Baileyville, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Bokern Fox.  She attended schools in Seneca, Baileyville, and St. Benedict.

She married Raymond John Oenbring on Jan. 9, 1946.  They lived on their farm north of Baileyville for nearly 50 year


Larry Kruse

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Sabetha/Fairview communities , KS

Larry Paul Kruse, 73, of the Sabetha/Fairview communities, peacefully passed away November 18, 2018 at his Sabetha home.

He was born in Falls City, Nebraska on January 12, 1945 to Leo and Bertha (Gerdes) Kruse of Hamlin.  Larry graduated from Fairview High School in 1963, and attended Emporia State University in 1963 and 1964.  He married Kathryn (Lippincott) Kruse on May


Betty Koelzer

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home in Falls City

Falls City, NE

Betty Koelzer, 93, of Falls City, NE, passed away November 17, 2018 at Falls City. She was born April 4, 1925 at Rulo, NE to John and Edna Mae (Knepper) Schulenberg.

She married Bernard “Barney” Koelzer on February 21, 1946 at Falls City. He passed away February 20, 1010.

Betty was raised in rural Richardson County and graduated Falls City High School in 194


John " Jack" Grannell

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

John B. "Jack" Grannell, 77, of Holton, died Saturday, November 17, 2018 at his home.

He was born December 22, 1940 at Holton, the son of Guy and Adeline Kelly Grannell.  He served with the U.S. Army Reserve for eight years.

Jack worked as a carpenter for four years and then for Fretoes Asphalt Company for two years.  He then worked seven years for J


Carl Schwartz

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Valley Falls , KS

Carl Wayne Schwartz, 66, Valley Falls, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, due to complications from a stroke.

He as born July 29, 1952, at Eureka, the son of Waymond “Dutch” and Betty Louise Mae Larcom Schwartz. Carl graduated from Eureka High School in 1970, and then attended Butler County Community College for one year. He later received