Announcements

Joyce Smith

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

formerly of Kearney, MO

Joyce Nadine “Cricket” Smith, 76, formerly of Kearney, MO, died on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 at Stonecrest @ Burlington Creek, Kansas City, MO.

Funeral services will be 2:00 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 16th, 2018 at the St. John’s Lutheran Church, in Lancaster, with Seth Montgomery officiating.  Burial will follow in the Old Huron Cemetery, Old Huron,  KS.  The


Mildred Mathewson

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Mildred P. Mathewson, 89, of Seneca, died on Friday, October 12, 2018 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

Mildred was born May 30, 1929, on a farm south of Seneca, to Clem and Agatha Huerter Heinen. She attended St. Bede’s School and graduated in 1947. On September 26, 1953 Mildred married Gerald Mathewson at St. Bede’s Catholic Church in Kelly.


Ruth Montague

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Ruth Montague, age 106, died peacefully Friday, October 12, 2018, at Vintage Park Assisted Living in Hiawatha.

Ruth was born June 26, 1912, on the family farm south of Hiawatha, near Willis, KS, to the late Truman Agustus and Nora Norton Jacques, the fifth of nine children.  Ruth attended grades 1 through 8 at Temple School, located on their farm, on the land donated by her fa


Robert "Bob" Kinnison

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Humboldt, NE

Robert “Bob” Lee Kinnison, 87, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on January 2, 1931, in Angus, Nebraska to the late John R. and Meda E. (Shipley) Kinnison. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from Edgar High School with the Class of 1949.  Bob enlisted in the U.S. Army and entered active service on January 15, 1953.  He served his country during the Kore


Robert " Bob" Shuster

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena , KS

Robert L. “Bob” Shuster, 89, of Wathena, Kansas passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018 at his home.

Bob was born on July 15, 1929 in Wathena, Kansas to George & Eunice (Gladden) Shuster.

Bob was a U.S. Marine serving in Korea. He was Truck driver, retiring from Yellow Freight and Teamsters Union and also a member of the American Legion Post #161 and the


Mary Jean “Pug” Zeit

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Mary Jean “Pug” Zeit, 80, of Atchison, Kansas passed away October 10, 2018 with her family at her side.

Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Louis Church with Rev. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Louis Church Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on Saturday, from 10-11:00 a.m. precedin


Dale Lance

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Fairview, KS

Dale Lance, 96, of Fairview, passed away October 10, 2018, at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.

He was born August 2, 1922, at Morrill, one of three sons of James and Verna Kanter Lance.

He married Thelma McGeeney, February 14, 1947. Dale retired from the Fairview Farmer’s State Bank in December 1991. Dale and Thelma spent their winters in Mesa, Arizona for


Shirley Weber

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Shirley A. (Waller) Weber, 82, of Troy, Kansas passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at the Wathena nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Wathena, Kansas.

Shirley was born on March 4, 1936 in Burbank, Oklahoma to Snoden James and Ersell Lee (Vaught) Waller.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Troy, Kansas.

Shirley married Jerral A. Weber on Au


Dorothy Marie “Dotty” Thompson-Graves

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Topeka, KS

TOPEKA- Dorothy Marie “Dotty” Thompson-Graves, 59, of Topeka, KS passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at her home with family by her side. She was born March 31, 1959 in Hannibal, MO, the daughter of John and Dorothy Elizabeth (Burrows) Winston.

          Dotty graduated from Seaman High School in 1977 and had lived most of h


Maxine VanDonge

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Maxine B. VanDonge, 95, of Holton, KS, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born August 17, 1923 in America City, KS, the daughter of Lewis and Bertha (Nichols) Sumner.

Maxine attended Anderson and Bucks Grove Country Schools. She graduated from Soldier High School in 1941. Maxine was a homemaker and farmwife.

She was a member of S


Donald F. Neavitt

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly Atchison, KS

Donald F. Neavitt, 89, formerly of Atchison, Kansas, died Saturday, October 6, 2018.

Memorial services will be Friday, October 19, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Atchison United Methodist Church with Rev. Nancy J Kollhoff officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Oct. 19th, from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the church. Memorial contrib


Carol Yazzie

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

Carol June "Ke-Wada-No-Quah" Yazzie, 65, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at her home, on the Kickapoo Reservation.

She was born on March 3, 1953 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Leonard McKinney and Melvina Mjessepe Banks. Carol graduated from Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, Oklahoma and from Northeast Kansas Vo-Tech in Atchison, Kansas wit


Mrs. Mary Jane Thum

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Mrs. Mary Jane Thum, 97, Atchison, Kansas died Sunday, October 7, 2018 at Atchison Hospital.

Services for Mrs. Mary Jane Thum are pending at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, Atchison, and will be announced at a later date.

Surviving are daughters, Mary Thum, London, Ellie Folsom, Atchison, KS, Kathleen Toney, Leawood, KS, a brother, Bill Reilly, Laguna Niguel, CA., five g


Nila Cook

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

Nila Jean Cook, 85, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital in Hiawatha, Kansas.

She was born on February 7, 1933 at her parents home, in Hiawatha, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel and Evelyn Crowner Potter. Nila was a homemaker and enjoyed golfing, oil painting, sewing, crocheting, knitting, gardening, tending to her flowers and


Alvin " Jack" Herbers, Jr.

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Alvin John “Jack” Herbers, Jr., 60, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Holton, passed away Friday, October 5, 2018 at Tanglewood Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born June 19, 1958, the son of Alvin J. Herbers, Sr. and Charlotte Earline (Cummings) Herbers.      

Jack graduated from Holton High School in


Emil Spellmeier

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Emil Spellmeier, 97, of Sabetha, KS passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018.

Emil was born August 14, 1921 on a farm 5 miles southeast of Fairview. He was the only son of Henry and Emma (Lear) Spellmeier and the youngest of 4 children; his three sisters preceded him in death. Emil attended Turner Grade School for 8 years, and graduated from Fairview High School with the class of 1940.


Stanley Koelliker

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Horton , KS

Stanley Wayne Koelliker, 74, of Horton, surrounded by his family, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Saturday, October 6, 2018.

Stan was born December 10, 1943, in Horton, to Gilbert H. and Dorothy Stone Koelliker. He was raised on a farm on the Brown-Doniphan county line and graduated with the class of 1962 in Highland, Kansas. Stan joined the U.S. Army in the fall of 1963 and s


Mary Lucille Lovitt

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Crab Orchard, NE

Mary Lucille Lovitt, 97, of Crab Orchard, passed away late Friday afternoon on October 5, 2018. She was in her home surrounded by her children in the village of Crab Orchard, Nebraska where she lived for ninety-seven years. She was born August 28, 1921 to Lee and Christina (Craney) Truscott on a farm northeast of Crab Orchard, Nebraska.

Mary Lucille was a pillar in t


Anne Leonard

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Anne M. Leonard, 47 of Seneca lost her battle against cancer on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca, with her family by her side.

Anne was born on June 5, 1971 in Tecumseh, Nebraska to Jim and Penni Jewell Reimers. She grew up in Brock, NE and attended Brock Elementary School and Johnson-Brock High School where she graduated in 1989.


Stanley Keith Stalder

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Humboldt, NE

Stanley Keith Stalder, 85, of Humboldt, passed away October 5, 2018, in Humboldt, Nebraska. He was born on June 19, 1933, in rural Humboldt, Nebraska to the late Olin and Margaret (Bucher) Stalder. Stanley was raised on the family farm, attended Pleasant Hill country school and graduated from Humboldt High School with the Class of 1951. After graduating, he began his farming career with his fa