Announcements

Darla Ballue

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Beatrice, NE

Darla Ballue, 50, of Beatrice, NE, passed away June 6, 2018 at Beatrice. She was born June 21, 1967 at Falls City to Robert and Donna Mae (Roberts) Adams. 

She married Richard Gibson in 1985 and they were later divorced. She married Gene Ballue on August 25, 2006 at Pawnee City, NE.

Darla was raised at Rulo and attended Falls City High School. Following her schooli


Ronald Jacobson

Formerly Everest , KS

Graveside services for Ronald Jacobson, of Towanda, Kansas, formerly of Everest, will be Monday morning at 11:00 at the Zion Lutheran Church cemetery, north of Everest.


Lonnie Bennett

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Lonnie Bennett, 65, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, June 4, 2018, at Atchison Medicalodge.

Funeral services will be Friday, June 8, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church with Rev. Vernon Winfrey and Rev. Thomas Stone officiating.  Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be Friday, June 8th from 12:30 P.M. unti


Joseph Ramirez

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

Joseph "Joey" Raymond Ramirez, 24, of Horton, Kansas passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018 in Topeka, Kansas.

He was born on March 7, 1994 in Hiawatha, Kansas the son of Sam and Ramona Greene Ramirez. Joey worked for the City of Horton in the water and waste manage  and as a tile installer in Oklahoma. He was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe.

Survivors includ


Rosella Strawn

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel in Vancouver, WA

Vancouver, WA

Rosella Strawn passed away on May 24, 2018 at the age of 97 in Vancouver, WA. She was born near Effingham, KS on June 22, 1920 in the family home to Martin Kelly and Margaret Conrad Kelly.

After earning her teaching certificate, Rosella taught in the one-room school built on the corner of her family's farm and that she attended in grade school. In 1944, she headed West t


Mafina Droge

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Mafina “Fina” Nolia Pafuti Seva’aetasi-Droge, 70, of Seneca, lost her battle against breast cancer on May 23, 2018, at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

Fina was born on April 22, 1948, in America Samoa to Tago Robert Seva’aetasi and Siuila Solomona-Seva’aetasi. One of 13 children in the Seva’aetasi family, Fina spent most of her childhood yea


Marie Anderson

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Marie Glace Anderson, 92, of Seneca, died on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Life Care Center of Seneca.

Marie Glace Anderson, Seneca, Kansas was born August 29, 1925 in Clay Center Kansas to Fred and Aleda (Heinen) Oetinger. She attended country grade school and graduated from Clay Center High School in 1943. Following graduation Marie taught school for two years

On June 1, 1


Jerry Jimeson

Porter Funeral Home in Lenexa

Overland Park , KS

Gerald Dean Jimeson, 85, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Monday, June 4, 2018.  

Service will be 1:00 PM Saturday, June 9, at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road Prairie Village,  KS 66208.  Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha, KS at 5:00 PM.  Visitation will be from 6:30-8:30 PM PM Friday at the Porter Funeral Home, 8535 Monrovia Stree


Robert "Bob" Lehmkuhl

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Fairview, KS

Vincent Robert “Bob” Lehmkuhl went to meet his savior on the morning of Monday, June 4, 2018, at the age of 74.

Bob was born March 1, 1944, at the Sabetha Hospital to Vincent and Margaret (Honeyman) Lehmkuhl. He attended Pleasant Hill School, St Augustine Fidelity school, and Hamlin school. He graduated from Fairview High School with the class of 1962.

On Ma


Darlene Turnball

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Darlene Dorothy Wilcox Turnbull of Pawnee City, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Premier Estates.  She was born November 3, 1926, to Joe and Frances (Clema) Wilcox at Table Rock, Nebraska.

For three years of her early life she lived in Nebraska City, the remainder of her life in Pawnee County.

She graduated from Pawnee City High School in 1945


Thomas Vance

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Springfield , MO

Thomas Eugene Vance, 67, a native of Independence, MO, currently of Springfield, MO, died Friday morning, June 1, 2018, at Wilson’s Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield, where he had been a resident a few years.

Tom was born in Independence, March 15, 1951, one of four children born to Frank and Marion Etta Modie Vance.  He grew up in Independence where


Eric J. Timothy

Hall Funeral Chapel of Falls City

Forest City, MO

Eric J. Timothy, 28 years of age, of Forest City, MO passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018. He was born on April 8, 1990 in Falls City, NE to Ronald and Kim (Bokelman) Timothy. Eric attended Dawson High School and South Holt High School. He married Samantha Cotton on October 8, 2016 in Oregon, MO. Eric was working for the Holt County Road and Bridge Department. He enjoyed mushroom hunting, fishing,


Todd Walter Eckert

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Effingham, KS

Todd Walter Eckert, 52, of Effingham, KS, passed away Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Atchison Hospital.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Friday, June 8, 2018 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church with Fr. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as Celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Ann’s Catholic Cemetery. A Parish Rosary will be recited at 6:00 PM, Thursday, June 7, 2018 at the church,


Robert " Bob" Marthaler

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Robert “Bob” F. Marthaler, 75, of Sabetha, Kansas died peacefully Sunday, June 3, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family.

He was born on November 23, 1942 the son of Ira and Martha (McPheeters) Marthaler in Lincoln, Nebraska. At the age of one he and his family moved to Sabetha, Kansas. He attended and graduated from Sabetha High School with the Class of 1960.


Elsie Mae Lewis

Hall Funeral Home in Auburn

Shubert , NE

Elsie Mae (Davidson) Lewis was born November 6, 1934 to Myron “Red” and Lorena Mae (Burrell) Davidson in Yates Center, Kansas.  She grew up and moved with her family residing in Burlington, KS, Omaha and Falls City, NE.   She attended elementary school at Omaha Public School, Falls City Public School and graduated from Sacred Heart High School , she was involved and excel


Eileen Swanson

Padden Funeral Chapel in Frankfort

Frankfort , KS

Eileen Ann Swanson, 75, of Frankfort, Kan., joined her savior in heaven on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Visitation will be Thursday, June 7 from 6 to 8 PM at Padden Funeral Chapel in Frankfort.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 8 at Annunciation Catholic Church in Frankfort. Father Daniel Schmitz will officiate.


Mary Keegan

Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home

Axtell, KS

Mary H. Keegan, 99, of Axtell, Kan., died Thursday, May 31, 2018, at Life Care Center of Seneca.

Visitation will be held Monday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home in Axtell.

A rosary service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Monday, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Axtell.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m.


Georgia Windle

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Georgia Jean (Morris) Windle, 85, of Sabetha, KS passed peacefully to her heavenly home on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at the Sabetha Manor.

Georgia was born near Humboldt, Nebraska on November 17, 1932 to Carl and Ella (Wagoner) Morris.  Prior to her graduation from Bern High School in 1950, Georgia attended country school.  On May 29, 1955 Georgia married Donald “Buck&rd


Barbara Solt

Popkess Memorial Chapel in Seneca

Corning , KS

Barbara Sue (Lape) Solt, 84, of Corning, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the Life Care Center in Seneca.

Barbara was born on March 8, 1934 in Salem, Nebraska to Rea and Geneva (Graden) Lape. She was a talented seamstress, gardener (vegetables and flowers), homemaker, organizer, Mom and wife.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl on May 14, 2018; an


Susan Nelson

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena , KS

Susan Elizabeth (Dittemore) Nelson, 60, of Wathena, Kansas passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at the Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Susan was born on May 22, 1958 in to Robert Eugene & Mary (Sutton) Dittemore.

She was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church, (where she was baptized on June 1, 1958 & where she taug