Announcements

Jessie Clark, Jr

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Jessie Clark, Jr., 70, of Falls City, NE, passed away May 24, 2017 at Falls City. He was born December 6, 1946 at Kansas City, MO to Jessie and Myrtle (Liberty) Clark, Jr.

Jessie was raised in Kansas City and graduated St. Pius X. Following graduation, he worked various management jobs, was employed by the United States Postal Service, then at Hill Air Force Base doing billeting, w


Willis " Fibber" McGee

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Willis Edward “Fibber” McGee, 93, of Holton, KS, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born March 8, 1924 in Holton, the son of Carl and Mary E. (Hug) McGee.

Fibber graduated from Mayetta High School in 1942, this year would have been his 75th class alumni. After high school, he proudly served in the United States Army during WWII


Ted Phroper

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Cortland, NE

Ted Phroper, 57, of Cortland, NE, passed away May 22, 2017 at his home. He was born May 1, 1960 at Falls City, NE to Mike and Doris (Mackey) Phroper.

Ted Served in the Nebraska National Guard Reserves, Company B, at Falls City from 1979 to 1988.

On April 3, 1978 he married Gail Smith at Hiawatha, KS.

Ted was raised at Falls City and graduated Falls City High


Russell “Dean” Horner

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Russell “Dean” Horner, 79, of Troy, Kansas passed away Monday, May 22, 2017 at his home. Dean was born on September 17, 1937 in Robinson, Kansas to Charles & Daisy (Shaiffer) Horner. 

He was a member of the U.S. Air Force, Troy American Legion Post #55 & UTU. Dean retired as a Conductor for the UP Railroad. 

Dean married Marilyn


Justin Smith

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Centralia , KS

Justin Arthur Smith, 42, of Centralia, Kansas passed away Sunday, May 21, 2017, from complications from a motorcycle accident.

He was born July 30, 1974, in Onaga, Kansas, the son of Terry E. Smith and Dreda A. (White) Smith.

Justin graduated in 1992 from Centralia High School.  He completed the Diesel Technology program from the ICS Learning Systems, the Farrier S


Richard Paul Kumpf

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Sioux Falls, SD

Richard Paul Kumpf was born January 27, 1936 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the youngest of three children born to Rev. Fred and Esther (Hoffmann) Kumpf.  He was baptized March 8, 1936 by his father at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Humboldt, South Dakota.  When Richard was 6 years old he moved with his family to rural Johnson, Nebraska where his father served as the pastor of the Zion L


Walter Edward Boldridge Jr.

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Walter Edward Boldridge, Jr., 80, Atchison, Kansas died Monday May 15, 2017 at Mosaic Life Care Hospital, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. at First Christian Church with Rev. Samuel Kyser officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Tuesday, May 23rd from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Are


William Hill

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

William Frank Hill, 88, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, May 22, 2017 at his home. He was born January 11, 1929 in Holton, KS the son of Thomas Logan and Ruth Elizabeth (Arnold) Hill.

William was a life-long member of the Holton farming community. He attended Bateman Grade School and graduated from Holton High School in 1946. William was a farmer and stockman. He was a member and


Karen Elizabeth Stous

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Karen Elizabeth Stous, 70, of Holton, KS passed awayMonday, May 22, 2017 at The Pines in Holton. She was born September 13, 1946 in Gardner, MA, the daughter of Joseph W. and Rita Mae (Gilbert) Gelinas.

Karen graduated from James Madison High School in 1964 at Clairemont, CA. She had lived in the Jackson County communities since 1977. Karen was a mom and homemaker. She had als


Lois Puvogel

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

Lois Shivers Hodges Puvogel, 84, of Horton, KS died Sunday morning, May 21, 2017 at Mission Village Living Center where she had been a resident for the past 18 months.

She was born August 16, 1932 to John and Bessie Shivers near rural Everest, KS the youngest of 9 children. Lois attended Horton Schools and graduated with the class of 1950. She married Donald L. Hodges on June 12, 1


Marjorie Wells

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Marjorie M. Wells, 90, formerly of Atchison, KS died on Friday, May 18, 2017 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS. 

Funeral services will be 2:00 pm on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison, KS. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May


Joseph John Smith, Jr.

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Joseph John Smith, Jr., 92 of Atchison, KS, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Medicalodge of Atchison, KS.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Atchison, KS with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as Celebrant and Father Norbert Sschappler, OSB, as concelebrant.  Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Effin


Fredrick H. "Fred" Newell

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Oskaloosa, KS

Fredrick H. “Fred” Newell, 85, of Oskaloosa, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center in Winchester.  A lifelong resident of Oskaloosa, He was born December 17, 1931 on the family farm, Northwest of town, the son of Valentine Dixon and Grace Elva Hudson Newell. He attended the Fairview Grade School and was a 1950 graduate of Oskaloosa High School.. H


Alice Hervey

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Alice B. (Bartram) Hervey, 90, of Sabetha, KS passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the Apostolic Christian Home.

Alice was born on May 25, 1926 in Violet, Nebraska to Ulysses Grant and Rena (Maguire) Bartram. She attended elementary school in the Berwick district and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1945. After graduation she moved to Topeka, Kansas where she met her husband,


Cleo Ann Tilllery

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Meriden, formerly of Valley Falls, KS

Cleo Ann Tillery, 80, Meriden, formerly of Valley Falls, died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Midland Care at Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls.   She was born March 20, 1937, at Oskaloosa, the daughter of Jack and Zelda Mae Davenport Dick. She graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1955.

In addition to being a homemaker, Cleo was a dental assistant for 38 year


Grace L. (Wiedmer) Hull

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Grace L. (Wiedmer) Hull, 89, of Troy, Kansas passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at her home. 

Born in rural Troy on April 14, 1928, Grace lived in the Troy community her entire life. She was a graduate of Troy High School, was a member of the former Burr Oak Baptist Church, and later attended the First Baptist Church of Troy. 

Mrs. Hull had been employe


Galen Porting

Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home

Axtell, KS

Galen G. Porting, 54, of Axtell, KS, died May 18, 2017 at Bryan Medical Center n Lincoln, NE.

Visitation will be Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home in Axtell, KS.

A rosary service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, May 21 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Axtell.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monda


Donald E. Ham

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Princeton, IL

Donald Evans Ham, 95, of Princeton, IL, died Thursday, May 11, 2017 in Rice Lake, WI.

He was born April 20, 1922 in Barada, NE to Clifton and Edith (Dean) Ham. After high school, he joined the CCC, and served 18 months before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1943. Don served as a Seabee in the Philippines and New Guinea. After his service, Don married Margaret Hall in Hiawatha, KS on


Edna Witt

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Edna Emma Lydia (Becker) Witt, 99 of Falls City, NE passed away May 15, 2017 at the Falls City Healthcare Community. She was born February 3, 1918 to Louis and Emelie (Herbster) Becker of rural Falls City.

Edna was raised on the family farm Northeast of Falls City and attended Country school District 25 through 8th grade. She was confirmed in the St. John's Lutheran Church. Edn


Marcus Latas

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Table Rock, NE

Marcus Latas, 23, of Table Rock, Nebraska passed away on Monday, May 15, 2017, at St. Elizabeth’s Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Born:  November 18, 1993 in Indianapolis, Indiana Died:  May 15, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska

A Graveside Memorial Service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2017, at the Mound (Prospect) Cemetery