Announcements

Gayleen Zentner

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Gayleen Zentner, 84, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 24, 2017 at Falls City. She was born January 5, 1933 at Shubert to Kenneth and Hazel (Rase) Wilson.

On July 20, 1958 she married Lewis Zentner at Falls City.

Gayleen was raised in Shubert and Falls City, graduating Falls City High School in 1950. She then attended Peru State Teachers College and obtained a teachi


William Scott Schock

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Retired Falls City Journal Publisher and popular columnist Scott Schock passed away at his home Saturday, April 22, 2017 from apparent sudden cardiac arrest. He was 68. 

Mr. Schock was associated with the Journal for 38 years, beginning as a reporter and photographer in 1976 before being promoted to editor, then publisher. His column, “Off the Cuff,” regularly a


Maxine Bowman Staley

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

rural Robinson, KS

Maxine Bowman Staley, 91, died Saturday evening, April 22, 2017, at Hiawatha Community Hospital, surrounded by her family.  She had made her home next door to her daughter and son in law Linda and Steve Korthanke of rural Robinson, for the past 16 years.

Maxine was born December 5, 1925, at Buffalo, KS, one of five children born to Arnold and Hazel Gilliland Moreland.  Sh


Marilyn Waller

Hixson-Klein Funeral Home in Gower, MO

St. Joseph, MO

Marilyn Waller, 67 of St. Joseph, MO was welcomed into the arms of Jesus, Friday, April 21, 2017 at her home.

She was born on January 29, 1950 to Clifford J. and Mary Ellen (Harrach) Coufal in Highland, Kansas.  Marilyn grew up in the Bendena, KS area and graduated valedictorian from Midway High School in 1968.  Marilyn attended Methodist School of Nursing and r


Bertille Lucy "Bert" Zeltner

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Everest, KS

Bertille Lucy “Bert” Zeltner, 96 of Everest, Kansas passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Maple Heights Senior Living Center in Hiawatha, Kansas.

Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, April 24, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Mary’s Church at Purcell, Kansas with Rev. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Church Cemete


Ethel Baumgartner

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Ethel Agnes (Wilhelm) Baumgartner, 88, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Friday, April 21, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Ethel was born on February 6, 1929 to Frank and Amelia (Heinen) Wilhelm near the Seneca and Kelly area. She attended and graduated from St. Bede’s High School in Kelly, Kansas. Ethel was united in marriage to Denzel Baumgartner on August 9,


Louis F. Bidding

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Louis F. Bidding, 88, of Atchison, KS, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph, MO.

Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Monday, April 24, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison, KS.  Family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00


Jesse Hamilton

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Denton , KS

Jesse Miles Hamilton, 61, of Denton, Kansas passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at his home.

Jesse was born on April 12, 1956 in Highland, Kansas to George & Gertrude (Adkins) Hamilton.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Troy, Kansas. Jesse worked for MGP Ingredients of Atchison, Kansas as a Material Handl


James Macke

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

James H.  Macke, 66, of Seneca, Kansas, died unexpectedly Monday, April 17, 2017, at his home in Seneca.

He was born on August 21, 1950, in Seneca, the only son of Henry and Mary Nordhus Macke. He grew up on the Macke farm and attended B & B school; graduating from High School in 1969. He was a farmer and a stockman, farming with his Father until his own health forced him


Thelma Sawyer

Wherry Mortuary in Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Thelma (Vance) Sawyer, 91, of Pawnee City, Nebraska was born on February 1, 1926, in Bassett, Nebraska to Harold and Blanche (Olson) Vance.  Her family moved to Pawnee City in 1938 when her father took over the position of Ag teacher at Pawnee City High School.  Thelma graduated from Pawnee City High School with the class of 1943.  She went one year to Nebraska Wesleyan Universi


Pacey Marie Maxfield

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Horton, KS

Pacey Marie Maxfield passed away peacefully in the loving arms of her mother and father on the evening of April 18, 2017. She came early to her loving family and left us too soon. Pacey was born on her mother’s birthday April 17, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at Stormont Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

She is survived by her parents Samantha Stephenson and Wesley Maxfield of Horton, KS; Gra


Esther Ellen Clark

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Formerly of Talmage, NE

Esther Ellen Clark, 98, formerly of Talmage, Nebraska was born on January 27, 1919 in Hardin, Montana to Boyd and Eunice Violet (Young) Whisnant.  She attended grade school in Clarkston, Montana and later attended Clarkston High School where she graduated in 1936.

 Esther met her future husband Charles Clark while he was working in the shipyards in Washington and they wer


Trenton Stutheit

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Omaha, Formerly of Falls City , NE

Trenton Carl Stutheit, age 29 of Omaha, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha.

Survivors include his daughter Annella of Omaha; Annella’s mother Amanda Schulte of Omaha; mother and step-father Linda and Patrick Portrey of Shubert; father and step-mother Mervin and Patty Stutheit of Dawson; grandmothers Judie Douglas of Peru; Daisy


Lynn Heiman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Lynn Elmer Heiman, 65, of Seneca, Kansas, died unexpectedly on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 at his daughter’s home in Kansas City, Missouri.

Lynn was born on July 18, 1951 in Axtell, to Elmer F. and Aurelia Macke Heiman. He grew up in the Baileyville community; and attended B & B High School, graduating with the Class of 1970. He attended Emporia State College for a


Margaret Heuertz

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

Margaret E. Heuertz, 77, Valley Falls, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at a Topeka hospital as a result of injuries from a single vehicle accident near Topeka.

She was born Feb. 12, 1940, at Valley Falls, the daughter of Elmer A. and Esther Gile Hosler. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1957.

Margaret was a homemaker. She had done residential cleaning and had


Harvey Sauvage

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Havensville, KS

Harvey Perl Sauvage, 87, of Havensville, KS passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born November 2, 1929 in Emmett, KS the son of Carl Charles and Nellie “Mae” (Day) Sauvage.

Harvey attended Holton and Havensville schools. He grew up helping his dad on the family farm and later was a farmer and stockman on his own farm south of Havensvi


Eugene F. “Gene” Miller

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Eugene F. “Gene” Miller, 87 years young, of Atchison, Kansas, died peacefully in his sleep on Easter Sunday at his home.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Joseph’s Church with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A Parish and Knights of Columbus rosary will be recited


George “Jules” Langdon

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

George “Jules” Langdon passed away on Saturday evening, April 15, 2017, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

Jules was born January 26, 1942, to Arthur and Margurete Dome Langdon, in Muscotah, KS, the youngest of 4 children. Jules graduated from Oskaloosa High School in l960 and married Janice Spence, his high school Sweetheart August


David Clark

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

David Clark, 69, of Troy, Kansas passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at the Highland Healthcare. 

David was born on August 18, 1947 in Troy, Kansas to Robert L. & Mary A. (Sell) Clark. 

He was a member of the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam as a medic. David owned & operated his own business as a land surveyor in Troy, Kansas. He was also a membe


Rose Mary Garber

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Rose Mary Garber, 88, of Sabetha died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Sabetha Manor.

Rose Mary was born February 17, 1929 at home in Oneida, Kansas to Edwin E. Bauman, Sr. and Mae (Milne) Bauman. She was the third of four children. She was united in marriage to Allen G. Garber on July 19, 1946 in Washington, Kansas. Rose Mary and Allen lived and farmed south of Berwick, Kansas. She w