Announcements

Tamra Elaine Gibson

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Tamra Elaine Gibson, 57, of Atchison KS died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 at her home.

Memorial services will be 7:30pm on Tuesday, Sept. 6th, 2016 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Cline officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:30pm until time of service at the funeral home.  The body has been cremated and private family burial of cremated remains w


Eugene “Mouse” Strauss

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Eugene “Mouse” Strauss, 72, of Falls City, NE passed away August 31, 2016 at Lincoln, NE. He was born on April 17, 1944 to the late Harold and Evelyn (Zentner) Strauss.

 He served in the National Guard Falls City Company B. He married Regina Nichols in 1967 at Falls City and later divorced in 1984 and then on August 29, 2003 he met the love of his life, Anit


Carl Sternsdorff

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Lancaster , KS

Carl Henry Sternsdorff, 83, of Effingham, KS died Tuesday, August 30th, 2016, at the Atchison Senior Village.                                               &nb


Lucille Schaefer

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Auburn, NE

Lucille Schaefer, age 103 of Auburn, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Good Samaritan Society-Auburn.

Survivors include many nieces and nephews, other relatives, and friends.

A funeral service will be Wednesday, September 7, 10:00 a.m. at Hemmingsen Funeral Home in Auburn. Burial will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery at Peru. Visitation will be at the funeral home


Reba Mae Shaffer

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

Reba Mae Shaffer (January 7, 1936 - August 30, 2016)

Reba Mae (Braden) Shaffer was born on January 7, 1936 to Henry “Pete” Braden and Helen Reinertsen in St. Joseph, Missouri. She was a sister to Charles Braden (deceased), Betty Gardner, Sabetha, KS; , Martha Roberts (deceased), Georgia Braden (deceased), and Richard Braden (deceased).

Growing up Reba


Raelynne Marie (Malone) Dunn

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

St. Joseph, MO

Raelynne Marie (Malone) Dunn, age 45 of St. Joseph, MO, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.

Survivors include her husband of 23 years, Brett; three children, Kaleb, Trevor and Sierra; mother and step-father, Bobbi Daugherty (Fred), Bensalem, Pennsylvania; sister, Rachelle Malone, St. Joseph, Missouri; brother, Rusty Clark Malone (Amanda), Kansas


Gerald F. “Jerry” Lund

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Gerald F. “Jerry” Lund, 82, Atchison, Kansas, died Monday, August 29, 2016 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Memorial services will be Friday, September 2, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the Trinity Episcopal Church with Fr. Jon Hullinger officiating. Burial will follow in the Trinity Episcopal Gardens. Visitation with the family will be Thursday, Sep. 1, 2016 from 6-7:


Mary S. (Daniel) Dyer

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly of Saint Joseph, MO

Mary S. (Daniel) Dyer, age 105 of Muenster, TX, formerly of Saint Joseph, Missouri, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison, Kansas with Rev. Keith Hoover officiating. Burial will follow in Sugar Creek Cemetery in Rushville, Missouri. A visitation will


Breana " Breezy" Frayer

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Powhattan , KS

With her parents at her side, our angel, Breana Irene “Breezy” Frayer, of Powhattan, went to heaven to join her fellow angels on August 29th, 2016. She was 11 years old.

Breana was born June 16th, 2005, in Topeka Kansas. She joined her forever family on Christmas Eve of that year. She was the best Christmas present.

Breana loved making crafts, working with h


Bonita " Bonnie" Turner

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Kansas City, KS

Bonita K. "Bonnie" Turner, 66, Kansas City passed away Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

Bonnie was born June 15, 1950 in Sabetha, KS to John J. and Loretta Huerter Niehues. She attended grade school and St. Bede’s High School in Kelly, KS, graduating in 1968. She moved to Kansas City and worked as an accountant, including work at Ba


Robert " Bob" Rokey

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Robert “Bob” Rokey, 89, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Sunday, August 28, 2016 at the Sabetha Manor.   Visitation will be Friday, September 2, 2016 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha.

Memorial contributions may be made to SAABA of Sabetha, sent in care of the funeral home, 823 Virginia, Sabetha, KS 66534. www.popkes


Juanita Ellington

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Juanita Marleen Ellington, 85, of Sabetha died unexpectedly at the Sabetha Manor on Sunday, August 28, 2016.  

Juanita was born on October 30, 1930 in Phoenix, Arizona to Leva Roundtree and William Ambrose Hays.  She attended Sabetha School up to the 8th grade.  She married James Ellington on August 18, 1952 in Seneca, Kansas.  She then over the years welcomed c


Dorothy L. Flott

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Dorothy L. Flott, 88, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 at the Apostolic Christian Home.

Dorothy was born February 24, 1928 on a farm near Ozawkie, Idaho to Irl and Maggie (Schuster) Baker. She was the youngest of 4 girls. Dorothy graduated from Ozawkie High School and entered the Stormont School of Nursing in Topeka, Kansas, graduating as a Registered Nurse


Floyd Sanner

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hamlin, KS

Floyd H. Sanner, 85, of Hamlin, died Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2016, at the Sabetha Manor where he had been a resident since 2014.

Floyd was born in Brown County, June 9, 1931, the eldest of two sons born to Virgil and Ethel Hollabaugh Sanner and had lived in the Hamlin-Morrill-Sabetha communities his entire life.  He attended country school near Sycamore Springs prior to


Rita Mosher

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Rita Mosher, 79, Atchison, Kansas, died Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Olathe Hospice House.

Mass of Christian burial will be Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 10:30 AM at St. Benedict’s Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 6:30 PM at the Arensberg-Pruett Funer


Esther Mueller

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Esther L. Mueller, 100, of Hiawatha, passed away surrounded by her family, Saturday, August 27, 2016, at Vintage Park Assisted Living Apartments in Hiawatha.

Esther was born at the family home near Reserve, December 21, 1915, the daughter of Ralph Sr. and Jennie Frye Hillyer and had lived in Brown County her entire life.  She grew up near Reserve, attended Hart District #33 co


Glen Meyer

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Glen J. Meyer, 55, of Seneca, passed Friday, August 26, 2016 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

He was born December 2, 1960 of Seneca, Kansas, the son Mildred Olberding Meyer and the late Frank J. Meyer.

Glen was preceded in death by his father Frank on August 16, 1982 and his nephew Andrew Meyer on January 8, 2002; a sister- in -law Patty Meyer on January 11


Richard Wayne Miller

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Denton , KS

Richard Wayne Miller 82, of Denton, Kansas died Friday, August 26th, 2016 at the Mosaic Life Center, St. Joseph, MO.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at St. Benedicts Church, Bendena, KS with Fr. Francis Bakyor as Celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Benedict’s Cemetery, Bendena. A  Knights of Columbus Rosary will be recited


Grace Ann Brentano

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Grace Ann Brentano, 69, Atchison, Kansas, died Friday, August 26, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Mass of Christian burial will be Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Joseph’s Church with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. at


Bill Jones

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Topeka, formerly of Holton , KS

Hugh William “Bill” Jones, 72, of Topeka, KS formerly of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born August 7, 1944 in Holton, KS the son of Wayne D. and Lillie B. (Beamer) Jones.

Bill graduated from Sabetha High School in 1962 and attended Ottawa University and Emporia State Teachers College. He had lived in Topeka f