Announcements

Larry Stahl

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Fairview , KS

Larry Wayne Stahl, 80, of Fairview, Kansas passed away at his home Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Larry was born January 4, 1936 to Fawn Arthur Stahl and Twilla Leverne Gordon. He attended and graduated from Fairview High School. Larry married Darlene Lehmkuhl on July 31, 1954. He was a member of the Fidelity Knig


Donald Rowan

Hiawatha , KS

Donald Lee Rowan, 76, of Hiawatha, died April 7, 2016 at his home. Don was born Feb. 25, 1940 in his home near Troy to John and Doris (Trant) Rowan, the second of four siblings. Don attended Hiawatha High School.

From 1957-1959, Don served in the Army National Guard in Hiawatha. This led to his enlisting in the Air Force in 1959. From 1959-1963, D


R. Jane Weingart

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Mrs. R. Jane Weingart 94, Atchison, Kansas died at Sunrise of Leawood in Leawood, Kansas on April 8, 2016. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM on Tuesday April 12, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Church with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Visitation with


Russell Maynard Kendall

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena, KS

Russell Maynard Kendall, 72, of Wathena, Kansas passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at his home.  Russell was born on July 29, 1943 in Sweet Springs, Missouri to Hosea & Emogene (White) Kendall.  Russell worked for IBEW local 53 as a Journeyman Lineman.&


Gordon Kern

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Mayetta, KS

Gordon L. Kern, 89, of Mayetta, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at his home in Mayetta.

Gordon was born June 21, 1926 on a farm in rural Mayetta, the son of Everett B. and Lucy (Hunter) Kern.  He attended Mayetta High School and later enlisted with the United States Navy proudly serving his country in WWII and the Korean Conflict. On Janu


Richard W. Tull

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home

Atchison, KS

Richard W. Tull, 72, of Atchison, KS passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Pastor Phillip O’Reilly officiating. Burial will follow at Sumner Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Monday, April 11, 2016 at the funeral home. Memorial


Beverly Anne Richey

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Beverly Anne Richey, 80, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 7, 206 at Falls City. She was born September 4, 1935 to Clyde and Dorothy (Gormley) Barnes. On November 24, 1954 she married Keith Richey at the Christian Church in Reserve, KS. He passed away November 18, 2006. More...

Tom Davies

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Thomas Wayne “Tom” Davies, 74, of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born September 11, 1941 in Concordia, KS the son of Rowland A. and Isabelle M. (Hess) Davies.

Tom graduated from Concordia High School in 1959. He attended San Bernardino College in CA and also Emporia State Unive


Madeleine “Mimi” Schmucker

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Brock, NE

Madeleine “Mimi” Schmucker, age 100 of Brock, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at her home. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law Gary and Linda of Gering; Robert and Carol of Raymond; Jim and Kim of Scottsbluff; grandsons Wade of Omaha; Chad of San Francisco; great-granddaughter Emily of


Merle Francis Noll

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Savannah, MO

Merle Francis Noll, 77, of Savannah, MO, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, MO.   Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in the Mooney Creek Community of Winchester, KS. Cremation will follow and burial will ta


Wayne Lee Neal Brown

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Rural Auburn, NE

Wayne Lee Neal Brown, age 3, of rural Auburn, NE passed away Tuesday April 5, 2016. A funeral service for Wayne Brown will be held Saturday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m. at the Hall Funeral Chapel in Auburn, NE. Burial will follow at the Spring Creek Cemetery near Tecumseh, NE. Officiating Allan Thomas Visitation is sched


Laura Adams

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Laura Adams, 94, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 6, 2016 at Falls City. She was born November 24, 1921 south of Rulo, NE on the Iowa Tribal Reservation to the late Jacob and Evelyn (Leary) Nanomantube. On July 6, 1942 she married John L. Adams, Sr. at Falls City. He passed away October 10, 1979.

Mary Howard

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Barada, NE

 Mary Howard of Barada Nebraska passed away on April 6, 2016 at the Falls City Nursing and Rehab Home. She was born to Ben and Sophia (Parchen) Kirkendall on Nov 30, 1925 near Barada. She was married to Junior Earl Howard on Dec 24, 1943 and they were later divorced. More...

Eleanor Mosteller

Wherry Mortuary in Humboldt

Sabetha, formerly of Bern, KS

Eleanor Elizabeth (Dick) Mosteller, 93, of Sabetha formerly of Bern, Kansas was born July 26, 1922, near DuBois, Nebraska to Ernest and Sarah (Habegger) Dick.  Eleanor grew up, the eldest of three children, on a farm east of DuBois.  For her early formal education, she attended Rockdale Country School and later graduated from DuBois High School in 1940


Evelyn Loyd

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Evelyn A. Loyd, 94, of Hiawatha, died peacefully Monday evening, April 4, 2016, at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Hiawatha, where she had been a resident a few weeks. 

Evelyn was born February 26, 1922, at Denton, Kansas, one of five daughters born to Charles and Lucy May Swartz Gish and had lived in t


Amy Jo Smith

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Amy Jo Smith, 27, Atchison, Kansas died Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph, Missouri. Memorial services will be Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at New Life Assembly of God Church with Pastor Kenneth Watkins officiating.  Inurnment will follow in Cummings Cemetery, Cummings, Kansas. &n


Angela Kay (Bird) Vandeloo

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Angela Kay (Bird) Vandeloo, 40, of Atchison, KS died Sat. April 2, 2016 at the Newman Regional Medical Center, Emporia, KS. Memorial services will be 11:00 am on Friday, April 8th, 2016 at the New Assembly of God Church, with Rev. Ken Watkins officiating. Burial of cremated remains will follow in the Mt. Vernon Cem


Darrel J. Koso

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Rulo, NE

Darrel J. Koso, 84 of Rulo, NE passed away Monday, April 4, 2016 at Falls City Nursing and Rehab. He was born on December 14, 1931 to John and Nettie (Flaherty) of Barada, NE. Attended rural school. He was inducted into the army and stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas on 29 January 1953. He served in Korea for 2 years and was honorably discharged 31 December 1954 at


Duane Joseph Overfield , 53, of Topeka, passed away March 31, 2016. He was born February 1, 1963 at Fall City, Nebraska to Donald Jean and Josephine (Moorehead) Overfield. He attended school in Fall City and later attended Hiawatha High School. He completed his GED in 1981.

He married Linda Torrez at Trinity United Methodist Church in Hiawatha, K


Meredith " Jeanie" Idol

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland

a White Cloud native , KS

White Cloud, Kansas native Meredith J. “Jeanie” Idol, 69, of St. Joseph, MO, died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, Sunday evening, April 3, 2016.

Jeanie, as she was known by family and friends, was born at White Cloud, July 6, 1946, one of six children born to Henry Eugene “Bean” and Doris Collins Waggoner a