Announcements

Ronald L. Thonen

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Circleville, KS

Ronald L. Thonen, 78, of Circleville, KS passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born December 23, 1936 in Horton, KS the son of Roy and Helen Grannell Thonen.Ronald graduated from Whiting High School in 1955. After high school he proudly served in the United States Navy for 4 ye

Cherie D. Green

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Cherie D. Green, 58, Atchison, Kansas died Saturday, August 29, 2015 in St. Joseph, Missouri.Funeral services will be Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 1100 A.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Ogle officiating. The body will be cremated following these services. Visitation with the family will be Friday, September 4th

W. "Jack" Higley

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

W. ldquoJackrdquo Higley, 84, of Atchison Kansas died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at his home following a lengthy illness.Memorial services will be 1030 AM on Friday, Sept. 4th, 2015 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.nbsp Mr. Higley has been cremated and burial of his cremated remains will follow the

Mary Ann Brockhoff

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Mary Ann Brockhoff, 83, born January 20, 1932 near Bern, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. Mary Ann graduated from Bern High School in 1950. Mary Ann married Albert Dale Brockhoff on April 6, 1958. She was a member of the No

Mildred Rieschick

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City , NE

Mildred E. Rieschick, 90, of Lincoln, NE, passed away August 30, 2015 at Falls City. She was born June 30, 1925 at Peru, NE to the late Elmer and Blanche Markem Gilliland.On July 5, 1945 she married Melvin Rieschick at Hiawatha, KSMildred was raised at Peru and Fa

Ferol Preston Gehring II

Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and Crematory in Topeka.

Topeka and Atchison, KS

Ferol Preston Gehring II, 79, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015.He was born August 14, 1936 in Girard, Kansas, the son of Ferol Preston and Sue Wadsworth Bruney Gehring. He was a 1954 graduate of Atchison High School and graduated in 1959 with a Bachelorrsquos in Science at the University of Kansas. He served in the U.S. Air Forc

Honorable Judge Michael Ireland

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Honorable Judge Micheal Allen Ireland, 66, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born May 23, 1949 in Holton, KS, the son of Russell L. and Pauline A. Desbien Ireland.nbspMike graduated from Holton High School in 1967 and received his Bachelors Degree from Kansas State University in 1971 while a

Charlotte Irene Black

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home Atchison

Atchison, KS

nbspCharlotte Irene Black, 88, of Rushville, MO, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. nbspfont size"3" face

Lester H. Hartter

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Bern, KS

nbspLester Harold Hartter was born March 4, 1916, on a farm southwest of Bern, Kansas, to Benjamin and Mary Meyer Hartter. He passed away at the Apostolic Christian Care Home in Sabetha, KS on August 29, 2015 at the age of 99 frac12 years. Lester attended 8 years of schooling near Bern. As a young school boy, he developed his love for the outdoors, farming, and livestock.

Debbie Parker

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Debbie A. Parker, 59, of Hiawatha, surrounded by her family went to be with Jesus on Friday August 28, 2015.Debbie was born November 12, 1955 in St. Joseph, Missouri, one of five children of Max and Winnie Randall Shubert.nbsp Debbie grew up in Mound City and graduated with the class of 1974. Debbie has two wonderful children, the love of her l

Leander " Pete" Engelken

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca , KS

Leander J. ldquoPeterdquo Engelken, 86, of Seneca died on Friday morning, August 28, 2015, at his home in Seneca. Leander Joseph was born September 7, 1928, southwest of Seneca to Joseph A. and Anna K. Rettele Engelken. He attended Sts. Peter and Paul School and graduated in 1947.nbsp He helped farm on the family farm before entering the service i

Roger Wolfe

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Roger D. Wolfe, 76, died Friday, August 28, 2015, at Hiawatha Community Hospital.Roger was born October 4, 1938, in Horton, KS, the son of Alvin and Frieda Oltjen Wolfe.nbsp He graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1956 and attended Kansas State University where he received a bachelorrsquos degree in Feed Technology.nbsp While at Kansas St

Shelley Glenn

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Auburn , NE

Shelley Glen, age 69 of Auburn, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln, NE.Survivors include her husband John of Auburn son and daughter-in-law Jason and Julie Lambert of Nemaha daughter and son-in-law Megan and Greg Hale of Peoria, AZ step-children and spouses John and S

Wilma Jean Thompson

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Woodlawn, KS

Wilma Jean Thompson, 72, of Woodlawn died on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at the Sabetha Community Hospital after battling cancer for several years.Wilma was born in Sabetha, Kansas to Albert and Louise Bauerle Ackerman on June 23, 1943. nbsp nbspShe attended and graduated from Sabetha High School. nbspAfter graduation she married, Darryl Thomp

Miriam A. Kaighin

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Miriam A. Kaighin, 96, of Atchison, KS passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, MO.Funeral service will be 230 pm Sunday, August 30, 2015, at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Pastor Richard Castaneda officiating. Family will receive friends prior to the service.nbsp Burial will

Sister Joachim Holthaus, OSB

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Sister Joachim Holthaus, OSB, 93, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., died Thursday, August 27, 2015, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Sunday, August 30 at 700 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Monday, August 31, at 1030 a.m.Born in Senec

Mabel Helen Bobbitt

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Fremont, NE

nbspMabel Helen Bobbitt, 100, of Fremont, Nebraska died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Fremont Health Medical Center in Fremont, Nebraska.Mabel was born on November 19, 1914 in Price, Kansas the daughter of Ha

Rosalie Denton-Speer

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

nbspRosalienbspDentonSpeer,nbsp85,nbspofnbspAtchison,nbspKSnbspdiednbspTuesday,nbspAugustnbsp25, 2015nbspatnbspthenbspAtchisonnbspMedicalodge. Funeralnbspservicesnbspwillnbspbenbsp200nbspPMnbsponnbspSaturday,nbspAugustnbsp29th,nbsp2015nbspatnbspTrinitynbspLutherannbspChurchnbspwithnbspRev.nbsp RobertnbspZieglernbspofficiating.

Evelyn F. Domann

The Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Wichester and Mooney Creek, KS

Evelyn F. Domann, 95, a longtime resident of the Winchester and Mooney Creek communities passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at her residence in Overland Park. She was a member of Corpus Christi Church in Mooney Creek for over 61 years and St. Casimir parish in Leavenworth for 14 years. Evelyn was devoted to her faith fam

Dale A. Meyer

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Wetmore, KS

Dale A. Meyer, 65, of Wetmore passed away Monday, August 24, 2015 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City.He was born December 9, 1949 in Holton, the son of Albert H. and Josephine M. Spiker Meyer. nbspHe graduated from Wetmore High School in 1968 and then attended Cloud County Community College. nbspDale proudl