Announcements

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 benbsp200 PM, Monday, April 24, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.nbspnbspBurial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison, KS.nbspnbspFamily will receive friends fromnbsp500 to 700

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 amp 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.nbsp 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 amp 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.nbsp Her family moved to Pawnee City in 1938 when her father took over the position of Ag teacher at Pawnee City High School.nbsp Thelma graduated from Pawnee City High School with the class of 1943.nbsp 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 motherrsquos birthday April 17, 2017 at 1130 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.nbsp She attended grade school in Clarkston, Montana and later attended Clarkston High School where she graduated in 1936.nbspEsther 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 Annellarsquos 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 daughterrsquos home in Kansas City, Missouri.Lynn was born on July 18, 1951 in Axtell, to Elmer F. and Aurelia Macke Heiman.nbspHe grew up in the Baileyville community and attended B amp 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 ldquoMaerdquo 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. ldquoGenerdquo 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 1000 A.M. at St. Josephrsquos 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 ldquoJulesrdquo Langdon passed awaynbspon 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.nbspDavid was born on August 18, 1947 in Troy, Kansas to Robert L. amp Mary A. Sell Clark.nbspHe was a member of the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam as a medic. David owned amp 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

Eugene " Gene" Sawyer

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Eugene A. ldquoGenerdquo Sawyer, 94, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Vintage Park in Holton. He was born August 31, 1922 in Hamlin, KS the son of Don A. and Helen M. Felmlee Sawyer.Gene graduated from Hamlin High School in 1940. A few years after graduation, Gene proudly served in the United States Army during World War II and Pacific Saipan earning Asia

Richard A. Liberty, Sr

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Richard A. Liberty, Sr., 85, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 16, 2017 at his residence. He was born May 3, 1931 at Springfield, IL to the late Ralph and Hazel Miller Liberty.On November 23, 1949 he married Leora M. Rowell at Auburn, NE. She passed away May 15, 2007.Richard was raised at Rulo and attended Rulo Public School. Following his schooling he worked wit

Harry R. Bowman

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Auburn, NE

Harry R. Bowman, age 65 of Auburn, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017, at his home.Survivors include his wife Dianne son and daughter-in-law Chad and Kathy Bowman of Auburn daughter Kara Vaughn of Auburn grandchildren Rachel, Preston, and Ashlynn Vaughn Jacob and Jessica Bowman mother LaVerne Bowman of Falls City sisters Ruth John Rogers of Omaha Judy Jane Becker of Fal

Loretta A. (Miller) Severin

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Loretta A. Miller Severin, 81, of Falls City, NE, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Lincoln, NE. She was born June 16, 1935 at Wathena, KS to Aloysius and Frances Studer Miller.Loretta was raised in the Leavenworth, KS area. She graduated from Immaculata High School, Leavenworth, KS in 1952 and from The Sisters of Charity School of Nursing in September 1955. She married R

Ivan Smith

Porter Funeral Home in Lenexa

Lenexa, KS

Ivan Smith, 83, of Lenexa, KS, passed away on April 11, 2017.Ivan was born April 10, 1934 in Horton, Kansas to Junius and Viola Schuetz Smith. He married Laura Louise Lolly Keele in 1955. Lolly passed away 2000. He married Barbara A. Yeamans White in 2002. He is a member of Holy Trinity Parish in Lenexa, KS.Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April

Terry Lynn Schafer

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

DuBois , NE

Terry Lynn Schafer, was born to Albert William and Florence Irene Hunzeker Schafer in Pawnee City, Nebraska on January 11, 1945. nbspTerry passed away in his home in Du Bois, Nebraska on April 12, 2017. nbspHe was 72 years old.As a child he attended the Pawnee County District 31 Union Grade School and the District 15 Hunzeker school west of the family farm where he grew up.