Announcements

Kenneth Coonce

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City , NE

Kenneth C. Coonce, 82, of Falls City, NE, passed away August 23, 2015 at Lincoln, NE. He was born September 19, 1932 at Rulo, NE to the late Noah and Mary (Steinauer) Coonce. Kenneth enlisted in the United States Army on December 28, 1951 at Omaha, NE.  Served in Korea and earned the Korean Service Medal with


Paul Mez

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

of Platte City MO. a native of Verdon , NE

Paul D. Mez, 88, of Platte City, MO, passed away August 21, 2015 at Cameron, MO. He was born July 31, 1927 at Verdon, NE to the late Henry and Matilda (Becker) Mez. Paul served in the United States Army on April 23, 1946, he served in WWII where he received a Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged on April 21,


Loretta Scheitel

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Rulo , NE

Loretta A. (Sells) Scheitel, 72, of Rulo, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at St. Elizabeth’s Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, NE. She was born to Dick & Catherine (Schulenberg) Sells on December 20, 1942, the oldest of seven children. Loretta was born and raised in Rulo. She graduated


Andrea Kay Lovitt

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Crab Orchard , NE

Andrea Kay Lovitt, 64, died peacefully on August 22, 2015 at her home in Crab Orchard, Nebraska. Andrea was born July 18, 1951 in Sac City, Iowa, the daughter of Calvin and Doris (McGinness) Furman. Andrea graduated from Lewiston High School in 1969. Andrea and husband Gary raised 3 children in the Crab Orchard area.  More...

Jeannine Pierce

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Jeannine (Hoit) Pierce, 84, of Troy, Kansas died Saturday, August 22, 2015.

Jeannine was born on August 15, 1931 in Bonner Springs, Kansas to Earl & Evelyn (Stover) Hoit. She graduated from Turner High School in 1949.

Jeannine is a member of the First Baptist Church and Happy Homemakers Extension Unit both of Troy.


Joyce Ann Howell

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Joyce Ann (Clark) Howell, 77, of Holton, KS formerly of Norton and Hays, KS, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton, KS. She was born May 4, 1938 in Norton, KS the daughter of Harold Richard and Sylvia Colorado (Stephenson) Clark. More...

Helen E. Schneider

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Auburn, NE

 Helen E. Schneider, age 95, of Auburn, NE, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Auburn. A Funeral Service for Helen E. Schneider will be held Monday, August 24, at 11:00 a.m. at the Brock Methodist Church in Brock, NE. burial will follow at the Sheridan West Cemetery near Auburn, NE. More...

Marjorie Abney

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Mayetta, KS


Marguerite Mitchell Zink

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Topeka and Valley Falls, KS

Marguerite Mitchell Zink, 91, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at a Topeka care facility. She was born Oct. 2, 1923, at Doniphan, the daughter of Louie Francis and May Bell Coder Langston. She lived at Rock Creek for 16 years before moving to Valley Falls in 1969. She had lived in To


Lillian Spencer

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Lillian Mae Spencer, 74, of Holton, died Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the Holton Community Hospital.     She was born August 31, 1940 at Olathe, the daughter of Merle and Frances Pettyjohn Spencer.  She graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1957.     Lillian worked for the Atchison County Coop


Mary Ann Koch

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Mary Ann Koch, 76, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the Apostolic Christian Home. Mary Ann was born on December 28, 1938 to Willard & Hattie (Reed) Frazee on the family farm near Summerfield, Kansas.  She was the youngest of five children. Mary Ann attended school in Summerfield


Vernon Peuker

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

formerly of Wathena, KS

Vernon Peuker, formerly of Wathena, died Tuesday at the age of 80.

The funeral service for Vernon Peuker will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena.

Visitation will be Thursday evening from 6 to 7 at the funeral home, where friends may call after 9:00 Thursday morning.

Survivors inclu


James Mac Eichelberger

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

James Mac Eichelberger, 82, of Atchison KS died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the Riverside Place, St. Joseph, MO.

Funeral services will be 11:00 am on Saturday, Aug. 22nd, 2015 at the United Methodist Church, Atchison with Rev. Nancy J. Kollhoff officiating. The body will be cremated following the services and burial of the cremated remains will ta


Jesse A. Nichols

Hall funeral Chapel of Auburn

Nemaha, NE

Jesse A. Nichols, age 72, of Nemaha, NE, passed away Sunday, August 16, at his home in Nemaha. A funeral service for Jesse A. Nichols will be held Friday, August 21, at 10:30 a.m. at the Hall Funeral Chapel in Auburn, NE. burial will follow at the Nemaha Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the


Elizabeth " Betty" Harris

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Topeka, formerly of Horton , KS


Orville DeLay

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Orville S DeLay, 93, of Holton, died Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the Holton Community Hospital.   He was born July 10, 1922 near Odessa, MO, the son of James and Bertie Pallette DeLay.  He graduated from Odessa High School in 1939 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942.  Orville was engaged in 50 combat missions in the Me


Ragina Marie Keo-Winsea-Fallsdown

Dishon-Maple-Chaney

Horton, KS

Ragina Marie Keo-Winsea-Fallsdown (April 9, 1979 - August 14, 2015) Ragina Marie Keo-Winsea-Fallsdown, 36, of Ranchester, Wyoming, passed away on August 14, 2015 in an automobile accident near Wyola, Montana. Ragina was born on April 9, 1979 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Dennis and Christine Winsea Harr. Ragina wa


Helen Smith Powell Lewis

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home

Highland, KS

Helen Smith Powell Lewis was born on her family’s farm north of Highland, Kansas on August 5, 1920 to John G, and Bertha (Smith) Powell. She died on August 7, 2015 at Collier Hospice Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Helen attended Fairview School for first grade year and Frog College for fifth as she accompanied her sister Marjorie who was teaching at those schools


Hubert W. Lackey

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Hubert W. Lackey, 81, of Seneca, Kansas died on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.   He was born a twin on February 14, 1934, to William and Laurina Duethman Lackey. He attended Humphrey Country School and St. Peter and Paul School. He worked on the family farm as a young ma


Edwin J. Kramer

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Edwin J. Kramer, 100, of Seneca, Kansas, died on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at the Life Care Center of Seneca. Ed was born September 22, 1914, on a farm southeast of Seneca to Henry J. and Ada J. Vogel Kramer. He attended Sts. Peter & Paul Schools. On January 20,