Announcements

Rick Dettmann

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Rick Dettmann, 54, of Falls City, NE, passed away August 4, 2015 at Union Township, PA. He was born November 21, 1960 at Humboldt, NE to the late Charles and Shirley (Dean) Dettmann. On March 14, 1981 he married June Wilhelm at Falls City. Rick was raised at Sal


Melvin Kolterman

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Onaga

Onaga, KS

Melvin O. Kolterman, 94, of Onaga, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at the Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia.   He was born October 26, 1920, on a farm north of Onaga, the son of Otto and Bertha Kolterman.  He graduated from Onaga High School and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a radio control tower operator.<


Evelyn Hammersmith

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Evelyn Hammersmith, 65 of Horton Kansas passed away on Thursday August 6, 2015 at Vintage Park in Hiawatha, Kansas. She was born on October 14, 1949 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of Marvin and Alta Armstrong Cox. She graduated from ACCHS class of 1967, she later attended cosmetology school in Topeka. In 1996 she opened her own hair salon “Silver Shears&


Gloria Johanna Mina Witte

Becker-Dyer Stanton

Kansas City, formerly of Rushville, MO

Gloria Johanna Mina (Goes) Witte, 89, Kansas City, MO, formerly of Rushville, MO, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, MO, surrounded by her loving children.

Funeral Services will be 2:00 pm, Saturday, August 8, 2015, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 8th and Laramie Sts., Atchison, KS.  Burial will


Don (Jiggs) Mullins

Hall Funeral Home of Falls City

Salem, NE

 Don (Jiggs) Mullins of Salem Ne, passed away April 22, 2015, at the age of 83. A graveside memorial service for Jiggs will be held Saturday, August 8, at 4 p.m. At the Maple Cemetery in Salem, NE. Military gravesid


Charles Meisner

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Charles H. Meisner, 99, of Sabetha, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Cobblestone Court in Sabetha. 

Charles was born July 16, 1916 in Sabetha, Kansas  the son of Herman and Helen (Maynard) Meisner.  He attended school in Oneida and graduated from Oneida High School in 1932.  After high school Charles farmed with his fath


Carl E. Bohnenkemper

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Denison, KS

Carl E. Bohnenkemper, 86, of Denison, KS passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born November 16, 1928 in Holton, KS the son of Norman and Helen (Sorg) Bohnenkemper. Carl graduated from Willis High School in 1946. After graduation, he proudly served in the United States Arm


Raymond Fiegener

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Dawson, NE

 Raymond Fiegener, 90, of Dawson, NE, passed away August 4, 2015 at Falls City, NE. He was born March 1, 1925 at Westmoreland, KS to the late Godfrey and Caroline (Forst) Fiegener. On December 30, 1952 he married Doris Ann Fisher at Steinauer, NE Raymond was rais


Alice Ash

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Alice Sudlow Ash, 91, of Holton, passed away Monday afternoon August 3, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton.

She was born May 12, 1924 in Holton the daughter of Fred and Adria (Newton) Sudlow.  She graduated from Holton High School in 1942.  On June 5, 1946 she married Donald Ash, Jr. in Lawrence.  He preceded her in death


Mildred LaVerne Mayfield

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Nemaha , NE

Mildred LaVerne Mayfield, 99 years old, of Nemaha, Nebraska, died peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 1st, 2015 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She was just 2 weeks away from celebrating her 100th birthday with family and friends. LaVerne was born to John Shafer and Vere Hoover Shafer on the family farm near Nemaha, Nebraska, on Au


Ralph M. "Mike" Black

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Ralph M. “Mike” Black, 67, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, August 3, 2015 at Atchison Medicalodge following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Graveside services and burial will be Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB officiating.  Visitation with the family will be Thu


Ronald Kunc

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City , NE

Ronald Kunc, 71, of Falls City, NE, passed away August 1, 2015 at Omaha, NE. He was born October 2, 1943 at Pawnee City, NE to the late Harry and Alverna (Terrill) Kunc. On December 21, 1982 he married Pam Stevens at Bethel United Methodist Church. Ronald was raised o


Harold Wunder

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

Harold Herd Wunder, 95, Valley Falls, surrounded by his loving family,  died peacefully Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Midland Care Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls.

He was born Feb. 3, 1920, on the family farm in the North Cedar community west of Valley Falls, the son of George and Mary Ellen Grisw


Loretta Niehues

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

  Loretta Niehues, 98, of Seneca, Kansas, died on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Life Care Center of Seneca. Loretta was born on March 28, 1917 on a farm northeast of Kelly, Kansas to Louis and Maude Becker Huerter, one of eight children. She grew


James Francis Shufflebarger

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Lancaster, KS

James Francis Shufflebarger, 60, Lancaster, KS, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015, at Alma Manor Nursing Center, Alma, KS. Memorial service will be 11:30 AM, Saturday, August 8, 2015, at Lancaster United Methodist Church, Lancaster, KS, with Rev. Jeff Cochran and Rev. Carl Shufflebarger officiating.  Family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11:30 AM


Duane "Pete" Engelke

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Ozawkie, KS

Duane "Pete" Engelke passed away July 31, 2015 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born December 15, 1923 in Mullen, Nebraska the son of, Glen and Adena (Johnson) Engelke.  He moved to Tecumseh, Kansas with his family after his mother's death when he was 4. Pete attended the Milikan,  Kreipe and Highland Park schools with his sisters, cousins, and frien


Dorothy Aleene Benitz Anderson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Dorothy Aleene Benitz Anderson, 93, left her earthly life at The Pines on Thursday afternoon, July 30, 2015, in Hiawatha, Kansas.   Dorothy was born November 25, 1921, in rural Doniphan County, Kansas, the youngest of three children and only daughter of Henry and Elizabeth McKittrick Benitz.  Dorothy grad


Marguerite Minnie Renz

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Summerfield , KS

Marguerite Minnie Renz, 93 of Summerfield, Kansas passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at the Pawnee Manor, Pawnee City, Nebraska.  She was born near Odell, Nebraska on July 21, 1922 to Emil and Minnie (Heble) Novotny. Funeral services 2;00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Wherry Mortuary, 919 G Street, Pa


Leroy Loy

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

LeRoy C. Loy, 92, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at Holton Community Hospital.

He was born Feb. 26, 1923, at Chapman, the son of Charles W. and Elizabeth Mariah Lowe Loy. He graduated from Dickinson County High School in 1941. LeRoy was a dairyman, farmer, and raised beef cattle. He wor


Craig “Pete” Davis

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Shubert, NE

 Craig “Pete” Davis, age 61 of Shubert, passed away at his home Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Survivors include his wife Mary of Shubert; son Matthew and girlfriend Shannon Alexander of Lincoln; gra