Announcements

Arvilla Marie Boling

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Soldier , KS

Arvilla Marie Boling, 102, of Soldier, KS passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015 at her daughter’s home with family by her side. She was born May 10, 1913 on a farm near Delia, KS, the daughter of John Alfred and Rosa Lulu (Sumner) Patterson. Arvilla graduated from Emmett High School in 1931. She was a lifelong me


Lois Elaine Munson

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Auburn, NE

Lois Elaine (Warner) Munson, 69, of Auburn formerly of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on August 7, 1945, in Humboldt, Nebraska to Floyd and Edith (Clutter) Warner. She was raised in Humboldt and attended Humboldt Public Schools. On March 21, 1964, Lois was united in marriage to Donald Munson. To this union, six childr


Elza Wayne Prowell

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Elza Wayne Prowell, 95, of Holton passed away June 27, 2015 in Holton.

He was born March 9, 1920 in Lebo, the son of Elza R. Prowell and Anna Grace (Lafferty) Prowell.  He graduated from Olivet High School and Friends University and also did graduate study at Emporia State University and Washburn University.

He married Martha J


Ernest Woltje

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Circleville, KS

Ernest Lynn Woltje, 60, of Circleville, KS passed away at his home Sunday, June 28, 2015, with family by his side. He was born December 28, 1954 in Meade, KS the son of Lemuel and Wanda (Cox) Woltje.

Ernie graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 1972. He had lived in the Jackson County communities for 58 years. Ernie was a welder for BMB and


Robert Morgan

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Robert A. Morgan, 71, of Holton, died Saturday, June 27, 2015 at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.     He was born May 2, 1944 in Holton, the son of Ora and Elsie Wanner Morgan.  He graduated from Holton High School in 1962 and from the Capitol City Barber School in Topeka.     Known as "Bar


Anna Irwin

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

formerly of Valley Falls, KS

Anna Ella (Sieck) Irwin, 91, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Saturday, June 27, 2015, at a Topeka care facility.

She was born Jan. 23, 1924, near Edson, KS, in Sherman County, the daughter of William Martin and Elsie Dinsmore White Sieck. She graduated from Edson Consolidated High School in 1942, and


Nannette Torkelson

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Nannette "Nan" Torkelson, 80, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at her daughter's home in Horton, Kansas. Nan was born on November 17, 1934 in Sneedville, Tennessee, the daughter of Russell and Wilma Hobbs Thompson. She married Bill Wallace on July 12, 1953 in Princeton, Indiana the


Arthur Snyder

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Highland , KS

Arthur Snyder, 92, of Highland, died Thursday evening, June 25, 2015, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.  Art was born on a farm northeast of Hiawatha, June 14, 1923, one of ten children of William Franklin and Nell Kramer Snyder and had lived in the Hiawatha-Highland areas all of his life.  He grew up o


Larry Brazau

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City , NE

Larry Eugene Brazau passed away on June 23, 2015 in Clearwater, KS at the age of 69.  Larry was born in Falls City, NE on May 8,1946 the first son and second child to William Rudolph and Helen Marie (Bauman) Brazau.  He graduated from Falls City High School in 1965 and immediately joined the U.S. Navy.  Larry wed Susanne Constantine on July 10, 19


Agnes Jimeson

Porter Funeral Home in Kansas City, KS

Prairie Village , KS

Agnes A. Jimeson, 81, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away June 22, 2015. Service will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, June 27, at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS. Visitation will be at Porter Funeral Home, 1835 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS on Friday, June 26 from 5 to 7 pm. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, KS


William G. Caylor

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Effingham, KS

William G. Caylor, 84, of Paradise Lake, Effingham, KS, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Atchison Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Monday, June 29, 2015 at the Becker Chapel in Effingham with Rev. Jeff Cochran, officiating. Burial will follow in the Lancaster (KS) Ceme


Betty Jane Brown

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City , NE

Betty Jane Brown, 82 of Pawnee City, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Home in Auburn, Nebraska.  She was born on June 30, 1932 to August and Bertha “Alice” (Burgett) Babcock, rural Dawson, Nebraska.  Betty was one of nine children. Betty attended school at


Donna Fulton

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Topeka, KS

Donna Lee Fulton, 93, of Topeka, KS passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015 at Aldersgate Village. She was born October 18, 1921 in Holton, KS the daughter of Elmer E. and Agnes Edith (Post) Baldwin.

Donna attended schools in Holton, KS. She had lived in Topeka for several years and had previously lived in San Jose, CA for many years and also Colorado


David Clelland

Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka

Topeka , KS

David A. Clelland, 53, of Topeka passed away at his home on June 22, 2015. 

Cremation is planned.  A memorial gathering will be held at the Community Building in Goff on Saturday, June 27th at 5:00 pm.   Inurnment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery at Goff. 

The Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka is handlin


Frank J. Wessel

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Axtell , KS

Frank J. Wessel, 69, of Axtell, died Tuesday morning, June 23, 2015, at the University Medical Center in Omaha. He was born December 12, 1945 to Albert H. and Lucille J. Kramer Wessel, east of Kelly on the family farm. He attended school in Kelly and graduated with the Class of 1963. He worked for Vern Bergman farm in Missouri after leaving home. &nb


Patricia Jean Pruett

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Lancaster, KS

Patricia Jean Pruett, 81, of Lancaster, KS died Monday, June 22, 2015 at the Atchison Hospital.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am on Friday, June 26, 2015 at St. Louis Church, Good Intent                Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison. 


Gary Woessner

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Gary L. Woessner, 60, of Hiawatha, died Monday afternoon, June 22, 2015, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital. Gary was born at Fostoria, Ohio, November 14, 1954, one of three children born to Jack and Caroline Joseph Woessner.  He grew up and attended school at Fostoria, later working to earn his GED. He was a member of Church of God Seventh Da


Leola Porter

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton,

Leola M. Porter, 90, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, June 22, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born December 4, 1924 in Mayetta, KS the daughter of Charles H. and Jessie (Snair) McCrory.

Leola graduated from Denison High School in 1943. She had lived most of her life in rural Mayetta. Leola worked for Gossip Printery after high school


Donna Willming

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Donna Willming, 71, Atchison, Kansas, died Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at Sacred Heart Church with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as celebrant.  Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens.  A parish rosary will be recited on W


Esther Maxine Scott

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Esther Maxine Scott, 89, of Atchison, KS, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015 at the Atchison Hospital.

Funeral service will be 11:30 AM Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS with Rev. Joseph Hansen officiating.  Burial will follow at 1:30 PM, at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS.  Family w