Announcements

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


Bonnie R. Carlile

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Auburn, NE

 Bonnie R. Carlile, age 79 of Auburn, NE, passed away Saturday, June 20, at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn. A memorial service for Bonnie Carlile is scheduled for Saturday, June 27, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hall Funeral Chapel in Auburn. Rev. John Henderson officiating, Burial will be at the Glasco Cemetery in Glasco, KS at a later date.

Sammy Brown

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Sammy Brown, 68, of Holton, KS passed away peacefully, Saturday, June 20, 2015 at home surrounded by his family after an 8 year battle with cancer. He was born May 18, 1947 in Holton, KS the son of Dean William Brown and Violet Trixie Pickett-Brown.

Sammy graduated from Circleville High School in 1965. He married his high school sweetheart, Thelma


Alice Davis

Holton, KS

ALICE DAVIS  HOLTON- Alice Grace Davis, 85, of Holton passed a


Hazel Nelson

Atchison, KS

Hazel M. Nelson, 90 years old, of Atchison, KS passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at the Atchison Medicalodge.

Funeral services will be 11:00 am Monday, June 22rd, 2015 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton F


Wayne Dodd Sr.

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Wayne E. Dodd, Sr., 72, of Holton passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015 due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident north of Nortonville, KS. He was born July 10, 1942 in Tampa, FL the son of James E. and Martha E. (Moat) Dodd.  After graduating from Provine High School in Jackson, MS he attended Barber College in Pensacola, FL. He later becam


Jimmie Duane Starks

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Jimmie Duane Starks, aged 71 of Sabetha died on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. He was born on July 26, 1943 the son of Fay and Dorothy (Widman) Starks in Sabetha, Kansas. Jimmie was a long time resident of the Sabetha Manor and will be gre


Fern Weyer

Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home in Axtell

Baileyville , KS

Fern Adele Weyer, 94, of Baileyville, died June 16, 2015 at her home.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.Friday June 26, 2015 at Salem Lutheran Church southwest of Axtell, Kansas. Burial will be in the Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Fern was born De


B. Maxine McGuire

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

B. Maxine McGuire, aged 93, of Sabetha passed away peacefully at the Sabetha Community Hospital on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Maxine was born on April 14, 1922 at Oneida, Kansas the daughter of Wesley and Bertha (Kyle) Noble. She was baptized in the Oneida Methodist Church. Maxine attended the Oneida Grade School and Oneida High School and graduated in


Gerald "Jerry" Whiffen

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

DuBois , NE

Gerald “Jerry” Lee Whiffen, 75 of Du Bois, Nebraska passed away at his home in Du Bois on June 16, 2015.  He was born on October 25, 1939 to Thomas Edward and Ruth Nehoma (Haggerty) Whiffen in Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife Helen of Du Bois, NE, children; Mike (Patti) Whiffen, Richard (Lor


Genette Rae Harris

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Overland Park , KS

Genette Rae Harris, 54, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on March 7, 1961 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Lester and Sue Soyland. She married Stuart R. Hershberger D.C. on October 24, 1981. They divorced in 2000. She ma


Lyle Farwell

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

DuBois , NE

Lyle Burton Farwell, 93 of Du Bois, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, June 14th, 2015 at Colonial Acres, Humboldt, Nebraska.  He was born on March 18, 1922 to J. Verner and Mollie (Turner) Farwell at home on the farm near Du Bois, Nebraska.  Lyle was baptized at the Methodist Church in Du Bois on September 29, 1929. More...

Beatrice Jane Ray

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

formerly of Horton & rural Muscotah , KS

Beatrice Jane (Barnett) Ray passed away peacefully in her sleep in her home on June 14, 2015 at the age of 88. “Bea”, the name she was most known by was born at home 2 ½ miles south of Muscotah, Kansas on November 22, 1926. Bea weighed 4 lbs. at birth. She was one of seven children born to Luthe


Robert H. “Bob” Marney

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Robert H. “Bob” Marney joined his beautiful wife and our Lord in Heaven on June 14, 2015. Bob was born June 9, 1930, in Mayetta, Kansas, to James I. “Ivan” Marney, Sr., and Mamie F. Belcher Marney. He grew up in the Rossville area and graduated from Rossville High School in 1948. He went to work for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Rail


Paul “Deany” Hayes

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Paul “Deany” Hayes, 66, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 12, 2015. He was boron February 2, 1949 at Macon, MO to the late Howard and Betty (Riddle) Hayes. On January 10, 1970 he married Cheryl Wisdom at Falls City and they were later divorced. He then married Mary Lea Marrs on August 16, 2000 a


Father Kevin (James) Bachmann

Arensberg-Pruett

A Monk of Holy Cross Abbey, Canon City, CO

Father Kevin (James) Bachmann, O.S.B., a monk of Holy Cross Abbey, Canon City, Colorado, died at St. Benedict’s Abbey on June 12, 2015, after a long battle with cancer.  

Vigils for the Dead, followed by visitation, will be prayed on Sunday, June 14, at 7:00 p.m. in St. Benedict’s Abbey Church.  The Mass of Christian Burial f


Evelyn P. Lotter

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Auburn, NE

 Evelyn P. Lotter, age 80 of Auburn, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society-Auburn. Survivors include her children M


Ronald Gould

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Rural Humboldt, NE

 Ronald Lloyd Gould, 75, of rural Humboldt, Nebraska was born on July 4, 1939, in Humboldt to Lloyd and Ila (Kuper) Gould. Ron grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School with the class of 1957. After graduation, he started to work in the printing department of the O.A. Cooper Compa


Roberta Agnes Oenbring

Popkess Mortuary in Seneca

formerly of Axtell, KS

Roberta Agnes Oenbring, 89, formerly of Axtell passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Life Care Center of Seneca where she had been a resident since June of 2003.

Roberta was born November 30, 1925 on a farm north of Baileyville, the daughter of John C. and Mary (Vondemkamp) Fienhage.  She attended Cottonwood Country School, St. Benedict Hig


William “Bill” Snider

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

William “Bill” Snider, 57, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 7, 2015. He was born November 4, 1957 at Falls City, NE to the late Charles and Julie (Martineau) Snider. Bill was raised in Falls City and graduated Falls City High School in 1976. He then took employment at Falls City Mercantile then he wo