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Rueben Spelllmeier
Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha
Sabetha , KS
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Reuben E. Spellmeier, 70, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.
Reuben was born April 23, 1949 in Holton, Kansas the son of Marvin and Paulene (Puvogel) Spellmeier. He was raised in Fairview, Kansas.
Reuben served in the United States Army and was based in Germany. He was honorably discharged on November 30, 1970 as S
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John Hollander
Mercer Funeral Home in Holton
Holton , KS
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John Franklin Hollander, 85, of Holton, Kansas, passed away December 7, 2019 at his home. He was born September 20, 1934 in Holton, Kansas, the son of Frank Joseph and Louise Christine (Wagner) Hollander.
John attended grade school at Ontario and Lawn Ridge and graduated from Whiting High School in 1952. He served in the United States Army from 1954 – 1956. John m
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John O'Grady
Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City
Falls City , NE
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John O’Grady, 67, of Falls City, NE, passed away December 6, 2019 at Falls City. He was born December 10, 1951 at Falls City to Leon and Phyllis (Darveau) O’Grady.
He married Cathy McKim on May 26, 1973 at Rulo, NE.
John served in the Nebraska National Guard, Company B for 6 years at Falls City.
John was raised in rural Falls City, attended
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Joan “Momma Jo” Gaither
Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland
Doniphan County, KS
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Joan “Momma Jo” Gaither, 83, died late Thursday evening, December 5, 2019, at Mosaic Life Care Center in St. Joseph, MO.
Joan was born September 22, 1936, at Sparks, KS, one of seven children born to Oscar and Hazel Mooney Simpson and was a lifelong Doniphan County resident. She grew up at Sparks where she attended school and worked to obtain her GED. She and her husban
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Ona L. Dame
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison
Atchison, KS
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Ona L. Dame, 88, of Atchison KS died on Thursday, Dec. 5th, 2019 at the Atchison Senior Village.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, Dec. 12th, 2019 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen Lucas officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 11th, 20
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Melvin L. Hamon
Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton
formerly Muscotah, KS
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Melvin L. Hamon, 78, of Omaha, Nebraska formerly of Muscotah, Kansas, passed away on on December 3, 2019 in Omaha, Nebraska.
He was born on July 9, 1941.
He is survived by wife, Helen; children, Brent (Lea) Hamon, Lisa Greene, Mandy (John) Luce, Stace (Amy) Hamon, Shanda (Derrick) Pitchanau; siblings, Gary (Harriett) Hamon and Marilyn (Andy) Wilson; grandchildren,
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Wilma Jean Sloop
Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa
Winchester, KS
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Wilma Jean Sloop, 87, of Winchester, died Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at F.W. Huston Senior Living Center in Winchester.
She was born February 5, 1932 at Winchester, the daughter of William E. “Bill” and Ethel Mae Trower Moon.
She was a 1950 graduate of Winchester High School. Wilma worked over 25 years in the Jefferson County Clerk’s office, ret
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John Claus Sierks
Hall Funeral Home in Auburn
Rural Brownville , NE
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John Claus Sierks was born on August 10, 1929 in Dunning, Nebraska to Jesse & Mary (Johansen) Sierks. He was the youngest of 4 children born to this union. In 1931, John and his family moved to the family farm outside of Brownville. With the exception of his first few years of marriage and the final months of his life, the farm outside of Brownville was where he spent his
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Dixie Pethoud
Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City
Falls City, NE
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Dixie Pethoud, 61, of Falls City, NE, passed away December 2, 2019 at Omaha, NE. She was born October 17, 1958 at Hot Springs, SD to Richard and Dessie (Baer) Adair.
She married Michael Pethoud on September 17, 1977 at Falls City. They divorced in 1994.
Dixie was raised at Hot Springs and graduated Hot Springs High School in 1976. She then attended the University of Sou
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Emma Kale
Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha
Hiawatha , KS
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Emma L. Kale, 89, of Hiawatha, passed away Sunday December 1, 2019, at the North Pines.
Emma Lucille Jenkins was born December 7, 1929 in rural Delia, Kansas to Gomer and Mary Catherine Ruth Jenkins Kale. Emma and her twin sister Edith had many fun memories of those years spent playing with their many cousins. Those days spent hunting giants on Soldier Creek formed lifelong relatio
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Ralph Mars
Popkess Mortuary in Seneca
Vermillion, KS
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Ralph Mars of Vermillion, KS passed away November 25, 2019 at 86 years old, at the Good Samaritan Home in Olathe, KS due to advanced stages of sepsis, resulting in renal failure.
Ralph was born August 19, 1933 in the Neuchatel Township. He lived on his family farm, previously located east of B Road and 32 Road, in Nemaha County. He attended the Concord Grade School House, completin
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Sandra " Sandy" Watkins
Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha
Horton , KS
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Sandra Kay “Sandy” Watkins, 71, of Horton, died shortly after arrival Saturday morning, November 30, 2019, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.
She was born September 13, 1948, in Kansas City, Kansas, one of three daughters born to James Alfred and Hazel May Pollock Wilson and had lived in the Kansas City area most of her life where she grew up, attended school, later gr
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Mary Phillips
Mercer Funeral Home in Holton
Denison, KS
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Mary Ann (Brazda) Phillips, 56, of Denison, KS peacefully passed away Monday, December 2, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 23, 1963 in Dodge City, KS the daughter of Edward and Ann (Schuetz) Brazda.
Mary grew up in Topeka and graduated from Shawnee Heights in 1982. She was office manager at Boyett Sales and Service in Holton. She worked for over 21 years
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Evan Peterson
Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena
Wathena, KS
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Evan A. Peterson Jr., M.D. was born on December 25, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to Evan A. Peterson Sr., M.D. and Elizabeth (Walstrom) Peterson. He passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Mosaic Life Care.
In 1942 he joined the Navy
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Betty Dettmer
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison
Atchison, KS
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Betty Jane Shaver Dettmer, 94, died November, 30, 2019, at Atchison Senior village.
Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with burial to follow at Mt Vernon Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are sugg
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Ethel Jean Hundley
Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison
Atchison,
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Ethel Jean Hundley, 92, of Atchison KS died on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at the Atchison Medicalodge.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 7, 2019 at the Atchison United Methodist Church with Rev. Cyd Stein, officiating. The body has been cremated and burial of the cremated remains will follow at Round Prairie Cemetery. The family will rec
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Jacqueline Lynn Wilson (Nana)
Popkess Memorial Chapel in Seneca
Centralia, KS
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Jacqueline Lynn Wilson (Nana), 71, of Centralia, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia, Kansas surrounded by her loved ones.
Jackie was born on August 16, 1948 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of Ivan Wayne and Donna Joyce (Scott) Donovan. She graduated in 1967 from Bora Bora High School in Boise, Idaho. Aft
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James (Jim) Samuel Birkbeck
Mercer Funeral Home in Holton
Holton, KS
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James (Jim) Samuel Birkbeck, 79, Holton, passed away on November 27, 2019, at Stormont Vail in Topeka, Kansas.
Jim was born on August 5, 1940, to Howard and LaVerne Birkbeck in Burlington, Kansas
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Dorothy Irene Simon
Mercer Funeral Home in Holton
Netawaka, KS
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Dorothy Irene Simon, 87, of Netawaka, KS, passed away Friday, November 29, 2019 at her home, with family by her side. She was born January 20, 1932 in Mayetta, KS, the daughter of Charles M. and Goldie Irene (Stewart) Pappan.
Dorothy attended Circleville High School and later earned her G.E.D. In her earlier years, she worked in the library at Powhattan High School and at the Slima
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Doris Falen
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison
Atchison, KS
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Doris Falen, 90, passed away on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2019, at the Atchison Medicalodge, following a brief stay.
Doris Arlene Torbett was born in Atchison, Kansas, on Jul. 16, 1929, the daughter of Jess G. and Helen (Christian) Torbett. She attended Martin Grade School and graduated from Atchison High School in 1947. Doris moved to Los Angeles with her family for a short time
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