Announcements

Joseph J. “Joe” Bowness

Pettijohn and Crawford Family Funeral Services of Mound City

Mound City, MO

Joseph J. “Joe” Bowness, 88, Mound City, Missouri passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017.

He was born April 8, 1929 to James and Leda (Fries) Bowness.  He was baptized and confirmed at St. Oswalds Episcopal Church near rural Skidmore, Missouri.

Joe graduated from Bellevue High School in 1947 and graduated from The University of Missouri. He served in t


Ruby Lee Hottman

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Ruby Lee Hottman, 85, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 at her home. She was born January 1, 1932 in Fillmore, MO the daughter of Charles and D. Katherine (Mink) Bowles.

          Ruby graduated from Atchison High School in 1950. She had lived for over 50 years in the Holton community and previously in Netawaka. Ruby


Leona Mae Bleier

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Leona Mae Bleier, 84, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at her home. She was born July 3, 1933 in Goff, KS the daughter of Dwight E. and Nola (Clelland) Glenn.

          Leona graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1951. She lived in the Holton community for over 50 years. She worked for the Kansas State Bank in H


Mary Elizabeth "Doodle" Watts

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

formerly White Cloud, KS

Mary Elizabeth "Doodle" Watts, 96, formerly of White Cloud, Kansas, went to be with the Lord Jesus on December 21, 2017 at the Highland Healthcare and Rehab Center.

Mary was born on October 8, 1921 on her parents farm south of White Cloud, Kansas. She was the last child born to George and Ella (Putroff) Taylor. She married Edward "Bud" Watts on August 10, 1940 a


John Dean Rakestraw

Gude Mortuary of Nebraska City

Nebraska City, NE

John Dean Rakestraw, age 69 of Nebraska City passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Syracuse, NE. 

He was born on October 20, 1948 in Nebraska City, NE; the son of Wilbur and Ruth Irene (McCord) Rakestraw.  He graduated from Falls City High School with the class of 1967. 

On January 19, 1974 John was un


Mabel Pettinger

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Steinauer, NE

Mabel Pettinger, 93 of Steinauer, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Premier Estates in Pawnee City, Nebraska. She was born on April 24, 1924 to Michael and Anna (Gyhra) Pettinger and was the youngest of the family.

Her schooling took place at St. Anthony’s Catholic grade school and graduated from Steinauer high school in 1942.  After graduation Mabel


Jackie Dale “Jack” Dorrell

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland

Bendena, KS

Jackie Dale “Jack” Dorrell, 81, husband, father, and avid sports fan died peacefully at his home in Bendena, Kansas, December 19, 2017.

He was born February 27, 1936 to Russell and Hazel Dorrell on a farm near Highland, Kansas.

Jack attended various county schools with his mother as his teacher. He graduated from Highland High School where he was a charter m


Mary K. Huppert

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Mary K. Huppert, 67, of Falls City, NE, passed away December 19, 2017 at Falls City. She was born October 12, 1950 at Kansas City, MO to Thomas and Mildred (Froeschl) Sullivan.

She married Jerry Huppert on September 26, 1970 at Rulo, NE and they were later divorced.

Mary K. was raised at Falls City and graduated Sacred Heart High School in 1968. She then graduated St. M


LeAnne E. Frank

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Adams, Formerly of Humboldt, NE

 LeAnna Edeleen (Sodmann) Frank, daughter of Edward and Alma (Rockemann) Sodmann was born July 17, 1927 near Humboldt, Nebraska on the family farm.  She attended Greenfield rural school in Nemaha County, graduated from Bratton Union High School and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Peru State College.  She did post-graduate study at UNL and UNK


Rosie Mabrey

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Rosie Mabrey, 36, of Hiawatha, died unexpectedly Monday morning, December 18, 2017, in Topeka.

She was born July 1, 1981, in Hiawatha, the daughter of David and LaDonna Hall Moore and had lived in Hiawatha nearly all of her life. She grew up here where she attended school. Through the years, Rosie worked at a variety of jobs including Sonic. In recent years, she was a transitional


Jay Glen Fraser

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Jay Glen Fraser, 65, of Holton, died Monday, December 18, 2017 after being transported to the Holton Community Hospital.

He was born September 14, 1952 at Hiawatha, the son of Glen and Nancy Ham Fraser.  He graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1970.  After high school he served five years in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Sea Dragon, a nuclear


Marcella Niedfeldt

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Formerly of Falls City, NE

Marcella Arvilla Hershberger Niedfeldt, formerly of Falls City, NE, passed away on December 18, 2017 at Lincoln, NE. She was born in Fargo, ND, to the late Swan (Svante Neander Nilssen) Nelson and Alice Isobel (Higgins) Nelson of Moorhead, MN.

On November 1, 1941 she married Charles Hershberger in Moorhead, MN.  He passed away March 26, 1988. On July 21, 1990 she married Alber


Robert O. Halling

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

formerly Denton, KS

Robert O. Halling, 97, formerly of Denton, Kansas died Monday, December 18, 2017 at Vintage Park of Atchison.

Mass of Christian burial will be Friday, December 22, 2017 at 2:30 P.M. at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, Bendena, Kansas with Rev. Francis Bakyor as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Benedict’s Church Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday,


Wilma Jane (Cormode) Hawk

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

formerly Effingham, KS

Wilma Jane (Cormode) Hawk, formerly of Effingham, passed away on December 16, 2017, at the Apostolic Christian Nursing Home in Sabetha, KS.

Visitation will be held at the Effingham Union Church on Friday, December 22 from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. with interment in the Effingham Evergreen Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the


Leonard Winkelbauer

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

Leonard Anthony Winkelbauer, 93, of Horton, Kansas passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017 at the Mission Village Living Center, in Horton, Kansas.

He was born on October 29, 1924 in Horton, Kansas the son of Robert and Christina (Bickelmeier) Winkelbauer.

Leonard graduated from Horton High School in 1942, and joined the army in 1943, serving in Europe during WWII. Follow


Cynthia R. “Cindy” Stewart

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Cynthia R. “Cindy” Stewart, 55, of Atchison KS died unexpectedly on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 at the Atchison Hospital.

Memorial services will be 6:30 pm on Thursday, Dec. 21st, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with visitation to follow. Burial of cremated remains will be at a later date at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison. Condolences to the family may be left o


Angela Devillier

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

St. Mary's , KS

Angela Agnes Haverkamp Devillier, 95 years and 10 months, of St. Mary’s, Kansas, passed from this life to eternal life on Saturday morning December 16, 2107 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

Angela was born on February 17, 1922 on a farm northwest of St. Benedict, Kansas the eldest child of John F. and Theresa Olberding Haverkamp. She spent her early childhood years in the


Roberta " Bert" Morrison

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Baileyville, KS

Roberta “Bert” Morrison, 54, of Baileyville lost her battle against cancer on Friday, December 15, 2017 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.

The youngest of five children; Roberta Jean Farley was born on May 25, 1963 at the Onaga Hospital to Wilbur D. and Joyce Coverdale Farley.  She grew up in the Corning Community and learned the importance of hard work and b


Linda Marrs

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Reserve, KS

Linda Marrs, 58, of Reserve, KS, passed away December 15, 2017 at Reserve. She was born September 22, 1959 at Falls City, NE to Orville and Phyllis (Law) Cudney, Jr.

She married Chuck Reilly in 1984 at Gloucester, NJ and they later divorced. She then married Jesse Marrs on September 4, 1994 at Falls City and they were later divorced.

Linda was raised at Falls City and g


Lorraine Clement

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Lorraine Clement was born April 21, 1921, in Livingston County, Missouri, the daughter of Willard and Clara Dowell Parkey.

Lorraine died late Thursday evening, December 14, 2017, at Hiawatha Community Hospital, where she had been a patient since November 30. She was 96 and able to enjoy her apartment at the Maple Grove Senior Complex in Hiawatha for several years.

She a