Announcements

Loren Deters

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Westmoreland , KS

Loren John Deters, 50, of Westmoreland, Kansas lost his life in a tragic tractor accident on Monday, September 4, 2017.  

Loren was born on December 29, 1966 to Bernard H. and Edith Marie Rempe Deters.  He graduated from Centralia High School with the Class of 1985.  He attended Manhattan Vo-Tech in auto body, completing in 1987.  He worked for Briggs Auto for 2


Robert Schecher

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Everest , KS

Robert (Bob) Anthony Schecher, 81, of Everest, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017, in a farming-related accident at an industrial plant in Craig, Missouri.

He was born on July 11, 1936, to Anthony (Tony) and Ernestine Peden Schecher.

Bob graduated from Horton High School in 1955. He was a bulldozer operator, farmer, and raised beef cattle on a farm in Everes


Opal Pierce

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Bendena , KS

Opal Pierce (September 24, 1927 – August 27, 2017)

Opal was born in the rurals of Leonardville, Kansas. She was the seventh child of George and Hulda (Ekstrom) Rosell.

Opal was married on December 22, 1948 to Gerald Pierce who preceded her in death on January 29, 2002. They were both known for their avid love of the Bible.


Jerome Fritsch

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Jerome A. Fritsch, 73, of Hiawatha, died Tuesday morning, September 5th, 2017, at Hiawatha Community Hospital.  He previously had been a resident of Maple Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for several years.

Jerome was born was Sabetha, October 23, 1943, one of two children of Aloysius and Mary Hackett Fritz.  He grew up near Mercier where he attended St. Peter&rs


Donald Ankrom

Kremer Funeral Home in Omaha

Falls City, NE

Donald Eugene Ankrom of Falls City Nebraska, passed away on the morning of, September 5, 2017 at the Falls City Healthcare Community. He was born in Falls City on July 10, 1929 to the late Leonard and Minnie Stokes Ankrom.

Donald was raised in Richardson County and lived there all his life. He married Marceile Nutzman on November 13, 1955 in Tucumcari, NM.

He is survive


Mary Helen Loroff

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Mary Helen (Brazelton) Loroff, 99, of Troy, Kansas passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017 at the Living Community of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Mary Helen was born February 12, 1918 in Lake View, Iowa, where her father was teaching. The family moved back to Doniphan County, Kansas, settling on a fruit and poultry farm east of Troy in June of 1920.


Michael James

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Horton , KS

Michael Patrick James, currently living in Horton, died from injuries received in a two vehicle accident, approximately 4 miles south of Hiawatha 73 Highway, July 19, 2017.  He was 52.

Michael was born at Claremore, OK, June 12, 1965, the son of Michael Clay and Annie Albright James.  He graduated from S Pasadena, California High School and moved to Hiawatha to make his home


Larry Nordus

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Centralia , KS

Larry D. Nordhus, 73, of Centralia, KS, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, September 4th after a brief struggle with cancer.

Larry was born on December 31, 1943 in Seneca, to Leo and Nora Haverkamp Nordhus. He grew up on the family farm south of St. Benedict. Larry was a graduate of St. Benedict High School and St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, OK.

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Ora E. Tisdale

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Ora E. Tisdale, 81, of Atchison, KS died Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the Atchison Senior Village.

Funeral services will be 4:00 pm Friday, Sept. 8th, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. The body will be cremated following the service. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 4:00 pm on Friday at the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be left online at


Barbara Bowden

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Hoyt, KS

Barbara Bowden, 71, of Hoyt, KS passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017 at The Pines in Holton. She was born January 12, 1946 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Milton and Ruth (Sconce) Newlun.

Barbara graduated from Hoyt High School. She was a life-long member of the Hoyt community. Barbara was a homemaker and housewife.

She was a member of the Hoyt United Methodist Church.<


Donna Ford

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Donna Jean Ford, 64, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born March 5, 1953 in Holton, KS the daughter of Donald Gene and Lois Eileen (Hainline) Fowler.

Donna graduated from Mayetta High School in 1971 and attended Highland Community College. She was a lifelong member of the Holton and Mayetta communities.

Do


Mary Ann Huninghake

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Mary Ann Huninghake, 92, of Seneca, died on September 3, 2017 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

She was born on April 26, 1925 on a farm northwest of St. Benedict, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Anna M. Engelken Stallbaumer. She grew up in the St. Benedict community and attended St. Mary’s School in St. Benedict, graduating from High School in 1942. As a youn


Mary J. Jurgensmeier

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

formerly of Fairview, KS

Mary J. Jurgensmeier, 86, formally of Fairview, Kansas died Friday, September 1, 2017 at the Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas.

She was born on March 29, 1931 at St. Paul, Kansas the daughter of Joseph Lero and Anna (Collins) Lero. She attended St. Francis School in St Paul, Kansas. She was united in marriage to William J. Baker on January 15, 1951. He died on September 17, 1967. Mary d


Clarence E. Tryon

Lauer Funeral Home-Seneca

Seneca, KS

Clarence E. Tryon, 63, of Seneca, died Friday, September 1, 2017.  His courageous year and half battle with lung cancer ended peacefully in his home.

Clarence was born in Seneca on March 9, 1954 to Alfred E. and Sylvia L. Tryon/McGehee. Clarence grew up in Seneca, attending Seneca Public School and graduated from Nemaha Valley High School in 1973. As a young man, he was employ


Thomas Howard Potts

The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Effingham, KS

Thomas Howard Potts, 74, of Effingham, KS died Sat. Sept. 2, 2017 at the Mosaic Life Center, St. Joseph, MO.

Visitation for Mr. Potts will be Monday, Sept. 4th, 2017 beginning at 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the Becker Chapel, Effingham, KS.   Funeral services will be 2:00 pm on Friday, Sept. 8th at the Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester, TN.  Burial will follow in


Esther Weis

The Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

TROY, KANSAS - Esther (Losson) Weis, 92, of Troy, Kansas died Thursday, August 31, 2017.  Esther was born on May 7, 1925 in Troy, Kansas to Harry and Anna Mae (Blakley) Losson. She lived most of her life in Doniphan County and was a homemaker. Esther is a member of the First Baptist Church in Troy. She married Alvin O. Kostman on Dec. 26, 1944. He preceded her in death on


Larry Drimmel

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Effingham, KS

Larry Drimmel, 71, of Effingham, Kansas, died Thursday, August 31, 2017, at the University of Kansas Medical Center surrounded by his family.

Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, September 4, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Ann’s Church with Rev. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Ann’s Cemetery. A parish and Knight’s of Columbus rosary


George Blaine Shaffer

Penwell Gable Funeral Home in Topeka

formerly of Hiawatha , KS

George Blaine Shaffer passed away peacefully at age 77 on August 30, 2017 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas. Blaine was born May 27, 1940 on a farm near Corning, Kansas to George and Alvina Aeschliman Shaffer.

Blaine was a graduate of Fairview High School, Highland Community Junior College (Associate of Arts 1960), the University of Kansas (Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathe


Jacqueline Jo Anne “Boppies” Krupinski

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Jacqueline Jo Anne “Boppies” Krupinski, 82, Atchison, Kansas died Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at the Atchison Hospital.

Mass of Christian burial will be Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish and Daughter’s of Isabella rosary w


Sharon Nimz

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Sharon Ann Nimz, of Maple Winds Apartments of Hiawatha, died Friday morning, August 11, 2017, at Hiawatha Community Hospital.  She was 73.

Sharon was born at Tampa Florida, October 31, 1943, one of three children born to the late Earl and Ola Mae Smith Sexton.  She grew up and attended schools in several towns through the years, before the family settled in Denton, KS, wh