Announcements

Ed Buttner

Popkess Memorial Chapel in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Edwin Lee Buttner, 68, of Seneca, KS passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Sabetha Manor.

He was born on February 12, 1949 to Dorothy (Boydsten) Buttner at home in Seneca, KS. Ed attended Seneca Grade School until the 8th grade, and was later drafted into the U.S. Army on December 26, 1969. He served as a heavy vehicle driver in Vietnam and Germany during the Vietnam War. Upon re


Charlene Schoenfeldt

The Harman-Rohde Funeral Home of Wathena

Wathena, KS

Charlene (Heinen) Schoenfeldt, 80, of Wathena, Kansas entered heaven Friday, July 28, 2017. She was surrounded by her children in passing.   

Charlene arrived in this world on January 23, 1937. The first child of Magdlena (Maggie) and Aloysius (Allie) Heinen, she was raised on a small farm south of Denton, Kansas. Charlene attended school in D


Nancy K. Gormly

The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home of Atchison

Atchison, KS

Nancy K. Gormly, 71, of Atchison, KS, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at her home in Atchison.

Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, August 1, 2017, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Chris Wagner, officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchison. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Monday, July 31, 2017 at the funeral home


Harry Goodman

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Harry (Buddy) Goodman, 92, of Sabetha, KS passed away on Friday, July 28, 2017.

Harry was born on November 26, 1924 to Clay and Mary (Bindel) Goodman in rural Goff, KS. He attended various country schools and graduated from 8th grade, and later received his GED. He was drafted into the Army and served in Burma and China during World War II. Harry was united in marriage to Virginia


Jean Parsons

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

The Matriarch of the Parsons Families, Jean Parsons, entered eternal rest Tuesday, 25 July 2017 at the age of 90, surrounded by the love, admiration and prayers of her families. She passed in the early morning hours of natural causes at her residence at the Falls City Nursing and Rehabilitation, where she has lived for the past seven years.

Born Helen Jean Barrie, 27 June 1927 in S


Gladys Albers

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Bendena, KS

Gladys (Taylor) Albers, 86, of Bendena, KS, crossed over to new life on July 23, 2017 at Catholic Care Center in Wichita, KS where she moved in 2012 to be near her daughter.

Gladys was born on February 22, 1931 on a farm near White Cloud, KS to Herman “Mike” and Helen (Thomas) Taylor. She was the second of four children, and their only daughter.

Gladys gradu


Mildred Louise Winter

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

rural Robinson, KS

Mildred Louise Winter, born on March 6, 1921, to Chester and Olive (Sawyer) Marshall, passed from this earth on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Two Timbers in Highland, at the age of 96.

She graduated from King City, Missouri High School with the class of 1939. Mildred worked at the Quaker Oaks factory in St. Joseph, MO, for 7 years.

On February 5, 1949, Mildred married Ray


Marian L. “Skip” McCarthy

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Marian L. “Skip” McCarthy, 90 years old, of Atchison, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Mosaic Life Care.

Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, July 31, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Benedict’s Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited on Sunday, July 30th at 3:00 P.M. at A


Leonard Ronnebaum

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Leonard J. Ronnebaum, 85, of Seneca died July 25, 2017, at Crestview Manor Nursing and residential Living in Seneca.

Leonard was born on October 21, 1931 at the Sabetha Hospital in Sabetha to Joseph C. and Emma V. Rottinghaus Ronnebaum. Leonard grew up southwest of Seneca, He attended the Pickney Country school just east a ¼ mile from his house. Until the 6th grade then he w


Luella Marie Cummins

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Luella Marie Cummins, 95, of Falls City, NE, passed away July 25, 2017 at Falls City. She was born February 10, 1922 in rural Falls City, the daughter of Gus Fiene and Pearl (Duerfeldt) Fiene. She attended Williamsville country school and Barada High School through the 10th grade then graduated from Falls City High School.

In 1943 she graduated as a registered nurse from Missouri M


Phyllis Mae Cobb

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Phyllis Mae Cobb 97, passed away on Monday morning July 24 in Holton, Kansas. She was born August 24, 1919, in Wheatland, Wyoming, the daughter of Claude and Irene Norris.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Lincoln Cobb, her sisters Margery, Ova, Leta, and by her brothers Leo and Larry.

She is survived by her son, Ronald Lee Cobb and wife Kathleen, of Holt


Brenda Graner

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Brenda Irene Graner (Pearson), 76, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, July 24, 2017 at Vintage Park in Holton.

She was born April 24, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of George Pearson and Estella (Myers) Pearson. She grew up in Milford, P.A. and graduated from Delaware Valley Joint High School in 1959.

She married Gilbert “Gibby” Graner, Sr. on March 27, 1964 i


Elizabeth " Curly" Harmon

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

ELIZABETH ANN ‘CURLY’ HARMON, 54, of Hiawatha, died late Sunday evening, July 23, 2017, at Mosiac Life Care Center, in St. Joseph, MO.

Curly…is ALL she has ever been known by, was born at Temple Hospital, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1963, the daughter of Marshall Theodore and Delia Teresa Davila Harmon and moved with her family to Tarkio, Missouri when she w


Lonnie Fletchall

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Lonnie DeWitt Fletchall, age 75, of Sabetha passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 at his home in Sabetha.

Lonnie was born October 17, 1941 in Sabetha the son of Alonzo and Kathryn (DeWitt) Fletchall. He graduated from Sabetha High School in 1960. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years during Vietnam and was stationed on the U.S.S. Finch. He married Rose Marie Johnstone on May 31,


Gordon Sigrist

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Wathena , KS

Gordon D. Sigrist, 82, of Wathena, Kansas died Saturday, July 22, 2017.

Gordon was born on April 5, 1935 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Emil and Juanita (Brasel) Sigrist. He was a lifelong resident of Wathena and worked as an over the road truck driver.

Gordon is a member of the First Baptist Church in Troy, the Teamsters Union and the U.S. Naval Reserves.

He ma


Anna Kneen

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Valley Falls , KS

Anna Marie Kneen, 71, of Valley Falls, died Sunday, July 23, 2017 at her home with her daughters close by.

She was born September 11, 1945 in Leavenworth the daughter of Theodore Francis and Kathryn Josephine Brose Wistuba. She was a 1963 graduate of Winchester High School. She retired in 2007after 10 years as a merchandiser for Payless Shoe Source in Topeka. She had formerly worke


Verna Wahweotten

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Mayetta, KS

Verna Jean “Wen-be-quah” Wahweotten, 56, of Mayetta, KS passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 with her family. She was born December 14, 1960 in Holton, the daughter of Vernon and Rosemary (Masquat) Wahweotten.

Verna was a lifetime member of the Jackson County community; most of her life was on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation. She was a homemaker and free spirit.<


Colby Dean Harris

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Colby Dean Harris, 11, of Mayetta, died Friday, July 21, 2017 from an accidental death at his home.

He was born August 10, 2005 in Topeka, the son of Chris and Dana Baxter Harris. Colby would have started 6th grade at Royal Valley Middle School this year. He played baseball at Royal Valley and soccer with the Holton Parks and Recreation League. He loved hunting, fishing, swimming,


Vergie Mae Harl

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Overland Park, KS

Vergie Mae Harl, 89, of Overland Park, KS died on Friday, July 21st, 2017 at her son’s home in Overland Park.

Funeral services will be 2:00 pm on Monday, July 24, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM until time of service at the funeral home. Memorial contribut


Ernesta Mary Handke

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Ernesta Mary Handke, 88, Atchison, Kansas died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Atchison Senior Village Nursing Center.

Mass of Christian burial will be Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Louis Church at Good Intent with Rev. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Louis Church Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited on Monday, July 24th at 6:30 P.M. a