Announcements

Betty Buehler

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Elizabeth L. “Betty” Buehler, 94, of Hiawatha, died Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.

Survivors  include three daughters:  Barbara Mitchell, Mary Ann Edds, Janet Mendez; brother Robert Lehnherr, sister Dorothy Zimbelman.

A Celebration of Betty’s life is planned for 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the First Presbyterian Chur


Megan Mooney

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Megan Kay Mooney, 27, of Hiawatha, died unexpectedly Saturday, April 29, 2017, at her apartment in Hiawatha.

Survivors include her parents Michelle and Terry Mooney, her brother Christopher Mooney, paternal grandmother Sharon Mooney, all of White Cloud, and maternal  grandmother Connie Knight of Leavenworth.

Cremation is planned with a Celebration of Megan’s


Dorothy Gerhardt

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Formerly of Netawaka, KS

Dorothy E. Gerhardt, 77, Missouri Valley, IA, formerly of Netawaka, KS passed away January 20, 2017, in Missouri Valley, IA.

A memorial Graveside Service will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Netawaka Cemetery.

The Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is assisting the family.

To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.mercerfuneralhome


Terry William ‘Butch’ Ball

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Terry William ‘Butch’ Ball, 76, a lifelong Atchison resident and Pharmacist, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

Memorial services have been set for 10:00 AM on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB, will be officiating. Burial will follow at the Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Atchison. Family will receive fri


Melvin Sinclair

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Circleville, KS

Melvin Dwayne Sinclair, 60, of Circleville, KS passed away suddenly Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Hiawatha Hospital E.R. He was born December 4, 1956 in Winchester, KS the son of David H. and Thelma Louise (Donovan) Sinclair.

Melvin graduated from ACCHS in 1975 and had attended Vo-Tech in Atchison. Melvin and his wife, Debra, owned and operated M&D Tree Shearing. He had worked fo


Emmett Kramer

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Pawnee City, NE

Emmett Joseph Kramer, 71 of Pawnee City, Nebraska formerly of Seneca, Kansas, died April 26,2017 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

He was born February 26,1946 to Lawrence and Rose Kramer in Baileyville, Kansas. He spent his childhood growing up in the Seneca and Baileyville area. He attended school at Baileyville Kansas. After school Emmett did various truck drivi


 Lewis C. Carter

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Today we lost a son of the greatest generation.  Lewis C. Carter, 93, of Holton, KS passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Holton Community Hospital.  He was born May 10, 1923 in Millen, GA, the son of John Lewis and Mary Alicia (Butler) Carter.

     After graduating from Roosevelt High School, Kansas City, Mo. in 1941, he p


Evelyn Wissman

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Evelyn Wissmann, 91, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 24, 2017 at Falls City. She was born February 15, 1926 at Falls City to Albert and Anna (Gossoehmig) Niedfeldt, Sr.

On February 3, 1948 she married Meinert Wissmann at Falls City. He passed away February 26, 2000.

Evelyn was raised north of Falls City and graduated Falls City High School in 1945. She attended Per


Betty (Adkins) Myers

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Denton, KS

DENTON, KANSAS - Betty L.(Adkins) Myers, 92, of Denton, Kansas died Monday, April 24, 2017 at an assisted living home in Hiawatha, Kansas. 

Betty was born on March 5, 1925 in Table Rock, Nebraska to Samuel (Frank) and Maude (Randall) Adkins. She lived most of her life in the Leona and the Denton area. Betty was a homemaker. Betty loved gardening, planting flowers, horses, m


Jimmy Entrikin

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Jimmy Don Entrikin, 70, of Horton, Kansas, passed away suddenly on April 23, 2017 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Jim was born on September 12, 1946 in Potter, Kansas the son of Wilbur and Pat Fowler Entrikin. Jim graduated from Everest High School in 1966, he then joined the United States Naval Service in May of the same year. After completing a four year tour of duty with another two ye


Ronald Collins

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Havensville, KS

Ronald Ray Collins, 57, of Havensville, KS passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home. He was born November 11, 1959 in Onaga, KS the son of Lewis L. and Evelyn “Lorene” (Rieschick) Collins.

Ron graduated from Onaga High School in 1977. He had lived in the Onaga, Havensville and Holton communities. Ron had worked for Oldham’s Sausage in Holton for many years.<


Gayleen Zentner

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Gayleen Zentner, 84, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 24, 2017 at Falls City. She was born January 5, 1933 at Shubert to Kenneth and Hazel (Rase) Wilson.

On July 20, 1958 she married Lewis Zentner at Falls City.

Gayleen was raised in Shubert and Falls City, graduating Falls City High School in 1950. She then attended Peru State Teachers College and obtained a teachi


William Scott Schock

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Retired Falls City Journal Publisher and popular columnist Scott Schock passed away at his home Saturday, April 22, 2017 from apparent sudden cardiac arrest. He was 68. 

Mr. Schock was associated with the Journal for 38 years, beginning as a reporter and photographer in 1976 before being promoted to editor, then publisher. His column, “Off the Cuff,” regularly a


Maxine Bowman Staley

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

rural Robinson, KS

Maxine Bowman Staley, 91, died Saturday evening, April 22, 2017, at Hiawatha Community Hospital, surrounded by her family.  She had made her home next door to her daughter and son in law Linda and Steve Korthanke of rural Robinson, for the past 16 years.

Maxine was born December 5, 1925, at Buffalo, KS, one of five children born to Arnold and Hazel Gilliland Moreland.  Sh


Marilyn Waller

Hixson-Klein Funeral Home in Gower, MO

St. Joseph, MO

Marilyn Waller, 67 of St. Joseph, MO was welcomed into the arms of Jesus, Friday, April 21, 2017 at her home.

She was born on January 29, 1950 to Clifford J. and Mary Ellen (Harrach) Coufal in Highland, Kansas.  Marilyn grew up in the Bendena, KS area and graduated valedictorian from Midway High School in 1968.  Marilyn attended Methodist School of Nursing and r


Bertille Lucy "Bert" Zeltner

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Everest, KS

Bertille Lucy “Bert” Zeltner, 96 of Everest, Kansas passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Maple Heights Senior Living Center in Hiawatha, Kansas.

Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, April 24, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Mary’s Church at Purcell, Kansas with Rev. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Church Cemete


Ethel Baumgartner

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Ethel Agnes (Wilhelm) Baumgartner, 88, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Friday, April 21, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Ethel was born on February 6, 1929 to Frank and Amelia (Heinen) Wilhelm near the Seneca and Kelly area. She attended and graduated from St. Bede’s High School in Kelly, Kansas. Ethel was united in marriage to Denzel Baumgartner on August 9,


Louis F. Bidding

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Louis F. Bidding, 88, of Atchison, KS, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph, MO.

Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Monday, April 24, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison, KS.  Family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00


Jesse Hamilton

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Denton , KS

Jesse Miles Hamilton, 61, of Denton, Kansas passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at his home.

Jesse was born on April 12, 1956 in Highland, Kansas to George & Gertrude (Adkins) Hamilton.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Troy, Kansas. Jesse worked for MGP Ingredients of Atchison, Kansas as a Material Handl


James Macke

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

James H.  Macke, 66, of Seneca, Kansas, died unexpectedly Monday, April 17, 2017, at his home in Seneca.

He was born on August 21, 1950, in Seneca, the only son of Henry and Mary Nordhus Macke. He grew up on the Macke farm and attended B & B school; graduating from High School in 1969. He was a farmer and a stockman, farming with his Father until his own health forced him