Announcements

Leslie Eugene Smith

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Leslie Eugene Smith, 85, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, January 16, 2017 at the St. Luke’s Hospice House surrounded by his family.

Graveside services and interment of cremated remains will be Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Benedict Catholic School Endowment or St. Luke’s Hospice and may be l


Velma M. Rosenburg

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Velma M. Rosenburg, 90, Atchison, KS, formerly of Cummings, KS died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the Atchison Hospital surrounded by her loving family.

Funeral services will be 11:00 am on Saturday, Jan. 21st, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Jim Cormode officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison. The family will receive friends fr


Earl Richard Bowie

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Burlson, TX

Earl Richard Bowie, 91, of Burleson, TX, formerly of Holton, KS passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at Mustang Creek Estates in Burleson, TX. He was born March 26, 1925 near Valley Falls, KS the son of Joseph Harvey and Dora Elaine (Hitlerbrand) Bowie.

Earl had lived in Holton from 1998 - 2015 and in McLouth from 1955-1998. He had moved to Texas in 2015. He was a farmer and dairym


Ivan Lee Hinrichsen

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Dawson, NE

Ivan Lee Hinrichsen, 83, of Dawson, Nebraska passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017 at Community Medical Center in Falls City, Nebraska.  He was born on October 18, 1933 to John and Mildred (Reis) Hinrichsen in Springfield, Nebraska and then moved to Pawnee City, Nebraska with his four brothers and two sisters.  When he was out of school, Ivan became a brick mason.  Then from 1


Scott Koch

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Auburn, NE

Scott Koch, 43, of Auburn, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017, near Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Born:  February 10, 1973 in Nebraska City, Nebraska Died:  January 15, 2017 near Nebraska City, Nebraska

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2017, at the Hall Funeral Chapel in Auburn, Nebraska with


Larry Lee Smith

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Larry Lee Smith, 75, Atchison, died Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Atchison Senior Village after a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).

Funeral services will be 10:00 am on Thursday, January 19th, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, O.S.B. officiating. Burial will follow in St. Leo’s Cemetery, Horton, KS. The family will


Audrey Renae Ramirez

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton , KS

Audrey Renae Ramirez, 27, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017 at the Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

She was born on May 8, 1989 in Hiawatha, Kansas the daughter of Sam and Ramona Greene Ramirez. Audrey graduated from Horton High School and earned her CNA and CMA and worked for several nursing homes in Brown County. She was a member of the Prairie B


Marjorie Steinlage

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Corning , KS

Marjorie A. Steinlage, 88, of Corning, Kansas died peacefully on Monday, January 16, 2017 at Eastridge Nursing Home in Centralia.

Marjorie was born on January 7, 1929 to Frank and Anna Meyer Burdiek, on a farm south of Seneca. She attended Kelly Grade school and graduated from Kelly High School in 1947.

Marjorie married Francis Steinlage on November 28, 1950 at St. Bede


David Blunt

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

David E. Blunt, 71, of Hiawatha, died unexpectedly Sunday morning, January 15, 2017, shortly after arrival at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.  

David was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, one of nine children born to Ray and Elizabeth O’Dell Blunt and had lived in the Northeast Kansas area nearly all of his life.  David graduated from Horton High School with the class


Paul Christopher “Bud” Zacharias

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Paul Christopher “Bud” Zacharias, 56 of Atchison, KS passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family.

Funeral service will be 1:00 PM, Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Ted Lovelace officiating.  Burial will follow at Round Prairie Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS. &nb


Paul Millenbruch

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Hoyt, KS

Paul Leon Millenbruch, 83, of Hoyt, KS passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017 at his home. He was born December 29, 1933 in rural Mayetta, KS the son of George Edwin and Dorothy Edith (Starkey) Millenbruch.

Paul attended Carbon and Miller country schools.He had lived in Mayetta since 1971 and had moved to Hoyt in 2013. He was a carpenter for over 35 years, working for Local #1445.<


Edwin Dinger

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

Edwin Lee Dinger, 62, Valley Falls, died unexpectedly Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka.

He was born March 20, 1954, at St.George, the son of Chester and Pauline Williams Dinger.

Ed had worked at Humm Dingers Restaurant at Valley Falls, and at Woodhaven Inc. and Welchwood Products, both at Perry. He was a member of St. Mary’s


Louis Millenbruch

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Winfield , KS

Louis Edwin Millenbruch, 87, of Winfield, KS passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Winfield Senior Living. He was born January 6, 1930 on the Pottawatomi Indian Reservation near Mayetta, KS to George Edwin and Dorothy Edith (Starkey) Millenbruch.

Louis attended grade school in a one room country school and graduated from Holton High School in 1947. He attended a trade school for


Helen Barnes

Padden Funeral Chapel in Frankfort

Vermillion, KS

Helen Lavern Barnes, 94, of Vermillion, KS, died Tuesday, January 10, at the Frankfort Community Care Home in Frankfort. She was born October 31, 1922 in Lincoln Township in Marshall County, to Reuben and Ellen (Swanson) Matson. She attended Marysville schools.

On December 26, 1939, she was united in marriage to August Barnes in St. Joseph, MO. He preceded her in death on September


Jacquelyn Lee Dalinghaus

Lauer Funeral Home-Seneca

Seneca, KS

Jacquelyn Lee Dalinghaus Kroemer, 51, of Seneca died on January 11, 2017 at her home.

Jackie was born on December 14, 1965 in Axtell to Larry and Betty Ann Koch Dalinghaus.

Jackie attended B&B School and graduated with the Class of 1984. After she graduated she went to work at Crestview Manor and Country View Estates in Seneca was a CNA. Jackie’s health deteri


Leonard Thomas, Jr.

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Horton

Horton, KS

Leonard M. Thomas, JR, Nish KA Wah Suck, 65, of Horton, passed on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

He was born December 8, 1951, in Holton, the son of Leonard M. Thomas, Sr. and Orcelia J. Mason Thomas.    

JR was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe and followed the Drum way of life.  He worked in the Tribe's Farm and Ranch Program.

JR and Kare


Cecil Mzhickeno

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Cecil Ray “Wab-no-sah” Mzhickteno, 57, of Mayetta, KS passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born August 5, 1959 in Topeka, KS the son of Marvin D. Mzhickteno and Norma (Mattwaoshe) Mzhickteno.

Cecil graduated from Topeka West High School in 1977. He had worked in construction, along-side his father. Cecil had also worked for Ha


Leroy Tangeman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

LeRoy B Tangeman, 76, of Seneca, died Wednesday morning, January 11, 2017 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.

LeRoy was born on June 3, 1940 to Frank and Agnes Wessel Tangeman, in Axtell, Kansas. LeRoy attended St. Mary’s School in St. Benedict, Kansas.

As a young man, LeRoy helped on the family farm, until he was old enough to join the Kansas National Gua


Bernard “Pete” J. Walter Sr.

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena, KS

Bernard “Pete” J. Walter Sr., 94, of Wathena, Kansas passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at his home. 

Bernard was born on October 23, 1922 in St. Joseph, Missouri a child of Switzerland immigrants Herman & Anna (Rutschman) Walter. 

He graduated from Todd High School & worked his life as a farmer. Bernard was a member of the First Bap


Margaret Schuetz

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Margaret C. Schuetz, 100, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at the Mission Village Living Center in Horton, Kansas.

She was born on May 29, 1916 in Downs, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Anna Kurtenbach Schuetz.

Margaret was a beautician and owned and operated Mar-Don's for over 16 years. She was a member of the St. Leo's Catholic Chu