Announcements

Helen Krstolic

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Helen Krstolic, 103, Atchison, KS, formerly of Kansas City, KS, died Sunday, July 24, 2016 at the Mount St. Scholastica Dooley Center. 

Mass of Christian burial will be Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the Mount St. Scholastica Monastery with Fr. Denis Meade, OSB as celebrant. Entombment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, KS. Visitation with the famil


Billie Joan Anderson Falk

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Billie Joan Anderson Falk, 80, Atchison, Kansas, died Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Atchison Hospital.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM at St. Benedict’s Church with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant.  Burial will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  A parish rosary will be recited on Wednesday, July 27, at 6:00 PM in the chap


Michael Meier

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Kansas City , KS

Michael George Meier, 65, of Kansas City, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Michael was born on March 1. 1951 in Oregon, Missouri to Eugene and Pearle (Drake) Meier. He graduated from Troy High School in 1970 and went on to Highland Community College in Highland, Kansas to play football.

Michael retired from the U.S. Army with 25 plu


Paul Elliott Sr.

Popkess Memorial Chapel in Seneca

Centralia , KS

Paul Douglas Elliott Sr., 77, of Centralia, Kansas passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Onaga Community Hospital.  

Paul was born October 23, 1938 in San Augustine, Texas to Plato and Odie Mae (Bailey) Elliott. Paul was fourth in line of six children raised in southeast Texas, where he attended school and helped on the farm. He joined the United States Army in 1958 and t


Timothy Ramirez

Mercer Funeral Home Holton

Holton, KS

Timothy Charles “Wap ship shi” Ramirez, 62, of Mayetta, KS passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 23, 2016 in Topeka at St. Francis E.R.

He was born April 17, 1954 in Holton, KS the son of Tomas Ramirez and Maxine M. Nozhackum. Tim had lived on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation all of his life. Tim proudly served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era as a


Louis Joseph 'Bozo" Wabaunsee

Mercer Funeral Home Holton

Holton, KS

Louis Joseph “Bozo” Wabaunsee, 82, of Topeka, KS passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016 as his home.

He was born January 13, 1934 in Mayetta, KS the son of Louis Andrew and Catherine (Shoptese) Wabaunsee. Louis graduated from Marty Indian School in South Dakota in 1951. He proudly served in the United States Army from 1956 – 1958. Louis lived most of his life in the


Maxine L. (Lade) Dieckmann

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Tecumseh, NE

Maxine L. (Lade) Dieckmann, 90, of Tecumseh, passed away Friday afternoon, July 22, 2016 at Belle Terrace in Tecumseh, Nebraska.

 Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 25, 2016 at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Tecumseh, Nebraska, with Rev. Jason Wolter officiating.  Visitation will be at the Wherry Mortuary in Tecumseh, Nebraska, Sunday, July


Norbert Gress

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Norbert Francis Gress, 86, of Seneca died July 21, 2016 at his home surrounded by his children following a courageous four year battle with cancer.

Norbert was born on August 25, 1929 to Aloysius and Lorene Tanking Gress on a farm northeast of Seneca.  When he was a year old, the family moved to a farm southwest of Baileyville.  In 1933 they moved to a farm near St. Bridg


Sharon Roggenkamp

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Sharon Katherine Roggenkamp, 71, of Sabetha went to her eternal reward on July 20, 2016 after many years of health issues.  

She was faithful throughout her life and died peacefully and prayerfully surrounded by her family.

She was born November 20, 1944 in Marysville, Kansas to Francis and Emma (Genzler) Wynn.  Sharon graduated from St. Gregory’s Grade


Sheila Mayfield

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Auburn, NE

Sheila Mayfield, age 62 0f Auburn, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn.

Survivors include her husband John of Auburn; daughters and sons-in-law Amanda and Jeff Powell of Auburn; Melanie and Dan Duncan of Uncertain, TX; son Alex Mayfield of Auburn; grandchildren Grace and Faith Allgood; Carter and Adalynn Duncan; siblings and spouses Kristi Jok


Darlene Lockard

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Stella, NE

Darlene Lockard, 78, of Stella, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Auburn, Nebraska.

Born:  October 5, 1937 in Roscoe, Missouri Died:  July 19, 2016 in Auburn, Nebraska

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at The Stella Community Church in Stella, Nebraska with P


Sandra J. Haws

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Sandra J. Haws, 60, of Falls City, NE passed away July 19, 2016 at Lincoln, NE. She was born May 21, 1956 at Santa Ana, CA to Lois (Hersh) Kamman and the late Elmer Vollan.

In 1972 she married Bill Weaver at California, they divorced in 1995. On January 30, 1999 she married Michael Haws at Falls City. He passed away May 3, 2004.

Sandra was raised in California and had l


Carla " Melissa" O'Connor

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Carla “Melissa” O’Connor, 68, of Holton, KS passed away unexpectedly Friday, July 15, 2016 at her home. She was born March 3, 1948 in Walnut, CA the daughter of Robert Chapman, Sr. and Melba (Harrison) Chapman.

Melissa attended schools in Walnut, CA and had spent most of her life in Pomona, CA. She had lived in Holton since 1989. She worked at Medicalodges Jackson


Eldon " Red" Carver

Morrill , KS

Eldon “Red” Carver, 79, of Morrill died Friday, July 15, 2016, with his daughter at his side, after a relatively short battle with cancer.

He was born July 9, 1937, in Humboldt, Neb., to Frederick and Myrtle McAlexander Carver. They moved to Sabetha when he was a young boy, and he spent most of his life in Sabetha. He and his wife Elizabetha moved to Morrill in 1982. He


Gary Dean Moxley, Sr.

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Gary Dean Moxley, Sr.  77, Atchison, KS passed away Friday, July 15, 2016 at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, MO.

Funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, July 23, 2016 at First Christian Church, with Rev. Matt Broxterman officiating.  Burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.  Family will receive friends from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM&nb


Nancy Miller

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Everest, KS

Nancy A. Miller, 100, of Everest, Kansas, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2016 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.

She was born on September 11, 1915 in Basswood Manitoba, Canada the daughter of Alexander and Catherine Morrison Buchanan.

Nancy served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW II. She was a Registered Nurse and worked in Dayton, Ohio, Minneapolis, the Hor


Wade Moore

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Wade Alan Moore, 33, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016.

Wade was born on March 24, 1983 in Sabetha, Kansas to Jeff Moore and Debbie (Agee) Painter. He graduated from Sabetha High School in 2001. Wade then attended Beloit Technical School and graduated with an Auto Tech degree. After graduating he began to work for the family business, Agee’s Service in Sa


Richard Wakole

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

formerly of Horton, KS

Richard Sakto Gene Wakole, 66, member of the Sac & Fox Tribe of Oklahoma died Sunday morning, July 17, 2016 at the Sabetha Manor, Sabetha, KS where he had been a resident for the past year.

He was born June 11, 1950 in Pawnee, Oklahoma the son of Walter and Reba L. Cadue Wakole.  He graduated from Chilocco Indian High School and furthered his education at Kansas University


Rose Eileene Hoagland

Wherry Mortuary in Humboldt

Humboldt , NE

Rose Eileene (Schultz) Hoagland, 94, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born January 5, 1922 as the fourth of six children, to Paul and Lydia (Friedly) Schultz in Humboldt, Nebraska. She grew up in Humboldt and attended grade school and high school there, graduating in 1939. After graduation, Eileene worked at the Ben Franklin store in Humboldt. Eileene moved to Waukegan, Illinois where she worked at A


Eloise Luginbill

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

formerly of Seneca , KS

Eloise B. Luginbill, 92, of Baldwin City, Kansas, formerly of Seneca, died on Saturday, July 17, 2016 at Vintage Park Assisted Living in Baldwin City, Kansas.

Eloise was born on November 17, 1923 to Wallace and Mary Ellen Trudgeon Baugher.  She attended a rural country school.  In 1933, the family moved into the town of West Mineral, Kansas. She attended school there and