Announcements

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


Willard Royer

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

formerly of rural Arrington, KS

Willard Francis Royer, 97, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Vintage Park in Holton. He was born on the family farm north of Arrington on September 11, 1918 to Boyd Willard and Mabel Beyer Royer. He was the last of the twenty-seven grandchildren born to Asa and Susan Beyer. Willard attended the Bittersweet rural grade school and graduated from Effingham High School in 1935. After graduati


Edith “Cindy” Bergmann

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Formerly of Johnson, NE

Edith “Cindy” Bergmann, age 89, formerly of Johnson, Nebraska was born on June 19, 1927 in Auburn, Nebraska to Walter and Opal (Chandler) Haith.  She was raised in Auburn where she attended Auburn Public Schools.

On October 21, 1943, Cindy was united in marriage to Orville John Henry Bergmann in Hiawatha, Kansas.  To this union four children Linda, Gordon, Reg


Milton Francis Hines

Becker-Dyer Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, formerly of Lancaster, KS

Milton Francis Hines, 85, of Atchison, formerly of Lancaster, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Vintage Park of Atchison.

Funeral Services will be 2:00 pm, Saturday, July 16, 2016 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, with Rev. Charles Neill, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Lancaster (KS) Cemetery.  Family will receive friends from 12:30 pm until


Izma Seeba

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Cook, NE

Izma (Buethe) Seeba was born May 9, 1925 in Elk Creek, Nebraska, the daughter of Henry Carl “Charlie” and Beatrice (Morris) Buethe. She was one of four daughters.  She attended school in Elk Creek, Nebraska but completed her senior year, 1943, in California, where her family had moved.  

On August 11, 1946 she married Glen Henry Seeba in Oakland, California. &


Helen Hendrickson Hjetland

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Helen Hendrickson Hjetland, 95, died Thursday, July 14, 2016, at her home in Hiawatha, Kansas.

She was born November 13, 1920, in Lone Jack, Missouri, to Herschel Byron and Bessie Faulkenberry Hendrickson. After living in Kansas City the family moved to St. Joseph, Missouri where she graduated from Central High School in 1939.  Prior to her marriage, she worked for Westab in S


Margaret Albin

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Humboldt , NE

Margaret Albin, 93, of Humboldt, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at the Colonial Acres Nursing Home in Humboldt, Nebraska.

Born: May 17, 1923 in rural Humboldt, Nebraska

Died: July 12, 2016 in Humboldt, Nebraska

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 12, 2016, at The Christian Church in Humboldt, Nebraska with Pastor Ho


Anna J. Grouling

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Anna J. Grouling, 69, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, July 11, 2016 at Atchison Senior Village Nursing Center.

Mass of Christian burial will be Friday, July 15, 2016 at 10:00 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 Thursday, July 14th at 4:00 P.M. at Arensberg-Pru


Leo Berry

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Bendena, KS

Leo Berry, 81, of Bendena, Kansas died Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at a Kansas City hospital. 

Leo was born on October 17, 1934 in Atchison, Kansas to Orrel and Helen (Moranz) Berry. He was a lifelong resident of Bendena where he farmed and worked as a patternmaker. 

Leo is a member of the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Bendena, Kansas, Patternmaker Unio


Mary Jean Handley

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Onaga

Onaga , KS

Mary Jean Handley, 84, of Onaga, died Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at the Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia.   She was born June 17, 1932 at Topeka, the daughter of Eugene and Mary Pinick Grim.  She graduated from Onaga High School in 1950.   Mary Jean was a member of  the First Congregational Church, UCC in Onaga.  She sang in the church ch


Donna Trant

Harmon-Rhode Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Donna (Losson) Trant, 84, of Troy, Kansas died Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family.

Donna was born on October 27, 1931 in Sparks, Kansas to P.E. and Maude (French) Williams. She graduated from Troy High School. Donna loved traveling with her husband and spending time with her family. She also enjoyed doing word search and beating her husband in cards.


Patricia Johnson

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Auburn , NE

Patricia Alene Victoria (Lair) Johnson, 86 years of age, of Beatrice, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was born on August 19, 1929 in Norfolk to Harold and Adeline (Switzer) Lair.

Patricia is survived by 4 children, Sandra K. Stearns and husband Michael of Courtland, Kansas, Jeffrey A. Johnson of Chillicothe, Missouri, Mar


Lilah Kaye Lamphear

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Whiting, KS

Lilah Kaye Lamphear, 78 of Whiting, Kansas passed away unexpectedly at her home on July 10, 2016.

She was born on August 13, 1937 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Fredrick and Ruby Keyes Lamphear. She was a lifelong resident of Atchison and later Jackson Counties. She graduated from Horton High School in 1955. Lilah attended business school in Topeka. She worked at the Horton Nati