Announcements

Thelma J. Taylor

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Thelma J. Taylor, 83, Atchison, Kansas, formerly of St. Joseph, Missouri died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph, Missouri. Services will be Friday, November 20, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Mall Towers Community Room, 103 South Seventh Street, Atchison, Kansas.  Private burial will be


John Francis O'Connor

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Camden Point, MO

John Francis O’Connor, 72, of Camden Point, MO, passed away, Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO.   Funeral Services will be 2:30 pm, Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, 800 Kansas Ave., Atchison, KS.  Burial will f


Emma Galbraith

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Topeka, KS

Emma Katherine Galbraith, 96, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015 at the Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on September 27, 1919 in rural Atchison County, Kansas the daughter of Jake and Jennie Olson Torkelson. Emma attended Pleasant Ridge grade school and graduated fro


William "Bill" Irons

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison,

William “Bill” Irons passed away at the Atchison Hospital on November 16, 2015 at 2:45 am. Visitation with the family will be Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with memorial services to begin at 7:00 P.M. Interment will be Friday, Nove


Eula G. Parrott

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Rushville, MO

Eula G. Parrott, 94, of Rushville, MO passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at Atchison Senior Village. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Friday, November 20, 2015 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Keith Hoover officiating.  Burial will follow at Armstrong Cemetery, Rushville, MO.


Justin Fouts

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Westmoreland , KS

Justin G. Fouts, 86, of Westmoreland, passed away Monday, November 16, 2015 at Wamego City Hospital.

He was born July 22, 1929 in Bigelow, Kansas the son of Smith L. and Rebecca L. (Coffey) Fouts.  He graduated from Rossville High School in 1947.  He had lived in the Topeka/Dover area for several years and later moved to the Westmoreland


Albert Henry Buttron

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Lancaster, KS

 Albert Henry Buttron, 89,  Lancaster KS died Monday, November 16, 2015 at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City. Memorial services will be 11:00 am Saturday, Nov. 21st, 2015 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home.  The body has been cremated; burial will follow services at the Lancaster Ce


Clarence Eugene “Gene” Williams

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Clarence Eugene “Gene” Williams, 67, of Holton, KS, passed away Monday, November 16, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born June 4, 1948 in Holton, the son of Boyd Isaac and Florence Viola (Hiner) Williams. Gene graduated from Holton High School in 1966. He also attended Vo-Tech in Kansas City and


John Coonce

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Rulo, NE

John Coonce, 73, of Rulo, NE, passed away November 15, 2015 at Lincoln. His funeral will be held on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10:30 AM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 7-8:00 PM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home. DATE & PLACE OF DEATH:  November 15, 2015 a


Helen Tallant

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Crab Orchard , NE

Helen Lucille Wells Tallant was born to James and Minnie (Johnson) Wells on May 23, 1937 in Phelps City, Missouri.  She briefly attended elementary school in San Francisco, CA and when the family returned to Missouri, Helen graduated from the 8th grade in Phelps City and later graduated from Rockport High School in 1955. Helen was baptized in 1950 at the Un


John "Vic" Huttenmeyer

Wherry Mortuary of Tecumseh

Tecumseh , NE

John “Vic” Huttenmeyer was born in Omaha on November 2, 1934. As an infant he was adopted by John H. and Emma (Overbeck) Huttenmeyer. Emma passed away in 1936.  His father married Ida Mae (Leuthold). The family lived in Humboldt, NE, Marshalltown, IA and Diller, NE.  In 1950 they moved to Tecumseh where he graduated from Tecumseh High Schoo


Kenneth Luedke

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Kenneth C. Luedke, 93, of Troy, Kansas passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Atchison Senior Village.

Kenneth was born on November 19, 1921 in Tribune, Kansas to Charles & Estella (Niswonger) Luedke.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Troy, Kansas. Kenneth served in the WWII in the Army Air Force as a B-2


Thomas Ryan Jr.

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls , KS

Thomas J. Ryan, Jr., 82, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Nov.14, 2015, at his home.

He was born Sept. 30, 1933, at Kansas City, MO, the son of Thomas J. and Mary Elizabeth King Ryan, Sr. He graduated from Bishop Hogan High School at Kansas City, MO. He served in the US Army from 1957-58 and was stationed in To


Lawrence W. Strecker

Hall Funeral Home of Falls City

Formerly of Rulo, NE

 Lawrence W. Strecker, age 93, formerly of Rulo, NE, passed away Friday, November 13, at the Sunrise Country Manor in Milford, NE.  A funeral mass for Lawrence W. Strecker will be Wednesday, November 18, at 10:00 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rulo, NE. Burial will follow at the Rulo Catholic Cemetery. More...

Sharon Ann Rosenberger

Chaple Oaks Funeral Home

Hiawatha, KS

Sharon Ann Rosenberger, 59, of Falls City, Nebraska, died unexpectedly at her home Thursday morning, November 12, 2015. Sharon was born at Horton, December 2, 1955, one of five children born to Carl and Ruth Schmitt Kneisel and had lived nearly all of her life in the Brown County, KS and Richardson County, Nebraska. She grew up in Powhattan where she attended school briefly prior to the family m


Raymond Oscar Greene

Dishon-Maple-Chaney

Horton, KS

Raymond Oscar Greene (August 3, 1952 - November 12, 2015)

Raymond "Oscar" Shaq-Wah-Nah Greene, 63, of Powhattan, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at the Onaga Community Hospital in Onaga, Kansas. He was born on August 3, 1952 in Holton, Kansas the son of Collins and Deanna Mzhickteno Greene. Oscar worked as a general laborer in construction, for area farmers and the casino. H


William "Bill" Mathewson Browning

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

 William Mathewson “Bill” Browning, 82 of Rushville, MO, passed away Friday, 

November 13, 2015, at Atchison Senior Village.

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John Moyer

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Rural DuBois , NE

John Moyer, 63, of rural DuBois, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at his home in rural Dubois, Nebraska. Born:  September 2, 1952 in Humboldt, Nebraska Died:  November 11, 2015 in rural DuBois, Nebraska More...

B. Lucille (Parker) DeJonge

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Auburn, Formerly of Rural Humboldt, NE

 B. Lucille (Parker) DeJonge, 90, of Auburn formerly of rural Humboldt, Nebraska was born on October 4, 1925, in Beaver, Oklahoma to Ruben and Flora (Patte) Parker. She grew up in Beaver, Oklahoma attending public school and later graduating from Beaver High Schhool with the class of 1942.


Richard Lee

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

DuBois , NE

Richard L. Lee, 81, of DuBois, passed away November 11, 2015 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  He was born to Robert and Martha (Smith) Lee on Dec. 12, 1933 in Webbers Falls, OK.  Retired Master Sergeant, 20 years Air Force.  He was a crew chief for Offutt AFB.      Survivors:  wife, Patrici