Announcements

Wayne Henry

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa

Winchester , KS

Wayne Edward Henry, 56, Winchester, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE.  Wayne was born August 19, 1959 in Atchison, the son of Alfred James and Mary Jane Noll Henry. He was a 1977 graduate of Jefferson County North High School. He worked for the Union P


Jere Bleier

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Jere P. Bleier, 81, of Holton, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton. He was born November 17, 1933 in Topeka, the s


Sammy Ashley

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Denison, KS

Sammy L. Ashley, 89, of Denison, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka.

He was born August 3, 1926 in Topeka the son of Moorman and Myrtle (Orrick) Ashley. He attended Topeka High School and received and honorary diploma in 2004 as he ran away at the age of 16 to join the United States Navy where he served


Helen Meiners

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

  Helen Mary (Joergens) Meiners, 100, of Hiawatha, Kansas passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at Maple Heights Nursing Home.

Helen was born in Kansas City, Missouri on May 5, 1915 to Max and Bertha (Hummel) Joergens.  She was the youngest of three children.  Her sister, Margaret Walters, and brother, Edw


Harold E. Allen

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Topeka, KS

Harold E. Allen, 80, of Topeka, KS passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born May 11, 1935 in Topeka, the son of Roy Thomas and Fern (Burkett) Allen. Harold graduated from Highland Park High School in 1953. He also attended 3 years and graduated from Faith Bible Institute. Harold pr


Dorothy M. Weber

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Dorothy M. Weber, 98, Atchison, Kansas, died Friday, November 06, 2015, at Atchison Senior Village. Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick’s Church, with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB officiating. Burial will follow in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Visitation with the


John Junior Armstrong

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Muscotah, KS

John Junior Armstrong, 91 of Muscotah, Kansas, passed away Sunday afternoon, November 8th, at the Winchester Senior Care Center. Visitation will be at the Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton Wednesday, November 11 between 6:00-7:30 PM. A memorial service will be held at Muscotah United Church on Thursday, Novem


Clifford Spitser

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City , NE

Clifford A. Spitser, 88 of Pawnee City, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He was born on February 20, 1927 in Pawnee City, Nebraska to Elmer and Ida (Snyder) Spitser. Survived by his wife Betty of Pawnee City, Nebraska, son, Larry Spitser of Washington.

Phyllis Ann Fisher

Formerly of Falls City, NE

Phyllis Ann Fisher of Chandler, Arizona, a native of Falls City died November 3rd at the age of 56 in Chandler. A memorial service for Phyllis Fisher of Chandler, Arizona will be held at 11 a-m Saturday, November 14th at the Falconer Funeral Home, in Gilbert, Arizona. In lieu of flowers, a memorial is being setup for the benefit of the Falls City Library and Art


Lee Moyer

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Auburn , NE

Lee Moyer, age 69 of Auburn, NE, passed away Sunday, November 8, at the Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln, NE. A memorial service for Lee Moyer will be held Wednesday, November 11, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hall Funeral Chapel in Auburn, NE., with Tom Osborne officiating. There will be a private family burial at a later date. More...

Jack Loren Beightel

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Jack Loren Beightel, 80, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday November 8, 2015 surrounded by his family, at Stormont Vail Hospital, after a long illness. He was born December 23, 1934 in Holton, KS the son of Jess and Edith (Jackson) Beightel. Jack graduated from Holton High School in 1953 and had attended Kansas State


Evelyn Elwonger

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Formerly of Cedar Rapids , IA

 Evelyn Elaine (Brown) Elwonger, 89, formerly of Cedar Rapids, IA, passed away at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, IA, on November 5, 2015 due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on a farm in Richardson County Nebraska to Stacy and Myrtle (Henderson) Brown on March 28, 1926 and was the older of two daughters.

Eugene D. Robinson

Wherry Mortuary of Humboldt

Adams, Formerly of Sabetha, KS

Eugene D. Robinson was born to Byron and Elizabeth (Saylor) Robinson on February 8, 1925 in Hiawatha, Kansas. Eugene grew up on a farm near Sabetha, Kansas.  He attended a rural country school. He was drafted into the U.S. Army on August 8, 1945 and served his country until his honorable discharge on January 29, 1947.  He later received his honorary hi


Sylvia "Kathy" Boaz

Harmon-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Sylvia Kathleen “Kathy” Boaz, 71, of Troy, Kansas passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at her home.

She was born on July 13, 1944 in Topeka, Ks. to Glenn & Grace (Howland) Sullivan.

Kathy was a member of the First Baptist Church of Troy, Ks. She was a housewife, who was very active with her church & communi


Sister Alice Smitherman

Arensberg-Pruett

Mount St. Scholastica In Atchison, KS

Sister Alice Smitherman, OSB, 81, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died November 5, 2015, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Tuesday, November 10, at 11:15 a.


Darlene Rohrs

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Formerly of Auburn, NE

Darlene Rohrs, age 84 (formerly of Auburn), passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2015 at Colonial Acres in Humboldt. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law Randy and Cathy of Johnson; Dave & Kandi of Auburn; 4 grandchildre


Donald Kramer

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Goff , KS

Donald Edward Kramer, 88, of Goff, KS, died at Wednesday evening, November 4, 2015, at Life Care Center of Seneca.

Donald was born on April 21, 1927 on a farm near Baileyville, KS to Henry and Elizabeth Dick Kramer. He was raised in the Baileyville area and attended grade school in Baileyville; he attended


Lynn Robert “Bob” Vaughn

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Lynn Robert “Bob” Vaughn, 84, of Hiawatha died shortly after arrival at Hiawatha Community Hospital, Tuesday afternoon, November 3, 2015. Bob was born at McCook, Nebraska, November 10, 1930, one of five children born to Lynn and Sarah Jean Underwood Vaughn.  The family moved to Idaho a few years be


Lowell J. Feighner

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Auburn, NE

Lowell J. Feighner, age 74 of Auburn, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at his home. Survivors include his wife Connie of Auburn; children Dennis Allen of Auburn, Dave a


Delaine E. Wenger

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

rural Powhattan, KS

Delaine E. Wenger, of rural Powhattan, died Monday, November 2, 2015, at the age of 64.  He was born February 2, 1951 n Sabetha, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Marjorie Thornton Wenger. Delaine grew up and lived his whole life in the Powhattan community.  He attended the Powhattan schools, graduating with