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Announcements

Margaret Martin

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Rock Creek , KS

Margaret L. Martin, 109, Rock Creek, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at Kelly House care facility in Meriden.

She was born Aug. 16, 1906, at Gowen, in Oklahoma Territory, the daughter of Zura and Lou Annie Leonard Skellenger. She lived at Hartshorne, OK, where she was a care-giver for 17 years in the home of


Helen Elizabeth Coffelt

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Topeka and Everest, KS

Helen Elizabeth Coffelt, 96 of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Everest, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on September 20, 1918 in Everest, Kansas the daughter of Bruce and Arline Dodge Lanter. Helen graduated from Everest High School in 1936. After high school she went to work


Betty Jean Reese

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison,

Betty Jean Reese, 66, Atchison, Kansas, died Thursday, September 10, 2015 at her residence.

Funeral services will be Monday, September 14, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from noon until time of the service at the funeral home.  Interment will follow in the Sugar Creek C


Lela Marie Blunk

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Lela Marie Blunk, 89, of Atchison Kansas died Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at the Atchison Senior Village.

Funeral services will be 11:00 am on Monday, Sept. 14th, 2015 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens. Friends may call one hour prior to services at the fune


Raymond Strecker

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Raymond Strecker, 78, of Falls City, NE, passed away September 9, 2015 at Falls City. He was born August 2, 1937 at Falls City to the late Walter and Emma (Scholl) Strecker. On January 16, 1960 he married Verba Baker at Falls City. Raymond was raised at Falls Ci


Mary Simpson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland

Highland, KS

Mary K. Simpson, 82, of Highland, died surrounded by family Tuesday evening, September 8, 2015, at Highland Healthcare Center where she had been a resident several years.     Mary was born January 15, 1933, at Sparks,  one of seven children born to Oscar and Hazel Mooney Simpson  and  had lived nearly all of her life


Mildred Strahm

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Mildred Louise Strahm, 87, of Sabetha died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  She was born on May 8, 1928 the daughter of David C. Brunner and Susie (Aberle) Brunner at Sabetha, Kansas. She was raised in the Sabetha area and attended Harmony Grade School and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1946.  Mildred was a receptionist for


Janet Banaka

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Netawaka, KS

Janet Kay Banaka, 67, of Netawaka, KS passed away Monday, September 7, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka after a year-long illness. Janet was surrounded by family and friends. She was born October 20, 1947 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Ralph E. and Viola Pearl (Miller) Sharp.

Janet graduated from Holton High School in 1965. She worked at T


Wilfred Francis Bergman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

St. Benedict, KS

Wilfred Francis Bergman, 93, of St. Benedict, Kansas, died on Monday, September 7, 2015 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. Wilfred was born July 16, 1922, on the family farm west of St. Benedict, the 8th of 9 children born to Frank Joseph and Bernadine Mary (Hulsing) Bergman.  He attended Cotto


Sharryl Cochran

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Denison, KS


George F. Grossenbacher

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha and Bern , KS

George F. Grossenbacher, 87, of Bern, Kansas passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha where he had resided since November of 2013.   He was born on August 6, 1928 at Bern, Kansas the son of Fred and Maude (Schick) Grossenbacher.  He went to Prairie Star Country School and then attended both Sabetha an


Della J. Callison

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls , KS

Della J. Callison, 96, Valley Falls, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at F.W. Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester. She was born Jan. 19, 1919, at Mountain Grove, MO, the daughter of Cyrus Edward and Dollie Pitts Callsion. She attended Hoyt High School and graduated from Stewart’s Cosmetology School in Topeka


Ryan Thomas Scott

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Wamego , KS

Ryan Thomas Scott, 36, of Wamego, KS died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 in Topeka from a motorcycle accident on U.S Hwy 24.

Funeral services will be 11:00am on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 at the Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Robinson officiating. The body will be cremated following the service and private family burial will follow in the Sum


Ellen B. Schrick

Mercer Funeral Home

Valley Fall, KS

Ellen B. Schrick, 92, Valley Falls, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester. She was born Apr. 27, 1923, at Holton, the daughter of Floyd and Louise Eckert Littleton. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1941. Ellen retired from Kansas Department of Revenue in Topeka where she had worked as a cler


Robert Merlin "Bob" George

Mercer Funeral Home

Holton, KS

  Robert “Bob” George   NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS-Robert Merlin “Bob” George, 74, of Nacogdoches, TX passed aw


Marvin F. Bertels

O'Trimble Funeral Home

Nortonville, KS

Marvin Francis Bertels, 89, of Nortonville, Kansas, passed away peacefully with dignity and grace into eternal life surrounded by his family, Friday, September 4, 2015 at Shawnee Hills Independent Living Center in Shawnee, Kansas. More...

Jacquelyn “Jackie” Brown

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Jacquelyn “Jackie” Brown, 79, of Falls City, NE, passed away September 3, 2015 at Lincoln, NE. She was born April 17, 1936 at Pawnee City, NE to the late Lester and Ann (Dulin) Packett. On June 20, 1954 she married Allan Brown, Sr. at Pawnee City. They divorced in April of 1975.

Linda S. Barnett

Hall Funeral Chapel of Auburn

Auburn, NE

 Linda S. Barnett, age 65, of Auburn, NE, passed away, Friday September 4, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, NE. A memorial service for Linda Barnett will be held Tuesday, September 8, at 10:30 a.m. at the Hall Funeral Chapel in Auburn, NE. More...

Mary K. Curtis

McGilley & George Funeral Home

Belton, Missouri and Formerly of Atchison, KS

Mary K. Curtis (Poehler), daughter of Ernst J. and Mamie (Scamell) Poehler, died Wednesday, September 2, 2015.

Mary attended St. Peters grade school, Bishop Hogan High School in Kansas City, MO and Mount St. Scholastica Collage in Atchison, KS. She married Tom Curtis in 1947 and had five children, Tom died


Frankie Marie Ludlow

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Emporia , KS

Frankie Marie Ludlow, 71, of Emporia, KS passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born March 30, 1944 in Kansas City, MO the daughter of Charles Redmond and Caroline Elberta (Davis) Byrd.

Frankie married Charles “Jerry” Ludlow on June 18, 1960 in Kansas City, KS. He preceded her in d