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Mary Ann Spellmeier

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Mary Ann Spellmeier, 70, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family.

Mary Ann was born on July 31, 1951 to Glen E. and Eleanor (Mergenmeier) Rusche in Seneca, Kansas. She graduated from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School in Seneca in 1969. Mary Ann then attended beauty school in Topeka, Kansas. She was united in m


Jack Fuqua

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt

Mayetta, KS

Jack “Pops” Fuqua, 90, of Mayetta, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at the Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka. 

He was born May 30, 1931 in Florida, and raised in Brewton, Alabama.  His parents were Herman and Willie Mae Cox Fuqua. 

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Edwin Dennis Ford

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena , KS

Edwin Dennis Ford, 84, of Wathena, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at his home. Dennis was born on February 1, 1938, to E.B. and Marie (Ohl) Ford. He grew up in Doniphan, Kansas and attended Troy High School. His best friend in high school was Jack Ainlay and Jack’s younger sister, Carolyn Kay, would just happen to be hanging around whenever “Denny” was over. After


Manina " Nina" Meers

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Elwood , KS

Elwood, KS.- Manina Lea Meers passed away April 18, 2022 with her family by her side.  She was born November 11, 1956 in St. Joseph, the daughter of Robert and Thelma (Henderson) Meers.  Nina worked at Sherwood, Quaker Oats & Tyson Foods over the years, where she had met many great friends along the way.  Nina graduated from Elwood High School and was baptized with her broth


Melba Nicol

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

formerly of Mayetta, KS

Melba Nicol, 83, formerly of Mayetta, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at her home near Meriden.

She was born November 13, 1938 in Hoodriver, Oregon, the daughter of Melvin and Mary Jane Leonard Brown. She graduated from Silver Lake High School.

Melba operated a dog kennel for many years. She also was a seamstress, a foster parent, and had owned and operated Melba


Sandra Sue Hall

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

rural Powhattan , KS

Sandra Sue (Collins) Hall, 73, of rural Powhattan, died early April 19, 2022, at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Hiawatha.

Sue was born March 25, 1949, at Sparks, KS, the daughter of Wayne and Margaret King Collins and has lived in the Doniphan/Brown County area all of her life.  She attended grade school in Sparks prior to graduating from Highland High School with the class of


Mary Lou Simpson-Hill

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Mary Lou Simpson-Hill, 87, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 19, 2022 at Falls City. She was born August 22, 1934 at Rulo, NE to Noah and Mary (Stenhauer) Coonce.

She married Charles Simpson on August 1, 1951 at Falls City. He passed away June 11, 1980. She then married David Hill December 12, 1987 at Falls City. He passed away May 28, 2011.

Mary Lou was raised at Ru


Georgina Holthaus

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Baileyville , KS

Georgina Mary Haverkamp Holthaus, 76, of Baileyville, KS, passed away on April 18, 2022, at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

Georgina was born in the Seneca Hospital on September 2, 1945, to George and Evelyn Winkler Haverkamp. She graduated from Kelly High School in 1963 and worked at the County Treasurer’s office until she got married.

On June 13,


Larry Anderson

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Topeka , KS

Larry Dean Anderson, 76, of Topeka, KS passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at his home. He was born September 3, 1945 in Holton, KS, the son of Charles W. and Lucille Carpenter Anderson. 

He graduated from Denison High School in 1964. Larry was career military beginning with the Army National G


LaWayne Steven Mach

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

LaWayne Steven Mach was born on June 26, 1955 to Otto and Alma (Stastny) Mach in Pawnee City, Nebraska.  He passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

LaWayne attended Kennedy rural school during his elementary years and graduated from Pawnee City High School in 1973. He continued his education at Iowa State University. He operated a grain and dairy farm located be


Georgia Scott

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

formerly of Troy, KS

Georgia (Georgie) Isabell Franken Scott passed peacefully on April 18, 2022, in Highland, Kansas surrounded by her loving family. Georgie, 98, was born near Severance, KS on May 20, 1923, to Eliza Roland Huss and Charles Huss. She was the only girl with four brothers. Georgie was the second to the youngest in her family and played on one of the first girls’ basketball teams at Severance


Dr. Rudolph " Rudy" Eichenberger

Wherry Mortuary in Pawnee City

formerly of Pawnee City , NE

Dr.  Rudolph “Rudy” John Eichenberger, 80, of Magnolia, AR, passed away Friday, April 8, 2022, at the Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, TX.

Rudy was born on June 10, 1941, in Pawnee City, NE, to Rudolph and Mildred (Dezort) Eichenberger. He was a lifelong educator. He graduated with high honors from his high school class at Pawne


Carson Abramson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Carson Graham “Abe” Abramson of Hiawatha, Kansas passed away Saturday, April 16 at the age of 84.

Born January 6, 1938 in Arrington, Kansas, Carson was the son of Earl Abramson and Mabel Ernst Abramson.  He graduated from ACCHS High School in 1956, and then served in the Army Reserves until 1963, achieving the rank of Sgt. E4.

On October 14, 1961 he was


Charles J. "Chuck" Hall, Jr., Ph.D.

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Formerly of Pawnee City , NE

Charles J. “Chuck” Hall, Jr., Ph.D., age 76 of San Antonio, TX (formerly Pawnee City), passed away Monday, April 11, 2022, at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, TX.

Survivors include his daughter Sarah Moses and grandchildren Jacob and Kenneth Moses of DeKalb, IL; sisters Joanie (Stan) Strohm of Marshall, NC, and Patricia (Trish) Merrill and husband Mac White of Austin,


Judy Miller

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Hiawatha, KS

Judy Miller, 79, of Hiawatha, KS, passed away April 16, 2022 at Hiawatha. She was born on January 7, 1943 at Rulo, NE to Russell and Alice (Steinhauer) Adams.

She married James Miller on October 18, 1963 at Falls City. He passed away July 5, 2020.

Judy attended Y Country School south of Rulo for four years, then the family moved to Robinson, KS where she went to school


Loretta Browning

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Rushville , MO

Loretta L. Browning, 88 of Rushville, MO passed away Monday, April 11, 2022, at the Medicalodge of Atchison, KS.

Funeral service will be 11:00 AM on Saturday, April 16, 2022, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Tim Champ officiating. Burial will follow at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10:00 to 11:00 AM


Jerry Niebling

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland

Highland , KS

Highland, KS-- On April 13, 2022 God saw that the breathing was getting so difficult and Jerry Neibling was struggling, so he reached down and took Jerry, age 89, to his eternal home. He joined sister Dorothy (Everett) Dugan, Charles (Irene), J. Harvey (Maryellen), and Floyd (Lorraine).

Jerry was born to Paul Lyman and Marjorie Prewitt Neibling on March 4, 1933, at Highland. H


Michael " Mike" Dickinson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Rural Hiawatha , KS

Michael “Mike”/ “Dick” Dickinson was one of five children born to Oliver & Marge Boyer Dickinson. He died unexpectedly at his farm home west of Hiawatha April 11, 2022, at the age of 52.

He met one of his best childhood friends Bruce Hollabaugh at the Hiawatha Hospital that day. The west side of Hiawatha was no match when the Hinkle boys joined in follow


Marilyn Harter

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Marilyn Jean (McKibben) Harter, 84, passed away on April 11, 2022, after a lengthy battle with Crohn’s disease at her home in Bern.

She was the youngest child born to Rex McKibben and Beulah Belle (Hackleman) McKibben on December 19, 1937, in Wichita, Kansas. The family moved to an oil lease owned by Continental Oil Company southwest of Winfield, Kansas for whom her father wo


Nancy Prawl

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Nancy Prawl, 80, of Hiawatha, died April 12, 2022 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas.

She was born February 26, 1942, in Kansas City, Kansas, second of four children of Chester Earl Jacobs and Martha Louise Laverentz.  In 1949, the family moved to Hiawatha and she lived her entire life here.  Nancy graduated from Hiawatha High School class of 1961.  She atten

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