Announcements

Berniece Dooley

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Berniece Dooley, 88, Atchison, Kansas, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Atchison Senior Village.   Services to be held on Saturday, January 31, 2015, 10:30 am at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Gabriel Landis, OSB as celebrant.  Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  A parish rosary will be r


Barbara J. Walker

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls City, NE

Barbara J. Walker, 57, of Falls City, NE, passed away January 25, 2015 at Lincoln, NE. She was born June 24, 1957 at Oshkosh, NE to the late Glen and Viola (Chesmore) Atkinson. On October 1, 1977 she married Jerry W. Walker at Alpaugh, CA Barbara moved to Alpaugh at t


Irene (Smith) Hartjen

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Irene (Smith) Hartjen, 74 , died Sat. January 10th, 2015 at the Atchison Senior Village.

Mrs. Hartjen has been cremated and funeral services will be at 11:00 am Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 at the Trinity Episcopal Church. Burial will follow in the Trinity Episcopal Garden.  The Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. 


Norbert " Ike" Broxterman

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Norbert John “Ike” Broxterman, 86, of Seneca, formerly of Soldier, died January 25, 2015 at Crestview Nursing and Residential Living in Seneca. Ike, as he was known, was born on September 10, 1928, in Baileyville to Joseph H. and Bernadine C. Voet Broxterman. He attended school in Baileyville, and grad


John Edward "Jack" Kearney

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

John Edward “Jack” Kearney, 79 of Atchison KS, passed away Saturday January 24th at Mosaic Life Center in St. Joseph, MO.   Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Wednesday January 28th, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating, with burial following at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.  Family will receive friends T


Jerry Ernest Tinklin

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Jerry Ernest Tinklin, 77, Atchison, KS, passed away peacefully at his home, Saturday, January 24, 2015 surround by his family.

Funeral Services will be 10:30 am, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, officiating.  Burial will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery, Atchi


Maxine Goodman

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Silver Lake , KS

SILVER LAKE - Maxine Ruth Goodman, 72, of Silver Lake, KS passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born August 6, 1942 in Holton the daughter of Gerald K. and Ethel L. (Nuzman) Snyder. Maxine graduated from Circleville High School in 1960. She was raised in Circleville. She moved to Topeka in 1960 and later to Silver Lake


Melvin G. Howard

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home

Lancaster, KS

  Melvin G. Howard, 62 of Lancaster, KS, passed away unexpectedly Friday, January 23, 2015 at his home.   Mass of Christian Burial will be

Louise Volz

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Falls City, NE

Louise Volz, 83, of Falls City, NE, passed away January 23, 2015 at Falls City. She was born April 15, 1931 at DuBoise, NE to the late Mike and Emma (Habegger) Stalder. On July 14, 1950 she married Kenneth Volz and they later divorced. Louise was raised at DuBois and


Gary E. “Shaw - Nosh” Mitchell

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Mayetta , KS

Gary E. “Shaw - Nosh” Mitchell, 63, of Mayetta, KS passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born February 8, 1951 in Holton, KS the son of Andrew Mitchell, Sr. and Alberta Marie Nagmo. Gary graduated from Mayetta High School in 1969. He also graduated from Washburn Universi


Dora Lucy Kiernan

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Winchester, Formerly of Kansas City, KS

Dora Lucy Kiernan, 99 years old, of Winchester, Kansas and formerly of Kansas City KS died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the F.W. Houston Senior Living Center, Winchester, KS.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, Jan. 24th, 2015 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Easton, KS. Burial will follow in the Corpus Christi Cemetery, Moon


Edith I. Wilson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Edith I. Wilson, 101, of Holton, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Medicalodges Jackson County nursing home in Holton.  She was born December 20, 1913 at Blaine, the daughter of Jesse and Nellie Hamilton Thornton.  Her family moved to Soldier when she was very young. She was raised at Soldier and moved


RuthAnn Lowe

Powell Funeral Home in Searcy, Arkansas

Searcy, AR

  RuthAnn Lowe, beloved wife of 56 years and loving mother to 5 children, passed away January 10, 2015 in Searcy, Arkansas. RuthAnn was born October 7, 1936 in Peoria, Illinois to Herman Stuff and Clara Kellerstrass Stuff. RuthAnn was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Hiawatha. she was a CNA for 20+ years i


Helen M. Penn

The Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Helen M. Penn, 94, of Hiawatha, Ks, formerly of Sharon Springs, Ks, died January 20, 2015, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.  Helen was born October 12, 1920 at Norcatur, Ks one of four children born to Clarence and Mabel Kempf Foley. Helen married Vern Penn on October 22, 1939 in Gove, Ks. They had three ch


Charles D. Bell

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Charles D. Bell, 86 of Sabetha died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at his residents rural Sabetha.   Survivors include three children, James Bell, Deborah Thomas, and Cathy Sanders; one sisters, Violet Miller. Funeral service is Friday, January 23, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church in Sabetha.  Visit


Brad Huffman

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Nemaha, NE

Brad Huffman, age 52 of Nemaha, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 in Auburn.   Survivors include his sisters Jeanne Harris and friend Ralph Darling of Auburn; Nancy Durr and husband Raymond of Ne


Father Gerard Senecal, OSB

Arensberg-Pruett

A Monk of St. Benedict's Abbey, KS

Father Gerard Senecal, O.S.B., 85, died on January 19 fortified by the Sacraments, and the Apostolic Pardon. His brother, Abbot Barnabas Senecal, O.S.B., was able to be with him for a few hours prior to his death and at the moment of his death.    

Vigil service, followed by visitation, will be Sunday, January 25th at 7:00 P.M. in St. Benedict’s Abbey Church. 


Dennis Schlund

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Humboldt , NE

Dennis James Schlund, 27 of Humboldt, Nebraska passed away on January 15, 2015.  He was born on February 12, 1987 to Paul Schlund and Janel Klepper. Memorial services 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 26, 2015 at Faith Baptist, Pawnee City, Nebraska.  Visitation on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Wherry Mortuary,


Kaytie Hitchens Armstrong

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Kaytie Hitchens Armstrong, 95, of Atchison, KS, passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Atchison Senior Village. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Thursday, January 22, 2015 at First Presbyterian Church, Atchison, KS with the Rev. Dr. Rachel Dannar officiating.  Burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.  


Merle Joy

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Merle Joy, 80, passed away Sunday, Jan 18, 2015 at the Falls City Hospital.  He was born Nov 3, 1934 in Salem to Ivan and Esta (Wittwer) Joy.  Merle moved to Falls City as a young boy and graduated from Falls City High School in 1952.  After graduation Merle attended the University of Nebraska