Announcements

Jacob Augustin Meng

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Troy

Troy, KS

Jacob Augustin Meng, 19, of Troy, Kansas passed away, Sunday, November 30, 2014. Jacob was born on June 12, 1995 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Norman & Julie (Lau) Meng. Jacob graduated Troy High School in 2014, he started 4-H in the 1st grade & earned his 12 yea


Clarence “Slim” Beem

Wherry Mortuary, Humboldt

Falls City, Formerly of Humboldt, NE

 Clarence “Slim” Beem, 89, of Falls City formerly of Humboldt, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2014, at the Community Medical Center in Falls City, Nebraska. Born:  March 22, 1925 in Winterset, Iowa Died:  November 29, 2014 in


Irvin “LeRoy” Bloom

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Goff, KS

Irvin “LeRoy” Bloom, 64, of Goff, passed away December 1, 2014 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born April 17, 1950 in Goff, the son of Irvin Leo and Ida W. (Niehues) Bloom. LeRoy attended Bancroft Grade School and graduated from Wetmore High School in 1968. He worked for BMB/Alamo in Holton for ove


Miriam " Sue" Haas

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Miriam Sue Haas, 88, Seneca, died Sunday, November 30, 2014, at Life Care Center in Seneca. Sue was born on July 14, 1926, to Edwin F. and Alice R. Geiger Cassaday in Huntington, Indiana. She graduated from Columbia City High School in Columbia City, Indiana. After graduating, she attended Jordon Conservatory of M


Terry A. Brox

Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Terry A. Brox, 77, longtime Atchison businessman in Atchison, Kansas died Saturday, November 29, 2014 at his residence.

Mass of Christian burial will be Wednesday December 3, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Benedict’s Church with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as celebrant.  Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  A parish and Knigh


Betty M. Vandiver

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Betty M. Vandiver, 88, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, November 28, 2014 at her residence.

The body has been cremated.  Memorial services will be Friday, December 5, 2014 at 6:00 P.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home.

Betty was born September 7, 1926 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Clyde and Gladys Chapman Lacy.  She atten


William A "Bill" Forsberg

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

William ‘Bill” A. Forsberg, 92, of Atchison, KS passed away from this life into eternal life with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at the Atchison Senior Village surrounded by his family.

A Celebration of Bill’s life will be 1:00 PM, Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the Fir


Darryl " Dutch" Emert

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Darryl “Dutch” Alan Emert, 78 of Sabetha died Saturday, November 29, 2014 in Topeka, Kansas. He was born August 3, 1936 the son of Lloyd Emert and Margaret (Hatz) Emert at


Louise Branam

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Louise Branam, 101, Holton, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born August 13, 1913, in Atchison, the daughter of William C. and Jennie (Saggs) Ashcraft. On October 28, 1935, Louise married Truman R. Branam in Oskaloosa. He preceded her in death o


Boyd C. "BC" Nuzum

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Sabetha, KS

Boyd C. “BC” Nuzum, 64, of Sabetha, died Saturday morning, November 29, 2014, at Sabetha Community Hospital. He was born at Falls City, Nebraska, April 14, 1950, the son of Charles Butrick and Mildred Lock Nuzum.  He grew up in the White Cloud/Highland communities where he attended school, later receiving his GED.  Boyd served in the


Reinhard H. Kuhlmann

Wherry Mortuary, Humboldt

Pawnee City formerly of Table Rock, NE

Reinhard H. Kuhlmann, 97, of Pawnee City formerly of Table Rock, Nebraska was born on July 29, 1917, on a farm North of Humboldt in Nemaha County, Nebraska to Henry and Emelia (Sodman) Kuhlmann. Reinhard was baptized and confirmed at St. James (Long Branch) Lutheran Church and was raised on the family farm wh


Frances Leora (Cobb) Korber

Wherry Mortuary, Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Frances Leora (Cobb) Korber, 94 of Pawnee City, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the Pawnee Manor, Pawnee City, Nebraska.  Frances was born in Waverly on April 15, 1920 on a howling, blizzard day and they wondered if the doctors would be able to get


David Craig Bartlett

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

David Craig Bartlett, 53, of Atchison KS passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Mosiac Life Care, St. Joseph, MO, as Dave would say “His brutal battle with cancer”.   Celebration of life service will be 2:00 PM Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Nancy J Kollhoff officiating.  Family wi


Marilyn J. Kelly

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton, KS

Marilyn J. Kelly, 81, of Holton, died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born February 17, 1933 at Holton, the daughter of Boyd and Daisy Fernkopf Riley.  She graduated from Holton High School in 1950.  She attended Kansas State University where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in 1955 and a Master&rsquo


Michael Marfice

Wherry Mortuary in Pawnee City

Table Rock , NE

Michael Marfice, 54 of Table Rock, Nebraska passed away at his home on Friday, November 21, 2014.  He was born on December 16, 1959 to William "Bill" and Betty (Eis) Marfice in Humboldt, Nebraska. Memorial service 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2014 at Wherry Mortuary, 919 G Street, Pawnee City, Nebraska.  Officiating the Reverend Fa


Thelma Irene Hoffman

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

Formerly of Effingham, KS

Thelma Irene Hoffman, 93 , formerly of Effingham, KS died  Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the Village Villa Nursing Home, Nortonville, KS. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd, 2014 at the Becker Chapel, in Effingham with Rev. Jeff Cochran officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham.  The family will r


Rose Y. Frakes

Dishon- Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Willis, KS

Rose Y. Frakes, 60, of Willis, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Maple Heights Senior Living Center in Hiawatha, Kansas. She was born on November 9, 1954 in Waverly, Kansas the daughter of Harold and Florence Brown Cox. Rose worked for Flair Fold, Wilde Toole, Tri-County Manor and the Golden Eagle Casino. On May 30, 1987 she married Leroy F


Dennis Ray Bedford

Barnett Family Funeral Home of Oskaloosa

Newman Community of rural Perry, KS

Dennis Ray Bedford, 56, of the Newman Community of rural Perry, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at the scene of a one vehicle accident west of Perry. Dennis was born March 10, 1958 at Pierre, South Dakota, the son of Dallas Wilbur and Phyllis Mae Holmes Bedford. He was a 1976 graduate of Perry-Lecompton High School. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for t


LaVerne Elsie (Lange) Buttron

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Formerly of Lancaster, KS

LaVerne Elsie (Lange) Buttron, 95, formerly of Lancaster, KS passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at the Atchison Medicalodge.

Funeral services will be 2:00 pm on Friday, November 28th, 2014 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Lou Davies officiating. Burial will follow in the Lancaster Cemetery. The family will receive friends fo


Dorothy Lucille Conradt

Wherry Mortuary of Pawnee City

Tecumseh, formerly of Steinauer , NE

Dorthy Lucille Conradt, 80 of Tecumseh, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Belle Terrece.  She was born on December 9, 1933 to Clarence and Pearl (Stalder) Smith in Du Bois, Nebraska. She lived in Du Bois until the age of 8 when her mother passed away. The family then moved to Enid Oklahoma.