Announcements

Angelina " Angie" Ramirez

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Horton, KS

Angelina "Angie" "Ash-Pah-Gah" Jo Ramirez, 49, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at her home in Horton, Kansas. She was born on February 25, 1965 in Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Tom and Linda Spoone Ramirez. Angie attended Powhattan schools prior to attending


Delbert Larson

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

  Delbert Larson, 84, of Hiawatha, died Wednesday evening, September 24, 2014 at Hiawatha Community Hospital. Del was born in Effingham, Kansas, May 5, 1930 to Ludwig and Selma Knudson Larson. He graduated from Atchison County Community


Audre "Granny" Blankenship

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Auburn , NE

Audre “Granny” Blankenship, age 98 of Auburn, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn. Survivors include her daughter Barb (Rich) Moore of Auburn; step-children Robert Reed of Kearney, NE; Bill (Diane) Blankenship of Sioux City, IA; Bob (Liz) Blankenship of St. Lou


Bernard Clair Schuler

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Bernard Clair Schuler, 78, Atchison, Kansas died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Heartland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, Missouri.

As per the wishes of Mr. Schuler there will be no scheduled services.  Mr. Schuler has been cremated.  The family will have a private burial of the cremated ashes at a later date.  


Dwight Lee McKinney

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Catoosa, Oklahoma

Dwight Lee McKinney, 67, of Catoosa, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, September 21, 2014 with his family by his side. He was born on December 30, 1946 in Mayetta, Kansas the son of Henry and Anna (Rhodd) McKinney. Dwight grew up in Kansas and graduated from Powhattan High School. He furthered his education in automotive technician school at Haskell Technichal Co


Marjorie "Pat" Bruns

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Whiting, KS

Marjorie "Pat" Bruns, 71, of Whiting, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at the Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born September 27, 1942 in Holton, the daughter of Harry and Alberta Walsh Zirger. She was raised in Circleville and graduated from Circleville High School in 1960. Pat worked in the Jackson County Treasurer's Office for


Karen "Katie" McAfee

Dorr & Clark Funeral Home of Falls City

Falls Ciyt , NE

Karen “Katie” McAfee, 71, of Falls City, NE, passed away September 23, 2014 at Omaha, NE. She was born June 9, 1943 at Mound City, MO to the late Harold and Iris (Loucks) Caton. On January 4, 1963 she married Bob McAfee at Mound City. Katie was raised at M


Janet Wilson

Wherry Mortuary in Humboldt

Humboldt, NE

Janet Wilson, 72, of Humboldt, Nebraska passed away on Monday, September 22, 2014, at the Colonial Acres Nursing Home in Humboldt, Nebraska. Born:  July 21, 1942 in Humboldt, Nebraska Died:  September 22, 2014 in Humboldt, Nebraska

Lawrence O'Neill

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Winchester, KS

Lawrence Gene O’Neill, 86, Winchester, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center in Winchester. He was born March 27, 1928, at Winchester, the son of Frank Edwin and Lura Alberta Hensleigh O’Neill. He graduated from Winchester High School and Kansas State Agricultural College. He served in the USAF during WW II.

Kenny Wessel

Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel in Topeka

Goff , KS

Kenneth Frank “Kenny” Wessel, 68, Goff, died September 21, 2014, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, surrounded by his family. He was born February 15, 1946, at Seneca, the son of Vincent Frank and Clara &ldqu


Jim Koelzer

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Seneca, KS

James T. Koelzer, 64, of Seneca, died on Friday, September 19, 2014 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.  He was born on May 16, 1950 to Thomas H. and Virginia Eis Koelzer in Seneca, Kansas.  He attended Sts. Peter & Paul and graduated High School with the Class of 1968. He attended Cloud County in Concordia, Kansas before joinin


Robert " Bob" Kokenge

Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan

formerly of Seneca , KS

  Robert Henry ("Bob") Kokenge, age 89, of Manhattan, KS, died Sept. 21, 2014, at his residence. He was born Nov. 29, 1924, east of Baileyville, KS, the son of John


Nedra J. Boyce

Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls

Valley Falls, KS

Nedra J. Boyce, 49, Valley Falls, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born on Aug. 11, 1965, at Holton, the daughter of Roy Jay and Mary L. Cox Maxfield. She graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1983. More...

Rheba L. Adamson

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Rheba L. Adamson, 77, Atchison, Kansas died September 16, 2014 at Heartland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Funeral services will be Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 2:30 P.M. at Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church, 601 Michigan Avenue, Leavenworth, Kansas with Elder James A. White officiating.  Interment will follow in Ashland


Bertha Anderson

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Holton,

Bertha Ethel Anderson, 100, of Holton, KS passed away September 20, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born September 9, 1914 in Eldon, MO the daughter of Moses Lugloy and Rhoda May Cain.

Bertha had lived in the Holton community since 1984 and previously in Missoula, MT. She was a homemaker. Bertha was a member of the Lakevi


Marilyn Kirkendall

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Falls City, NE

Marilyn Kirkendall, age 77, of Falls City, NE, died September 20, 2014. A graveside service for Marilyn Kirkendall will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 25, at the Harris Cemetery at Barada.

Donna Pryor

Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn

Formerly of Nemaha, NE

 Donna Pryor, age 91, formerly of Nemaha, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Papillion Manor in Papillion, NE. Survivors include her children and their spouses Larry and Dianna of Papillion; Sharon Pryor of Meridian, ID; Sara and Dennis Stiers of Shubert; Randy and Michelle of Wilber; Alan and Diane


Marguerite Hale

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton

Holton , KS

Marguerite A. Hale, 84, of Holton, died Friday, September 19, 2014 at The Pines in Holton. She was born March 13, 1930 in Topeka, the daughter of Charles and Grace Kennedy Morrissey. She graduated from Holton High School in 1948. Marguerite was an Ai


Carol " Sue" Johnson

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Topeka , KS

Carol “Sue” Johnson, 73, of Topeka, KS passed away September 18, 2014 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born November 30, 1940 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Robert W. “Bill” and Berla I. (Beems) Armstrong.

Sue graduated from Holton High School in 1958 and


Don Loyd

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in HIawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Don O. Loyd, 85, of Hiawatha, died Friday morning, September 19, 2014, at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Hiawatha.

Don was born in Powhattan, September 10, 1929, one of four children born to Dr Hugh and Maude Ashley Loyd. A lifelong resident of the Brown County area, he grew up in Powhattan w