Announcements

Bob E. Bottorff

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Lancaster, KS

Bob E. Bottorff, 78, of Lancaster, KS. died Sat.Sept. 6, 2014 at the Atchison Hospital after an apparent heart attack at his home while doing yard work.

Private family graveside services and burial will be at a later date in the Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison, KS. The body has been cremated and no visitation or services will be held according to


Nancy Jean (Billings) Saathoff

Wherry Mortuary, Pawnee City

Table Rock, NE

 Nancy Jean (Billings) Saathoff, 65 of Table Rock, Nebraska, passed away on September 3, 2014 at Good Samaritan Society in Auburn, Nebraska.  She was born on March 22, 1949 to Robert and Grace (Boydston) Billings in Humboldt, Nebraska.  Nancy lived and grew up in Humboldt, Nebraska and graduated &nbs


Donald Hughes

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

  Donald Hughes, Sr. 89, of Sabetha died Friday, September 5, 2014 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. He was born on March 27, 1925 in Independence, Kansas. He was the son of Oscar and Annie (Volz) Hughes. He attended Beatty High School and graduated as a member of the Class of 1943. Donald is a military veteran having s


Pat Hegarty

Meyers Northland Chapel

Atchison, KS

Pat Hegarty, 66, of Atchison, KS passed away surrounded by family on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at the Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, MO.  Pat was born August 15, 1948 to Patrick L Hegarty and Lillian (Hampl) Hegarty in Atchison, Kansas.  

Pat attended Spring Grove Grade


Margaret Guffin

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Falls City, NE

Margaret Guffin, age 97, of Falls City, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 8, at the Dorr and Clark Funeral Home in Falls City. More...

Marsha Rose Simpson

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Marsha Rose Simpson, 28 years old, of Atchison, KS, died Thursday Sept. 4, 2014 at her home surrounded by loving family.

Funeral services will be 2:00 pm on Sat. Sept. 6th, 2014 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Benjamin Ockree , Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church officiating.  Burial will follow in the Sumner Cemetery. The fam


Graydon Kirkpatrick

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Rulo, NE

Graydon Kirkpatrick, age 45, of Rulo, NE, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014. He was born December 26, 1968, in Topeka, KS, to Henry Roberts and the late Jane Kirkpatrick. More...

Frank K. McQueen

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Millbrae, CA

Frank K. McQueen, 95, died peacefully Monday morning, June 30, 2014, in Millbrae, California.   Frank was born in Sparks, Kansas, June 25, 1919, lived in Highland, Hiawatha and was a long time resident of South San Francisco, Calif.  He worked at Pan American World Airways as an avionics supervisor for 37


Frances Cordell,

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Soldier, KS

Frances Cordell, 79, of Soldier, KS passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at her home. She was born March 30, 1935 in Morrill, Kansas the daughter of Thomas J. and Alma Faye (Pasco) Barton. After graduating from Soldier High School in 1952 Frances married her high school sweetheart, Earl Cordell, in Holton. The


Mary " Corky" Lear

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Mary Helen Koehler Lear, known as “Corky” to friends and loved ones, went to be with Our Lord on September 2, 2014 in Hiawatha surrounded by her husband of 67 years and four children.  Mary Helen was born to John and Helen Koehler on November 4, 1925 in Seneca, Kansas. She attended Catholic school in Seneca and her lifelong nickname, Cor


Matthew Thomas Noll

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Winchester, KS

Matthew Thomas Noll, 23, of Winchester, KS. died Sunday, Aug. 31st, 2014.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am on Thursday, Sept. 4th, 2014 at the Corpus Christi Catholic Church with Fr. Lazar Carasala as Celebrant. Burial will follow in the Corpus Christi Cemetery, Mooney Creek, KS.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:30 pm


Margaret Lowry

Valley Falls , KS

Margaret H. Lowry, age 93, Valley Falls, passed away Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, at her home.   Margaret was born on February 13, 1921, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of H.H. and Agnes V. Huffman.  She was educated in the Topeka public schools and graduated from Topeka High School.  She attended Dodd School of Business and worked at several


Ron Kirkendall

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Falls City, NE

Ron Kirkendall, age 74, of Falls City, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2014. He was born at Barada, Neb., October 13, 1939, to Roy and Merna Kirkendall.


Angie McGuire

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha , KS

Angela (Angie) Linn (Aue) McGuire gracefully and peacefully ended over an eight year struggle with cancer on her thirty-eighth birthday, August 30, 2014, when she died at the Sabetha Hospital surrounded by loved ones.

  Angie was born to Weldon and Joni (Dawson) Aue of


Lena Lou Hughes

Mercer Funeral Home

formerly of Soldier , KS

Lena Lou Hughes, 79, of Omaha, NE, formerly of Soldier, KS passed away August 29, 2014 in Lawrence. She was born September 11, 1934 in Soldier, the daughter of Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Cusic) Rogers.

Lowell E. Elder,

Lauer Funeral in Seneca

Seneca, KS

Lowell E. Elder, 80, of Seneca died suddenly Thursday, August 28, 2014 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, September 1st at 2 PM at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Seneca. Rosaries will be at Lauer Funeral Home on Sunday, August 31st at 2 PM and on Mo


Lloyd Laflin

Wherry Mortuary, Pawnee City

Pawnee City, NE

Lloyd Harry Laflin, age 85, of Pawnee City passed away on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  He was born on August 30, 1928 in Crab Orchard, Nebraska to Clay and Florence Lucy (Sinkler) Laflin. Funeral ser


Victor Carl Karst

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Falls City, NE

 Victor Carl Karst, 85, of Falls City passed away on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2014. He was born January 31, 1929 at the family home near Barada, Nebraska to the late Henry F. Karst and Anna R. (Herbster) Karst.  While Victor was in grade school, his family moved to the farm they purchased southwest o


Eleanor E. Fultz

Becker-Dyer-Stanton in Atchison

Atchison, KS

Eleanor E. Fultz, 85, of Atchison, KS, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Heartland Regional Hospital, St. Joseph, MO. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Tuesday September 2, 2014 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Lee Hendon officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gar


Christopher Schuetz

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

formerly of Holton , KS

Christopher John Schuetz, 31, of Gardner, KS, formerly of Holton, passed away August 27, 2014 after complications from heart surgery. He was born January 2, 1983 in Topeka the son of Russ and Gay (Lott) Schuetz.

Chris graduated from Holton High School in 2001 and from Cowley County College in 2003. He also attended Pittsburg State University.