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Dale “Tater” Jones

Dorr and Clark Funeral Home, Falls City

Lincoln, NE

 OBITUARY FORM  (Free notice)   NAME:   Dale &ldq


Ruth Darlene Theesfeld

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Ruth Darlene Theesfeld, 79 of Atchison, Kansas died Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 at Atchison Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Sat. Aug. 23rd, 2014 at the Faith Bible Fellowship Church with Rev. Steven Lucas officiating. Burial will follow in the Round Mound Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until tim


Helen R. Kabriel

Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home in Axtell

Summerfield, KS

Helen R. Kabriel, 88, Summerfield, died Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Marysville. Visitation is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, August 21 at Axtell-Landreth Funeral Home, Axtell. A rosary service will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Summerfield


Lee Allen White

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

Lee Allen White, 82, of Sabetha, KS died Tuesday, August 19, 2014, in his home after a lengthy illness. He was born August 8, 1932 in rural Richardson County (Honey Creek) Nebraska, the son of Orval and Hester White. Lee gradua


Josephine Loennig

Wherry Mortuary, Humboldt

Humboldt, NE

Josephine Loennig, age 98, of Humboldt, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2014, at the Pawnee County Memorial Hospital in Pawnee City. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 22, 2014, at the Christian Church in Humboldt, with Pastor Howard Blecha officiating. More...

Francis Schmelzle

Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca

Liberty , MO

Francis G. Schmelzle, 96, of Liberty, Missouri, died Sunday, August 17, 2014. He was born October 9, 1917 on a farm North East of Emmett, Kansas, the son of George and Katherine Tholl Schmelzle. He attended Halligan County Grade School in Emmett, KS. He worked on the family farm until 1938 when he went to Iowa to do farm work. In 1941 he went to Kansas Ci


Erick Charles Duesing, PhD.

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Rural Hiawatha, KS

Erick Charles Duesing, PhD.  was born on March 22, 1939 at family farm in rural Hiawatha KS,  first son of Paul and Anna Keup Duesing.  He was baptized and confirmed at St Paul Lutheran Church, Fairview, KS.  He attended schools at Mulberry, Morrill, and Hamlin; graduating from Hamlin High School with the class of 1957.

William L. “Bill” Ryser

Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena

Wathena, KS

William L. “Bill” Ryser, 85, of Wathena, Kansas passed away Sunday, August 17, 2014 at the Heartland Regional Medical Center with his family by his side. Bill was born on August 8, 1929 to Nevin & Mildred (Weber) Ryser in Morrowville, Kansas, moving to Wathena in 1941. More...

Edith Schumann

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Netawaka, KS

 Edith Elizabeth Schumann, 96, of Netawka, KS passed away August 18, 2014 at Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born May 9, 1918 in Netawaka the daughter of Thomas and Maude (Woods) Ingels.

Edith graduated from Netawaka High School in 1937. She worked for Netawaka School District #335. Edith was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Chu


Tony Dean Reese

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Shawnee Mission, KS

Tony Dean Reese, 48, of Shawnee Mission, KS died Friday, August 15th, 2014 at the University of Kansas Medical Center surrounded by family and friends.

Funeral and Celebration of Life services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, Aug. 19th, 2014 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Champ officiating. Burial will follow in the West


Marjorie M. Mock

Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha

Sabetha, KS

 Marjorie M. Mock, 95 of Sabetha died Sunday, August 17, 2014 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.   Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sabetha.  A rosary will be recited on Wednesday evening at 6:30 with visitation to follow


Velma Lorene Knowles

Becker-Dyer-Stanton

Atchison, KS

Velma Lorene Knowles, 93, of Atchison, KS, passed away, Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Atchison Senior Village.

Funeral services will be held at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS, with Rev. Ben Ockree officiating.  Burial will follow at the Family Cem


Norma Spiker

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Wetmore , KS

Norma F. Spiker, 86, of Wetmore, KS passed away August 16, 2014 at Eastridge Nursing Home in Centralia. She was born March 13, 1928 in Horton, KS, the daughter of Ralph C. and Vera C. (Duckers) Grubb. More...

Lucy Avila-Herrera

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha , KS

Lucy Avila-Herrera, 64, of Hiawatha Kansas, died at her home surrounded by family, on August 16, 2014.

She was born October 11, 1949 in Cameron, Texas to Juanita Borgas Herrera and Manuel Herrera. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Hiawatha. She worked as a cook for many


Marjorie Fern McDaniel

Mercer Funeral Home in Holton

Centralia, KS

Marjorie Fern McDaniel, 91, of Centralia, KS passed away August 14, 2014 at Sweet Life Brookdale Care Facility in Overland Park. She was born December 21, 1922 in Jay, OK the daughter of Herman O. and Lura Ethel (Whittle) George. Marjorie farmed with her husband in the Centralia, Netawaka and Wetmore communities. S


Emmett K. Oswalt

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Emmett K. Oswalt, 85, Atchison, Kansas died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the Atchison Hospital in Atchison, Kansas.

Funeral Services will be Tuesday, August 19th at 10:30 A.M. at First Christian Church, with Russell Cooper, officiating. Interment will follow in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.  Visitation with the family


Renna Rose Gatz, infant daughter of Mallory Pope and Parker Gatz

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha

Hiawatha, KS

Renna Rose Gatz, infant daughter of Mallory Pope and Parker Gatz, was born peacefully sleeping at Hiawatha Community Hospital, Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Other survivors beside the parents include her sister Remy Lorelle Siebenmorgan of the home; maternal grandparents Brad & Lori Swearingen of rural Hiawatha, Wesley Pope of Tonganoxie, KS;  patern


Leslie Curtis (Curt) DuBois

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

Lakewood, OH

Leslie Curtis (Curt) DuBois (Sog-Nuck-Shuck), 48, of Lakewood, Ohio entered the spirit world on August 8, 2014. Curt was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 11, 1965; and was as he called himself; an original Cleveland Indian. He was the son of Les DuBois, Lakewood, Ohio and Delila Cadue DeBois, Horton, Kansas. His grandparents were the late Frank and Alberta Cadu


John Jacobson

Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton

rural Horton , KS

John Alfred Jacobson, 71, of rural Horton, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014, at his home. He was born on February 8, 1943, in Horton, Kansas, the son of Alfred John and Grace Fulk Jacobson. After graduating from High School he attended college, before going into the work force. He worked for Quaker Oaks in St. Joseph, Missouri for twenty seven year


Donna J. Andre

Arensberg-Pruett

Atchison, KS

Donna J. Andre, 84, Atchison, Kansas passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Hickory Point Nursing Center, Oskaloosa, Kansas, with her family by her side.

No formal funeral services will be held according to her wishes. A procession from Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home to the Cummings Cemetery, Cummings, Kansas, will be Friday, August 15th at 10:00