Obituaries

Mar 23, 2013

A lice Arlene (Thomas) Oberst, of Sabetha died Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Sabetha at the age of 82.  She was born on October 2, 1930 the daughter of William Oscar Thomas and Ethel Viola McNary at Morrill, Kansas.  She grew up at Morrill, attended school there for ten years and graduated from the Falls City Nebraska...

Mar 21, 2013

O pal (Smith) Buchholz was born on April 16, 1912 at Beatrice, Nebraska the daughter of the late Ben Albert Smith and Emma F. (Rorabaugh) Smith.  She was the oldest of 8 children born to this union.  She grew up in the Beatrice area until she was 10 years old when the family moved to...

Mar 20, 2013

C ora Margarete Spacek-Koch, 84, of Fairview, passed away March 20, 2013 at the Maple Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hiawatha.

Cora was born July 5, 1928 in Pottawatomie County to Philip Joseph and Edna (Henderson) Spacek. She attended high...

Mar 18, 2013

F rank J. Heiman, Jr. passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Seneca.  Frank was born on August 9, 1935 in rural Seneca to Frank T. and Josephine (Buessing) Heiman.  In 1959 Frank married Anita (Collins) at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca.

Frank...

Mar 17, 2013

W endell “Bunk” D. McLaughlin, 77, of rural Corning died Sunday, March 17, 2013.

He was born April 7, 1935 in rural Corning, Kansas, the son of Roland and Ceona (Coe) McLaughlin.  Wendell attended Gribsey Grade School and Corning High School, graduating in...

Mar 14, 2013

M axine Webber Wurzbacher, 88, the daughter of Clayton and Pearl (Duncan) Webber was born on January 4, 1925 at Webber, Kansas.

She attended Webber High School for three years and graduated from Mankato High School in 1942.  She attended Stricklers Business College in Topeka. Kansas and worked for...

Mar 4, 2013

J ohn A. Walton, 75 of Sabetha died Monday, March 4, 2013 in Rochester, Minnesota.  John was born March 16, 1937 in Horton, Kansas the son of Andrew S. Walton and Eva (Routh) Walton.  John was raised on a farm near Muscotah, Kansas.  He attended Muscotah Grade...

Feb 25, 2013

J oy Lou (Swisher) Bullock, 84, of Seneca, Kansas died Monday, February 25, 2013.  She was born August 29, 1928 in Onaga, KS, the daughter of John and Helen (Richardson) Swisher.  Sister of Jack, Wayne and Clayton Swisher, all of whom preceded her in death.

She was married to...

Feb 24, 2013

L ola May (Dillaplain) Rogers, life on this earth expired after 99 years as an Angel doing Gods work has now become an Angel in Heaven at the Apostolic Christian Home on Sunday, February 24, 2013.

She was born on September 6, 1913...

Feb 20, 2013

R uth Eileen (Grosdidier) Davis was born on Monday, May 23, 1922 in South Hutchinson, Kansas.  She was the eldest of three children born to Minister Herbert Gail Grosdidier and his wife, Alma.

Eileen, as she liked to be called, graduated from Burdett...

Feb 19, 2013

M arjorie McFall went to meet her Savior on February 19, 2013 after a brief stay in the Sabetha Hospital.

Marjorie Helen Priest was born on November 30, 1926, to Ralph and Helen White Priest in Sabetha, KS.   She lived in the community of Albany...

Feb 16, 2013

H ugh Albert Mitchell was born on July 20, 1946 in Sabetha, Kansas to Willa (Cornwell) Mitchell and Hugh Ashley Mitchell.  He never had a relationship with his father as Hugh Ashley left his mother before he was born.  Hugh and his mother lived his...

Feb 7, 2013

G erald “Butch” Edward Porting, 75, of Axtell, KS died Thursday, February 7, 2013 at Life Care Center in Seneca.  Butch was born January 17, 1938 in Axtell, KS, the son of Peter and Irene (Godbout) Porting.

Butch was united in marriage to Alice Koch on February 14, 1961...

Feb 5, 2013

V era C. Fleming, age 87, of Sabetha, Kansas died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.

She was born May 3, 1925 in Crystal City, Texas, the daughter of Martin and Alta (English) Coleman. Vera attended Crystal City High School until 1942, and then went to work in the Crystal Drug Store until she...

Jan 15, 2013

D ale M. Emert, 91, of Sabetha died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.

He was born in Home, Kansas on December 15, 1921 to Lloyd “Red” and Margaret “Maggie” (Hatz) Emert.  With his father in the railroad business, the Emert family moved several...

Jan 15, 2013

Alice Laura Bates, 103, of Seneca, KS, formerly of Dodge City, KS died January 15, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Seneca.

She was born September 23, 1909 in Medora, KS the daughter of William  and Winifred (Barnes) Reed.

Alice married V.A. Bates who preceded her in death on August 15, 1988.

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Jan 12, 2013

M ary Elizabeth Ward Colwell, 92, of Centralia died peacefully surrounded by family Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Eastridge Care Home.

Mary Elizabeth was born September 13, 1920, at home on the family farm southwest of Centralia to Floyd August and Helen Augusta Flentie Ward.  She attended grade...

Jan 11, 2013

A nna Mae Bingman, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2013, at the age of 92, peacefully at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas. Born on a farm near Fidelity, Kansas on December 31, 1920, Anne was the youngest child of Joe and Rose Bockenstette. If...

Jan 3, 2013

M ary Catherine (Banks) Strathman died Thursday, January 3, 2013, at the Sabetha Manor, Sabetha, Kansas, after a lingering illness.  Mary was born on November 5, 1930, to John Harold and Bridget (Farrell) Banks at Fairview, Kansas.   She attended grades one through eight at New Hope Country School south of Fidelity, and attended...

Jan 2, 2013

Jeanette Catherine Hanson, 97 of Axtell, KS died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at the Frankfort Community Care Home in Frankfort, KS.

Jeanette was born September 24, 1915 the daughter of Lewis and Gussie (Rech) Jaeger in Oak Park, IL. She spent her childhood and early adulthood in Waterloo, IA. Music was a big part of...