Obituaries

Gale VanDorn

Jun 26, 2011

Gale William Van Dorn 76, of Vliets, KS died Sunday June 26, 2011 at the Life Care Center of Seneca .

Gale was born July 10, 1934 at Axtell, KS the son of Arthur William Van Dorn and Florence Olive Palm Van Dorn.  He graduated from Frankfort High School in 1953...

Willam Landreth

Jun 25, 2011

William “Bill” LeRoy Landreth, 86 of Axtell, died Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Life Care Center of Seneca, KS.

Bill was born October 7, 1924 at Axtell, KS the son of Ray and Mary (Mathews) Landreth. He attended Axtell Schools. He entered the US Army in June 1943 where he...

Leota Matthews

Jun 16, 2011

Leota Ruth Matthews, 96, of Centralia, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011. She was born July 22, 1914 in Centralia, Kansas, the 2 nd child of 8 children to Clyde and Laura (McCaig) Yarger. She grew up on the family farm northwest of Centralia.

She attended elementary and high school in...

John Severin

Jun 10, 2011

John Robert Severin, 80, of Sabetha, formerly of Axtell passed away Friday, June 10, 2011. John was born in Axtell, Kansas on November 8, 1930 to John P. and Rose (Grothjan) Severin. He was the oldest son. He had three siblings, Maryanne Selk, Marciel Strathman, and Joe Severin, they all preceded him in death. He married Marjean Schmelzle on January 18,...

June Traphagen

Jun 1, 2011

June Ann (Tucker) Traphagen, age 62, of Corning, Kansas passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at her home.  She was born January 19, 1949 in Nemaha County, Kansas.  She is the daughter of the late James Robert Sr. and Katherine (Johnson) Tucker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in...

Rock Koch

May 26, 2011

Rock C. Koch, 72, of Seneca, Kansas died May 26, 2011 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.

He was born January 18, 1939 to Clem and Clementine Fangman Koch. He attended Baileyville High School, Baileyville, graduating with the class of 1957. In 1961 he enlisted in the Army Reserves and was honorably discharged in...

Harold Bauerle

May 21, 2011

Harold W. Bauerle, 86, was born on May 15, 1925 at Fairview, Kansas the son of Paul Albert Bauerle and Lydia R. (Duesing) Bauerle. Harold was baptized into the Fairview St. Paul's Lutheran Church on June 21, 1925 and was confirmed on May 28, 1939 at the Fairview St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He attended and graduated from Fairview High School in...

Nancy Bromley

May 17, 2011

Nancy Lee Bromley, 75 of Seneca, KS died Tuesday May 17 th , 2011 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

She was born October 25, 1935 in Jackson, Michigan the daughter of George Harold Smith and Lovenia Bloom Ankney Smith. She grew up in Lawrence and was baptized at the St....

Lois Grote

May 17, 2011

Lois Irene Grote, 88, of Sabetha was born on November 26, 1922 at Sabetha, Kansas. She was the youngest child of four children born to Clinton and Anna (Nance) Kreitzer. She went home to be with her savior on May 17, 2011. Lois attended Sabetha schools and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1940. She then went to MacPherson College and earned her...

James Tucker Jr

May 10, 2011

James Robert Tucker Jr., 60, of Marysville, formerly of Corning , passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 after suffering from a heart attack.   He was born on November 17 , 1950 in Enid , Oklahoma to James Robert Tucker Sr . and Katherine  (Johnson) Tucker.  Since his father was in the Air Force, James and his siblings traveled...

Eileen Shaughnessy

May 9, 2011

Eileen Louise (Porting) Shaughnessy passed away on May 9, 2011 from complications due to a brain tumor. Eileen was born on October 10, 1922, in Axtell, Kansas to Peter and Irene (Godbout) Porting . She married Charles Edward Shaughnessy at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Axtell, Kansas on May 22, 1946. They had 9 children,...

Barrie Rogers

May 8, 2011

Barrie William Rogers, age 56, of Baileyville, KS died at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca, KS on Sunday, May 8, 2011.

He was born June 22, 1954 as a twin to his sister Bonnie to Fred and Verona Roggenkamp Rogers in Washington, DC where his mother worked at the...

Ronald Yingling

May 8, 2011

Ronald Clair Yingling, age 76, of Sabetha, formerly of Ottawa, died Sunday, May 8, 2011. Ron was born January 6, 1935 in Boulder, Colorado to Ivan and Helen (Sweezey) Yingling. He attended Abilene and Sabetha public schools, and graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1953. Ron went on to Ottawa University and played basketball. Among his many accolades at the university, Ron was...

Rolla Nickelson

May 6, 2011

Born in Penokee, Kansas to Willis and Florence (McCoy) Nickelson, Rolla Shannon Nickelson was a late Christmas present on December 26, 1920. Shannon graduated from Morland Kansas High school in 1939. While he attended Kansas Wesleyan College in Salina he worked for a local dairy and a small café. He then worked for the Union Pacific Railroad from 1940-1941 in Kansas,...

Judy Neal

May 3, 2011

Judy Ann (Wells) Neal died on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Sabetha Community Hospital at the age of 67.   Judy was born on November 30, 1943 in Falls City, Nebraska and grew up in the Honey Creek area in Nebraska.  She graduated from Sabetha High School.  Judy worked for many years at the phone company in...

Melvin Sell, Sr.

Apr 30, 2011

Melvin Arthur Sell, Sr. was born on August 10, 1917 the son of Carl Sell and Ora (Minnium) Sell in Weeping Water, Nebraska. He was the oldest of nine children. He attended and graduated from Plattsmouth High School in 1936.   He entered the United States Army on February 21, 1941 and served four years. He received an honorable discharge on March 14, 1945. He...

Jeanne Hayes

Apr 25, 2011

Jeanne Virginia Hayes 86, Centralia, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Crestview Manor, Seneca, Kansas.

She was born January 17, 1925 at Downs, Kansas the daughter of Cecil Merideth Bell and Edith Saralin Walton. She had attended business college for one year.

She married Louis...

Leonard Wisdom

Apr 23, 2011

Leonard Wisdom, 84, of Easton and formerly of Sabetha, died on April 23, 2011 at his son’s home in Easton. He was born on September 14, 1926 the son of Jesse B. Wisdom and Emily Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wisdom at Bern, Kansas. He was one of four children born to this union.  He attended school in the Bern area. He was united in...

Dorothy "Elanore" Johnson

Apr 20, 2011

Elanore (Swanny) Swanson Johnson, age 88, passed away at Frankfort Community Care Home on April 20, 2011.

Elanore was born on November 24, 1922, in Oklahoma City, to Helen F. I. and Dr. Carl A. B. Swanson.  At a very young age she moved with her parents to Savonburg,...

Myra Easton

Apr 19, 2011

Myra Ann Easton, 76, of Seneca, died on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Life Care Center of Seneca. Myra was born on December 23, 1934 at the hospital in Axtell, Kansas to Dr. Charles and Vera (Poppe) Crandall.

She graduated from Seneca Public High School in...