Obituaries

Walter Hulsing
Dec 26, 2010
Walter Owen Hulsing passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. He had enjoyed a celebrated life for 76 years and 17 days and was surrounded by family and friends during the special time that he was called home. Walt was born as the youngest of five children to Ray and Lucy Hulsing on December 9, 1934...

Ruth Allen
Dec 21, 2010
Ruth Elaine (Sumner) Allen was born on October 14, 1929, the daughter of Melvin Sumner and Bertha (Nichols) Sumner at Soldier, Kansas. She was the 6 th of 8 children born to this union. She grew up in Soldier, Kansas and attended Soldier public schools. She married William H. Allen on December 8, 1951 at Seneca, Kansas. Three children were born to this...
William Hoskins
Dec 13, 2010
William Harold Hoskins, 87 of Centralia, KS died Monday, December 13, 2010 at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia, KS.
Harold was born October 30, 1923 at Centralia, KS the son of Will and Lessie Hailey Hoskins. Harold graduated from Centralia High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served until...
Lucille Kibler
Dec 11, 2010
Lucille Emma Sophie Kibler, 81, of Seneca, KS died at the Stoneybrook Retirement Community, Manhattan, KS as the result of a stroke on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Lucille had been a resident of Stoneybrook and was recovering from a previous stroke in 2008.
Lucille Kibler
Dec 11, 2010
Lucille Emma Sophie Kibler, 81, of Seneca, KS died at the Stoneybrook Retirement Community, Manhattan, KS as the result of a stroke on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Lucille had been a resident of Stoneybrook and was recovering from a previous stroke in 2008.
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Wells Combs
Dec 8, 2010
Wells Eugene Combs was born on February 26, 1932 in Fulton, Georgia the son of Floyd Eugene Combs and Zanna Zelena (Moulton) Combs. He entered the United States Army in 1953 serving in Georgia until 1955. He then entered the Coast Guard in 1957 serving in California until 1961. He then joined the Kansas National Guard in Sabetha serving from 1977 until he...

Martha Strahm
Dec 6, 2010
Martha Mary Strahm, 99, of Fairview, Kansas, died Monday evening, December 6, 2010 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas. She was born on August 28, 1911 near Berwick, Kansas the daughter of Samuel Beyer and Mary Caroline (Grimm) Beyer. She married Silas Tobias Strahm on March 12, 1933. They lived in the Fairview area most of their lives. Most...

Guy Wikle
Dec 5, 2010
Guy Pershing Wikle, age 91, of Sabetha, died Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. Guy was born on February 26, 1919 at home in rural Sabetha, the son of Addison W. Wikle and Sallie (Riffe) Wikle. He graduated from Sabetha High School in 1938. Guy served in the armed forces during World War II and was...

Edna Parli
Dec 1, 2010
Edna Zo Parli, 94, formerly of Sabetha, Kansas died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kansas. She was born on September 3, 1916 in Endicott, Nebraska. She was a board member of the Rock Creek Church of the Brethren and a lifetime deaconess of the Trinity Church of the Brethren in Sabetha. On August 12, 1936 she...

Ruben Lehmann
Nov 22, 2010
Ruben Frederick Lehmann, 94, of Sabetha, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at the Apostolic Christian Home. Ruben was born on the family farm west of Sabetha on January 27, 1916, the youngest of nine children to Fred Lehmann and Caroline (Lehman) Lehmann. He attended the Eureka School. He lived on the farm until he was 22 years old...
Raymond Petry
Nov 20, 2010
Raymond Lee Petry, Centralia died Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital. He was 79.
He was born October 8, 1931, in Wetmore, KS the son of Clarence and Dorcas Petry. He graduated from Centralia High School in...
Henry Olberding
Nov 16, 2010
Henry Olberding, Jr. 86, formerly of the Axtell area died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at the Life Care Center of Seneca, KS.
Henry was born on March 30, 1924 to Henry F. and Mary Runnebaum Olberding on the family farm in rural Baileyville, Kansas. He attended...
H. Charles Wells
Nov 13, 2010
Henry Charles Wells, age 68, died peacefully at home November 13, 2010, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. Charles was born February 8, 1942 in Horton, Kansas, to John Charles (Dutch) Wells and Dorothy Crosswhite Wells. Charles married Agnes Dale Lacy July 29, 1961. They have three children: John Charles, Patricia Anne, and Christopher James. Charles studied for a degree in...
Wilma Jones
Nov 2, 2010
Wilma Nadine (Howard) Jones, age 89, died Tuesday, November 02, 2010 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. Wilma was born September 15, 1921 near Dawson, Nebraska, the daughter of John Clark and Georgia (LaMastres) Clark. She attended school at Sabetha, Kansas, graduating from Sabetha High School in 1939.
Wilma married Chadwick Howard on August 6, 1941; he...
Erma Baugh
Nov 1, 2010
Erma Baugh died on All Saint's Day on November 1, 2010. She was the saint of a marriage with a man who was a Chief Torpedo Man in the "Silent Service" of the U.S. Navy during WWII.
A marriage that was blessed with 3 sons who survived her in death; Bruce W. Baugh, Wichita, KS, John...
Eugene Kellenberger
Oct 28, 2010
Eugene Edward Kellenberger, 82, of Sabetha died peacefully on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. Gene was born on January 28, 1928 in Sabetha the son of Arthur and Marie (Steiner) Kellenberger. He attended Albany School and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1945. Gene was united in marriage to Marian Couch on June 20, 1948. To this union...
Howard Anderson
Oct 28, 2010
Howard R. Anderson, 83 of Beattie, KS died Thursday, October 28, 2010 at the Wamego City Hospital in Wamego, KS.
Howard was born January 23, 1927 at the family home in Beattie, the son of Ralph and Helen Connet Anderson. He graduated from Axtell High School in 1946. Following...
Ralph Clark
Oct 27, 2010
Ralph E. Clark 69 of rural Vermillion, KS died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at his home.
Ralph was born October 22, 1941 the son of Howard and Tressie Feister Clark in Scottsbluff, NE.
Ralph loved animals and was a gifted when it came to...
Ralph Clark
Oct 27, 2010
Ralph E. Clark 69 of rural Vermillion, KS died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at his home.
Ralph was born October 22, 1941 the son of Howard and Tressie Feister Clark in Scottsbluff, NE.
Ralph loved animals and was a gifted when it came to training horses....

John Krogmann
Oct 22, 2010
John Steven Krogmann died unexpectedly at his home in Wetmore on October 22, 2010. He was born on September 1, 1953 in Atchison, Kansas to Norbert Krogmann and Thelma (Adams) Krogmann. After graduation from Wetmore High School in 1971 he enlisted in the United States Navy. He served aboard the USS Tawakoni. Following his discharge in 1975 he returned to Wetmore, where he began...