Obituaries
Mavis Meyer
Aug 12, 2007
Mavis Louise Meyer, 80, of Sabetha died Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born at Sabetha, KS on December 3, 1926, the daughter of John P. and Marie Frieden Strahm. After graduating from Bern High School in 1944, she obtained her teaching certificate from Emporia Teachers College, and taught one year at Eureka country...
Keith Brooks
Aug 9, 2007
Keith Allen Brooks, 72, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, at the Ap-ostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, surrounded by family and loved ones. He was born in Sabetha on July 23, 1935. He attended school in Sabetha and graduated from Sabetha High School, where he was an outstanding athlete. After high school he attended Ottawa University in Ottawa, where he...
John Kaufman
Aug 7, 2007
John William Kaufman, 80, of Sabetha, formerly of Fairbury, IL passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. John was born the son of Jacob and Clara (Bach) Kaufman on November 18, 1926 in Fairbury, IL. He graduated from high school in Silverton, OR before serving his country in the US Navy. John was...
Sue Durland
Jul 28, 2007
Sue Durland, 60, of Centralia, KS died Saturday, July 28, 2007 at the Onaga Community Hospital in Onaga, KS. She was born September 20, 1946 in Axtell, KS the daughter of Nelson G. Torrey and Rose Mary Henry Torrey. She graduated from Axtell High School in 1964. On November 5, 1965 she married Richard Durland at Axtell, KS, he...
Mary "Betty" Meyer
Jul 24, 2007
Mary "Betty" Elizabeth Meyer was born on August 23, 1922 the daughter of Bruce Beecher Brower and Mary Margaret Searing Brower at Centralia, Kansas. She was one of seven children born to this union. She grew up in the Centralia area and attended Centralia school and graduated from Centralia High School. She was united in marriage to Joy Lee...
Harold Lortscher
Jul 17, 2007
LT. CMDR. HAROLD G. ("HAL") LORTSCHER, 91, of Denver, CO, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 after being admitted for 48 hours to Swedish Hospital in Denver, CO. His death was a result of waging a long and very determined battle with cancer. He was born January 28, 1916, on the family farm located in Berwick between Bern and Sabetha,...
Alice Gabbert
Jul 14, 2007
Alice Maxine (Johnstone) Gabbert, 93, of sabetha passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at the sabetha Manor. Alice was born the daughter of Harry and Rella (Neff) Johnstone in Kelly, KS on Friday, September 19, 1913. In her early life, her family had temporarily moved to the Campus-Oakley area of western Kansas, before moving back to nemaha County...
Ralph Ward Sr.
Jul 8, 2007
Centralia, Kansas - Ralph Benjamin Ward Sr., 94, died Sunday morning, July 8, 2007, at the Onaga Community Hospital in Onaga, KS. Ralph was born April 19, 1913 in Vermillion the son of George B. Ward and Larry Horton Ward. He attended country school south of Centralia. On February 7, 1934 in Wilsey, KS Ralph married Irene Frances Harris,...
Joan Wenger
Jun 16, 2007
Joan A. Wenger was born on October 8, 1933 the daughter of Frederick Heideman and Elizabeth "Laura" Blocker Heideman. She was one of nine children born to this union. She grew up on a farm northeast of Seneca, Kansas and attended St. Peter and Paul Schools. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul High School in 1951. Joan worked...
Edna Mai
Jun 15, 2007
Edna Mai, 78, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2007 at the Sabetha Manor. Services are pending with Popkess Mortuay of Sabetha.
John Edelman
Jun 13, 2007
John Jacob Edelman was born on July 26, 1923 the son of John D. Edelman and Mary Bauman Edelman at Sabetha, Kansas. He was one of 14 children born to this union. He grew up in the Sabetha area 4 miles west of the Sabetha Hospital. Attended IXL District 40 School until the 8th grade. He entered into farming...
Frank Craig, Jr.
Jun 11, 2007
Frank "Toby" Craig, Jr., 81, of Topeka, formerly of Bern passed away Monday, June 11, 2007 at his home. He was born the son of Frank Sr. and Lucile E. (McMurry) Craig on October 10, 1925 in Bern. Frank graduated from Bern High School in 1944 and then served his country in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He...
Albert Fountain
Jun 7, 2007
Albert Paul Fountain was born on October 27, 1924 the son of Robert L. Fountain, Sr. and Lulu V. Kolepfer Fountain at Sabetha, Kansas. Al grew up in the Sabetha area and graduated from Sabetha High School as salutatorian on May of 1942. Al served one year in pre-med at Kansas University before being drafter before World War II....
Marvena Flentie
Jun 4, 2007
Marvena B. Flentie, 89, Centralia died Monday, June 4, 2007 at the Community Hospital, Onaga. She was born January 19, 1918 at Centralia the daughter of William Marvin Murphy and Ellen Marie Armstrong Murphy. She graduated from the eighth grade in a country school in the Eureka School District. She graduated from Centralia High School in 1936. Marvena married...
John Eisenbise
May 23, 2007
John R. Eisenbise, 76, of Morrill, Kansas died at his home on May 23, 2007 as a result of cancer. He was born on June 28, 1930 the son of George S. Eisenbise and Florence Butterfield Eisenbise on the family farm where he has lived all his life. He tool pride in living on the land which had been...
Katheryn Reinhart
May 2, 2007
Katheryn Maurine Reinhart, 103, Centralia, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia. She was born April 14, 1904 in Goff, Kansas the daughter of Gertrude Miller Griffiths and Henry Willard Griffiths. At an early age she moved with her family to Salem, Nebraska. There she graduated from high school. She continued her education at...
Marvin Ice
Apr 30, 2007
Marvin Duane Ice, 78, Centralia died Monday, April 30, 2007 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca. Marvin was born December 9, 1928 the son of Duane Albert Ice and Ruth Kay Bean Ice at Centralia, KS. Marvin graduated from the Centralia High School in 1947. He married Anna Mae Quinlan in Centralia on Feb. 12, 1950. Marvin was...
Normalee Beer
Apr 30, 2007
Normalee Beer was born on July 27, 1920 at the family home southwest of Sabetha to John Beer and Julia May Foster Beer. She was one of six children born to this union. She attended school through the 8th grade at Victory School District #20. Later moving to Pennsylvania Avenue where they resided until moving to her present home...
Charles Dornes
Apr 22, 2007
Charles Henry Dornes was born on January 12, 1918 the son of Henry Bert and Emily Molly (Martensen) Dornes at Alta Vista, Kansas. He was united in marriage to Mary L. Slayton on October 29, 1944 at the Slayton Family Home in Salem, Nebraska. Two children were born to this union. Charles was a dairy farmer for several years....
Lena Strahm
Apr 21, 2007
Lena Elizabeth Strahm, 90, of Sabetha, KS passed away April 21, 2007 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born on July 26, 1916 in rural Berwick, KS the daughter of Louis Sr. and Sarah (Hartter) Meyer. Lena graduated from Berwick Center School. She married Oscar C. Strahm on May 19, 1939. He preceded her death on...
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