Obituaries

Sep 22, 2018

E lgin Lee Flott, born June 24, 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas.

Elgin lived his youth in Sabetha, Kansas graduating high school to then attend, and graduate from The University of Kansas in 1951 with a B.S. in Geological Sciences. Elgin served...

Sep 22, 2018

B ette May (Keim) Bestwick, age 90, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018 in Manhattan, KS.

She was born on May 31, 1928 at home north of Albany, KS to Marvin and Florence (Rotz) Keim.  She attended school at Albany through eighth grade.  Much to her chagrin she had to ride...

Sep 20, 2018

M arilyn Kay Montgomery (Kerl), 69, of Falls City, Nebraska, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 20, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska. She was suffering from complications after having abdominal surgery. The exact reasons are currently unknown.

Marilyn was born on January 5, 1949 in...

Sep 19, 2018

D onna Mae (Spiker) Judah, 92, of Sabetha, KS passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

Donna was born in Sabetha, KS on December 1, 1925 the daughter of Sumner L. Spiker and Ada R. (Drown) Spiker. She graduated from Wetmore High School in 1942. Donna was united in marriage to Thomas...

Sep 4, 2018

C arla L. (Garrett) Stevens, 50, of Sabetha, KS passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.

Funeral services are pending at this time.

Sep 1, 2018

D r. Lyle Edward Steiner, 88, of Pasadena, California, passed away on September 1, 2018, at Keck USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was born in Sabetha, Kansas, on April 21, 1930, the son of Joseph and Esther (Stoller) Steiner.

Lyle graduated from Sabetha High School in 1947, where he...

Aug 26, 2018

H arley David Linn, 90, of Sabetha, KS passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 at the Sabetha Manor.

Harley was born May 14, 1928 the son of Henry William Linn and Josephine (Martsoft) Linn Kral in Lexington, Nebraska. He grew up in the Wetmore and Centralia, Kansas area. He began work...

Aug 25, 2018

H azel Valora (Mayer) Milne, age 93, a resident of the Apostolic Christian Home passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018.

She was born on May 25, 1925 at home southwest of Goff, Kansas. It was so close to midnight the doctors didn’t look at the clock and didn’t know if it was the 24th or...

Aug 18, 2018

M ary Viola Edelman, 92, died on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.

Mary was born on November 15, 1925 in Sabetha, Kansas. She was the daughter of John D. and Mary (Bauman) Edelman. She grew up on the family farm west of Sabetha until she moved to...

Aug 12, 2018

J ennie Ellen Finney was born to Louis J. and Edna E. Smith Fulton on October 21, 1934 just north of Sabetha, Kansas, in the same house where her mother was born 24 years prior.  She graduated from Sabetha High School with the Class of 1952 and ventured on to the University of Kansas, where she joined the Sigma Kappa sorority and earned both her Bachelors and Masters...

Aug 6, 2018

K enneth E. Rothers, 82, of Seneca, Kansas formerly of Corning died Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

Kenneth was born on January 14, 1936 the son of Phil and Ferne (Kelly) Rothers on a farm northwest of Havensville, Kansas.  He graduated from Corning High...

Aug 1, 2018

George Kent Orr, 80, of Sabetha, KS passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.

He was born on February 15, 1938 the son of George Orr and Elizabeth (Cooper) Orr at Winchester, Kentucky. George entered the U.S. Army in 1965.  He met his future wife, Jeananne Hanna at the...

Jul 30, 2018

R alph M. Mascaro, 89, of Bentonville, AR died Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Sabetha Community Hospital in Sabetha, KS.  He was born October 12, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA, the son of Ralph M. and Lillian Mascaro, Sr. and devoted husband of the late JoAnn (Hawgood) Mascaro. A service and celebration of life will...

Jul 4, 2018

L ila Mae (Root) Glassinger, 92, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at her home.

Lila was born May 27, 1926 in Oneida, Kansas the daughter of Ellis and Katie (Murray) Root. Lila married Herbert W. Glassinger on December 2, 1945.

She was preceded...

Jun 28, 2018

M arjorie R. (Anderson) Songer age 99 of Seneca, Kansas passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 28, 2018.

Marjorie was born in Jackson County, Kansas near Circleville. She attended grade school in Circleville and graduated from Mayetta rural high school. She was the oldest of five children all of whom preceded...

Jun 27, 2018

F errell Ray Meritt, 74, of Vermillion, KS passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at his home with family.

Ferrell was born November 8, 1943 in Mill Shoals, Illinois to Curtis Ray and Dora (Jamerson) Meritt. He graduated from Mills Prairie High School and worked for McDonald Air Craft in St....

Jun 24, 2018

M arian Pfrang, 85, of Goff, Kansas passed away Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland.

Marian was born February 20, 1933 in Summerfield, Kansas the daughter of Warren and Alice (White) Stedman. She attended school in Wetmore, and graduated with the class of 1950.

Jun 22, 2018

E dward Karns Pfrang, 98, Oneida, died Friday, June 22, 2018, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

Edward was born January 6, 1920, on a farm near Ontario, Kansas, the son of Fred and Carrie (Karns) Pfrang.  He graduated from Bancroft High School.  He was in the Army during World War...

Jun 17, 2018

R uth Pauline (Rundus) Weeks was born in Concordia, Kansas on January 30, 1932 to Joseph F. and Z. Alberta (Opocensky) Rundus. She was the middle child and only daughter in the family.  While growing up on a farm south of Blue Rapids, she attended the Gamefork Country School, and then graduated from Blue Rapids...

Jun 16, 2018

J ennifer Jo Althouse, 58, of Sabetha, KS passed away Saturday, June 16, 2018 peacefully at home with family by her side.

Jennifer was born in Axtell, KS on February 24, 1960 the daughter of Arnold and Mary Ann (Eisenbarth) Althouse. She graduated from Sabetha High School in 1978.