Obituaries

Loretta Winchell

Jul 20, 2012

Loretta J. Winchell, 63, Axtell, died Friday, July 20, 2012 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, where she had been battling cancer.

Loretta was born October 8, 1948 in Marshall Town, Iowa, to Rev. Richard H. and Jeanette Jaeger Lingard.  She graduated from Pawnee City High School, Pawnee City, Nebraska in 1966 and attended Doane...

Mary Downing

Jul 17, 2012

Mary Louise Downing, Seneca, KS, died on July 17, 2012 at Atria Senior Living in Topeka.  Louise was born on September 12, 1923 in Owensboro, KY. She is preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Ray E. Downing Jr, her parents Benjamin and Anna King, her brother Benjamin and sister Elizabeth.   She is survived by her children Cheryl King (Fred)...

Paul Wurzbacher

Jul 14, 2012

Paul I. Wurzbacher, 95, of Sabetha died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  He was born on January 18, 1917 the son of DeWitt and Katie (Norrie) Wurzbacher on the family farm west of Sabetha.  He attended Tranquil School and graduated from Sabetha High School.

He was inducted into...

Clara Reid

Jun 30, 2012

Clara Maurine Reid, 90, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  She was born on June 27, 1922 to John H. and Louisa P. (Nohl) Shadel.

She graduated from Sabetha High School with the class of 1940.  She served as bookkeeper at several...

Beth Hook

Jun 22, 2012

Beth Lorraine Hook, 86, passed away Friday, June 22, 2012.  She was born February 24, 1926 at Lake City, IA, the daughter of Mabel Clare (Stout) Groves and Charles Wesley Groves.   She was a graduate of Stephens College, Columbia, MO.  Following graduation she was employed by Trans World Airlines, Kansas City, MO. On October 16, 1948, she married...

Lila Gaddis

Jun 19, 2012

Lila L. Gaddis, 72, of Topeka, died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in a Topeka nursing home. Lila was born June 3, 1940 in Centralia, Kansas the daughter of Wayne and Evelyn (Stowell) Reinhart.  She graduated from Vermillion High School in 1958.  Lila was united in marriage to Ed Gaddis on April 4, 1961 in Vermillion, Kansas.  She...

Jean VonBergen

Jun 9, 2012

Jean Von Bergen, 75, of rural Dawson, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Jean was born on December 11, 1936 to Kenneth and Marion (Flott) Wittwer in Sabetha, Kansas. On August 5, 1956, she was married to Richard Von Bergen at Zion Church in rural Dawson, Nebraska.  She dedicated her life to family and...

Carol Hill

Jun 7, 2012

Carol Joyce Hill, 61, of Sabetha died Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka, Kansas.

Carol was born August 30, 1950 in Axtell, Kansas, the daughter of William and Barbara (Dean) Hill.  Shortly after her birth the family moved to Riverside, California.  While in California Carol attended the Sunshine School for...

Marie Hartter

Jun 5, 2012

Marie Almeda Hartter, age 91, of Sabetha, Kansas died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  Marie was born January 3, 1921 in Sabetha, Kansas, the daughter of Lewis and Lena (Strahm) Bahr. She attended the Sabetha Grade School, completing the eighth grade, then worked at Williams Cleaners and the...

Janis Ball

May 29, 2012

Janis Marie Ball, age 77, of Sabetha, Kansas entered Eternal Life on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

Janis was born on May 20, 1935 in Abilene, Kansas of Swedish heritage, the daughter of the late Ted and Ann Marie (Peterson) Wallerstedt.  Janis attended McPherson High School and graduated in 1953. She married...

Helen Scoby

May 28, 2012

Helen (Stoller) Scoby, of Sabetha, Kansas died Monday, May 28, 2012 at the age of 86.  Helen was born to Robert and Martha (Imthurn) Stoller on May 3, 1926 on a farm six miles south of Sabetha.

Helen attended Pleasant Hill country school for seven grades and then attended Sabetha Junior...

Louise Rooney

May 25, 2012

Louise Elizabeth Rooney, 93, of Fairview, Kansas was called to her eternal home on Friday, May 25, 2012.  She was born on the family farm near Hiawatha, Kansas on August 13, 1918.  She was the daughter of German immigrants, Richard Puvogel and Ida Mae (Brandt) Puvogel.  Louise attended Union School District #24 country school that was 2.5 miles...

Alice Showman

May 11, 2012

Alice Isabel Showman, 94, died Friday, May 11, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas.  Isabel was born in Fairview, Kansas on August 6, 1917, the daughter of Mark and Dollie (Scott) Rooney.  She graduated from Fairview High School.  Isabel married Emery Showman on August 31, 1940.  They owned and operated a trucking business...

Gary Woltkamp

May 9, 2012

Gary Eugene Woltkamp, 68 of Ocean Shores, WA died on May 9, 2012 at his home.

He was born November 14, 1943 at Vermillion, KS the son of Marion Eugene Woltkamp and Cleta Ilene Smith Woltkamp.

He graduated High School in Newport Oregon in 1961 and he graduated from Portland Electronics College in 1963 and...

Marcus Bates, Jr.

May 3, 2012

Marcus Harrison Bates, Jr., 86 formally of Granada, Kansas now of Seneca, Kansas died on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Life Care Center in Seneca, Kansas.  Marcus was born on November 9, 1925 the son of Marcus H. Bates, Sr. and Rosa (Harring) Bates in Haxton, Colorado.   He entered the United States Army on June 20,...

George Dowd

May 2, 2012

George Lee Dowd, 76, of Sabetha died Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Cobblestone Court in Sabetha.  George was born on August 1, 1935 the son of Chancey Dowd, Sr. and Mary (Craig) Dowd in Hutchinson, Kansas.  He was one of seven children born to this union.  George worked as a clerk in a Marysville Hardware Store...

Joseph Tappehorn

Apr 27, 2012

Joseph “Bud” Victor Tappehorn, 87, of Sabetha, died Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  Joseph was born June 28, 1924 in Kelly, Kansas, the son of Victor and Johanna (Schroeder) Tappehorn.  He graduated from Kelly High School.  Joseph served in the Navy during World War II.  He was united in...

Patti Grollmes

Apr 26, 2012

Patti (Levret) Grollmes of Branson, Missouri passed away at home on Thursday, April 26, 2012.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Francis James Levret, Sr. and Mildred Mae (Spellmeier) Levret, her son Lawrence Joseph Grollmes, III and a sister, Mary Frances McClure.  She is survived by her husband, Larry Grollmes of Fairview, Kansas; three...

Richard Perry

Apr 25, 2012

Richard Elwood Perry, 76, Axtell, Kansas died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Cambridge Place Care Home in Marysville, Kansas. Richard was born June 14, 1935 the son of Warren Perry and Carrie (Blodgett) Perry in Axtell, Kansas. He graduated from Axtell High School. After graduating he joined the US Army and served from 1954 until 1956...

Roger Brockhoff

Apr 19, 2012

Roger Allen Brockhoff of Sabetha died Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the age of 63 at Kansas University Medical Center.

He was born on July 20, 1948, the son of Howard and Leah Brockhoff in Sabetha, KS. He lived most of his life in the Fairview/Sabetha area. Roger served a 16...