Obituaries

William "Bill" Meister

Sep 21, 2012

W illiam “Bill” Meister, 85 of Sabetha died Friday, September 21, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home.  Bill was born on June 13, 1927 at the family farm in Humboldt, Nebraska to William and Adella (Fidermutz) Meister.  He graduated from Dawson High in Dawson, Nebraska in 1944.  He was a World War II veteran serving in Guam....

Dreda Lee

Sep 20, 2012

D reda Mae (Curtis) Lee, 79, was born on November 7, 1932 at Vermillion, Kansas the daughter of Floyd Towne Curtis and Nettie E. (Mann) Curtis.  She attended in Vermillion from grade school through high school.  She graduated from Vermillion High School in May of 1950.

Dreda...

Harold Schneider

Sep 20, 2012

H arold David Schneider “Dave” peacefully passed away on September 20, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer.  He was born August 16, 1944 in Horton, Kansas to Rosanna Rooney and Harold David Schneider Sr.  He lived in Fairview, Kansas until the age of four when the family moved to Victorville, California, and then...

Lucy Leuze Pries

Sep 16, 2012

L ucy Elizabeth Payne Leuze Pries was born in Brown County, Kansas on May 23, 1908 to Charles and May Henry Payne and had an older brother, Lester (1904-1985). She was baptized in the Sabetha Methodist Church. She passed at the age of 104 on Sept. 16, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado.

Lucy graduated from Sabetha H.S. in 1926...

Helen Snyder

Sep 14, 2012

H elen I. Snyder, 95, of Sabetha died Friday, September 14, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home. Helen was born on November 14, 1916 the daughter of Ellis Root and Katie (Murray) Root at Beattie, Kansas.

She attended Eclipse School, a one room schoolhouse.  She started high...

Bertha Ford

Sep 13, 2012

Bertha Ford, 73, of Axtell, KS died Thursday September 13, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Seneca, KS.

She was born September 7, 1939 the daughter of Albert Cain and Alice Schmidt Cain in Axtell, KS.  She graduated from Axtell High School in 1957 and later received her Certified Nurse’s Aide certification from Armijo Adult School...

Keith Harkness

Sep 1, 2012

Keith E. Harkness, 71, of Axtell, Kansas passed away at his home with family at his side on Saturday, September 1, 2012, after a long battle with cancer.

Keith was born September 22, 1940, the son of Wilmer Harkness and Ruth (Arlene) Rushtin Harkness, in McMillan, Michigan.

He joined the United States Army...

Marianne Meyer

Aug 29, 2012

M arianne Meyer, 70, of Sabetha died Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at the Sabetha Hospital.  She was born on November 6, 1941 in Buffalo, New York, daughter of John B. and Anna M. (Redmond) Addeo.  She graduated from West Seneca Central High School, attended Canisius College, graduating from Sisters of Charity Hospital School of...

Rosetta Bartram

Aug 25, 2012

R osetta Louise (Eisenbise) Bartram, 90, of Berwick, Kansas died Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  Rosetta, daughter of James & Verna (Rieger) Eisenbise was born July 7, 1922 in Fairview, Kansas.  Rosetta graduated from high school in her hometown of Fairview.  She was united in marriage to James...

Gene Hinton

Aug 7, 2012

Gene Alfred Hinton, age 75, passed away Tuesday evening, August 7, 2012 at his home in Topeka.  He was born June 9, 1937 in Bern, Kansas the son of Gottlieb and Delphia Boydston Hinton.  Gene graduated from Fairview High School in 1956.  He then served in the National Guard while farming with his family in Brown...

Robert Steele

Aug 3, 2012

R obert E. Steele, age 91, formerly of Morrill, passed from this life to be with the Lord on Friday, August 3, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. He was born on November 1, 1920 at Sycamore Springs to Frank and Dolla (Oxley) Steele.  He was a farmer, and dairyman in the Morrill area for...

Nick Rabizant

Jul 25, 2012

Nick Rabizant, 82, Vermillion died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia, Kansas.   He was born in Manitoba, Canada the son of Michael and Marja Olehowych Rabizant.  Nick had worked for Smith Kline Pharmiceutical in California as a Maintenance Supervisor.   He later moved to Vermillion, Kansas to live with his daughter Debbie Bergmann...

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...