Obituaries

Donna Koch

Feb 23, 2012

Donna Mae (Reed) Koch went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 23, 2012. She was born in Woodlawn, Kansas on December 5, 1921 to Ray and Cordia (Brammer) Reed. On October 5, 1941, she married Charles Koch of Sabetha. After being together nearly 70 years, Charles passed away April 11, 2011. She is survived by her son, John Koch and his...

Aloysuis (Allie) Broxterman

Feb 17, 2012

Aloysius (Allie) John Broxterman, 85, Axtell, KS died Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Stormont-Vail Health Care Center in Topeka.

Allie was born April 1, 1926 at Axtell, the son of Leo Broxterman and Stella Alfers Broxterman. He was one of eleven children. Allie attended Axtell schools through his junior year when he...

Ella Brunner

Feb 9, 2012

Ella Mae Brunner, 86, of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Thursday, February 9, 2012 at her home with her family by her side. Ella Mae was born on December 5, 1925 in Dawson, Nebraska, the daughter of Harold Sinnett and Ethel (Archer) Sinnett. Ella Mae attended school in Dawson, Nebraska. After graduating she was employed by an insurance company in Lincoln,...

Thelma Krogmann

Feb 8, 2012

Thelma Eilene Krogmann, 80, of Sabetha died February 8, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  She was born January 10, 1932 to Raymond and Mary Catherine (Coleman) Adams in Spring Hill, KS.  She grew up in the Stilwell area.  Thelma was united in marriage to Norbert Krogmann on February 3, 1951. Preceeding her in death were her parents; her husband;...

Linda Talley

Feb 8, 2012

Linda Katherine Schneider Talley, age 66 of Sabetha, Kansas passed away Wednesday February 8, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Health Care Center in Topeka, Kansas. Linda was born June 28, 1945 in Nortonville, Kansas to Charles W. and Ida Oleva (Good) Schneider. She graduated from Nortonville High School in 1964. She worked at Wilde Tool factory in Hiawatha until her marriage to Gerald...

Joseph Marti

Jan 26, 2012

Joseph Merlin Marti, 82, of Sabetha died Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. Joseph was born on July 19, 1929 on a farm southeast of Bern, Kansas the son of Joseph Marti, Sr and Lydia (Wittmer) Marti. Joe had one sister, Ella (Aeschliman) Hartter. He grew up on the family farm. He attended eight...

Patricia Welch

Jan 26, 2012

Patricia Ann Welch, 79, of Salem, Nebraska died Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the Sabetha Manor. She was born on April 12, 1932 in Long Beach, California the daughter of John William Tabor and Ruby (Shannon) Tabor. She worked as a special education transit assistant in Anchorage, Alaska for several years. She was united in marriage to Thomas Ness. After his death, she was...

Louis Hayes

Jan 12, 2012

Louis A. Hayes, 90, of Centralia, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca, KS.

Louis was born June 6, 1921 in...

Marie Goldsmith

Jan 12, 2012

Marie E. Goldsmith, 91 of Sabetha, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born on June 19, 1920 in Wallace, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Edith (Thompson) Kramer. She grew up on a farm and graduated from Melvern High School in 1938. Following graduation Marie received her Normal School Teaching Certificate and taught...

Enola Rogers

Jan 9, 2012

Enola Arlene Rogers, 92, of Topeka, formerly of Fairview, Kansas died Monday, January 9, 2012 in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on October 15, 1919 in Fairview, the daughter of William and Lora (Haynes) Rogers. She graduated from Fairview High School and Dodds School of Business in Topeka, Kansas. She served in the WAAC and WAC during W.W. II. She retired from South Western...

Dorothy Kellenberger

Jan 3, 2012

Dorothy Bertha Kellenberger, 89, of Sabetha died Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born December 3, 1922, on the family farm at Alvord, IA, the daughter of Henry and Pauline Dietrich Mogler. Dorothy attended Logan Township Country School in Lyon County, IA, and then Lester High School in Lester,...

Dorothy Grothjan

Jan 3, 2012

Dorothy L. Grothjan, 98, of Seneca, KS died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Crestview Manor in Seneca.

She was born on October 16, 1913 at Axtell, KS the daughter of Clem and Elizabeth Schmits Grothjan. She graduated from Axtell High School.

Dorothy worked as a nurse’s aide at the Axtell Hospital for...

Benola Bieri

Jan 2, 2012

Benola Bieri passed away at Newport Beach, California on January 2, 2012 at the age of 86 years and 25 days. Benola Elaine Leuthold, daughter of Marie Bertha (Locher) Leuthold and Benjamin E. Leuthold was born December 8, 1925 at Bern Kansas.  She grew up and was educated at Bern.  She resided and raised her family at Seneca, Kansas. In...

Pauline Spellmeier

Dec 17, 2011

Pauline Alberta (Puvogel) Spellmeier, 88, of Fairview, Kansas died Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas. Pauline was born on January 18, 1923, the daughter of Richard (Dick) Henry Puvogel and Ida Martha Marie (Brandt) Puvogel. Pauline attended school through the 8th grade at the Union District Country School, south of Hiawatha, Kansas. She then...

Pauline Brown-Pfuetze

Dec 15, 2011

Pauline Brown-Pfuetze, age 99, of Sabetha, died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. Pauline was born March 25, 1912 at Grantville, KS, the daughter of James and Ethel (Detlor) Cox. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1931. She attended the University of Kansas and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1935. The following two years she taught...

Roger Shear

Dec 14, 2011

Roger K. Shear, 74, of Sabetha, died December 14, 2011 at his home. Roger was born June 16, 1937 in Horton, Kansas, the son of Kenneth E. and Jessie M. (Snapp) Shear. The family moved to Hiawatha when Roger was a young child, and he graduated from Hiawatha High School. Roger married Jeanne K. Shaw on June 8, 1958 at First...

Mary Hasenkamp

Dec 12, 2011

Mary Ann Hasenkamp, 75, of Seneca, formerly of Wetmore, died Monday, December 12, 2011. Mary was born July 9, 1936 in Lincoln , Nebraska , the daughter of Byron and Nellie (Miner) Johnson. She graduated from Albin High School in Albin, Wyoming. Mary was united in marriage to Leo Hasenkamp on December 28, 1957 in Albin, Wyoming. She was preceded in death by...

Doris McKune

Dec 10, 2011

Doris Margaret McKune, 101, of Burbank, California passed away December 10, 2011 at Harbor Care Center in Torrance, California. Doris was born on February 23, 1910 in Sabetha, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Anna Maynard. She attended the local primary school and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1928.

Doris married Gordon McKune of...

Elma Ehrsam

Dec 6, 2011

Elma Elizabeth Ehrsam, 102, formerly of Bern, KS died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Golden Living Care Home in Branson Missouri where she had been living to be near her son.

Elma was born to Joseph S. Bauman and Martha Moser Bauman on the family farm south of Bern, KS on April...

Dolores Aul

Dec 6, 2011

Dolores “Dee” Aul, 89, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Sabetha, Kansas. She was born on November 8, 1922 in Bern, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Maude (Schick) Grossenbacher and attended Bern schools and graduated from Bern Rural High School in 1940. She attended the University of Kansas where she was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi...