Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dec 5, 2011

Sharon (Saylor) Schaefer, 70, died peacefully December 5, 2011, after a long illness. She was a resident of Bethesda, Maryland. Sharon (Saylor) Schaefer, daughter of Norman M. Saylor, Jr. and Martha (Lavaun) Saylor, both deceased, was born in Sabetha, Kansas on August 13, 1941. She grew up in Morrill, Kansas, where her father was the president of the Morrill State Bank, and...

Dec 3, 2011

Charles L. Kidwell, 78, of Sabetha died Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. Charles was born on December 19, 1932 the son of Leonard and Hazel Marie (Brammer) Kidwell near Oneida, Kansas. He grew up in the Oneida area and attended and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1950. Charles was united in marriage to Phyllis Beyer on...

Dec 3, 2011

Lila Mary Newlin, 98, on December 3, 2011 our Mother was called to be with her Lord. She was born June 21, 1913 to parents John and Myrtle (Hennigh) Brougher on a farm just east of Sabetha, Kansas. As the last surviving member of her immediate family, she was preceded in death chronologically first by brother, Harry of Sedalia, MO., both parents,...

Dec 2, 2011

Geraldine Ann Baker Freeman Rogers, 64, of Topeka died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Plaza West Nursing Home in Topeka. She was born on June 26, 1947 the daughter of William Baker and Cecelia (Sunnenberg) Baker/ Mary Jurgensmeier at Seneca, Kansas. She grew up in the Fairview area and attended school in Fairview and graduated from Fairview High School. She was united in...

Nov 26, 2011

Marvin E. Brunner, 91, of Sabetha, Kansas died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at the Apostolic Christian Home. Marvin was born on December 19, 1919, the son of Edward and Malinda (Brammer) Brunner. Marvin attended school in Sabetha, soon after he became an active member in the U.S. Army. He served four years and was honorably discharged on October 10, 1945. Marvin...

Nov 19, 2011

Marjorie Louise Norton, 98, of Centralia, KS died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia, KS.

She was born November 11, 1913 southwest of Topeka, KS to Charles and Cecil Hanson.  She attended a country school at Elvation for 6 years before moving to Seabrook in Topeka...

Nov 19, 2011

LOIS AYERS-BACHMAN

Lois was called home by the Lord, November 19th, 2011. She was residing at the Eastridge Skilled Nursing Facility, Centralia, Kansas.  Lois was born September 14, 1920, in Centralia, KS, to William Henry Searing, and Ethel Rasey Searing.  She was a lifelong resident of Centralia except for 4 years she spent...

Nov 19, 2011

Ruth L. Stalcup, 86, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Eastridge Nursing Home in Centralia, Kansas. Ruth was born June 15, 1925 in Scandia, Kansas to Oscar T. and Susie Swan Bureman. The family moved to Onaga, Kansas where Ruth attended school, graduating from Onaga High School in 1943.

Ruth married Elmer “Banty”...

Nov 13, 2011

Clyde William Wenger, 81, of Sabetha died peacefully at home early morning of Sunday, November 13, 2011, surrounded by his family. Clyde was the youngest of three children born to Will and Lena Wenger, born September 7, 1930. He was raised 4 miles south of Sabetha, where he attended country school before the family moved to Sabetha. He graduated High School with...

Nov 7, 2011

Larry D. Mai, 64, of White Cloud, died Monday, November 7, 2011 at his home rural White Cloud, Kansas. Larry was born on October 1, 1947 in Ransom, Kansas to Edwin Walter and Edna (Helwig) Mai. Larry was an only child. Larry never married and has no children. He served in the Army during Vietnam, receiving the Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross. He worked...

Nov 5, 2011

Clifford (Cliff) William Edelman was born May 13, 1927, to Jacob and Emma (Meyer) Edelman in Sabetha, Kansas. Cliff grew up and attended country school through 8 th grade. He had a very strong passion for farming, which was his life-long occupation. On March 2, 1958, he was united in marriage to Barbara Metzger at Sabetha. They raised their family...

Nov 5, 2011

Frank W. DeBusk, of Sabetha, formerly of Beattie died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas from heart failure. He was born in Morrill, Kansas on October 20, 1942, one of nine children of Ben and Odie (Ball) DeBusk. After leaving high school, Frank began a long career as an over-the-road truck driver, until a heart...