Obituaries

Edna Parli

Dec 1, 2010

Edna Zo Parli, 94, formerly of Sabetha, Kansas died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kansas. She was born on September 3, 1916 in Endicott, Nebraska. She was a board member of the Rock Creek Church of the Brethren and a lifetime deaconess of the Trinity Church of the Brethren in Sabetha. On August 12, 1936 she...

Ruben Lehmann

Nov 22, 2010

Ruben Frederick Lehmann, 94, of Sabetha, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at the Apostolic Christian Home. Ruben was born on the family farm west of Sabetha on January 27, 1916, the youngest of nine children to Fred Lehmann and Caroline (Lehman) Lehmann. He attended the Eureka School. He lived on the farm until he was 22 years old...

Raymond Petry

Nov 20, 2010

Raymond Lee Petry, Centralia died Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital. He was 79.

He was born October 8, 1931, in Wetmore, KS the son of Clarence and Dorcas Petry. He graduated from Centralia High School in...

Henry Olberding

Nov 16, 2010

Henry Olberding, Jr. 86, formerly of the Axtell area died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at the Life Care Center of Seneca, KS.

Henry was born on March 30, 1924 to Henry F. and Mary Runnebaum Olberding on the family farm in rural Baileyville, Kansas. He attended...

H. Charles Wells

Nov 13, 2010

Henry Charles Wells, age 68, died peacefully at home November 13, 2010, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. Charles was born February 8, 1942 in Horton, Kansas, to John Charles (Dutch) Wells and Dorothy Crosswhite Wells. Charles married Agnes Dale Lacy July 29, 1961. They have three children: John Charles, Patricia Anne, and Christopher James. Charles studied for a degree in...

Wilma Jones

Nov 2, 2010

Wilma Nadine (Howard) Jones, age 89, died Tuesday, November 02, 2010 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. Wilma was born September 15, 1921 near Dawson, Nebraska, the daughter of John Clark and Georgia (LaMastres) Clark. She attended school at Sabetha, Kansas, graduating from Sabetha High School in 1939.

Wilma married Chadwick Howard on August 6, 1941; he...

Erma Baugh

Nov 1, 2010

Erma Baugh died on All Saint's Day on November 1, 2010. She was the saint of a marriage with a man who was a Chief Torpedo Man in the "Silent Service" of the U.S. Navy during WWII.

A marriage that was blessed with 3 sons who survived her in death; Bruce W. Baugh, Wichita, KS, John...

Eugene Kellenberger

Oct 28, 2010

Eugene Edward Kellenberger, 82, of Sabetha died peacefully on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. Gene was born on January 28, 1928 in Sabetha the son of Arthur and Marie (Steiner) Kellenberger. He attended Albany School and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1945. Gene was united in marriage to Marian Couch on June 20, 1948. To this union...

Howard Anderson

Oct 28, 2010

Howard R. Anderson, 83 of Beattie, KS died Thursday, October 28, 2010 at the Wamego City Hospital in Wamego, KS.

Howard was born January 23, 1927 at the family home in Beattie, the son of Ralph and Helen Connet Anderson. He graduated from Axtell High School in 1946. Following...

Ralph Clark

Oct 27, 2010

Ralph E. Clark 69 of rural Vermillion, KS died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at his home.

Ralph was born October 22, 1941 the son of Howard and Tressie Feister Clark in Scottsbluff, NE.

Ralph loved animals and was a gifted when it came to...

Ralph Clark

Oct 27, 2010

Ralph E. Clark 69 of rural Vermillion, KS died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at his home.

Ralph was born October 22, 1941 the son of Howard and Tressie Feister Clark in Scottsbluff, NE.

Ralph loved animals and was a gifted when it came to training horses....

John Krogmann

Oct 22, 2010

John Steven Krogmann died unexpectedly at his home in Wetmore on October 22, 2010. He was born on September 1, 1953 in Atchison, Kansas to Norbert Krogmann and Thelma (Adams) Krogmann. After graduation from Wetmore High School in 1971 he enlisted in the United States Navy. He served aboard the USS Tawakoni. Following his discharge in 1975 he returned to Wetmore, where he began...

Maxine Hopp

Oct 22, 2010

Maxine Elverna Smith Stoldt Hopp passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on October 22, 2010 at the Sabetha Community Hospital at the age of 91. Maxine was born on April 12, 1919 in Beatrice, Nebraska to Ben Albert Smith and Emma Francis (Rorabaugh) Smith, one of eight children. The family moved to Sabetha in August of 1922. On November...

Andrew Gottschalk

Oct 19, 2010

Andrew Timothy Gottschalk, 41, Centralia, died Tuesday, October 19, 2010

He was born November 17, 1968 the son of Timothy and Karen Unger Gottschalk at Colby. He graduated from Garden City High School in 1987. In 1998, while working for Sears he met the love of his life, Christina Gallaway.  This was not an...

Diana Mitchell

Oct 7, 2010

Diana Mitchell, 59, passed away on Thursday October 7, 2010 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.  Diana was born on May 5, 1951 the daughter of Norman Schmitt and Mary Lou (Hulsing) Schmitt at Sabetha, Kansas.  Diana attended Sabetha Schools and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1969.  She then attended Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in...

Gloria Steele

Oct 2, 2010

Loving Wife, Mother, and Grandmother, Gloria M. Steele, age 89, formerly of Morrill, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010 with her family by her side. Gloria was born May 18, 1921 in Hiawatha, Kansas, the daughter of John and Stella (Evans) Gaston. On February 28, 1942 she married Bob Steele in Hiawatha, Kansas. Three children were born to this union. Gloria...

David Bindel

Sep 16, 2010

David Lee Bindel, 48, died on September 16, 2010 as a result of a farming accident at his home. He was born at Sabetha, Kansas on December 24, 1961 the son of Leo L. Bindel...

Emma Edelman

Sep 15, 2010

Emma Magdaline (Beer) Edelman, 97, died at The Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas on Sept 15, 2010. She was born on July 2, 1913 to John and Julia Mae (Foster) Beer. On April 17, 1935 she married George Edelman in Hiawatha, Kansas, and to this union 5 children were born. They lived and farmed all their married life in...

Wayne Henderson

Sep 11, 2010

Rollin Wayne Henderson, 83, of Sabetha died September 11, 2010 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.  A memorial graveside service will be Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sabetha Cemetery. Survivors include her son, David Turnbull (Shelen) of Farmington, New Mexico; and daughter, Susan Myer of Cimarron, Kansas.

Marjorie Graham

Sep 9, 2010

Marjorie Marie (Cyphers) Graham, 91, passed away September 9, 2010 at her home in Emporia, Kansas. She was born April 16, 1919 in Fairview, Kansas to the late Paul and Irene Cyphers. She was a graduate of Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas with a degree in Library Science. She worked as a librarian at Emporia State University Library and then at Emporia...