Obituaries

Lois Duffy
Feb 21, 2010
Lois L. Duffy, age 97, Vermillion, died Feb. 21, 2010. She was born January 11, 1913 at Vermillion Kansas. Her parents were Clinton and Georgia Jessee Schafer. She graduated from Vermillion High School and attended the Kansas State Teacher's College at Emporia, Kansas, and later Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas. Mrs. Duffy was an Elementary School Teacher. She...

John Menold
Feb 13, 2010
John Menold was born on November 20, 1912 the son of Emil Menold and Marie (Aberle) Menold at Mackinaw, Illinois. He grew up in the Mackiaw area and attended school until the eight grade. He moved to Sabetha in 1928. He entered into farming in 1939 south of Sabetha and worked as a mechanic for seven years with the...
Allen Eaton
Feb 10, 2010
Allen Roy John Eaton, Sr., 61, of Seneca, KS passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at his home in Seneca. Allen was born June 20th, 1948 in Boston, MA on of five children born to Albert Sr. and Alice Eaton. Allen's family moved to Sabetha, KS when he was 2 yrs old. He spent most of his life in...
Marjorie Johnson
Feb 9, 2010
Marjorie Janette Johnson Marjorie Janette Miller Johnson passed away on Feb. 9, 2010 at Eastridge Care Facility in Centralia, KS. She was born to William H. and Effie May Miller, July 19, 1923 in K.C., Mo. Marjorie attended Vermillion Schools and graduated in 1942 from Vermillion High School. Marjorie married Ralph R. Johnson, Sr. on July 26, 1946 in...
Elsie Bernasek
Feb 4, 2010
Elsie B. Bernasek, 87 of Axtell, died Thursday, February 4, 2010 at the Life Care Center of Seneca. Elsie was born to Wesley Sejkora and Marie Svec Sejkora in Virginia, Nebraska. She grew up and attended school at Grant Nebraska. On November 20, 1954 she was united in marriage to Joe Bernasek in Grant Nebraska. He survives. Joe and...

Thomas Duffy
Feb 1, 2010
Thomas Salisbury Duffy was born on April 8, 1920 the son of Edward Salisbury Duffy and Olive DLayla (Donohue) Duffy at Aberdean, Washington. Thomas entered the United States Air Force and served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Mae Bonner on March 29, 1956. She died in August of 1996. Thomas...
Lois White
Jan 23, 2010
Lois "Lucille" White, 88, formerly of Vermillion, KS, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Saturday, January, 23, 2010 at the Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia, KS. Lucille was born August 15, 1921 at Vermillion, the daughter of Martin and Alice (Burell) Peterson. She grew up in the Vermillion area and attended school at the District...

Carolyn Heiniger
Jan 11, 2010
Carolyn L. Heiniger, age 76, of Sabetha passed away Monday, January 11, 2010. Carolyn, daughter of William Carl and Gladys (Spalding) Shewey, was born on October 16, 1933 in Maysville, Missouri. She attended school in Maysville and Cameron, Missouri and Sabetha schools after her parents moved to Sabetha in 1943. Carolyn graduated from Sabetha High School in 1951 and...

Barbara Geib
Jan 5, 2010
Barbara Ruth Geib, 66, of Seneca, KS, passed away Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at Life Care Center of Seneca. Barbara was born in Independence, MO on April 15, 1943, a daughter of the late Alice Celia (Williams) and Frederick Phillip Geib. She had been employed as a Seamstress in Ocala Florida., at a quilt factory and had worked as...

Raymond Luther
Jan 4, 2010
Raymond J. Luther of Summerfield, KS, passed away on January 4, 2010 after a brief illness. Born in Pawtucket, RI, to the late Raymond and Pauline (Marcil) Luther he is survived by his three children Raymond J. Luther of Bloomington, IN, Margaret A. Luther of Seattle, WA, and Elizabeth M. Luther of Milford, MA, his brother Stephen E. Luther...

Lawrence Shump
Jan 1, 2010
Lawrence John Shump, 92, died Friday, January 1, 2010 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. He was born on August 7, 1917 at the family home in Kelly, Kansas. He was the son of Frank Shump and Rose (Metzger) Shump. Lawrence was united in marriage to Dorothy (Haefele) Shump on June 5, 1947. Three daughters where born to this union....

Pamela Grimm
Dec 31, 2009
Pamela M. Grimm was born on May 3, 1943 the daughter of Leonard Matthes and Lucille (Emert) Matthes at Sabetha, Kansas. She attended several schools but returned to Sabetha and graduated from Sabetha High School. After graduation she moved to Yuma, Arizona and attended cosmetology school. She was united in marriage to Larry R. Grimm on June 16, 1963...

Dwight Talley
Dec 12, 2009
Dwight M. Talley died on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Sabetha Manor at the age of 65. Cremation is planned and services will be at a later date.
Lloyd Smith
Dec 11, 2009
Lloyd Edwin Smith, age 90, died December 11, 2009 at Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia. He was born November 14, 1919 near Centralia to Emma Ward and Joseph Edwin Smith. Upon graduation from Centralia High School in 1937 Mr. Smith was employed by Leeper Hardware in Centralia until he was drafted into the service. He served in the field...

James Bartram
Dec 10, 2009
James Edward Bartram, 90, of Berwick, Kansas died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. Jim was born in Kearney, Nebraska on October 3, 1919 to Ulysses Grant Bartram and Rena (McQuire) Bartram. In 1927, he moved with his family to Berwick and attended the Berwick Grade School. Later in life, he attended NorthRidge Church in Sabetha....

Merlin Lehwald
Dec 8, 2009
Merlin "Buck" E. Lehwald the son of Richard Lehwald and Johanna Lehwald was born on November 28, 1931 at Audubon, Iowa. Merlin was united in marriage to Patty Ann Easton on April 30, 1960 in Audubon, Iowa. They were parents to five children, Cindy Meyer, Tamara Lehwald, Debra Lehwald, Merlin "Butch" Lehwald, Jr. and Doug Lehwald. Merlin moved hid...
Abraham Meyer
Nov 26, 2009
Abraham Dustin Meyer, age 31, died Thursday November 26, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident in Nemaha County, Kansas. He was born on July 31, 1978 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Donald and Marianne (Addeo) Meyer. He graduated from Bern High School in 1996 and earned his bachelors degree from Kansas State University in 2006. He...

Glen Strahm
Nov 24, 2009
Glen Eldon Strahm was born on April 14, 1925, in Sabetha, Kansas the son of Jacob H. Strahm and Apphia L. (Rokey) Strahm. Glen grew up in the Berwick area and attended Sabetha schools and graduated from Sabetha High School. After graduation he entered the United States Army on August 25, 1943 and served in the World War II,...

Alvin Spellmeier
Nov 23, 2009
Alvin Lawrence Spellmeier, 88, of Sabetha died Monday, November 23, 2009 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Alvin was born on October 23, 1921 on the family farm southeast of Fairview to William Spellmeier and Louise (Wilke) Spellmeier. His father was killed in a farm accident when he was about two years old. After that Alvin and his...

Leo Kellenberger
Nov 22, 2009
Leo Dale Kellenberger was born on November 22, 1929 to Marie (Steiner) Kellenberger and Arthur Kellenberger and went to be with the Lord and his Savior on November 22, 2009. His wife, Betty and great granddaughter, Kayla Nigh, where with him at his home when he went to be with his Lord. In 1948, Leo was united in marriage...