Obituaries

Dolores Brey
Nov 19, 2009
Dolores June Brey, 85, of Sabetha died Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. She was born on March 2, 1924 in Richland, Kansas the daughter of William Gibson and Reba H. (Austin) Gibson. Dolores graduated from Ozawkie Rural High School in 1942 and attended Strickler's Business College in Topeka, Kansas. She worked at the A.C.A. offices...
John Porting
Nov 18, 2009
John J. Porting, 68, of Axtell, Kansas passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2009. John was born December 23, 1940 in Axtell, Kansas, the son of Hugo and Anna (Godbout) Porting. He graduated from Axtell High School in 1958. On October 26, 1963 he married JoAnn Koch at St. Michael's Catholic Church. John was actively involved with the Axtell Knights...
Emet Hightower
Nov 18, 2009
Emet Francis Hightower, 97, Centralia, KS, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia. Emet was born January 31, 1912, in Dayton, New Mexico, the son of Howard and Dona (Lacy) Hightower. He graduated from Centralia High School in 1930 and attended one year of college at Highland Community College. Following college, Emet returned to...
Lena Brown
Nov 13, 2009
Lena M. Brown, 91 of Centralia, passed away Friday, November 13, 2009 at Eastridge Care Home. Lena was born June 30, 1918 in Centralia the daughter of William Warrenburg and Louise Schober Warrenburg. Lena graduated from Centralia High School. She married Ralph R. Brown on March 17, 1940. They were Married 55 years. Ralph preceded her in death on...

June Dandliker
Nov 7, 2009
June Irene Dandliker was born on June 17, 1918 the daughter of William E. Stevens and Jessie M. (Tyree) Stevens at Falls City, Nebraska. She was one of six children born to this union. June attended and graduated from Honey Creek School. June was united in marriage to Donald E. Dandliker on September 16, 1942 in Compton, California. While...
Frank Crane Jr.
Oct 27, 2009
Frank "Butch" Kenneth Crane Jr. Frank K. Crane Jr. 66, long time Axtell resident died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at his sisters home in Emporia, KS. Frank was a long time truck driver and auto body mechanic. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends and outdoor cooking. He enjoyed playing the guitar and listening to country and blue...

Virginia Gresham
Oct 24, 2009
Virginia (Ginny) Lee Gresham, 65, of Sabetha died peacefully at home Saturday, October 24, 2009 with her children by her side. She was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on October 28, 1943 to Lois and Dean Corbin. Ginny attended Scandia High School in Scandia, Kansas and graduated in 1965. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Gresham on...

Emma Gakle
Oct 22, 2009
Emma Jean (Light) Gakle, devoted wife and mother, grandmother and sister was taken home to Jesus much to soon on October 22, 2009. Born Emma Jean Light on March 28, 1955 to the proud parents of Rosemary (Horliey) Light and Joe Light in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. She attended Tecumseh High School and had been baptized in the...
Florence Smith
Oct 16, 2009
Florence Lucille Smith, age 85 died Friday October 16, 2009 at Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia, Kansas. She was born December 11, 1923 in Grandfield, Oklahoma to Willie Edith Daniel and Alfred Salenous Patterson. Upon graduation from Devol Oklahoma High School she was employed by Western Union and Brown Jewelry Company of Wichita Falls, Texas. From 1960 to 1984...

Eileen Lehmann
Oct 9, 2009
Eileen May Lehmann was born on September 23, 1922 the daughter of Will Meyer and Minnie Marti Meyer in Bern, Kansas. Eileen graduated from Bern High School in 1939. She was united in marriage to Ruben F. Lehmann on September 30, 1940. He survives. They were blessed to share 69 years together. Eileen worked as a bookkeeper at Lehmann...
Darlene Stahl
Oct 1, 2009
Darlene Ann (Lehmkuhl) Stahl, 72, of Fairview, Kansas died Thursday, October 1, 2009 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. She was born in the Woodlawn area on February 19, 1937 the daughter of Vincent Lehmkuhl and Margaret (Honeyman) Lehmkuhl the second of 10 children. She attended school in Sabetha and Fairview. She worked at the Cozy Cafe in Fairview and...

Zola Brammer-Schwarzer
Sep 29, 2009
Zola Mae (Nofsger) Brammer Schwarzer, 87, of Saratoga, California, died Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, California. Zola Nofsger was born on May 7, 1922, at Dawson, Nebraska, the daughter of Louis W. Nofsger and Pearl Alma (Sietz) Nofsger. She was raised in the Honey Creek community in southeast Nebraska north of Sabetha, Kansas...

Kathleen Kellenberger
Sep 24, 2009
Kathleen Ann Kellenberger was born on January 6, 1970 the daughter of Tom Leman and Marlene (Stoller) Leman at Elgin, Illinois. She was one of six children born to this union. She grew up in the Elgin area and moved with her family to Aurora, Colorado in 1982. She attended and graduated from Rangeview High School in Aurora, Colorado....
Judith Romines
Sep 24, 2009
Judith Ann Romines was born on January 30, 1947 to Leroy Buerman and Ruth Coleman Buerman of Lawrence, Kansas. She was united in marriage to John W. Romines on June 6, 1964. They adopted two children John D. Romines and Jeffrey Wade Romines. She really loved her family and especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She enjoyed taking...

Lola Streit
Sep 15, 2009
Lola Irene Streit was born on September 6, 1926 the daughter of Herbert Ted Sherrard and Ada Mae Holdren Sherrard in Oneida, Kansas. Lola graduated from Oneida Rural High School in 1944. She was united in marriage to Arnold Streit, Jr. on January 6, 1945 in Seneca, Kansas. He preceded her in death on February 1, 2004. Lola enjoyed...

Dearle Whitten
Sep 9, 2009
Dearle Burton Whitten, 87 of Fall City, Nebraska died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at his home. Mr. Whitten was born December 20, 1921 at Salem, Nebraska to Madge L. Whiten and Mabel Hoover Whitten. Dearle graduated from Salem High School in 1939. Then in 1942 he entered the US Navy and served for three years being honorably discharged on...

Patricia Flentie
Sep 9, 2009
Patricia Jean Flentie, 56, of Sterling, (formerly of Tecumseh) passed away Sept. 9, 2009 at Belle Terrace in Tecumseh. She was born to Merlin and Gladys (Hidy) Flentie on July 15, 1953 at Seneca, Kansas. Patty was baptized at the United Church of Christ in Centralia, Kansas in 1955. She graduated from Centralia High School in 1971. She lived...

Ethel Hofmeister
Sep 3, 2009
Ethel Ann White, Wilson, Hofmeister, 72 of Axtell, KS died Thursday, September 3, 2009 at her home in Axtell, KS. Ethel was born January 26, 1937 in Herkimer, KS the daughter of Conrad Lutjemeier and Anna Frerking Lutjemeier. She grew up in Marshall County graduating from Marysville, High School in 1955. Ethel grew up in Herkimer and Marysville area...

Norbert Wessel
Sep 3, 2009
Norbert August Wessel, 78, of Tecumseh, NE died Thursday, September 3, 2009 at his home in Tecumseh. He was born August 24, 1931 north of Baileyville, KS to August and Elizabeth Osterhaus Wessel. Norbert married Nellie Marie Smith on April 30, 1956. He farmed in the Baileyville area for a few years and later started Wessel Well Drilling. He...

Arthur Berkley
Aug 17, 2009
Arthur Milton Berkley 87, died Monday August 17, 2009 at Holmes Lake Manor in Lincoln, Nebraska. Where he resided following a hip fracture in November of 2008. Milton was born January 30th, 1922 in Hamlin, Kansas. He was the son of Arthur Elias and Hazel (Chadwick) Berkley and was baptized in the Hamlin Church of the Brethren. He graduated...