Obituaries

Kenneth Meisner
Oct 25, 2008
Kenneth M. Meisner, 84, of Sabetha, passed away October 25, 2008 at the Sabetha Manor. Kenny was born November 14, 1923 in rural Sabetha, the son of Herman and Helen (Maynard) Meisner. He attended Summit Rural School and graduated from Oneida High School. After high school Kenny began his farming career which he enjoyed doing for over 60 years....
Everett Byer
Oct 23, 2008
Everett Byer, age 95, of Rochester, Minnesota, formerly of the Sabetha and Hamlin area, passed away October 23, 2008 at a retirement home. Everett was born November 19, 1912 in Hamlin, Kansas, the son of Levi and Mary (Book) Byer. He attended Hamlin High School and graduated in 1930. After high school Everett went off to college for three...
Tyson Langdon
Oct 18, 2008
Tyson Jules Langdon was born on May 11, 1986 the son of Ted Langdon and Elma Wallace Langdon at Horton, Kansas. He grew up in the Sabetha area and graduated from Sabetha High School. He is currently living in Topeka and working for Lynn Electric of Lawrence, Kansas. Tyson died on October 18, 2008 in Topeka at the age...

Geraldine Mishler
Oct 13, 2008
Geraldine Kaye "Jarry" Mishler, 68, of Sabetha, Kansas died October 13, 2008 at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on January 18, 1940 at Sabetha the daughter of Roy McKee and Susie McKenzie McKee. She was a lifelong resident of Sabetha and wintered the last three years in Arizona. She was a 1958 graduate of...

Mae Wittwer
Oct 12, 2008
Mae B. Wittwer, 94, of Sabetha, formerly of rural Dawson, Nebraska died October 12, 2008 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. The daughter of William Brooks and Laura (Trefzer) Brooks, she was born on January 18, 1914 in Barada, Nebraska and later moved with her family to Falls City, Nebraska. She graduated from Falls City High School in...
William Bredemeier
Oct 11, 2008
William "W.B.B." Bernice Bredemeier, 69, died Saturday, October 11, 2008 at his home in Seneca, Kansas. He was born February 28, 1939, the son of Bernice William and Estella Mussman Bredemeier, in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He attended elementary school at the Roger's School and the Prairie Grove School. He graduated from Bern High School, Bern, Ks, in 1957. In...
Ralph Wetzel
Oct 5, 2008
Ralph C. Wetzel, 83, of Bern, KS died Sunday October 5, 2008 at his home in Bern, KS. Ralph was born on a farm southwest of Horton, KS on May 12, 1925, the son of Karl and Margaretha Molle Wetzel. He started school at Clover Hill School then later moved with the family to Whiting, KS. He graduated from...
Viola Haug
Sep 24, 2008
Viola Marie Haug, 87 of Axtell, Kansas passed away at her home on Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 10:30 AM at the St. Michael's Catholic Church in Axtell. Burial will be in the St. Michael's Cemetery. The rosary will be prayed Friday evening at 7:30 PM at the St....
James Dobkins
Sep 22, 2008
James Dale Dobkins, 90, of Centralia, KS passed away peacefully Monday, September 22, 2008 at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia, KS. James was born July 11, 1918 in Lowell Kansas the youngest of three children to Hugh Dobkins and Fern Craig Dobkins. James graduated from high school in Riverton KS. He attended college and received his teaching certificate...
Mark Wells
Sep 22, 2008
Mark A Wells, age 49, died at his home on Monday, September 22, 2008, following a courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. Mark was born July 9, 1959, in the town of Sidney, Nebraska, to Peggy D. Wells and the late Lee A. Wells. He attended Apache Grade School in Overland Park. In 1975, Mark attended Kansas Neurological Institute to...

Glen Stoller
Sep 18, 2008
Glen Robert Stoller was born on March 26, 1929, at home, south of Sabetha, Kansas to Robert Stoller and Martha Imthurn Stoller. He attended Pleasant Hill County School and Sabetha High School where he graduated in 1946. After graduation, he worked for Arlie Gilbert until being drafted into the Army in April of 1951, where he served as an...
Gregory Gee
Sep 14, 2008
Gregory Allen Gee, 57, Pawnee City, Nebraska died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at the Pawnee Manor in Pawnee City with family by his side. He was born November 3, 1950 at Marysville the son of Harold and Edna McKee Gee. He graduated from Summerfield High School in 1968 and then attended North Central Kansas Vocational College to train as...

Stanley Margrave
Sep 12, 2008
Stanley H. Margrave, 80, of Sabetha, KS died Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas. Stanley was born, April 29, 1928 at Sabetha, KS one of twin boys to Howard and Marie Wasmund Margrave. He graduated from Sabetha High School and went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Denver University...

Don Matney
Sep 9, 2008
Don Mack Matney, 64, of Berryton, Kansas died Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Don was born on October 5, 1943, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Nellie Lavin and Russell Matney. His mother remarried and he was raised by his step-father, James Plumberg. Don grew up in Topeka and graduated from Hayden High School in 1961. He served two years...

Robert Peterson
Sep 2, 2008
Robert J. Peterson, 50, of Fairview, passed away September 2, 2008. Bob was born on October 17, 1957 in Concordia, Kansas, the son of Emery Peterson and Velma Rogge Peterson. Robert is survived by his wife, Erin of the home; five sons, Seth Peterson, Logan Peterson, and Ethan Peterson all of the home, Pfc. Eric Peterson of Kingsbay Naval...
Malinda Feek
Sep 1, 2008
Malinda Beth Boyd Feek was born on April 4, 1944 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Alvin E. Boyd and Edith P. Goode Boyd Gary. She grew up in the Big Spring area and graduated from Borden High School in Gail, Texas in 1962. She was united in marriage to Billy Wayne Hamil in May of 1962. To this union...

LeRoy VanVerth
Aug 31, 2008
LeRoy Ellis VanVerth, 81 of Tucson, AZ passed away August 31, 2008. He was born July 25, 1927 northeast of Axtell, Kansas, the son of Ernest and Mary VanVerth. He grew up on the family farm, attending New Salem Country School and Axtell High School. He graduated in 1944 and helped for a year on the farm and then...
Curtis Gilmore
Aug 21, 2008
Curtis Lee Gilmore, 87, Seneca, died Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Life Care Center of Seneca. He was born January 9, 1921 the son of William Curtis and Marion Wetmore Gilmore near Oneida, Kansas. He was graduated from Oneida High School in 1939. He was a farmer and stockman and lived in Oneida from 1942-1953 and then he lived...
Vernon Duckers
Aug 19, 2008
Vernon F Duckers, 103, died Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca. He was born the oldest of seven children to Harry Duckers and Elizabeth Jones Duckers, September 15, 1904 on a farm south of Fairview, Kansas. He married Zelda Hampton February 14, 1929 at Hiawatha. She preceded him in death February 24, 2005. Vernon...
Roy Dannevik
Aug 15, 2008
Roy "Danny" Dannevik was born in Centralia, KS on November 3, 1912 to Percy and Mary Quakenbush Dannevik and died on August 15, 2008 at Eastridge Care Home surrounded by his family. He attended Boardman Country School and Centralia High School, graduating in 1930. At an early age, he developed an interest in and love for sports, playing baseball,...