Obituaries

Joan Wenger

Joan Wenger

Jun 16, 2007

Joan A. Wenger was born on October 8, 1933 the daughter of Frederick Heideman and Elizabeth "Laura" Blocker Heideman. She was one of nine children born to this union. She grew up on a farm northeast of Seneca, Kansas and attended St. Peter and Paul Schools. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul High School in 1951. Joan worked...

Edna Mai

Edna Mai

Jun 15, 2007

Edna Mai, 78, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2007 at the Sabetha Manor. Services are pending with Popkess Mortuay of Sabetha.

John Edelman

John Edelman

Jun 13, 2007

John Jacob Edelman was born on July 26, 1923 the son of John D. Edelman and Mary Bauman Edelman at Sabetha, Kansas. He was one of 14 children born to this union. He grew up in the Sabetha area 4 miles west of the Sabetha Hospital. Attended IXL District 40 School until the 8th grade. He entered into farming...

Frank Craig, Jr.

Frank Craig, Jr.

Jun 11, 2007

Frank "Toby" Craig, Jr., 81, of Topeka, formerly of Bern passed away Monday, June 11, 2007 at his home. He was born the son of Frank Sr. and Lucile E. (McMurry) Craig on October 10, 1925 in Bern. Frank graduated from Bern High School in 1944 and then served his country in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He...

Albert Fountain

Albert Fountain

Jun 7, 2007

Albert Paul Fountain was born on October 27, 1924 the son of Robert L. Fountain, Sr. and Lulu V. Kolepfer Fountain at Sabetha, Kansas. Al grew up in the Sabetha area and graduated from Sabetha High School as salutatorian on May of 1942. Al served one year in pre-med at Kansas University before being drafter before World War II....

Marvena Flentie

Marvena Flentie

Jun 4, 2007

Marvena B. Flentie, 89, Centralia died Monday, June 4, 2007 at the Community Hospital, Onaga. She was born January 19, 1918 at Centralia the daughter of William Marvin Murphy and Ellen Marie Armstrong Murphy. She graduated from the eighth grade in a country school in the Eureka School District. She graduated from Centralia High School in 1936. Marvena married...

John Eisenbise

John Eisenbise

May 23, 2007

John R. Eisenbise, 76, of Morrill, Kansas died at his home on May 23, 2007 as a result of cancer. He was born on June 28, 1930 the son of George S. Eisenbise and Florence Butterfield Eisenbise on the family farm where he has lived all his life. He tool pride in living on the land which had been...

Katheryn Reinhart

Katheryn Reinhart

May 2, 2007

Katheryn Maurine Reinhart, 103, Centralia, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia. She was born April 14, 1904 in Goff, Kansas the daughter of Gertrude Miller Griffiths and Henry Willard Griffiths. At an early age she moved with her family to Salem, Nebraska. There she graduated from high school. She continued her education at...

Marvin Ice

Marvin Ice

Apr 30, 2007

Marvin Duane Ice, 78, Centralia died Monday, April 30, 2007 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca. Marvin was born December 9, 1928 the son of Duane Albert Ice and Ruth Kay Bean Ice at Centralia, KS. Marvin graduated from the Centralia High School in 1947. He married Anna Mae Quinlan in Centralia on Feb. 12, 1950. Marvin was...

Normalee Beer

Normalee Beer

Apr 30, 2007

Normalee Beer was born on July 27, 1920 at the family home southwest of Sabetha to John Beer and Julia May Foster Beer. She was one of six children born to this union. She attended school through the 8th grade at Victory School District #20. Later moving to Pennsylvania Avenue where they resided until moving to her present home...

Charles Dornes

Charles Dornes

Apr 22, 2007

Charles Henry Dornes was born on January 12, 1918 the son of Henry Bert and Emily Molly (Martensen) Dornes at Alta Vista, Kansas. He was united in marriage to Mary L. Slayton on October 29, 1944 at the Slayton Family Home in Salem, Nebraska. Two children were born to this union. Charles was a dairy farmer for several years....

James Baldridge

James Baldridge

Apr 21, 2007

James "Jim" Robert Baldridge was born on October 21, 1935 the son of Charley Howard Baldridge and Helen Florence McLaughlin Baldridge at Coffeyville, Kansas. He was one of two children born to this union. Jim grew up in the Coffeyville area and attended Coffeyville schools and graduated from Coffeyville High School in 1952. He then attended Coffeyville Junior College...

Lena Strahm

Lena Strahm

Apr 21, 2007

Lena Elizabeth Strahm, 90, of Sabetha, KS passed away April 21, 2007 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born on July 26, 1916 in rural Berwick, KS the daughter of Louis Sr. and Sarah (Hartter) Meyer. Lena graduated from Berwick Center School. She married Oscar C. Strahm on May 19, 1939. He preceded her death on...

James Hill

James Hill

Apr 20, 2007

James William Hill, 57, Axtell, died Friday, April 20, 2007 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca. He was born September 21, 1949 at the Axtell Hospital, Axtell the son of William O. Hill and Barbara N. Deane. He graduated from Axtell High School in 1967. He worked as a machinist and lately had worked at Koch & Co.,...

Frances Burks

Frances Burks

Apr 19, 2007

Frances Marie Burks, 92, formerly of Summerfield, KS died Thursday, April 19, 2007 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Frances was born June 8, 1914 the daughter of Walter Arthur Sunderland and Ellen Barbara Law in Vermillion, Kansas. She graduated from Beattie High School. On February 11, 1935 she married Kyle Levoy Burks at Seneca,...

Genevieve Stueve

Genevieve Stueve

Apr 19, 2007

Genevieve Virginia Stueve, aged 87, of Gardner, KS (formerly of Hiawatha and Axtell) passed away April 19, 2007 at her home. Genevieve was born the daughter of Antone and Johannah (Budenbender) Fisher in rural Marshall County on October 29, 1919. She married Olof Stueve on June 5, 1954 in Frankfort, KS. Olof preceded her in death. Genevieve is survived...

Alice Yarrington

Alice Yarrington

Apr 18, 2007

Alice Burnly Barton Yarrington, Seneca, 87, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca. She was born June 25, 1919 in San Francisco, California the daughter of John William Anderton and Isabel Richardson. She attended Jefferson High School in San Francisco, California through the eleventh grade. She was married to Harvey Barton in San Francisco...

Dale Steele

Dale Steele

Apr 6, 2007

Dale Steele was born on October 16, 1926 near Morrill, Kansas the son of Frank Steele and Dola Oxley Steele. Two sons were born to this union. Dale was raised in the Sycamore Springs community where he enjoyed a lifetime of farming. Dale graduated from Sabetha High School in 1944. He was united in marriage to Jean Thompson on...

Reuben Moser

Reuben Moser

Apr 6, 2007

Reuben Nicklaus Moser was born on February 13, 1912 the son of Joseph Moser and Anna Bieri Moser at rural Bern, Kansas. Three children were born to this union. He grew up in the Bern area and attended Union Rural School. He entered into farming as a young man. Reuben was united in marriage to Stella Bauman on October...

Blaine Pletcher

Blaine Pletcher

Apr 5, 2007

Blaine F Pletcher, 94, formerly of Manhattan, KS died Thursday, April 5, 2007 at the Cambridge Nursing Home in Marysville, KS. Blaine Fredrick Pletcher was born February 7, 1913, on the family farm in Crystal Plains Township, Smith County, KS, the son of William Fredrick and Emma Francis (Barcus) Pletcher. He married Vera E. Crosby on September 9, 1936...

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