Jimmie (Jim) Lee Peterson was born on July 30, 1931, in Rexford, Kansas, to Harold and Mildred Nadine (Hughes) Peterson, and passed away on March 30, 2019, in Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 87 years and 8 months. The Peterson family moved to Belleville when Jim was young, and he attended Belleville schools, graduating from Belleville High School in 1949. He married Marjory Allsman on September 10, 1951, in Belleville, a marriage of 67 years. Jim and Marjory then relocated to California,...

John Wayne Rhine, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, departed this life on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at the age of 75 years, 11 months and 14 days. John, son of Marvin and Dorothy Rhine, was the eldest of two children. He was born on April 18, 1943, in Haddam, Kansas. He graduated from Haddam High School in 1961. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Mae Lerew on November 27, 1963, in Aberdeen, South Dakota. They were blessed with two sons, Monty and Heath. They...

Richard Lee Barton, beloved husband, father and grandfather, age 92, departed this life peacefully on Monday, March 25, 2019 at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas. Richard, son of B.R. and Martha (Folkers) Barton, was the oldest of four children. He was born August 28, 1926 in Diller, Nebraska. He attended grade school and high school in Diller and graduated in 1945. From there he was drafted in the US Army during WWII and served one year with the 3079 Quartermaster Supply and...

Viola Bernadean Jeardoe, was born October 16, 1930 to Emery Eugene and Nellie Carrie (Horkman) Awalt in Republic County, Kansas.  She passed from this life Saturday, March 16, 2019, while living at Sunset Nursing Center in Concordia, Kansas, at the age of 88 years and 5 months. Following graduation from High School, Bernadean was married to Pearl E. Jeardoe on June 6, 1948, in Belleville, Kansas, and they made their home in the Talmo area. During her life, Bernadean worked various...

Lonnie Martin Roe, son of Joseph Wesley and Mildred (Boaz) Roe, was born October 19, 1930 at Clyde, Kansas. He passed from this life Friday, March 15, 2018 at his home in Axtell, Kansas at the age of 88 years. The Roe family moved to Belleville, Kansas in 1940 and Lonnie graduated from Belleville High School in 1948. He and his brother Kenny joined the US Army in January 1951 and they served overseas in Germany, and was Honorably Discharged in 1954. On September 20, 1951, in a double wedding...

Paul Lynn Chase, son of George Chase and Opal Jean Chase was born August 21, 1955, near Jamestown, Kansas, and departed this life of 63 years peacefully on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Paul received his education in Courtland, Kansas, at the local elementary and high school, graduating in 1973. He continued his education in Beloit at the NCK Technical College, focusing on Heavy Equipment. e cPaul was united in marriage to Jana Burge on November 2, 1990, in Republic, Kansas. Paul was an...

Sandra K. (Allen) Ragland was born February 9, 1954 in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Dale and Marjorie (Riblett) Allen. She passed away on February 20, 2019, at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville, at the age of 65 years and 11 days. She married David Ragland on September 26, 1996, in Belleville, Kansas. Sandra worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for much of her life, retiring in recent years to spend time with her husband David, travelling the country in his semi. Sandra was preceded in...

David L. Stafford, 67, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, passed away on February 19, 2019 at Tiffany Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation, in Port Saint Lucie. He was born July 19, 1951, to Richard “Dick” and Eleanor (June) Stafford in Mansfield, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his father Richard in 2015. Survivors include his mother, Eleanor, of Belleville, brothers Gregory of Salina, Alan of Ellsworth, WI, and sister Lisa Rider of Fort Worth, TX. Cremation was chosen, there will be no...

William (Bill) Robert Baxa was born on a farm outside of Haddam, Kansas on November 24, 1930, the son of Elmer and Ruby (Anderson) Baxa. He left this world to join his wife of 57 years, Arlene (Houdek) Baxa, on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas at the age of 88 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Bill graduated form Cuba High School with the Class of 1948. All but six months (in Topeka) of his working life, he spent farming east of Cuba, Kansas along the...

Ralph F. Blecha, son of Charley and Leona (Hardenburger) Blecha, was born 13 January 1943 at the R.G. Patterson Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. He died on 1 February 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas, at the age of 76 years and 19 days. Ralph attended grade school at Tabor Rural Public School, and graduated from Belleville High School in 1961. He then studied at the Conservatory of Music, UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri. He worked from 1967-1976 as opera coach, accompanist and rehearsal pianist...