Obituaries

Oct 8, 2016

Evon E. Ferron , age 92, died Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 at Republic County Hospital Long Term Care, Belleville, KS.  She was born on June 15, 1924 in Clyde, KS to Joseph W. & Violet L. (Gepner) Couture

Evon graduated from Clyde High School and...

Sep 2, 2016

Family greeting friends Monday 5pm-7pm

Pamela (Pam) Jean (Blackburn) Shumard age 69 of Courtland, Kansas passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at her home in Courtland, Kansas.  She was born in Concordia, Kansas on October 30, 1946 the daughter of Robert (Bob) and Eunice (Aspegren) Blackburn.  Pam attended Kackley grade school and graduated from Courtland...

Aug 30, 2016

Barbara Joan Reynolds, daughter of Robert “Bob” Lawson and Blanche (Pugh) Lawson was born July 11, 1931, in Agenda, Kansas and died August 30, 2016 at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas at the age of 85 years. Barbara was united in marriage to Vernon Lee Reynolds on October 11, 1947 and from this marriage...

Aug 29, 2016

Bernice Mae (Grubbs) Sorell, 89, daughter of Charlie and Libbie (Jakabosky) Grubbs, was born on August 25, 1927 in Mahaska, Kansas and passed away on August 29, 2016 in Fairbury, Nebraska. She married Johnny Sorell on March 8, 1947 and together they had one daughter, Joyce. Bernice is preceded in death by her...

Aug 20, 2016

Connor Michael Strutt, son of Kendall and Christine (Ray) Strutt, was born November 28, 1997 in Belleville, Kansas, and passed away at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City on August 20, 2016 at the age of 18 after a 2 year battle with cancer.

Connor grew up in Belleville and attended the Belleville Schools, graduating...

Aug 13, 2016

Ella Ethel West, daughter of Howard and Mildred (Fencl) Smith, was born July 18, 1922 at Haddam, Kansas. She passed from this life Saturday, August 13, 2016 in Belleville, Kansas at the age of 94 years. Ella went to country schools in her early years and graduated from Haddam high School with the...

Jul 25, 2016

Cremation Services Were Chosen.

William Robert Richardson, 98, died at Bethany Home, Lindsborg, Kansas on July 25, 2016.  He was born November 4, 1917 in Freedom Township, Republic County, Kansas to William Richardson and Ethel (Reed) Richardson.  He passed away quietly and peacefully with members of his family present. He...

Jul 22, 2016

Angela LeaAnn Baskins-Tankard, age 50 of Wichita, Kansas, was born April 27, 1966 in Concordia, Kansas to Lyle and Sharon Kay (Stansbury) Baskins.  Angela was a phenomenal nurse and had worked for more than 25 years in various Long Term Care facilities. She possessed an incredible love for people that overflowed into the lives of...

Jul 14, 2016

Lorene Faye (Dart) Goodrich passed from this life Thursday, July 14, 2016 in Belleville, Kansas at the age of 96 years. She was born August 22, 1919 in Agenda, Kansas to Earl and Katherine (McKenzie) Dart. Lorene attended school in Agenda for 11 years and graduated from Narka High School with...

Jul 4, 2016

Aaron Melvin Fischer, son of Edward D. and Ethel (Stinson) Fischer was born October 18, 1927 at Republic, Kansas the eighth of nine children. He received his primary education at the Republic schools. Early in life, Melvin worked for several farmers in the area.  For over 20 years he was the feed mill operator for...

Jul 2, 2016

MEMORIALS SHOULD BE MADE AS MASS OFFERINGS!

Vernetta June Ruprecht, daughter of Arnold L. and Esther A. (Schroeder) Davenport, was born November 11, 1935 at Hebron, Nebraska. She departed this life Saturday, July 2, 2016 at the Cloud county Health Center, Concordia, Kansas at the age of...

Jun 20, 2016

Janice Eileen (Odette) Zenger, daughter of Clifford Leon and Bonnie (Chartier) Odette, was born December 25, 1939 at Clyde, Kansas. She passed away June 20, 2016 at the Belleville Health Care Center at the age of 76. Janice attended Haddam High School until her senior year when she moved with her parents to Manhattan, Kansas....

Jun 12, 2016

Dloyd Joseph Strnad passed away Sunday, June 12, 2016 in Leoti, Kansas at the age of 75 years. He was born in Altamont, Kansas on June 13, 1940 to the late Dr. Joseph L. and Emma (Jehlik) Strnad. Dloyd was baptized on September 1, 1940 by Rev. Amos Rundus at the Munden Czech Presbyterian Church...

May 11, 2016

Dorothy Marie Ida (Eitzmann) Fischer was born March 18, 1926, and passed from this life on May 11, 2016, at Belleville Health Care Center, Belleville, KS, at the age of 90 years, 1 month, 22 days. Dorothy was the oldest of four children born to Ernest A. and Amanda Maria (Peters) Eitzmann, and was born in the...

May 9, 2016

FAMILY WILL BE GREETING FAMILY & FRIENDS SUNDAY FROM 7pm TO 8pm AT THE FUNERAL HOME.

Richard Maurice Gile was born December 27, 1930, the 8 th of nine children to Richard Carleton and Mary Esther (Currie) Gile on the family farm in Norway, Kansas. He was educated at Norway and Highland Grade Schools and...

May 9, 2016

Mildred “Jo” Kreie, 75, died May 9, 2016. She was born Dec. 10, 1940 to Homer and Mildred McCanless at Rockyford, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Herb Kreie, and grandson Dustin Glass. Survivors include daughter Tracee Glass and husband Dennis, Lincoln, Arkansas; son, Ed Kreie and wife Taunya, Courtland, Kansas; brother Bill McCanless,...

Mar 26, 2016

Catharine A. Pachta (82), Belleville, KS was born on December 3, 1933 to Edward and Martha (Shimanek) Stehno, south of Munden, KS, and died on March 26, 2016 surrounded by family. She married Joseph V. Pachta on August 16, 1954 and to this union four children were born; Janet, Jim, Julie, and Jon....

Mar 20, 2016

Phyllis Jean Latham, 83, Republic, KS, was born December 5, 1932, in Superior, NE, to George Orie and Alice M (Stewart) Wheatley and passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Overland Park, KS.  She lived in Republic, KS, for a short time until the family moved west. Phyllis graduated from Hawthorne High School,...

Mar 12, 2016

Family greeting friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday

Iona Ellen Hammer Tuley, 87, of Republic, KS died peacefully with family by her side on March 12, 2016, at Leonardville Nursing Home, Leonardville, KS. Iona was born on December 15, 1928, in Scandia, KS, the daughter of Ester (Johnson) and Carl Hammer.  She married Kenneth...

Mar 8, 2016

Katherine Phronice Brown Larson was born at Broadstone Memorial Hospital, Superior, NE on February 6, 1963 to Robert Lewis Brown and Vivian Phroncie Townsend Brown. Katherine grew up and attended grade school in Hardy, NE until completion of the fifth grade and graduated from Superior High School in 1981. She continued her education...