Obituaries

Kay Zimmer

Kay Zimmer

May 16, 2012

Kay passed from this earth to be with her Lord on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the Beloit Hospital with her husband by her side. Kay Whitley Zimmer was born in Bentonville, Arkansas on October 21, 1943 to Willie and Edna (Kackley) Whitley. She moved back to Courtland, Kansas with her mother...

Ronald Tallent

Ronald Tallent

May 5, 2012

Ronald K. Tallent passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at his home in Belleville, Kansas at the age of 73. He was born October 28, 1938 to Toley T. and Vinna B. (Fry) Tallent at Belleville. Ron attended Belleville schools and graduated from high school with the Class of...

Donald Mathy

Donald Mathy

May 3, 2012

Donald "Don" Mathy, 80, of Belleville, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 in the presence of his loving wife Jeanne, in the Long Term Care unit at the Republic County Hospital. He was born April 5, 1932, in Morrowville, to William Mathy and Clara Cummings. He graduated from Morrowville High School in 1950.   After graduating high school, he entered the U.S....

James Johnston

James Johnston

Apr 15, 2012

James Gowan Johnston III, better known as Skip, lost his courageous battle with cancer and died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Mid-Western Regional Medical Center in Zion, Illinois at the age of 60 years. Skip was born on February 15, 1952 to James Gowan and Rosemary (Wiesing) Johnston II in Kansas City, Kansas. He attended Belleville High School where he...

Stanley Popelka

Stanley Popelka

Apr 9, 2012

Stanley Joseph Popelka, age 90, passed away April 4, 2012 at his home in Belleville, Kansas. He was born, January 19, 1922 in Chelsea, Iowa to William and Christy (Bartak) Popelka. At the age of 7, Stanley moved with his family to Kansas in 1929. The family lived on a...

Mary Popelka

Mary Popelka

Apr 7, 2012

Mary Catherine (Kieffer) Popelka passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012 at her home in Belleville. Mary was born on a farm outside Palmer, Kansas on April 12, 1928 to Joseph and Catherine (Le'Cuyer) Kieffer. She later moved with her family to Clifton, Kansas, Clyde, Kansas, a farm near Aimes, Kansas...

Donald Novak

Donald Novak

Mar 31, 2012

Donald "Don" Joe Novak, 70, of Overland Park, Kansas passed from this life March 31, 2012, at his home. Don was born July 24, 1941, in Concordia, Kansas, to Joseph "Joe" and Leatha "Polly" (Speers) Novak. Don was raised in Haddam, Kansas and graduated from Haddam High School in 1959.  He received...

Pat Hanzlick

Pat Hanzlick

Mar 23, 2012

Patricia Carolyn (Larson) Hanzlick, 74, passed from this life to the next on Friday, March 23, 2012. Patricia was born on February 24, 1938, to Carl and Frances (Pitts) Larson in Belleville.  She attended Belleville Public Schools, graduating in the Class of 1956.  On January 6, 1957, she was united...

Carolyn Chartier

Carolyn Chartier

Mar 22, 2012

Dorothy "Carolyn" Chartier, 68, went to be with her LORD and Savior Thursday, March 22, 2012.  She was born June 23, 1943 to Samuel Byrd and Dorothy Mae (Hall) Howard in rural Agra, Oklahoma.  She passed on peacefully at home in Haddam, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, four...

Robert Meggitt

Robert Meggitt

Mar 3, 2012

Robert Lee Meggitt (Bob) was born December 17, 19 48 to Robert and Lucille (Jewell) Meggitt at Belleville, Kansas. He passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Waco, Texas at the age of 63 years and 2 months. Bob grew up in Republic, Kansas where he attended all 12 grades...

James Craig

James Craig

Feb 26, 2012

James William Craig, age 34, of Houston, TX, died Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was born September 1, 1977 at El Paso, TX to William & Jean (Levendofsky) Craig. James attended St. Mary's Hall and graduated from The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT. As a youth, he was an award winning gymnast....

Warren Wallin

Warren Wallin

Nov 8, 2011

Warren Dean Wallin, eldest son of Carl and Ellen (Aspegren) Wallin passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. He celebrated his 90th birthday on May 20, 2011. Having been born on the family farm south of Courtland, Warren attended all 12 grades at Courtland graduating with the Class of 1939. Warren married Dorothy...

Nevaeh Paredes

Nevaeh Paredes

Nov 3, 2011

Nevaeh Denise Paredes, the daughter of Brandon "Craig" and Julie Paredes, was born on May 22, 2007 in Ft Lewis, Washington. She passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas at the age of 4. Nevaeh came into this world a strong little fighter. She was born with complications that required her to...

Pat Woods

Pat Woods

Nov 1, 2011

Pat Woods, age 67 of Belleville, Kansas departed this life Tuesday, November 1, 2011 while a patient at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville. She was the first daughter of three girls born to John and Letha (Huncovsky) Patterson, Jr. on January 12, 1944 at Belleville, Kansas. Pat has one...

Georgia Kenyon

Georgia Kenyon

Oct 18, 2011

Georgia Kenyon, long time educator, died on Tuesday, October 18 at Republic County Hospital in Belleville. Kenyon was born Georgia May Griffith on May 15, 1926 in WaKeeney, Kansas, where she graduated from Trego County High School. After having a family of four children, Kenyon found her life's passion in...

Cayden Dunstan

Cayden Dunstan

Oct 15, 2011

Cayden Michael Dunstan earned his angel wings on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Cayden was born to Earl and Crystal (Henderson) Dunstan on September 17, 2009 in Belleville, Kansas. He was baptized at the Amana Lutheran Church in Scandia, Kansas on December 27, 2009. Cayden loved playing hide and seek, riding on the mule, the family farm dog, Blue. Most of...

Bessie Watson

Bessie Watson

Sep 7, 2011

Bessie Marie Watson, daughter of Dr. Claude and Ethel (Dooley) Parkhurst, was born July 4, 1916 at Wayne, Kansas. On Friday, September 2, 2011 was escorted to Heaven on the wings of angels to be with her Lord. She was 95 years of age. When she was very young, her parents moved...

Glen Strnad

Glen Strnad

Aug 15, 2011

Glen O. Strnad, 80, Munden, died Monday, August 15, 2011 at Republic County Long Term Care, Belleville . He was born August 12, 1931, at the family home 3 � miles east of Munden. He was the third of eight children born to Bohumil Milek "B.M." and Lois Elizabeth ( Sanford...

Tony Hebert, Jr

Tony Hebert, Jr

Jul 25, 2011

Tony Phillip Hebert, Jr. was born September 5, 1957 at Corpus Christi, Texas. He was the son of Tony P. and Dorlene (Bedwell) Hebert, Sr. He was married to Denise Skocny of Cuba, Kansas on November 27, 1974. While together they had four boys, Phillip T., Jeffery F., Jonathan P., and Christopher...

Wayne Allen

Wayne Allen

Jul 20, 2011

Louis Wayne Allen, 79, passed from this life Wednesday, July 20, 2011 with his wife Rita and family members by his side at home. He was born September 5, 1931 in Courtland, Kansas to Lester and Nettie (Heisz) Allen. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Arletha...