Obituaries

Oct 15, 2020

Richard L. Keller, 93, died Thursday, October 15, 2020, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

He was born November 10, 1926, at Delia, the son of Mabel King Keller and Levi Keller.  “Dick” graduated from Rossville High School in 1944, and soon after enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed at Nagoya, Japan as a...

Oct 11, 2020

St. Marys—Howard Keith Kidney, 83, died Sunday, October 11, 2020, at the Community Hospital in St. Marys.

He was born November 6, 1936, at Holton, the son of Howard and Mary Helen Kling Kidney.  Keith grew up in the Holton community and graduated from Holton High School in 1954 and attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia....

Oct 10, 2020

Paxico—Paul A. Flach, 76, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020, at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka after a short battle with cancer. He was born January 27, 1944, at Wamego, the son of Joseph Henry and Helen (Glotzbach) Flach. Paul grew up on the family farm and graduated from Paxico High School with the class of '62. He...

Sep 30, 2020

Dorothy E. Hartman,73, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at Rolling Hills Nursing Center in Topeka.

She was born August 26, 1947, at Clay Center, the daughter of Albert and Olga Helms Hartman.  “Dot” was raised in Clay County.

Dot had worked for the Kansas Insurance Department as an office administrator.  She had lived in Topeka...

Sep 25, 2020

Sara M. Horak, 91, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020, at Peggy Kelly House in Topeka.

She was born on January 16, 1929, at Rossville, to John and Lottie T. Besta Stum.  Sara grew up in the Rossville community, where she attended school.

In August of 1945, Sara Stum and Benjamin Horak were united in...

Sep 23, 2020

William L. “Bill” Raine, 77, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at his home.  He was born in Topeka on October 4, 1942, the son of Otto M. George Jr. and Ruth Mae Schlotz George.

Bill lived in the Maple Hill area most of his life and graduated from Maple Hill High School.  He worked at Goodyear...

Sep 18, 2020

Joyce G. Poppelreiter, 96, passed away Friday, September 18, 2020, at the St. Marys Manor.

She was born on March 29, 1924, in Holmesville, Nebraska, the daughter of Homer and Anna Bernhardt Landreth.  Joyce graduated from St. Marys High School in 1941.  She had lived in the St. Marys community most of her life.

Joyce...

Sep 16, 2020

Rex G Reid, 88, of New Hope, AL., passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at Tut Fann Veterans Home at Huntsville, AL.

He was born September 7, 1932, at Belvue, the son of Virgil and Rexie May Wyker Reid.

Mr. Reid retired from the United States Army.   He was a retired real estate agent....

Sep 16, 2020

Francis G. “Frank” Rafferty, 59, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center from cancer.

He was born June 4, 1961, at Topeka, the son of William Keith and Eileen M. Zima Rafferty.  Frank grew up in the Emmett community and attended St. Marys High School.

He was a member...

Sep 14, 2020

Larry Wehner, 71, of Rossville, passed away Monday, September 14, 2020, after a five-year battle with Lewy Body Dementia.  Larry donated his brain to the University of Kansas Medical Center for Alzheimer’s Research.

Larry was born on October 6, 1948, to Clarence and Rita Wehner in Rossville.  He attended school in Rossville and graduated in 1966.

Sep 4, 2020

On September 4, 2020, Beulah Louella Weeres passed away at age 83 after a brief illness. Beulah was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada. She lived on a farm and had eight siblings. It was a hard but good life. Beulah married in 1957 to Vince Weeres. They had six children. Two sons have preceded her in death, Steven and...

Aug 29, 2020

Rossville—Cornelia R. Brian, 97, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020, at the Rossville Health and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born on October 5, 1922, in rural Beaver, OK., the daughter of Chris H. and Cora Chappell Winfough,  She graduated from Darrouzett High School, Darrouzett, TX.

Cornelia Winfough and James M. Brian were united in marriage...

Aug 28, 2020

Laura Ann Hudson was born in Brazil, Indiana in 1934, to Cecelia Adele (Sterner), wife of John Hudson, a grocer. When she was three years old, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, her parents, two older sisters and brother (Margaret, Betty, and Bob) packed up and drove south to Florida, where she spent the rest of her youth....

Aug 24, 2020

Richard Fangman, 86, Silver Lake, one of nine children born to George and Irene Fangman, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020.  He attended and graduated from school in St. Benedict, Kansas.  Richard served two years in the United States Army Infantry in Europe.  He was self-employed for seven years from 1957 to 1964, then employed by Kansas Fish and...

Aug 22, 2020

St. Marys—Keith C. Havenstein, 81, died Saturday, August 22, 2020, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

On July 2, 1939, Keith was born in Alma, the son of Carl and Martha Ringel Havenstein.  Keith grew up in the Alma community and graduated from Alma High School in 1957.  He joined the United States Navy on...

Aug 17, 2020

Mary was born on May 12, 1923 to Emil and Mary VandeVelde Mattan, She was born at home on the family farm northeast of Delia, Kansas where she was raised. She was the seventh of eight children.

Mary attended grade school at Adrian Public School District 65, a one-room schoolhouse two miles west of the family farm...

Aug 14, 2020

Willard - Mark Aaron Jontra passed away on Friday, August 14, 2020, at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Rossville, Kansas. He was 91 years of age.  He was born in Frankfort, Kansas, on May 2, 1929, the son of Arley Ernest Jontra and Violet Theresa (Fagan) Jontra.

He grew up in the area of Emmett,...

Aug 8, 2020

Emmett—Glenda K. Lasswell passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2020. She was born to Marion and Roberta Lasswell on August 9, 1950. She was raised in the Emmett community.

Glenda received her Bachelor's and Master's of Education from Kansas State University and remained an avid fan of the Wildcats.

Glenda taught Elementary Education for over...

Aug 7, 2020

Rossville—John L. Failer, 79, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020, at the Rossville Health and Rehab Center.

He was born May 26, 1941, at Rossville, the son of John E. Jr. and Frances Brayman Failer. John attended Rossville schools.

John was a welder for C&D in Emmett many years and later was a custodian for...

Jul 31, 2020

Rossville- Makalyn Isabelle Aubert, 7, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020 at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She was born March 4th, 2013 in St. Louis, the daughter of Kenneth M. and Melissa A. Marple Aubert. Makalyn was diagnosed before she was born with Congenital Heart Defects. Her heart was backwards, on the right side of her chest and had...