Obituaries

Nov 28, 2017

Whitewater - Doris Oella Hopkins was born July 2nd, 1920 at home in rural Benton, and went to her heavenly home on November 28th, 2017 at Wheat State Manor, Whitewater, surrounded by her family.  Doris was the 2nd daughter of Frank J and Verna (McMaster) Bodecker, and had two sisters, and one brother.   She graduated from Whitewater High School, El...

Nov 26, 2017

HERINGTON - Todd (T. J.) Kickhaefer, 25

Todd Jay Van Kickhaefer, of Woodbine, died, Sunday, November 26, 2017.  He  was born on September 18, 1992, in Wichita, the son of Todd Kickhaefer and Gloria Henry. 

Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Friday, December 1st, 2017, at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Herington with Rev. Mark Lovett, officiating.  Musician for the...

Nov 13, 2017

Nov 6, 2017

HERINGTON - Bonnie W. Sill, departed this life Monday, November 6th, 2017, at the Legacy of Herington.  She was born on November 11, 1925, at Dunlap, KS, the daughter of Charlie F. and Mary (Vickers) Combs.

Memorial services will be 4:00 pm, Saturday, November 11th, 2017, at the United Methodist Church of Burdick with Rev. Sue Talbot, officiating. 

She graduated from...

Nov 5, 2017

HERINGTON - Deloris Lorene Siegrist was born December 30, 1937, at Council Grove and departed this life on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at her home in Herington at the age of 79.  She was the daughter of Lester Jackson and Ruby Lorene (Wingo) May.

The family will receive friends Friday evening, 6:00PM – 8:00PM, November 10, 2017, (Deloris will lie in state)...

Oct 29, 2017

HERINGTON - Lindy Delaine Roberts, 43, was born June 24, 1974.  She departed this life on Sunday, October 29, 2017, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned.  She was the daughter of David Loyd Johnson and Pamela Kay Ackley. She married  Ronoldo “Teddy” Roberts on May 8, 1999, at Hutchinson.  They have a fifteen year old daughter, Kennedy.

Funeral services will...

Oct 28, 2017

Barbara Jean Worthington Svoboda was born July 1, 1936 in Waterville, Kansas, the daughter of John and Ada Worthington. Barbara grew up in the Waterville community and graduated from Waterville High School. She married Gerald Francis Svoboda on December 28, 1957 and moved with him to a Marion County farm home where they raised a large family. Barbara and Gerald...

Oct 26, 2017

LIZABETH JUNE THORNBURG, age 62, died October 26, 2017 at North Newton, Kansas.  She was born June 15, 1955, in Stafford, KS, the daughter of Charles Thornburg and Zella Merle (Goddard) Thornburg.  She lived in North Newton, KS for several years.  Her death was not expected, and came as a huge shock to her family and friends.  Liz’s parents owned...

Oct 24, 2017

HERINGTON -  Robert “Buck” Utech was born January 4, 1930.  He departed this life on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at the age of 87.  He was the son of Walter William Utech, Sr. and he preceded in death in 1965, and Edna Josephine (Granzow) Utech, and she preceded in death in 2007 at age 101.  He is also preceded in...

Oct 20, 2017

Florence - 

Ed Black was born January 11, 1937, to Chester Black and Anna (Rosedahl) Black in Frankfort, Kansas where he lived and attended school.  While there he met his wife to be. On August 14, 1955, he married Marjorie Ellis.  To this marriage were born three daughters; Anita, Virginia (Pete), and Loretta.  Ed and Marge made a home in...

Oct 17, 2017

Council Grove-Mary Shivers Wilson, 94, passed away October 17, 2017, at the Morris County Hospital.

She was born November 13, 1922, to Thomas J. and Reva W. Shivers in Washington, D.C. She married Robert R. Wilson, Jr., on December 18, 1965 in D.C. They have been married 52 wonderful years.

Mary grew up on Capitol Hill in Washington, attended Stewart...

Oct 16, 2017

Mickey (Mick) W. Summervill, 76, passed away Monday, October 16, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family after a four year battle with cancer.

Mick was born August 15, 1941 to Wesley Summervill and Mildred (Bredemeier) Summervill in Hillsboro, Kansas.   He graduated from Marion High School with the class of 1959 and received his Bachelors of Education degree from...

Oct 13, 2017

Oct 12, 2017

HERINGTON - Pastor Robert (Bob) Elmer Starburg   February 27, 1932 – October 12, 2017

Pastor Bob, as he was known to many people, peacefully went home to Christ Jesus on Thursday, October 12, 2017 while sleeping at his farm home in rural Dickinson County Kansas.  His pastoral ministry on this earth is complete.

He was born in a farm near Manhattan,...

Oct 12, 2017

Council Grove - Sigrid Renate Lacey, 55, of Council Grove, Kansas passed away at her home, on October 12, 2017.

Sigrid was born November 2, 1961 in Obernau, Germany to Elizabetha Reiss. Sigrid moved to the United States in 1975 and attended Manhattan High School. She married Steven Lacey on July 11, 1989 in Manhattan, KS. They had two daughters,...

Oct 10, 2017

HERINGTON -  Lill was born October 25, 1933, in Herington, the daughter of George J. and Alice A. (Schlauger) Sauer.  She departed this life on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan.

She married Gerald “Jerry” Price in 1969, and divorced within a year but they would remain very close friends.  They enjoyed being with many...

Oct 8, 2017

Mrs. Rachel Entz was born Rachel Austin in La Grange Indiana to Mildred and Loren Austin in 1934.  She was the third of four children.  She is survived by her older sister Joyce and her baby sister Gertrude.  Her older brother Merton is deceased.  Loren had two wives that died prior to Mildred, providing for her three additional siblings.  She...

Oct 5, 2017

Pete Klassen was born August 14, 1924 in Chihuahua, old Mexico.  His parents Gerhard Johann Klassen and Anna Harder Klassen were living in the Ukraine. Because of severe persecution, no religious freedom, and forced starvation the decision was made to emigrate to the United States.  They came over in the hull of a freighter.  Some of them got food poisoning...

Oct 4, 2017

HERINGTON - Vernon Henry Jones, of Herington, departed this life Wednesday October 4th, 2017, at the Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita.  He was born on July 30, 1918, rural Herington, the son of Henry Oliver and Anna (Rutz) Jones.

Funeral Service will be 10:00AM, Wednesday, October 11th, 2017, at the St. John Catholic Church – Herington, with Fr. Peter O’Donnell, officiating. ...

Oct 3, 2017

Carol R. Smith, 55, Webb City, MO, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at her home. Carol Ruth Robb was born April 7, 1962 in Boonville, MO to Charles Robb and Marilyn (Robinson) Robb. She graduated from Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, MO, Class of 1980. Carol graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia, and received a BA in Business and...