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Stephen Michael Reves, 66, of Maize, Kan., died Saturday, June 12, at his home. He was born July 7, 1954, in Topeka, the son of D. Lyle Reves and Laura Mae (Fenton) Reves. He grew up and attended school in Burlingame, Kan., graduating with the Class of 1972. Steve graduated from an auto repair trade school, and later a Travel College, both in Wichita. Steve had a 30 plus year career with the Santa Fe Railroad as a track welder. He retired in 2014. He was united in marriage to Cindy Oltman on Sept. 9, 1988, at Chapel in the Hills in Rapid City,...
Ostdiek relatives in the Lawrence area received word recently of the death of Mr. Tom Stritt of Indianola, Neb. on May 22, 2021, following a motor vehicle accident. Thomas Dale Stritt was born Oct. 23, 1948, to Clarence and Alyce (Carmichael) Stritt. Mr. Stritt served in the U. S. Army in Viet Nam, worked in Indianola and later as the County Veteran’s Service Officer for 16 years. Tom is survived by his wife, Nanci; two daughters and two sons. Mass of Christian Burial was at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Indianola May 26. Interment was...
Hollis Lee Grone, 96, of Davenport, the son of Harold and Bertha (Houseman) Grone, was born Nov. 3, 1924, on a farm near Davenport. He died Tuesday, June 8, at Fillmore County Hospital in Geneva. Hollis grew up north of Davenport. He never quit farming. Even when he started as a tax consultant and starting his own business, he said he was a farmer that did taxes. Hollis attended country school and graduated from Davenport High School with the Class of 1942. He was united in marriage to Nelva Bartling on June 30, 1951, at Bethel Church of the Br...
Arvon John Marcotte, 85, of Nebraska City died Sunday, June 13, 2021, at his daughter's home in Omaha. Arvon was born on Nov. 24, 1935, to John J. and Rosa A. (Balthazor) Marcotte at their home in Zurich, Kan. He was the youngest of eight children. Throughout childhood he enjoyed serving daily mass, fishing with his father and developing his love of sports. He graduated from Palco High School in Palco, Kan., with the Class of 1953. Arvon entered the United States Army on Nov. 13, 1958, where he...
Marilyn R. Walker, 74, died at the Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kan. on Thursday. She was born on Aug. 21, 1946, in Garden City, the daughter of Jacob Frank and Martha Baldwin Stillwell. In 1964, Marilyn graduated from Scott Community High School and returned in 1969 as an elementary school teacher where she taught until 1975 when she moved to Union City, Okla. In 1979 she moved back to Scott City to teach until 2000 and then moved to Jewell County. In 2012 she retired from teaching and...
James Russell Woerner , 73, the son of Mitchell Bush and Kathryn Leah (Barry) Woerner was born May 17, 1948, in Superior. He died Saturday June 5, at Sioux Falls, S.D. Jim graduated from Superior High School in 1967 and worked as a heavy equipment operator. In 1968 and 1969 he attended Central Community College in Hastings, receiving his diplomas in heavy equipment operation and diesel mechanics. He was drafted into the United States Army on Sept. 23, 1969, serving in the DMZ in Korea. Jim was...
The funeral for Donna L. Landreth, 90, Lawrence, Kan., was held Wednesday, June 16, at First United Methodist Church, downtown Lawrence. Donna died Saturday June 5, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born to William and Mary Van Meter, May 23,1931, in Lovewell. They moved to the Lawrence area when she was a teenager and she graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in 1949. After graduation, Donna worked for Lawrence Paper Company, from Aug. 19, 1952, until June 30, 1995. Retiring after 43 years as the accounting manager. She married...
Maxine Joan Williams, the daughter of Loren and Amy (Hoins) Bailey, was born on April 26, 1933, on the farm northeast of Guide Rock. She died June 6, 2021, at the Parkview Haven Nursing Home at Deshler, Neb., at the age of 88 years, 1 month, 11 days. She was baptized at the Beulah Church in Mt. Clare and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Guide Rock. She attended country schools District 17, District 87 and Riverside Country School and graduated from Guide Rock High School. She then...
One of the oldest of the Lawrence area Kohmetscher family decedents, Norma Lorene Cochran, (on right), age 101, of Lincoln passed away late afternoon, June 1, 2021. This picture was taken several years ago, when the youngest, Dan Rempe, Phyllis Brockman, and Joan Sides visited with her. She donated her body to science and wanted no funeral services. She will be remembered as a brilliant lady, earning a doctorate degree. What trials she went through in her lifetime here on earth. She spent a short time in Lawrence when her children were young...
Donald Hugh Etter, 63, of Gainesville, Ga., died May 14, 2021, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a fearless battle with cancer. He was born on May 25, 1957, at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. He is preceded in death by his mother, Dorothy Childress Etter; and a brother, Jeffrey Dean Etter. Don is survived by his wife, Sandi Kilpatrick Etter; father and stepmother, Donald and Pauline Etter; daughters, Amber and Ashley Etter; step-son, Daniel Smith; siblings, Steve and Debbie...
Professor Fred Shook, who established the Broadcast Journalism Program at Colorado State University and was beloved by his students, died Friday, May 28, at the age of 78. Fred wrote the textbook on Visual Storytelling, now in its seventh edition, used at many universities around the world. He educated thousands of professional journalists while teaching at CSU, the University of Indiana, the University of Oklahoma, and at an annual workshop for the National Press Photographer's Association...
Billy D. Brown, 86, of Montgomery, Minn., died May 29, 2021. Bill was born in Newby, Okla., and lived there with his mother, a schoolteacher, and his younger brother, Clayton, until he completed the eighth grade. The family then moved to Burr Oak where he graduated from high school in 1952. Following high school, Bill attended Oklahoma Central University in Edmond for 2 1⁄2 years majoring in pre-engineering. Shortly before his draft number came up in 1955, he joined the U.S. Navy as a cadet in their pilot training program. This became the f...
Mary Jo Fairall, 87, died Dec, 20, 2020 of COVID pneumonia. Mary Jo was born on Feb. 19, 1933, near Hardy, to Wilbur and Blanche (Calder) Bjorling. She had two brothers, Frederick and Edward, who all grew up on the farm near Hardy and graduated from Superior High School. At 17 she went to nurses training at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. After graduating as a registered nurse, she moved to California where she met Richard S. Fairall. She worked as a registered nurse for 40 years. Richard...
James Russell Woerner, 73, the son of Mitchell B. and Kathryn L. (Barry) Woerner, was born May 17, 1948, at Superior, Neb. He died Friday, June 4, in Souix Falls, S.D. Services are pending at this time. Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Judith Ellen (Kindscher) Staub, 74, died June 1, in Lincoln, Neb. She was born Oct. 28, 1946, in Superior, graduated from Guide Rock High School and Kearney State College. Judy was funny, onery and stubborn. This allowed her to overcome many obstacles in her life. Obstacles were meant to either go around, mow them down or just simply ignore them. She was competitive when it came to Chinese Checkers, hard to beat. Her final career was working for the IRS and with her sense of humor, if you asked about her job, she would tell you that she would...
Ken W. Brown, 73, died at his home in Nampa, Idaho, May 31, 2021. His funeral was held Saturday at Alsip and Persons Funeral Chapel in Nampa. Ken was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Sherry Ann Brown; his father and mother, Rolland and Jesse Marie Wagers-Brown; brothers, Ray, Orval and Rex Brown; son, Steven Brown; and daughter, Sharla Kay Brown. Ken is survived by his daughter, Angela Jo Smith; son-in-law, Dale Smith; granddaughters, Alisha Stephenson (James), DaleAnn Smith, Kendall Smith; great-grandchildren, Olivia Shippy; Blake, a...
Bernie L. White, 70, of Belleville, longtime Ell-Saline educator, died May 28, 2021. Cremation was selected and a memorial service will be planned for later in the summer. Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home, Belleville, is in charge of the arrangements....
Loretta Schell, 91, of Billings, Mont., formerly of Baker, Mont., died May 21, with family by her side. Loretta was born to Edward and Ella Kitten, Feb. 16, 1930, in Slayton, Texas. At the age of one, her family moved to a farm outside of Lawrence, Neb. She attended school in Lawrence and in her early teens became a nanny for the Bud Bowen family. Loretta moved with the Bowen family to Baker, Mont., where she met her husband, Bert Schell. They married Oct. 3, 1949, and raised nine children. Loretta was tirelessly committed to providing for her...
Harrell James Roe, 65, died Thursday, May 27, 2021. Harrell was born July 11, 1955, to William (Bill) Roe and Shirley Kono- valsky Roe in El Paso, Texas, while Bill was completing his military service. In 1956, the young couple moved to the farm in Jewell County, Kansas. He graduated from Republic High School in 1973, and then attended Kansas State University. Harrell was married to Megan Moret from 1977 to 1982 and Jan Jensik from 1983 to 2010. Jan and Harrell raised three children: Josh,...
Verlen Leroy Marquart, 82, of Chester, the son of Elmer and Gertrude (Duensing) Marquart, was born Aug. 13, 1938 in Hebron. He died May 18,at Parkview Haven Nursing Home in Deshler. Verlen grew up on the farm helping his father with the livestock and farming. He attended country school through the eighth grade. He entered the United States Army Reserves Aug. 19, 1961, and was honorably discharged June 20, 1967. Verlen married Janice Kasparek Aug. 26, 1962, at Peace Lutheran Church in Deshler by Pastor E.F. Janssen. This union was blessed with...
Doris Mary Swanstrom, 84, of Moses Lake, Wash., died Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at her home in Moses Lake, Wash. Doris was born on July 16, 1936, to Carl and Elsie Mueller in their farmhouse near Nelson, Neb. Doris was the middle of nine children and the only daughter. She was a 1953 graduate of Nelson High School. After graduation from Nelson High School, Doris worked part-time for the Nuckolls County Extension Service and South-Central Public Power in Nelson. Doris married Dale Swanstrom on July 2...
Deborah J. (Griffin) Garman was born on Sept.14, 1954. She died May 22, at the Jewell County Hospital, at the age of 66 years, 8 months and 8 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Thelma (Neu- kirch) Griffin; and her brother, Joe. Deborah is survived by her husband, David L. Garman, and fur baby Eskie, of Formoso; sister, Sue; brothers, Ron, Don and Tim, and their children, all of Beverly, Kan.; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren of Concordia; other family and many...
Carol Ann Kissinger, daughter of Willis and Cornelia Baldwin, was born April 25, 1945, in Coral Gables, Fla. Her father was in the U.S. Air Force so Carol lived in various places while growing up. In her teen years, she began riding horses in Louisiana. She became an accomplished rider and even competed in many horse shows. Her love of horses continued throughout her life. Her love of animals also included her Old English Sheepdogs. Carol met and fell in love with Don Kissinger while attending...
Audrey Marie (Appleby) Diamond was born on Dec. 21, 1930, and died at The Good Samaritan Society Home in Superior, Neb., May 21, at the age of 90 years and 5 months. Audrey was born to Howard and Argie (Pierce) Appleby on their farm near Formoso. Audrey lived her entire life in Jewell County, with the exception of six summers when she attended Fort Hays State, acquiring a teaching certificate. As a child, Audrey attended Hawthorne Country School for seven and a half years, and Formoso for a...
Bernice Pauline (Kathman) Bolte, 95, of Lawrence, Neb., died Friday May 21, 2021, at Cambridge Court Assisted Living in Kearney, Neb. Rosary was at 7:30 p.m., Monday, May 24, and Mass was at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Lawrence with Father Loren Pohlmeier officiating. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, rural Lawrence. Visitation was Monday, at the Lawrence Visitation Chapel, Lawrence. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Dominican Sisters of Peace,...
