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Duane E. Hale
Jul 23, 2021
Duane E. Hale, age 68, Manhattan, Kansas resident, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021 at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on August 8, 1952 in Concordia, Kansas to Theodore and Virlene (Ryan) Hale.
Duane was a 1970 graduate of Concordia High School.
Duane was...
Gertrude I. Breault
Jul 23, 2021
Gertrude Isabel (Householter) Breault, age 101.5, of Concordia, passed away on Friday July 23, 2021, at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, after a short stay. She was born on January 4, 1920, in Rice, Kansas to Debolt M. Householter and Hattie Evelyn (Cross) Householter. Her uncle, Dr. Hebert Doty, delivered her at the Rice home.
Katharina Wirth Adams
Jul 22, 2021
Katharina Wirth Adams, age 86, Concordia, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 22, 2021 at Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas.
Katharina was born on December 20, 1934 in Yugoslavia, then she and her family emigrated to Canada at the end of World War II. She later met and married Richard Duane Adams...
Ronald Wayne Champlin
Jul 16, 2021
Ronald Wayne Champlin, age 82, of Concordia, KS, passed away on Friday, July 16, 2021 at his residence in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Â He was born on March 17, 1939 in Concordia, Kansas to Robert O. & Mildred L. (Huber) Champlin.
He graduated from Concordia High School in 1957. He graduated from Washburn University...
Sister Ramona Medina
Jul 16, 2021
Sister Ramona Medina died July 16, 2021, at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, KS. She was 84 years old and a religious sister for 66 years. She was born in La Jara, CO on March 14, 1937, to Juan and Celina Romero Medina, the thirteenth of fourteen children, and was baptized Elvira Elidia. She entered the Atchison Benedictine...
Lloyd D. Preston
Jul 15, 2021
Lloyd Preston, age 78, entered into rest on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. He was born on January 13, 1943 in Farnam, Nebraska, to Lloyd E. and Dana (Pearce)Preston.
Lloyd was a 1961 graduate of Alma High School, Alma, Nebraska. Lloyd graduated from Kansas City Kansas...
Bob Allen
Jun 28, 2021
Bobby (Bob) Marvin Allen was born October 1 st , 1935, in rural Clyde. Bobby was the fifth child of Vern Murray and Mary B. (Walker) Allen's, 11 children. On June 28 th 2021, Bob departed this earthly life.
He attended country school until the family moved to Concordia, where he attended high...
Sister Barbara Ellen Apaceller
Jun 26, 2021
Sister Barbara Ellen Apaceller died June 26, 2021 at her home in Salina, KS. She was 75 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 56 years.  She was born in Wittmannsdorf, Austria on June 5, 1946, to Sebastian and Barbara Assmann Apaceller, the second of three children, and was baptized Martha Elizabeth Stefanie. She entered...
Louis Dean Kegle
Jun 21, 2021
Louis Dean Kegle, age 62, formerly of Clyde, entered into rest on Monday, June 21, 2021, at Sunset Nursing Home in Concordia, Kansas.
He was born on May 17, 1959 in Concordia, Kansas to Edward and Emma Rose (Derousseau) Kegle.
Louis was a 1977 graduate of Clyde High School,...
Larry Lawrence Heald
Jun 20, 2021
Larry Lawrence Heald, age 78, entered into rest on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at his residence in Concordia, Kansas. He was born October 12, 1942, in Herron, Illinois, to Lawrence and Gladys (Shroyer) Heald.
Larry grew up in Miltonvale, Kansas and graduated from Miltonvale High School. He lived his adult life in Concordia....
William "Bill" Dotson
Jun 16, 2021
William (Bill) Robert Dotson was born December 29, 1940, on a farm in Jamestown KS to Delmer and Ruby (Champlin) Dotson, the fifth of nine children. He graduated from Concordia High School in 1958. During his senior year Bill won the Class A State Championship in the mile shattering a Kansas high school record that had stood...
Janet Novlan-Almon
Jun 10, 2021
Janet L. Novlan-Almon, age 75, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, KS. Burial of the cremains will be at 10:30 am, Thursday, June 17, 2021 at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Aurora, KS followed a Rosary at the cemetery.
Mike G. Feight
Jun 10, 2021
Michael Gene Feight entered into rest Thursday, June 10, 2021 at the Cloud County Health Center in Concordia, Kansas. He was born in Concordia, Kansas on October 18, 1956 to Gene F. & Teresa (Nobert) Feight, and lived his entire life in the Clyde area.
Mike attended Agenda grade school, and graduated from...
Delmer F. Harris, Jr.
Jun 9, 2021
Delmer F. Harris Jr., age 92, longtime Concordia resident, passed away on, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Delmer was born in Concordia, Kansas, September 21, 1928 to Rozella and Delmer F. Harris, Sr.
He graduated from Concordia High School in 1945 and from the University of Kansas in 1949 with an additional year in...
Richard A. Eakins
Jun 6, 2021
Richard A. Eakins, age 71, of Concordia, passed away on Sunday, June 06, 2021 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia. He was born on April 25, 1950 in Concordia, KS to Arthur I & Eva L. (Caraveau) Eakins.
Richard graduated from Concordia High School in 1970. He married Eunice Snyder on May 14, 1977...
Odella I. Yaksich
May 30, 2021
Odella I. Yaksich, age 99, of Concordia, passed away on May 30, 2021, at the Josie Harper Hospice House, Omaha, Neb., due to natural causes. Odella was born December 20, 1921, in Aurora, Kan., to George and Anna (Adam) Perret.
She attended Aurora Catholic Schools graduating in 1939. Odella married Michael M. Yaksich...
Beverly June Parks
May 28, 2021
Beverly June Parks, age 52, entered into rest on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Cloud County Health Center, in Concordia, Kansas. She was born on July 21, 1968 in Salina, Kansa to LaVerne, Sr. and Betty Ann (Frybarger) Parks.
She was a 1986 graduate of Concordia High School.
Beverly...
Debra A. Rupert-Sjolander
May 21, 2021
Debra A. Rupert-Sjolander, age 62, formerly of Concordia & Ames, KS, left this earthly life on May 21, 2021 surrounded by her family at her home in Morganville, KS.  She was born on Jan. 21, 1959 in Concordia, KS to Robert "Bob" L. & Berniece V. (Esslinger) Schreiber.
Debra graduated from...
Theresa F. Begnoche
May 18, 2021
Theresa F. Begnoche, age 94, of Aurora, entered in to rest on May 18, 2021 at the Park Villa Nursing Home in Clyde, Kansas. She was born October 6, 1926 in rural Cloud County, the daughter of Francis and Anna (Girard) Cote.
She married Kyrl Begnoche on January 2, 1945, in Aurora. She...
Lois Jean (Jagger) Bowlinger
May 17, 2021
Lois Jean (Jagger) Bowlinger, age 87, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at her residence in Concordia, Kansas. She was born on February 15, 1934 in Minneapolis, Kansas to Meryl and Ruby Jagger, the second of five girls.
During high school years, she worked on the farm of Lee and Vivian...
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