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Dorothy Jacqueline Chaput
May 29, 2015
Dorothy Jacqueline Chaput, age 91, died Fri., May 29, 2015 at Brighton Gardens of Omaha, Omaha, NE. She was born on Nov. 21, 1923 at Omaha, NE to Charles & Margaret (Iams) Shaw.
She married Aldemore N. Chaput on Aug. 29, 1944 in Kingman, AZ. He preceded her in death on Sept. 24, 1986. She was a...
Robert "Bob" E. Barleen
May 28, 2015
Robert "Bob" E. Barleen, age 67, died Thurs., May 28, 2015 at his home in Rural Concordia, KS. He was born on Aug. 19, 1947 in Concordia, KS to Leonard O. & Naomi A. (Hammer) Barleen.
Robert graduated from Concordia High School in 1966. He worked at Co-Op Service for Mark Morgan, Boogaarts warehouse and Rex Gerard...
Norman Tholstrup
May 27, 2015
Norman Daniel Tholstrup, 76, of rural Concordia, KS, passed away Wed., May 27, 2015 peacefully at his home following a long illness. He was born to Daniel & Stella (Budreau) Tholstrup on June 9, 1938 at his parents' home in Arion Township, Cloud County, KS. Norman graduated from Concordia High School in 1956. He was a longtime farmer and...
Norman L. Johnston
May 26, 2015
Norman L. Johnston, age 88, died Tues., May 26, 2015 at Mount Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS. He was born on June 13, 1926 in Concordia, KS and raised on a farm southwest of Concordia by his parents, Harry M. & Edna (Carlson) Johnston.
Norman graduated from Concordia High School in 1944, served...
Kenneth "Doc" Dockins
May 25, 2015
Kenneth "Doc" Dockins, age 76, entered into rest on May 25, 2015 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He was born on March 12, 1939 in Clyde, Kansas to George W. and Lucy M. (Brichat) Dockins. He was a 1957 graduate of Clyde High School. On August 13, 1959 he married Joyce Huggerth at the Christian Church in Clyde. Kenneth...
Gino E. Brichalli
May 24, 2015
Gino E. Brichalli, age 59, died May 24, 2015 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS.  He was born on Sept. 30, 1955 in Concordia, KS to Bartolemeo (Meo) & Gladys M. (LaBarge) Brichalli.
He graduated from Concordia High School in 1974 and was a lifelong Concordia resident.  He married Connie S. Nobert...
Dorothy H. Johnson
May 13, 2015
Dorothy H. Johnson, age 94, died Wed., May 13, 2015 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia. She was born on Sept. 1, 1920 in Kansas City, MO to Fred W. & Edna (Mayhall) Sylvester.
She graduated from the University of Kansas with an M.A. in English. She was a public school educator. She...
Barbara A. Parks
May 12, 2015
Barbara A. Parks, age 47, died Tues., May 12, 2015 at her home in Concordia. She was born on June 6, 1967 in Salina, KS to LaVerne & Betty Ann (Frybarger) Parks. Barbara graduated from Concordia High School in 1986. She worked in housekeeping and was a nurse's aide for Sunset Nursing Home. Barbara loved to spend time with the...
Arthur Kenworthy
May 11, 2015
Arthur Kenworthy, age 82, died Mon., May 11, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS. He was born on Aug. 31, 1932 in Frankfort, KS to LeRoy & Minnie (Holder) Kenworthy.
Arthur grew up in the Frankfort/Blue Rapids area. He married Dorothy Holt on Jan. 2, 1963 in Denver, CO. He was a...
Charles "Charlie" Lowers
May 10, 2015
Charles "Charlie" Lowers, age 75, Concordia resident, entered into rest on May 10, 2015 at the Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia. He was born in Clyde, Kansas on October 23, 1939 to Floyd and Cora (Belleau) Lowers. Charlie was a lifelong Cloud County area resident. He was 1957 Clyde High School graduate. On August 13, 1960 he married Cathy Mentgen...
Rex Gerard
May 9, 2015
Rex Gerard, age 85, Concordia resident, entered into rest on May 9, 2015 at the Cloud County Health Center, Concordia. He was born in rural Concordia, Kansas on June 28, 1929 to Milton A. and Allie A. (Snavely) Gerard.
Rex was in the Class of 1947 Concordia High School.
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Michael Lesperance
May 9, 2015
Michael Lesperance, age 61, of Riley, Kansas, entered into rest on May 9, 2015 at the Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS.. He was born on August 18, 1953 in Concordia to Ernest P. and Charlene (Doebele) Lesperance. He was a 1971 Concordia High School graduate. Michael owned and operated his own company Excel Builders with his son Sean for...
Eunice I. Dewitt
May 8, 2015
Eunice I. DeWitt, age 95, former Concordia resident entered into rest on May 8, 2015 at the Golden Living Center Covington Heights Nursing Home in Sioux Falls, SD. She was born on February 27, 1920 in Humbolt, South Dakota to John C. and Katherine A. (Reichelt) Martin.
On May 28, 1942 she married...
Sr. Esther Pineda
May 6, 2015
Sister Esther Pineda died May 6, 2015 at Cloud County Health Center in Concordia, KS. She was 74 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 42 years. She was born in Sherman, NM on July 1, 1940, to Pablo and Isidora Salaiz Pineda, the youngest of six children, and was baptized Maria Ester. She entered...
Sandra "Sandy" Sue Mcgaughey
May 2, 2015
Sandra "Sandy" S. McGaughey, age 69, died Sat., May 2, 2015 at her home in Concordia, KS. She was born on May 21, 1945 in Wichita Falls, TX to Clovis N. & Carol E. (Schroder) Scogin. Sandy graduated from Jesse H. Jones High School, Houston, TX in 1964. She moved to Concordia in 1977. While in Concordia she worked for...
Carolyn C. Swenson
Apr 30, 2015
Carolyn C. Swenson, age 88, entered into rest on April 30, 2015 at the Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia. She was born on July 8, 1926 to George F. and Edith Dolly (Pearce) Clark.
Carolyn received her elementary education at the Zion Country School in Republic County through the Eighth grade and graduated...
Edna Lervold
Apr 16, 2015
Edna Lervold, age 82, entered into rest on April 16, 2015 at Sunset Nursing Home in Concordia. She was born on June 1, 1932 to Ovid Alcid and Dora Emma (Schille) Deneault.
She married Dale Lervold on Aug. 8, 1953 in Concordia. He preceded her in death on March 16, 2004. She attended...
Arlene F. Couture
Apr 10, 2015
Arlene F. Couture, age 82, entered into rest on April 10, 2015 in Belleville, Kansas. Arlene was born on the Sharpe homestead in rural Washington County, Kansas on June 10, 1932 to George F. and Lena E. (Goering) Sharpe.
Arlene married Leonard M. Couture on September 30, 1950. Two children were born to...
Kale D. Sterling
Apr 8, 2015
Kale D. Sterling, age 65, entered into rest on April 8, 2015 at the Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, Kansas. He was born April 7, 1950 in Concordia, KS to Harry Dean and Rosa Lutrede (Rieke) Sterling.
Kale graduated from Concordia High School in 1968. He married Susan G. Pfister on Nov. 27,...
Wayne L. Chrisco, Sr.
Mar 30, 2015
Wayne L. Chrisco, Sr., age 76, entered into rest on March 30, 2015 at the Via Christi Hospital St. Francis Campus, Wichita, Kansas. He was born June 2, 1938 in Abilene, KS to Wayne & Lorraine (Brown) Chrisco.
He graduated from Dickinson Community High School in 1956. He served 4 years in the Army Reserves and then...
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