Obituary Listing

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Mar 27, 2015

Violet S. Jones, age 92, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS. She was born in rural Cloud County, KS on April 3, 1922 to John & Ida (Anderson) Swenson.

She grew up near Concordia, KS and graduated from Concordia High School. She married Rev. Ralph J. Jones on Dec. 9, 1945....

Mar 24, 2015

Elizabeth "Becky" A. Lamb, age 54, died Tues., March 24, 2015 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia, KS.  She was born on April 8, 1960 in Concordia to Oliver (William) & Margaret S. (Geisler) Mossburgh.

Becky grew up and was a long time resident of Concordia.  Becky worked as a CNA at Sunset Nursing Home along with various...

Mar 22, 2015

Clair S. Anderson, age 94, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS. He was born in Rural Cloud County, KS on Nov. 7, 1920 to Harry S. & Gladys E. (Manning) Anderson.

Clair graduated from Clyde High School and attended Kansas State University. He served in the US...

Mar 22, 2015

Sister Bette Moslander died March 22, 2015 at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, KS. She was 92 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 57 years. She was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on February 5, 1923, to Dr. William and Irene Huet Moslander, the oldest of three children, and was baptized Irene Elizabeth. She entered...

Mar 20, 2015

Lorena M. Alexander, age 93, passed away, March 20, 2015 at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson, KS. She was born on Feb. 26, 1922 in Miltonvale, KS to George D. & Mary M. (Dallen) Gunter.

She married Kenneth A. Alexander on June 18, 1941 in Aurora, KS. He preceded her on Aug. 4, 2008....

Mar 19, 2015

Eva I. Crum, age 92 entered into rest on March 19, 2015 at the Cloud County Health Center, Concordia. She was born July 18, 1922 in Glasco, Kansas to Jesse Jeremiah & Emma Olena (Olson) Williams.

She married Billie (Gabriel) G. Crum on March 15, 1942 at Delphos, Kansas. He preceded her in...

Mar 17, 2015

Josephine "Doe" M. Seifert, age 93, died Tues., March 17, 2015 at Park Villa Nursing Home, Clyde, KS. She was born in Rural Clyde, KS on April 13, 1921 to Phillip T. & Marie D. (L'Ecuyer) Nault.

She graduated from Clyde High School in 1938. She married Andrew "Andy" F. Seifert, Jr. on...