Obituary Listing

Mar 17, 2015

Winifred K. McEuen, age 96, entered into rest on March 17, 2015 at the Sunset Nursing Home in Concordia, Kansas. She was born August 7, 1918 in Damar, Kansas to Frances Xavier and Evelina Mary (Saindon) Barland. Winifred attended school in Damar High School. She graduated from Ft. Hays State University with a Bachelor's Degree. She taught elementary school in...

Mar 12, 2015

Clifton "Cliff" Stoner, age 88, died Thurs., March 12, 2015 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS. He was born on June 28, 1926 in Aurora, KS to Clifton S. & Elsie (Bates) Stoner.

Known to many as "Junior" in his early years, Cliff graduated from Concordia High School and later Kansas State University with a bachelor's...

Mar 7, 2015

Lois Darlene Harding, age 92, entered into rest on March 7, 2015 at the Marquis Place in Concordia, Kansas She was born April 27, 1922 to Ira Jacob and Bernice Mease of Nashville, Kansas. She graduated from Isabel High School, and attended Pittsburg State Teacher's College where she received a teaching certificate. She then taught in a rural school in...

Mar 1, 2015

Mona Andersen, age 62, passed away at her home in Jamestown, KS on Sun., March 1, 2015, peacefully surrounded by her family. She was born on Aug. 9, 1952 in Concordia, KS to Leonard & Kathryn (Kempkes) Swiercinsky.

Mona graduated from Belleville High School and later Cloud County Community College. She worked for...

Feb 26, 2015

Verlyn Earl Trueblood, age 78, died Thurs., Feb. 26, 2015 at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, KS. He was born on Jan. 14, 1937 in Bird City, KS to Vern L. & Leona F. (Niehaus) Trueblood.

Verlyn attended Bird City Grade School and graduated from Sherman County High School, Goodland, KS. He earned B.S. & M.S. degrees...

Feb 26, 2015

Nora M. Berk, age 99, died Thurs., Feb. 26, 2015 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia. She was born on the farm near Huscher, KS to Louie & Nellie Mae (Campbell) Trost.

She attended school in the Huscher community. She married Herbert J. Berk on Jan. 31, 1939 at her parents' home, near Huscher....

Feb 14, 2015

Ilene Maxine Dallen Cote-Reece, age 90, passed away after a short illness Feb, 14 2015 in Bullhead City, AZ. She was born in Mitlonvale, KS on October 11, 1924, the only daughter of Laura (Bonaly) Dallen and Leon Dallen.

She had two older brothers Vern, of Concordia ,Ks and Earl who preceded her in death. She married...

Feb 13, 2015

Terry Lynn (Sorensen) Corbett, age 64, died Fri., Feb. 13, 2015 at Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis, KS. She was born on July 26, 1950 in Pocatello, ID to Westley & Dorothy (Tuttle) Sorensen.

She graduated from high school in Kearns, UT. She married Ronald Corbett on Jan. 21, 1971 in Salt Lake...

Feb 8, 2015

Lorene M. Fraser, age 104, Concordia, died Sun, Feb. 8, 2015 at Mt. Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, KS. She was born on January 19, 1911 on a farm near Concordia to Jesse E. & Katherine Mary (Feser) Fraser.

She graduated from Concordia High School and Ft. Hays State University with a Master's degree....

Feb 6, 2015

Melvin Russell Davenport passed away at the Dillon Living Center in Hutchinson on February 6, 2015. He was born in rural Chester, Nebraska on March 29, 1930 to Clay A. and Lela F. (Hazen) Davenport. Melvin married Wanda Leigh Maphet on August 17, 1951 at Enid, Oklahoma.

He attended Phillips University in Enid...

Feb 6, 2015

Karen L. Brown, age 73, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 at her home in Concordia, KS. She was born on Dec. 24, 1941 in Scandia, KS to Lauren "Hap" & Julia (Flesher) Davis.

Karen graduated from Scandia High School. She married Donald "Donnie" R. Brown on July 30, 1966. He preceded her in...

Feb 4, 2015

EVELYN MAE (BRAY) BURNETT 96, of Kirkland, Washington died peacefully in her sleep on February 4, 2015. Born October 22, 1918 on a farm in Concordia, Kansas. She is predeceased by her parents, Edward William and Anna (Cunningham) Bray and her husband of 37 years, Raymond P. Burnett. Her brothers Glen and Nile Bray from Concordia, KS...

Feb 2, 2015

Kathy J. Ellis, age 45, died Mon, Feb. 2, 2015 at her home near Norway, KS. She was born on Dec. 28, 1969 in Goodland, KS to Gilbert D. & Patricia A. (McKinley) Stasser.

Kathy graduated from St. Francis High School and then the Vo-Tech at Goodland in 1990. She grew up in...

Feb 1, 2015

Norma Fraser-Smith, 88, of Concordia died Sunday afternoon, Feb. 1, in Olathe KS at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she had been a resident since 2006.

Norma was born in Concordia on April 12, 1926 to parents Frank Sr. and Emma Empson. She grew up in Republic County in the area...

Jan 29, 2015

Maryln L. Collins, Concordia resident, age 80, entered into rest on January 29, 2015 at her residence.

She was born August 7, 1934 in Concordia, Kansas to Franklin E. and Wilma L. (Goering) Day.

Maryln married Bobby Collins on April 6, 1957 in Petaluma, California. He preceded her in...

Jan 25, 2015

Patricia (Patty) L. Grounds, Concordia resident, age 53, entered into rest on January 25, 2015 at the Mt. Joseph Nursing Home, in Concordia. She was born April 30, 1961 in Wichita, Kansas to Stanley Albert and Rosalie Valletta (Houghton) Grounds. She is survived by her mother, Rosalie Grounds; a daughter, Alaxis Sparrow both of Concordia; brother, Kenneth Grounds (Sandra), Hillsboro,...

Jan 19, 2015

Donna J. Petersen, age 92, died on January 19, 2015 at the Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 24, 1922 in Miltonvale, Kansas to Harlow and Retha (Wheeler) Willard. She graduated Miltonvale High School. Donna worked for Cheyenne Lodge Nursing as a CMA for 40 years. She enjoyed sewing, garage sales and auctions. She married...

Jan 19, 2015

Linda Marcotte-Stillabower, age 63, died January 19, 2015 at her home in Concordia. She was born on Oct. 30, 1951 to Edward G. & Mary Ann (Metro) Marcotte.

Linda attended Notre Dame High School until it closed and graduated from Concordia High School. She then attended nursing school and worked as a nurse...

Jan 16, 2015

Mary A. Peterson, age 94, died Friday, January 16, 2015 at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan. She was born on May 8, 1920 in Clay County, KS to Samuel T. & Lydia L. (Andrews) Rundle.

She graduated from Clifton High School. She married LaVerne Peterson on Aug. 29, 1943 in Clifton, he preceded her on...

Jan 10, 2015

Pearl Townsend, 90, longtime resident of Concordia, Kansas, passed away in Concordia on January 10, 2015. Born on August 14, 1924 in Kensington, Kansas, the daughter of August and Minnie (Dettmer) Brunow, she was the 4th of six children.

Pearl grew up in Kensington and graduated from high school. On April 21, 1945,...