Obituary Listing

Mar 10, 2013

Richard R. "Dick" Thoman, 81, of Channelview, TX, passed away Sun, March 10, 2013. Richard was born in Concordia, KS to Richard Thoman & Allvine Worley. Richard lived in the Houston area for 20 years and worked as a truck driver in the transportation industry. He also served his country and was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps. Richard was...

Mar 8, 2013

Vesta L. Conn, 100 years of age, of Randall, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at Sunset Nursing Center in Concordia. She was born on May 13, 1912 in Beloit to Andrew and Elva (Van Scoyk) Guipre. Vesta graduated from Asherville High School in 1931. She married Keith Conn on August 30,...

Mar 8, 2013

Ummahan "Zerrin" Anderson , born July 1, 1934 of Agenda, died March 8, 2013. She is survived by her husband Donald ("Bud" or "Andy") Anderson, and her 3 children: two sons, Mustafa "Ted" Akyol of Dallas, TX and his wife Valentina and Kadir "Randy" Akyol of San Antonio, TX and...

Mar 5, 2013

Pauline Swearingen, 98 years of age, of Jamestown , passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013. She was born on November 24, 1914 in Dougherty , Oklahoma to Grover and Josephine "Joe" (Stevens) Cape . Pauline married Ralph Swearingen at Fort Smith , Arkansas on September 13, 1944. She was a housewife most...

Mar 4, 2013

Gretchen Louise Nelson, 74 years of age, of Jamestown , passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at Mount Joseph Senior Village in Concordia. She was born on March 30, 1938 in Rural Kackley to Myron Charley and Mildred Julia (Bergsma) Kellogg. Gretchen married Roger Nelson on March 2, 1958 at the Jamestown...

Mar 2, 2013

Darlynn Xi Kemling was born Oct. 5, 2004 in Guangzhou, China. She returned to her heavenly Father's arms on March 2, 2013 at the age of 8. Darlynn was adopted by her forever family on Feb. 18, 2008. She was welcomed home and cherished by her Dad, Mom, sister, brother; her extended family; her Baptist Church family & the community...

Feb 28, 2013

Johanna Katherine Louise Krause was born on April 28, 1922 in Koblenz, Germany to Carl J. & Hedwich L. Miller. When she was two weeks old she was brought to the U.S. and spent most of her childhood in Minnesota. She died on Thurs., Feb. 28, 2013 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia, at the age of 90. She married Merlin...

Feb 26, 2013

Marjorie A. Sharpe, 80, of Clyde , went to meet her heavenly father on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Marjorie Ann Sharpe was born on a farm east of Clyde on October 10, 1932, the daughter of Glenn and Marvel (Pickard) Brooks. She attended Devils Bend Country School for the majority of...

Feb 21, 2013

Sister Leah Smith died February 21, 2013, at Mount Joseph Senior Community in Concordia, KS.  She was 78 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 61 years.  She was born in Junction City, KS on February 13, 1935 to Walter and Elnora Farmer Smith, the sixth of ten children, and was baptized Leah Mae.  She entered the Sisters...

Feb 21, 2013

Dorothy M. (Cox) Mosher, age 85, of Concordia, died Thurs., Feb. 21, 2013 at Cloud County Health Center , Concordia. She was born on Sept. 20, 1927 in Brazil , IN to Russell & Violet (Craig) Cox. Dorothy moved to Concordia shortly before she married Fred. E. Mosher on June 13, 1948 in...

Feb 5, 2013

Jean Trussell, age 85, died, Tues., Feb. 5, 2013 at The Nicol Home, Glasco, KS. Jean was born on April 19, 1927 in Rural Randall, KS to Ray & Etta (Studer) McMillan. Jean grew up in the Randall community. She married Lyle Trussell on Dec. 15, 1946 near Randall, KS after Lyle's discharge from the Navy. Jean worked in the...

Jan 29, 2013

Megan A. Baker, 27 years of age, of Concordia, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Cloud County Health Center in Concordia. She was born on July 30, 1985 in Manhattan to Sidney and Mary (Murphy) Belville.

Megan is survived by her...

Jan 28, 2013

Billy Joe "Tex" Read, age 69, died Mon., Jan. 28, 2013 at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia. Billy was born on March 22, 1943 in Decatur, TX to Earnest & Lois (Hudson) Read. Billy grew up in Texas. He married Charlotte Regnier on Feb. 2, 1966 in Concordia. Billy was a truck driver for Boogaarts, Crete Trucking and then worked at...

Jan 26, 2013

Larry C. Bohling, age 59, died Sat., Jan. 26, 2013 at Salina Regional Health Center , Salina . Larry was born on 12/16/1953 in Meade , KS to Victor & Evelyn (Zwonitzer) Bohling. Larry graduated from Concordia High School . After high school, Larry joined the US Army and served 4 years. After the service, Larry returned to...

Jan 26, 2013

Ruth Merrill, age 64, died Sat., Jan. 26, 2013 at her home in Concordia , KS . She was born on Oct. 9, 1948 in Colby , KS to Richard & Dorothy (Briney) Wegner. She married Gerald 'Billy Jack' Merrill on Oct. 14, 1970 at Concordia. Ruth worked as a cook at Cloud County Community College and then...

Jan 23, 2013

Margaret Hattan died January, 23 rd , 2013 at Cloud County Health Center , Concordia , KS . She was born at rural Deweese , NE , to James and Clara (Barta) Mazour on December 30 th , 1927. After graduating from Nelson High School in May 1945, she worked at the...

Jan 12, 2013

Marvin L. Johnson, 91 years of age, of Concordia, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Mount Joseph Senior Village in Concordia. He was born on December 22, 1921 in rural Cloud County to Perry and Anna (Forsling) Johnson. Marvin graduated from Concordia High School in 1940 and on January 6, 1942,...

Jan 9, 2013

Betty June (Wilson) DeGraff, 86, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. A native of Concordia, she was the daughter of the late Gerald Francis Wilson and Beatrice (Allen) Wilson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

Jan 7, 2013

Lucille E. Leitner, 85 years of age, of Concordia, passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 7, 2013. She was born May 15, 1927 in Thayer County , Nebraska to Leonard & Martha (Schutte) Dankenbring. She graduated from Bruning High School and received her business degree from National Business Institute in Lincoln , NE....

Dec 28, 2012

Pearl B. Empson Hardwick Rizzi, 99 passed away peacefully on Friday, December 28 at Sunset Nursing Home in Concordia , Kansas .

She was born December 1, 1913 in Concordia , KS to Raymond and Florence B. (Clark) Empson. She was married to...