Obituaries

Jan 27, 2025

Dorothy June Revell, age 92, passed away Monday January 27, 2025 at her home in Concordia, KS surrounded by family. Dorothy was born on August 26, 1932 to Dora Mae (Walden) and John Eastman Graham in Concordia, KS.

Dorothy married Orville Ernest Revell in 1949 where the union brought 7 kids. Dorothy worked most of her life...

Jan 8, 2025

Betty Ann Strait, age 81, of Concordia, Kansas passed away surrounded by her loving family at Sunset Home in Concordia, KS on January 8th, 2025.

Betty was born March 30th, 1943 in Rural, Narka, KS to Ernest and Helen (Blazek) Klima.

She married Bill Beaumont which the union brought her two son’s Pete and Randy...

Dec 25, 2024

Gertrude (Trudy) Poe, nee Bilderbeck, was born August 12 ,1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, and passed away peacefully on December 25, 2024.  Trudy was fun loving and loved to travel with her best friend and niece Teddy Lineberry. They traveled to Europe and went on cruises, as well as traveling the US to visit relatives and tourist destinations.  She...

Dec 14, 2024

Marjorie Hartsel, age 101, Jewell, KS resident, passed away on December 14, 2024 at Minneapolis Health and Rehabilitation, Minneapolis, KS. Marjorie Ilene Hartsel was born on March 25, 1923 to Harry (Gus) and Bertha (Miller) Divel in Jewell County, KS. She went to school at Pioneer Rural School and grew up on a farm southwest of Jewell with a...

Dec 3, 2024

Loretta K. Wilson, born October 28, 1929, to Jacob and Katharina (Kerth) Armbruster in rural Trego County, Kansas, passed away on December 3, 2024, at the Jewell County Hospital ISB unit, where she had resided for the past few months. Loretta often joked that her birth on the day of the Wall Street Stock Market crash caused the event,...

Dec 3, 2024

Harry Delos Wheeler, age 83, passed away Tuesday December 3, 2024 at the Belleville Health care Center, Belleville, KS. He was born on July 29, 1941 in Los Angeles CA to Robert Wheeler Sr. and Matilda Hunter Wheeler. He was a retired Calibration Tech for Computer Technology. Harry also served in the US. Air Force from May 10, 1960...

Nov 19, 2024

Luka Zerr passed away November 19, 2024 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. Memorial Gathering will be Thursday December 5, 2024 from 10:00am - 11:00am at Nutter Mortuary.

Nov 18, 2024

Terry Zerr was stillborn November 19, 2024 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. Memorial Gathering will be Thursday December 5, 2024 from 10:00am - 11:00am at Nutter Mortuary.

Oct 30, 2024

Marilyn Kay Griest, age 87, passed away Wednesday October 30, 2024 at the MCHHS Resident Care Center, Beloit, KS. Marilyn was born October 18, 1937 in Jewell Co Kansas to Victor and Mary (Owen) Tullar.   She grew up south of Jewell on the family farm.

Marilyn attended grade school at Star Country School and graduated from Jewell...

Oct 18, 2024

Marvin D. Petersen, 88, passed away Friday, October 18, 2024 in Concordia, KS.  He was born December 13, 1935 in the Northwoods of Wisconsin far from the nearest settlement, southwest of Danbury, nestled in the dark green of the northern pine.  He was the seventh of eleven children born to Anton M. and Selma E. (Schmichel) Petersen.  Marvin spent...

Oct 8, 2024

Richard Jack Gould, age 71, passed away peacefully at his home in Concordia on October 8, 2024.             He was born June 5, 1953, along with his twin Robert, at Concordia Hospital.  Richard was the son of Jack D. and Phyllis Gile Gould. In 1971, he graduated from Concordia High School. He later attended Cloud County Community College and then...

Sep 27, 2024

David Warren Eberhart, age 78, was born in Beloit, KS, on August 1, 1946, and passed away September 27, 2024. He grew up on the family farm southwest of Jewell, KS, and graduated from Jewell Rural High School in 1964. He took the bus to Kansas City and joined the US Marine Corps the day after graduation. During his...

Sep 10, 2024

Sister Mary Ann Flax died September 10, 2024, at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, KS.  She was 86 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph for 70 years.  She was born in Ransom, KS on October 17, 1937 to Godfrey and Catherine Weber Flax, the eighth of 9 children, and was baptized Mary Ann.  She entered the Sisters of...

Sep 1, 2024

Shirley Simmelink, 92, passed away on September 1, 2024, in Beloit, Kansas, at the Resident Care Center, where she had lived for the past 10 and a half years and received wonderful care from many loving staff members. Shirley was born near Jewell, Kansas, to Vic and Mary Tullar on June 24, 1932. She attended Star Hill, a one-room...

Aug 14, 2024

Jack R. Wilson, “Jackie”, age 91, passed away Wednesday August 14, 2024 in rural Jewell, KS. He was born to Jack and Hazel Wilson on August 7, 1933.

Growing up on the farm, Jack developed a love and respect for the land, farm animals, and hard-working farm life, including farming his land, harvesting various crops, baling, custom...

Jul 9, 2024

Norman Clinton Greene was born in rural Beverly Kansas on October 6, 1930 to Niles and Mary Chilcott Greene. He passed away on July 9, 2024 at the age of 93.

Norman wed Mary Ann Jarvis on October 28, 1951. She preceded him in death on October 19, 2000, 9 days before their 49th wedding anniversary. Together...

Jun 24, 2024

Clarice Lue (Bottorf) Hastings was born May 31, 1936, fourth child of five children to Vernon and Irene Bottorf in Jewell, Ks.  She went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 24, 2024 at the age of 88 years at her home in Jewell, KS.

Clarice grew up on a farm southwest of Jewell and...

May 26, 2024

Francis Gerald Hamel

May 23, 1930 - May 26, 2024

On the morning of May 26, 2024 Francis "Frank" Gerald Hamel passed away at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. He was 94 years old.

Francis was born near St. Joseph, KS to Leon and Agnes Hamel on May 23, 1930. His youth...

May 16, 2024

Darlene Empson, age 78, of Manhattan passed away Thursday, May 16th at the Via Christi Manhattan. She was born July 31, 1945, in Stafford, Kansas to the late Carl and Margaret (Steadman) Hoss. Darlene began her career in 1962 as a waitress at the Trail Rider’s Cafe and later became manager and cook for the family-owned business located at...

May 8, 2024

Raymond Paul Crump, age 66, Concordia, KS resident, passed away Wednesday May 8th, 2024 at the Belleville Health Care Center, Belleville, KS. He was born to Morris and Vivian Crump on September 19, 1957 in Pueblo, CO.  Later that year, the family moved back to Concordia, KS and his sister, Vicki and brothers Kenny, Steve, and Danny joined the...