Obituaries

Dec 30, 2022

Clarence Lee Chartier, 90 of Kearney formerly of Joplin, MO passed away Friday, December 30, 2022 at Kinship Point Northridge in Kearney Memorials are suggested to AsceraCare Hospice. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

Clarence was born December 8, 1932 in Leavenworth, KS to Arthur...

Dec 23, 2022

Peggy Lou (Patterson) Doyen, 93, of Concordia, Kansas, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2022 with her family by her side.

Peggy was born to the late Maj. Clayton James and Lola (Burger) Patterson in 1929 in Emporia, Kansas.  She attended Kansas State University, where she met her late husband, Ray Doyen.  They married in 1949 and...

Nov 24, 2022

Opal was born on January 9, 1927, in Jamestown, Kansas to Alfred W and Elsie (Moe) Nelson. She graduated from Jamestown, Kansas and worked at Duckwalls in Concordia, Kansas after graduation. She married Charles Payton on March 30, 1947. They made their home in Concordia where they raised their family of seven children. She was a loving mother and...

Nov 9, 2022

Rex Leland Henningsen was born in Limestone Township in Jewell County, northwest of Ionia on April 29, 1928. He was the fifth child of Emit and Elva (Conger) Henningsen. He died Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems, at the age of 94.

Rex later moved and lived most of his childhood on...

Oct 22, 2022

Janet Jolene Brigman Weathersbee of Concordia, KS passed away on October 22, 2022 in Salina, KS.  She was born on January 13, 1954 in Florence, KS to James Jr. and Letha Ruth Riggs Brigman.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, James Brigman.

In 1979 she married Roger Dell Weathersbee Sr....

Oct 22, 2022

Terry Moyer, age 58, entered into rest on Saturday, October 22, 2022, surrounded by his family in Salina, KS. He was born on February 20, 1964, in Ionia, Kansas to Wendell and Karen (Loomis) Moyer.

Terry graduated from Jewell High School, class of 1982. He earned his Associates degree in criminal justice from Barton Community College in...

Oct 13, 2022

Neva Irene (Stites) Shoemaker was born on August 19, 1928 on a farm northwest of Ionia, Kansas and passed away on October 13, 2022. Her parents were George Oscar and Helen Allene (Clark) Stites. She grew up on the farm where she was born and attended the first two years of grade school at the Livers Country School. Neva...

Oct 6, 2022

Rodney (Rod) Lee Elliott passed away on October 6, 2022 surrounded by his family.

Rod was born February 20, 1953 in Concordia, KS. He was the son of Carol G. and Marguerite I. Elliott (Buckles). As a child, he was in the Boy Scouts, and he was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. In 1971,...

Sep 26, 2022

Ida Jean Morgan was born on March 25, 1953 in Lincoln, Nebraska and she passed away on September 26, 2022 in Concordia, Kansas.  She was preceded in death by her parents Hank and Elsie Morgan, her sisters Elaine and Julie, and her brother Gail.  She is survived by her sisters Maryellen and Rose, brothers Lloyd and Chuck, numerous nieces,...

Sep 16, 2022

Stanley Gene VanMeter was born June 6th 1946. He passed away on Friday September 16th 2022 at Brodstone Healthcare in Superior, Nebraska at the age of 76.

As a child, Stan grew up on a farm near Lovewell, Ks. He attended Lovewell grade school and graduated from Republic High School in 1965. Stan married his high school...

Sep 5, 2022

Calvin Lynn Bohnert, 72, died September 5, 2022 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas

Calvin was born February 23, 1950, in Beloit, Kansas to Fred and Hazel Bohnert. He lived his entire life in the Jewell area, graduating from Jewell High School in 1968. He attended NCKVT school in Beloit, Kansas earning a degree in...

Aug 29, 2022

Dallas E. Nading, 86, formerly of Concordia, passed away at 12:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan, KS.

Dallas was born on May 11, 1936 to John Leander “Lee” and Viola May “Dodie” Hall Nading in Oswego, KS. In 1954, he graduated from Labette County Community High School. He married Nancy Jo Reitz, on...

Aug 20, 2022

Eleanor Rose (Postlewait) Scott, 88, went to eternity with our Lord and Savior on August 20, 2022. She passed away at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Born on November 25, 1933 in Pueblo, Colorado, Eleanor was the fifth child of seven and the second daughter of Cloyd C. and Mary M. Postlewait. Eleanor was a very social...

Aug 19, 2022

David Ellison age 62 passed away at his home on August 19, 2022, in Concordia, KS.

He was born in Concordia on June 24, 1960, the son of Raymond and Darlene Ellison of Jamestown, KS.

David graduated from Great Bend High School in Great Bend, KS. He was a long-time employee of Wal-Mart in Concordia,...

Aug 17, 2022

Francis Dale Todd, age 92, of Concordia, KS, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 17th, 2022, surrounded by family at his nephew, Dan (Cindy Koch’s) home.  He was born on January 22, 1930, in Yakima, WA to Rose Todd.

Francis was seven years old when he moved to Concordia, KS with his family. ...

Aug 13, 2022

Devra Lea Tribbett was born in Concordia, KS on May 31, 1951 to Richard and Marcheta Stolzenburg Hiner. She passed away at her home on August 13, 2022. She was 71 years old.

Devra grew up in Ames, KS and attended Ames Grade School. She graduated from Clyde High School with the class of 1970. She then...

Aug 4, 2022

Salina – Wyoming Snyder,66, passed away August 4th, 2022. She loved teaching students at the Abilene DCLE for the past 15 years. Her wish is for all students to graduate high school to start their life off on the right foot and her dedication and love for the students showed in her interactions with them. We know she would...

Jul 28, 2022

Blaine Lloyd (Thruston) Prince passed away unexpectedly on July 28th,2022 at the age of 30 at his family’s home in Concordia, Kansas. His viewing with be held this Friday August 5th, 2022 from 10am-5pm at Nutter Mortuary in Concordia, Kansas. A dinner and celebration of life will follow at the church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints with family and ...

Jul 21, 2022

Lee Campbell Williams, age 74, Jewell, KS resident, passed away on July 21, 2022. He was born on Nov 4, 1947 in the Burrough of Buffalo, town of Flushing, New York.

Lee spent most of his growing up years in Park Ridge, New Jersey, close to New York city where his father worked. Right out of high...

Jul 13, 2022

Patricia Mae Eaton, age 79, passed away peacefully at home on July 13, 2022 after existing illnesses. She was a lifelong resident of Concordia KS, where she was born on January 17, 1943. She later met Delbert Eaton, the love of her life and they were married on March 4th 1961. Together they lived in Concordia and raised 3...