Obituaries

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...

Apr 24, 2024

Ronald L. Olivera, age 60, passed away at his home in Jewell, KS on April 24, 2024. Kleppinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Apr 10, 2024

Don Keith Simmelink was born to Maurice and Pauline Simmelink on January 21st 1932. He left his earthly body surrounded by his family as he was united with Jesus on April 10th, 2024 at Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, KS. He was born near Cawker City Kansas, then moved to Ionia, KS with his parents in 1939. While living...

Mar 13, 2024

Dixie Lee Erickson Pakaki made heaven her final destination on March 13, 2024.  She was 92 years old, and resided at the Sunset Home in Concordia, Kansas.  Dixie Woodring was born in Salina, Kansas, the youngest of three sisters.  Her parents were Jewell and Fred Woodring.  In 1946, Dixie moved to Concordia and married her high school sweetheart, Loren...

Mar 11, 2024

Devine S. Montoya, 92, of Concordia, KS passed away on March 11, 2024 at the Regent Retirement Home in Wichita, KS.  Devine was born in Hooker, OK on January 14, 1932 to Andy Montoya and Lucynda Sanchez.

Devine graduated high school in 1951 from Hooker High School.  He went on to attend Panhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College...

Mar 8, 2024

Virgil Lee Stokesbeary, age 74 of Concordia, Kansas, passed away peacefully at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas on March 8th,2024. He was born in Salina, Kansas at St. John's Hospital on March 24th,1949 to Richard (Ernest) and Bonnie (Dodge) Stokesbeary. Virgil was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Howard Stokesbeary and is survived by brothers...

Feb 13, 2024

Roger Joseph Reiter, 66, of Jewell, KS, went to be with his Lord and Savior unexpectedly but peacefully on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at the University of Kansas Health Systems, Kansas City, KS.  Roger was born in Beloit, KS, on October 23, 1957 to Arnold Joseph Reiter and Pauline Lucille (Abram) Reiter.

Roger grew up on the...

Feb 7, 2024

Rex Steven Hanson, age 74, Jamestown, KS resident, passed away February 7, 2024 at the North Central Kansas Medical Center, Concordia, KS. He was born on July 17, 1949 to Rex G. Hanson and Patricia M. Henry.

He went by Steve. He did many years helping with custom combining, roofing, and welding. He loved to fish and...

Jan 27, 2024

Ila Marie Hittle June 19, 1950-January 27, 2024

Ila was born to Rhea and Richard Sherbert on June 19th, 1950 in Clay Center, Ks. and passed away on January 27, 2024. She discovered later that her actual biological father was Austin Mansfield, whom had married Rhea after she divorced Mr. Sherbert. Ila lived for a time in...

Jan 19, 2024

Marsha Doyenne, age 71, left this world on Friday, January 19, 2024 at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas.

She was born to Ray and Peggy Doyen in 1952 and grew up on their farm east of Concordia. Inspired by her parents, she developed a love of music and business. While other children played “house”, “school”,...