Obituaries
Virgil Weber
Apr 27, 2018
Marion - Virgil Weber– Service’s for Virgil Weber, 92, who died Friday, April 27, 2018 at the Hillsboro Community Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Strassburg Baptist Church. Visitation will be Tuesday, May 1, 2018 from 6-8:00 p.m. at Zeiner Funeral Home – Marion. Interment will precede the service at 10:00 a.m. at the...
Douglas Warren Young
Apr 24, 2018
Douglas Warren Young, 74, of Marion, Kansas, passed April 24, 2018 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. Doug was born May 27, 1943 in Clay Center, KS to Warren and Geneva (Strang) Young. After graduating from Clay County Community High School, Doug attended Kansas State University, the University of Kansas and the University of Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. Doug was...
Betty Lou Ohm
Apr 21, 2018
RAMONA - Betty Lou Ohm, formerly of Ramona, departed this life, Saturday, April 21st, 2018, at her home in Platte City, MO. She was born March 16th, 1933, at Herington. She was the daughter of Joe E. and Marjorie (McCully) Davis.
She was married to Harold Ohm on April 3, 1952, at the First Christian Church of Herington. He preceded her...
Gary Eugene Hageberg
Apr 21, 2018
BURDICK - Gary “Butch” Hageberg, 82, formerly of Burdick, died April 21st, 2018, at the Legacy of Herington. He was born on March 13, 1936, at Burdick, the son of Olof and Velma (Richey) Hageberg.
Funeral services will be at 10:00am, Thursday, April 26th, 2018, at the Burdick United Methodist Church, with Rev. Sue Talbot, officiating. Interment will follow at the...
Lucille Marie Brockmeier
Apr 2, 2018
HERINGTON - Obituary – Lucille M. Brockmeier
Lucille was born August 25, 1923, in Lincolnville, Kansas. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended local Herington vicinity schools. She moved to Wichita when she married Ed Brockmeier in December 1947. She retired from Cessna Aircraft after twenty-four years of service. She and her husband retired to Shell Knob, Missouri,...
Mary Anna Backhus
Mar 30, 2018
HERINGTON - Life History of Mary Anna (Lueker) Backhus
I was born to Arnold and Helen (Chalker) Lueker on October 12, 1924, on the farm northeast of Hope, Kansas. I was raised there. At the age of 6, I had eye surgery because my tear ducts were closed. The surgery was done in Kansas City. That same year I had scarlet...
Lorraine Elizabeth Havlik
Mar 27, 2018
Marion- Lorraine Havlik, age 90 of Marion passed March 27, 2018 at The Cedars in McPherson, Kansas. Lorraine was born September 21, 1927 near Pilsen, Kansas to Frank and Albina (Ruzicka) Smolik.
Lorraine and Frank B. Havlik were married in August of 1946 in Tampa, Kansas. They were owners and operators of Havlik Grocery and Locker Plant in Tampa for...
Vernel E. Lovett
Mar 26, 2018
Vernel was born August 12, 1928 in Arkansas to William Bell Joseph Wilson and Zella Goddard Wilson. She is one of eight children. She attended grade school and high school in Missouri and Arkansas.
Vernel met Herman Lovett, Sr in the 1960’s. They were married and lived in several places including Little Kansas, Oklahoma, St. Louis, Missouri and California before...
Lawrence F. Sayers
Mar 21, 2018
Lawrence F. Sayers, 90 Passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in El Dorado. Lawrence was born Nov 28, 1927, in Cherokee, OK to Chester L Sayers and Lula R Sayers. His sister, Shirley, joined them a few years later. They eventually settled in Wichita, and Lawrence attended North High School.
He joined the Navy when he was 17 years old and...
Wencel "Jim" J. Holub
Mar 12, 2018
Wencel “Jim” J. Holub, age 92 passed away Monday, March 12 at Wichita. He was born July 4, 1925, at Pilsen the son of Charles and Mary Stika Holub. He was raised and educated in the Pilsen community.
On October 21, 1952, he was married to Loretta Hill. The couple had four children, James, Kenneth, Wayne, and Diana.
Jim Farmed...
Mary Ruth Travis
Mar 8, 2018
Mary Ruth Travis, age 102, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the St. Luke Living Center in Marion.
Mary was born April 1, 1915 in rural Marion County the daughter of John and Millicent Clubine Yeagley. She grew up in the Wren Community west of Marion.
Following high school, she attended beauty school in Wichita graduating in 1935. She...
Dallas L. Redger
Mar 7, 2018
Dallas L. Redger, age 90, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at the Hillsboro Community Hospital. Dallas was born October 8, 1927 at Durham, Kansas to Neal and Marie (Schmidt) Redger.
He attended school less than a mile from the family farm and lived on the home place all his life. On October 22, 1958 he was united in marriage...
Betty MacNaughton
Mar 5, 2018
Betty Darlene MacNaughton, 88, passed away March 5, 2018, in Leawood, Kansas. She was born on March 21, 1929. Graveside service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday, March 17, 2018, in the Marion, Kansas Cemetery.
Betty was a homemaker and craftswoman. Born to Joseph and Vesta McIntosh, she was the youngest of 3 children. She was born and raised...
E. Wayne Ashenfelter
Mar 3, 2018
Ernest Wayne Ashenfelter, 74, passed away March 3, 2018 at his home near Whitewater, Kansas. He worked for Boeing for 27 years and retired in 1999. During his five-year retirement, he remodeled and added onto his existing home and spent time with the family. Later, he decided to go back to work and was hired at Rockwell Collins in Wichita,...
Dorothy Louise Lawrence
Feb 28, 2018
Dorothy Louise Lawrence, formerly of Marion passed away February 28, 2018, at Emporia at the age of 91. She was born May 1, 1926, in Olpe, Kansas. From age 13 she was raised by Leonard and Anna Petitt. She was a graduate of Ozawkie High School.
On September 19, 1948, she was united in marriage to Earl Lawrence. They made...
Kathryn Ann Weller
Feb 25, 2018
HERINGTON - Kathryn Ann Weller, 88
Kathryn Ann (Kells) Weller was born on November 21, 1929, in Billings, MT, to Ardis and Ione (Hancock) Kells. They homesteaded in Elk Basin near Franny, WY. After her father’s death in 1934, the family moved to Emporia where Mrs. Kells had a sister. Kathryn attended school in Emporia, graduating from high school in 1947.
Kathryn...
Loretta Antoinette (Lara) Ramroop
Feb 21, 2018
HERINGTON - Obituary – Loretta (Lara) Ramroop, 78
Loretta Antoinette (Lara) Ramroop, of Herington, died Wednesday, February 21st, 2018, at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born on November 7th, 1939, at Hutchinson, the daughter of John F. and E. Patricia (Macias) Lara.
Memorial service will be 4:00PM, Monday, February 26th, 2018, at the New Life Church of God in...
LaVerne Alvin Entz
Feb 21, 2018
LaVerne Alvin Entz was born to Herman J. and Katie Busenitz Entz at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital of Newton, Kansas on June 19, 1937. LaVerne had 2 older brothers, Herbert and Lewis, both deceased. A sister, Katie, was stillborn in 1936. Herman & Katie had bought a farm, located southwest of Whitewater, Kansas, the early summer of 1936 – drought...
Brandon Wade Gillett
Feb 20, 2018
Brandon Wade Gillett, age 42 years, of Dallas, TX passed away on February 20 in Dallas.
He was born on June 19, 1975, in Hillsboro, KS to Bob and Debbie (Franta) Gillett. He graduated from Centre High School and then Kansas State University with a degree in Construction Management. While at K-State, he was an active member of the Lamda...
Charlotte Dawson
Feb 20, 2018
Charlotte Dawson, 90, of Clements KS, died Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at the St. Luke Living Center at Marion, KS. The daughter of Edward Breese Thurston and Osha (Jack) Thurston, Charlotte was born August 15, 1927, at Elmdale KS. Charlotte and Carl Junior Dawson were married July 31, 1944, at Hattiesburg, Miss.
In the early years of her marriage,...
