Recent Obituaries

Paul Richard Henry
05/09/1928 - 02/01/2023
Seneca, Kansas
Paul R. Henry, 94, of Seneca, Kansas died on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his family.
Helen H. Ronnebaum Heinen
10/31/1923 - 01/31/2023
Seneca, Kansas
Helen H. Heinen, 99, of Seneca, Kansas died on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
Eleanor C. Heideman
09/13/1933 - 01/24/2023
Seneca, Kansas
Eleanor C. Heideman, 89, of Seneca, Kansas, passed away peacefully on her husband’s birthday, Tuesday, January 24, 2023, surrounded by her family.
Eileen A. Duryea
04/17/1928 - 01/18/2023
Seneca, Kansas
Eileen A. Duryea 94, of Seneca, KS, died Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at the Life Care Center of Seneca.
Thomas Bernard “Bones” Koch
02/15/1959 - 01/14/2023
Baileyville, Kansas
Thomas Bernard Koch, 63, of Baileyville, died on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center of KU in Topeka, as the result of a heart attack he suffered earlier in the week
Sharon K. Bredemeier
12/19/1945 - 12/29/2022
Seneca, Kansas
Sharon K. Bredemeier, 77, of Seneca died on Thursday, December 29, 2022, at Life Care Center of Seneca.
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Plan Ahead

No one likes to think about death, let alone plan for it. However, planning ahead just makes sense. Preplanning is truly one of the most thoughtful and loving things you can do for your family.
When a death occurs, there are many decisions that must be made at that time. By preplanning your funeral, you relieve your family of having to make important arrangements during a period of great stress and grief, a time when people are not thinking very clearly and may not know what to do because you never made your wishes known.