Recent Obituaries
Catherine E. Franco
01/29/1943 - 09/18/2024
Seneca, Kansas
Catherine E. Franco, 81, of Seneca, passed away on September 18, 2024, at the Life Care Center of Seneca.
Alan Ward
11/26/1938 - 09/09/2024
Topeka, Kansas
Alan “Taco Al” Ward of Topeka passed away on September 9th,2024 at his home in Topeka with his family by his side.
Sandra C. Kins Steffes
11/15/1937 - 08/24/2024
Holton, Kansas
Sandra Carolyn Steffes, 86, of Holton, Kansas, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday August 24, 2024, at The Pines (North) in Holton.
Clinton Carl Dodds
06/27/1923 - 08/10/2024
Seneca, Kansas
Clinton Carl Dodds, age 101, of Seneca, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2024, at Life Care Center of Seneca, with his wife Helen by his side.
Richard William Sudbeck
01/24/1951 - 07/20/2024
Seneca, Kansas
Richard W. Sudbeck, 73, of Seneca, Kansas died on July 20, 2024 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca as a result of a fall he sustained while working on the farm.
Phyllis M. Minihan Hasenkamp
10/06/1938 - 07/18/2024
Coal Creek, Kansas
Phyllis Marie Hasenkamp, 85, of Centralia, KS died on July 18, 2024, at Via Christi Ascension Living in Manhattan, KS.
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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.