Recent Obituaries
Elizabeth J. “Betty” (Bowhay) Olberding
01/15/1948 - 06/23/2025
St. Benedict, Kansas
Elizabeth J. “Betty” (Bowhay) Olberding, 77, passed away peacefully on June 23, 2025, at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas, surrounded by her loving family.
Dora C. Kuckelman Bowhay
03/26/1909 - 11/22/1981
Seneca, Kansas
Dora C. Bowhay, 72, of Seneca died Sunday, November 22, 1981, at Country View Estates at Seneca.
Virgil V. Bowhay
04/17/1911 - 11/20/1992
Seneca. Kansas
Virgil V. Bowhay, 81, Seneca, died Friday, November 20, 1992 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.
Lyle I. Rottinghaus
08/19/1933 - 06/18/2025
Seneca, Kansas
Lyle Rottinghaus, age 91, of Seneca, Kansas, passed away peacefully on June 18, 2025.
JoLene Rae Bloom
04/07/1951 - 06/14/2025
Seneca, Kansas
JoLene Rae Bloom, 74, retired Seneca educator and NEA union member, died in Topeka, Kansas at Plaza West;
Loyola M. Heiman Sudbeck
10/06/1933 - 05/25/2025
Seneca, Kansas
Loyola M. Heiman Sudbeck, 91, of Seneca, Kansas, died peacefully with family Sunday night, May 25 at Crestview Nursing and residential Living in 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.