Obituaries
Leland M Albrecht
Jan 28, 2022
Leland’s life began on November 5, 1930, in Lincolnville. He was the son of Rudolph H. and Ottilie A. (Krause) Albrecht. Leland was a graduate of Lincolnville High School. He was united in marriage to Lola L. Blocker on April 17, 1960, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Bazine, KS. Leland served his country in the United States Army from...
Janis Lu Bosch
Jan 25, 2022
Janis Lu Bosch, long time Council Grove resident, and High School Home Economics Teacher passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at the Morris County Hospital, in Council Grove, Kansas, with family members by her side.
Janis was born October, 30th 1930, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Kendall and Iva (Reed) Irving. She graduated from Russell High School, Russell, KS...
Maxine Luella Pickett
Jan 25, 2022
Maxine Luella (Ek) Pickett was born on April 17, 1940, at Geary County Community Hospital, Junction City, KS. Maxine was the youngest child of Reuben and Luella Ek. She had one brother, Don and two sisters, Doris and Betty.
Maxine grew up on the family farm, west of Dwight, KS. After her father passed in 1954, she helped her mother attend to...
Robert Ehrlich
Jan 24, 2022
Bob’s life began on the family farm near Marion on April 8, 1935. He was the son of Irwin and Ruth (Mehl) Ehrlich. He was a 1954 graduate of Marion High School. After high school, Bob worked for Carl Elling until he entered the United States Army in 1957 and served until February 21, 1958, when he returned home to...
Gail Randolph Lee
Jan 23, 2022
Gail Randolph Lee, 86, of Council Grove, KS passed away January 23, 2022, at Morris County Hospital. He was born to Glen and Fern (Bernard) Lee, on February 11, 1935, in Dunlap. He graduated from Dunlap High School. He was a member of the National Guard and served in Germany. Gail spent his life farming in the Dunlap area.
On...
Chad Robert Richardson
Jan 23, 2022
Chad Richardson passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Newman Regional Hospital, after a few months of fighting renal failure and cancer.
Chad was born April 21, 1975, to Linda Kraus and Paul Richardson. He graduated from Council Grove High School with the class of 1994. Chad enjoyed the outdoors; loved fishing, hunting, camping, watching KC Chiefs, Royals and KU...
Beryl Ann Steiner
Jan 21, 2022
Beryl Ann Stretch was born on August 6, 1935, in Blandford Forum, England, to Harold and Gwendolyn (Wright). Waiting for her at home were Myra, Edna, and Raymond.
Eventually, they moved to Shaftesbury, where she met and married American airman Eugene Steiner on April 20, 1955, at the St Edward, King and Martyr, Catholic Church. They lived in Shaftesbury...
John Albert Muller II
Jan 20, 2022
Johnny went to his heavenly home on January 20, 2022 from Covid/Pneumonia in Sacramento, California. He was born on October 21, 1976 in El Centro, California and attended elementary schools in El Centro and San Diego, California. After attending junior high in San Diego, his family relocated to Holtville, California where he graduated from Holtville High School in 1995. He played and loved...
Theresa Harris
Jan 18, 2022
Theresa’s life began on February 26, 1948 in Florence, Kansas. She was the loving daughter of Gavino and Paula (Arellano) Modesto. Theresa was a 1966 graduate of Florence High School in Florence, Kansas.
Theresa was united in marriage to James Harris on January 23, 1970 in Newton, Kansas. To this union there were four children, William, Edward, Richard and Patricia.Theresa was...
Randy L Lehman
Jan 13, 2022
Randy L. Lehman, 72, of White City, Kansas,passed away January 13, 2022, at Morris County Hospital.
At his request, cremation has taken place. There will be a private family burial at a later date.
Gary E Stewart
Jan 9, 2022
Gary Stewart, 80, died peacefully on Sunday, January 9, 2022, at Morris County Assisted Living.
Gary was born March 25, 1941, to John and Opal Stewart. He completed both high school and trade school in Missouri, before moving to Kansas to work in the oil fields. He then had several local jobs including Furman Mobile, Stewart 66 Filling Station in...
Thomas Ray Druse
Jan 8, 2022
Thomas Ray Druse was born December 30, 1961 in Marion, KS and joined his Lord and Savior on January 8, 2022. Graveside services in Marion Cemetery and a Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date. Thomas was raised in a military family. They lived overseas and in many states. The family moved from TX to Enid,...
Gerald Lee Buchman
Jan 8, 2022
Gerald (Butch) Lee Buchman was born January 1, 1946, in Manhattan, KS to Thomas L. and Amelia K. Schroeder Buchman of Alta Vista, KS. He passed away at his home in Emporia KS on January 8, 2022, after an 8 year courageous battle with a rare neurological disease. His early years were spent in Alta Vista and after his father’s...
Donna Rose Bevan
Jan 6, 2022
Donna Rose (Pankratz) Bevan was born in Hillsboro, Kansas on May 26, 1931. She was the first child of Dan and Nellie Pankratz of Hillsboro. She spent her first years in school in Hillsboro, Durham and Herington before moving to Marion for High School. After the move to Marion her mother Nellie became ill, and she took over most of...
Robert L Dieker, SR
Jan 6, 2022
Robert LeRoy Dieker, Sr. passed away January 6th, at his home in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born November 3, 1956, in El Dorado, KS, the son of Andrew and Ella (Belt) Dieker. Robert graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1974. He was owner and operated Bobs Drywall. He enjoyed his job and was a very hard worker. In his spare...
Archie Lee Stenzel
Jan 5, 2022
Archie’s life began on August 15, 1937, in Marion. He was the son of Albert L. and Linda (Fischer) Stenzel. Archie was united in marriage to Maryellyn Koehn on September 20, 1974, at Parkview Christian Church in Springfield, MO. Archie ran the FINA service station in Marion for many years. He loved to work on vehicles and had always worked...
Linda Kay Seadeek
Jan 5, 2022
Linda Kay Seadeek, 72, formerly of Council Grove, Kansas, passed away January 5, 2022, at St. Luke Living Center in Marion.
She was born November 11, 1949, in Lansing, Michigan. Linda married Calvin Seadeek in 1970. They had two children, Calvin and Mike. Linda was a homemaker while she raised the boys. She later obtained her bachelor’s degree as a...
