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Lucas A. Stohs
Lucas A. Stohs, 22, died Wednesday, April 26, 2000, at his home in Marysville.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday from Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Marysville.
Burial will be in the Marysville City Cemetery, with arrangements by Kinsley.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Kinsley Mortuary.
A memorial fund in his name has been established and will be designated later by the family.
Larry L. Morford
Larry L. Morford, 58, Homewood, Ill., died in his sleep at his home April 13, 2000, of an apparent heart attack.
He was born March 3, 1942, at Fostoria, Kan., to Lawrence and Viola Stevens Morford.
He was raised from early childhood by his aunt and her husband, Beulah and Marvin Pauley, Westmoreland.
He attended grade school at Fostoria and graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1960.
He attended Clarks Business School in Topeka.
He was married
July 7, 1962, at Hanover to Ruth Schwartz, daughter of Clarence and Frances Schwartz, Hanover.
They had three children, Darren, Danelle and Derek.
He worked for Santa Fe Railroad at Topeka and Chicago.
He was a softball coach in the Chicago area and for the last seven years had coached the Lady Bulldogs of South Suburban College in Chicago, taking the team to the National Junior College Athletic Association national final four times and finishing seventh twice.
He also took several summer league softball teams to national tournaments and ran softball clinics throughout the year at South Suburban College.
Services for Morford were Monday, April 17, 2000, from Rosemoor Funeral Home and St. John Roman Catholic Church, Glenwood.
A Mass was conducted at 10 a.m.
A wake was from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Rosemoor Funeral Home.
Burial was in Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth, of the home at 1564 West 183rd, Homewood, IL 60430; two sons, Darren Morford, Bolingbrook, Ill., and Derek Morford, Lockport, Ill.; his daughter, Danelle Bernas, Crestwood, Ill.; four grandchildren; and a sister, Darlene Morford. Memorial donations can be sent to the Women's Softball Scholarship Fund or the American Heart Association.
Geneva Doebele
Geneva A. Doebele, 69, Hanover, died Saturday, April 22, 2000, in her home.
A wake service was at 7:30 Tuesday at St. John's Catholic Church.
Mass of Christian Burial was at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Church.
Officiant was the Rev. Ed Oen.
Lectors were Doug Knauss and Tim Donovan.
Gifts were carried by Allyssa, Ashley, Whitney, Kim, Becky, Paige, Riley, Julie Doebele and Christina Knauss.
Soloist was Mary Beth Klecan.
Organists were Mary Jo Bruna, Mariane Martin and Mary Lou Meerian.
The church choir sang "Fly," "In the Garden," "Ave Maria," "Amazing Grace," "Mother Dear, O Pray for Me," "Prayer of St. Francis," "Song of Farewell" and "On Eagle's Wings."
Honorary pallbearers were Andrew Donovan and Nathaniel Donovan.
Pallbearers were Ryan Doebele, Brandon Knauss, Bobby Knauss, Jim Thiel, Steve Pacha, Loren Doebele, Roger Seematter and Dennis White Jr.
Burial was in St. John's Cemetery.
She was born Dec. 5, 1930, at a farm house five miles west of Marysville, the second child of Emil and Alice Svoboda Seematter.
She was baptized and confirmed in the Marysville Memorial Presbyterian Church.
She graduated from MHS in 1948, attended Kansas State University and received a teaching certificate.
She taught school for six years at the Herkimer and Fairfield rural schools.
She married
Frank Doebele Jan. 20, 1954, at Hanover.
She attended St. John's Catholic Church, was a member of the Hanover American Legion Auxiliary and the Mill Creek EHU.
Preceding her in death were her parents and her grandson, Alexander Doebele-Donovan.
Survivors are her husband, Frank Doebele of the home, Hanover; three sons, Darrell, Richard "Rick" and Gene Doebele, all of Hanover; three daughters, Mrs. Tim (Barbara) Donovan, Woodbury, Minn., Mrs. Doug (Debbie) Knauss, Katy, Texas, and Jacqueline Doebele, Mission; a brother, Delmar Seematter, and a sister, Lorene Pacha, both of Marysville; and 12 grandchildren.
Earl Dean Loucks
A memorial service for Earl Dean Loucks will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the United Methodist Church, Frankfort.
Inurnment will be in the Frankfort City Cemetery.
There will be a family visitation at the church after the service at the cemetery.
Leonard J. Broxterman
Leonard J. Broxterman, 74, Baileyville, died April 12, 2000, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca.
He had been ill briefly with cancer.
Rosary was prayed at the Lauer Funeral Home Thursday by the Knights of Columbus, on Friday afternoon by the Rev. Al Fey for the parish and in the evening by the Rev. George Klasinski.
Mass of Christian Burial was offered by Father Fey and Father Klasinski Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Baileyville. The church choir sang. Servers were Clinton and Danielle Meyer.
Lector was Sister Rose Marie Stallbaumer. Eucharistic ministers were Leonard and Barb Deters.
Burial was with military honors in the church cemetery by the Earle W. Taylor Post 21 of the American Legion and the Seneca Memorial Post 7458 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Seneca.
Honorary pallbearers were Leonard Deters, Linus Deters, Kenneth Hammes, Bill Kuckelman, Steve Rottinghaus and Marvin Mathewson.
Pallbearers were cousins, Gilbert Broxterman, Emmett Tangeman, Robert Olberding, Clarence Burdick, Kenneth Olberding and Don Broxterman.
Memorials may be given for the Sacred Heart Church and sent in care of the family.
He was born on a farm north of Baileyville Aug. 16, 1925, the son of Benedict and Hilda Wessel Broxterman.
Late in 1925 the family moved to its present farm south of Baileyville.
He grew up there, helped on the family farm and attended Sacred Heart School, Baileyville.
April 26, 1946, he was drafted into the Army, served in an infantry division and in Occupational Forces in Japan.
After discharge he returned home to the farm.
He and his sister, Henrietta, took care of their parents and continued to make their home at the farm after the parents died.
He had been a farmer and stockman all his life.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Baileyville, where he served on the parish council and finance council.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus 1769 at Seneca more than 50 years.
He also bowled on the K of C bowling league. He is survived by a sister, Henrietta Broxterman, Baileyville.
Roseanne M. Schulze Brennan
Roseanne M. Schulze Brennan, Joliet, Ill., died Friday, April 21, 2000.
Services were at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Ambrose Catholic Church.
Burial was in St. John Cemetery, Joliet.
Memorials may be given to the Leukemia Society of America.
She was born in Reserve, Kan., lived in Herkimer and had been a resident of Joliet since 1941.
She was a member of St. Ambrose Church.
Preceding her in death were two children, Shirley and Billy Brennan; her parents, Otto and Anna Nieman Schulze; one brother, Vernon Schulze, a casualty of World War II.
Survivors are her husband of 67 years, William F. Brennan, one daughter, Mrs. Norman J. (Marilyn) Nemanich, all of Joliet; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Addie Brashear
Addie M. Brashear, 99, of Cedar Vale, died Thursday (June 1, 2000) at Cedar Vale Hospital.
Mrs. Brashear was born Nov. 24, 1900, at rural Cedar Vale, to Thomas Marion and Dora Alice (White) Bell. She attended rural schools.
She married
Earl Brashear on Nov. 26, 1919. Mrs. Brashear assisted her husband in farming. Mr. Brashear preceded his wife in death in April 1968.
One of Mrs. Brashear's hobbies was gardening. She was a charter member, and one of the founders of First Baptist Church, Cedar Vale.
Survivors include three daughters, Faye Dale of Cedar Vale, Hazel Laurie of Derby, and Marjorie Meer of Coffeyville; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-granddaughters.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wheeler Funeral Home. Burial is at Cedar Vale Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 until 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or Cedar Vale Hospital.
Anne Kerr Anne B. Kerr, 87, of Coffeyville, died Friday (June 2, 2000) at Windsor Place, in the Oxford Unit.
Funeral arrangements are pending, and will be announced by Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Service, Coffeyville.
Virgil Vannoster
Virgil William Vannoster, 79, longtime Montgomery County resident, died Wednesday morning (May 31, 2000) at Via Christi-St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita.
Mr. Vannoster was born Aug. 23, 1920, at Appleton City, Mo., to Will and Minnie (Smith) Vannoster.
He attended Oklahoma schools.
He married
Martha Viola Noblitt on Jan. 17, 1938, at Nowata.
The couple farmed in the Lenapah area.
Mr. Vannoster served in Germany during World War II.
In 1950, the Vannosters moved to Wichita, where Mr. Vannoster was employed for about 10 years at Boeing Aircraft Co.
Later, he farmed in the Jefferson area, and was also employed at Independence Ready-Mix.
He retired from his job at Independence Ready-Mix.
After his retirement, Mr. Vannoster continued to farm with his sons.
Some of his hobbies were hunting and fishing.
Mrs. Vannoster preceded her husband in death on June 3, 1993.
Mr. Vannoster was a member of Tyro Christian Church.
Survivors include four sons, Archie, Jim, and Don, all of rural Independence, and John of rural Coffeyville; a daughter, Virginia Wilson of Independence; three brothers, Ora of Independence, Fred of Coffeyville, and Archie VanNoster of rural Independence; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Vannoster was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Vannoster; by two sisters, one brother, one great-grandson, and one great-granddaughter.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Potts Chapel, Independence.
Burial is at Jefferson Cemetery, under the direction of Potts Chapel.
Friends may call at the chapel until 8 p.m. Friday, and after 8 a.m. Saturday.
It has been suggested that memorials be made for improvements to Jefferson Cemetery.
Memorials may be received at Potts Chapel.
