Recent Obituaries
Shirley R. Hess Fairfield
07/24/1930 - 03/26/2025
Seneca, Kansas
Shirley Ruth Fairfield, 94, of Seneca, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2025, at her apartment at Credo Assisted Living.
Barbara Mae Harter Deters
10/03/1940 - 03/25/2025
Baileyville, Kansas
Barbara M. Deters, 84, of Baileyville, died on March 25, 2025, at Saint Luke’s South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas.
Marda C. Stuke Gudenkauf
03/19/1936 - 03/25/2025
Seneca, Kansas
Marda C. Stuke Gudenkauf, 89, of Seneca, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at Crestview Nursing and Residential Living in Seneca.
Frances C. Niehues Rottinghaus
11/12/1927 - 03/23/2025
Seneca, Kansas
Frances C. Rottinghaus, 97, of Seneca, KS, died Sunday, March 23, 2025, at Crestview Manor care home in Seneca.
Glenn F. Steinlage
06/10/1953 - 12/24/1972
Kelly, Kansas
Glenn F. Steinlage, 19, Kelly, died December 24,1972 at a Topeka hospital where he had been admitted earlier that morning.
Bernard G. Steinlage
08/18/1915 - 09/23/1986
Kelly, Kansas
Bernard G. Steinlage, 71, died Tuesday September 23 at the Seneca Hospital, after battling cancer.
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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.