Recent Obituaries
Rita Mary Wempe Robke
08/07/1939 - 04/26/2026
Seneca, Kansas
Rita Mary Wempe Robke, 86, of Seneca, passed away on April 26, 2026, at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital after a short illness.
Daniel Eugene Koch
11/21/1946 - 04/11/2026
Kansas City, Missouri
Daniel E. Koch, age 79, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away April 11, 2026.
Harlan David Schmitz
12/26/1966 - 04/05/2026
St. Benedict, Kansas
Harlan David Schmitz, 59, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2026, at his home north of St. Benedict.
Agatha M. Haefele Sudbeck
05/19/1929 - 03/20/2026
Seneca, Kansas
Agatha M. Sudbeck, 96, of Seneca, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 20, 2026, at the Life Care Center of Seneca.
Robert Earl Bair
04/02/1938 - 03/19/2026
Seneca, Kansas
Robert E. Bair, 87, of Seneca, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.
William J. Osterhaus
04/26/1961 - 03/15/2026
Seneca, Kansas
William Joseph “Billy O” Osterhaus, 64, of Seneca, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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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.