Obituaries

Dec 24, 2022

Donna Sue (Morris) White, age 70, of Atchison, Kansas, passed away on December 24, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care.

Funeral service will be Friday, December 30, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Michael Kelley officiating. Interment will follow in Round Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on Friday, for one...

Dec 15, 2022

James Herman Wiedmaier, age 63, of Doniphan, Kansas, passed away on December 15, 2022 in Phoenix Arizona.

He was cremated and a local memorial service held.  He will be buried at the Doniphan Cemetery on Friday, May 19 at 12 noon. ...

Dec 11, 2022

John H. Friend, Jr., 96, Nortonville, Kansas died Sunday December 11, 2022 at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka, Kansas.

Funeral services will be Monday, December 19, 2022, at 10:30 A.M. at Nortonville New Covenant United Methodist Church, Nortonville, Kansas with Rev. Melinda Harwood officiating. Interment will follow in Hiawatha Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Sunday, December...

Dec 11, 2022

Sherry Jane (Brox) Scott, affectionately known as "Sug" passed away on December 11, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born on August 14, 1941, in Atchison, KS, the daughter of John A. Brox and Betty Jane (Dilgert) Brox. She attended St. Benedict's, Mount St. Scholastica and was a graduate of Atchison High School.

In her early years, she...

Dec 10, 2022

Franklin Anthony Donovan, better known as "Doc" or Frank, 95, of Atchison, KS, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022, after a brief struggle with pneumonia. Doc never met a stranger or missed the opportunity to celebrate life to the fullest! If there was a horse race, football pool, golf game or a toddy on the porch with friends, he...

Dec 3, 2022

Marion F. Blodig, 79, Atchison, Kansas, died peacefully Saturday, December 3, 2022, in Overland Park, Kansas.

Graveside service will be Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home has been entrusted with funeral care.

Marion was born November 13, 1943, in Atchison, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and...

Nov 17, 2022

Adina Janee Adamson "Dina", 46, died unexpectedly November 17, 2022, near her home. She was born March 9, 1976, in Enid Oklahoma to Pamela (Gerdes) Adamson and Jesse Adamson.

Her early years were spent in Oklahoma before moving to Atchison, Kansas, in 1985. She attended Atchison High School graduating with the class of 1994.

The...

Nov 10, 2022

Janis L. Beckner, 75, Effingham, Kansas, died peacefully Thursday, November 10, 2022, at Amberwell Hospital, Atchison, Kansas.

Janis will be cremated, and a celebration of life will be at a later date.  The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home has been entrusted with cremation care.

Janis was born June 25, 1947, in Lawton, Oklahoma, the daughter of Clarence...

Nov 6, 2022

Renny Estelle Mirante, with her name meaning small but mighty star, a precious twenty-day old daughter of Courtney and Jeremiah Mirante, passed from this life on November 6, 2022, at the University of Kansas Hospital.

Renny was born on October 17, 2022, although her life may have been short, she was a fighter, and is now at...

Nov 4, 2022

Lori Ann Scholz, 57, lost her battle with cancer, but God won the war Friday, November 4, 2022, in her home in Lancaster, Kansas, in the presence of her family.

Mass of Christian burial to celebrate Lori's life will be on Friday, November 11, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Ann's Church in Effingham, KS, with Fr....

Nov 2, 2022

Donnie Ray Oliver, 76, Atchison, Kansas died Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Homegoing funeral service will be Friday, November 11, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home Rev. Tom Stone and Rev. Ron Dickson officiating.  Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  Visitation with the family...

Oct 28, 2022

Deborah Kay (Earl) Gilbert, 61, of Fayetteville, Arkansas died October 28, 2022 at the Mercy Hospital, Rogers, Arkansas.

A service to celebrate Deb's Life will be on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. preceding the service. Interment will be in St. Leo's Cemetery, Horton, KS....

Oct 25, 2022

John Alfred Shrack brought joy to his parents, Frances Grainger Shrack and Philip Ovid Shrack (now deceased) even before he was born, June 24, 1937 in Atchison, Kansas. These stories and others were recently shared by his family encircling his bed as he peacefully passed into the arms of our Lord, October 25, 2022 at Lake Regional Hospital, Osage...

Oct 21, 2022

Dixie M. Meier, 80, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, October 21, 2022, at Atchison Senior Village Nursing Center.

Dixie will be cremated and no services are scheduled at this time.  The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home has been entrusted with cremation care.  A register book will be available at the funeral home for those wishing to sign.  Memorial contributions are...

Oct 19, 2022

Donald R. Dove, 80, Atchison, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at his residence.

Visitation with the family will be Sunday, November 6, 2022, at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home from 2:00 until 4:00 P.M.  Memorials contributions are suggested to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and may be left in care of the funeral home.

Don was...

Oct 15, 2022

Nolan Ellsworth of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on October 15, 2022.

Born January 16, 1937, in Severance, Kansas, he was the first of five children born to Clarence and Shirley (Coy) Ellsworth.  He attended elementary schools in Severance and graduated from Denton High School in 1955.  Upon graduation, he moved to San Jose, California to work...

Oct 15, 2022

John Michael Bush, 69 years old, of Star, Idaho, passed away on October 15, 2022, in the mountains of the Idaho wilderness that he loved.

Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Church in Atchison, Kansas, with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt....

Oct 15, 2022

Sister Seraphine Tucker, OSB, 95, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., died Saturday, October 15, 2022, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Thursday, October 20, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Friday, October 21, at 10:30 a.m.

Environmentalist and scientist, Sister Seraphine...

Oct 7, 2022

Norma J. Wallingford, 54, Atchison, Kansas, died Friday, October 7, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Homegoing service to Celebrate her life will be Friday, October 28, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at Campbell Chapel AME Church in Atchison. Visitation with the family will be for one hour prior to the service at the church....

Oct 6, 2022

Christopher Matthew "Chris" Stork, of Atchison, Kansas, died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 6, 2022.

Mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Fr. Meinrad Miller, OSB will serve as celebrant. A luncheon will follow in the church basement. Private interment of cremated remains will be...