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Donald Wayne Shrout
Sep 13, 2022
Donald Wayne Shrout, October 12, 1934 – September 13, 2022, Atchison, Kansas – Don Shrout was born October 12, 1934, in Atchison, Kansas and raised in the area. He was the third of four children of George and Winnetta Stirton Shrout. Don excelled at sports growing up, particularly basketball which he continued to play while in the service. Don...
Bonnie Purcell
Sep 12, 2022
Bonnie A. Purcell, 84, Atchison, Kansas, died Monday, September 12, 2022, at Atchison Senior Village, after a long battle with Alzheimer's.
Funeral Services will be Friday, September 16, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB, officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 10:00...
Teresa Y. Ogle
Sep 12, 2022
Teresa Y. Ogle, 59, Atchison, Kansas passed away unexpectedly Monday, September 12, 2022, in Atchison.
Funeral services will be Monday, September 19, 2022, at 4:00 P.M. at the Atchison Event Center, 710 South 9 th Street, with Rev. Dr. Paul Ogle and Rev. Lance Waller officiating. Visitation with the family will be Sunday, September 18, 2022, at...
Lorne Berdell Weston
Aug 27, 2022
Lorne Weston, 57, Atchison, Kansas, died Saturday, August 27, 2022, at his residence.
Mr. Weston had requested no services. Final arrangements have been entrusted to the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home.
Lorne was born May 19, 1965, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the son of Israel Briggs, Jr. and Wanda Weston. He attended school in St. Joseph graduating...
Jake Vaughn
Aug 24, 2022
Jake H. Vaughn, 83, Kansas City, Missouri died Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at his residence.
Funeral services will be Friday, September 2, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Kelley officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Thursday, September 1, 2022, in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett...
Joseph "Gilbert" Gasper
Aug 22, 2022
Joseph "Gilbert" Gasper, of Atchison, Kansas, passed away August 22, 2022, at the University of Kansas Hospital with his loving family by his side at the age of 90.
Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, September 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, 705 Spring Garden St, Atchison, Kansas. Parish rosary will be Friday,...
Sharon K Snodgrass
Aug 20, 2022
Sharon K. Snodgrass, 76, Atchison, Kansas, died Saturday, August 20, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care, in St. Joseph, Missouri,
A memorial service will be Friday, August 26, 2022, 2:00 P.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church, with Pastor, Robert Ziegler, officiating. Memorials are suggested to assist with expenses and may be left at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with whom...
Christopher "Steve" S. Morgan
Aug 16, 2022
Christopher S. "Steve" Morgan, 57, Effingham, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at his mother's residence.
A private family Celebration of Life will be held in Kansas City at a later date. Mr. Morgan has been cremated under the care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, Atchison, Kansas. Memorial contributions are suggested to Atchison Humane Society and may be...
James "Jim" Madison, Sr.
Aug 15, 2022
James Richard Madison Sr., age 73, of Atchison, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 15, 2022, at his home. Jim has been cremated under the care and direction of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. No services are planned at this time.
Jim was born on October 18, 1948, in Vancouver, Washington, the son of the late Ella (Tordrup) Madison...
Ruth "Gere" Carrigan
Aug 15, 2022
Ruth G. "Gere" Carrigan, 95, passed away Monday, August 15 at Dooley Center, Atchison.
Gere was born October 28, 1926, in Atchison, the fifth child of James F. and Mary (Hess) Carrigan. Gere attended St. Benedict's Grade School and was a 1944 graduate of Mount St. Scholastica Academy. From 1945 to 1952, Gere cared for her brother...
Ernestine T. Benson
Aug 13, 2022
On Saturday August 13, 2022, Ernestine T. Benson peacefully departed from this life and entered the eternal peace of our Lord and Savior at 92 years of age. Lord, I am weary, I know that you're near and waiting for my arrival. I am now an angel of God!
Ernestine Thelma Benson was born on December 31,...
Carl Robert Megenity
Aug 13, 2022
Carl R. Megenity, 93, Atchison, Kansas died Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Atchison Senior Village Nursing Center.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Pastor Marty Reed officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Monday, August 15, 2022...
Kevin Michael Alexander Cavanaugh
Aug 12, 2022
Kevin Michael Alexander Cavanaugh, 61, Atchison, Kansas died August 12, 2022 at Amberwell Atchison.
Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler as celebrant. A rosary will begin Friday, August 19, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with...
James "Jim" Halling
Aug 10, 2022
James F. Halling, 77, of Fairway, KS died peacefully at KU Hospital on August 10 th , 2022, surrounded by loved ones at his bedside and in prayer. A dear friend and neighbor, Jim will be missed by all who knew him and his full-throated laugh. He broke every mold. He was a scientist with an unshakable Christian faith....
Geneva Luberta Browning
Aug 9, 2022
Geneva Luberta "Mimmim" Browning, 104, of Atchison, Kansas formerly of St. Joseph, Missouri died Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at the Atchison Medicalodge Nursing Center.
Memorial services will be Friday, August 19, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Kelley officiating. Mrs. Browning has been cremated and inurnment was at Ashland Cemetery in St....
Fr. Paul Steingreaber, Osb
Aug 4, 2022
Father Paul (Richard) Steingreaber, OSB, died August 4, 2022, surrounded by his monastic brothers, having received the sacraments of the Church, and the Apostolic Pardon.
Fr. Paul was born in Burlington, Iowa, on June 9, 1938. Growing up in a Catholic family, he was sent to St. John's Prep and attended St. Benedict's College for...
Peggy Jo Kemp
Aug 4, 2022
Peggy Jo Kemp, 77, St. Joseph, Missouri died Thursday, August 4, 2022 at her home in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Funeral services will be Monday, August 8, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Cremation will follow the services. Visitation with the family will be Monday from 2:00 until...
Larry Worman
Aug 3, 2022
Lawrence R. "Larry Worman, age 84 , of Atchison, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 surrounded by his family.
Mass of Christian burial will be Friday, August 12, 2022 . A parish rosary will begin at 10:15 A.M. A t 10:30 A.M. the funeral mass will begin at St. Benedict Church with...
Walter "Walt" Adams
Jul 26, 2022
Walter Norman "Walt" Adams, age 83, of Overland Park, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at the Overland Regional Medical Center.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 30, 2022, at St. Benedict Church in Atchison, KS with Rev. Meinrad Miller as celebrant. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Visitation with the...
Marilyn Sue Chatman
Jul 25, 2022
Marilyn Sue (Goodpasture) Chatman, age 64, of Rushville, Missouri, died Monday, July 25, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care surrounded by her loving family.
Funeral Service will be at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be on Thursday, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Marilyn will be cremated following...
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