Obituaries

Nov 29, 2018

Steve is teeing off at a new course-FORE!

Steven Paul "Seno" Senecal, 52, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away November 29, 2018 at his home.

Funeral Services will be Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. at St. Benedict's Catholic Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, O.S.B. as celebrant. The family will be gathering with friends...

Nov 27, 2018

Roy "Dean" Mercer, 59 years old, of Atchison, Kansas passed away November 27, 2018 at his home with his family at his side.

Funeral services will be Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church with Rev. Matt Broxterman officiating. Interment of cremated remains will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation with the...

Nov 25, 2018

Gail Y. Clark, 72, Atchison, Kansas died Sunday, November 25, 2018 at her residence.

Private Family Graveside services will be held at Cummings Cemetery, Cummings, Kansas. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Atchison Humane Society and may be left in care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with whom the final care has been entrusted.

Gail was...

Nov 19, 2018

Donna Dittemore, 90, Atchison, Kansas, died Monday, November 19, 2018, at Medicalodge's Atchison

Graveside services will be Friday, November 23, 2018, at 3:00 P.M. at Sunset Memory Gardens, with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB, officiating. Memorial contributions are suggested to Benedictine College, the Atchison Library or the ADK Scholarship Fund and may be left in care of Arensberg-Pruett...

Nov 16, 2018

Donald J. Handke, 93, Huron, Kansas, died Friday, November 16, 2018, at Atchison Senior Village.

Mass of Christian burial will be Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Louis Church at Good Intent with Fr. Dan Gardner as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Louis Church Cemetery.  A parish rosary will be recited on Friday,...

Nov 7, 2018

Harry D. Hennigh, Jr., 87, Atchison, Kansas died Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Gran Villas in Atchison.

Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited on Saturday...

Nov 7, 2018

Rev. Sean P. Roper Kelley, 46, was born February 10, 1972 in Palm Springs, California to Jesse and Gladys Parris. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Sister Abby Roper, Brother Daryl Flint, Uncle Willie Roper, Aunt Mary Russell, and nephew D'Andre Byers.

Funeral services will be Monday, November 12, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at Ebenezer...

Oct 12, 2018

Carol Ann Miller, 83, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, October 12, 2018 at the Atchison Senior Village Nursing Center.

As per the wishes of Carol, her body was donated to the Kansas University Medical Center. A memorial mass will be held at a later date at St. Benedict's Church. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Benedict Parish or...

Oct 10, 2018

Mary Jean "Pug" Zeit, 80, of Atchison, Kansas passed away October 10, 2018 with her family at her side.

Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Louis Church at Good Intent with Rev. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Louis Church Cemetery. Visitation with...

Oct 7, 2018

Mark Hansen, 68, Atchison, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018, at the Atchison Hospital surrounded by his family.

Mark was born November 21, 1949, in Atchison, Kansas, the son of Clarence "Hap" and Ethel (Love) Hansen. He attended Trinity Lutheran School and graduated from Atchison High School in 1968.

He was employed with Midwest...

Oct 7, 2018

Mrs. Mary Jane Thum, 97, passed away peacefully October 7, 2018 in Atchison, Kansas. She was born on June 19, 1921 in Buffalo, New York, to Albertine (Andrle) and William Reilly, and grew up in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from UCLA with a BS in zoology. She worked, during World War II, in the Douglas Aircraft factory in...

Oct 6, 2018

Donald F. Neavitt, 89, formerly of Atchison, Kansas, died Saturday, October 6, 2018.

Memorial services will be Friday, October 19, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Atchison United Methodist Church with Rev. Nancy J Kollhoff officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be October 19 th , from 1:00 p.m. until...

Oct 5, 2018

Lillie M. (Wolfe) Garrison Craig, Highland, Kansas formerly of Atchison, Kansas passed away on her 92 nd birthday, October 5, 2018.

Graveside services will be Saturday, October 20, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. at Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Atchison, Kansas.The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home has been entrusted with the final care.

She was born October 5, 1926...

Sep 28, 2018

Ronald G. Turpin, 78, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Atchison Hospital.

Funeral services will be on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on Tuesday, October 2 nd from...

Sep 14, 2018

Sister Melissa Anna Letts, OSB, (64), died Friday, Sept. 14, 2018.

The vigil service will be Monday, Sept. 17, at 7:00 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 10:30 a.m.

Sister Melissa Letts was born in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Feb. 19, 1954, to...

Sep 11, 2018

Ida A. Richardson, 96, Atchison, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 11, 2018, at Brookdale Rosehill Assisted Living in Shawnee, Kansas.

Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Joseph's Church with Fr. Jeremy Heppler as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be from 9:30...

Sep 10, 2018

Theodore F. Peltzer, 74, died Monday, September 10, 2018, at his home. Ted was born on December 16, 1943 in Atchison to William and Mary Catherine DeMar Peltzer. He grew up in Atchison, causing much mischief with his brothers and friends in the Reisner Park neighborhood.

A week after graduating from Maur Hill Prep School in 1961,...

Sep 4, 2018

Laurence B. Thompson, Sr., 74, Atchison, Kansas, passed away, Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at his home.

Funeral services will be Friday, September 7, 2018, at 1:00 P.M. at Faith Bible Fellowship Church, with Pastor Stephen Lucas officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday, September 7 th from 12:00 Noon...

Aug 23, 2018

Charles William (Chick) Domann, 95, died Thursday evening, August 23, 2018. Charles was born on the family farm in Mooney Creek, 15 miles south of Atchison, on November 18, 1922, the oldest son of Ben and Genevieve Cunningham Domann.  He attended elementary school at Oak Grove School in Mooney Creek and was a 1940 graduate of Winchester High School. ...

Aug 23, 2018

Lyllis Ann Ling passed away August 23, 2018 at Dooley Center, Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas surrounded by many loving nuns.

Lyllis was born in Liberal, Kansas to Laurence Arthur Ling and Harria Walker. Lyllis attended McKinley Grade School and Liberal High School. Upon graduating she attended Mount St. Scholastica College where she obtained a degree...