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Deanna "Dee" Gatewood
Oct 15, 2015
Deanna "Dee" Jones Gatewood passed away in the presence of her family Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at Wathena Health Care Center in Wathena, Kansas. Dee fought a long and painful battle with Stage 4 Lung Cancer and was an inspiration to others with her optimism, her sense of humor and her ferocious determination to live despite long odds and intractable...
William "Bill" H. Wolters, Jr.
Oct 14, 2015
William H. "Bill" Wolters, Jr., 89, Atchison, Kansas died Wednesday October 14, 2015 at Country Care Nursing Center, Easton, Kansas. Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, October 19, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at St. Benedict's Church with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish and Knights of Columbus rosary will...
Carol "Jackie" J. Watowa
Oct 6, 2015
Carol Jacquelyn Watowa 1934 – 2015 Jackie Watowa, 81, Atchison, Kansas died Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at the Atchison Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday, October 9, 2015, at Trinity Lutheran Church at 11:00 AM with Rev. Robert Ziegler, officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10:00 AM until time of the service at the church. Interment will follow...
Spc. Peter James Koppel
Oct 5, 2015
Funeral services will be Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, October 14th at the funeral home from 7:00 until 8:30 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Wounded Warrior Project and may be left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be left...
Delia A. "Pete" Burge
Oct 5, 2015
Delia A. "Pete" Burge, 89, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, October 5, 2015 at Country Care Nursing Center, Easton, Kansas. Funeral services will be Friday, October 9, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Pastor Joseph Hansen officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday Oct. 9th from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M....
Tevin D. Gillum
Sep 26, 2015
Tevin D. Gillum, 22, Atchison, Kansas, died September 26, 2015. Funeral services will be Friday, October 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Second Christian Church in Atchison, with Rev. Paul Kelley officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 Noon until service time at the church. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Final arrangements have been entrusted to the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral...
John P. Bledsoe
Sep 24, 2015
John P. Bledsoe, 41, Huron, Kansas, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 as a result of a motorcycle accident. A memorial service will be Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 5:30 PM in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will follow the service until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Memorial Contributions are suggested to Atchison Humane...
Bill B. Hargrove
Sep 18, 2015
Bill B. Hargrove, 89, Huron, Kansas passed away on September 18, 2015 after devoting a lifetime to farming in Atchison County, Kansas. A celebration of Bill's life will be Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at Effingham Union Church with Pastor Jeff Cochran officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham, Kansas. The family will greet friends Wednesday,...
Sr. Norma Honz, Osb
Sep 17, 2015
Sister Norma Honz, OSB, 94, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Thursday, September 24, at 7:00 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Friday, September 25, at 10:30 a.m. Sister Norma was born to Eleanor and Andrew...
Br. Lawrence Bradford, Osb
Sep 15, 2015
Brother Lawrence Bradford (May 24, 1939 – September 15, 2015.) died peacefully on Tuesday, September 15, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, surrounded by monks and friends, fortified by the Sacraments of the Church, and having received the Apostolic Pardon. Vespers for the Dead, followed by visitation, will be prayed on Monday, September 21, at 7:00 p.m. in St....
Betty Jean Reese
Sep 10, 2015
Betty Jean Reese, 66, Atchison, Kansas, died Thursday, September 10, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be Monday, September 14, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from noon until time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, MO....
Winston K. Downing
Sep 9, 2015
Winston K. Downing, 24, Atchison, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Mr. Downing has been cremated. There are no services scheduled. Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home was entrusted with the final arrangements. Winston was born November 14, 1990 in Atchison, Kansas the son of Thomas Orlando Reed and Ethel Mae Downing, and his step-father Brain Keith McGaughy. Survivors include his mother, Ethel...
Cherie D. Green
Aug 29, 2015
Cherie D. Green, 58, Atchison, Kansas died Saturday, August 29, 2015 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Ogle officiating. The body will be cremated following these services. Visitation with the family will be Friday, September 4th from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M....
Margaret A. Maugh
Aug 26, 2015
Margaret A. Maugh, 99, St. Joseph, Missouri formerly of Atchison, Kansas died Wednesday August 26, 2015 in St. Joseph. Memorial services will be Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at St. Joseph North Congregation of Jehovah's Witness, 1901 Grand Avenue, St. Joseph, Missouri. Private burial of the cremated remains will be in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas. The Arensberg-Pruett...
Patricia S. Shreve
Aug 7, 2015
Patricia S. "Pat" Shreve, 77, of Lancaster, Kansas died Friday, August 7, 2015 at Maple Heights Nursing Center in Hiawatha, Kansas. A private family graveside service will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to American Cancer Society or Progressive Super Nuclear Palsy and may be left in care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with whom the final...
Candice Ann Trower
Aug 6, 2015
Candice Ann Trower, 56, Atchison, Kansas, died unexpectedly Thursday, August 6, 2015, at her residence. Memorial services will be Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2:00 P. M. at Faith Bible Fellowship Church with Pastor Stephen Lucas officiating. Burial of the cremated ashes will be at a later date in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, August...
Ralph Michael Black
Aug 3, 2015
Ralph M. "Mike" Black, 67, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, August 3, 2015 at Atchison Medicalodge following a lengthy battle with cancer. Graveside services and burial will be Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB officiating. Visitation with the family will be Thursday, August 6th from 10:00 A.M. until 10:45 A.M....
Robert G. Krier, Jr.
Jul 29, 2015
Robert G. Krier, Jr., 28, Atchison, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at Atchison Medicalodge. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, August 1, 2015, at 10:30 A.M., St. Louis Church, with Fr. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB, officiating. Interment will follow in St. Louis Cemetery. A prayer service will be recited Friday, July 31st at 7:00 P.M. in the chapel of...
Edwin J. Amrein
Jul 28, 2015
Edwin J. Amrein, 90, died Tuesday July 28, 2015 at his home. Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, August 3, 2015 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Benedict's Church with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited on Sunday, August 2nd at 2:00 P.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home...
William A. "Red" Harrison
Jul 27, 2015
One of the proudest Marines to have survived World War II passed away on July 27, 2015. William A. "Red" Harrison, Atchison, KS, died at the age of 93. Mr. Harrison was living proof of the phrase "once a Marine, always a Marine." Throughout his life he spoke with pride of his service, wore his Marine Corps ring, and attended...
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