Eleanor M. Urbanek, 91, former medical records technician, died March 15 at Salem Home in Hillsboro.
Funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. March 19 at Holy Family Parish, St. John Nepomucene Church, Pilsen. A rosary will be at 10:30 a.m. prior to the service. She will be buried at Pilsen Cemetery.
Visitation was from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 18 at Zeiner Funeral Home in Marion.
She was born Dec. 29, 1916, to Ignac and Mary (Sramek) Urbanek in Pilsen.
A memorial fund has been established with Fr. Kapaun Guild in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 6, Marion, KS 66861.
Richard Barkman, 72, founder of Barkman Honey and Artesian Honey Producers, died March 12 at Hillsboro.
The service will be at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church with pastor Keith Nash officiating. Burial will preceed the service at 6 p.m. at Gnadenau Cemetery, two miles south of Hillsboro.
Richard Barkman was born Sept. 17, 1935, to Ezra P. and Emilie Esau Barkman in rural Hillsboro. On June 26, 1960, he was married to Joyce Brandt at Hillsboro.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Brent and wife Lynette Barkman of Hillsboro; a daughter, Carmon and husband Ken Jones of Hillsboro; a brother, Jim Barkman of California; a sister, Lucy Spohn of Colorado; and five grandchildren.
The family will receive guests from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Parkview MB Church.
In lieu of flowers, contributions are welcomed for memorial funds established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Caring Bridges, Lewy Body Dementia Association, and Gideons.
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Leona Mildred (Geissler) Goertz, 90, homemaker and reflexologist, died March 11.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. March 15 at DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary, 201 S. Hydraulic, Wichita, KS 67211. A graveside service will be held at 12:30 p.m. at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Hillsboro.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 14 at the mortuary.
She is survived by children; Karolyn Guentherman Swanner and Bill of Dallas, Texas, Glenn Goertz and LeeAnn of Wichita, Phyllis Foster and John of Houston, Texas; a sister, Jane Miller and Duwane of Hillsboro; 10 grandchildren and 18 great- grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with The Gideon’s International, Wichita N.E. Camp, P.O. Box 20741, Wichita, KS 67208, and Child Evangelism Fellowship, 6893 N.E. 75th St., El Dorado, KS 67042.
Tillie Marie Stika, 90, former Lincolnville resident, homemaker, died March 13 at Sedgwick (Kan.) Health Care.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 18 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Pilsen. A Rosary will be held prior to the service at 10 a.m. She will be buried at the Pilsen Cemetery following the service.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the family present from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., March 17 at Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm, Marion.
She was born March 15, 1917, to Louis V. Kroupa and Mary P. (Moravec) Kroupa in Lincolnville. On May 26, 1941, she was married to Louis C. Stika, who predeceased her.
She is survived by a daughters, Betty and Steve Augustine of Hesston and Arlene Stika of Kansas; and one grandson.
Memorial funds have been established with the Pilsen Community Center and the Fr. Kapaun Guild, both in care of the funeral home.
Mary Elizabeth Unruh, 88, pastor of Mennonite churches with her husband, died March 9 at Bethesda Home in Goessel.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 13 at Golden Plains Free Methodist Church, rural Newton.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 12 at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton.
She was born May 12, 1919, to Justina (Pankratz) and Peter H. Frantz in Durham. On Feb. 27, 1938, she was married to Noah D. Unruh, who predeceased her.
She is survived by two daughters, Naomi R. Unruh of Newton, and Margaret M. and Don Davis of Overland Park; a sister, Josephine Holdeman Eslinger and husband Everett of Canton; two sister-in-laws, Lucille Frantz of California and Edith Unruh of Newton; one grandchild, two great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial funds have been established with Golden Plains Free Methodist Church or Bethesda Home in care of the funeral home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton.
