Deaths (Oct. 12, 2011)

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 11 October 2011 14:27

• MARY ANN DUERKSEN, 93,

a homemaker of Lehigh, died Oct. 9 at The Cedars in McPherson.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 at First Mennonite Church, 102 S. Ash St., Hillsboro, with pastor Kathy Neufeld Dunn officiating. Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 11 at Jost Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington, Hillsboro.

Burial will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 12 at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery in Lehigh.

She was born April 23, 1918, to John W. and Sara (Loewen) Ewert in Lehigh. On May 14, 1942, she was married to Roland K. Duerksen, who predeceased her.

Survivors include sons Dennis and Mindee of Ft. Lupton, Colo., and Delmar and Arnette Duerksen of McPherson; daughter Florette and Richard Decker of Loveland, Colo.; eight grandchildren...

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Deaths (Oct. 5, 2011)

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 04 October 2011 16:25

• LAVERA I. BESSEL BERNHARDT, 97,

of Marion died Sept. 30 at St. Luke Living Center in Marion.

Services were Oct. 3 at Eastmoor United Methodist Church, 105 Eastmoor Dr., Marion. Burial was at Marion Cemetery.

She was born July 1, 1914, to John and Rose Lorenz Bessel in Durham. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ezra Bernhardt.

Survivors include sister Evelyn and Leslie Ollenberger of Salina and nieces Sydney and Wayne Teeter of San Diego, Calif., and Rosemary and Jerry Hawver of Charlotte, N.C., and many nieces and nephews on the Bernhardt side.

Memorials may be made to Eastmoor United Methodist Church, Hospice Care of Kansas, or St. Luke Living Center and donations sent in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm, Marion, KS...

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Deaths (Sept. 28, 2011)

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:15

• EDNA MARIE GOOSSEN, 91,

former teacher and missionary, died Sept. 19 at Kidron Bethel Healthcare in North Newton.

The service was Sept. 23 at Bethel College Mennonite Church, 2600 College Ave., North Newton, with pastors Heidi Regier Kreider and Ruth Harder officiating.

Burial was at Halstead City Cemetery, Halstead.

She was born Sept. 24, 1919, to Bernhard M. and Margaret (Jantzen) Ensz in Plymouth, Neb. On Aug. 19, 1943, she was married to Henry W. Goossen, who predeceased her.

Survivors include daughters Sharon and Bob Bartel of McPherson and LaVonne and Ron Sawatzky of North Newton; son Duane and Rachel Waltner Goossen of Topeka; sister Helen Entz of North Newton; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and many nieces...

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Deaths (Sept. 21, 2011)

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:51

• LELAND H. “LEE” BERNHARDT, 68,

a farmer and stockman of Lost Springs, died Sept. 15 at the Herington Municipal Hospital.

Services were Sept. 19 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lincolnville. Burial was at Lincolnville Cemetery.

He was born April 8, 1943, to Ezra and Lucille Schick Bernhardt. On Nov. 11, 1974, he was married to Barbara Reiman, who survives.

Others survivors include his mother; children Casey and Sam Clark of Holly Springs, N.C., Jody Block of Sarcoxie, Mo., and Gary and Teresa Stuart of Abilene; siblings Max and Kathy Bernhardt of Jackson, Ga., Pat and Roger Turner of Salina and Judy and Steve Kill of Lincolnville and five grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lincolnville...

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