Deaths (Sept 21, 2016)

Monroe Jacob Dalke• monroe jacob dalke, 77, a retired accountant, died Saturday, Sept. 10.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 21 at Broadway Mortuary, 1147 S. Broadway, Wichita.

Burial will be at Gnade­nau Cemetery at Hills­boro, also known as Park­view Ce­metery.

His parents, Jacob and Edna Dalke, and nephew, Na­t­han Livengood. Sur­vivors include his brother, Lloyd Dalke and sister, Joyce Livengood.

Memorials may be made to Mennonite Central Committee, P.O. Box 500, Akron, PA 17501.

Condolences may be sent in care of Cozine­Memorial­.com. Services by Broadway Mortuary.

• edna lawanda (schmidt) enz, 93, of Goessel, died Sept. 10, 2016, at Bethesda Home.

The service was Sept. 15 at First Mennonite Church at Newton.

She was born to Peter B. and Susie Schmidt Aug. 6, 1923 at Goessel. On Dec. 7, 1944, she was married to Arthur Enz, who predeceased her Dec. 30, 1999,

Survivors include sons Mike and Kay Enz of Newton, James and Mary Enz of Newton and Kevin Enz and Jo Milkos, both of Newton; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

• Duane dean hamm, 84, died Aug. 31, at Hillsboro with family around him. For 37 years he drove a mild rout for AMPI (Associated Milk Producers Inc).

The service was Sept. 3 at Durham Baptist Church. A graveside service was at Durham Park Cemetery.

On March 26, 1983, he was married to Shirley Gates Tucker, who survives.

Condolences may be left for the family at jostfuneralhome.com.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Durham Kan., and sent in care of Jost Funeral Home, 401 S, Washington, Hillsboro, KS 67063.

• MAJOR DEAN A. KLENDA, 76, and killed in action on Sept. 17, 1965, over N. Viet Nam, while serving his country with the U.S. Air Force. His remains have been found and re­turned for burial.

The funeral mass was at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, at St. John Nepomucene Church, Pilsen. Burial was with Military Rites at the Pilsen Cemetery. Memorial Funds have been established for Holy Family Parish; All American Beef Battalion; or the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia and sent in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm, Marion, KS, 66861.

He was born Au­g. 20, 1940, the son of Albert and Pauline Klenda, they preceded him in death. In January 1965, he was united in marriage to Kaye Young. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Kansas State University. He is survived by his sister, Deanna (Peters) Klenda of Wichita and Marion; his wife Kaye Klenda Ekman of Panama, Fla.; nephews: Gavin Peters of Wichita; and Kyle Peters of Daphne, Ala.; a niece Jillyn Schmidt (Tray) of Manhattan and three great-nephews.

Condolences may be left at: zeiner­funeral­homes.­com.

• richard d. riggs, 56, of Florence, died Sept. 15, at home, surrounded by his family, following a lengthy illness.

The service was Tuesday, Sept. 20 at Florence United Methodist Church. Burial was at Hillcrest Cemetery, Florence.

He was born to Lewis and Mary (Farmer) Riggs at Florence, Sept. 30, 1959. On Dec. 14, 1991, he was married to Raquel Allison, who survives.

Other survivors include son Calvin Rigg; granddaughter Rebecca Deist; children Starla Gesaman and husband Josh of McPherson; Merissa Bowman and husband Greg of Marion; Erika Smalley and husband Brandon of Topeka; and Leslie Riggs of McPherson; his grandchildren: Sybil and Hazel Bowman, and Matthew and James Gesaman; and brothers: Mahlon Riggs and Wesley Riggs both of Florence.

Memorials may be made in Richard’s honor in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm, Marion, KS 66861.

Online condolences may be left at: zeinerfuneral­homes.com.

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