Obituaries

Nicholas (Nick) M. Rizzo Jr., 78, passed away Wednesday Feb. 17, 2021, at Lansing Care and Rehabilitation Center.  Nick was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 23, 1942, to Nicholas J. and Katherine L. (Vukonich) Rizzo. He attended schools in Detroit and graduated in 1961 from...

Clyde D. Graeber, 87, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. He was born Aug. 29, 1933, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His parents were Clyde P. and Dorothy D. Graeber. Clyde attended grade schools in Tulsa and in 1945, he was enrolled in Cascia Hall School for Boys, an...

Kasey Lee Smith, 31, Jarbalo, Kansas, passed away Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. He was born Aug. 24, 1989, to Dallas and Taunja Smith. Kasey married Sara Smith in June of 2011 and they shared one son, Waylon Smith, who was born in 2017. Kasey is survived...

Kelli R. McCoy, 57, Basehor, Kansas, passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, at the Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie, Kansas. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery, Basehor, Kansas.

Michele Charleen (Lane) Forge, 63, Leavenworth, Kansas, passed away Feb. 23, 2021. Michele was born Jan. 5, 1958, in Townsend, Montana, to Leo and Florence (Smet) Lane. Michele grew up on a cattle ranch in Three Forks, Montana, with her five sisters and one brother....

Sandra A. Matthews, 81, Leavenworth, passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.  Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, at Independent Missionary Baptist Church, 601 Pottawatomie St., Leavenworth, Kansas. Funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery, Tonganoxie,...

Michele C. Forge, 63, Leavenworth, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at Lansing Care and Rehab. Visitation beginning with praying of the rosary will be from 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at R.L. Leintz Funeral Home. Mass of Christian burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday...

Katherine (Kathy) Ann Crume, 79, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Feb. 20, 2021, at Prairie Elder Care. The family will receive visitors Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 11300 W. 103rd St., Overland Park, KS, 66214, with the rosary at 10:30...

Nicholas M. Rizzo Jr., 78, Leavenworth, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at the Lansing Care and Rehabilitation Center. A gathering of family and friends will be Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, at Belden-Larkin Funeral Home from 1-3 p.m. Burial with military honors will be scheduled later...

E. Pauline Woodward, age 87, Lisbon, Iowa, peacefully departed from this world for heaven on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, at the Rehabilitation Center of Lisbon. Pauline was a Godly woman who loved the Lord and her family and set an example for her children, grandchildren...

Nicholas M. Rizzo, 78, Leavenworth, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at Lansing Care & Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are pending and have been entrusted to Belden-Larkin Funeral Home.

Patrick O’Malley, 87, Weston, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.  A visitation will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, with a rosary at 11 a.m. followed by an 11:30 a.m. funeral Mass at...

Helen R. Nowlan, 86, Leavenworth, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.  Visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at First Christian Church, 130 N. 6th St., Leavenworth. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the church. Burial will be at Mount...

Nancy Martin passed away Feb. 10, 2021.  Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rock of Ages Church. A funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. at Rock of Ages Church. Burial will be held at a later date...

Retired Maj. Thomas Edward Eccleston, 68, Lansing, Kansas, passed away Feb. 9, 2021, at his home.  He was born on July 26, 1952, in Hinsdale, Illinois, to Clarence E. Eccleston and Patricia A. Eccleston (Moellering), Clarendon Hills, Illinois. He is survived by siblings, Wesley W. Eccleston,...

Linda M. Hailey, 68, Easton, Kansas, died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021.  Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. and the funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 14700 Leavenworth Road, Basehor, KS, 66007.

William Roger Fink, 68, Leavenworth, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at the North Kansas City Hospital. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday Feb. 18, 2021, at the funeral home.  A Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at Immaculate...

Patricia A. Brown, 89, Lansing, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at her residence. Arrangements are pending and have been entrusted to Belden-Larkin Funeral Home.

John Robert Plank, 83, Platte City, Missouri, passed away Feb. 13, 2021, at North Care Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.  Following cremation, a memorial service with inurnment will take place at the Hugoton Cemetery at a later date.  Arrangements are by Rollins Funeral Home, Platte City,...

Eugene Graves, 64, Leavenworth, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at St. John Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. A funeral service will begin at noon Thursday at the funeral home. Private burial will be at Leavenworth National Cemetery....

Matthew “Matt” Alexander Vlademar Jr., 96, Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in a Fort Smith hospital. He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Matthew Alexander Vlademar Sr. and Ruth A. (Collins) Vlademar Zobel. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served...

Shirley Mae Ruby, 83, Leavenworth, passed away Feb. 4, 2021 at Medicalodge of Leavenworth. Shirley was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on Sept. 8, 1937. She attended Leavenworth High School and worked in food service for many years. She worked at the Corner Pharmacy, Delaware Deli, the...

Kathryn Ann “Kathy” Marksberry, 68, Lansing, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at County Care in Easton. She was born Aug. 7, 1952, in Leavenworth, the daughter of Kenneth W. and Marilyn Jean (Yingling) McClure. On June 21, 1969, she married John H. Marksberry in Leavenworth. He...

William Roger Fink, 68, Leavenworth, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Missouri. Arrangements are pending and have been entrusted to Belden-Larkin Funeral Home

Jennifer Gail Otte, 52, Effingham, Kansas, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, surrounded by her loving family, after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. The family will...

Rosemary (Kitty) Ann Smith, 91, Tonganoxie, Kansas, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, at Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie. There will be a family visitation one hour prior to the funeral service....

Tina Marie Joachin, 60, Leavenworth, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at home. A celebration of life will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at R.L. Leintz Funeral Home.