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11/03/2026

Dr. John A. McFarland Esq.

Dr. John A. McFarland, Esq, 82, of St. Marys, died on Monday, November 2nd, 2026 at his home surrounded by his family. A full obituary will be published later. A rosary will be recited for John at 5:20 PM, on Friday, November 6th at The Immaculata, 701 N. 2nd St. in St. Marys. A sung Requiem Mass will be offered at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 7th, also at The Immaculata, with burial following in Our Lady of Peace cemetery....

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11/02/2026

Judy Marie Muckenthaler

Judy Marie Muckenthaler, 78, of St. Marys, passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at home surrounded by her family. A full obituary is pending and will be published shortly. A rosary will be offered for Judy at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 11th, 2026 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 208 W. Bertrand Ave. in St. Marys. A memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be offered after the rosary at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, also at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church....

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11/02/2026

10/30/2026

Kathleen Ann McNeive

Kathleen Ann McNeive (Zima) passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 in St. Marys, Kansas at the age of 92. Kathleen was born at home in Emmett, Kansas, to Teresa B. and John C. Zima. She was one of five children: James (Teresa) Zima, Mary Teresa (Wayne) Ogle, John "Jackie" Zima, and Eileen (Kenny) Knipp; Eileen survives. Kathleen was a lifelong resident of Emmett until moving to St. Marys in 2010. She attended Holy Cross Grade School and graduated...

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10/30/2026

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10/27/2026

Ga***rd "Corky" Acker

Ga***rd Paul Acker, better known to family and friends as Corky, passed away peacefully at his home on October 27, 2026, surrounded by the family he loved so dearly. He was 84 years old. Corky was born on April 3, 1942, in Onaga, Kansas, to Leslie H. and Violet Shepherd Acker. He was the second oldest of five children. He attended the Acker School from K-8th, a one-room schoolhouse where there were often only six to eight students, before graduating...

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10/26/2026

Bennie R. Besta

Bennie passed away peacefully from natural causes on October 25, 2026, in Topeka, Kansas. Bennie R. Besta was born December 15th, 1942, on a World War II Black-out night in Rossville, Kansas, the son of Edward and Winifred (Yocum) Besta. Bennie attended the one room schoolhouse at the Northwest corner of 72nd and Arn Road and graduated from Delia High School, just one class credit short of Valedictorian. Bennie had received a scholarship to play Baseball for the Washburn Ichabods,...

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10/16/2026

Kathleen Leslie Rutledge

Kathleen Leslie Boyd was born in Washington, DC to Ralph and Jayne Boyd on October 19, 1946. The oldest of three girls, her childhood was spent in Arlington, VA. She met her future husband Allen Rutledge at East Carolina University where they both attended. Kathleen graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in French in 1969 and she and Allen married on January 2, 1971. Kathleen and Allen had five sons and eventually moved to Kennesaw, GA to raise them. Kathleen converted...

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10/16/2026

Patricia Ann Hohman

Patricia Ann Hohman, of St. Mary's, Kansas, passed peacefully into her eternal repose on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at the age of 89, surrounded by family after receiving the sacrament of Extreme Unction and the Apostolic Blessing. Patricia was born February 2, 1937, in Pittsburgh, PA, to the late Franklin and Anne (Kosko) Malone. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Kenneth D. Hohman and her son, Douglas. Pat was the loving mother of seven children: Paul (Charmayne)...

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10/15/2026

David Augustine Hall, Jr.

Matthew 20, 1:14 The Kingdom of heaven is like to a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And having agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle. And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just. And they went...

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