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Monday, March 13, 2017Pettijohn & Crawford Family Funeral Service.Dixie Jo GlidewellDixie Jo Glidewell, 78, St. Joseph, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017.Graveside Memorial Service: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.A registration book will be available to sign at Heaton-Bowman-Smith and Sidenfaden Chapel.Misty D. KapitzaPOLO, Mo. Misty Dawn Kapitza, 36, Polo, passed away as the result of an automobile accident on March 6, 2017.Services are pending at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, Missouri.www.bramfuneralservices.comCarla M. MartensCarla Marie Martens, 59, of St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, March 7,2017, at Mosaic Life Care, in St. Joseph.Memorial Celebration of Life will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at Gladden-Stamey Funeral Home, in St. Joseph.Family receiving hours will be from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at the funeral home.Gladden-Stamey Funeral Home, St. Joseph, is overseeing local arrangements.Kenneth L. ShumatePLATTSBURG, Mo. Kenneth L. Shumate, 100, of Plattsburg, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at a local healthcare facility.Arrangements pending at Bailey & Cox Family Funeral Service, Plattsburg.Edith M. SmithSTEWARTSVILLE, Mo. Edith Marie Smith, 89, passed away March 8, 2017.Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday March 11, 2017, at Turner Family Funeral Home of Stewartsville, with burial in Stewartsville Cemetery.Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home.Gertrude SteeleCAMERON, Mo. Gertrude Steele, 94, of Cameron, and a former resident of Rochester, Minneso...
Monday, January 09, 2017Dec. 12, 2016, in Albuquerque, N.M.Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery with reception and dinner following.Phyllis was born March 18, 1925, in Leavenworth, Kan., to Guy and Mabel Harrison. Her family moved to Missouri shortly after she was born, and Phyllis lived most of her life in Columbia.Phyllis attended Stephens College and graduated with an art associate’s degree. In 1947 she married William L. Nelson, who preceded her in death in 1998. She later married Nicholas Hahon, who passed away Nov. 6, 2016.Phyllis had an extremely compassionate heart and was always willing to help others. In 1983, she became a member of the auxiliary and volunteered to help start a gift shop at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. After investing her own money for startup, inventory and negotiating with hospital administration, the dream became a reality when the gift shop opened on Valentine’s Day 1984. Phyllis’ desire to help patients resulted in her volunteering in the gift shop each week for more than 25 years. Revenue from this endeavor has helped thousands of patients.Phyllis loved to dance, was an avid bridge player and made beautiful needlepoint tapestries. In her later ye...
Monday, November 21, 2016Approved an exchange of property between Great Plains Auto Body and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Great Plains, which owns the old Charlie Graham Body and Service at 4206 Leavenworth St., will trade that property for UNMC-owned property at 4103 Leavenworth. UNMC expects to use its acquisition as a campus entryway from the south side.» Agreed to allow Nebraska Medicine, UNMC’s hospital partner, to tap into a UNMC utility line project. UNMC is extending its underground utility pipes to serve the new Lauritzen outpatient facility and other buildings on the south edge of campus. Nebraska Medicine will pay $1.75 million to extend the project to provide chilled water and steam to a new facility near 39th and Pacific Streets.» Approved a $1.1 million expenditure for a scanning transmission electron microscope for the UNL department of mechanical and materials engineering.» Agreed to allow UNeMed, UNMC’s technology-transfer entity, to become a nonprofit. UNeMed said there are advantages in gaining money from foundations as a nonprofit and in appointing board members. However, a related arm will function as a for-profit entity because there are advantages in doing international business and some consulting work as a for-profit, UNeMed’s Michael Dixon said this week.rick.ruggles@owh.com, 402-444-1123, twitter.com/rickruggles...
Monday, July 25, 2016The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth mourn the loss of Sister Rosella Mary Hehn, 82, who died July 17 at Ross Hall at the Mother House in Leavenworth, Kan. We also celebrate her entrance into God’s full embrace.Mary Frances Hehn was born April 12, 1934, in Fort Morgan, Colo., one of seven children of Harry Joseph and Nora Irene Michaud Hehn. She attended St. Joseph Grade School in Fort Collins, Colo., and Wellington High School in Wellington, Colo.She entered the religious community of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth on Aug. 20, 1953; and, as Sister Rosella Mary Hehn, made her profession of vows Aug. 22, 1955.She received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Saint Mary College in Leavenworth and a CNA credential from De Paul Hospital in Cheyenne.After profession, Sister taught home economics in secondary schools before working in home health programs. She finished her active ministry as a volunteer for the Gardens of St. Elizabeth in Denver, retiring to the Mother House in 2010.S. Rosella Mary Hehn...
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Monday, March 13, 2017Pettijohn & Crawford Family Funeral Service.Dixie Jo GlidewellDixie Jo Glidewell, 78, St. Joseph, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017.Graveside Memorial Service: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.A registration book will be available to sign at Heaton-Bowman-Smith and Sidenfaden Chapel.Misty D. KapitzaPOLO, Mo. Misty Dawn Kapitza, 36, Polo, passed away as the result of an automobile accident on March 6, 2017.Services are pending at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, Missouri.www.bramfuneralservices.comCarla M. MartensCarla Marie Martens, 59, of St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, March 7,2017, at Mosaic Life Care, in St. Joseph.Memorial Celebration of Life will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at Gladden-Stamey Funeral Home, in St. Joseph.Family receiving hours will be from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at the funeral home.Gladden-Stamey Funeral Home, St. Joseph, is overseeing local arrangements.Kenneth L. ShumatePLATTSBURG, Mo. Kenneth L. Shumate, 100, of Plattsburg, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at a local healthcare facility.Arrangements pending at Bailey & Cox Family Funeral Service, Plattsburg.Edith M. SmithSTEWARTSVILLE, Mo. Edith Marie Smith, 89, passed away March 8, 2017.Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday March 11, 2017, at Turner Family Funeral Home of Stewartsville, with burial in Stewartsville Cemetery.Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home.Gertrude SteeleCAMERON, Mo. Gertrude Steele, 94, of Cameron, and a former resident of Rochester, Minneso...
Monday, January 09, 2017Dec. 12, 2016, in Albuquerque, N.M.Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery with reception and dinner following.Phyllis was born March 18, 1925, in Leavenworth, Kan., to Guy and Mabel Harrison. Her family moved to Missouri shortly after she was born, and Phyllis lived most of her life in Columbia.Phyllis attended Stephens College and graduated with an art associate’s degree. In 1947 she married William L. Nelson, who preceded her in death in 1998. She later married Nicholas Hahon, who passed away Nov. 6, 2016.Phyllis had an extremely compassionate heart and was always willing to help others. In 1983, she became a member of the auxiliary and volunteered to help start a gift shop at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. After investing her own money for startup, inventory and negotiating with hospital administration, the dream became a reality when the gift shop opened on Valentine’s Day 1984. Phyllis’ desire to help patients resulted in her volunteering in the gift shop each week for more than 25 years. Revenue from this endeavor has helped thousands of patients.Phyllis loved to dance, was an avid bridge player and made beautiful needlepoint tapestries. In her later ye...
Monday, November 21, 2016Approved an exchange of property between Great Plains Auto Body and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Great Plains, which owns the old Charlie Graham Body and Service at 4206 Leavenworth St., will trade that property for UNMC-owned property at 4103 Leavenworth. UNMC expects to use its acquisition as a campus entryway from the south side.» Agreed to allow Nebraska Medicine, UNMC’s hospital partner, to tap into a UNMC utility line project. UNMC is extending its underground utility pipes to serve the new Lauritzen outpatient facility and other buildings on the south edge of campus. Nebraska Medicine will pay $1.75 million to extend the project to provide chilled water and steam to a new facility near 39th and Pacific Streets.» Approved a $1.1 million expenditure for a scanning transmission electron microscope for the UNL department of mechanical and materials engineering.» Agreed to allow UNeMed, UNMC’s technology-transfer entity, to become a nonprofit. UNeMed said there are advantages in gaining money from foundations as a nonprofit and in appointing board members. However, a related arm will function as a for-profit entity because there are advantages in doing international business and some consulting work as a for-profit, UNeMed’s Michael Dixon said this week.rick.ruggles@owh.com, 402-444-1123, twitter.com/rickruggles...
Monday, July 25, 2016The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth mourn the loss of Sister Rosella Mary Hehn, 82, who died July 17 at Ross Hall at the Mother House in Leavenworth, Kan. We also celebrate her entrance into God’s full embrace.Mary Frances Hehn was born April 12, 1934, in Fort Morgan, Colo., one of seven children of Harry Joseph and Nora Irene Michaud Hehn. She attended St. Joseph Grade School in Fort Collins, Colo., and Wellington High School in Wellington, Colo.She entered the religious community of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth on Aug. 20, 1953; and, as Sister Rosella Mary Hehn, made her profession of vows Aug. 22, 1955.She received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Saint Mary College in Leavenworth and a CNA credential from De Paul Hospital in Cheyenne.After profession, Sister taught home economics in secondary schools before working in home health programs. She finished her active ministry as a volunteer for the Gardens of St. Elizabeth in Denver, retiring to the Mother House in 2010.S. Rosella Mary Hehn...
