Ruth Marjorie Rinearson Wineland, 93, formerly of Natoma, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Home in Hays, KS.

She was born November 2, 1923 in Wallace, KS to Clarence and Glenna (Stokes) Rinearson. Marjorie graduated from Natoma High School in 1942. She married Dean E. Wineland on September 9, 1942 in Russell, Kansas. They were married for 68 years before his death in 2010. They had two children, Larry Dean Wineland and Jan Burkholder.

Marjorie worked at Pohlman’s Furniture Store and was a long-time secretary at Natoma High School. She also served for the Osborne County Selective Service Registrar. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women’s organization, the Thomas J. Hogan American Legion Post 109 Auxiliary and Natoma’s Self-Culture Club. She enjoyed spending time with family, especially her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, service to her community and family trips to the lake and Colorado.

Marjorie is survived by a son, Larry (Eileen) Wineland; a daughter, Jan (Michael) Burkholder all of Hays, KS; granddaughters, Shawn Schieber of Merriam, KS and Sherri (Johnny) Matlock of Hays, KS and three grandsons, Jeremy (Stephanie) Burkholder and JB (Brandy) Burkholder both of Hays, KS and Todd (Tara) Wineland of Wichita, KS; thirteen great-grandchildren, Jake, Toni and Maggie Schieber, Jordan Matlock (Jay) Petz, Shelby Matlock, Macy, Anna and Nicholas Wineland, Christian and Isaiah Burkholder, Seth, Kyle and Adam Burkholder and one great-great grandson Bo Petz; one sister, Donna Metcalf, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond Pierce, Richard Pierce and Walter Pierce and five sisters, Rosemary Burns, Velna Pesicka, Delores Lines, and Clyta Erickson, and Iva Boyer.

A celebration of Marjorie’s life will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, March 31, 2017 at the United Methodist Church of Natoma with Stephanie Norton officiating. Graveside services will follow at the Natoma City Cemetery in Natoma. Viewing will be from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary in Russell, Kansas on Thursday, March 30, 2017 with the family present to greet friends from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Memorials may be given to the United Methodist Church of Natoma or Natoma American Legion Auxiliary and sent in care of the mortuary. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.

Leslie Jo Morgan, 51, La Crosse, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017, at 12:10 A.M. at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas, from complications of a brain aneurysm.

Leslie was born July 24, 1965, in La Crosse, Kansas, the daughter of Larry Morgan, and Jametta (Peters) Basgall. She was a lifelong resident of La Crosse, Kansas. A 1983 graduate of La Crosse High School, La Crosse, Kansas, she was a waitress working along side her mom at Four Corner Restaurant, La Crosse, Kansas, for many years.
Leslie was involved in too many activities to list, but we all know she didn’t know the word NO. If you needed something done, you just asked Leslie.

Survivors include: her significant other, Sean Key, La Crosse, Kansas; two sons, Jerrod Morgan, and his wife, Carrie, Riley, Kansas, and Jeremy Morgan, La Crosse, Kansas; one daughter, Amanda Morgan, and her fiancé, Logan Beard, Manhattan, Kansas; two step children, Logan Key, Kansas City, Kansas, and Maddy Key, Hays, Kansas; one grandson, Brantley Friend Morgan; her father, Larry Morgan, Alexander, Kansas; her mother and step father, Jametta and Melvin Basgall, La Crosse, Kansas; three brothers, Cory Morgan, Florida, Todd Basgall, La Crosse, Kansas, and Travis Morgan, Salina, Kansas; one sister, Tonya Basgall, La Crosse, Kansas; two nephews, Kolin Basgall, and C J Morgan; and two nieces, Alexis Morgan, and Adria Morgan.

Leslie is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends who will miss her very much.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents; and one grandson, Michael Lee Morgan.

Leslie’s pride and joy was her grandson, Brantley, son of Jerrod and Carrie. She was beyond excited for the arrival of baby Morgan in August.

Visitation will be Thursday, March 30, 2017, from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas.

Church visitation will be Friday, March 31, 2017, from 9:30 A.M. to 10:20 A.M. at the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas.

Funeral service will be Friday, March 31, 2017, at 10:30 A.M. at the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas, with Pastor Angie Vertz and Pastor Wade Russell officiating. Interment will be in the La Crosse City Cemetery, La Crosse, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers or plants, the family suggests memorials to the Rush County Amusement, or the Lions Club (for lights on the second baseball field at the fairgrounds).

Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.

Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.

Rev. August Moeder died peacefully on Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Quinter, Kansas. He was 89 years old.

Fr. Moeder was born in Odin, Kansas on May 27, 1927, to August and Frances (Steiner) Moeder. He was the eleventh of fifteen children. His parents and all but one of his siblings, Mrs. Rose M. (Moeder) Johnston (husband Robert Dean Johnston), have preceded him in death.

Fr. Moeder felt a calling to the Catholic priesthood very early in life and began seminary studies at the age of seventeen. He entered Conception Seminary in the Fall of 1944 as a senior in high school and graduated in 1945. He completed his college studies in 1949 with a B.A. degree in Philosophy from Conception Seminary College. He then attended Kenrick Theology Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri to complete his graduate theological studies. Fr. Moeder was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Francis A. Thill at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina, Kansas on February 28, 1953. In July 1993, and after forty years of ministry, Father Moeder retired from active parish ministry because of health reasons. However, in his retirement, he dutifully continued to serve as a supply priest whenever needed. Fr. Moeder served faithfully as a priest for over sixty-four years.

Fr. Moeder served in a number of parish assignments: Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Concordia and SS Peter & Paul in Delphos (1953-55); St. Mary’s in Jamestown (1955-57); St. John the Baptist in Clyde (with missions in Morrowville and Cuba) (1957-1959); St. Francis of Assisi in Norton (1959); and Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Goodland (1974-76). He also served the diocese in a number of pastoral appointments: Administrator and Pastor of St. Anthony’s in St. Peter (1958-59); SS Philip & James in Phillipsburg (1959-60); St. Anthony’s in Miltonvale (with mission in St. Peter in Meredith) (1960-63). He served as Pastor at St. Edward’s in Belleville (Mission Administrator – St. George in Munden) (1963-70); Sacred Heart in Park (1970-74); Saints Philip and James in Phillipsburg (with mission of St. Francis in Claudell) (1976-78); Sacred Heart in Esbon (1978-80); Holy Ghost in Sharon Springs (with mission of St. Peter in Wallace) (1980); and St. Michael’s in Collyer (with mission of St. Anthony’s and St. Peter) (1990-93). In 1993, Fr. Moeder retired to Quinter, KS.

Fr. Moeder knew serious illness several times in his life. In 1943 he contracted Polio when he was just a sophomore in high school. Although he was paralyzed from the waist up he miraculously made a full recovery. In June of 1967, he was hospitalized again, this time with pneumonia and was not expected to live. Doctors discovered he was diabetic, and with proper treatment, he made another full recovery. Fr. Moeder always credited his longevity to his beloved housekeeper, nurse, and friend, Georgia Zimmerman, who died on March 12, 2015.

A notable quote of Fr. Moeder’s, when he reminisced about his priesthood, was “As in any vocation, the years have not always been pleasant, but the joys and fruits of the priesthood have far outweighed the trials.” Fr. Moeder will be missed by his family, his dear friends, and many faithful parishioners

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 31, 2017, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Park.  Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Park. 

Visitation will be Thursday evening, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a parish vigil at 7:00 p.m. at Schmitt Funeral Home in Quinter.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Masses and Sacred Heart Cemetery.  Checks made to the organization may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS 67752.

Joseph B. Copeland, 95, Hays, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. He was born April 13, 1921 in Idana, Kansas to Joseph Beattie and Effie (McMahan) Copeland.  He married Edith Mae “Edie” Shearer on Jan. 9, 1945, in Clay Center, Kansas. She preceded him in death on November 21, 2013. 

After serving in the US Coast Guard in WWII, Joe farmed for 10 years before beginning his career as an adjuster with Farm Bureau Insurance.  He and Edie owned the Blue Banner Christian Bookstore and had a ministry of friendship and hospitality to international students at FHSU.  He was a member and elder of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Quinter and later attended North Oak Community Church in Hays.  He enjoyed woodworking, gardening and beekeeping.

Survivors include two sons, J. Wayne Copeland of Leawood, Kansas and Paul Copeland and wife, Marilyn, of Frankfort, Indiana; a daughter, Debbie Timken and husband, Gary of Hays; two brothers, Delber Copeland of Pueblo, Colorado and Bob Copeland of Phoenix, Arizona; nine grandchildren, Shannon Myers, Katie Stewart, Griffin Copeland, Matthew Copeland, Stephen Copeland, Stacie Cummings, Matthew Timken, Christopher Timken and Tiffany Hamblin; and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Don Copeland; three sisters, Edna Hatfield, Viola Oberhelman and Mary Goodin; a son-in-law, James Bruce, and a daughter-in-law, Dedra Copeland.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, 2017 at North Oak Community Church, Hays. Burial will be in Mount Allen Cemetery with military honors courtesy of the Hays VFW Honor Guard.

Visitation will be from 5 PM – 8 PM Friday at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601, and from 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the church.

Memorials are suggested to North Oak Community Church or the Good Samaritan Society, Hays, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected]