Atchison High School Kansas Alumni Obituaries

Beverly A. Donahue 82 of Sparta passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at Gundersen by Emplify in La Crosse. She was born on October 14 1943 to Walter and Lola Blaser Hoyer in Marysville Kansas. She grew up in rural Cummings Kansas and graduated from Atchison County Community High School in Effingham...

Diane Rene Walters Myers 68 of Wathena Kansas passed away Wednesday January 21 2026 at Mosaic Life Care St. Joseph Missouri. Diane was born on November 8 1957 in Atchison Kansas to Fred Bud and Adelaide Halling Walters. She graduated from Atchison High School in 1975. Diane was a clerk and worked in...

Norma Joyce Rodvelt 88 of rural Horton Kansas passed away on Friday January 30 2026 at the Atchison Senior Village in Atchison Kansas. She was born on September 6 1937 in Belleville Kansas the daughter of Clifford and Lily Novak Grossner. Norma grew up near Hiawatha Kansas and graduated high school ...

Dr. Robert Wayne Atchison Bob Age 95 of Bethel Park Pennsylvania passed after a brief illness on January 17 2026 at St. Clair Hospital surrounded by the love of his family. He was an Emeritus Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the University of Pittsburghs Graduate School of Public...

James Jim Wallace Watkins the son of Wallace Ray and Beulah Berniece Chapman Watkins was born November 26 1943 on the farm east of Tarkio Missouri. Jim attended Homer School in rural Tarkio and graduated in 1961 from Tarkio High School. On July 1 1965 Jim was united in marriage to Janet Sue Brown in...

Born on December 22 1993 in Atchison Kansas. He grew up in Highland KS and graduated from Doniphan West High School Highland KS with the class of 2012. On September 3 2013 Clarissa Billups and Dusty were blessed with the arrival of Koder Braun Saunders. Dusty worked for several local companies throu...

Melvin L. Whitlock 87 passed away Friday January 16 2026 at his home in Dearborn MO surrounded by family. He was born to the late William and Ella May Guy Whitlock on December 3 1938 in Forest City MO. He was one of four boys. Melvin graduated from West Platte High School and joined the Navy in 1955...

Timothy Bryan Johnson Sr. 84 of St. Joseph Missouri passed away Wednesday December 10 2025 at his home. Timothy was born June 25 1941 in Wathena KS son of Gladys and Leonard Johnson. He graduated from Wathena High School. On January 6 1997 he married Tamara Guilliams in Albuquerque NM. Timothy was a...

Norma Maye Pederson 86 of Muscotah Kansas passed away at her home near Muscotah Kansas on August 2 2025. Norma was born on April 3 1939 at the Horton Hospital in Horton Kansas the daughter of Glen Alexander and Bertha Jane Stirton Wilson. Norma was a graduate of Atchison County Community Schools ACC...