Obituaries

Clara passed away September 15, 2025, at Nemaha County Community Hospital in Seneca, Kansas. Clara “Tudy” Frakes Horn was born October 29, 1935, in Kansas City Kansas, to Mary Louise “Coffey” Frakes and Albert Jefferson Frakes. Tudy was the second oldest of 6 children.

Vera Mae Budd, age 94, passed away Sept. 12, 2025, at Diversicare of Council Grove. She was born on January 5, 1931, in Alta Vista, Kansas and raised in the Chalk area.

John Conrad Hertlein was born in rural Wilsey on December 25, 1938, to Ray and Lucy (Greer) Hertlein. His cousin (Eleanor Hertlein Philips Muller) often said he caused the Hertlein family Christmas dinner to be late—since they couldn’t eat without Aunt Mildred, who helped welcome him into the world.