Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

2008-02-28
Collection: 2008

Title

2008-02-28

2008-03-02

Subject

Zerbe, Brian J.

Scharff, Leroy

Ketterman, Vera M.

Description

Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette

Creator

Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]

Source

Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas

http://augustahistoricalsociety.com

Publisher

Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Date

2008-03-03

2008-03-04

Rights

In Copyright In Copyright

Published with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited.

Format

Clippings

Language

English

Type

application/pdf

Identifier

b13#26 2008



Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2008-02-28,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 22, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/1745.
Text

Brian J. Zerbe

Brian J. Zerbe, 49, died at home of a sudden cardiac arrest on Thursday Feb. 28, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, at Augusta United Methodist Church,
Brian was born May 1, 1958 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and moved as a baby to Augusta, where he lived for more than 40 years. He worked at the family's newspaper, the Augusta Daily Gazette, in positions of increasing responsibility
before leaving to pursue a bachelor's degree. He graduated from Wichita State University with a degree in gerontology in 1992.
Brian was the beloved husband of Patricia A. (Rawls) Zerbe, and father of two children, Rhiannon of Wichita and Richard of the home.
In addition to his wife and children, Brian is survived by: his mother and father, Carter and Lolita Zerbe of Augusta; his sister and brother-in-law, Brenda (Zerbe) and Elliott Rodda and their children Elijah and Emory of Winfield; and two grandchildren,
Madeline Carnahan and Cole Martin.
Memorials may be made to the Augusta United
Methodist Church or the American Heart Association.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.

Leroy Scharff

Leroy Scharff, 60, farmer and former International Harvester diesel mechanic, passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
Service was held at 10 a.m. this morning at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. Burial in Severy Cemetery.
Leroy was born in Eureka, on March 14, 1947, the son of the late Basil Frank and Waneta Murele (Book) Scharff.
On May 23, 2003 he married Dawn (Davis) Samuelson in Miami Okla, and she survives.
Other survivors include: son, David Scharff and wife Linda of Douglass; daughter, Alice Schuh of Wichita; step son, Eric Samuelson of Haysville; step daughter, Crystal Samuelson of Haysville; sisters, Jewell Mapes; and Rhonda Smith both of Wichita; and 13 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by son, Gary and sister, Debbie.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.

Vera M. Ketterman

Vera M. Ketterman, 93, Augusta, retired Farm and Home Furniture clerk, lifelong Butler Co. resident, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2008.
Visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening at Hillside Funeral Home in Augusta.
Graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p .m. on Wednesday, March 5, at Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta.
Her survivors include: sons, Edward (Wauneta) of Douglass, Richard
(Charlotte) of Towanda, and William of Augusta; 10 grandchildren; numerous great and great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by: husband, Melvin; one sister and two brothers.
Arrangements by Hillside Funeral Home, Augusta.

Original Format

Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page