Late Notices, Aug. 13, 2025
Salee-Asif Dutt
Salee-Asif Dutt, 49, St. Joseph, died Aug. 11, 2025. Arrangements pending Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory.
Barbara S. Pratt
HIAWATHA, Kan. -Barbara S Pratt, 86, formerly of Falls City, Nebraska, died Aug. 8, 2025. www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com
Sandra Meeks
Sandra Meeks, 72, St.Joseph, died Aug. 12, 2025. Arrangements are pending, at the Rupp Funeral Home.
Donald L. Robidoux
HIAWATHA, Kan. – Donald Louis Robidoux, 81, died Aug. 6, 2025. www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com
Elmer E. Snyder Jr.
HIAWATHA, Kan. – Elmer E Snyder, Jr., 86, died Aug. 11, 2025. www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com
Bette Lou Tolbert
Bette Lou Tolbert, 96, of St. Joseph, died Aug. 9, 2025. Graveside services 10 a.m. Thursday, at the Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Rupp Funeral Home. www.ruppfuneral.com As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.
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