Obituaries

William Joseph Dorsey, Sr., age 85, of Atchison, KS, went home to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on September 5, 2024. Bill’s life will be celebrated on Friday, September 13, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. A visitation with the family will be for one hour prior to the service.

Julia Ann Clem, 86, of Atchison, Kansas passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2024, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 am, Monday, September 16, 2024, at St. Benedict’s Church, Atchison, with Father Meinrad Miller, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The parish rosary will be recited on Sunday, September 15 at 4:30 p.m. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, with visitation to follow until 6:00 p.m. Memorial contributions are suggested to Mount Saint Scholastica, St. Benedict’s school, or the American Cancer Society and may be left in the care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Julia was born on Halloween, October 31, 1937, in Atchison, Kansas to Albert and Helen (Clark) Handke. She attended rural grade school and St. Benedict’s Grade School and graduated from the Mount Saint Scholastica Academy in 1954. She received a B.A. in Mathematics from Mount Saint Scholastica College in 1968 and an M.S. in Technical Teacher Education from Pittsburg State University in 1985. She married Raymond Albert Clem on June 15, 1957, at St. Benedict’s Church, Atchison. They were married for 61 years until his death in 2019. She was a lifelong Catholic and became a Benedictine Oblate of Mount St Scholastica Monastery in 2015. As a wife and mother, she was always ready to lead the family activities, traveling to Michael’s running events, shuttling Mary Lynn to 4-H activities, and joining Raymond on trips from coast to coast. Later in life, she showed her family and friends how to be a loving caregiver to Raymond. Julia’s contributions to her community were numerous and varied, with a focus on education and community support. She loved mathematics and taught vocational students at Northeast KS Vocational School for many years. She shared her talents by serving on the Community Corrections Advisory Board, 1st Judicial District Nominating Commission, Atchison Historical Society, and numerous volunteer roles

Bernard “Bernie” W. Noll passed away on August 29, 2024, at the age of 82, in Atchison, Kansas. Mass of Christian burial will be held Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 10:30 AM, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Father William Dun-Dery will officiate the service. The Rosary will be on Friday, September 6, 2024, at 6:30 PM, at the church with visitation following the rosary. The burial will be at Corpus Christi Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Corpus Christi Church or Corpus Christi Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com Bernard was born on November 9, 1941, at his grandmother Schricks’ house in Mooney Creek, KS, the son of Walter “Jack” and Evelyn (Schrick) Noll. He spent most of his life in Mooney Creek, KS. He graduated from Mooney Creek Grade School in 1955 and from Maur Hill High School in 1959. He worked at the family farm until starting work at Midwest Solvents in 1962. In 1968, his Kansas Army National Guard unit was called to Ft. Carson for active duty in the Vietnam War, where he served as a unit cook. In 1980, he went to work for KCPL in Iatan, MO, at a power generating plant. He retired as a journeyman welder on Dec. 1, 2007, after 27 years of service. In his spare time, he loved to play cards, bowl, trap shooting, snow skiing, auto racing, and helping others. Bernie was a member of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 4th degree member of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the American Legions and Elks

Charles Linn Tull, 67, of Atchison, KS, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at the Atchison Senior Village Nursing Home. The funeral service will be 2:30 PM, Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Jeff Cochran officiating. A private family burial will follow at Halleck Cemetery, Faucett, MO. The family will receive friends prior to service from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association and may be sent to the care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www. beckerdyer.com. Charles was born on January 12, 1957, the son of Charles Ray and Beverly (Cawley) Tull. He attended Vo-Tech for Auto Mechanics. Charles worked as a lead man and licensed Weigher Inspector for Bunge Milling for forty-three years. He was a Life Scout in Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Lancaster Saddle Club, and MO-KAN Beagle Club, and enjoyed disc golf, fishing, rabbit hunting, and field trail dogs. Charles married Sandra Rathmann on March 14, 1997; she survives of the home. He is also survived by a stepdaughter, Ginger and Dennis Thomas, Lawrence, KS, two stepbrothers, Terry and Debra Robinson, Tim and Dorothy Robinson, two stepsisters, Tammy Griffin, Halls, MO, Trudy and Bob Scott, Atchison, KS, six grandchildren and several aunts and uncles on his father’s side. He was preceded by his parents

Jerry Kramer, 81, Winchester, Kansas passed away Saturday, August 31, 2024. He was born February 12, 1943, in Mooney Creek, Kansas to William “Bill” Kramer and Eulalia (Schrick) Kramer and was the fourth of eleven children.

Ray Schrick was born at home on the farm, delivered by his grandmother, on April 29, 1943, in Mooney Creek, Kansas. Ray, the fourth of seven children born to Raphael and Genevieve Schrick, passed away at home on August 25, 2024, enveloped by the love of his family. Ray will be remembered for his sense of humor; for embellishing his “poor stories” gleaned from his adventures growing up on a farm without running water, attending first a one-room and then a two-room school house; for always being in a good mood; for being at home everywhere he went in the world; for always being the fun end of the table. Ray lived in Tiburon and Mill Valley in the early 70s before settling in Novato in 1976. Ray came to Marin in 1970 to teach at Novato High School after teaching junior high for four years in Pico Rivera, CA in East L.A. Ray taught mathematics at Novato High for 32 years and finished his career teaching Advanced Placement Calculus BC at Redwood High in Larkspur. In 1998, he was named a Marin County Golden Bell Teacher. Ray launched generations of future engineers, doctors, rocket scientists, physicists, mathematicians, and programmers - and at least one astronaut - from his calculus classroom. He was a funny, dynamic, energetic, and brilliant teacher who never hesitated to tie the real world with the theoretical long before it was the norm. Ray experienced many firsts in his life: the first in his family to attend a four-year college/university; the first to earn his Master’s degree (Whittier); a member of the first cadre of mentor teachers in the Novato Unified School District; the first to fund and set-up a computer lab at Novato High where he also taught BASIC and PASCAL languages; the first to implement and teach Advanced Placement Calculus AB at Novato High from the early 1980’s until he left in 2002. Beyond the classroom, he and a business partner founded one of the earliest “wellness” “start-ups,” terms that didn’t exist when their successful co

Melva Jean Harrison, 85, formerly of Lancaster, KS died on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at Atchison Senior Village. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, August 29th, 2024, at Lancaster Church of Faith, with Rev. Seth Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in the Lancaster Cemetery. A Nightingale service will begin at 6:15 pm on Wednesday, August 28th, 2024, with visitation to follow until 8:00 pm at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, 800 Kansas Ave, Atchison, KS. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Lancaster Church of Faith or the NEKS Hospice and may be sent to the care of the funeral home. Condolences and remembrances may be left online at www.beckerdyer. com.

James E. “Jim” McCubbin, 94, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, August 26, 2024, at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri. Funeral services were Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Nicole Schwartz-Eck officiating. Memorial contributions are suggested to Wathena Health Care and Re- habilitation Center or a charity of the donor’s choice and they may be left in the care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Jim was born September 1, 1929, in Lancaster, Kansas the son of Thomas L. and Ida E. Jahne McCubbin. He attended Sunny Hill Rural Route School in Effingham, Kansas then Atchison County Community High School from 1944 thru 1945 in Effingham and then Atchison High School for two years graduating in 1947. He was a 1972 graduate of Southern Police Institute University of Louisville, Kentucky; a 1978 graduate of Missouri Western College in St. Joseph, MO and a 1982 graduate of Homicide Investigation, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. He and Mary M. Maycroft were united in marriage on June 8, 1952 in Atchison, Kansas. Jim served from March 15, 1952, until December 30, 1965, with the Atchison Police Department as a top-rank detective Lieutenant; and from January 1, 1966, until March 1, 1987, as a special agent for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and from 1987 until March of 2002 in contract investigation in the federal office inv. (OPM Division); and from 1987 until his retirement, he served as a self-employed wedding photographer. Jim served in the United States Air Force from 1950 until his honorable discharge in 1951 as an Airman. Survivors include four daughters, Pamela K. “Pam” Schwartz, Atchison, KS; Virginia L. “Ginny” (Mark) Bailey, Atchison, KS; Julia L. “Julie” (Jeff) Houston, Grain Valley, MO; Darla J. McCarver, Springfield, MO; and two granddaughters, Nicole Schwartz-Eck (Jeremiah) and Maryl Chapman (Roland); and one great-grandson, Cole James Eck. One sister-in-law, Rosie Maycroft, Atchison, KS. He was preceded in deat

Phyllis Marie Bertels, 91, formerly of Nor- tonville, KS died on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at the Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, KS. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the St.