Mercer Funeral Home-Valley Falls

Harold W. Pace, Sr., 88, of Holton, KS, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2020 at The Pines South in Holton. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls, KS. Burial with Military Honors will follow at the Valley Falls Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to Holton Community Hospital Hospice c/o Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088. www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.

Willard Ivan Duffield, 85, of Hoyt, KS, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at The Pines South. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 6, 2020 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Valley Falls. Burial will follow at the Muddy Creek Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Memorials may be given to the Calvary Baptist Church c/o Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088. www.mercerfuneralhomes.com

JoAnn (Zink) Hofstra age 85, Valley Falls, died Sunday, June 14th, 2020. She was born November 30, 1934 at Leavenworth, the daughter of Emery and Letha (Sales) Zink. Funeral services will at 11:00 A.M. Friday, June 19, 2020 at Calvary Baptist Church in Valley Falls. Visitation will be 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. at the church. Burial will be at Sunset Memory Gardens in Leavenworth at 1:30 P.M. JoAnn will lie in state at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 17, 2020 and 10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Thursday June 18, 2020. Memorials may be given to Calvary Baptist Church -Valley Falls, c/o Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 6, Valley Falls, Ks 66088. To leave a special...

passed away Feb. 10, 2020, in Valley Falls. Remembrance 2:00-5:00pm Saturday, February 15, at KSB Community Hall, Valley Falls. www.mercerfuneralhomes.com

Funeral for Tyler Miller, Lawrence/Valley Falls, 10:30am Oct. 26, 2019, Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Visitation 6:00-8:00pm Friday. www.mercerfuneralhomes.com

Tyler Allen Miller, 27, Lawrence, formerly of Valley Falls, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at Ft. Morgan, CO. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Cremation will follow. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday. www.mercerfuneralhomes.com

Patricia R. Jackson, 81, Valley Falls, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. The Funeral Service will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at the Valley Falls United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Valley Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Memorial contributions may be made to the Valley Falls United Methodist Clothes Closet or to the Valley Falls Children's Christmas Fund and sent c/o Mercer Funeral Home, PO Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088. Online condolences are welcome at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.

Roger K. Frakes, 77, Valley Falls, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at his home. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Burial with military honors by Grahem-Herbers Post 3084 Veterans of Foreign Wars will follow at the Valley Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to Jefferson County District 11 EMS and sent c/o Mercer Funeral home, PO Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088. Online condolences are welcome at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.

Betty Jane Wilson, 99, Valley Falls, died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at the Valley Falls United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Nortonville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Memorial contributions may be made to the Valley Falls United Methodist Church or to the Valley Falls Historical Society, and sent c/o Mercer Funeral Home, PO Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088. Online condolences are welcome at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.

Shirley Jean (Harden) Nesbitt, 86, Oskaloosa, died Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at FW Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester. She was born March 27, 1933, at McLouth, the only child of Willis H. "Buck" and Velma G. Robertson Harden. She graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1951. Shirley immediately started to work for the Farmers Home Administration in the old Oskaloosa courthouse. After the courthouse was destroyed by a tornado in 1960, her office was re-opened in the new courthouse. She married her high school sweetheart, Ronald Ray "Bud" Nesbitt, Sept. 29, 1951, at Ozawkie. They were married for over 67 years. Their daughter, Rhonda, was born in 1953. Bud had entered the US Army and...

Joseph Bernard Glissman, 80, Tecumseh, died unexpectedly, Sunday, July 28, 2019, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, at St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Catholic Church In Valley Falls. Burial will follow at the parish cemetery with military honors by Grahem-Herbers Post 3084 V.F.W. A Chalice Service will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at the church, followed by the Rosary and then a visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to the Valley Falls Athletic Association and sent c/o Mercer Funeral Home, PO Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088. Online condolences are welcome at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.