Olive L. Hyatt
Jul 25, 2012
Olive L. Hyatt, 75, of Holton passed away July 25, 2012 in Holton. She was born September 22, 1936 in Delia, Kansas the daughter of Lemuel D. and Edna (Burns) Place. She graduated from Circleville High School in 1954. On June 23, 1956 Olive married Everett L. Hyatt in Holton. She had worked at the Slimaker Dress Factory and Trails...
Augustine Marie (Nahnogah) Hale
Jul 23, 2012
TOPEKA- Augustine M. (Nahnogah) Hale "Mog-neet", 78, of Topeka, KS passed away Monday July 23, 2012 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born August 16, 1933 in Mayetta, KS the daughter of Scott and Anna Mae (Matchie) Nahnogah. She was a Certified Nurses Aide at Hill Haven in Topeka for many years and was a member of the...
Donald Duane Moore
Jul 22, 2012
Donald Duane Moore, 68, of Ozawkie, KS died Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Village Villa in Nortonville, KS. He was born December 15, 1943 in Emerson, NE, the son of Henry W. and Doris Allen Moore. Donald graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1961. He was a carpenter and a member of International Brotherhood of Carpenters in Kansas City. He...
Melissa Jeanne (Simkins) Wright
Jul 20, 2012
HAVENSVILLE – Melissa Jeanne (Simkins) Wright, 42, of Havensville, KS passed away Friday, July 20, 2012 at Community Hospital Onaga. She was born December 7, 1969 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Ivan Lee and Saundra Kaye (Sauvage) Simkins. Melissa graduated from St. Marys High School in 1988. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Education at Washburn University and Masters...
Wilbur "Bill" L. Harris
Jul 17, 2012
Wilbur Lee "Bill" Harris, 80, of Holton, KS passed July 17, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton. He was born February 1, 1932 in Ida Grove, Iowa the son of Leo C. and Amelia Martha (Wittmaack) Harris. Wilbur attended school in Ida Grove, IA and Powhattan. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict from 1950...
Geraldine R. Casey
Jul 13, 2012
Geraldine R. Casey "Kish-ko-kwe", of Coolidge TX went to be with the Lord July 13, 2012 at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Hospital under the care of Denver Hospice, Denver, CO. Born on April 30, 1944 in Topeka KS, she was the daughter of Orlando "Meshi" P. Green-Young and Augustine Spetto and was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. She grew...
Esta Susanna Ferrell
Jul 8, 2012
Esta Susanna Ferrell, 94, formerly of Valley Falls, passed away peacefully July 8, 2012, at ClareBridge Assisted Living in Plymouth, Minnesota. Esta was born near Onaga, Kansas on April 25, 1918, the daughter of Daniel and Ethel Taylor Mumaw. Her parents moved to the Holton area to farm in 1924. She attended Holton schools until her parents moved to a...
Mary V. Blackburn
Jul 8, 2012
Mary V. Blackburn, 82, formerly of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012 at a Topeka hospital. She was born January 23, 1930 in Holton, the daughter of Albert Matthew and Edna C. Fink Edwards. Mary attended Holton schools and worked as a nurse's aide at the Holton Community Hospital for 22 years. She later worked at the Beatitudes...
Genevieve Emily Rollins
Jul 1, 2012
Genevieve Emily Rollins, 87, Winchester, formerly of Valley Falls, went home to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, July 1, 2012, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born on April 14, 1925, at Onaga, the daughter of Emile Ferdinand and Waunita Alice Perrussel Cass. She graduated from Onaga High School in 1943. Genevieve was a homemaker....
Adelaide "Shanot" Rhoades
Jun 30, 2012
Adelaide "Shanot" Rhoades, 82, of Holton, KS formerly of Mayetta and Topeka, KS, passed away June 30, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton. She was born July 28, 1929 in Mayetta the daughter of John and Emma (Young) Wahbnum. Adelaide was a Nurse's Aide for Stormont Vail Hospital for over 30 years. She was a member of the Prairie...
Lillian D. Horton
Jun 26, 2012
Lillian D. Horton, 95, of Holton, KS passed away June 26, 2012 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born August 24, 1916 north of Wetmore the daughter of J.L. and Cordelia (Hetherington) Davis. Lillian attended Wetmore High School. She had lived in Holton since 1997 and previously in Whiting for 35 years and Horton for 3 years....
Kathryn Kramer Peterson
Jun 24, 2012
Kathryn Kramer Peterson, 90, Valley Falls, died Sunday, June 24, 2012, at Phoenix, AZ. She was born on Jan. 13, 1922, the daughter of William and Emily Duby Crable, outside Osage City, KS. Due to the death of Emily, Kathryn went to live with John W. and Emma Russell Cooling at the age of five, outside of Valley Falls. The...
Janice H. Kathrens
Jun 22, 2012
HOLTON - Janice H. Kathrens, 74, of Holton, passed away Friday, June 22, 2012, at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born on August 31, 1937, at Hiawatha, the daughter of John Henry and Mildred Jennifer (Houlette) Fraser. She attended Hiawatha schools and later graduated from high school in Belfour, CA. Janice was a homemaker and farmed with her husband...
Kay E. Lassiter
Jun 16, 2012
Kay E. Lassiter, 72, Valley Falls, died unexpectedly Saturday, June 16, 2012, at a Topeka hospital. She was born on April 4, 1940, at Topeka, the daughter of Clifford L. and Dorothea Harshbarger Coleman. She attended Central Park Grade School, Crane Junior High School, and Topeka High School, before moving to Valley Falls where she graduated from Valley Falls High...
Harold "Hap" Eugene Arnold
Jun 15, 2012
Manhattan- Harold E. "Hap" Arnold, 86, of Manhattan, KS formerly of Horton and Holton, passed away June 15, 2012 in Manhattan. He was born April 15, 1926 in Holton, KS the son of Ray and Viola Mae Askren Arnold. Hap graduated from Holton High School and attended Kansas State University. He served in the United States Navy from 1944 –...
Harold "Ted" F. Bradford
Jun 13, 2012
Harold F. "Ted" Bradford, 90 of Henrietta Township passed away Wednesday June 13, 2012 at his home following a brief illness. Ted was born July 26, 1921 in Centre Hall, PA. and spent his childhood years there. He served in the United States Army-Air Corps during W.W. II. He trained for the service in Topeka, KS where he met his...
Michelle Lynn Arnold
May 28, 2012
Topeka- Michelle Lynn Arnold, 33, of Topeka, KS passed away May 28, 2012 at her home. She was born February 7, 1979 in Topeka the daughter of Robert and Dorothy (Griffith) Arnold. She attended Silver Lake Schools and Friends University. Michelle was a member of the Citizens Band Potawatomi Nation. She is survived by her parents, Bob and Dorothy Arnold;...
Dorothy E Bomar
May 25, 2012
Dorothy E. Booth Bomar, 92, Topeka, formerly of Rock Creek, went into the peaceful presence of her Savior on Friday, May 25, 2012. She had been a resident at Presbyterian Manor in Topeka. She was born on Oct. 25, 1919, at Barnes, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Edith Pearl Zeek Booth. She attended many schools in Nemaha and Marshall...
Betty Jo Herbers
May 21, 2012
Betty Jo Herbers, 82, of Holton died Monday, May 21, 2012 in Holton. Betty was born February 4, 1930 in Holton, the daughter of Jesse Lorane and Edith Jackson Beightel. Betty worked as a bookkeeper. She also worked in the Jackson County Extension Office and later at Evangel United Methodist Church. She was a member of Evangel United Methodist Church,...
Robert E. Lester
May 21, 2012
KANSAS CITY, MO- Robert E. Lester, 88, of Kansas City, MO passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at North Care Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. He was born February 3, 1924 in St. Marys, KS the son of Charles and Ethel (Wyker) Lester. Robert had lived in the Kansas City area most of his life and had previously lived...
