Mike Daniel Flewelling
Dec 1, 2012
Mike Daniel Flewelling, 20, formerly of Goff, KS passed away December 1, 2012 as a result of an automobile accident. He was born December 1, 1992 in Holton, KS the son of Robin Flewelling and Ute (Schwarz) Cashman. Mike attended Wetmore Academic Center and had recently earned his high school diploma from Lawrence Gardner High School of Topeka. He had...
Irma M Steinmetz
Nov 29, 2012
Irma M. Steinmetz, 87, Overland Park, formerly of Valley Falls, KS, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at Sweet Life at Brookdale Place. She was born on April 17, 1925, at Valley Falls, the daughter of Peter A. and Anna J. Sisk Stein. She graduated from Valley Falls High School. She married Virgil M. Steinmetz on February 12, 1945, at Midland,...
Edna Lorraine Fields
Nov 29, 2012
Edna Lorraine Fields, 84, Winchester, formerly of Ogdensburg N.Y., died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at the Senior Living Center at the FW Huston Medical Center at Winchester. She was born on April 30, 1928, at Iroquois, Ontario, the daughter of William and Mae Millar Simms. She graduated from the Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1945 and from Wallace Secretarial school in...
Claude Melvin Langston Jr.
Nov 28, 2012
Claude Melvin Langston Jr., 88, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, at Hickory Pointe Care Center in Oskaloosa. He was born on March 4, 1924, at Valley Falls, the son of Claude Melvin and Clara Mae Stewart Langston. He attended schools in Valley Falls. Mel was a farmer and raised livestock east of Valley Falls. He also drove a...
Velma Ilene Kruse
Nov 25, 2012
Velma Ilene Kruse, 78, of Holton, KS passed away November 25, 2012 at her home after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was born August 19, 1934 in Hoyt, KS the daughter of Dewey C. and Bertha W. (Damme) Colhouer. Velma graduated from Mayetta High School in 1952. She had lived in Holton since 2005 and had previously lived...
Robert William Kottman
Nov 22, 2012
Robert William Kottman, 85, of Holton passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012, in Neosho, MO. He was born July 22, 1927 in Falls City, NE, the son David O. and Carol Hern Kottman. Bob graduated from Atchison High School and attended Benedictine College. Bob was a retired executive with Ford Motor Company. Bob served in the US Navy during WWII...
Margaret "Marge" L. Taylor
Nov 21, 2012
Margaret (Marge) Taylor, 89, of Holton, KS passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka from cholangiocarcinoma. She was born June 7, 1923, on a farm, northeast of Mayetta, to Lula Sarah Adkins and James Franklin Jones. She graduated from Mayetta High School in 1941 and immediately began working at the Kansas Department of Revenue in...
Helen M. Coe
Nov 18, 2012
Helen M. Coe, 90, of Soldier, KS passed away November 18, 2012 at the Onaga Community Hospital. She was born May 14, 1922 north of Soldier, KS the daughter of Andrew and Rosa (Staehli) Aeschliman. Helen graduated from Corning High School in 1940 and completed normal teacher's training. She taught at a country school in Nemaha County for a couple...
Amy M. Gilleece Cummings
Nov 15, 2012
Amy M. Gilleece Cummings, 31, Valley Falls, died unexpectedly, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born on July 6, 1981, the daughter of Delbert R. Gilleece. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 2000. She was a member of the Valley Falls Christian Church and the Valley Falls Saddle Club. Amy worked...
Donald C Tosh
Nov 6, 2012
Donald C. Tosh, 87, Valley Falls, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka surrounded by his family who loved him very much. He was born June 25, 1925, at Valley Falls, the son of Cecil and Luella (White) Tosh. Don attended schools in Valley Falls and was a farmer and stockman his entire life....
Johna Alyn Coker
Nov 3, 2012
Johna Alyn Coker, infant daughter of Alan M. and Kristy R. Behring Coker, Valley Falls, passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. In addition to her parents she is survived by two sisters, Courtney L. Coker, Corpus Christi, TX, and Karlie R. Coker, of the home; paternal grandmother, Gail Coker-Carr, and paternal step-grandfather, Charles Carr, Hiawatha;...
Carol Jean Church
Nov 3, 2012
Carol Jean Church, 65, Valley Falls, KS died Saturday, November 3, 2012 at her home. She was born December 4, 1946, in Lawrence, the daughter of William L. "Pete" and Pearl Vogler Abel. Carol was a CNA for Aldersgate Village in Topeka and Valley Health Care in Valley Falls. She had worked as a custodian for USD #338 Valley Falls...
Melvin Frederick Breitsprecher
Nov 2, 2012
Melvin Frederick "Mel" Breitsprecher, 78, of Valley Falls died Friday, November 2, 2012 at his home. He was born May 16, 1934 in Cresco, IA the son of Frederick Carl and Stella Voves Breitsprecher. Mel graduated from Winchester High School in 1953. He was an appliance repairman for List Appliance in Valley Falls and Ruralgas in Nortonville. He also worked...
Carol J. Kitchkommie
Nov 1, 2012
Carol Jean Kitchkommie, 68, of Mayetta, KS passed away November 1, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born December 20, 1943 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Joseph and Lucille (LaClair) Kabance. Carol had lived most of her life in Kansas. She was a homemaker and housewife. She was attending Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and was...
Mildred Viola Wissinger
Oct 31, 2012
Mildred Viola Wissinger, 95, of Holton, formerly of Springfield, Missouri passed away peacefully with her family by her side Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born July 4, 1917 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania the daughter of Charles Avery and Minnie Rebecca (Hassel) Day. She graduated from Johnstown High School. Mildred was a comptometer operator for Spear's Automotive...
Larry Mik-Se-Ni Berryhill
Oct 28, 2012
Larry "Mik-se-ni" Berryhill, 70, of Circleville, formerly of San Jose, CA, passed away Sunday October 28, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Larry was born November 23, 1941 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Marie Rice. Larry grew up on the Potawatomi Reservation and attended Haskell School. He served in The US Army and was a member of...
Shirley Ann Mick
Oct 26, 2012
Shirley Ann Mick, 75, of Holton, KS passed away October 26, 2012 at her home. She was born May 17, 1937 in Holton the daughter of Kermit Robert and Rheva Lucille (Johnson) Mick. Shirley had attended Philo and Denison schools. She was a lifelong member of the Holton community. Shirley worked a short time for Slimaker Dress Factory, 4 years...
Laverna E. Slimmer
Oct 25, 2012
LaVerna Emma Slimmer of Holton passed away October 25, 2012. She was born December 1, 1922 in Holton, the daughter of Max K. Drechsler and Emma Wahl Drechsler, deceased. LaVerna attended school in Holton, graduating in 1940. In 1941she married Lawrence Slimmer in Little Rock, Arkansas. He preceded her in death March of 1997. LaVerna worked for United Telephone as...
Fred White, Jr.
Oct 21, 2012
Fred White, Jr., 95, of Holton passed away October 21, 2012 at The Pines in Holton. He was born March 15, 1917 in Holton the son of Fred White, Sr. and Bessie L. Marshall. Fred graduated from Lansing High School in 1934. He served in the United States Army during WWII in the 147th General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii and...
Elmer Paul Kuglin
Oct 20, 2012
Elmer Paul Kuglin, 90, of Holton, KS passed away October 20, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born January 2, 1922 west of Holton the son of Paul and Elsie (Dick) Kuglin. Elmer was a life-long member of the Holton community. He graduated from Holton High School in 1940. Elmer was a farmer on the family farm west of...
