James Edward "Junior" Fitzgerald
Mar 11, 2012
James Edward "Junior" Fitzgerald, 87, North Las Vegas, NV, formerly of Topeka, KS, died Sunday, March 11, 2012, at a Las Vegas hospice house. He was born on Feb. 28, 1925, at Mayetta, KS, the son of James and Edna Oelke Fitzgerald Sr. He graduated from Mayetta High School. Junior had retired as a power plant operator at Tecumseh, KS,...
Doris L Messersmith
Mar 11, 2012
Doris L. Messersmith, 62, Valley Falls, died Sunday, March 11, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 11, 1949, at Great Bend, the daughter of William and Mary Brown Hutchings. She graduated from Scott City High School. Doris had been a Supervisor at Luce Press Clippings in Topeka, where she had worked for...
Fred Johnson
Mar 9, 2012
Fred Johnson, 91, of Holton, formerly of Circleville, passed away Friday evening March 9, 2012. He was born May 8, 1920, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Fred W. and Edith Rhea Johnson. He attended elementary school in Dennis, Kansas and graduated from Drexel Missouri High School in 1938. He graduated from Huff Business College in Kansas City Missouri in...
Theodore Charles Lentz
Mar 2, 2012
Theodore Charles Lentz, 84, Valley Falls, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at a care facility in Horton. He was born on Jan. 6, 1928, at Atchison, the son of Theodore Harold and Rosa Pearl Van Horn Lentz. He attended Atchison High School. Theodore was a dairyman and a farmer northeast of Valley Falls. He was a member and former trustee...
Mary M. Hower
Feb 28, 2012
HOLTON- Mary M. Hower, 88, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at a care facility, The Pines, in Holton. She was born August 18, 1923 in Holton the daughter of Robert A. and Clarice V. (Grubbs) Todd. Mary attended Brightside Elementary school until 8th grade and graduated from Denison High School in 1941. She was a lifelong...
Mildred M. Reaser
Feb 28, 2012
TOPEKA- Mildred M. Reaser, 85, of Topeka, KS passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born October 16, 1926 in Wetmore, KS the daughter of Floyd E. and Frances G. (Porter) Chase. Mildred graduated from Wetmore High School and had been baptized in the Wetmore Baptist Church. Mildred had lived in Topeka for...
Ilene L. Bennett
Feb 25, 2012
Ilene L. Bennett, 86, of Soldier died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at a Holton nursing home. Ilene was born October 23, 1925 in Circleville, KS, the daughter of Emmett and Dolly Frakes Baxter. Ilene graduated from Circleville High School in 1943. She worked at Ben Franklins and Ron's United Super both in Holton. She was a member of the Circleville...
Mary L Maxfield
Feb 21, 2012
Mary L. Maxfield, 72, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at her home. She was born on June 18, 1939, at Grantville, the daughter of Robert Z. and Myrtle E. Jones Cox. She graduated from Oskaloosa High School. Mary was a homemaker and a regular volunteer for many organizations. She was a member of the Coal Creek United Methodist...
Glenda Mae Whearty
Feb 18, 2012
HOLTON- Glenda Mae (Ely) Whearty, 71, of Holton, KS passed away February 18, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton. She was born November 7, 1940 in Holton the only child of Glen William and Edna (Pooler) Ely. Glenda graduated 8th grade from South Cedar Grade School. She also graduated from Mayetta High School in 1958. She had grown up...
Myrl Sue Gurwell
Feb 17, 2012
Myrl Sue Gurwell. 75, Topeka, died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at her home. She was born on Jan. 12, 1937, at Gladewater, TX, the daughter of Alton and Doris Hammock Fowler. Myrl was a homemaker. She had worked as a data entry operator for several businesses in Topeka. She was a former member of the Highland Park Assembly of God...
Patty Ann Lux-Bowser
Feb 15, 2012
Patty Ann Lux-Bowser, 55, of Arrington, KS passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at her home. She was born July 29, 1956 in Lawrence, KS the daughter of William E. and Viva Elnora "Vi" Davis Lux. She graduated from Tonganoxie High School in 1974. Patty had lived in Oskaloosa for 15 years before moving to the Arrington community in 1992....
Richard Daniel "Rick" Jeffries Sr
Feb 13, 2012
Richard Daniel "Rick" Jeffries, Sr, 62, Valley Falls, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at his home. He was born on March 27, 1949, in Franklin, VA, the son of Elmer Hollis and Lois Marie Collins Jeffries. Rick worked at many jobs through out his life. He was a taxi cab driver, an ambulance driver, a cable installer, and a...
Ralph "Pok-To" Tecumseh
Feb 11, 2012
Ralph Porky Tecumseh, 73, of Mayetta passed away Saturday February 11, 2012 at his home. He was born December 5, 1938, on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation, the son of Frank and Lillian (Waubiness) Tecumseh. He had lived most of his life in Mayetta and retired from Prairie Band Casino where he had worked as a slot technician since its...
Richard B. Chapman
Feb 10, 2012
Richard Boyd Chapman, 99 years of age, resident of The Forum at Overland Park, passed away on February 10, 2012. He was born November 9, 1912 the son of Richard Augustus Chapman and Mary Boyd Chapman of St. Louis, MO. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Carol Harszy Chapman of the home and three sons: John and...
Eunice Mae Moore
Feb 7, 2012
Holton- Eunice Mae Moore, 93, died Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born August 14, 1918, at Carroll, Nebraska, the daughter of Otto R. and Leona E. Goodman Mick. Mrs. Moore was a homemaker and has lived most of her life in the Holton area. She enjoyed cooking and baking and will be especially remembered by...
Donald Lee Hamlin
Feb 5, 2012
Donald Lee Hamlin, 85 of Topeka formerly of Holton died Sunday February 5, 2012 at Lexington Park in Topeka. He was born on April 19, 1926 in Circleville, KS, the son of Ralph James and Erma A. Myers Hamlin. Don served in the US Army during WW II and Korea, he later retired from the Army National Guard as a...
Harlan Ralph Phillips
Feb 4, 2012
Harlan Ralph Phillips was born February 12, 1921 in Manhattan, KS to Kenneth W. and Ramona Norton Phillips. His family lived north of Manhattan along the Blue River near Stockdale, KS. He graduated from Stockdale High School in 1938 and attended Kansas State University and worked for the college Dairy Department. Later he worked for Kansas DHIA as a cow...
Bernice C. Smith
Jan 29, 2012
Bernice C. Smith, 96, Holton, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at a Holton care facility. She was born on April 17, 1915, at Soldier, the daughter of Loyd E. and Clara Jane Hedrick Akright. Bernice had attended Birmingham Grade School and graduated from Denison Rural High School. She later graduated from Washburn University. Bernice was a farm wife and a...
Jimmie L. Kern
Jan 28, 2012
MAYETTA-Jimmie Lee Kern, 72, Mayetta, died Saturday Jan. 28, 2012, at his home. He was born on Dec. 28, 1939, at Mayetta, the son of Creston Clifford and Elsie Margaret Johnson Kern. He graduated from Mayetta High School in 1957. Jimmie owned Kern Auto Supply in Holton for 43 years. He married Eileen "Tutti" Matchie on Aug. 27, 1962, at...
Edward "Dutch" Hill
Jan 25, 2012
SOLDIER- Edward "Dutch" Hill, 94, of Soldier, KS passed away January 25, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born January 16, 1918 on a farm northwest of Goff, KS the son of Paul Atkin and Edna Pearl (Freel) Hill. Ed had lived in the Soldier community since 1996 and previously lived in Bancroft and Goff area. He was a...
