Rose Ann Staab
Oct 17, 2011
Rose Ann Staab, 93 of Garden City formerly of Valley Falls, KS, died Monday October 17, 2011 at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin. Rose was born February 3, 1918 in Jefferson County, the daughter of Harry B. and Edythe Mallory Martin. Rose had lived in Valley Falls until she moved to Garden City in the early 1980's and later moved...
Jaunita B. Slocum
Oct 17, 2011
Jaunita Bernadine Slocum, 89, of Topeka, KS formerly of Holton, passed away October 17, 2011 in Topeka. She was born August 31, 1922 in Holton the daughter of Arthur William and Josephine Ida (White) Miller. Jaunita had lived in Holton most of her life, DeSoto for 37 years and Topeka for the last 7 years. She worked as a cook...
Dean F. Myers
Oct 8, 2011
HAVENSVILLE- Dean Frederick Myers, 84, of Havensville, KS passed away October 8, 2011 at his home after a long and courageous battle with COPD. He was born July 12, 1927 in Albuquerque, NM, the son of Ralph and Nancy (Armstrong) Myers. Dean was a lifelong member of the Havensville community. He graduated from Havensville High School in 1945. After high...
Rita Renea Waterman
Oct 4, 2011
HOLTON- Rita Renea Waterman, 43, of Holton, KS passed away October 4, 2011 at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, MO after a long and courageous battle with Lupus. She was born August 13, 1968 in Topeka the daughter of James and Shirley (Howland) Parison. Rita had attended Highland Park High School. She had lived in the Holton community for 13...
Manuel "Manny" Gracia
Sep 24, 2011
Manuel "Manny" Gracia, 47, of Salina, KS passed away September 24, 2011 in Salina. He was born January 5, 1964 in Garden City, KS the son of Maria L. Espinoza Zetino. Manny had lived several months in Salina and had previously lived in Columbus, NE and Garden City, KS. He was a steel fabricator for Columbus Steel in Columbus, NE....
Mary Jo Doyle-Fitch
Sep 22, 2011
Mary Jo Doyle-Fitch, 53, of Towanda, KS formerly of Holton, passed away Thursday September 22, 2011 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born September 27, 1957 in Holton the daughter of Joe and Mary (Eckert) Doyle. She graduated from Holton High School and later attended Kaw Valley Technical School. She was the manager at Big Sky Boutique and...
Edith "Jan" Joan Scheidegger
Sep 20, 2011
Edith Joan "Jan" Bell Scheidegger, 80, of Holton died Tuesday September 20, 2011 at her daughter's home. Jan was born December 2, 1930 in Canyon, TX, the daughter of Kenneth and Pearl Rouse Burum. Jan was raised in Portland, OR. She had been in Holton since 1949. Jan was a homemaker, worked at Craigs IGA and was a Secretary for...
Alpharetta May Dachenhausen
Sep 15, 2011
HARVEYVILLE- Alpharetta May Dachenhausen, 91, of Harveyville, formerly of Holton, KS passed away September 15, 2011 at her son's home. She was born November 8, 1919 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Ira Leslie and Rosa Catherina (Moriss) Hollenbeck. She had lived in the Holton area most of her life and had also lived in Bella Vista for 5 years...
Rose Curtis
Sep 13, 2011
HOLTON- Rose Curtis, 90, of Holton, KS passed away September 13, 2011 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born October 5, 1920 in Merriam, KS the daughter of Herman Lewis and Ethel Viola Reboul Bledissel. She attended school in Holton and was a lifelong member of the Holton community. Rose had worked for Merry Manor in Holton as a Certified...
Ernest L. Woods
Sep 11, 2011
Ernest L. "Ernie" Woods, 84, of Mayetta died Sunday September 11, 2011 at his home. Ernie was born March 3, 1927 in rural Mayetta. He was the son of Harry A. and Nellie Ruth Anderson Woods. Ernie attended Mayetta schools. He lived in the Mayetta area and had lived in Lecompton for 5 years. He was a farmer and stockman....
Maxine A. (Myers) Mulkey
Sep 2, 2011
HOLTON- Maxine Arlene (Myers) Mulkey, 87, of Holton, KS passed away September 2, 2011 in Topeka. She was born December 15, 1923 in Horton, the daughter of Carl and Grace (Stanbarger) Conger. Maxine was a housewife, mother and worked at Jackson County Nursing Home as a cook for nine years before retiring. On June 30, 1942, she married Clarence Myers...
Lewis Herman Putthoff
Aug 27, 2011
Lewis Herman Putthoff, 86, Meriden, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at his home. He was born on Nov. 11, 1924, at Winchester, the son of Henry and Anna Boehm Putthoff. He attended school at Winchester. He was a Sergeant in the US Army in France in the army of occupation following WW II. Lewis was a lifelong farmer-stockman. He retired...
Vinita G. Stauffer
Aug 26, 2011
Vinita G. Stauffer, 93, Holton, died Friday, August 26, 2011. She was born Sept. 17, 1917, in Delia, Kansas, the only child of Jesse and Stacia McClain Linsacum. Following her father's death in 1923, she attended school briefly in Topeka, then lived in Lamar, Colorado, with her grandmother and aunt, until returning to Kansas in June 1925 to reside with...
Emil "Bob" Robert Mauersberger
Aug 26, 2011
WETMORE- Emil Robert "Bob" Mauersberger, 79, of Wetmore, KS passed away Friday August 26, 2011 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born January 7, 1932 in Elgin, OK the son of Emil and Addie (Shumaker) Mauersberger. He attended Shumaker Country Grade School in Wetmore and graduated from Wetmore High School in 1950. He was a lifelong member of...
Lloyd J. Copeland
Aug 23, 2011
COPELAND DENISON- Lloyd J. Copeland, 85, of Denison, KS passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at his son's home in Holton after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 26, 1925 in Idana, KS the son of Bernard and Margaret (Ewing) Copeland. He graduated from Clay Center High School and had lived in the Denison community for over...
Helen E. Welliever
Aug 23, 2011
HOLTON- Helen E. Welliever, 100, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born August 17, 1911 in Soldier, KS the daughter of George and Cora Belle (Schantz) Thompson. Helen graduated from Soldier High School in 1929 as Valedictorian. After graduation she taught in various country schools in Jackson and...
Robert "Bob" K. Robison
Aug 22, 2011
DENISON- Robert K. "Bob" Robison, 78, of Denison passed away Monday, August 22, 2011 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born January 22, 1933 in Holton, the son of John C. and Josie L. (Price) Robison. Bob attended Carbon Grade School near Larkinburg and graduated from Holton High School in 1950. After high school he enlisted in the...
Donald Kelly Smith
Aug 21, 2011
Donald Kelly Smith, 64, of Wetmore died Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born August 21, 1947 in East Stroudsburg, PA, the son of Robert Clinton and Mary Alice Hoffert Smith. Donald spent most of his life in East Stroudsburg, he moved to Wetmore about 4 years ago. He did construction and landscaping. Donald...
Clarence Wooten, Jr.
Aug 19, 2011
HOLTON- Clarence Wooten, Jr., 85, of Holton, KS passed away August 19, 2011 at his home. He was born December 22, 1925 in Hiawatha the son of Clarence and Nora McKim Wooten. Clarence had attended Hiawatha High School. After high school he enlisted in the United States Marine Corp and served from 1944 -1946 during WWII. He had lived in...
Brian S. Kiefer
Aug 18, 2011
SOLDIER- Brian S. Kiefer, 48, of Soldier, KS passed away August 18, 2011 at the Sabetha Hospital. He was born April 28, 1963 in Denver, CO the son of George and Peggy Jane (Krausman) Kiefer. Brian attended Smokey Hill High School in Aurora, CO. He had been in the construction business most of his life and hanging drywall for the...
