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...
Marvin Lee Bengtson
May 16, 2012
Marvin Lee Bengtson, 80, of Holton died Wednesday May 16, 2012 in Topeka, KS. Marvin was born October 6, 1931 in Gypsum, KS, the son of Swen Alfred and Maymie Ann Fisher Bengtson. Marvin worked for Western Electric, and also as a truck driver and a farm hand before starting his own business, Bengtson Building & Remodeling. Marvin served in...
Signa K. Mahaffey
May 10, 2012
Signa Coreen Mahaffey AKA Signa K. Mahaffey affectionately known as "Grammy", formerly of Holton, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at home in Colorado Springs, Colorado surrounded by her family and loved ones. Her daughter, Kristi Mahaffey Fontenot and her husband Steve Fontenot, 14 grandchildren, Josh, Jenn, Joel, Jesse, Jon, Jordan, Jared, Ericka Joy, J Austin, Julee, Jensyn, Brad, Christie, John...
Glenda Kay Hufford
May 5, 2012
Glenda "Kay" Hufford, 70, of Holton, KS passed away May 5, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Kay was born May 6, 1941 in Holton, KS the daughter of Clarence and Hazel (Sweet) Cashman. She attended Holton schools. Kay was married to Jerry Hufford on July 23, 1957 in Valley Falls, KS. Jerry passed away in September 1999. Kay...
Elvin Aldus "Al" Carey
May 4, 2012
Elvin Aldus, "Al" Carey, 91, Topeka, died Friday, May 4, 2012, at a Topeka hospital. He was born on March 15, 1921, at Valley Falls, the son of Ralph and Alice Lewis Carey. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1941. Al worked in the maintenance department at Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Topeka for 23 years. He married...
Helen M. Proctor
May 3, 2012
HOLTON – Lenora Helen (Moser) Proctor, 80, of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born Septemeber 8, 1931 in Horton, KS the daughter of Dr. Roy H. and Ada Merle (Cozad) Moser. She graduated from Holton High School in 1949 and earned a degree in education from Washburn University. Helen...
April May Wahquahboshkuk Corbidge
May 3, 2012
April May Corbidge, 32, of Topeka, KS passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at her home. She was born April 13, 1980 the daughter of Roy and Ethel Foster Wahquahboshkuk. She was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and received a business degree from Baker University. She is survived by her father, Roy Wahquahboshkuk and his wife, Chris;...
Lucille Bernice Adcock
May 2, 2012
Lucille Bernice Adcock, 89, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at the LinnWood Park Home Plus care facility in Valley Falls. She was born on Oct. 20, 1922, at Stella, NE, the daughter of Henry and Rena Cornford Eichelberger. Lucille was a homemaker and a farm wife near Hiawatha. After moving to Valley Falls in 1973, she worked at...
Viola Geneva Vandonge Nichols
Apr 25, 2012
CIRCLEVILLE – Viola Geneva VanDonge Nichols, 88, of Highland, KS, formerly of Circleville, went to heaven April 25, 2012 in Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka with many family members surrounding her. Viola was born January 19, 1924 in Cawker City, KS, the daughter of Daniel Peter and Frances Minnie Schoen VanDonge. She was the last surviving of 6 children. Viola...
Evelyn Rasdall
Apr 21, 2012
C. Evelyn Rasdall, 88, Valley Falls, KS, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012, at the LinnWood Home Plus care facility in Valley Falls, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on October 12, 1923, at Kansas City, KS, the daughter of William Bryant and Cyrena Ellen Ragland Berry. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1941. Evelyn worked...
