Rudolph Gonzales
May 10, 2011
Rudolph "Sah-gee-ka" Gonzales, 67, of Mayetta, formerly of Chicago, IL, passed away peacefully at home on May 10, 2011. Rudy was born March 3, 1944 in Chicago, IL the son of Walter and Vivian Kitchkommie Gonzales. He was a member of Prairieband Potawatomi Nation. Rudy is survived by his mother, Vivian Kitchkommie Gonzales of Mayetta, KS; his brothers, Daniel M....
Winona Reva "Gay" Trimble
May 9, 2011
Winona Reva "Gay" Trimble, 92, Valley Falls, died Monday, May 9, 2011, at Homestead Assisted Living in Topeka, KS. She was born on Jan. 14, 1919, near McCune, KS, the daughter of Isaac K. and Dora E. Bond Pierson. She graduated from McCune High School in 1936. She received her training as a nurse at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg,...
Donald Dean Bradley
May 9, 2011
HOLTON- Donald Dean Bradley, 92, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, May 9, 2011 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born November 15, 1918 in Holton the son of Harry J. and Mary May (Fricker) Bradley. Don graduated from Holton High School in 1936 and was a lifelong farmer in Holton. He also worked as a clerk for the Holton...
Creta Cloe Lutz
May 9, 2011
Creta C. Lutz, 100, of Holton died Monday May 9, 2011 at her home. She was born on July 24, 1910 in Seneca, KS, the daughter of Ammi Newton and Olive May Gillaspie Chandler. Creta was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary in Holton and had worked as custodian for the VFW. Creta married Clarence Henry "Dutch" Lutz on...
Billy J. Baird
May 8, 2011
Billy J. Baird, 81, of Topeka formerly of Silver Lake, KS died Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Rossville, KS. He was born on January 23, 1930 in Queen City, TX, the son of Browder J. and Nannie Logan Baird. Billy served in the United States Army from 1948 until his retirement in 1968. He later worked at Payless Cashways. He...
Anna L Lane
May 7, 2011
Anna L. Lane, 85, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Midland Hospice in Topeka. She was born on March 5, 1926, at Valley Falls, the daughter of Albert and Mary Boyd Welch. She graduated from Valley Falls High School. Anna was a clerk at the Kansas Department of Administration for 14 years. She had worked...
Dale Francis Starr
May 5, 2011
Dale Francis Starr, 89, of Holton, KS formerly of Soldier, KS passed away May 5, 2011 at Eastridge Nursing Home in Centralia, KS. He was born May 5, 1922 in Soldier, KS the son of Charles Dickson and Emma Dorothy (Pollock) Starr. Dale graduated from Soldier High School in 1940 and had attended K-State University. After college he served in...
Jon R Smith
May 4, 2011
Jon R. Smith, 70, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born on July 9, 1940, at Elgin, IL, the son of Archie and Marie Evans Smith. He graduated from Elgin Illinois High School. Jon was a dairyman at Dodgeville, WI. In 1976 he was named Outstanding Farmer for the Mid-States Region of the...
Violet "Vi" White
May 3, 2011
HOLTON- Violet "Vi" White, 85, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at the Holton Community Hospital. Vi was born May 8, 1925 in Pingree, ND, the daughter of Charles and Olive Kephart Hopewell. She received her education in Pingree and completed Business College in Jamestown, ND. Vi taught school for a year before moving to Spokane, WA...
Marjorie E. Endsley
May 2, 2011
HOLTON – Marjorie E. Endsley, 93, of Topeka formerly of Holton died Monday, May 2, 2011 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. She was born September 11, 1917 in Bybee, KY, the daughter of Oliver A. and Eula Lee Wilson Brock. Marjorie graduated from Roosevelt High School in Dayton, OH. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Evangel United...
Rocky Fund
Apr 28, 2011
Hoyt- Representative Rocky Fund was born August 5, 1950 in Sabetha, Kansas, the 5th of 7 children. His parents, Marty and Aleck Fund lived on a farm near Goff, Kansas. He attended school in Goff and graduated from Wetmore High School. After graduation, he joined the air force, married Linda McKee, was stationed at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita,...
Dylan, Amy, Chase And Ansley Spencer
Apr 22, 2011
Scott City, KS- Dylan, Amy, Chase and Ansley Spencer family of Scott City, KS passed away April 22, 2011 as the result of a plane crash northeast of Topeka, KS in Jefferson County. Â Â Richard "Dylan" Spencer, 35, was born July 17, 1975 in Garden City, KS the son of Richard Burgess and Robin Anita (Stine) Spencer. He graduated from Scott...
Julia Ann Barber
Apr 20, 2011
DELIA – Julia Ann Barber, 84 of Delia died Wednesday April 20, 2011 in Topeka. She was born July 29, 1926 in Laona, WI, the daughter of Jesse and Evelyn Wally Whitefish Cook. She graduated from Indian Vocational High School in Flandreau, SD in 1945. She worked as a waitress in South Dakota and Savorin Turnpike Restaurant in Topeka, at...
Roland Faber
Apr 13, 2011
Roland Faber, 81, of Mayetta passed away Wednesday April 13, 2011 at the Topeka VA Hospital. He was born December 11, 1929 in Hawarden, Iowa the son of Peter and Rena (deJager) Faber. At the age of 15 he embraced God's plan of Salvation. Roland entered the United States Army in 1952 and proudly served his country in Germany during...
Myrtle M. Moore
Apr 9, 2011
Myrtle M. Bauer Moore, 88 of Polk City, IA formerly of Holton died April 9, 2011 at a nursing home in Polk City. She was born June 8, 1922 in Whiting, KS, the daughter of Andrew H. and Sarah E. Edens Wolfe. Myrtle worked at the Holton Café. Myrtle and her husband Bill owned Standard Oil Station in Holton and...
Alma Pearl Renfro
Apr 1, 2011
Alma Pearl Renfro, 84, passed away Friday April 1, 2011 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. She was born February 4, 1927 in Blue Mound, Kansas the daughter of Harold and Mary (Clark) Rogers. She graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1944 and then attended secretarial school in Kansas City. On February 8, 1947 she married Charles F. Renfro in Topeka,...
Tristan W. Shopteese
Mar 30, 2011
Tristan Wolf Shopteese, infant son of Russell and Michelle (Dunlap) Shopteese, of Meriden, Kansas passed away Wednesday March 30, 2011 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Tristan was born with a congenital heart defect on February 2, 2011 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. He is survived by his parents, Russell and Michelle Shopteese, a brother Thomas...
Isaac Jepson
Mar 30, 2011
Isaac Jepson, infant son of Chad and April Jepson, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at a Topeka hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Layla Jepson, Valley Falls; grandparents, Cathy Jepson, Valley Falls, Norman Jepson, Olathe, Sandy Urish, Lawrence, and David Nicholson, Stull; paternal great-grandmother, Lillian Jepson, Holton; and maternal great-grandparents, Beverly Nicholson,...
Donna Jean Johnsen
Mar 30, 2011
Donna Jean Johnsen, 55, of Goff passed away Wednesday March 30, 2011 at Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. She was born April 7, 1955 in Goff the daughter of Donald and Viola (Shuler) Cannon. She attended and graduated from Wetmore High School. She was a Certified Nurse's Aide for Gran Villas and Merry Manor. On February 11, 2006 she...
Keith Wayne Rieschick
Mar 24, 2011
SOLDIER – Keith Wayne Rieschick, 86, of Soldier, KS passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 at his farm home. He was born September 15, 1924 on the family farm southwest of Soldier, the son of Henry F. and Audrey McKinsey Rieschick. Keith was a lifelong farmer and rancher who inherited his love for cattle and the land from his father,...
