Ellis Adam Misenhelter
Mar 20, 2011
Ellis A. Misenhelter, 92, of Holton passed away Sunday March 20, 2011 in Holton. He was born January 24, 1919 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Ellis Adam and Edna Beuhal (Meyer) Misenhelter. Ellis graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, MO in 1936. He served in the Pacific Theater with the Army Air Force during WWII. He...
Donald Ray Widner
Mar 19, 2011
Donald Ray Widner, 81, of Holton formerly of Mayetta died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at a Topeka Hospital. He was born on January 22, 1930 in North Platte, NE, the son of Ray H. and Mary Jane Spear Widner. Donald graduated from Laramie High School in Laramie, Wyoming and was a journeyman sheet metal worker until his retirement. He was...
Thelma Fern Tichenor
Mar 18, 2011
Thelma Fern Tichenor, 84, Valley Falls, died Friday, March 18, 2011, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born on Aug. 10, 1926, south of Denison, the daughter of Brice C. and Laura A. Bolz Duffield. She graduated from Point Pleasant Rural Grade School. She attended Calvary Baptist Church in Valley Falls. Thelma was a homemaker and had...
John Nicholas Stein
Mar 16, 2011
John Nicholas Stein, 82, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Hickory Pointe Care Center in Oskaloosa. He was born on Jan. 27, 1929, at Valley Falls, the son of William B. & Anna Kelly Stein. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1947. He was in the US Army and served in Korea during that war. John...
Amber Annastasha Jones
Mar 12, 2011
Amber Annastasha Jones, 16, of Topeka, KS passed away Saturday, March 12, 2011 at her home after a courageous life-long battle with VCFS. She was born June 21, 1994 in Tacoma, WA the daughter of Brenda JoAnn (Turner) Jones. Amber attended Holton High School through the 9th grade. She loved her bear-bear, pokemon and horses. Survivors include her mother and...
Jena Joan Rieschick
Mar 11, 2011
DENISON- Jena Joan Rieschick, 38, of Denison, KS a loving wife and mother went to be with her lord on Friday, March 11, 2011. She was born on April 16, 1972 in Topeka, KS the daughter of John J. and Rita R. Pierson Jenson. At a young age she lost her mother to cancer. She graduated in the top of...
Clarence P. Noe
Mar 8, 2011
WETMORE-Clarence P. Noe, Jr., 88, of Netawaka, KS passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at the Sabetha Community Hospital. He was born April 12, 1922 northeast of Wetmore, KS the son of Clarence P. and Mary E. Hoffman Noe. Clarence graduated from Wetmore High School in 1939 and had spent most of his life in the Wetmore community as a...
Lyle L. Rudy
Mar 6, 2011
HOLTON – Lyle Leroy Rudy, 81, of Holton, formerly of Houston, TX, died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at The Pines in Holton. Lyle was born December 15, 1929, in Atchison, KS, the son of Ernest Allen and Elfa Fisher Rudy. He graduated from Holton High School in 1947. He was also a former member of the First United Methodist Church...
Clarence Lynn
Mar 6, 2011
HOYT- Clarence Lynn, 92, of Hoyt, KS passed away March 6, 2011 at Holton Hospital. He was born January 26, 1919 in Berryton, KS the son of Walker and Edith Bundy Lynn. Clarence had lived in the Hoyt community since 1960 and had also lived in Topeka and Carbondale. He was an independent over the road truck driver until 1966,...
Lenita (Arnold) Mcginnis
Mar 5, 2011
Lenita (Arnold) McGinnis, 82, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. Lenita was born April 21, 1928, daughter of Ray and Viola (Askren) Arnold in Holton, KS. She graduated from Holton High School in 1946 and worked for J.C. Penneys, Holton Arcadia Theatre and the Telephone Company in Holton, KS until she married Dale...
Mabel M. Lloyd
Mar 4, 2011
HOLTON-Mrs. Mabel Marian Decker Lloyd, 92, of Holton went to be with our Lord on March 4, 2011. She was born October 2, 1918 near Mayetta, Kansas, the second daughter of Leslie Marvin and Sylvia Cecil (Clampett) Decker. She lived in Jackson County, Kansas all her life except for 2 ½ years in Missouri as a child. She attended rural...
John L. Wilken Jr
Mar 2, 2011
John L. Wilken Jr., 65, Denison, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka. He was born on Aug. 7, 1945, at Springfield, MO, the son of John Lewis and Mildred Case Wilken Sr. He attended high school at Springfield. John was a sheet metal fabricator for Qual Serve in Kansas City, MO and he also...
Charles Duguid
Feb 25, 2011
Charles Duguid, 83, Winchester, died Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester. He was born on May 30, 1927, at Winchester, the son of Millard Thomas and Helen Fields Duguid. He graduated from Winchester High School. Charles was a farmer and owned a construction business building many homes in the area. He was a...
Dale F. Owings
Feb 23, 2011
Dale F. Owings, 78, of Manhattan, formerly of Holton passed away February 23, 2011 at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan. He was born March 12, 1932 in rural Soldier, Kansas, the son of Clyde F. and Clara A. (Myers) Owings. As a young boy he attended Mt. Olive Church. Shortly after graduating from Soldier High School, Dale enlisted with the United...
Troy G. Collins
Feb 23, 2011
Troy G. Collins, 79, of Mayetta passed away February 23, 2011 at Medicalodge in Holton. He was born August 31, 1931 in Tunas, Missouri the son of Lester and Eursie (Wheeler) Collins. Troy worked in boiler maintenance at Santa Fe (Memorial) Hospital for 30 years before his retirement. In his retirement he enjoyed scraping iron and auctions. He also enjoyed...
Patricia "Pat" G. Moulden
Feb 21, 2011
HOLTON-Patricia G. "Pat" Moulden, 74, of Holton, KS passed away February 21, 2011 at her home after a courageous battle with ALS. She was born September 8, 1936, at her grandparent's farmhouse just outside of Goff, the daughter of Charlie L. and Opal A. Sourk Pittenger. She graduated from Soldier High School in 1954. On October 31, 1954 in Holton,...
Sarah Blandin Patterson
Feb 16, 2011
MAYETTA- Sarah Blandin Patterson, 97, of Mayetta, passed away Wednesday February 16, 2011 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton. She was born May 14, 1913 on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation in Mayetta to James V. and Ptis-Saw (Kozee) Blandin. She attended Blandin Grade School and graduated from Delia High School. Sarah married Floyd "Pink" Patterson. He preceded her in...
Geneva Shumaker Whitaker
Feb 14, 2011
WETMORE-Geneva Marie Shumaker Whitaker, 96, of Wetmore, KS passed away February 14, 2011 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born July 16, 1914 near Goff, one of eleven children born to Wilson A. and Lillie (Merritt) Reece. Her elementary education was obtained at five one-room country schools in Nemaha County, namely Sunny Knoll, Fairview, Harris, Morning Star and...
Mary L. Schlaegel
Feb 13, 2011
HOLTON-Mary Lu Schlaegel, 94, of Holton passed away peacefully to her heavenly home on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton, KS. Mary was born December 4, 1916 in Haddam, KS the daughter of Japeth and Mary Elizabeth Line Walden. Mary graduated from Haddam High School in 1936. She married D. Herbert Schlaegel on September 12, 1937...
Dorothy L. Bennett
Feb 13, 2011
HOLTON- Dorothy L. Bennett, 95, of Holton, died Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Holton Hospital. She was born February 5, 1916, in Holton, the daughter of Knox Steele and Clara J. Riederer Shaw. She spent her early life north of Denison and attended Brightside Rural Grade School and graduated from Denison High School in 1934. Mrs. Bennett and her...
