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Elizabeth Vanderblomen

Elizabeth Vanderblomen

Jun 15, 2011

Mayetta- Elizabeth A. Vanderblomen, 68, of Topeka, formerly of Mayetta, died Wednesday June 15, 2011. She was born February 3, 1943 on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation the daughter of Levi and Marie (Wishteyah) Wahquahboshkuk. She was raised and educated in Mayetta and had lived in Topeka for the last several years. Elizabeth worked at Stormont Vail Hospital in surgical...

William Reed Zinn

William Reed Zinn

Jun 13, 2011

William Reed Zinn, 73, of Holton, died Monday, June 13, 2011 at Community Hospital in Onaga. He was born on July 28, 1937 in Muscotah, KS the son James Reed and Hazel Rebecca Strawn Zinn. Bill attended High Prairie School east of Denison, KS and graduated from Denison High School in 1955. Bill had an auto repair shop in Larkinburg,...

Dennis D Bishop

Dennis D Bishop

Jun 11, 2011

Dennis D. Bishop, 58, Valley Falls, died June 11, 2011, at his home. He was born on Dec. 2, 1952, at Topeka, the son of Robert Dale and Edith Adelia May Bishop. He graduated from Highland Park High School in Topeka. Dennis had been a welder and machinist for TW&M Inc. at Valley Falls, Hamm Quarries at Perry and the...

Frances C. Browning

Frances C. Browning

Jun 6, 2011

BROWNING HOLTON- Frances C. Browning, 92, of Holton, KS passed away June 6, 2011 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born October 24, 1918 in Oneida, KS the daughter of Trace E. and Minnie (Meader) Ridgway. She had lived in the Holton community since 1935 and had previously lived in Seneca. Frances was a waitress at Bolen's Café in Holton...

Ron Baxter

Ron Baxter

May 31, 2011

Ronald Baxter, 67, of Mayetta died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on October 17, 1943 in Holton to Lawrence E. and Lillie Beth Ray Baxter. Ron graduated from Mayetta High School in 1961. He worked at DuPont/Flexel for 29 years before retiring. He later worked for the Department of Revenue for 5 years. Ron...

Cecelia "Meeks" Miksekwe Jackson

Cecelia "Meeks" Miksekwe Jackson

May 29, 2011

Cecelia Miksekwe Jackson MAYETTA- Cecelia Miksekwe Jackson, 88, of Mayetta, KS passed away Sunday, May 29, 2011 at a Topeka hospital. She was born October 2, 1922 on the Potawatomi Reservation, the daughter of Joseph Bill and Rosann Lasley Potts. She had lived all of her life on the reservation and was a lifelong member of the Drum Religion. Meeks...

Jerry D. Patton

Jerry D. Patton

May 29, 2011

Jerry D. Patton, 86, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, May 29, 2011 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born February 7, 1925 in Goff, KS the son of Joe and Jessie (Henry) Patton. Jerry graduated from Holton High School in 1943. He had worked as a heavy equipment operator, he owned and operated Cork & Jerry's Garage in Denison...

Lucille M. Smith

Lucille M. Smith

May 27, 2011

Mayetta- Lucille Mary Smith, 78, of Mayetta, KS lost her courageous battle against pancreatic cancer on Friday, May 27, 2011. She was born on June 15, 1932 in Beloit, KS the daughter of John A. Dillner and Lena Mary Baker Dillner Bessett. Lucille had been a school bus driver for Mayetta and Denison, worked at Jackson County Nursing Home and...

Maurice Floyd Pahmahmie

Maurice Floyd Pahmahmie

May 27, 2011

Maurice Floyd Pahmahmie, 77, of Kansas City, KS passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 at his home. He was born November 5, 1933 on the Potawatomi Reservation (west of Mayetta, KS) the son of Pete and Gertrude (Moore) Pahmahmie. He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Maurice graduated from Marty High School in Marty, South Dakota. He...

Alan Wayne Higgins

Alan Wayne Higgins

May 27, 2011

Alan Higgins, 57, of Netawaka, KS passed away Friday, May 27, 2011. at his home of natural causes. He was born September 5, 1953 in Casa Grande, AZ the son of Jack Curtis and Elsie Faye (Huffman) Higgins. Alan had lived in the Jackson County communities for 17 years working as a roofing contractor. He owned and operated Higgins Construction....

Rosena Gier

Rosena Gier

May 20, 2011

Rosena Gier, 85, Valley Falls, died Friday, May 20, 2011, at a Holton nursing facility. She was born on Oct. 25, 1925, at Rock Creek, the daughter of Moses and Nora Heasler Haun. She graduated from Unity Rural Grade School and later from Rock Creek High School in 1943. Rosie had worked at Kane's Grocery Store, the IGA Grocery Store,...

Rosie Ann Larrison

Rosie Ann Larrison

May 14, 2011

Rosie Ann Larrison, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Vintage Park in Holton. Rosie lived 96 years, 11 months, 29 days and 22 hours. She was born May 15, 1914 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Ross and Elizabeth Nelson Wilson. She was a graduate of Holton High School in 1931. Rosie was a farm wife...

Pauline Marie Persinger

Pauline Marie Persinger

May 11, 2011

MAYETTA- Pauline Marie "Na-bit-no-kwe" Mzhickteno DeWitt Persinger, 84, of Mayetta, KS passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born October 2, 1926 in Mayetta, KS the daughter of Pete and Mary Ann (Matchie) Mzhickteno. Pauline graduated from high school in Oklahoma. She lived in Oklahoma, Topeka and Kansas City. She worked as a...

Mary Elizabeth Sands

Mary Elizabeth Sands

May 10, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Sands, 42, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011, as a result of injuries from an automotive accident south of Valley Falls. She was born on Oct. 5, 1968, at Kansas City, KS, the daughter of John D. and Judith Lewis Sands. She graduated from Valley Fall High School and later from Kansas State University with a degree...

Rudolph Gonzales

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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