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,...
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...
