Robert "Sarge" Hegemann
Mar 28, 2010
HOYT-Robert H. "Sarge" Hegemann, Senior Master SGT, Ret., 79, Hoyt, passed away Sunday, March 28, 2010, at a Topeka hospital, after a three and one-half month illness. He was born on June 15, 1930, at Omaha, NE, the son of William and Helen Gould Hegemann. Bob was a Senior Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force, working as an...
Craig Swamp
Mar 19, 2010
Craig Swamp, "Nagmo" 40, Kansas City, MO, died Friday, March 19, 2010, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri. He was born on October 28, 1969, at Kansas City, MO, the son of Kenneth and Sallie Swamp Barker. He graduated from high school in Kansas City, MO. Craig worked for Broski Fence Co. as a fence installer for 20 years...
Donald Eugene Scheid
Mar 16, 2010
HOLTON – Donald Eugene Scheid, 51, of Holton has passed away at his home. He was the son of Milford L. and Beverly A. Campbell Scheid. He was born on January 16, 1959 in Holton. Donald attended Holton High School. He was a heavy equipment operator before his retirement. After his retirement he owned and managed several rental houses. As...
Curtis "Nin-We" P. Masquat
Mar 14, 2010
Mayetta- Curtis P. "Nin-we" Masquat, 62, of Mayetta, KS passed away March 14, 2010 at his home. He was born July 28, 1947 in Topeka, KS the son of Curtis and Elizabeth Whitefish Masquat. He attended Mayetta schools and graduated from Haskell. Curtis served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked for Quaker Oats/ General Food...
Francis M. Watkins
Mar 12, 2010
HOLTON – Francis M. Watkins, 77, of Holton died Friday, March 12, 2010 at a Holton nursing home. He was born on May 15, 1932 in Bancroft, KS. He was the son Harvey Edward and Edna May Gorrell Watkins. He was a truck driver for Fairmont Foods for 37 years. He also drove a school bus for USD #336. He...
Connie Jo Peterson
Mar 7, 2010
Soldier- Connie Jo Peterson, 52, of Soldier, KS passed away March 7, 2010 at her home. She was born March 15, 1957 in Topeka the daughter of James Edward and Twila Pauline Clifton Taylor. She was a lifelong member of the Jackson County community. She graduated from Holton High School in 1975. For over 16 years she was manager and...
Franklin "Butch" N. Harrison
Mar 6, 2010
Mayetta-Franklin " Butch" Neal Harrison (Numqui), 67, Mayetta, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, from complications of diabetes. He was born on Feb. 12, 1943, on the Potawatomi Reservation, west of Mayetta, the son of Charles and Minnie Nozhackum Harrison, Sr. Butch was a welder for the Potawatomi Road and Bridge Dept. He had also...
Lorena M. Dunigan
Feb 28, 2010
Holton- Lorena M. Dunigan, 78, of Holton, KS passed away February 28, 2010 at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born January 25, 1932 in Wamego, Kansas the daughter of Loren and Caroline Eby Thompson. She had lived the last seven years in Holton and previously in Topeka. She was owner and operator of Lavender & Lace beauty shop in...
Timothy A. Rose
Feb 27, 2010
Timothy A. Rose, 60, of Topeka died Saturday, February 27, 2010 at a Topeka nursing home. He was born September 15, 1949 in Holton, the son of Franklin H. and Caroline A. Gallelli Rose, Sr. He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1968. He lived in Hoyt most of his life, but spent his later years in Topeka. Tim worked...
Lucy "Ann" E. Schmit
Feb 27, 2010
Lucy E. "Ann" Schmit, 73 of Wetmore formerly of Holton died Saturday, February 27, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born June 17, 1936 in Council Grove, KS, the daughter of Iven Bruce and Mary Adda Pollock Crozier. She graduated from Denison High School. She had been attending Wetmore Bible Church. She was a truck driver with...
Melvin "Shorty" Laclair
Feb 22, 2010
Melvin J. "Shorty" LaClair, 84, of New River, AZ, formerly of Mayetta, KS died Monday, February 22, 2010 at his residence in Arizona. He was born Sepember 29, 1925 in Mayetta, the son of William and Mary Elizabeth Lasley LaClair. He was a printer for Phoenix Indian School before his retirement. He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi...
Henry "Kent" Sinning
Feb 20, 2010
Henry Kent Sinning, 62, of Valley Falls formerly of Holton, KS died Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Valley Health Care Center. He was born September 6, 1947 in Lawrence, KS, the son of Henry Harold and Valere Davey Sinning. He graduated from Holton High School in 1965. He received his EdD in Special Education from the University of Kansas. He...
Maurice L. Luscombe
Feb 19, 2010
Maurice L. Luscombe, 75, of Topeka, KS passed away Friday, February 19, 2010 at Hospice House in Topeka. He was born August 4, 1934 in Arrington, KS, the son of John H. and May Hill Luscombe. Maurice graduated from Denison High School in 1953. He served in the U.S. Navy and has resided in Topeka since 1958. He worked for...
Galen R. Sigmund
Feb 15, 2010
HOLTON – Galen R. Sigmund, 63, of Holton passed away Monday, February 15, 2010 at the Holton Community Hospital. He was born July 1, 1946 in Holton, KS the son of Wilbur Ray and Ruth Hower Sigmund. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1965. He was a lifelong member of the Jackson County community and retired after many years...
Lois "Marge" Marjorie Gilliland
Feb 15, 2010
MUSCOTAH- Lois Marjorie "Marge" Gilliland, 83, of Muscotah, KS passed away Monday, February 15, 2010 at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born November 10, 1926 in Larkinburg, KS the daughter of William J. and Margaret Lee Kinkade Bowser. Marge attended school in Effingham, Kansas. She married Loren M. Gilliland on March 5, 1944 in Holton. He passed away June...
Peggy J Denny
Feb 14, 2010
Peggy J. Denny, 69, Soldier, died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born on June 14, 1940, at Denver, CO, the daughter of Harry and Rachel Farnham Krausman. She graduated from West High School in Denver. Peggy was a homemaker. She had been an accountant for several car dealerships in Denver. She was a member...
Louise Davis
Jan 31, 2010
Louise Davis, 86, of Holton formerly of Butler, MO died Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born on June 29, 1923 in Taberville, MO. She was the daughter of Charles Monroe and Edna Weir Lukenbill. She graduated from Appleton High School, and was a bookkeeper for her husband's fertilizer business. She was a member of...
Robert Dean Johnson
Jan 30, 2010
Robert Dean Johnson, 68, passed way with his family around him on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at his home in Valley Falls. He was born on May 19, 1941, at Goff, the son of Lawrence and Margaret Hittle Johnson. He served in the US Army. Bob worked at Foley Service and Steinmetz Service, and the Valley Falls Vindicator, all in...
Edwin Lloyd Wittenbach
Jan 29, 2010
Edwin "Ed" L. Wittenbach, 76, formerly of Holton passed away January 29, 2010 at the Veterans Hospital in Topeka. He was born November 10, 1933 in Wetmore, KS the son of Edward and Ina Hawley Wittenbach. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1951. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. Ed owned and operated Ed's...
Ronalda "Ronnie" L. Barnes
Jan 28, 2010
HOLTON- Ronalda "Ronnie" L. Barnes, 91, of Holton, KS passed away January 28, 2010 at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born July 6, 1918 in Aurora, KS the daughter of Fred J. and Nellie M. Bigbee Marcotte. She had lived in the Holton community since 1995 and had previously lived in Whiting, KS and Colorado. She worked at Holton Hospital...
