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...
Paul R. Beightel
Jan 26, 2010
EL PASO, TX – Paul Raymond Beightel, 88, of El Paso, TX formerly of Holton died Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at a nursing home. He was born December 9, 1921 in Holton. He was the son of Marion Arthur and Alice Elizabeth Fisher Beightel. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in accounting from Kansas State University. He was an accountant for...
Virgil D. Hittle
Jan 25, 2010
MAYETTA – Virgil D. Hittle, 70, of Mayetta, KS died Monday, January 25, 2010 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born May 7, 1939 in Goff, KS, the son of Bernard Edward and Alma Pauline Cody Hittle. He graduated from Goff High School in 1957. He worked for Herrman's Excavating in Topeka for 28 years. He belonged to...
Robert Lee Tichenor
Jan 24, 2010
Robert Lee Tichenor, 95, longtime resident of Valley Falls and most recently a resident at Atria Homes in Topeka, died Sunday, January 24, 2010, at Midland Hospice in Topeka, Kansas. Lee was born on Jan. 11, 1915, at Whitman, Nebraska, to C.R. and Elizabeth Tichenor. He graduated from Hyannis High School and later moved with his family to Kansas. Lee...
Albert Wayne Stahl
Jan 18, 2010
Holton- Albert Wayne Stahl, 86, of Holton, KS passed way January 18, 2010 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton. He was born June 10, 1923 in Holyrood, KS the son of Albert and Corinne Bacon Stahl. He graduated from Fairview Rural High School in 1948. He had lived in Holton since 1984 and had previously lived in Topeka, California and...
Elizabeth Ann Riedel
Jan 15, 2010
Elizabeth Ann Riedel, 80, died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at her home in Valley Falls. She was born on Dec. 16, 1929, at Topeka, the daughter of Michael and Pauline Suppes Kammer. She attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Topeka. Ann was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Church in Valley Falls, the Altar Society...
Elaine Mae Curtis
Jan 14, 2010
Elaine Mae Curtis of Arrington, KS was stillborn January 14, 2010 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She is the daughter of Gary Eugene and Elizabeth Joe Pollard Curtis. Survivors include her parents, a brother Isaac Curtis of the home; paternal grandparents, Glen, Jr. and Linda Curtis of Arrington, maternal grandparents, Larry and Marilyn Pollard of Nortonville; great grandmothers, Gwendola...
