Loyd Joseph Sender
Dec 30, 2008
Loyd Joseph Sender, 100, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at Golden Acres Nursing Center in Onaga. He was born November 21, 1908 in rural Manhattan, KS, the son of Joseph and Mattie Gors Sender. He had lived in the Havensville community for the past thirty-five years. He had previously lived in Kansas and Colorado. He was a farmer and...
Dorothy M. Kemp
Dec 26, 2008
Dorothy M. Kemp, 89, of Holton, KS passed away December 26, 2008 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born November 7, 1919 in Vanoss, OK the daughter of J.D. and Ruth A. Solomon. She was a member of the Holton community for 47 years and had previously lived in Garden City. She was a homemaker. She was a...
John E Lederer
Dec 25, 2008
John E. Lederer, 86, Valley Falls, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008, at his home. He was born on Aug. 4, 1922, at Baldwin City, the son of Clyde and Nancy Kring Lederer. He served in the US Army in WW II with the 91st infantry in Italy and was awarded a Bronze Star medal. John farmed near Valley Falls. He...
Gerald Dean Oden
Dec 25, 2008
Kansas City, KS- Gerald Dean Oden, 85, of Kansas City, KS passed away December 25, 2008 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. He was an over the road truck driver retiring from ABF Freightlines . After retiring he moved to Rogers, AR for 13 years. He is survived by his wife Audrey; 3 daughters, Cheryl Huffstutter and her husband Ron of...
Gary Raymond Zimmerman
Dec 23, 2008
HOLTON-Gary Raymond Zimmerman, 59, passed away on December 23, 2008 at Holton, Kansas. He was born January 6, 1949 at Leavenworth, Kansas the son of Raymond F. and Imogene M. Worland Zimmerman. He was raised in western Leavenworth Co., KS near the Spring Dale Community. He graduated from Tonganoxie Rural High School in 1966. He graduated from Kansas State University...
Marjorie Louise Robb
Dec 21, 2008
MAYETTA – Marjorie J. Robb, 81, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Maple Heights Nursing Center in Hiawatha. She was born September 18, 1927 in Mayetta, the daughter of Richard Preston and Iola Mae Burks James. Mrs. Robb graduated from Mayetta High School in 1943 and attended Emporia State University receiving her teaching certificate. She spent a few years...
Ada Merle Vanderblomen
Dec 17, 2008
TOPEKA – Ada Merle Vanderblomen, 63, of Topeka, KS, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at a Topeka care home. She was born April 20, 1945 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Levi and Marie Wishteyah Wahquahboshkuk. She attended Indian boarding schools in Oklahoma and St. Augustine in Nebraska. She was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Ada married...
Lorene Carson
Dec 12, 2008
HOLTON- Lorene Carson, 82, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, December 12, 2008 at home. She was born January 19, 1926 in Kearney, MO, the daughter of Lewis W. and Mary Jane Searcy Tapp. She attended Estes Grade School and graduated from Liberty High School in 1943. She also attended William Jewell College in Liberty. She was married to Robert...
Eleanor Flo Worner
Dec 11, 2008
Eleanor Flo Worner, 73, Valley Falls, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at the Jefferson County Senior Living Center at Winchester. She was born on Feb. 5, 1935, south of Larkinburg, the daughter of Elmer L. and Edith F. Simons Worner. She was a member of the Valley Falls United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Elmer...
David Lee Pierce
Dec 10, 2008
David Lee Pierce, 76, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Abilene, TX, died Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at a Topeka care facility. He was born October 13, 1932 in Parker, TX the son of D.L. and Nina Virginia Adair Pierce. He graduated from Seminole High School in Texas in 1951 and attended Washburn University in Topeka. Mr. Pierce had lived in...
James Daniel Sheldon
Dec 9, 2008
James Daniel Sheldon, 90, Ottawa, formerly of Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born July 28, 1918, south of Winchester, the son of Jesse P. and Catherine A. Perry Sheldon. He graduated from Winchester High School in 1936. Dan owned Sheldon Insurance and Real Estate in Valley Falls from 1965-1985. He was later...
Martha Jean Moore
Dec 9, 2008
TOPEKA- Martha Jean "Marty" Moore, 80, of Topeka, KS passed away December 9, 2008 at Atria Hearthstone in Topeka. She was born April 16, 1928 in Auburn, KS the daughter of Clarence and Ethel Howe Sheets. She graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1946 and Jane C. Stormont School of Nursing in 1948. After graduation she worked as an...
Glestner L. Moore
Dec 4, 2008
Derby-Glestner L. Moore, 86, of Derby, KS passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her daughters on Thursday, December 4th 2008. Mrs. Moore enjoyed traveling and was an avid reader and lifelong learner. She spent her life as a homemaker, loving mother, grandmother, aunt, sister and friend. She was deeply devoted to her family and was happiest when surrounded...
Connie Diane Lay
Nov 30, 2008
Connie Diane Lay, 61, Climax Springs, MO, formerly of Valley Falls, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born April 2, 1947, at Topeka, the daughter of Chris and Mildred Winter Martin. She graduated from Topeka High School. Connie was a beautician at Nortonville for 25 years and owned the Cottage of Hair Design....
Joseph Edward Klenklen
Nov 29, 2008
Joseph Edward Klenklen, 44, Perry, formerly of Valley Falls, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, as a result of injuries from a single vehicle accident in Valley Falls. He was born Aug. 17, 1964, at Kansas City, MO, the son of William F. and Dolores L. Wood Klenklen. He graduated from Valley Falls High School and Kaw Area Technical School. Joe...
Charles A. Heckerson
Nov 28, 2008
HOLTON - Charles A. Heckerson, 93, of Holton died Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Holton Community Hospital. He was born December 30, 1914 in St. Joseph, MO, the son of Andrew and Edla Schuck Heckerson. He graduated from Central High School and Gard Business School both in St. Joseph, MO. Charles served in the the U.S. Navy during World...
Dana Fern Rees
Nov 19, 2008
HOLTON- Dana Fern Rees, 81, of Holton passed away November 19, 2008 at Community Hospital in Onaga, KS. She was born June 14, 1927 in Ness Co., KS the daughter of Charlie W. and Pearl Ann Reynolds Petersilie. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1965, the same year her son Lloyd graduated. She had lived in the Holton area...
Lois M Carder
Nov 19, 2008
Lois M. Carder, 78, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at Village Villa at Nortonville. She was born Feb. 8, 1930, at Pratt, the daughter of Steve and Jane Wood Hale. She graduated from Hays High School and attended Fort Hays State College. She later received Bachelor's of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Washburn University. Lois taught...
Charlotte Jean Watkins
Nov 15, 2008
Charlotte Jean Watkins passed away on November 15, 2008 at the Aldersgate Health Unit, in Topeka, Kansas. Charlotte Jean Cockerill was born at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka on February 6, 1919. She graduated from Frankfort Kansas High School in 1937, attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, and graduated in 1942 with a degree in home economics from Kansas...
Maxine E. Eckert
Nov 15, 2008
WETMORE- Maxine E. Eckert, 86, of Holton, formerly of Wetmore, KS passed away November 15, 2008 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. She was born October 20, 1922 in rural Mayetta, the daughter of Arthur and Adelia (Busch) Kientz. She graduated from Mayetta High School in 1940. She married Art Ray on August 2, 1940. He passed away February...
