Virgil M Steinmetz
May 5, 2009
VIRGIL M. STEINMETZ Virgil M. Steinmetz, 87, longtime resident, businessman and community servant of Valley Falls, recently residing at Leawood, died Tuesday, May 5, 2009. He was born Feb. 28, 1922, north of Ozawkie, the son of Albert R. and Verna McDonald Steinmetz. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1940. Virgil served as a Sergeant in the Army...
Daniel T. "Doc" Holaday
Apr 29, 2009
Daniel T. "Doc" Holaday, 74, of Topeka, KS passed away April 29, 2009. He was born January 1, 1935 in Wathena, KS the son of Louis and Mary Gurney Holaday. He lived most of his life in Netawaka, Holton, Hiawatha and Topeka communities. He graduated from Leona High School in 1952 and received educational degrees from Highland Community College and...
Barbara J. Larsen
Apr 28, 2009
BARBARA J. "BOBBI" LARSEN Barbara J. "Bobbi" Larsen, 78, of Mesa, AZ, formerly of the Holton and Mayetta area, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at Banner Hospice Center in Mesa, AZ. She was born February 2, 1931 in Trenton, MO, the daughter of Warren B. and Leota L. Sloan Weidemier. Bobbi moved to Arizona in the early 1990's and...
Mildred Esther Francis
Apr 28, 2009
Holton-Mildred Esther Scritchfield Francis, 85, of Holton, KS passed away April 28, 2009 at her home. She was the third child of Floyd C. and Elsie Case Scritchfield. She was born in Topeka, KS on January 6, 1924. She went to Sunny Side School on Burlingame Road for four years, then to Central Park, Boswell and graduated from Topeka High...
Karen Sue Shell
Apr 24, 2009
KAREN SUE SHELL Karen Sue Shell, 69, Aberdeen, WA, passed away Friday, April 24, 2009, at the family home in Central Park surrounded by her devoted family. Karen fought ovarian cancer valiantly and without complaint for four years. Karen was born on November 21, 1939, to Earl and Mabel Abramson in Arrington, Kansas, joining two older brothers. She graduated from...
Paul Clayton Luscombe
Apr 23, 2009
Horton-Paul Clayton Luscombe, 86, formerly of Holton, KS, passed away April 23, 2009 at Horton Community Hospital. He was born April 3, 1923 in Circleville, KS the son of John H. and May Rosa Hill Luscombe. Paul graduated from Denison High School and later joined the United States Navy. He was a lifetime member of the Holton V.F. W. He...
Leota L. Sampson
Apr 22, 2009
Topeka-Leota L. Sampson, 92, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Plaza West Nursing Home in Topeka, KS. She was born March 25, 1917 in Norton, KS, the daughter of DeRoy and Laura Swartz Richards. She graduated from Holton High School in May of 1935 and later graduated from Stewart's Beauty Academy in Topeka. She married Everett Wayne Sampson on...
George Leroy Burget
Apr 21, 2009
George "LeRoy" Burget, 76, of Holton passed away April 21, 2009 at his home. He was born October 13, 1932 in Mayetta, KS; the son of Homer E. and Celia Tillie Millenbruch Burget. He graduated from Mayetta High School and had lived in the Holton community most of his life. He retired from Goodyear Tire Co. in 1998 building Earthmover...
Lyman Warren Bowser
Apr 18, 2009
Rapids City, IL- Lyman Warren Bowser, 75, of Rapids City, IA passed away April 18, 2009. He was born June 5, 1933 in Mayetta, KS the son of Cecil and Effie Johnson Bowser. He graduated from Holton High School in 1951. He married Joan O'Neal Lynn on December 12, 1994 in Geneseo. Lyman had served in the U.S. Army during...
Arlene Nellie Nott
Apr 16, 2009
TOPEKA-Arlene Nellie Nott, 87, formerly of Jackson County, KS, passed away April 16, 2009 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, KS. She was born April 21, 1921 in Burlingame, KS the daughter of Roy and Nellie Cappen Bickford. She graduated from Soldier High School in 1939 and was a lifelong resident of the Jackson County communities as a homemaker. She...
Richard E. Eckert
Apr 2, 2009
WETMORE – Richard E. "Dick" Eckert, 86, of Holton formerly of Wetmore, KS passed away April 2, 2009 at Ottawa County Health Center in Minneapolis, KS. He was born June 9, 1922 in Arrington, KS, the son of Jacob Richard and Helen Littleton Eckert. He graduated from Denison High School in 1940. He was mobilized as a Private with the...
Roger Landis Aldis
Mar 27, 2009
HOLTON- Roger Landis Aldis, 56, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, March 27, 2009 at the Holton Community Hospital. He was born January 5, 1953 in Kansas City, MO, the son of John and Ruth Gardner Aldis. Roger grew up in Ft. Scott, KS and attended school there. He had worked in Food and Beverage Service and Entertainment Management in...
Bobby E. Brazzle
Mar 21, 2009
Bobby Eugene Brazzle, 76, of Onaga, KS, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born December 15, 1932 in Ogden, KS, the son of Walter and Georgetta Johnson Brazzle. He had previously lived in Wamego before moving to Onaga in 2001. He worked as a Quality Control Inspector at Caterpillar in Wamego for 37...
Judith Lynn "Judy" Shields
Mar 20, 2009
HOLTON – Judith Lynn "Judy" Shields, 61, of Holton lost her battle with cancer Friday, March 20, 2009 in Holton. She was born December 27, 1947 in McPherson, KS, the daughter of Harold and Jean Libby Gearhart. She graduated from Pratt High School in 1965. She earned her B.A. in Nursing from Baker University in 1998 with honors. She had...
Orval M. Bryant
Mar 19, 2009
WETMORE- Orval M. Bryant, 101, of Rockport, TX, formerly of Wetmore, KS passed away March 19, 2009 in Corpus Christie, TX. He was born July 5, 1907 in Wetmore, KS the son of William and Bessie McDaniel Bryant. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1926 and had lived most of his life in the Wetmore Community. He was a...
Toby Barnett
Mar 18, 2009
James Toby Barnett, 39, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, as a result of injuries from a single vehicle accident west of Valley Falls. He was born on Feb. 27, 1970, at Bastrop, LA, the son of Gene and Judy Sutton Barnett. He attended high school at Jones, LA. Toby was a welder for Ernest-Spencer Metals at Meriden. He...
William "Bill" Victor Nonken
Mar 15, 2009
NONKEN HOLTON- William Victor "Bill" Nonken, 81, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, March 15, 2009 at a Topeka care facility. He was born December 20, 1927 in Peabody, KS, the son of George and Leeta Wilbur Nonken. He graduated in 1946 from Burns High School in Burns, KS. He then served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Bill had...
Henry Clay Alsept
Mar 13, 2009
HOLTON – Henry Clay Alsept, 69, of Holton, KS, formerly of Kansas City, MO, passed away Friday, March 13, 2009 in Holton. He was born October 30, 1939 in Jeffersonville, KY. He was the son of Abner and Mary Goodpasture Alsept. He had lived in Holton for the last 10 years. He had worked as a janitor for 47 years,...
Maurice "Mose" Glenn Gilliland
Mar 12, 2009
MAURICE "MOSE" GLENN GILLILAND HOLTON- Maurice "Mose" Glenn Gilliland, 87, of Holton, passed away at home on Thursday, March 12, 2009 with his family at his side. He was born November 17, 1921 at the family dairy farm on the east edge of Denison, the fifth of six children of Roy Albert Gilliland, Sr. and Gertrude Lanning Gilliland. He graduated...
Maria Agnes Heuertz
Mar 12, 2009
Maria Agnes Heuertz, 75, Valley Falls, died Thursday, March 12, 2009, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born on April 28, 1933, at Deutsch Rasselwitz, Germany, the daughter of Paul and Anna Fuchs. Maria was a homemaker and had also been a housekeeper and a custodian. She was a member of St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at...
