Harold D Foley
Nov 1, 2008
Harold D. Foley, 74, Valley Falls, died Sat., Nov. 1, 2008, at a Topeka hospital. He was born Feb. 27, 1934, at St. Joseph, MO, the son of Paul C. and Mary Alice Owens Foley. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska. Harold was a regional manager...
Melvin Walter Edwards
Nov 1, 2008
Melvin Walter Edwards, 80, of Holton formerly of Netawaka, KS, died Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the Holton Community Hospital. He was born October 5, 1928 in Goff, KS. He was the son of Ellsworth Burton and Lenna Mae Henry Edwards. He attended schools in rural Nemaha and Pottawatomie counties. He was in the United States Air Force and served...
Brandon L. Jenkins
Oct 30, 2008
HOLTON – Brandon L. Jenkins, 22, of Holton died Thursday, October 30, 2008 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was born on April 16, 1986 in Holton, KS. He was the son of Gerald Jenkins, Jr. and Tina Parrish. He attended Holton Middle School and Northern Heights High School. He worked for BNSF Railroad and was a member...
Harold L. Simon, Sr.
Oct 24, 2008
Harold L. Simon, Sr., 73 of Mayetta formerly of Topeka died Friday, October 24, 2008 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born on December 10, 1934 in Topeka, KS. He was the son of Willie and Lenore Wabski Simon. He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. He was retired from Volume Shoe in Topeka. Harold...
Richard Spencer
Oct 20, 2008
SPENCER CIRCLEVILLE- Richard Spencer, 84, of Circleville, KS died Monday, October 20, 2008 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born January 26, 1924 in Circleville, the son of Fred and Goldie Pool Spencer. He graduated from Circleville High School in 1942 and attended the University of Kansas before serving in the U.S. Air Force during WWII. Richard was...
Donald Ray Royer
Oct 19, 2008
Donald Ray Royer, 79, Carbondale, formerly of Valley Falls, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, at an Overbrook care facility. He was born Jan. 24, 1929, at Valley Falls, the son of Clark S and Orpha Dickey Royer. He graduated from Valley Falls High School and served in the US Army Air Corps. Don was a truck driver in Topeka. He...
Edward A Riedel
Oct 18, 2008
Edward A. Riedel, 85, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, at the Jefferson County Hospice care facility at Winchester. He was born on Oct. 11, 1923, at St. Peter in Graham County, the son of John J. and Anna K. Rome Riedel. He owned and operated Ed Riedel's Body Shop in Valley Falls for 27 years. He was a...
Lem Loyd Kemp
Oct 15, 2008
HOLTON- Lem Loyd Kemp, 90, of Holton, KS passed away October 15, 2008 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born August 13, 1918 in Stratford, OK the son of David and Estalee Kemp. He was a member of the Holton community for 47 years and had previously lived in Garden City. He was the agency manager for Kansas...
Paul Holt
Oct 14, 2008
MAYETTA- Paul Holt, 98, of Mayetta, passed away October 14, 2008 at a care home in Holton. He was born August 2, 1910 in Hoyt, KS the son of James and Jessie Lindsey Holt. He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1929. He was a lifelong member of the Hoyt and Mayetta community as a farmer and stockman. He was...
Willis Eugene Butchee
Oct 5, 2008
Willis Eugene Butchee, 83, of Circleville, KS died Sunday, October 05, 2008 at a Topeka nursing home. He was born February 23, 1925 in Lamesa, Texas, the son of Rufus Marion and Mary Myrtle Brothers Butchee. He ran a small business, farmed, and worked as a cotton ginner. He served in the Pacific Theatre in World War II. He had...
Sharon Lynn Schlossman
Oct 5, 2008
SCHLOSSMAN TOPEKA-The Lord Jesus granted Sharon Lynn Schlossman her eternal reward in glory on October 5, 2008. She was born Sharon Lynn Higgins on January 15, 1948 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Francis and Dorothy Span Higgins. Sharon graduated from Maria High School in 1966, attended Daley Junior College both of Chicago, IL and attended Highland Community College. She...
Florence Ruth Mcgee
Oct 4, 2008
Florence Ruth McGee, 96, Crestwood, KY, died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at a nursing facility in Louisville, KY. She was born on Sept. 16, 1912, at Wood River, NE, the daughter of Orin Alva and Anna Reichart Hefty Lewton. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1930, and from Stormont School of Nursing in 1933. She completed postgraduate work...
Charlotte Eva "Eve" Carlson
Oct 3, 2008
Charlotte Eva "Eve" Carlson, 101, Prairie Village, KS, formerly of Valley Falls, KS, died on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at Brighton Gardens care facility in Prairie Village. She was born on May 24, 1907, at Junction City, the daughter of William and Rose Oswald Murray. She graduated from Junction City High School in 1925. Eve worked for Boeing Aircraft in...
Sally Jo Burns
Oct 2, 2008
KANSAS CITY - Sally Jo Ham Burns, 55, passed away Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in KC, MO after a lengthy illness. She was born in Herrington, KS on Dec. 5, 1952 and grew up in Hutchinson, KS. She was a 1971 graduate of Hutchinson High School and 1972 graduate of Adela Hale Bus. School. Sally is survived by her mother,...
Edna Mae Minner-Hayes
Sep 25, 2008
Edna Mae Minner-Hayes, 82, of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008 at a Topeka hospital. She was born November 2, 1925 in Havensville, KS. She was the daughter of Irwin H. and Ellen Ruth Deaver Gallagher. She went to Coal Creek Country School and graduated from Havensville High School in 1942. She had previously lived in the Soldier...
Agnes Ellen Small
Sep 23, 2008
Agnes Ellen Small, 87, Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Holton, Kansas, died Sept. 23, 2008. She was born October 26, 1920, in New York City, New York, the daughter of Charles F. and Mary C. Eberle Stone. She graduated from Walton High School in the Bronx in 1938, and following her husband's return from the Second World War she moved to...
Peggy Lou Mccrory
Sep 21, 2008
Peggy Lou McCrory, 79, of Denison, KS passed away Sunday, September 21, 2008 at a nursing home in Holton, KS. She was born December 31, 1928 in Maple Hill, KS the daughter of John Milton and Thelma Marie Clark Hedges. Mrs. McCrory graduated from Denison High School in 1946 and was a lifelong member of the Denison community. She worked...
Grace Evelyn Reamer
Sep 14, 2008
REAMER HOLTON- Grace Evelyn Reamer, 84, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday September 14, 2008 at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born May 23, 1924 in Holton, KS the daughter of Nels and Agnes Boettcher Rasmussen. Mrs. Reamer graduated from Holton High School in 1943. After graduation she attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. She was a lifelong member...
Jesse Michael Southard
Sep 13, 2008
JESSE MICHAEL SOUTHARD TOPEKA – Jesse Michael Southard, 91, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Hoyt, KS passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Topeka Homestead. He was born October 30, 1916 in Comisky, KS the son of Robert Charles and Elsie Dennis Southard. Jesse worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone as a PBX repairman and owned a cattle ranch northeast...
William Cecil Elliott
Sep 12, 2008
HOLTON- William Cecil Elliott, infant son of Michael and Shannon Hards Elliott, was stillborn Friday, September 12, 2008 at the Onaga Hospital. In addition to his parents, William is survived by his brother, Phillip Michael Elliott of the home; grandparents, Arthur Hards of Holton, Sharon Hards of Circleville, John and Phyllis Webster of Holton; great-grandparents, Ruth Watkins of Holton and...
