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Michael Lovell Johnson

Michael Lovell Johnson

Mar 20, 2008

JOHNSON MAYETTA – Michael Lovell Johnson, 48, died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born June 13, 1959 in Pasadena, TX, the son of Theron Lavell and Clarice Agnes Moore Johnson. He had worked security for Prairie Band Casino. He was a veteran having served in the Army. He was a member of...

Phoebe "Peggy" Foye

Phoebe "Peggy" Foye

Mar 17, 2008

PHOEBE "PEGGY" FOYE WHITING- Phoebe "Peggy" Foye, 91, of Whiting, KS passed away Monday, March 17, 2008 at Maple Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hiawatha, KS. She was born January 8, 1917 in Mercier, KS, the daughter of Walter H. and Mollie V. Schraer Moler. Peggy grew up in Brown, Jackson and Atchison counties and lived all of her...

Rex Barnes

Rex Barnes

Mar 13, 2008

BARNES Holton- Forrest "Rex" Barnes, 85, of Holton, passed away March 13, 2008 at his home. He was born September 1, 1922 in Topeka, KS the son of James and Anna Jenkins Barnes. He had attended Holton schools and had lived in the Holton area all of his life. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corp in October...

Johnnie P. Wahwassuck, Jr.

Johnnie P. Wahwassuck, Jr.

Mar 12, 2008

MAYETTA- Johnnie P. Wahwassuck, Jr. "Wah-sa-ge-zhuk", 82, of Mayetta, KS died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at a Topeka hospital. He was born August 31, 1925 in Mayetta, the son of Johnnie P. Wahwassuck, Sr. and Josette Nagonbe Wahwassuck. He lived most of his life on the Potawatomi Reservation. He had also lived in Topeka and in Washington State where he...

Paul Fredrick Kropp

Paul Fredrick Kropp

Mar 12, 2008

Mayetta-Paul F. Kropp, 78, of Mayetta, passed away March 12, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born June 13, 1929 in Grove, OK the son of Nelle Kropp. He graduated from Grove High School in Grove, OK. After graduation he joined the United States Air Force serving for 21 years as an aircraft mechanic. He later...

Kenneth Leroy Luker

Kenneth Leroy Luker

Mar 10, 2008

Kenneth Leroy Luker, 71, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, March 10, 2008 at the Holton Community Hospital. He was born April 27, 1936 in Buckeye, KS, the son of James Abner and Mary Elizabeth Butler Luker. Kenneth moved to the Holton community from Topeka 33 years ago. He worked various jobs throughout the years and recently retired from the...

Orlan Burdette Gibson

Orlan Burdette Gibson

Mar 10, 2008

Circleville-Orlan Gibson, 97, of Circleville, KS passed away March 10, 2008 at the Community Hospital in Onaga, KS. He was born May 15, 1910 in Halls Summitt, KS the son of James Richard and Lena Madden Gibson. He lived most of his life in the Circleville community as a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Circleville United...

Raymond R. Bradley

Raymond R. Bradley

Mar 8, 2008

RAYMOND R. BRADLEY GOFF- Raymond R. Bradley, 78, of Goff, KS died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at his home. He was born April 23, 1929 in Goff, the son of Walter Lewis and Edith Alvira Benander Bradley. He graduated from Goff High School in 1947 and lived most of his life in the Goff community. Raymond served in the armed...

Harriet F. Thomas

Harriet F. Thomas

Mar 7, 2008

HARRIET F. THOMAS WHITING- Harriet F. Thomas, 96, of Whiting, KS passed away Friday, March 07, 2008 at the Onaga Hospital. She was born August 15, 1911 in Whiting, the daughter of E.B. and Frona Zimmerman Hedge. She graduated from Whiting High School in 1929 and lived all her life in the Whiting community. She was a homemaker and farmwife...

Amy Louise Cawley

Amy Louise Cawley

Feb 28, 2008

AMY LOUISE CAWLEY OLATHE-Amy Louise Cawley, 96, born to Thomas and Mary McAsey Cawley on Aug. 15, 1911, northwest of Valley Falls, KS, died Feb. 28, 2008, at Providence Hospital in Kansas City, KS. She graduated from St. Mary's Hospital in Kansas City, MO as a RN, received a BSN at St. Louis University and later a Master's Degree from...

Richard V. Spaar

Richard V. Spaar

Feb 28, 2008

RICHARD V. SPAAR HOLTON- Richard V. Spaar, 76, of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, February 28, 2008 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, KS. He was born July 1, 1931 in Decatur, IL, the son of Vernon Henry and Ruth Waymire Spaar. Richard graduated from Decatur High School in 1950. He worked for Goodyear for 34 years where he...

Emmett Bernard Wichman

Emmett Bernard Wichman

Feb 26, 2008

EMMETT BERNARD WICHMAN Emmett Bernard Wichman, 79, Seneca, formerly of Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Leavenworth. He was born March 26, 1928, at Seneca, the son of John Henry and Bernadine Heiman Wichman. He graduated from St. Peter and Paul Catholic High School at Seneca and attended a business college in St. Joseph,...

Cameron Lea Bickford

Cameron Lea Bickford

Feb 24, 2008

CAMERON LEA BICKFORD VALLEY FALLS- Cameron Lea Bickford, 18, Valley Falls, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at a Topeka hospital as a result of injuries from a single vehicle accident. He was born Feb. 8, 1990, at Topeka, the son of Tim J. and Vivian Boyd Bickford. At Valley Falls High School he participated all four years in football and...

Ruby K Stewart

Ruby K Stewart

Feb 23, 2008

RUBY K. STEWART VALLEY FALLS -Ruby K. Stewart, 93, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at Deer Park North Senior Home at Meriden. She was born March 19, 1914, at Platte City, MO, the daughter of Oscar Jefferson and Isa Ann Wilkerson Anderson. She worked for over twenty years as a nurse's aide at the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital...

Donna Jean Miller

Donna Jean Miller

Feb 21, 2008

MAYETTA – Donna Jean Davison Miller, 76, of Mayetta died Thursday, February 21, 2008. She was born on November 10, 1931 in Seattle, WA, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max K. Davison. She was born and raised in Seattle, WA and had lived in Mayetta for the past two years. She graduated from a Catholic boarding school in Seattle....

Janice Jean Burget

Janice Jean Burget

Feb 19, 2008

JANICE BURGET HOLTON- Janice Jean Burget, 67, of Holton, KS, formerly of Soldier, KS died Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at the Holton Hospital. She was born June 13, 1940 in Melvern, KS, the daughter of John and Faye Randel O'Brien. She graduated from Melvern High School in 1958. Janice was a homemaker and had worked in Medical Records at Stormont...

R.J. John Immenschuh

R.J. John Immenschuh

Feb 19, 2008

Holton- R.J."Butch" John Immenschuh. 91, of Holton, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at a nursing home in Holton. He was born April 15, 1916 in Flush, KS the son of John and Emma Koenig Immenschuh. He was a farmer and stockman for many years in the Carbondale and Jefferson County, he was a maintenance foreman for the athletic department at...

Ronald A. (Che-Qwas) Eagle

Ronald A. (Che-Qwas) Eagle

Feb 17, 2008

EAGLE TOPEKA- Ronald Adam Eagle (Che-qwas), 46, of Topeka, KS, passed away on February 17, 2008 at his home. He was born July 26, 1961 in Waterloo, IA the son of John Cecil and Belle M. Wabenum Eagle. He attended grade school in Holton and high school at Topeka High. He was a member of the Meskwaki Nation and worked...

Leland M. "Lee" Mccrory

Leland M. "Lee" Mccrory

Feb 16, 2008

McCRORY DENISON- Leland M. "Lee" McCrory, 83, of Holton, formerly of Denison, KS, died Saturday, February 16, 2008 at a nursing home in Holton. He was born February 24, 1924 in Denison, KS the son of Matthew Henry and Esther Turner McCrory. He graduated from Denison High School in 1942. He served in the United States Army during World War...

Howell Dean Wyatt

Howell Dean Wyatt

Feb 15, 2008

Howell Dean, "H.D." Wyatt, 101, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at Brewster Place Health Center. H.D. was president of the Kendall State Bank in Valley Falls from 1970-1971. He had also served as Vice-President and Director. He had been president of the Citizens State Bank in Valley Falls from 1947-1964. He was a Sinclair Refining...

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