Helen Ruth Jilka
Dec 2, 2007
Helen Ruth Skalicky Jilka, 96, formerly of Wilson died Sunday, December 2, 2007. She was born December 7, 1910 in Wilson, KS the daughter of Frank and Mary Adamek Skalicky. She attended Blood Creek Country School in rural Wilson. She had lived in Brookville and moved back to Wilson in 1957. Helen was a member of the Presbyterian Church in...
Tony Davenport
Nov 29, 2007
Davenport Lancaster- Mark Anthony "Tony" Davenport, 55, of Lancaster, KS, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at his home. He was born May 27, 1952 in Atchison, KS the son of Herbert and Ruth Amanda VanWey Davenport. Tony graduated from Maur Hill High School in 1970, working at Arensburg's Grocery while in school. He was a star basketball player for Maur...
Merle Arlene Lassiter
Nov 25, 2007
MERLE A. LASSITER Merle Arlene Lassiter, 93, Valley Falls, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007. at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born April 23, 1914, at Winchester, the daughter of Charles C. and Zella M. Connelly Housh. She graduated from Winchester High School. She had worked in the office of the State Treasurer at Topeka and had been...
James Jerry Jewell
Nov 20, 2007
Mayetta-James Jerry Jewell, 70, was found November 22, 2007 at his home. He was born January 26, 1937 in Lincoln, KS the son of Charles M. and Vaughn Hazel McCormick Jewell. He had lived in the Mayetta community since 1983 and had previously lived in Whiting. He was a retired farmer and also had retired in 1997 from Vanguard in...
Dorothy Macarthur Beatty Burget
Nov 20, 2007
BURGET HOLTON- Dorothy H. MacArthur Beatty Burget, 82, of Holton, died Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at an Onaga care facility. She was born February 23, 1925 in Royal Oak, MI, the daughter of Raymond and Hilda Havenstein MacArthur. Dorothy graduated from Paxico High School and lived in Topeka for 15 years before moving to Holton in 1959. She was a...
Howard S. Crow
Nov 18, 2007
Crow Holton-Howard Shaffer Crow, 92, of Holton, died Sunday, November 18, 2007 at Midland Hospice in Topeka. He was born January 15, 1915 in Bigelow, MO the son of Gooley and Pearl Schaffer Crow. He was raised near Mound City, MO, in Holt County, and graduated from Mound City High School in 1932. He was a long time owner of...
Bobby Joe Lewis
Nov 18, 2007
HOLTON-Bobby Joe Lewis, 46, of Holton, died Sunday, November 18, 2007. He was born October 30, 1961 in Onaga, KS, the son of Harold and Allie Brandon Lewis. He had lived in the Holton area most of his life and attended Holton schools. Starting at the age of 8 he was a musician and had continued loving music and playing...
Betty Jane Buehler
Nov 15, 2007
BUEHLER MAYETTA- Betty Jane Buehler, 80, of Mayetta, KS, died Thursday, November 15, 2007 at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born October 6, 1927 in Delia, KS, the daughter of John C. and Bettie Adams Curran. Betty graduated from Denison High School in 1945 and completed 2 years of school at Washburn University. She had been a school teacher...
Roger Gene Myers
Nov 11, 2007
WETMORE- Roger Myers, 76, of Wetmore, KS, died Sunday, November 11, 2007 at home. He was born January 27, 1931 in Illinois. Mr. Myers had a masters in science and had done Agronomy research for Kansas State University for 30 years. He had served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Korean Conflict. There are no immediate survivors. Memorial services...
Erna M. Miller
Nov 8, 2007
ERNA M. MILLER HOLTON- Erna M. Miller, 90, of Holton, KS, died Thursday, November 8, 2007 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton. She was born March 15, 1917 in Eldon, MO, the daughter of Paul and Lucy Vaughn Kelsay. Mrs. Miller had worked as a beautician for Ethel Wallisch in Holton and later owned and operated her own beauty salon...
Cindy A. Gregory
Nov 4, 2007
Cindy Gregory, 57, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at her home. She was born September 10, 1950 in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of James C. and Marguerite A. Barter Poe. She graduated from Turner High School. She lived in the Holton area for the last fourteen years. She was a homemaker and a member of Friends of the Humane...
Danny Boyle Sr
Nov 4, 2007
Danny Boyle Sr, 71, Valley Falls, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007, at a Topeka hospital. He was born June 27, 1936, at Kansas City, KS, the son of Harry and Opal Roark Boyle. He was a roofing worker and was employed by Western Roofing at Kansas City, MO, and Valentine Roofing at Kansas City, KS. He was a member of...
Lawrence P. Parrett
Nov 3, 2007
PARRETT CIRCLEVILLE – Lawrence P. Parrett, 93, died Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the Onaga Hospital. He was born December 28, 1913 in Whiting, KS, the son of William P. and Ethel Lawrence Parrett. He graduated from Whiting High School in 1933. He was a farmer and stockman and retired from Goodyear after 23 years in 1976. He was a...
Frances W. Miller
Nov 1, 2007
MILLER HOLTON-Frances W. Miller, 89, formerly of Holton, died November 1, 2007 at a Rossville Nursing Home. She was born June 2, 1918 the daughter of Arthur Thomas and Mary Emilene Raye Wilmore. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936. She had lived in Holton since 2003 and previously lived in Calimesa, CA. She had worked in an airplane...
Carolyn Sue Hittle
Oct 31, 2007
MAYETTA- Carolyn Sue Hittle, 62, of Mayetta, KS died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at her home. She was born March 8, 1945 in California, the daughter of Arnold and Florence Wathal Hermann. She worked in data entry at Electronic Data System and later at Harrah's. She was married to Virgil Dale Hittle on January 13, 1966 in Miami, Oklahoma. He...
Corrine Spencer Nixon
Oct 28, 2007
CORRINE NIXON HOLTON- Corrine Spencer Nixon, 92, of Holton, died Sunday, October 28, 2007 at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born December 19, 1914 near Circleville, KS, the daughter of Charles Ross and N. Hazel Wolfley Spencer. Mrs. Nixon graduated from Circleville High School in 1932. She taught school at Glenwood Country School west of Holton for a year....
Doris Fern Calwell
Oct 26, 2007
CALWELL TOPEKA-Doris Fern Calwell, 99, of Topeka, passed away on October 26, 2007 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. She was born December 1, 1907, in Wetmore, KS, the daughter of Edward and Daisy White Newlin. She graduated from Wetmore High School in 1925. She taught two years in a one-room school in Jackson County, then went on to graduate from...
Martin Leon Burns
Oct 25, 2007
BURNS HOLTON- Martin Leon Burns, 70, of Holton died Thursday, October 25, 2007 at his home. He was born November 12, 1936 in Mayetta. He was the son of George Raymond and Lucy Blandin Burns. He was a farmer and rancher and retired from Goodyear at 43 years. He was a member of the Rubber Workers Local #307 and a...
John Malcolm Hamon
Oct 12, 2007
JOHN MALCOLM HAMON John Malcolm Hamon, 96, Valley Falls, died Friday, October 12, 2007, at LinnWood Place in Valley Falls. He was born on December 8, 1910, north of Valley Falls, the son of Charles Malcolm and Rose Corkadel Hamon. He was valedictorian of the 1929 class at Valley Falls High School and graduated from Kansas State Agricultural College in...
Emily Ruth Rogers
Oct 9, 2007
Emily Ruth Rogers, 73, of Emporia passed away on October 9, 2007 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton. She was born November 29, 1933, in Jackson, MS, the daughter of Henry Clifton and Ruth Jane Chancellor Brent. She lived in Holton from 1971 until she moved to Emporia in 1991. She was a waitress for Trails Café and Willie's Diner...
