Hazel Irene Richards
Feb 14, 2008
Hazel Irene Richards, 87, formerly of Wetmore, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born July 28, 1920 on the Rose Hill farm near Goff, KS, the daughter of Lynn I. and Ella Medora Curtis Derr. Hazel graduated from Goff High School in 1938. Hazel lived in the Wetmore-Goff area for the majority of...
Willard Robb Knowles
Feb 13, 2008
KNOWLES HOLTON- Willard Robb Knowles, 84, of Holton, KS died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at the Holton Hospital. He was born October 19, 1923 in Denison, KS, the son of Raymond and Eleanor Robb Knowles. He graduated from Denison High School in 1941. He served as a flight engineer in the Air Force during WWII. He serviced B-17, B-24 and...
Linda Kay Raaf
Feb 9, 2008
LINDA RAAF HOLTON- Linda Kay Raaf, 64, of Holton, KS passed away peacefully on February 9, 2008 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Linda was born February 18, 1943 in Burlington, KS the daughter of Marvin Hilton and Adah Katherine Martin Bentley. She married Ralph Raaf on May 26, 1961. She will be dearly missed by him and their children,...
Frank Joseph Sevcik, Jr.
Feb 7, 2008
SEVCIK HOYT, KS- Frank Joseph Sevcik, Jr., 74, of Hoyt, KS died Thursday, February 07, 2008 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born August 2, 1933 in Kansas City, MO the son of Frank J. Sevcik, Sr. and Elsie Shalla Sevcik. Frank grew up in Barneston, NE and graduated from Barneston High School in 1950. He served in...
Michael Levi (Kwa-Kee) Aitkens
Feb 7, 2008
AITKENS CIRCLEVILLE – Michael Levi Aitkens (Kwa-kee), 30, of Circleville, KS died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at an Overland Park Hospital. He was born July 19, 1977 in Oklahoma City, OK the son of Maurice "Mo" and Joyce Moberg Aitkens. He had moved to Circleville from Mobile, Alabama a few years ago and worked in construction. He was a member...
Helen Mildred Sourk
Feb 6, 2008
SOURK WETMORE- Helen Mildred Sourk, 88, of Wetmore, KS died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born January 9, 1920 in Whiting, KS the daughter of Fred A. and Bertha Miller Frederickson. She graduated from Corning High School and lived all her life in the Corning, Goff and Wetmore communities. She was a member...
Eldon Brey
Feb 4, 2008
WHITING-Eldon "Max" Brey, 68, of Whiting, died Monday, February 4, 2008 at his home. He was born January 14, 1940 in Topeka, KS, the son of Charles Raymond and Mildred Marion Baker Brey. Max graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1958 and was a farmer and stockman in Jackson and Jefferson counties all of his life. He was also an...
Arthur Jacob Hochuli
Feb 3, 2008
HOCHULI HOLTON-Arthur Jacob Hochuli, 94, of Holton, died February 3, 2008 at Glenn Moore Meadows in Holton. He was born August 25, 1913 in Holton, KS the son of Otto Henry and Ida Bertha Boettcher Hochuli. Four siblings preceded him in death, Ernest and Edwin Hochuli, Ruth Moore and Alma Taylor. Art married Edith Marie Fletcher in Topeka on Edith's...
Glen Leroy Bolz
Feb 1, 2008
Glen LeRoy Bolz MERIDEN-Glen LeRoy Bolz, 69, Meriden, died Friday, February 1, 2008, at a care facility in Overland Park. He was born Nov. 15, 1938, near Meriden, the son of Johnnie and Glena May Martin Bolz. He was a farmer-stockman and had attended the Muddy Creek Church. He was preceded in death by a brother, Fred Bolz, and a...
Paul D. Eisermann
Jan 28, 2008
EISERMANN Denison- Paul D. Eisermann, 70, of Denison died Monday, January 28, 2008 at Manor Care in Topeka. He was born April 5, 1937 in Raymond, NE the son of Floyd Garwin and Theda Moira Holmes Eisermann. He graduated from Effingham High School. He lived all his life in the Holton and Denison Communities. He was self-employed in scrap metal...
Hollis Duane Irick
Jan 27, 2008
Hollis Irick HOLTON-Hollis Duane Irick, 73, of Orange County, CA, died Sunday, January 27, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV, he had been in the hospital since November 24, 2007. He was born September 1, 1934 in Valley Falls, KS the son of Marion and Minnie Ann Eden Irick, the 4th son in a family of 6 children. He grew up...
Kenneth E. Thomas
Jan 27, 2008
Wetmore-Kenneth E. Thomas, 83, of Wetmore, died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at his home. He was born October 22, 1924 in Barnes, KS the son of Orville and Reta Thomas. He graduated in 1974 from Long Beach University in California receiving a Bachelors Degree in History. He served in the United States Army during World War II and served in...
Vestina Mae Nonken
Jan 24, 2008
HOLTON-Vestina Mae Nonken (Nee-ba-wee), 79, of Holton, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born March 9, 1928 on the Potawatomi Reservation near Mayetta, KS, the daughter of Joseph S. and Alice Lasley Nioce. Vestina graduated from Holton High School in 1945 and had lived all her life in the Jackson County area. She worked...
Gregg Robert Tolin
Jan 21, 2008
GREGG ROBERT TOLIN TOPEKA- Gregg Robert "Teapot" Tolin, 60, of Topeka, formerly of Holton, died Monday, January 21, 2008 at his home. He was born April 10, 1947 in Topeka, KS, the son of Lyle Layton and Geraldine "Jean" Sigg Tolin. Gregg graduated from Holton High School in 1965 and attended Kansas State University and Emporia State University. He received...
Leroy Carl Johnstone
Jan 21, 2008
LEROY JOHNSTONE GOFF, KS- LeRoy Carl Johnstone, 85, of Scottsdale, AZ, formerly of Goff, died January 21, 2008 in Tucson, AZ. He was born April 28, 1922 in Goff, KS the son of James and Rosa Stringe Johnstone. He had spent the last 39 years in Scottsdale, AZ as a mechanic; he previously lived in Omaha, NE. He served in...
James B Raymond
Jan 21, 2008
JAMES B. RAYMOND James B. Raymond, 83, Valley Falls, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at Valley Health Care Center in Valley Falls. He was born March 18, 1924, at Farmington, CT. He had worked at the Ford Motor Assembly Plant in Kansas City, MO and at General Motors in Detroit, MI. He was a non-combat veteran of W.W.II, building landing...
Floyd M. Scheid
Jan 21, 2008
Holton-Floyd Milford Scheid, 54, of Holton, died Monday, January 21, 2008 at his home after an extended illness. He was born June 13, 1953 in Holton, the son of Milford Louis and Beverly Ann Campbell Scheid. He was baptized on July 5, 1953 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Holton. Floyd attended Philo (District #7, east of Holton); Larkinburg and...
Laura Mae Ortiz
Jan 20, 2008
Laura Mae M'Jessepe-Ortiz (Pshuck to' quah), 76, of Lawrence, KS, formerly of Brown County, died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at her son's home. She was born on February 19, 1931 on the Kickapoo Reservation, the daughter of Dewey M'Jessepe (Ga Kee Kaw bah) and Minnie Wahwassuck-M'Jessepe (Sho-wak-e-yah). She went to Red Top Grade School on the Kickapoo Reservation and Haskell...
Geraldine Irene Luscombe
Jan 19, 2008
LUSCOMBE HOLTON- Geraldine Irene Luscombe, 83, of Holton, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born March 1, 1924, the daughter of Clarence and Agnes Velma Shingelton Heiselman. She attended Holton schools and lived in Holton all of her life. She worked at Snappy lunch, The Jolly Troll and was a cook at the Holton...
Opal Irene Boyle
Jan 17, 2008
OPAL IRENE BOYLE HOLTON- Opal Irene Boyle, 83, of Holton, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at the Holton Hospital. She was born November 5, 1924 in Greenleaf, KS, the daughter of Erie A. and Gladys Johnson Rogers. She graduated from high school in Washington, KS in 1942. Opal worked as a tax analyst for Gulf Oil Corporation in Houston, TX...
