James A. Grau
Oct 3, 2007
JAMES GRAU MAYETTA- James A. Grau, 61, of Mayetta, died Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born March 1, 1946 in Beloit, KS, the son of Gene Morris and Mary Kathryn Hyde Grau. He graduated from Winona High School n 1964. He then received his Associate of Arts degree from Fort Hays State College....
Lavina Mae Leach
Oct 2, 2007
TOPEKA- LaVina Mae Leach (Cow-so-quah), 71, of Topeka, KS died Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born May 16, 1936 in Mayetta, KS, the daughter of Scott and Anna Mae Matchie Nanogah. She was a retired CNA and a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. She was married to James W. Leach in...
Cleo Alberta Hill
Oct 2, 2007
Holton- Cleo A. Hill, 86, of Holton died on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at Medicalodges of Jackson County after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's. She was born Jan. 25, 1921 outside of Soldier, KS to Fred James and Emma Freel Staehli. She was a lifetime resident of the community and graduated from Corning High in 1939. In 1940, she married...
Evelyn Fern Hittle
Sep 29, 2007
HITTLE TOPEKA-Evelyn Fern Hittle, 79, of Topeka, passed away September 29, 2007 at her home. She was born October 19, 1927, in Holton, the daughter of Alva Bryan and Vergie Leota Merritt Patch. She attended school in Granada and lived in Goff, KS before moving to Topeka in 1953. She was a homemaker and worked at the poultry and egg...
Laura V. Dickinson
Sep 22, 2007
Laura V. Dickinson, 95, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at Presbyterian Manor in Newton, KS. She was born November 5, 1911 in Maitland, MO the daughter of Alexander J. and Minnie Kneale Barker. She was a farmwife and later ran the Mobil Station in Hoyt with her husband. She was a member of the Hoyt Baptist Church. She played the...
Erma Louise Fisher
Sep 18, 2007
Holton- Erma Louise Fisher, 93, of Holton, died Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at a Topeka hospital. She was born April 12, 1914 in Goff, KS, the daughter of John and Elsie Thieme Gruetze. She graduated from Wetmore High School and taught elementary school in country schools. She was a farmwife while in Soldier and had worked at the Jackson County...
Warren L. "Tok Me Geshik" Mattwaoshe
Sep 18, 2007
Warren L. "Jackie Matt" Mattwaoshe, 74, died Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at his home. He was born August 11, 1933 in Mayetta, KS the son of Andrew and Stella M. Whitefish Mattwaoshe. He attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence. He served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1966. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He received a...
Iven C. Buehler
Sep 17, 2007
Buehler Mayetta-Iven C. Buehler, 89, of Mayetta, died Monday, September 17, 2007 at the Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. He was born September 13, 1918 on a farm northeast of Mayetta, the son of Charles Leonard "C.L." and Edna Estella Crozier Buehler. Mr. Buehler served in the United States Navy (Pacific Theatre) during WWII. He was a farmer and had...
Coral Pauline Holliday
Sep 13, 2007
SOLDIER-Coral Pauline Holliday, 96, of Soldier, Kansas, died September 13, 2007 at the Community Hospital in Onaga, KS. She was born September 15, 1910, near Severy, KS, the second of four children born to Charles Felix and Olive "Maggie" Helms Shell. Coral accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age and was a member of the Soldier Christian Church...
Marsha Wabaunsee Ferrari
Sep 9, 2007
Marsha Wabaunsee Ferrari, 55, of Mayetta, died Sunday, September 9, 2007 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born April 7, 1952 in Mayetta. She was the daughter of Lou and Freda Nozhackum Wabaunsee. She lived all of her life in the Mayetta and Delia communities. She worked at Wabaunsee Drywall with her father. She was a member of Our...
John T O'Neill
Sep 4, 2007
John T. O'Neill John Thomas O'Neill, 91, Winchester, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007, at the Jefferson County Memorial Geriatric Center at Winchester. He was born April 6, 1916, at Winchester, the son of Frank F. and Lura Hensleigh O'Neill. He graduated from Winchester Rural High School in 1934 and attended Sterling College for one year. John was a farmer and...
Ralph W. Steele
Aug 30, 2007
Ralph W. Steele, 89, of Goff, KS died Thursday, August 30, 2007 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. He was born August 25, 1918 in Corning, KS, the son of Frank and Edna Frager Steele. He graduated from Corning High School in 1936 and lived all of his life in the Goff and Corning communities. Mr. Steele...
Lawrence E. Schreiber
Aug 29, 2007
SOLDIER-Lawrence E. Schreiber, 85, of Soldier, died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born on February 1, 1922 in Ionia, KS, the son of Leo and Grace Schoen Schreiber. He attended Goff High School and lived most of his life in the Soldier Community. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII aboard the...
Kathleen M. Bell
Aug 28, 2007
BELL TOPEKA-Kathleen M. Bell, 69, of Topeka, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at her home. She was born September 5, 1937 in Onaga, KS, the daughter of Paul and Otha Scofield Bell. She graduated from Tonganoxie High School in 1955. She worked for the SRS Dept. in Topeka for 27 ½ years. She married Richard Spielman on May 22, 1955...
Iola F Armstead
Aug 26, 2007
IOLA F. ARMSTEAD OZAWKIE - Iola F. Armstead, 96, Ozawkie, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, at Village Villa in Nortonville. She was born in 1911, at Valley Falls, the daughter of James and Edna Towler Meredith. She graduated from Westward Rural Elementary School and Valley Falls High School. She received her Teaching Certificate from Emporia State Teacher's College and taught...
Brent Curtis Jordan
Aug 26, 2007
JORDAN Topeka-Brent Curtis Jordan, 44, of Topeka, died Sunday, August 26, 2007 at his home. He was born September 12, 1962, the son of Kenneth and Donita Cordon Jordan. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1980 and graduated from Emporia State University with his degree in Education in 1984. Mr. Jordan taught middle school for 10 years and coached...
Eleonora Teresa Heinen Pecinovsky
Aug 22, 2007
ELEONORA TERESA HEINEN PECINOVSKY Eleonora Teresa Heinen Pecinovsky, 96, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, at the Jefferson County Memorial Geriatric Center in Winchester. She was born Jan. 18, 1911, on the family farm west of Valley Falls, the daughter of John and Clara Wadle Heinen. She graduated from St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School in Valley Falls....
Robert Gordon Holloway
Aug 7, 2007
HOLLOWAY HOLTON, KS – Robert G. Holloway, 75, of Holton, formerly of Illinois, died Tuesday, August 07, 2007 at his home. He was born February 24, 1932 in Alameda, CA, the son of Clifford Lester and Dorothy White Holloway. Robert graduated from Freemont High School in Oakland, CA in 1949. He earned his B.A. and MS degrees from the University...
Pauline Strole
Aug 6, 2007
PAULINE STROLE Pauline Strole, 93, Valley Falls, died Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at Village Villa in Nortonville. Mrs. Strole was a homemaker and had worked with the Red Cross Senior Meal Program in Valley Falls. She had also worked at the Valley Falls School Cafeteria. She was born on Sept. 5, 1913, at Denison, the daughter of Ira E. and...
Louis B Reppert
Jul 30, 2007
Louis "Louie" B. Reppert Louis B. Reppert, 95, Valley Falls, died Monday, July 30, 2007, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Louie was a dairyman and farmer northwest of Valley Falls. He was a member of the Valley Falls United Methodist Church. He was born May 17, 1912, at Valley Falls, the son of Louis A. and Mae U. Blue...
