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Jennifer Kay Tessendorf-Edwards
Jul 30, 2007
TESSENDORF-EDWARDS HOLTON- Jennifer Kay Tessendorf Edwards, 23, of Holton died Monday, July 30, 2007 at the Holton Hospital. She was born December 19, 1983 in Onaga, KS the daughter of Larry R. and Gina Clark Tessendorf. Jennifer graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 2002. She was married to Jeremy Edwards on September 13, 2003 in Netawaka, KS. They were...
Michelle Ranae Norton
Jul 24, 2007
Michelle Ranae Norton Michelle Ranae Norton, 38, Topeka, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at the home of her mother, Judy Norton, near Meriden. She had worked at Burlington Northern Railroad as a dispatcher for train crews. She had also worked in customer service for Blue Cross Blue Shield in Topeka. Michelle was born Nov. 10, 1968, at Winchester, the daughter...
Raymond E. Reichart
Jul 20, 2007
RAYMOND E. "GENE" REICHART Raymond E. "Gene" Reichart, 73, Valley Falls, died July 20, 2007, at his home in the Coal Creek Community, north of Valley Falls. Gene was a farmer and a stockman. He had also worked at Rockwell International which later became Atchison Casting, Inc. He was a former member of the Prosperity 4-H Club and a lifetime...
Dale Marvin Kellerman
Jul 19, 2007
KELLERMAN HOLTON- Dale Marvin Kellerman, 72, of Holton died Thursday, July 19, 2007 at a Topeka hospital. He was born August 27, 1934 in Stuttgart, KS the son of Paul and Alwina Merklein Kellerman. He graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1952 and from Fort Hays State University in 1956 with a Business Administration Degree. He was a member of...
Frederick (Fred) A Means
Jul 17, 2007
Frederick "Fred" A. Means Frederick "Fred" A. Means, 81, Meriden, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka. Fred was a service manager at Laird-Noller Truck Center in Topeka. He had also been a service manager at Jay Beard Truck Center and had operated a Skelley Service Station, both in Topeka. After retiring, he and his...
Verne O. Bottom
Jul 15, 2007
Verne Orid Bottom, 78, formerly of Onaga and Topeka, died Sunday, July 15, 2007 at a care facility in Edwardsville, KS. He was born August 16, 1928 near Havensville, KS, the son of Roy and Eva Kroth Bottom. He graduated from Soldier High School. He worked as a mechanic for Martin Tractor in Topeka and various other places. Mr. Bottom...
M. Lavonia Hiskey
Jul 12, 2007
HAVENSVILLE- M. Lavonia Hiskey, 95, of Havensville, KS died Thursday, July 12, 2007 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. She was born June 16, 1912 in Havensville, the daughter of William A. and Allie Odie Dennis Irwin. She was the youngest of five children having four brothers, Lester, Dewey, Raymond and Evan, all deceased. Lavonia attended Havensville...
Roscoe Russell Fields
Jul 12, 2007
TOPEKA- Roscoe Russell Fields, 79, of Topeka, KS formerly of Onaga, KS died Thursday, July 12, 2007 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 22, 1927 in Onaga, the son of Albert P. and Maude Flora Highfel Fields. Roscoe had lived in the Onaga and Havensville communities until 1970. He had also lived in Warsaw, MO for 7 years...
Mary Elizabeth Twombly
Jul 10, 2007
TWOMBLY Mary Elizabeth Twombly, 80, of Topeka died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, KS. She was born March 24, 1927 in Garnett, KS the daughter of Delos and Mabel Scott Lewellin. She lived most of her life in the Topeka community. Mary had worked in sales for F.W. Woolworths in Topeka. She was married...
Kenneth F. Olson
Jul 8, 2007
Kenneth Olson HIAWATHA-Kenneth F. Olson, 47, of Hiawatha, died July 8, 2007 at a Topeka nursing facility. He was born April 16, 1960 in Omaha, NE, the son of Donald and Ruby Mulanax Olson. He attended Holton High School. He lived in Hiawatha since 1979. Kenneth was a computer programmer for Shawnee County and worked at St. Francis Hospital in...
Leonard Albert Lierz
Jul 8, 2007
LIERZ WETMORE- Leonard Albert Lierz, 78, of Wetmore died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at his home. He was born December 20, 1928 near Seneca, KS, the eldest of 10 children born to Lawrence and Melinda Hasenkamp Lierz. His family moved near Wetmore where he attended schools at Wetmore and Bancroft. He then studied for 3 years at Maur Hill in...
Gladys Aletha Shay
Jul 6, 2007
Gladys A. Shay, 85, formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, died Friday, July 6, 2007, at her home in Wichita, Kansas. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 10, at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, Kansas. Burial will be in the Holton Cemetery. Friends may call on the family from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are...
Wesley Wishkeno
Jul 5, 2007
HOLTON-Wesley "Wab sia" Wishkeno, 91, of Topeka died July 5, 2007 in Rossville, Kansas. He was born August 9, 1915 on the Potawatomi Reservation, the son of Arthur and Sara Wapp Wishkeno. He graduated from the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, KS in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was an independent painting contractor and retired from...
Helen M. Duffy
Jul 3, 2007
Helen Duffy TOPEKA-Helen Duffy, 93, of Topeka died on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at her home. She was born July 18, 1913 in Soldier, the daughter of Gottlieb and Dora Esther Mondt Sigg. Helen graduated from Soldier High School in 1932 and attended Emporia State Teachers College. She later taught elementary school near Soldier for several years and was also...
Kody Dean Kautz
Jun 28, 2007
Kody Dean Kautz, age 20, of Whiting, KS died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City from a choking incident. He was born September 8, 1986 in Atchison, KS, the son of Ron and Connie Behrnes Kautz. He had lived in the Whiting community all of his life attending Horton schools and graduating...
James Henry Frommer
Jun 27, 2007
JAMES HENRY "JIM" FROMMER James Henry "Jim" Frommer, 69, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at his home. He was owner and operator of Frommer oil Co. in Valley Falls for 29 years.. He had worked as a sheet metal worker at the Santa Fe Railway Shop in Topeka. He was born on July 4, 1937, at Half Mound,...
Imogene Beamer
Jun 26, 2007
HOLTON-Imogene Beamer, 86, of Holton, died June 26, 2007 at the Holton Hospital. She was born June 2, 1921 in Clarksville, AR, the daughter of Charles E. Edwards and Lillie Laster. Imogene was a graduate of Clarksville High School in Arkansas in 1936. She was a member of Netawaka United Methodist and a former member of Rose Hill United Methodist...
James Edward Taylor
Jun 19, 2007
TAYLOR SOLDIER- James Edward Taylor, 80, of Soldier, died Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at Medicalodges Jackson County. He was born January 20, 1927 in Mayetta, KS, the son of George Raymond and Cloe Davis Taylor. Jim graduated from Circleville High School in 1945. He lived in Denison before moving to Holton in 1954. He had lived south of Soldier since...
Artith Y Todd
Jun 16, 2007
ARTITH Y. TODD Artith Y. Todd, 77, Valley Falls, died Saturday, June 16, 2007, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She worked at the Valley Falls Post Office and had worked in the Valley Falls School Cafeteria. She had been a farm wife and had taught grade school at Arrington, Valley Falls and in the Swabville community, northwest of...
Bonnie P. James
Jun 11, 2007
Bonnie P. James, of Mill Valley, California, passed away on Monday, June 11, 2007, aged 91 years 11 months, 7 days. Married to John E. James Jr. (Jack), (born in Mayetta, Kansas) for 48 years, Bonnie was born on July 4, 1915 in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Byron O. Pickard, of Omaha, Nebraska and Hazel Solley Pickard of...
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