William Menzies Barker
Apr 1, 2007
WILLIAM M. BARKER VALLEY FALLS - William Menzies Barker, 62, Valley Falls, died Sunday, April 1, 2007, at St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka. He was a pressman at the State of Kansas Printing Plant in Topeka for 30 years. He was a member of the the American Legion and the former Masonic Lodge No. 21 AF & AM in...
Joseph Franklin Senn
Mar 31, 2007
JOSEPH FRANKLIN SENN Valley Falls - Joseph Franklin "Frank" Senn, 78, Valley Falls, died Saturday, March 31, 2007, at a Topeka care facility. He was born Dec. 11, 1928, east of Valley Falls, the son of Louis J and Nellie B. Curtis Senn. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1946. He served in the US Army from 1946-48....
Alvin Stewart Uhner
Mar 28, 2007
ALVIN STEWART UHNER WINCHESTER- Alvin Stewart Uhner, 89, Winchester, KS, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at his home. He was born August 1, 1917, at Duluth, MN, the son of Axel W. and Elizabeth E. Watts Uhner. He graduated from Muskogee, OK High School in 1936. He was a corporal in the US Army, serving in the 81st Infantry Division...
Glenn S. Place
Mar 27, 2007
Glenn S. "Tiny" Place, 66, of Mayetta, died Wednesday, March 27, 2007 at St. Francis hospital in Topeka. He was born February 25, 1941 in Soldier, KS, the son of Dean and Edna Burns Place. He graduated from Circleville High School in 1959. He worked at a sawmill in Holton and later worked at the Bingo Hall for Prairie Band...
Robert Marvin Gier
Mar 17, 2007
ROBERT MARVIN GIER Robert Marvin Gier, 78, Valley Falls, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at a Holton care facility. He had worked as a heavy equipment operator for the Jefferson County Road and Bridge Dept., the Kansas Dept. of Transportation at Oskaloosa and Coleman and Krumery Construction at Ozawkie. He was also a farmer and rancher. He was born Nov....
Lola Mae Smith
Mar 16, 2007
LOLA MAE SMITH Valley Falls -Lola Mae Smith, 82, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka. She was born Sept. 18, 1924, north of Valley Falls at Half Mound, the daughter of Carl Gustave and Sylvia Sarah Magdalena Engler Leutert, She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1942. She...
Dorothy Davis
Mar 16, 2007
BANCROFT- Dorothy Davis, 92, of Bancroft, KS died Friday, March 16, 2007 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born October 12, 1914 on a farm northeast of Holton, KS, the daughter of Frank and Sallie McAllister McKeever. She graduated from Holton High School in 1931. Mrs. Davis lived in the Holton and Circleville communities before moving to...
Harriett S. Burns
Mar 16, 2007
DENISON- Harriett A. Strawn Burns, 97, of Denison, KS died Friday, March 16, 2007 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton. She was born September 3, 1909 in Rydal, KS, the daughter of William O. and Grace Walter Gile. Harriett was a long time resident of Denison and had previously lived in Valley Falls, KS and on a farm southwest of...
Janice N. Levier
Mar 15, 2007
MAYETTA - Janice N. Levier, 65, of Mayetta, KS died Thursday, March 15, 2007 in Lady Lake, FL. She was born November 13, 1941 in Horton, KS. She was the daughter of John and Stella Masqua Mzhickteno. She was a homemaker and a member of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. She married Anthony E. Levier on June 8, 1966 in Miami,...
Steven Eugene Darveaux
Mar 7, 2007
STEVEN EUGENE "BUFF" DARVEAUX Steven Eugene "Buff" Darveaux, 44, Darveaux, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, as a result of a construction accident at Manhattan. He was born July 28, 1962, at Falls City, NE, the son of Norbert Joseph and Loretta Roxane Kirkendall Darveaux. He moved to Valley Falls in 1965 and graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1980....
Virginia Helen Shivers
Mar 6, 2007
SHIVERS HOLTON– Virginia Helen Shivers, 94, of Holton, KS died Tuesday, March 06, 2007 in Topeka. She was born August 3, 1912 in Circleville. She graduated from Holton High School in 1930. She had worked as a bookkeeper. She married Otto Thomas Shivers on June 6, 1942 in Phoenix, AZ. He preceded her in death on January 2, 1997. She...
Noble R. Bell
Mar 4, 2007
Bell Wetmore-Noble R. Bell, 81, of Wetmore, died Sunday, March 4, 2007 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. He was born February 6, 1926 north of Wetmore the son of Everton and Hulda Bareiss Bell. He graduated from Goff High School in 1944. Noble was a farmer and stockman. He was a past member of the Goff and Wetmore...
Raymond E Hamm
Mar 3, 2007
RAYMOND E HAMM Raymond E. Hamm, 95, Valley Falls, died Saturday, March 3, 2007, at Village Villa in Nortonville. Mr. Hamm had farmed north of Valley Falls. He was born on Nov. 28, 1911, at Fort Morgan, CO, the son of John Edward and Alice Parker Nichols Hamm. His family moved to Valley Falls in 1916. He graduated from Prairie...
Raymond Richard Ashcraft
Mar 1, 2007
ASHCRAFT HOLTON-Raymond Richard Ashcraft, 100, formerly of Holton, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, KS. He was born May 11, 1906 in Atchison, KS the son of William C. and Liza Jane Saggs Ashcraft. Raymond lived south of Arrington until age 16. He lived in Birmingham from 1948-2000. He later moved to Holton in...
Erick A. Lundin
Feb 28, 2007
LUNDIN Topeka-Erick A. (Swede) Lundin, 84, of Topeka, KS died Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born September 30, 1922 in rural Mayetta, the son of Hans and Maude Striegle Lundin. He graduated from grade school in rural Mayetta. He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and a member and elder...
Joyce Kay Ross-Peay
Feb 21, 2007
Ross-Peay Rockhill, SC-Joyce Kay Ross-Peay, formerly of Topeka, died February 21, 2007 at her home in Rockhill, SC. She was born October 19, 1947 in Holton the daughter of Herbert and Florence Nocktonick Ross. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1965. She was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe. Survivors include a son Keith Eisenberger of Oklahoma; a brother...
William Jack Slater
Feb 21, 2007
WILLIAM JACK SLATER Valley Falls - William Jack Slater, 55, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, as a result of an ice fishing accident east of Valley Falls. Mr. Slater had worked as a welder for Ernest-Spencer Metals in Meriden. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star. He was born...
Vernon Charles Barrow
Feb 21, 2007
VERNON CHARLES BARROW Vernon Charles "Red" Barrow, 65, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, as a result of an ice fishing accident east of Valley Falls. He was born Dec. 3, 1941, at Holton, the son of Vernon L. and Lou Gilliland Barrow. Red was a graduate of Denison Rural High School. He was in the U.S. Navy for...
Carleton Lanning Gilliland
Feb 20, 2007
Carleton Lanning Gilliland, 91, of Mesa, AZ, died at home on February 20, 2007. He was born Nov. 13, 1915, in Denison, KS, the son of Roy and Gertrude Lanning Gilliland. He married Hazel D. Bartlett on May 1, 1937 in Birmingham, KS. Mr. Gilliland graduated from Denison High School. He worked for the Everest Creamery in Everest, KS and...
Marceline Ruth Bauer
Feb 20, 2007
BAUER NETAWAKA - Marceline Ruth Bauer, 88, of Topeka, formerly of Netawaka, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at Lexington Park Nursing Home in Topeka. She was born October 6, 1918, in Falls City, NE, the daughter of Louis and Emma Fehr. She had worked at the Slimaker Dress Factory in Holton and helped her husband, Robert, on the farm in...
