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...
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...
