Virginia L Reichart
Apr 27, 2006
Virginia L. Reichart Virginia L. Reichart, 94, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Brewster Place in Topeka. She had been an author of poetry, short stories and a radio drama and had been published in regional and national journals, including the Topeka Capital-Journal. She wrote and directed the 1954 Centennial Pageant for Valley Falls and...
Gary R. Baldwin
Apr 23, 2006
GARY R. BALDWIN Gary R. Baldwin, 70, of Topeka, formerly of Holton, died Sunday, April 23, 2006 at his home. He was born March 16, 1936 in Holton, the son of Glenn A. and Clara R. Post Baldwin. He graduated from Holton High School in 1954. Gary worked as a painter for U.S.D. 501 for 30 years, retiring in 1998....
Isabelle Thomas
Apr 22, 2006
Isabelle "Mak-Ke-yo" Thomas, 83, of Mayetta died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Isabelle was born July 13, 1922 in Mayetta, the daughter of Charles and Alice Lasley Nioce. She was a life long resident of Mayetta and had attended Holton High School. She was a seamstress for Slimaker Dress Factory and had also worked in...
John Howard Murphy
Apr 22, 2006
MURPHY SOLDIER- John Howard Murphy, 85, died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, where he had resided for the past 5 years. John was born December 26, 1920 on the Ioway Indian Reservation in Brown County, the son of Thomas and Dora McKown Murphy. He had been a Soldier area resident since 1945. He was...
Pearl Venneberg
Apr 21, 2006
VENNEBERG HOLTON – Margaret Pearl Venneberg, 94, of Holton formerly of Havensville died Friday, April 21, 2006 at Jackson County Nursing Home. She was born September 25, 1911 in Taloga, OK. She was the daughter of John and Clara Maud Day Nicholas. She was a graduate of Havensville High School. Pearl was a homemaker and farmwife. She was a member...
Raymond Lee Hollis
Apr 21, 2006
HOLLIS GOFF- Raymond Lee Hollis, 82, of Powhattan, formerly of Goff, died Friday, April 21, 2006 at the Hiawatha Hospital. Raymond was born March 24, 1924 in Whiting, KS, the son of Fred and Mary Snyder Hollis. He grew up in the Muscotah community and had lived in Goff for over 40 years before moving to Powhattan in January of...
Ethel M. Paddock
Apr 14, 2006
PADDOCK Ethel M. Paddock, 92, of Holton, died Friday, April 14, 2006 at Gran Villas Assisted Living in Holton. She was born December 4, 1913 in Blue Mound, KS, the daughter of Carl Roy and Rettie Mitchell McGee. She lived in Kansas all her life except for a few years in California. She was a homemaker and mother. Ethel was...
Eugene Brockelman
Apr 11, 2006
BROCKELMAN HOLTON- Carl Eugene Brockelman, 74, of Holton passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at Jackson County Nursing Home in Holton. He was born October 3, 1931 in Holton, KS, the son of Fred and Mary Hochmuth Brockelman. He attended Banner Elementary School and graduated from Holton High School in 1949. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1956 with...
Virginia J. Hune
Apr 8, 2006
Virginia J. (Barnes) Hune, 82, of Holton died Saturday, April 8, 2006, at the Holton Hospital. She was born on March 5, 1924 outside of Holton. She was the daughter of Jim and Anna Jenkins Barnes. She attended a country grade school before moving into town, where she finished grade school and graduated from Holton High School in 1942. In...
Winifred Laclair-Killebrew
Apr 4, 2006
LaClair-Killebrew MAYETTA- Winifred "Punkins" LaClair-Killebrew, 63, of Lynwood, CA, formerly of Mayetta, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at a hospital in Paramount, CA. She was born November 5, 1942 in Holton, Kansas, the daughter of William LaClair, Sr. and Mary E. Lasley LaClair. She had attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence and had worked as an aide in a nursing facility...
Douglas Cleland Wahwasuck
Mar 28, 2006
WAHWASUCK MAYETTA- Douglas Cleland Wahwasuck, 65, of Mayetta died Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at his home. He was born January 10, 1941 in Rose, Oklahoma, the son of Luther C. and Cecelia Johnson Wahwasuck. He had moved to Mayetta, Kansas from Seattle, Washington in 1993. He had worked as a carpet installer and also as a truck driver. He was...
Hilda Sophia Richter
Mar 25, 2006
RICHTER CIRCLEVILLE- Hilda Sophia Richter, 99, of Circleville, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at Holton Manor. She was born May 31, 1906 in Leonardville, KS, the daughter of Charles F. and Katie Hageman Strauss. She had lived in Irving, KS before moving to Circleville in 1952. She was a farmwife until 1963. She then worked at the North Side Café...
Richard D. "Dick" Chatham
Mar 24, 2006
CHATHAM HOLTON – Richard D. "Dick" Chatham, 72, of Holton died Friday, March 24, 2006 in Topeka. He was born March 11, 1934 in Harveyville the son of Mike and Izora Fouts Chatham. He graduated from Harveyville High School. He was a salesman for Proctor & Gamble. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Holton. Richard married Connie...
John Q. Higby
Mar 22, 2006
HIGBY Whiting—John Quimby Higby, 90, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born June 25, 1915, in Whiting, the son of Jesse Edwin and Rebecca Jane Brown Higby. He was a lifelong resident of Whiting. He graduated from Whiting High School in 1934. He was a member of the Whiting Baptist Church and recently...
Edward L. Twombly
Mar 21, 2006
Edward L. Twombly, 82, of Denison formerly of Circleville died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 4, 1923 in rural Hoyt the son of Lee Roy and Lena Mae McAlexander Twombly. He was a plaster and brick layer. He served in the Army during World War II. Edward married Doris Brownlow, they were later...
Edward Marvin Bausch
Mar 20, 2006
BAUSCH HOYT- Edward Marvin Bausch, 84, of Hoyt, Kansas, died Monday, March 20, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. He was born January 2, 1922 east of Hoyt, the son of Jacob George and Maude Seely Bausch. He graduated from Mayetta High School in 1940. He was a farmer and stockman in the Hoyt and Mayetta communities all of his life....
Joe B. Searles
Mar 18, 2006
Joe B. Searles, 56, of Holton formerly of Denison died Saturday, March 18, 2006 at his home. He was born February 5, 1950 in Kansas City, KS. He was the son of Ansel Burton and Phyllis Rae Benthin Searles. He was a truck driver for Haug Construction. He had been a member of the Episcopal Church. He was a member...
Roger L. Lewis
Mar 18, 2006
Roger L. Lewis, 68, of Topeka formerly of Holton died Saturday, March 18, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. He was born January 17, 1938 in Topeka. He was the son of Lawrence and Lorene Ruth Shafer Lewis. He was an office assistant for disability determinations for the State of Kansas. He was a member of Topeka Church of God. Roger...
Robert Wilson Bauer
Mar 14, 2006
BAUER NETAWAKA- Robert Wilson Bauer, 91, of Netawaka died Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at Lexington Park Nursing Facility in Topeka. He was born September 9, 1914 in Falls City, Nebraska the son of Edward and Ida Zentner Bauer. Robert had lived in the Netawaka and Wetmore communities from 1957 to 2002. He was a farmer and worked for Welliever Construction...
Monica "Mitzi" Waller
Mar 11, 2006
WALLER HOLTON- Monica "Mitzi" Shoptese Waller, 67, of Topeka, formerly of Holton died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at a Topeka care facility. She was born March 18, 1938 at Mayetta, Kansas, the daughter of Peter Shoptese, Sr. and Eunice Teresa Greene Shoptese. She graduated from Mayetta High School and received her nursing degree from Okmulgee State University in Oklahoma. Mitzi...
