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Maurice Tillotson
Mar 6, 2006
TILLOTSON HOLTON- Maurice D. "Don" Tillotson, 84, of Holton, died Monday, March 06, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 23, 1921 in Osceola, IA, the son of Raymond and Pearl Brown Tillotson. He graduated from high school in Creston, IA in 1940. He had lived in Holton since 1946. Don was a U.S. Navy veteran of World...
Grace Stotts
Mar 6, 2006
STOTTS HOLTON- Ella Grace Stotts, 89, of Holton, died Monday, March 06, 2006 at a Holton care facility. She was born January 20, 1917 near Havensville, the daughter of Ralph Ivan and Florence Nell Nicholas Clements. She graduated from Havensville High School in 1935. Grace lived in Madisonville, KY from 1964 to 1982. She then lived in Topeka before moving...
Mary J. Burnett
Mar 6, 2006
BURNETT HOLTON- Mary J. Burnett, 75, of Holton died Monday, March 6, 2006 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born July 8, 1930 in White Cloud, KS the daughter of Delbert and Melissa Grace Solomon Gibbs. She attended Hilltop School northeast of Hiawatha. Mary had worked as a waitress at various restaurants in Holton. She had also worked...
John P. Ferrari, Jr.
Mar 5, 2006
FERRARI MAYETTA – John P. Ferrari, Jr., 45, of Mayetta, died Sunday, March 5, 2006. John was born November 25, 1960 in Holton, the son of John P. and Rosanna Nocktonick Ferrari, Sr. He graduated from Royal Valley High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of We-Te-Se Post #410 American Legion. He was a...
Shaun Michael Ostertag
Mar 3, 2006
OSTERTAG HOLTON- Shaun Michael Ostertag, 22, of Holton, died Friday, March 3, 2006 in an auto accident east of Holton. He was born July 15, 1983 in Atchison County, Kansas, the son of Guy Michael Ostertag and Nancy Sue Pennington Myer. He graduated from Holton High School in 2001. He was on the State Championship wrestling teams at both Holton...
Larry Joe Felps
Feb 28, 2006
FELPS HOLTON – Larry Joe Felps, 60, Holton, died Tuesday, February 28, 2006. Larry was born August 30, 1945 in La Junta, CO, the son of John A. and Verna A. Burns Felps. He graduated from Manzanola High School in Colorado. He had lived in Holton for forty years. He worked at Goodyear for 35 years before retiring in 2000....
Doris M. Johnson
Feb 27, 2006
JOHNSON Mayetta—Doris M. Johnson, 80, of Mayetta, died February 27, 2006 at the Holton Hospital. Doris was born November 29, 1925 in Little Rock, AR, the daughter of Floyd and Lela Gammons Boggs. She graduated from Little Rock High School in 1943. She had lived in the Mayetta Community since 1946. Doris had worked for Scarlett's Upholstery in Mayetta, for...
Evelyn Frances Carnahan
Feb 27, 2006
CARNAHAN HOLTON—Evelyn Frances Carnahan, 89, of Holton, died February 27, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born February 18, 1917 in Twin Falls, Idaho, the daughter of Lewis and Marguerite Calcut Carnahan. She attended Central School and Holton High School. She was a lifelong resident of Holton. Evelyn worked for Allard and Blackburn Plumbing and later worked...
Imogene Katherine Crow
Feb 26, 2006
CROW HOLTON—Imogene K. Crow, 88, Holton, died Sunday, February 26, 2006 at the Holton Hospital. Imogene was born May 17, 1917 in Holton, the daughter of R.E. and Meta Schaubel Singer. She graduated from Holton High School in 1935 and spent all of her life in the Holton community. Imogene had worked for Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka for 8...
Hans Hubert Karten
Feb 17, 2006
KARTEN Holton – Hans Hubert Karten, 85, died Friday, February 17, 2006 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. He was born December 26, 1920 in Essen-Steele, Germany. He was the son of Wilhelm Engelbert and Maria Lucia Dux Karten. Hans married Greta Louise Lenz on February 21, 1948 in Essen-Steele, Germany. She preceded him in death in 2001. He was also...
Joseph N. Wabske
Feb 10, 2006
WABSKE Casper, Wyoming—Joseph N. Wabske, 69, of Casper, Wyoming, died February 10, 2006 at a care center. He was a member of Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation. He was born March 21, 1936 the son of Agnes Wabske in Kansas City, KS. She preceded him in death in 2001. He was also preceded by a brother Michael Kitchkommie in 1980....
Wilbur H. Braum
Feb 10, 2006
WILBUR H. BRAUM Wilbur H. Braum, 94, Denison, died Friday, February 10, 2006, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born September 29, 1911, at Denison, the son of Creswell and Sarah McCrory Braum. He graduated from Denison Rural High School in 1929 and was a lifelong resident of the Denison area. He was a farmer and stockman, and also...
Aileen E. Oxandale
Feb 9, 2006
OXANDALE HOLTON—Aileen E. Oxandale, 87, of Holton, died February 9, 2006 at the Jackson County Nursing Home in Holton. She was born February 22, 1918, the daughter of Bert William and Cora Belle Rickel Hallauer. She graduated from Netawaka High School in 1936 and was a lifelong resident of Jackson County. Mrs. Oxandale taught school early in life at the...
Howard Dale Mcbride
Feb 4, 2006
HOWARD DALE McBRIDE SR. A graveside memorial service for Howard Dale McBride SR will be at 2:00 pm, Sunday, June 25, 2006, at the Valley Falls Cemetery. Mr. McBride died Saturday, February 4, 2006, at his home in Lenexa, KS. He was born June 6, 1925, at Rock Creek, the son of Howard H. and Ethel M. Glassel McBride. He...
Marvin Dee "Rocky" Bentley
Feb 4, 2006
BENTLEY SOLDIER- Marvin Dee "Rocky" Bentley, 48, of Soldier, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2006 in Holton. Rocky was born July 6, 1957 in Burlington, KS, the son of Marvin Hilton and Adah Katherine Martin Bentley. His father passed away in 1960. His mother remarried in 1971 to James B. "Jim" Smith. Rocky graduated from Holton High School in 1976....
Helen Whitehead
Jan 30, 2006
HELEN WHITEHEAD Helen Whitehead, 81, of Holton, died Monday, January 30, 2006 at the Holton Hospital. She was born July 7, 1924 in Monett, MO, the daughter of Orville Columbus and Irma Irene Dickinson Crossland. She graduated from Gridley High School in 1942 and lived in Gridley until she moved to Holton in 1967. She was a member of the...
Josephine O. Shupe
Jan 26, 2006
SHUPE Holton – Josephine O. Shupe, 94, of Holton, died Thursday, January 26, 2006. She was born April 2, 1911, in Mayetta. She was the daughter of Ora and Anna Zirger Eby. She graduated from Circleville High School in 1929. She worked at Slimaker Dress Factory for twenty-one years. Josephine married Freeman Shupe on May 29, 1929 in Soldier, KS....
Stephen Dale Hodge
Jan 23, 2006
Stephen Dale Hodge Stephen Dale Hodge, 52, Holton, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Steve was a house painter and worked at several body shops in Topeka. He had worked for Burt's Body Shop in Holton. He was born Oct. 3, 1953, at Herington, the son of Roy Dale Russell JR and Bonnie Mae Heaton....
Paul D. Eisermann
Apr 5, 1937
Denison- Paul D. Eisermann, 70, of Denison died Monday, January 28, 2008 at Manor Care in Topeka. He was born April 5, 1937 in Raymond, NE the son of Floyd Garwin and Theda Moira Holmes Eisermann. He graduated from Effingham High School. He lived all his life in the Holton and Denison Communities. He was self-employed in scrap metal salvage....
Elvin Aldus "Al" Carey
May 2, 1912
Elvin Aldus, "Al" Carey, 91, Topeka, died Friday, May 4, 2012, at a Topeka hospital. He was born on March 15, 1921, at Valley Falls, the son of Ralph and Alice Lewis Carey. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1941. Al worked in the maintenance department at Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Topeka for 23 years. He married...
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