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...
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...
