Minnie Ruth Wood
Aug 13, 2006
WOOD HOLTON- Minnie "Ruth" Wood, 92, of Holton, died Sunday, August 13, 2006 at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born December 28, 1913 in Ogden, KS, the daughter of Richard Edgar and Mary Christina Smith Taylor. She graduated from Dwight High School in Dwight, KS and lived in Dwight until 1934. She lived in Enterprise, KS and later in Talmage,...
Terry Steele Nightingale
Aug 13, 2006
Terry Steele Nightingale, 60, of Holton, died Sunday, August 13, 2006 at his home. He was born December 31, 1945 at Seneca, KS, the son of Virgil E. and Wanda M. Steele Nightingale. Terry graduated from Corning High School in 1963. He graduated from Highland Community College with an AA Degree and from Emporia State Teacher's College with a Bachelor...
Wilma Jean Butler
Aug 12, 2006
BUTLER Wilma Jean Butler, 83, of Holton, died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Medicalodges Holton. She was born August 12, 1923 in Courtland, Kansas, the daughter of Martin and Hannah Peterson Larson. She graduated from Courtland High School in 1941. She had lived in Topeka before moving to Holton in 1967. She was a homemaker. She was married to Robert...
Archie Eteeyan
Aug 10, 2006
Eteeyan Topeka—Archie Eteeyan, 84, of Topeka died Thursday, August 10, 2006 at Topeka Community Healthcare Center. He was born December 13, 1921 on the Potawatomi Reservation in Mayetta, the son of Steven and Birdie Inez Cunningham Eteeyan. Archie attended school in Genoa, NE before he enlisted in the United States Army. He was a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne, #507...
Loneta Katherine Powell
Aug 4, 2006
Loneta Katherine Powell, 60, of Topeka formerly of San Diego died Friday, August 4, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on January 17, 1946 in Holton. She was the daughter of Alonzo and Katie Collier Davis. She graduated from Wetmore High School in 1964. She had worked at Fedco and Wal-Mart. Loneta married Herbert W. Powell, Jr. on...
William L Lederer
Aug 2, 2006
WILLIAM L. "BILL" LEDERER William L. "Bill" Lederer, 86, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Bill was a farmer-stockman west of Valley Falls and was a construction laborer. He was a member of Laborers International Union of North America AFL-CIO Local 142 in Topeka and Grahem-Herbers Post 3084, Veterans of Foreign Wars in Valley...
Thomas E. Rolfe
Jul 29, 2006
THOMAS E. ROLFE WETMORE- Thomas E. Rolfe, 67, of Wetmore, KS, died Saturday, July 29, 2006 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born February 21, 1939 in Wetmore, the son of Kenneth E. and Mary Alice Kahle Rolfe. He graduated from high school in Savannah, MO and attended Highland College and Washburn University. He was a farmer and...
Darle Lee Watson, Sr.
Jul 26, 2006
WATSON HOLTON- Darle Lee Watson, Sr., 67, of Holton, died Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born January 3, 1939 in St. Joseph, MO, the son of Ruby Lowe and Verdia Southard Johnson. He had moved to Holton from Missouri 35 years ago. Darle served in the U.S. Air Force and later worked as...
Michelle Marin
Jul 24, 2006
Marin Topeka—Michelle Marin, 19, of Topeka, died Monday, July 24, 2006 at KU Medical Center. She was born March 3, 1987 in Fresno, California, the daughter of Juan Jose Marin and Maria Eduviges Reyes Garcia. She attended Jackson Heights High School. She lived in Topeka and was a mother and a homemaker. Survivors include a daughter, Maribel Flores of the...
Florence Slattery
Jul 24, 2006
SLATTERY Florence Slattery, 93, of Holton, formerly of Mayetta, died Monday, July 24, 2006 at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born December 7, 1912 in Mayetta, the daughter of Clyde and Alma Hanson Tork. She attended Miller School near Mayetta. Mrs. Slattery lived most of her life in the Mayetta and Hoyt communities where she was a farmwife and homemaker....
Joseph L. Arnold
Jul 18, 2006
Joseph "Joe" L. "Kiweshkum" Arnold, 35, died Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at his home in Mayetta. He was born March 10, 1971 in Holton, the son of Lester and Wanda Carol Fitzsimmons Arnold. Joe lived in Mayetta all his life. He graduated from Royal Valley High School in 1989. He joined the United States Army in June 1989, and was...
Steven Lamar Troxel
Jul 13, 2006
STEVEN TROXEL HOYT- Steven Lamar Troxel, 42, of Hoyt, KS died Thursday, July 13, 2006 at his home. He was born August 27, 1963 in Long Beach, CA, the son of John Junior and Lois Elaine Martin Troxel. Steven had lived in the Hoyt community since 1976 and graduated from Royal Valley High School in 1981. He had served in...
Raymond Duane Gantz
Jul 10, 2006
Raymond Duane Gantz, 80, of Greenfield, IA died Monday, July 10, 2006 in Dallas, OR. He was born April 9, 1926 in Glenrock, WY. He was the son of Deloyd and Laura Isaacs Gantz. Raymond had a very interesting and diverse working career. He was an Aeronautical Engineer Structural Consultant; designing many of the aircraft still in use today, designed...
Albert D. Heugel
Jul 10, 2006
HEUGEL TOPEKA - Albert D. Heugel, 71, of Topeka, died Monday, July 10, 2006 at Rolling Hills Health Center in Topeka. He was born September 16, 1934 in Valley Falls, KS to Martin and Nora Simmons Heugel. He was baptized December 9, 1934 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Valley Falls. He attended Valley Falls Grade School until age 12,...
Nellie Marie Freed
Jul 8, 2006
FREED Nellie Marie Freed, 85, of Holton, formerly of Mayetta, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 08, 2006 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born July 27, 1920 in Arrington, KS, the oldest child of Jacob Richard and Helen Marie (Littleton) Eckert. Nellie graduated from Holton High School in 1937. She had worked for United Telephone Company in...
Nicolas Eugene Boyce
Jul 6, 2006
NICOLAS EUGENE BOYCE Nicolas Eugene Boyce, 26, Kansas City, MO, formerly of Valley Falls, died Thursday, July 6, 2006, at Kansas City, MO. Nicolas was a fabricator and had worked in Kansas City. He had also worked for Ernest-Spencer Metals at Meriden and for We-Mac Manufacturing at Atchison. He was born Feb. 5, 1980, at Winchester, the son of Raymond...
Freda Marie Tucking
Jul 5, 2006
FREDA MARIE TUCKING Freda Marie Tucking, 92, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at Village Villa in Nortonville. She was a homemaker and had worked at Slimaker Dress Factory in Holton. She was born March 12, 1914, at Denison, the daughter of Frank and Nellie Towler Johnston. She graduated from Denison Rural High School. She married Charles Delmar Tucking...
Zada Faye Smith
Jul 2, 2006
SMITH Zada Faye Smith, 73, of Shawnee, KS, died Sunday, July 2, 2006 at an Overland Park Hospital. She was born February 25, 1933 in Circleville, KS, the daughter of Walter and Grace Clemetson Snyder. She was a graduate of Circleville High School. Mrs. Smith worked in real estate and insurance sales and served as district manager for Avon. She...
Elizabeth Karrie Parks
Jul 2, 2006
Elizabeth Karrie Parks, 35, of Topeka died Sunday, July 2, 2006 in Topeka. Elizabeth was born April 10, 1971 in Anchorage, AK, the daughter of Milton Lee Gollihugh, Sr. and Iris Jean Butchee. She had previously lived in Minnesota. She married Robbie C. Parks and they were later divorced. She is survived by her children, Charles Parks, Adam Parks, and...
James Gilkerson
Jun 29, 2006
GILKERSON James Gilkerson, 83, of Lincoln, NE, died Thursday, June 29, 2006. He was born October 21, 1922 in Marysville, KS, the son of Morris and Ethel Dague Gilkerson. He was also a past resident of Holton, KS, here he owned and operated Gilk's Potato Chips Company. He served in the Army Air Corp during WWII and was a member...
