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...
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...
