Maxine Ann Hefty
Jan 3, 2018
Maxine Ann Hefty, 90, Wamego, formerly of Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at a Manhattan care facility. She was born Dec. 27, 1927, at Logan, Iowa, the daughter of Burdette and Alice Grinnell Kennedy. Maxine retired as Assistant Vice President of Bank Operations at the Kendall State Bank in Valley Falls after 33 years of service. She had...
Gerianne Harrington
Jan 1, 2018
Gerianne Harrington, 66, Valley Falls, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, at her home, with her loving family by her side. She was born Mar. 14, 1951, at Topeka, the daughter of Edward A. and Elizabeth Ann Kammer Riedel. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1969 and from Old Town Barber College in Wichita in 2005. Gerianne was a...
Emery Lynn Adcock
Dec 28, 2017
Emery Lynn Adcock, age 29 days, died peacefully, Dec. 28, 2017, in the loving arms of her parents, at the Stormont-Vail Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Center in Topeka. Emery was born Nov. 29, 2017, at the hospital, the daughter of Terry M. and Tobi Gutschenritter Adcock. Survivors include her parents, Terry and Tobi Adcock, brother, Layne Adcock, sister, Avery Adcock,...
Eva D. Martin
Dec 25, 2017
Eva D. Martin, 90, of Whiting, KS passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at Lexington Park Nursing Home in Topeka. She was born March 6, 1927 in Muscotah, KS, the daughter of James Bernard and Eva Mae (Derringer) Wagner. Eva lived most of her life in the Whiting community. She graduated from Whiting High School in 1946. She was a...
Ruby L. Hottman
Dec 23, 2017
Ruby Lee Hottman, 85, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 at her home. She was born January 1, 1932 in Fillmore, MO the daughter of Charles and D. Katherine (Mink) Bowles. Ruby graduated from Atchison High School in 1950. She had lived for over 50 years in the Holton community and previously in Netawaka. Ruby worked for...
Steven Wesley Pence
Dec 23, 2017
Steve Pence, 65, Valley Falls, passed away December 23, 2017, due to heart complications and lung cancer. Graveside services for Steven Wesley Pence will be held at the Valley Falls Cemetery on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. A Celebration of Life will follow at the Kendall State Bank Community Hall, 408 Broadway, Valley Falls, KS. Please come and...
Leona Mae Bleier
Dec 22, 2017
Leona Mae Bleier, 84, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at her home. She was born July 3, 1933 in Goff, KS the daughter of Dwight E. and Nola (Clelland) Glenn. Leona graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1951. She lived in the Holton community for over 50 years. She worked for the Kansas State Bank...
Valent F. Swanson
Dec 19, 2017
Valent F. Swanson, 68, of Mayetta, KS passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Village Villa in Nortonville, KS. He was born June 9, 1949 in Phillipsburg, PA the son of Gilbert and Catherine (Idjzotic) Swanson. Valent attended Spring Grove High School in Pennsylvania. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corp during Vietnam. He lived in Mayetta for...
Leatrice S. Noriega
Dec 18, 2017
Leatrice Simone "Shau Shqua Snok" Noriega, 71, of Mayetta, KS passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at her home on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation. She was born April 13, 1946 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Eugene White Hawk and Ruby M. Wabnum Shuckahosee. Leatrice attended school in Marty, S.D. and graduated from Delia High School. Leatrice had also...
Vernona "Vernie" L. Lewis
Dec 10, 2017
Vernona L. "Vernie" Lewis, 76, of Mayetta, KS passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer, at her daughter's home in Belvue, KS. She was born November 12, 1941 in Mayetta, KS the daughter of Henry and Leona (Mzhickteno) Knoxsah. Vernie attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence. She was a homemaker, housecleaner and babysat for many families....
Gary Cameron
Dec 10, 2017
Topeka- Dr. Gary C. Cameron, 72, of Topeka, KS, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born June 14, 1945 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of Daniel and Ellsie Cameron. Gary grew up in the Canarsie neighborhood of SE Brooklyn in New York City. After graduating from high school there; he attended Northwest...
Catherine Duncan
Dec 8, 2017
Catherine Alice Duncan, 75, of Netawaka, KS passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, KS; after an accidental fire at her home. She was born November 1, 1942 in Fair Play, MO the daughter of Guy and Katherine Pearl (Jones) Schmitt. Catherine lived in Netawaka since 1978 and previously in Fairview and Holton. She...
Daniel "Dan" C. Zeller
Dec 8, 2017
Daniel Charles "Dan" Zeller, 54, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born January 12, 1963 in Holton, the son of Fred and Lois Lutz Zeller. Dan graduated from Holton High School in 1981 and from Kansas State University in 1985. He lived in the Holton area all of his...
Rodney A. Mcculley
Dec 5, 2017
Rodney A. McCulley, 67, passed away unexpectedly on December 5, 2017 at his home in Aledo, TX. He was born September 24, 1950 in Sabetha, KS, the son of Robert D. and Dona M. (Wittenbach) McCulley. He graduated in 1968 from Emporia High School in Emporia, KS. Rodney was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. He...
Frances E. "Jean" Boyce
Dec 4, 2017
Frances E. "Jean" Boyce, 84, Valley Falls, died Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, at her home. She was born Jan. 14, 1933, at Atchison, the daughter of Elmer Cleo and Elsie Marie Wheeler Pennington. She had attended Atchison High School and received her diploma later. Jean was a Drivers License Examiner for the State of Kansas in Topeka for over 25...
Frank Fredrick "Bud" Brosa
Dec 3, 2017
Frank Fredrick "Bud" Brosa Jr., 79, Topeka, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at his home. He was born April 2, 1938, at Valley Falls, the son of Frank Fredrick and Frances Fern Bledsoe Brosa Sr. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1957, and served in the Kansas National Guard. Bud was a machine operator at the Lawrence, KS,...
Richard "Dick" Spingler
Dec 1, 2017
Richard H. (Dick) Spingler, 99, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor of Topeka, Kansas. Richard was born June 4, 1918, to Harry and Margarita Spingler in Brooklyn, NY where he spent his early life. He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, and was a member its track team, in 1937. He attended New York City University....
Mary Belle Porter-Keys
Nov 30, 2017
Mary Belle Porter-Keys, 90, of Holton, formerly of Denison, died Thursday, November 30, 2017 at Holton Community Hospital in Holton. She was born November 20, 1927, at Mayetta, Kansas, the second daughter of John Wallace and Margaret Vera Moffett Robson. She attended school at Fairview Grade School, District 21, Denison Rural High School, class of 1945, University of Kansas for...
Florence Naomi Nevins
Nov 28, 2017
Florence Naomi Nevins, 95, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. She was born March 11, 1922, at Muscotah, the daughter of James Leroy and Myrtle McDonald Tipling. She attended grade school at South Creek and Stoney Point near Muscotah. Florence lived in the Muscotah community before moving to Valley Falls in 1955. She was a homemaker and also a...
Rose Marie Wahweotten
Nov 26, 2017
Rose Marie "Kitch ko me quah" Wahweotten, 80, of Lawrence, KS passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence. She was born May 29, 1937 on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation, the daughter of Joe and Naomi (Mzhichteno) Wahweotten. Rose attended grade school in Mayetta. She lived most of her life on the reservation and...
