Gerald "Jerry" F. Lewis
May 30, 2017
Gerald Francis "Puknina" Lewis, 79, of Mayetta, KS passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Osage City Nursing Care Home. He was born July 21, 1937 in Mayetta, KS the son of Frank and Martha (McKinney) Lewis. Jerry graduated from Manhattan High School. He worked for A-1 Auto Parts in Manhattan for 19 years and for Santa Fe Railroad for...
Marvin Wayne Fernkopf
May 30, 2017
M. Wayne Fernkopf, 89, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2017. Wayne was born April 23, 1928 to Philip and Alta Fernkopf in Brown County, Kansas. After high school he enlisted in the Army. He was stationed at Fort Belvoir, VA. where he served as a Clerk. Wayne enrolled at Kansas State University, where he met his wife, Barbara Barker....
William M. "Bill" King
May 28, 2017
William M. "Bill" King, 68, Valley Falls, died Sunday, May 28, 2017, at his home. He was born Feb. 6, 1949, at Topeka, the son of Willie M. and Oleta Metzger King. He graduated from Nortonville High School in 1967. Bill served with the US Navy Seabees in Vietnam as a Construction Electrician Petty Officer 3rd Class. He worked as...
Norma Louise Marsh
May 26, 2017
Norma Louise Marsh, 81, Ozawkie, died Friday, May 26, 2017, at her home. She was born April 7, 1936, at Indianapolis, IN, the daughter of Norman and Ruth M. "Pat" Geyer. She graduated from Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis, in 1954. Norma had worked as a reading aide in the Shenandoah District Schools at Middletown, IN. She had worked...
Willis "Fibber" E. Mcgee
May 24, 2017
Willis Edward "Fibber" McGee, 93, of Holton, KS, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born March 8, 1924 in Holton, the son of Carl and Mary E. (Hug) McGee. Fibber graduated from Mayetta High School in 1942, this year would have been his 75th class alumni. After high school, he proudly served in the...
Karen E. Stous
May 22, 2017
Karen Elizabeth Stous, 70, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, May 22, 2017 at The Pines in Holton. She was born September 13, 1946 in Gardner, MA, the daughter of Joseph W. and Rita Mae (Gilbert) Gelinas. Karen graduated from James Madison High School in 1964 at Clairemont, CA. She had lived in the Jackson County communities since 1977. Karen...
William Hill
May 22, 2017
William Frank Hill, 88, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, May 22, 2017 at his home. He was born January 11, 1929 in Holton, KS the son of Thomas Logan and Ruth Elizabeth (Arnold) Hill. William was a life-long member of the Holton farming community. He attended Bateman Grade School and graduated from Holton High School in 1946. William was...
Cleo Ann Tillery
May 18, 2017
Cleo Ann Tillery, 80, Meriden, formerly of Valley Falls, died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Midland Care at Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls. She was born March 20, 1937, at Oskaloosa, the daughter of Jack and Zelda Mae Davenport Dick. She graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1955. In addition to being a homemaker, Cleo was a dental...
Velda May Harvey
May 18, 2017
Velda May Harvey, 88, Emporia, formerly of Valley Falls, died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Newman Regional Health Hospital at Emporia. She was born Jan. 14, 1929, at Rome, MO, the daughter of Virgil O. and Claudia E. Selvidge Mendel. Velda lived much of her life at Ava, MO. She moved to Valley Falls, in 1989, and then to Emporia,...
Mary Margaret Broadfoot
May 13, 2017
Mary Margaret Hart Broadfoot, 92, Holton, died May 13, 2017 at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. She was born February 7, 1925, in Westmoreland, the youngest of six children of Col. Harry Lair Hart and Bernice Heath Hart. Mary Margaret graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1943, and then worked at the Pottawatomie County Probate Court office before attending...
Juanita O. Pierce
May 4, 2017
Juanita Opal Pierce, 86, of Topeka, KS passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017 at her home. She was born December 3, 1930 in Soldier, KS the daughter of Spencer and Edna (Dunn) Chrisman. Juanita graduated from Soldier High School in 1949. She had lived in Topeka since 2007, Abilene, TX for 50 years, Germany for 3 years and California for...
Joseph "Joe" E. Wahweotten
May 3, 2017
Joseph "Joe" Eugene "Pok-to" Wahweotten, 55, of Mayetta, KS passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 3, 2017 in Mayetta. He was born February 28, 1962 in Holton, KS the son of Vernon L. and Rosemary (Masquat) Wahweotten. Joe graduated from Royal Valley High School in 1980. He worked for many years installing dry wall for Gary Heath Drywall in Lawrence. Joe...
Melvin D. Sinclair
Apr 27, 2017
Melvin Dwayne Sinclair, 60, of Circleville, KS passed away suddenly Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Hiawatha Hospital E.R. He was born December 4, 1956 in Winchester, KS the son of David H. and Thelma Louise (Donovan) Sinclair. Melvin graduated from ACCHS in 1975 and had attended Vo-Tech in Atchison. Melvin and his wife, Debra, owned and operated M&D Tree Shearing....
Lewis C. Carter
Apr 26, 2017
Today we lost a son of the greatest generation. Lewis C. Carter, 93, of Holton, KS passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born May 10, 1923 in Millen, GA, the son of John Lewis and Mary Alicia (Butler) Carter. After graduating from Roosevelt High School, Kansas City, Mo. in 1941, he proudly served...
Ronald R. Collins
Apr 23, 2017
Ronald Ray Collins, 57, of Havensville, KS passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home. He was born November 11, 1959 in Onaga, KS the son of Lewis L. and Evelyn "Lorene" (Rieschick) Collins. Ron graduated from Onaga High School in 1977. He had lived in the Onaga, Havensville and Holton communities. Ron had worked for Oldham's Sausage in...
Margaret E. Heuertz
Apr 17, 2017
Margaret E. Heuertz, 77, Valley Falls, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at a Topeka hospital as a result of injuries from a single vehicle accident near Topeka. She was born Feb. 12, 1940, at Valley Falls, the daughter of Elmer A. and Esther Gile Hosler. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1957. Margaret was a homemaker. She had...
Harvey P. Sauvage
Apr 17, 2017
Harvey Perl Sauvage, 87, of Havensville, KS passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born November 2, 1929 in Emmett, KS the son of Carl Charles and Nellie "Mae" (Day) Sauvage. Harvey attended Holton and Havensville schools. He grew up helping his dad on the family farm and later was a farmer and stockman on...
Eugene "Gene" A. Sawyer
Apr 16, 2017
Eugene A. "Gene" Sawyer, 94, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Vintage Park in Holton. He was born August 31, 1922 in Hamlin, KS the son of Don A. and Helen M. (Felmlee) Sawyer. Gene graduated from Hamlin High School in 1940. A few years after graduation, Gene proudly served in the United States Army during...
Floyd E. Watkins
Apr 6, 2017
-Floyd Eugene Watkins, 87, of Soldier, KS passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017 at his home. Floyd had been cared for by his great-nephew, Rick Watkins and Kristina Spillman. He was born December 16, 1929 in Soldier, KS the son of Lawrence Elvin and Marguerite Frances (Tomlinson) Watkins. Floyd graduated from Soldier High School in 1947. After high school, Floyd...
Ada "Meek-Sah-Quah" M. Levier
Apr 5, 2017
Ada Marie "Meeks-sah-quah" Levier, 89, of Mayetta, KS passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at her home on the Potawatomi Reservation. She was born June 21, 1927 in Mayetta, KS, the daughter of Oscar and Mary (Mahkuk) Levier. Ada attended Haskell Institute. She had worked various places in the housekeeping and linen department, including the State Hospital in Topeka. Ada...
