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...
Keith J. Jackson
Nov 24, 2017
Keith J. Jackson, 81, Valley Falls, died Friday, November 24, 2017, at Midland Care at Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls. He was born October 17, 1936, at Spearville, KS, the son of Kenneth and Ramona Boehme Stinson. Keith spent his early years in the Offerle, KS area. After the passing of his father, he moved to Valley Falls...
Mildren Cochren-Sherwood
Nov 23, 2017
Mildred Hales Cochren-Sherwood, age 104, died Thursday, November 23, 2017, at Medicalodges in Holton, Kansas. Mildred was born June 24, 1913, to George and Jessie Tate Hales in Centralia, KS. She attended a one-room country school first through eighth grades. She and her sister, Alma, walked the 1 1/2 miles and often they were afraid that wolves would catch them...
Zelda Martinez
Nov 17, 2017
Zelda Mitchell Martinez, 94, of Topeka, KS, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 at The University of Kansas Health System-St. Francis Campus. She was born June 21, 1923 in Mayetta, the daughter of Joe and Angeline (Battese) Mitchell. Zelda was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Zelda married Logie R. Martinez...
Beverly J. Trundle
Nov 13, 2017
Beverly Jean Trundle, 76, of Hiawatha, KS, passed away at her home November 13, 2017. She was born the youngest of four daughters July 7, 1941 at Holton, KS to Melvin and Lennie (Wolfe) Coates. Beverly was raised in Netawaka, KS and attended Netawaka schools. After graduating high school, she married her high school sweetheart, Leonard L. Trundle, on November...
Dixie J. Alsept
Nov 8, 2017
Dixie Joan Alsept, 82, of Holton, KS passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born December 31, 1934 in Mayetta, KS, the daughter of Cecil Lloyd and Gertrude Evangeline (Scheidegger) Wells. Dixie graduated from Mayetta High School in 1952 and Kaw Area Vo-Tech earning her LPN Degree. She was an LPN for Merry Manor Nursing...
Vern O. Mckinsey
Nov 8, 2017
Vern O. McKinsey, 91, of Onaga, KS passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Onaga Hospital. He was born January 27, 1926 in Soldier, the son of Otto Ross and Stella (Peasley) McKinsey. Vern graduated from Soldier High School in 1943. He proudly served in the United States Army during World War II. In Vern's earlier years, he drove a...
