Nancy Bea Llamas
Aug 17, 2017
Nancy Bea "Nezat" Wishkeno Llamas, 64, of Topeka, KS passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Rossville Nursing Home. She was born June 2, 1953 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Wesley and Nettie Keesis Wishkeno. Nancy graduated from Rossville High School and attended Haskell Indian Junior College. She lived most of her life in the Topeka Community. Nancy retired...
Neola L. Wood Risinger
Aug 15, 2017
Neola L. Wood Risinger, 86, Perry, formerly of Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, at a Topeka care facility. She was born Feb. 19, 1931, at Denison, the daughter of Harold E. and Grace Ferrell Scarlett. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1949. Neola owned and operated Valley Falls Barber Shop for 37 years. She was a...
Shane E. Martin
Aug 13, 2017
Shane Eugene Martin, 35, of Horton, KS passed away suddenly Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Horton Hospital. He was born February 25, 1982 in Holton, KS the son of Eugene Walter Martin and Linda Kay (Hopkins) Marr. Shane attended Seaman High School where he participated in wrestling and football. He worked for Crosswinds dog food plant in Hiawatha for a...
Rosezan Toledo
Aug 13, 2017
Rosezan Toledo, 91, of Mayetta, KS passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017 at her home. She was born on February 25, 1926 in Mayetta, the daughter of Oliver and Mary (Shoughnesse) LeClere. Rosezan attended Marty Indian School in Marty, S.D. and graduated from Chilocco Indian School in Chilocco, Oklahoma. She retired from St. Francis Hospital in 1991 where she worked...
Violet Schafer
Aug 11, 2017
ONAGA - Violet Marie Schafer, 96, of Onaga, KS, passed away Friday, August 11, 2017, at Onaga Health and Rehabilitation. She was born March 8, 1921, in Axtell, KS, the daughter of Dell and Thelma (Larsen) Benson. She spent most of her youth in Marshall County, Kansas. She graduated from Emporia High School, and was married to Harold Franklin Schafer...
Russell E. Baxter
Aug 10, 2017
Russell Eugene Baxter, 74, of Mayetta, KS passed away Thursday, August 10, 2017 at his home with his family by his side. He was born October 3, 1942 in Holton, KS the son of Lawrence and Lillie Beth (Ray) Baxter. Russell graduated from Mayetta High School in 1960. He proudly served in the United States Army from 1962 – 1965,...
Bernice L. Jones
Aug 9, 2017
Bernice Lucille Jones, 96, of Holton, KS passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born February 5, 1921 in Soldier, KS the daughter of Charles and Dolly (Murphy) Kranz. Bernice was awarded her G.E.D. and attended Soldier schools. She was a life-long member of the Jackson County community. Bernice began her career at Slimaker Dress...
Brenda I. Graner
Jul 24, 2017
Brenda Irene Graner (Pearson), 76, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, July 24, 2017 at Vintage Park in Holton. She was born April 24, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of George Pearson and Estella (Myers) Pearson. She grew up in Milford, P.A. and graduated from Delaware Valley Joint High School in 1959. She married Gilbert "Gibby" Graner, Sr. on...
Phyllis M. Cobb
Jul 24, 2017
Phyllis Mae Cobb 97, passed away on Monday morning July 24 in Holton, Kansas. She was born August 24, 1919, in Wheatland, Wyoming, the daughter of Claude and Irene Norris. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Lincoln Cobb, her sisters Margery, Ova, Leta, and by her brothers Leo and Larry. She is survived by her son, Ronald...
Verna J. Wahweotten
Jul 22, 2017
Verna Jean "Wen-be-quah" Wahweotten, 56, of Mayetta, KS passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 with her family. She was born December 14, 1960 in Holton, the daughter of Vernon and Rosemary (Masquat) Wahweotten. Verna was a lifetime member of the Jackson County community; most of her life was on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation. She was a homemaker and free...
Charles D. Early
Jul 19, 2017
Charles Dee Early, Jr., P.E., 86, of Holton, KS passed away on July 19, 2017 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born December 8, 1930 in Topeka, KS, the son of Charles Dee Early, Sr. and Ruby (Keim) Early. Charles served in the United States Army in Germany for 3 years. He was in the Army Reserve until he served...
Richard Shove
Jul 18, 2017
Richard Shove, 93, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at his home with his wife by his side. He was born January 13, 1924 in Havensville, KS the son of Paul and Mary (Gibson) Shove. Richard graduated from Havensville High School in 1942 and attended a semester at Washburn University. Richard served for a few months in...
Doris Kitrell
Jul 17, 2017
Doris Maxine Kitrell, 94, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born March 25, 1923 in Mayetta, KS the daughter of Cecil and Effie (Johnson) Bowser. Doris graduated from Holton High School in 1941. She was a life-long member of the Jackson County community. Doris was a homemaker and housewife. She was...
Phil Perkins
Jul 17, 2017
Phil Perkins, 51, Valley Falls, died Monday, July 17, 2017, at a Topeka hospital. He was born Oct. 30, 1965, at Oklahoma City, OK, the son of Phillip B. and Gaynell Wooley Perkins. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1983. Phil had worked for Kansasland Tire and Service and Cross Midwest Tire, both in Topeka, D J's Rock...
Gary P. Anderson
Jul 16, 2017
Mr. Gary Paul Anderson, 86, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, July 16, 2017 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born October 24, 1930 in Corning, KS the son of Paul L. and Audrey (Hybskmann) Anderson. Gary grew up as the eldest of two children and attended Holton High School and Kansas State University. Gary was a partner with his...
Daniel Eugene Fox
Jul 16, 2017
Daniel Eugene Fox, 51, Valley Falls, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at a Topeka hospital. He was born Nov. 17, 1965, at Wayne, NE, the son of Vernie E. and Evalena A. Staggs Fox. He graduated from Clarion, IA High School in 1984. Before his senior year in high school he completed basic training with the Iowa National Guard. He...
Clara M. Pendleton
Jul 16, 2017
Clara May Pendleton, 90, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, July 16, 2017 at her home. She was born February 27, 1927 in Waterloo, IA the daughter of Berton Lyman and Iva Dorena (Adams) Meloy. Clara attended grade school and high school in Waterloo, IA. She was a homemaker and housewife. She married Melvin Ernest Pendleton on April 1, 1951...
Richard L. Greeve
Jul 15, 2017
Richard "Dick" Leroy Greeve, 79, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017 at his home. He was born July 15, 1938 in Abilene, KS the son of Frank and Ruth (Yocky) Greeve. Dick graduated from high school in Topeka. After graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army from 1955 – 1957 as a tank driver. He...
Allen D. Wichman
Jul 14, 2017
Allen Dean Wichman, 66, of Topeka, KS formerly of Holton, passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 at Promise Hospital in Overland Park, KS; as a result of injuries sustained from a home invasion. He was born May 19, 1951 in Clay Center, KS, the son of Ernest F. and Patricia F. (Pickett) Wichman. Allen graduated from Holton High School and...
Raymond Carl Madorin
Jul 10, 2017
Raymond Carl Madorin, 91, Valley Falls, died Monday, July 10, 2017, at F.W. Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester. He was born Dec. 27, 1925, north of Valley Falls, the son of Henry and Esther Florence Wolthausen Madorin. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1943. Raymond served in the US Army and was stationed in Oklahoma. Raymond was...
