Debra Lynn Coleman
Mar 30, 2017
Debra Lynn Coleman, 59, Denison, died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at her home. She was born Dec. 5, 1957, at Topeka, the daughter of Hugh and Mary McBee Russell. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1975. She received her LPN degree from Kaw Valley School of Nursing in Topeka. Debbie had recently worked at Developmental Services of Jackson...
Mildred L. Berg
Mar 27, 2017
Mildred L. Berg, 101, Valley Falls, formerly of Topeka and Herington, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017, at Midland Care at Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls. She was born April 19, 1915, at Kansas City, KS, the daughter of James L. and Daisy Smelser Turner, Sr. Mildred married Reuben Berg Jan. 19, 1946, at Atchison. Reuben served in...
Rollie Henry Hester Jr
Mar 27, 2017
Rollie Henry Hester Jr, 86, Dallas, TX, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017, in Dallas. Rollie was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and a generous, caring man, who will always be missed and never forgotten. He was born in Kansas City, MO, on Sept. 11, 1930, to Rollie and Alice Van Pelt Hester Sr. He attended Denison, Kansas Rural High...
Norma M. Klahr
Mar 24, 2017
Norma Marie Klahr, 79, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. She was born March 26, 1937 in Vassar, KS the daughter of Rufus Valentine and Pauline Emma (Haufler) Bauck. Norma graduated from Lyndon High School in 1955. She had helped her husband, Delwin, on their family farm since 1961. Norma also worked...
Ross M. Nelson
Mar 24, 2017
Ross M. Nelson, 91, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at The Pines in Holton. He was born January 17, 1926 in Circleville, KS the son of Guy and Dorothy (Beightel) Nelson near Circleville. Ross graduated from Circleville High School in 1943. After graduation, he farmed with his brother Scott. He then worked several years in Washington...
Dorothy L. Rogers
Mar 23, 2017
Dorothy Louise Rogers, 93, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017, at the Holton Community Hospital, Holton, Kansas. Dorothy was born March 13, 1924, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of John Roy Williams and Margaret (Musgrove) Williams. She is descended from Probate Judge Elijah Musgrove, an early Jackson County settler. Dorothy and her parents and brother, Jay Roy, lived in various...
Edwill Cappleman
Mar 23, 2017
Edwill Cappleman, 60, of Denison, KS passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at his home. He was born May 4, 1956 in Ennis, TX the son of Dallas and Molly (Schrunk) Cappleman. Edwill graduated from Duncanville High School in Duncanville, TX. He worked for various companies as an over the road truck driver. He was a member of the Lakeview...
Elnora Rieschick
Mar 23, 2017
Elnora Lou Langley Rieschick, 91, of Soldier, KS passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her home. She was born December 28, 1925 in Hoyt, KS the daughter of Clell M. and Lou Vina (Garner) Langley. Elnora attended South Star grade school in Meriden and graduated from Soldier High School in 1943. She spent most of her life in the...
Richard Mannell
Mar 20, 2017
Richard David Mannell, 76, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, March 20, 2017 at a Houston hospital. He was born February 3, 1941 in Peru, IN, the son of Kenneth Robert and Dolly Elizabeth (Rogers) Mannell. Richard graduated from Holton High School in 1959. He worked as a control mechanic for DuPont / Flexel in Topeka for over 35 years....
Georgina A. Perry
Mar 19, 2017
Georgina "Georgia" Ann Margerate "Morning Star" Perry, 84, of Topeka, KS passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at her daughter's home in Mayetta. She was born March 14, 1933 in St. Ignatius, MT the daughter of George Leroy and Mary (Vallee) O'Bennick. Georgia attended schools in Montana and later earned her G.E.D. in Topeka. Georgia and her husband, David, were...
Bertha A, Richards
Mar 18, 2017
Bertha Ann Richards, 96, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Goff, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. She was born August 24, 1920 in Goff, the daughter of William and Audrey (Henderson) Ruse. Bertha was a homemaker, living most of her life in the Goff and Topeka communities. She married James Richards on October 11, 1937....
Larry C. Bowser
Mar 13, 2017
Larry C. Bowser, 79, Oskaloosa, passed away Monday, March 13, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 25, 1938, in Horton, the son of William J. and Margaret L. Kinkade Bowser. He graduated from Holton High School in 1956 and from Kansas State University in 1960 with a degree in accounting. Larry was president of the State Bank...
Laverne Mcconnell
Mar 13, 2017
LaVerne McConnell, 91, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, March 13, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born December 10, 1925 in Horton, KS the daughter of Louis and Josephine (Marak) Schuetz. LaVerne graduated from Horton High School. She lived most of her life in the Jackson County area. LaVerne owned and operated Bill's Market with her...
Robert J. Hazzard
Mar 13, 2017
Robert J. Hazzard, 90, Ozawkie, died Monday, March 13, 2017, at a Topeka hospital. He was born Dec. 15, 1926, at Lawrence, the son of James M. and Mable Anderson Hazzard. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1945 and then served in the US Army. He attained the rank of Sergeant and was stationed in Arkansas and North Carolina....
Betty Montgomery
Mar 11, 2017
EFFINGHAM- Betty J. Montgomery, 93, of Effingham, KS passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017 at a nursing facility in Valley Falls, KS. She was born November 30, 1923 in Humansville, MO the daughter of Mark and Olive (Tipling) Shockley. Betty graduated from Atchison County Community High School. She married Charles Howard Montgomery on January 15, 1943 in Atchison, KS. He...
Earl Chenault
Mar 9, 2017
TAMPA, FL- Earl Lavern "Saw-se-weh" Chenault, 70, of Tampa, FL passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL. He was born December 6, 1946 in Richmond, VA the son of Earl Chenault and Etheleene J. (Thomas) Chenault. Earl graduated from Topeka High School in 1964. He attended the University of Kansas and The University of...
Lola Charlene Chambers
Mar 3, 2017
Lola Charlene Chambers, 92, Valley Falls, died Friday, March 3, 2017, at Midland Care at Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls. She was born Sept. 10, 1924, in rural Morton County, the daughter of Clarence William & Lily Elnora Johnson Higgins. She was a member of the Coal Creek United Methodist Church. Lola was a clerk for Santa Fe...
Jerome Rice
Mar 1, 2017
GOFF, KS – Howard "Jerome" Rice, 80, of Goff, KS passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at his home. He was born February 21, 1937 in Troy, KS, the son of Howard Glen and Ruth Irene (Soden) Rice. Jerome graduated from Robinson High School in 1955 and attended Vo-Tech in Atchison for Architectural Drafting. In 1980, he placed 1st in...
Lorma L. Hladky
Feb 28, 2017
Lorma Hladky, 86, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at her home. She was born July 18, 1930 in a farmhouse east of Holton, the daughter of Osel Preston and Mildred (Nickels) Houston. Lorma graduated from Denison High School and later graduated from Washburn University with a degree in Business Administration. She lived in the Holton community...
Axell Don Drake
Feb 23, 2017
Axell Don Drake passed away Friday, February 23, 2017. The son of Kyle Moon and Krystle Drake. Survivors include his parents; his siblings, Brandi, Jonnathan, Landan and Kaden; maternal grandparents, Marc and Sonja Parry; paternal grandparents, Matthew and Michelle Cash and Allen Moon; aunt, Kaila Moon and an uncle, A.J. Moon. Axell was preceded in death by a grandfather, Jeffery...
