Ruby L. Royer
Feb 20, 2017
Ruby Lucille Royer, 87, of Arrington and Holton, KS passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at Vintage Park Assisted Living in Holton. She was born January 20, 1930 in Muscotah, KS the daughter of William Oscar and Bessie (Pruitt) Walker. Ruby attended Muscotah schools. She was a farmwife and an assistant Post Master at Arrington Post Office for over 20...
John E. Webster
Feb 20, 2017
John E. Webster, 77, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at The Pines in Holton. He was born December 15, 1939 in Leon, KS the son of Harvey and Zetta (Burris) Webster. John attended Cedarville Country School and had attended Sedan High School. He had spent most of his life in the Jackson and Atchison communities. He...
Harold R. Kennedy
Feb 17, 2017
Harold Ray Kennedy, 76, of Holton, KS passed away suddenly Friday, February 17, 2017 at his home. He was born December 5, 1940 in Miller, OK the son of James Robert and Sarah Jane (Hamilton) Kennedy. Harold attended Arvin High School, in California. He was a pipefitter for Local #460 out of Bakersfield, California for many years; traveling across the...
Afton Burdick
Feb 17, 2017
Afton Alaine Burdick, 16, of Circleville, KS passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 as a result of a car accident. She was born September 11, 2000 in Holton, KS the daughter of Alan David Burdick and Lori Lynn Arnold Burdick. Afton was a sophomore at Jackson Heights High School and was a member of the yearbook staff. She had just...
Paul Dean Cappleman
Feb 16, 2017
Paul Dean Cappleman, 58, of Muscotah, KS passed away unexpectedly at his home, Thursday, February 16, 2017. He was born March 17, 1958 in Horton, KS the son of Wayne and Naomi (Routh) Cappleman. Paul graduated from ACCHS in 1976. He received his associate's degree from Highland in 1983. He later graduated from Emporia State University in 1986 with a...
Ronald R. Strader
Feb 15, 2017
Ronald Ray Strader, 77, of Holton, KS passed away unexpectedly February 15, 2017 in Holton. He was born November 12, 1939 in Marshall County, KS the son of Alfred Nelson and Hazel Mae (Catlin) Strader. Ronald graduated from Frankfort High School in 1957. After graduation, he worked for over 40 years at Strader Drilling as a water well driller. Ronald...
Gene Zwonitzer
Feb 14, 2017
Eugene M. "Gene" Zwonitzer, 55, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born March 22, 1961 in Topeka, KS, the son of Larry Eugene and Judith Ann (Moret) Zwonitzer. Gene graduated from Holton High School in 1979 and lived all of his life in the Holton community. He worked along...
Harold D. Reamer
Feb 14, 2017
Harold Dean Reamer, 84, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Medicalodges of Jackson County. He was born July 4, 1932 in Holton, the son of Edgar Ennis and Maude Elizabeth (Coffin) Reamer. Harold attended Banner Grade School and was a life-long member of the Holton community. He was a farmer and stockman. Harold also worked at...
Dareld D. Lacey
Feb 12, 2017
Dareld D. Lacey, 85, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 in Holton, KS. He was born October 25, 1931 in Holton, the son of Homer and Ruby Evelyn (Miller) Lacey. Dareld graduated from Bancroft High School; after graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army. He had lived in the Holton community for most of his...
Mary "Monnie" Wabaunsee
Feb 11, 2017
Mary Theresa "Monnie" Wabaunsee, 70, of Mayetta, KS passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at her home. She was born October 7, 1946 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Lou and Freda Jane (Nozhackum) Wabaunsee. Monnie graduated from St. Paul's Indian Mission in Marty, South Dakota. She spent most of her life on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation. She was...
Geneva Tosh
Feb 6, 2017
HOLTON- Geneva Tosh, 81, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. She was born September 17, 1935 in Mayetta, KS the daughter of Homer and Celia (Millenbruch) Burget. Geneva graduated from Effingham High School, class of 1954. She married Harold Tosh on February 12, 1956 at Coal Creek Church. She was a wife and homemaker for the last...
Mary E. Turner
Feb 6, 2017
Mary E. Turner, 71, Denison, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at her home. She was born Oct. 11, 1945, at Harrisonville, MO, the daughter of Charles and Lucy McCall Howdeshell. Mary was a Certified Nurse Aide and a Certified Medical Aide at the Jefferson County Geriatric Center at Winchester when she retired. She had worked as a waitress at the...
Marianne E. Mcclintock
Feb 3, 2017
Marianne E. McClintock, 89, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, February 3, 2017 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born May 13, 1927 in Holton, KS the daughter of Frank L. and Josephine M. (McColgin) Davis. Marianne attended Banner School (which was a one-room school house) and graduated from Holton High School in 1945. She was a life-long member of...
Donald "Dean" Tuck
Jan 31, 2017
Donald "Dean" Tuck, 89, of Hoyt, KS passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 in Topeka. He was born September 14, 1927 at home in Hoyt, KS, the son of Marvin and Gladys (Martin) Tuck. He lived his entire life in the Hoyt area. He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1945. Dean married Alberta Piper on November 28, 1948 in...
Raymond E. White
Jan 30, 2017
Raymond E. White, 93, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 in Topeka. He was born August 30, 1923 in Emmett, KS the son of Ernest Roosevelt and Anna Lucille (Hannah) White. Ray attended Holton schools and proudly served in the United States Army during World War II. Ray owned and operated Snappy Lunch in Holton for several...
Jeaneane Chance
Jan 29, 2017
Jeaneane Chance, 75, of Mayetta, KS passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 29, 2017 at her home. She was born August 25, 1941 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Roy and Lucille (Peters) Frey. Jeaneane graduated from Seaman High School in1959 and from Topeka Cosmetology in 1961. She was a life-long member of the Hoyt and Mayetta communities. Jeaneane owned and...
Katie Ruthanne Perkins
Jan 28, 2017
Katie Ruthanne Perkins, 23, Hoyt, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, north of Topeka, as a result of an automobile accident. She was born Aug. 6, 1993, at Holton, the daughter of Phil and Davida Ross Perkins. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 2012. Katie was a devoted mother and homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her family and...
Jimmy Dean Stevens
Jan 27, 2017
Jimmy Dean Stevens, 72, Valley Falls, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. He was born July 12, 1944, at Atchison, the son of Scottie Francis and Marian Hosford Stevens. Jimmy was a warehouse man at the Ft. Leavenworth US Army Base, retiring in 2009 after working there for 25 years. He had worked for...
Stacey L. Pipkins
Jan 26, 2017
Stacey Lynn Pipkins, 51, of Kansas City, MO passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017 at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She was born December 20, 1965 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Gerald Charles Haag and Mary Lou (Slocum) Haag. Stacey graduated from Seaman High School in 1984. She had lived in Kansas City, MO for 12 ½...
Emily A. Aitkens
Jan 24, 2017
Emily Ann Barber Aitkens, 64, of Topeka, KS formerly of Mayetta, KS passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born July 19, 1952 in Sioux Falls, SD, the daughter of Willis L. and Julia Ann (Cook) Barber. Emily attended Holton High School and attended one year at Haskell University. She was a Certified...
