Janet Kay Banaka
Sep 7, 2015
Janet Kay Banaka, 67, of Netawaka, KS passed away Monday, September 7, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka after a year-long illness. Janet was surrounded by family and friends. She was born October 20, 1947 in Holton, KS, the daughter of Ralph E. and Viola Pearl (Miller) Sharp. Janet graduated from Holton High School in 1965. She worked at...
Sharryl Cochran
Sep 7, 2015
Sharryl Cochran, 71, of Denison, KS passed away Monday, September 7, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born November 23, 1943 in Topeka, the daughter of Clarence L. and Maybelle (Gifford) Lynn. Sharryl graduated from Hoyt High School. She had lived in the Denison, Topeka, Hoyt and Holton communities. Sharryl was a ward clerk for the Topeka...
Ellen B. Schrick
Sep 4, 2015
Ellen B. Schrick, 92, Valley Falls, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester. She was born Apr. 27, 1923, at Holton, the daughter of Floyd and Louise Eckert Littleton. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1941. Ellen retired from Kansas Department of Revenue in Topeka where she had worked as a...
Robert "Bob" M. George
Sep 4, 2015
Robert Merlin "Bob" George, 74, of Nacogdoches, TX passed away Friday, September 4, 2015 in Nacogdoches. Bob was born in Grand Junction, Colorado. His family moved to Idaho when he was a small child. During his elementary and high school years, his family moved to Grantsville, Utah. After high school, Bob spent time working in Alaska to earn money to...
Frankie Marie Ludlow
Sep 2, 2015
Frankie Marie Ludlow, 71, of Emporia, KS after living a very full life, she passed away peacefully with dignity and grace on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born March 30, 1944 in Kansas City, MO the daughter of Charles Redmond and Caroline Elberta (Davis) Byrd. Frankie married Charles "Jerry" Ludlow on June 18, 1960 in...
Ronald L. Thonen
Aug 31, 2015
Ronald L. Thonen, 78, of Circleville, KS passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born December 23, 1936 in Horton, KS the son of Roy and Helen (Grannell) Thonen. Ronald graduated from Whiting High School in 1955. After high school he proudly served in the United States Navy for 4 years. Ronald was a bulldozer...
Honorable Judge Micheal A. Ireland
Aug 29, 2015
Honorable Judge Micheal Allen Ireland, 66, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born May 23, 1949 in Holton, KS, the son of Russell L. and Pauline A. (Desbien) Ireland. Mike graduated from Holton High School in 1967 and received his Bachelors Degree from Kansas State University in 1971 while a member...
Dale A. Meyer
Aug 24, 2015
Dale A. Meyer, 65, of Wetmore passed away Monday, August 24, 2015 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born December 9, 1949 in Holton, the son of Albert H. and Josephine M. (Spiker) Meyer. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1968 and then attended Cloud County Community College. Dale proudly served his country with the Army...
Joyce A. Howell
Aug 21, 2015
Joyce Ann (Clark) Howell, 77, of Holton, KS formerly of Norton and Hays, KS, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton, KS. She was born May 4, 1938 in Norton, KS the daughter of Harold Richard and Sylvia Colorado (Stephenson) Clark. Joyce attended schools in Norton County. Joyce obtained her cosmetology license from Francos Beauty...
Marjorie "Ki Gon" Abney
Aug 19, 2015
Marjorie "Ki gon" Abney, 93, of Mayetta, KS passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at her home. She was born April 2, 1922, in the same home that she passed away, in Mayetta the daughter of William and Nettie (Kitchkommie) Wapp. Marjorie graduated from Haskell Indian School in 1941. Soon after graduation, she moved to Kansas City, MO working in...
Marguerite Mitchell Zink
Aug 19, 2015
Marguerite Mitchell Zink, 91, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at a Topeka care facility. She was born Oct. 2, 1923, at Doniphan, the daughter of Louie Francis and May Bell Coder Langston. She lived at Rock Creek for 16 years before moving to Valley Falls in 1969. She had lived in Topeka since 2013. Marguerite...
Karla Grau
Aug 14, 2015
Karla Grau, 59, passed away Friday morning August 14, 2015, at her home in Mayetta. She was born November 24, 1955, in Holton the daughter of Elmer John and Ada Marie (Boyce)Winters. She graduated from Holton High School and later Topeka Barber School. She then obtained her Associates Degree from Topeka Technical College. Karla was a barber, was a supervisor...
Sue Utterback Tucking
Aug 14, 2015
Sue Utterback Tucking, 74, of Holton, formerly of Topeka, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton. She was born October 4, 1940 in Chanute, Kansas the daughter of Theodore H. and Luella M. (Wanner) Utterback. She graduated from Holton High School in 1958 and had worked several years for Dr. Robert Godwin as a Doctors...
Gary M. Swindale
Aug 9, 2015
Gary Michael Swindale, 21, of Holton, KS passed away, Sunday, August 9, 2015, as the result of a single car accident. He was born October 15, 1993 in Onaga, KS the son of Eugene Duane Swindale and Nancy Annette Cattrell. Gary graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 2012. He had worked for Kathy's General Store and Boomer's Steak House...
Ruth N. Watkins
Aug 8, 2015
Ruth N. Watkins, 88, of Holton, KS, passed away Saturday morning August 8, 2015 at Vintage Park in Holton. Ruth was born on January 27, 1927 in Wetmore, KS, the daughter of William C. and Ola A. (Burget) Driscoll. Ruth graduated from Wetmore High School in 1945. She had lived many years in the Muscotah and Larkinburg area. She was...
Carl E. Bohnenkemper
Aug 4, 2015
Carl E. Bohnenkemper, 86, of Denison, KS passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born November 16, 1928 in Holton, KS the son of Norman and Helen (Sorg) Bohnenkemper. Carl graduated from Willis High School in 1946. After graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Carl...
Alice S. Ash
Aug 3, 2015
Alice Sudlow Ash, 91, of Holton, passed away Monday afternoon August 3, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton. She was born May 12, 1924 in Holton the daughter of Fred and Adria (Newton) Sudlow. She graduated from Holton High School in 1942. On June 5, 1946 she married Donald Ash, Jr. in Lawrence. He preceded her in death June...
Harold Herd Wunder
Aug 1, 2015
Harold Herd Wunder, 95, Valley Falls, surrounded by his loving family, died peacefully Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Midland Care Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls. He was born Feb. 3, 1920, on the family farm in the North Cedar community west of Valley Falls, the son of George and Mary Ellen Griswold Wunder. He graduated from North Cedar...
Lois J. Driver
Aug 1, 2015
Lois Jean Driver, 67, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, August 1, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 16, 1947 in Titusville, PA, the daughter of Donald Leroy and Dollie Evangeline (Stroup) Hull. Lois graduated from Townville High School in 1965. She was a seamstress for Blue Bell (now Wrangler) for 18 years....
Duane "Pete" Engelke
Jul 31, 2015
Duane "Pete" Engelke passed away July 31, 2015 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born December 15, 1923 in Mullen, Nebraska the son of, Glen and Adena (Johnson) Engelke. He moved to Tecumseh, Kansas with his family after his mother's death when he was 4. Pete attended the Milikan, Kreipe and Highland Park schools with his sisters, cousins,...
