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Sammy D. Brown
Jun 20, 2015
Sammy D. Brown, 68, of Holton, KS passed away peacefully, Saturday, June 20, 2015 at home surrounded by his family after an 8 year battle with cancer. He was born May 18, 1947 in Holton, KS the son of Dean William Brown and Violet Trixie Pickett-Brown. Sammy graduated from Circleville High School in 1965. He married his high school sweetheart,...
Alice G. Davis
Jun 19, 2015
Alice Grace Davis, 85, of Holton passed away Friday, June 19, 2015 at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born September 24, 1929 in Olathe, KS the daughter of George W. and Freida S. (Piepgrass) Algire. Alice worked in the shoe department for K-Mart for over 20 years in Shawnee, Lawrence and Topeka. She moved to Denison, KS in 1994 and...
Delia A. Greenwood
Jun 18, 2015
Delia A. Greenwood, 75, of Mayetta, passed away June 18, 2015 at her home in Mayetta. She was born January 28, 1940 in Aurora, Colorado the daughter of John and Flossie (Hensley) Brown. Delia received her G.E.D. in 1978 and later obtained her LPN from Kaw Area Vo-Tech. Delia was an LPN at the VA Hospital in Topeka and retired...
Robert "Bob" H. Marney
Jun 14, 2015
Robert H. "Bob" Marney joined his beautiful wife and our Lord in Heaven on June 14, 2015. Bob was born June 9, 1930, in Mayetta, Kansas, to James I. "Ivan" Marney, Sr., and Mamie F. Belcher Marney. He grew up in the Rossville area and graduated from Rossville High School in 1948. He went to work for the Atchison Topeka...
Wayne E. Dodd, Sr.
Jun 7, 2015
Wayne E. Dodd, Sr., 72, of Holton passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015 due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident north of Nortonville, KS. He was born July 10, 1942 in Tampa, FL the son of James E. and Martha E. (Moat) Dodd. After graduating from Provine High School in Jackson, MS he attended Barber College in Pensacola, FL....
Gary "G.M." Bowser
May 27, 2015
Gary M. Bowser "G.M." 77, of Holton, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Holton Hospital. He was born February 25, 1938 in Horton, Kansas, the son of William J. and Margaret L. (Kincade) Bowser. He graduated from Holton High School in 1956. G.M. had worked at J.C. Penney's for over 20 years and was a self employed Montgomery Ward...
Howard E. Irick
May 24, 2015
Howard E. Irick, 88, of Holton, KS passed away, Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born February 1, 1927 in Holton, KS, the son of Marion and Minnie A. (Eden) Irick. Howard graduated from Holton High School in 1945. After graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army Air Corps during WWII. He lived most...
Bernadine B. Bohannon
May 22, 2015
Bernadine B. Bohannon, 91, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born July 13, 1923 in Goff, KS, the daughter of William C. and Ola A. (Burget) Driscoll. Bernadine graduated from Wetmore High School in 1941. She had lived many years in Holton and had previously lived in the Wetmore, Goff and...
Raphael "Roman" Wahwassuck Iii (Quap Quap)
May 22, 2015
Raphael "Roman" Wahwassuck III (Quap quap), 34, passed away May 22, 2015 in Harrisonville, MO. He was born July 30, 1980 in Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, the son of Raphael Wahwassuck II and Manuela Hensley. Raphael was a 1999 graduate from Waynesville High School in Waynesville, MO. He spent most of his life in Waynesville, MO and later moved to...
Gladys E. Ireland
May 17, 2015
Gladys Ireland, Holton, died Sunday, May 17, 2015, at The Pines. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Mercer Funeral Home followed by burial at the Spring Hill Cemetery near Whiting. Visitation will take place at the Mercer Funeral Home 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Gladys was born November 17, 1917, near Whiting the last of six children of...
Colene Jewell
May 11, 2015
Colene Jewell, 80, of Mayetta, KS passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born June 21, 1934 in Atchison, KS the daughter of Henry Watts and Mae (McNenee) Watts Maxwell. Colene graduated from Atchison High School in 1952. She was Supervisor of the Department of Revenue for the State of Kansas for 18 years. She...
Jack Lee Walters
May 10, 2015
Jack Lee Walters, 84, Excelsior Springs, MO, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at Valley Manor Care at Excelsior Springs. He was born April 19, 1931, at Winterset, IA, the son of Wilfred L. and Mildred Fay Beasley Walters. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army. Jack was a welder and auto body...
Herschel E. Zirger
May 10, 2015
Herschel Edmund Zirger, 89, of Holton, KS passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at his home. He was born March 3, 1926 in Holton, the son of Albert Edward and Genevieve E. (Ludwig) Zirger. Mr. Zirger attended Washburn University, the University of Kansas and Tulsa University. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in 1952 and a Master's Degree in 1954 both...
Linda Rae Fitzgerald-Simoneau
May 9, 2015
Linda Rae Fitzgerald-Simoneau, 49, of Topeka, KS passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 in Meriden after a courageous battle with Huntington's disease. She was born December 22, 1965 in Mayetta, the daughter of William F. and Alma (Ray) Fitzgerald. Linda graduated from Royal Valley High School in 1984, excelling in music; receiving a scholarship from Washburn University. She has the...
Mary Anna Dugan
May 9, 2015
Mary Anna Dugan, 77, of Soldier, KS passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born January 16, 1938 in Lakin, KS the daughter of George Thomas and Ida Winona (Beaty) McKinney. Mary graduated from Syracuse High School in 1955 and attended Kansas State University for 2 years. She worked in accounting for KSU several years...
Gayle H. Stithem
May 8, 2015
Gayle H. Stithem, 76, of Hoyt passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka as a result of a farming accident doing what he loved. He was born October 7, 1938 in Moline, Illinois, the son of Lester LeRoy and Helen Belle (Claycamp) Stithem. He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1956. Gayle married LaNona Reser...
Jean Marie Haag
May 7, 2015
Jean Marie Haag, 93, of Hays, formerly of Holton passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Hays Medical Center. She was born February 24, 1922 in Larkinburg, KS the daughter of Homer M. and Nora A. (Shaffer) Humphrey. Jean graduated from Holton High School in 1940 and had attended Woods Women's College in Fulton, MO and Washburn University. Jean and...
Max D. Deck
May 6, 2015
Max David Deck, 90, of Holton, KS passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Glenn Moore Meadows in Holton. He was born February 16, 1925 in Circleville, KS the son of Charles Oscar and Bertha Olga (Pool) Deck. After attending school in Circleville, Max proudly served in the United States Navy during WWII. Max lived in the Holton community most...
Rickey L. Cochran
May 3, 2015
Rickey Leroy Cochran, 58, of Wetmore, KS passed away May 3, 2015 at this home. He was born August 9, 1956 in Wichita, the son of Jerry Duane Cochran and Doris "Jean" (O'Neal) Webster. Rickey graduated from Jackson Heights High School and proudly served in the United States Army and was stationed in Korea. He had worked for Hi-Tech Construction...
Richard Dean Stauffer
Apr 30, 2015
Richard Dean Stauffer, 87, passed away April 30, 2015 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born August 15, 1927 in Circleville, Kansas the son of William P. and Mary (Eastbourne) Stauffer. He graduated from Circleville High School in 1945. On October 28, 1951 Richard married Emma J. McQueen in Soldier. She preceded him in death on June 2,...
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