Rebecca Riederer
Mar 4, 2016
Rebecca Riederer passed away Friday, March 04, 2016 at her Topeka home, surrounded by family and friends. She was born November 5, 1954 in Holton, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Ramona Smith Riederer. Rebecca attended Holton schools and received her BA and MBA from Washburn University. She most recently worked for CBIZ MHM, LLC and previously for Newbery and...
Lavonne "Bonnie" M. Abram
Feb 19, 2016
Lavonne Marie "Bonnie" Abram, 70, of Lawrence, KS passed away Friday, February 19, 2016 at her home. She was born June 26, 1945 in Holton, KS the daughter of Theodore Breitigan and Mercedes M. Tuckwin and step-daughter of Kenneth A. Degand. Bonnie graduated from Delia High School and attended Haskell Institute. She had lived in the Lawrence community since 1977...
Joseph "Sao Nem Ki" Grant Jessepe
Feb 14, 2016
Joseph Grant "Sao nem ki" Jessepe, 66, of Mayetta, KS passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016 at his home. He was born December 9, 1949 on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation, the son of Leroy J. and Constance (Magnauck) Jessepe. Joseph graduated from Manhattan High School in 1967 and had attended Kansas State University. He graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State...
Jerry Cowan
Feb 13, 2016
Jerry Cowan, 80, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, at his home. He was born April 13, 1935, at St. Louis, MO, the son of Ira Lee and Verville Cook Cowan. Jerry joined the US Marine Corp and had served in Korea. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local Union No. 83 in Kansas City,...
James R. Hawley
Feb 8, 2016
James Roland Hawley, 87, of Wetmore, KS passed away Monday, February 8, 2016 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born February 3, 1929 in Goff, KS the son of Archie James and Grace Mae (Porter) Hawley. James graduated from Wetmore High School in 1947. He was a member of the Wetmore community since 1945. James owned and operated McDaniel/Hawley Motors...
Opal A. Pittenger
Feb 5, 2016
Opal Audrey Pittenger, 99, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, February 05, 2016. She was born August 11, 1916 in Goff, KS, the daughter of Chester George and Grace Belle Porter Sourk. Opal had attended Fairview Grade School and graduated from Goff High School in 1934. She worked as a switch board operator for JBN Telephone Company in Soldier beginning...
Norbert J. Darveaux
Feb 4, 2016
Norbert J. Darveaux, 78, Valley Falls, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at his home. He was born Dec. 15, 1937, at Rulo, NE, the son of Peter Joseph and Mary Majerus Darveaux. He graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic Grade School in Falls City, NE, and from high school in Reserve, KS. He served in the US Naval Reserve from 1956-1962....
Walter "Jimmy" J. Lund
Feb 2, 2016
Walter James "Jimmy" Lund, 95, of Holton, KS formerly of Mayetta, KS passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born June 2, 1920 in Mansfield, MO the son of Ernest and Minnie Etta (Pease) Lund. Jimmy graduated from high school in Mansfield, MO. After high school, he proudly served in the United States Army Air...
Ramona Sue "Susie" Shepard
Jan 30, 2016
Ramona Sue "Susie" Shepard, 62, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at her home. She was born Feb. 5, 1953, at Onaga, the daughter of Charles Lowry and Betty Bonjour Labbe. She graduated from Onaga High School in 1971. Susie was a Slot Technician and Hostess at Prairie Band Casino at Mayetta. She had worked at the Oldham's Plant...
Russell Douglas Voelker, Jr.
Jan 27, 2016
Russell Douglas Voelker, Jr., 50, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, at his home. He was born April 27, 1965, at Winchester, the son of Russell Douglas and Susan Reynolds Voelker, Sr. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1983. Doug was an over-the-road truck driver for Hollis Truck Line in Valley Falls. He had worked for wheat...
Ruby Irene Marr
Jan 25, 2016
Ruby "Irene" Marr, 92, of Hoyt, KS passed away Monday, January 25, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born November 9, 1923 in Hoyt, KS the daughter of Marvin and Gladys (Martin) Tuck. Ruby "Irene" had lived most of her life in the Hoyt community. She graduated from Hoyt High School. Ruby was a homemaker and housewife....
Charles Tracy Willhoite
Jan 16, 2016
Charles Tracy Willhoite, 46, Valley Falls, died unexpectedly Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 4, 1969, at Santa Barbara, CA, the son of Charles and Diane Brummett Willhoite. He graduated from Winfield High School. Tracy was a heating and air technician. He had worked for P 1 Group in Topeka for many years and...
Evelyn A. Wagoner
Jan 13, 2016
PORT ANGELES-WA- Evelyn Annette Hart Wagoner passed away January 13, 2016, at the age of 100, at the home of her daughter Sherry and son-in-law Nathan Wabaunsee in Port Angeles, WA. Evelyn was born November 3, 1915 the only child of Charles and Annie Eversmeyer Hart. She grew up on a small farm located on the banks of the Big...
Gene Richards
Jan 7, 2016
Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Richards, 74, of Berryton, KS passed away January 7, 2016 at his home. He had also lived in Goff and Topeka. He was born October 23, 1941 the son of James E. and Bertha Ann (Ruse) Richards. Gene had attended Topeka High School. He proudly served in the United States Navy. Gene worked for Goodyear Tire &...
Rebecca L. Crismas
Jan 7, 2016
Rebecca Lynn Crismas, 37, of Wetmore, KS passed away Thursday, January 7, 2016 as a result of an auto accident. She was born August 13, 1978 in Yuba City, CA the daughter of David and BobbyJean (McLennan) Smith. Rebecca graduated from Marysville High School in 1996 in Marysville, CA. From 1997 – 1998 she attended Fleet Training School in San...
Olive M. Bontrager
Jan 6, 2016
Olive Bontrager, 83, of Wetmore, KS passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Afton Care Center. She was born April 8, 1932 near Goff, KS on the family farm. She was the daughter of Henry T. and Lulea M. (Brockman) Thieme. Olive graduated from Bancroft High School in 1950 at Bancroft, KS. She worked at Valentino's Pizza and Bauer's Chocolate...
Vivian G. Mcguire
Jan 3, 2016
Vivian Gail McGuire, 70, of Denison, KS passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016 in Topeka at Midland Hospice House. She was born June 14, 1945 in Springfield, MO the daughter of Lester Thomas and Lucille (Poole) Fox. Vivian grew up and graduated from high school in Springfield, MO in 1963. She moved to Sacramento, CA until 2000 working and retiring...
Michael L. Ratliff
Jan 2, 2016
Michael L. Ratliff, 66, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at his home. He was born April 30, 1949, at Topeka, the son of Walter D. "Bud" and Bette Lee Forbes Ratliff. He graduated from Kemper Military High School in Booneville, MO, and later received a degree in Political Science from Washburn University. Mike was a Deputy Courtroom Clerk...
John "Kenneth" Broyles
Dec 31, 2015
John "Kenneth" Broyles, 86, of Delia, KS passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Kelly House in Meriden, KS. He was born June 9, 1929 in Jackson County, KS, the son of William Kenneth and Sarah Florence (Smiley) Broyles. Kenneth graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1947. He was a life-long member of the Delia community as a farmer...
James "Wasko Nebi" L. Wabaunsee
Dec 30, 2015
James Louis " Wasko Nebi" Wabaunsee, 45, of Topeka, KS passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Kansas City, KS. He was born September 29, 1970 in Topeka, KS the son of Louis and Judith (Hale) Wabaunsee. James graduated from Seaman High School in 1989 and graduated from The University of Kansas School of Education in...
