Alva N. Burns
Jan 7, 2015
Alva Neill "Alvie" Burns, Jr., 77, of Mayetta, KS passed away January 7, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born July 23, 1937 in Topeka, KS, the son of Alva Neill and Ella Mae (Wolfe) Burns. Alva had lived in the Mayetta community since 1972 and previously in Maple Hill. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1955 and...
Kathleen Mae Bone
Jan 7, 2015
Kathleen Mae (Lewis) Bone, 95, of Mayetta, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born April 3, 1919 in Circleville, the daughter of Zelie N. and Cora (Friend) Lewis. She grew up in Holton and graduated from Holton High School in 1937. She worked in the Trailways Bus Depot-Café and then in...
Mary Rose Mccullough
Jan 5, 2015
Mary Rose McCullough, 82, Easton, formerly of Valley Falls, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Country Care Nursing Home in Easton. She was born Nov. 15, 1932, at Kansas City, KS, the daughter of George and Edna Lynn Scamahorn. Mary had been a resident at Country Care at Easton for many years. Prior to that she had lived at Valley...
Brian K. Bawden
Jan 5, 2015
Brian Kennett Bawden, 48, of Holton passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 with his family by his side. He was born December 14, 1966 the son of Kennett D. and Clara M. (Barton) in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Vo-Tech in Manhattan and was an electrician/ journeyman. He was a member of the IBEW #226. On July 1, 2014 he...
Joyce Ann Bradley
Jan 5, 2015
Joyce Ann Bradley, 56, Leavenworth, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Medicalodges of Leavenworth. She was born March 4, 1958, at St. Joseph, MO, the daughter of Carl and Betty Mansil Perkins. She married Arthur Bradley Jan. 4, 1995, at Leavenworth. He died Jan. 27, 2012. Survivors include a son, Timothy Day, and a daughter, Leslie Day, both of Leavenworth;...
Theodore R. "Ted" Montgomery
Jan 2, 2015
Theodore R. "Ted" Montgomery, 93, Valley Falls, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Midland Care Linnwood Park Assisted Living at Valley Falls. He was born on April 17, 1921, at Larkinburg, the son of Earl H. and Edna Winifred Hunn Montgomery. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1938, and attended Kansas State Agricultural College. Ted served in the 8th...
Gale Dora Crawshaw
Jan 1, 2015
Gale Dora Crawshaw, 62, Topeka, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at a Topeka hospital. She was born Sept. 4, 1952, at Topeka, the daughter of Cody Custer and Burna Lee Nelson Crawshaw. Gale attended school at Elmont, Williamstown and Valley Falls. She had been a resident at Sunflower Supports Adult Services in Topeka. She had attended University United Methodist Church...
Charlene Squires
Dec 31, 2014
Charlene Minner Squires, 95, of Onaga, previously of Holton, passed away December 31, 2014 at Deseret Healthcare in Onaga. She was born November 28, 1919 in Soldier, the daughter of Charlie and Myrtle (Bailey) Minner. Charlene graduated from Soldier High School and later attended Central Business College in Kansas City. She worked as a bookkeeper in the County Engineers Office...
Willie "Bill" Larkin
Dec 31, 2014
Willie J. "Bill" Larkin, 79, of Denison passed away December 31, 2014 at Stormont Vail in Topeka. He was born August 29, 1935 in Delaware, Oklahoma the son of Theodore and Lela Mae (Pullum) Larkin. He was a foreman for Midwest Construction, for 35 years, working all over the state of Kansas. On June 7, 1955 he married Mary F....
Robert D. Mcculley, Sr.
Dec 29, 2014
Robert Derrell McCulley, Sr., 89, of Holton, KS passed away December 29, 2014 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born May 15, 1925 in Passover, MO the son of James Martin and Francis Gertrude (Hedrick) McCulley. Bob graduated from Corning High School in 1943. He owned and operated Emporia Auto Machine Shop and then owned and operated Wetmore Grocery Store....
Eva I. Schreiber
Dec 28, 2014
Eva Irene Schreiber, 92, of Soldier, KS passed away December 28, 2014 at her home. She was born March 29, 1922 in Wetmore, KS the daughter of Johnathon Littleton and Cordelia Edith (Hetherington) Davis. Eva attended country schools and had lived in the Wetmore and Soldier areas all her life. She was a homemaker, farmer and stockwoman. Eva was a...
Ronald J. Sanchez
Dec 24, 2014
Ronald J. Sanchez, 68, formerly of Topeka, died December 24, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma, WA. He was born on April 17, 1946, in Topeka the son of Joseph and Julia LeClere Sanchez. He was a disabled U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Ronald was formerly married to...
Doris J. Anderson
Dec 22, 2014
Doris J. Anderson, 74, of Holton passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at Stormont Vail in Topeka. She was born June 20, 1940 in Hiawatha the daughter of Franklin "Sparky" and Margaret M. (Bacon) Mosher. She graduated from Whiting High School in 1959 and worked at Slimaker Dress Factory, Sears and was an office assistant at Holton Hospital for many...
Bonnie J. Strader
Dec 21, 2014
Bonnie Jeanne Strader, 83, of Holton, KS passed away December 21, 2014 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born May 31, 1931 in Circleville, KS the daughter of Jess Lee and May Irene (Wilkerson) Askren. Bonnie attended Circleville schools and had lived in the Jackson County area all of her life. She was a waitress for many restaurants in and...
Iva June Dedeke
Dec 16, 2014
Iva June Fail Dedeke, 71, Denison KS, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, December 16, 2014.  June valiantly fought cancer for the last 13 years. She was born February 11, 1943, in Chanute, KS, the daughter of Ivan J. Fail and Helen Bernice Hollibaugh-Benefiel. June was of Sioux Native American heritage and was very proud of that....
Sam Levine "Wah Mi Mi" Barrow
Dec 11, 2014
Sam Levine "Wah mi mi" Barrow, 43, Valley Falls, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at Holton. He was born Dec. 19, 1970, at Holton, the son of Vernon Charles "Red" and Myra Matchie Barrow. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1990. Sam had worked at Cretex Engineering at Oskaloosa and for Cook Brothers Fencing. He enjoyed supporting community...
Lois Ann Hewitt
Dec 10, 2014
Lois Ann Hewitt, 73, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at her home after a brief illness. She was born Oct. 13, 1941, at Chincoteague Island, VA, the daughter of Hollis Elmer and Lois Marie Collins Jeffries. She graduated from Leavenworth High School. Lois Ann was a homemaker. She had worked in the laundry department at Valley Health Care...
Janene Morris
Dec 6, 2014
Janene Ellen Morris, 59, of Holton, KS passed away December 6, 2014 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born July 28, 1955 in Holton, the daughter of Forrest Eugene and Berniece Lorene (Trimble) Morris. Janene was a lifelong member of the Holton community. She was involved in Special Olympics, participating in discus, shot put, softball and track. Survivors include 2...
Delbert K. Stockwell
Dec 4, 2014
Delbert K. Stockwell, 82, Wichita, formerly Valley Falls, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at the Sunflower Meadows care facility in Wichita. He was born Jan. 25, 1932, at Valley Falls, the son of John W. and Anna T. Jacquire Stockwell. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1950, and received a B.S. degree in accounting from Wichita State University...
Gary L. Nott
Dec 4, 2014
Gary Lee Nott, 70, of Richmond, TX, formerly of Topeka and Oskaloosa, passed away December 4, 2014 in Houston, TX. He was born November 15, 1944 in Topeka the son of Paul and Arlene (Bickford) Nott. Gary graduated from Circleville High School in 1962 and from Washburn University with a Bachelors Degree in Business. He proudly served in the United...
