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...
Irvin "Leroy" Bloom
Dec 1, 2014
Irvin "LeRoy" Bloom, 64, of Goff, passed away December 1, 2014 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born April 17, 1950 in Goff, the son of Irvin Leo and Ida W. (Niehues) Bloom. LeRoy attended Bancroft Grade School and graduated from Wetmore High School in 1968. He worked for BMB/Alamo in Holton for over 20 years. He later worked for...
Louise Branam
Nov 29, 2014
Louise Branam, 101, Holton, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born August 13, 1913, in Atchison, the daughter of William C. and Jennie (Saggs) Ashcraft. On October 28, 1935, Louise married Truman R. Branam in Oskaloosa. He preceded her in death on January 9, 1991. She was a farmwife and was a...
Delores D. Schlodder
Nov 24, 2014
Delores D. "Granny" Schlodder, 86 of Holton, passed away November 24, 2014 at The Pines in Hiawatha. She was born April 12, 1928 in Wetmore the daughter of Herbert C. and Beryl E. (Williams) Kling. Delores graduated from Wetmore High School in 1946 and was a lifelong resident of Holton. She worked at Kansas State Bank (now Holton National Bank)...
Roy G. Oliver
Nov 21, 2014
Roy Glenmore Oliver, Jr., 88, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born September 24, 1926 in Shelbyville, KY the son of Roy Glenmore Oliver, Sr. and Lillian Martin Oliver. Roy graduated from Hammond High School in Indiana and from Indiana University receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. He was drafted into...
Everett L. Hyatt
Nov 17, 2014
Everett Lee Hyatt, 84, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 in Topeka. He was born April 21, 1930 in Topeka, KS, the son of Everett A. and Frances K. Deghand Hyatt. Everett had lived in Holton for over 50 years and had also lived in Circleville and Soldier. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...
John T. Shopteese
Nov 16, 2014
John T. Shopteese, 76, of Savage, MN, formerly of Mayetta, KS passed away Nov. 16, 2014. Survived by his wife, Joanne; daughters: Jodie (Trevor) Sheets, Janelle (Michael) Hermann, and JoLynn (Byron) White; grandchildren: Lauren, Dawson, Maleah, Jillian, Mason, Kalyani; siblings: Shirley Munoz and Robert Shopteese; also by other loving relatives and friends. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m....
Nellie N. Collins
Nov 9, 2014
Nellie Naomi Collins, 99, formerly of Holton, passed away November 9, 2014 in Wichita, KS. She was born December 13, 1914 in Mercier, Kansas the daughter of Oscar M. and Bessie E. (Teeter) Stewart. Nellie attended school in Horton and Morrill and was a graduate of Stewart's Beauty School in Topeka. On January 22, 1938, she married Elmer G. "Joe"...
Michael Paul Miller
Nov 6, 2014
Michael Paul Miller, 58, Valley Falls, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, as a result of a farm accident near Valley Falls. He was born Nov. 3, 1956, at Seneca, the son of Paul and Dolores Haug Miller. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1974. Mike was a life-long farmer working with his parents and family as Miller Brothers...
Francis A. Jensen
Nov 6, 2014
Francis (Kitch-kommie) "Hap" Jensen, 90, of Holton, KS died Nov. 6, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born on Dec. 29, 1923, on the Potawatomi Reservation near Mayetta, KS. He was the son of Mary (Pah-Kish-Ko-Quah) and Viggo Jensen. He attended Miller School on the reservation, Mayetta High School and Kansas City Barber School. Francis was a...
Philip "Phil" G. Kathrens
Nov 5, 2014
Philip Glen "Phil" Kathrens, 85, of Circleville, KS passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at his home, with his family around him. He was born February 11, 1929 on a farm near Whiting, the son of Walter F. and Helen M. (Glenn) Kathrens. Phil lived in the Whiting, Holton and Circleville communities all of his life and had lived on...
Lois Marie Senn Homewood
Nov 3, 2014
Lois Marie Senn Homewood died peacefully on November 3, 2014 in Fargo, North Dakota. Born on May 19, 1919 in Valley Falls, Kansas, Lois is the daughter of Louis Joseph and Nellie B. Curtis Senn.   Lois was raised near Valley Falls and attended Valley Falls public schools, later receiving a Business Certificate from Stricklers Business College in Topeka. Following a...
Carol (James) Wells
Oct 26, 2014
Carol (James) Wells, 75, of Holton, formerly of Mayetta, KS passed away October 26, 2014 at her home. Carol was born January 11, 1939 in Mayetta the daughter of George and Mildred (Burks) James. She graduated from Mayetta High School in 1956, later graduated from Kansas University with a Bachelor's Degree in English and earned her Master's Degree from Emporia...
Gerald M. Beightel
Oct 23, 2014
Gerald Madison Beightel, 97, of Holton, KS passed away October 23, 2014 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born February 17, 1917 in rural Holton the son of Marion A. and Alice E. (Fisher) Beightel. Gerald graduated from Circleville High School in 1934 at the age of 17 as Valedictorian. He was a farmer and stockman and was employed by...
Lenamaye Williams
Oct 21, 2014
Lenamaye Williams, 89, of Whiting, KS passed away October 21, 2014 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born June 19, 1925 in Netawaka the daughter of Carl and H. Leona (Prewett) Jones. Lenamaye graduated from Wetmore High School in 1943. She had lived in the Whiting community since 1970 and had lived in Wichita for 23 years. She was secretary...
Edith Mae Keys Duguid
Oct 14, 2014
Edith Mae Keys Duguid, 87, Winchester, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at the F. W. Huston Senior Living Center in Winchester. She was born July 24, 1927, at Topeka, the daughter of Ross Bartley and Lola Mae Sloop Keys. She graduated from Winchester High School. Edith was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of the Winchester community. She was a...
Julia F. Rogers
Oct 13, 2014
Julia F. (Miller) Rogers, 84, of Holton, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 13, 2014, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on February 14, 1930, in Marysville, Kansas, the daughter of William and Clementine (Stoehr) Miller. She graduated from Marysville High School in 1949. She was united in marriage to Glen W. Rogers on September 18, 1949, in...
Delbert R. Wofford
Oct 11, 2014
Delbert Ray Wofford, 78, of Lindsborg, formerly of Topeka passed away October 11, 2014 at Bethany Home. He was born July 7, 1936 in Valley Falls, the son of Lloyd and Freida Belle (Fleming) Wofford. Delbert graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1954. He had lived in the Topeka area for over twenty years and previously in Salina and Abilene....
