Bertha L. Hamon
Feb 6, 2015
Valley Falls- Bertha Lina Cook Hamon, 106, passed away Friday, February 6, 2015 at Linwood Park in Valley Falls. She was born October 9, 1908 in the Prairie View Community, south of Effingham, the daughter of Edwin Cook and Ida Thompson Cook. Bertha attended Emporia State Teachers College and Kansas State University. She worked as a social worker in Jefferson...
Roberta L. Abrahm
Feb 4, 2015
Roberta "Bobbie" Lea Abrahm, 94, went to join her heavenly father on February 4, 2015. She was born February 5, 1920 in Circleville, KS the daughter of Guy Amos and Dorothy (Beightel) Nelson. Bobbie graduated from Circleville High School in 1937 and continued her education by attending business school in Florida. She married Bernard "Barney" on September 15, 1945 in...
Mary E. Starr
Feb 3, 2015
HOLTON- Mary Emily Starr, 93, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at The Pines in Holton. She was born December 11, 1921 on a farm in Soldier, KS, the daughter of Otto Ross and Stella Louise (Peasley) McKinsey. Mary attended Bucks Grove and Avoca Grade Schools and graduated from Soldier High School in 1940. She was a...
Marvin A. Ingels
Feb 2, 2015
Marvin Albert Ingels, 90, of Netawaka, KS passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born March 21, 1924 in Nemaha County, KS the son of Thomas S. and Maude (Wood) Ingels. Marvin graduated from Netawaka High School in 1942. After graduation, he was drafted into the United States Army. Marvin was a farmer...
Juanita Cozad
Jan 28, 2015
Juanita May Cozad, 93, of Holton, KS passed away January 28, 2015 at her daughter's home in Topeka. She was born January 4, 1922 in Holton, KS the daughter of Otis and Mabel (Decker) Duffy. Juanita graduated from Holton High School and cosmetology school in Topeka. She lived most of her life in Holton and was a homemaker. Juanita was...
Myra "Osh Te Se Kwe" Lee Matchie
Jan 27, 2015
Myra Lee "Osh te se kwe" Matchie, 68, of Mayetta, KS passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at her home. She was born May 16, 1946 in Holton, KS the daughter of Peter Paul and Blanche (Masquat) Matchie. Myra lived in Holton and Mayetta all of her life. She worked at the Senior Mealsite and for Social Services on the...
Constance Sue Trusty
Jan 25, 2015
Constance Sue Trusty, 65, Leavenworth, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at her home. She was born May 14, 1949, at Leavenworth, the daughter of Thomas R. and Darlene I. Lancaster Trusty. She graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1967. Connie had worked as a cook all of her life. She had owned Connie's Cafe in Lansing and had shared ownership...
Maxine R. Goodman
Jan 24, 2015
Maxine Ruth Goodman, 72, of Silver Lake, KS passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born August 6, 1942 in Holton the daughter of Gerald K. and Ethel L. (Nuzman) Snyder. Maxine graduated from Circleville High School in 1960. She was raised in Circleville. She moved to Topeka in 1960 and later to Silver Lake...
Gary E. Mitchell
Jan 23, 2015
Gary E. "Shaw - Nosh" Mitchell, 63, of Mayetta, KS passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born February 8, 1951 in Holton, KS the son of Andrew Mitchell, Sr. and Alberta Marie Nagmo. Gary graduated from Mayetta High School in 1969. He also graduated from Washburn University with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science...
Donald L. Area
Jan 21, 2015
Donald Lee Area, 74, of Havensville, KS passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at his home. He was born August 1, 1940 in Westmoreland, the son of Claude Ray and Blanche Arlene (Haber) Area. Don graduated from Soldier High School in 1958. After graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army. Don retired from Goodyear after 32 years; he...
Edith Berniece Shrimplin
Jan 16, 2015
Edith Berniece Shrimplin, 84, Valley Falls, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born Jan. 22, 1930, at Stull, KS, the daughter of John Thomas and Emma Katherine Olson Ice. She graduated from Liberty Memorial High School at Lawrence in 1947. She attended Washburn University for two years and later graduated from Clark's...
John Lawrence Harnden Jr.
Jan 14, 2015
John Lawrence Harnden Jr., 62, Valley Falls, formerly of Basehor, died unexpectedly at his home, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. He was born Nov. 29, 1952, at Kansas City, KS, the son of John Lawrence and Wilma Cecilia McGraw Harnden Sr. John had retired in 2008 from the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, KS after 30 years of...
Marta L. Doughty
Jan 12, 2015
Marta Lynn Doughty, 54, of Mayetta, KS passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at her home with her family by her side. Marta had been courageously battling an auto-immune disease. She was born June 29, 1960 in Hartselle, AL the daughter of Gerald and Mary Alta (Robinson) Doughty; the youngest of five children. Marta graduated from Humboldt High School in...
Curtis J. Harding, Jr.
Jan 10, 2015
Curtis J. Harding, Jr., 92, of Topeka, KS passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born January 31, 1922 in Lawton, OK, the son of Curtis J. and Hettie M. (Tuckey) Harding. Curtis graduated from Central High School at Lawton, OK in 1940. After high school, he proudly served in the United States Army during...
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...
