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...
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....
