Daryl L. Courter
Apr 21, 2014
Daryl L. Courter, 53, Valley Falls, died Monday, April 21, 2014, at a Topeka hospital. He was born on Oct. 22, 1960, at Winchester, the son of Dale Richard and Mary E. Gillum Courter. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1980. In his youth he had attended Calvary Baptist Church in Valley Falls. Daryl was a City of...
Thelma J. Dick
Apr 20, 2014
Thelma Jean (Smith) Dick, 81, formerly of Holton, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Lexington Park in Topeka, Kansas, with loved ones at her side.
She was born September 20, 1932 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, the daughter of Stanley and Emma Susan (Williams) Smith. She graduated from Rossville High School in 1951.
She married...
Justin T. Kennedy
Apr 18, 2014
Justin Tyler Kennedy, 26, of Greensburg, KS formerly of Holton, passed away April 18, 2014 in Hays as the result of a vehicle accident. He was born September 29, 1987 in Holton, the son of Paul Bernard and Janet Elaine (Kimmi) Kennedy.
Justin graduated from Holton High School in 2006. He attended Hutchinson Community College for 2...
Mildred A. Hefty
Apr 16, 2014
On April 16, 2014, at Midland Care LinnWood Park Care Facility in Valley Falls, the Lord called home our loving grandmother, Mildred Hefty. Mildred lived her entire life, 101 years, in Valley Falls, Kansas. She was born Mildred Agnes Strawn on September 25, 1912. She was the 4th oldest child of John and Ella Strawn and sister to nine siblings....
Pamela S Sloop
Apr 15, 2014
Pamela S. Sloop, 50, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at St. Francis Health Center at Topeka, after a brief illness. She was born on Sept. 24, 1963, at Winchester, the daughter of Arthur L. "Bud" and Alice Grollmes Frakes. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1981. Pam had worked at Great American Crop Insurance in Lawrence,...
Nada L. Sparks
Apr 14, 2014
Nada Lee Sparks, 87, of Topeka, KS passed away April 14, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was the only child born to Vernon and Desta (Baker)(Dempsey) Dilling in San Jose, California, on March 23, 1927. At the age of six months she came to Kansas with her mother, two aunts, maternal grandmother and sister. They settled in Goff,...
Donna Sue Ross
Apr 13, 2014
Donna Sue Ross, 71, Valley Falls, died Sunday. April 13, 2014, at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center in Winchester. She was born on Aug. 10, 1942, at Lawrence, the daughter of William L. and VanEtta Charlotte Nowak Lederer. She graduated from Denison Rural High School in 1960. Donna was a homemaker, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved auctions and...
Noel "Bill" H. Dickinson
Apr 13, 2014
Noel H. "Bill" Dickinson, 93, of Holton, KS passed away April 13, 2014 at The Pines in Holton. He was born July 2, 1920 in Hoyt, KS the son of Edward Marion and Eliza Ann (Farner) Dickinson.
Bill attended grade school in a country school near Hoyt, he attended Hoyt High School for 2 years and graduated...
Mildred Lynn
Apr 11, 2014
Mildred Lynn, 106, of Holton, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Medicalodges in Holton with her niece by her side. She was born January 16, 1908 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Hubert and Emma Powers Sewell.
Mildred grew up in the Fairview community and was baptized at the Church of the Brethren in Granada,...
Francis J. Turley
Apr 10, 2014
Francis J. Turley, 94, of Holton, KS passed away April 10, 2014 at Crestview Manor in Seneca. He was born June 21, 1919 in Soldier, KS the son of Jesse and Helen (McCann) Turley.
Francis graduated from Ellis High School in 1939. He proudly served in the United States Army during WWII; earning American Defense Medal, American...
George "Dallas" Coleman
Apr 10, 2014
George "Dallas" Coleman, 89, of Denison, KS passed away April 10, 2014 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born November 23, 1924 in rural Denison, KS the son of Loyd Everett and Flossie Elsie (Renfro) Coleman.
Dallas graduated from Denison High School in 1942. After high school he proudly served in the United States Army during the...
Lawrence A. Kappelman
Apr 8, 2014
Lawrence Adrian "Larry" Kappelman, 60, of Kansas City, KS passed away April 8, 2014 at his home after a courageous battle with colon cancer. He was born February 3, 1954 in Kansas City, MO the son of Lawrence J. and Elberta J. (Twiselton) Kappelman.
Larry graduated from Washington High School in 1972. He later received his Associates...
Karen L. (Harris) Bagwell
Apr 4, 2014
Karen Lucille (Harris) Bagwell, 72, of Whiting, KS passed away April 4, 2014 at her home. She was born August 24, 1941 in Battle Creek, IA the daughter of Leo Christopher and Amelia Martha (Wittmaack) Harris.
Karen graduated from ACCHS in 1959. She proudly...
Ernest Allen Rudy, Jr.
Apr 2, 2014
TEXAS - Ernest Allen Rudy, Jr., 93, of Weatherford, Texas, passed away on April 2, 2014, in Weatherford.
Ernest was born July 17, 1920, to Ernest Allen and Elfa Fisher Rudy in Atchison, Kansas. He spent much of his youth in the Soldier and Holton Kansas communities, where he graduated from Soldier High School. At age 16,...
Alan H. Schlodder
Mar 31, 2014
Alan H. Schlodder, 64, of Holton died March 31, 2014 in a farming accident at his home.
He was born August 18, 1949 in Holton the son of John and Delores (Kling) Schlodder. Alan graduated from Holton High School in 1967 and later attended Topeka Technical College. He was a farmer/stockman and had worked at Payless Shoe...
Jerry D. Johannes
Mar 27, 2014
Jerry Johannes, 69, of Havensville, Kansas died peacefully at home Thursday, March 27th from Congestive Heart Failure.
Jerry was born April 18, 1944 to Juel and Esther Tollefson-Johannes in Horton, Kansas and grew up on the family farm outside Horton. After graduating from Horton High School he married Lois Lehman in October 1962. They were married 51-years,...
Warren D. Boyce
Mar 13, 2014
Warren D. Boyce, 92, Valley Falls, died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at his home. He was born on Sept. 17, 1921, near Guthrie, OK, the son of Frank Everett and Jessie Bell Blanchard Boyce. He graduated from Valley Falls High school in 1939, and served in the US Navy as a Gunners Mate Third Class in the Pacific Theatre during...
Arlyn Max Thompson
Mar 13, 2014
Arlyn Max Thompson, 81, of Holton, KS passed away March 13, 2014 at his home. He was born September 15, 1932 in Soldier, KS the son of Lyle and Jessie (Bottom) Thompson.
Max graduated from Soldier High School in 1950. After graduation, he served in the United States Army from 1952 – 1954 in Germany. He later...
Harold W. Pace, Jr.
Mar 12, 2014
Harold Pace, Jr., 52, passed away March 12, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital.
He was born September 22, 1961 in Horton, Kansas the son of Harold William Pace Sr. and Ruth Mary (Engle) Pace. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1979 and later attended Vo-Tech in Topeka. Harold lived in Topeka for many years. He...
Dale K. Blackwood
Mar 10, 2014
Dale K. Blackwood, 78, Sabetha, formerly of Denison, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. He was born September 3, 1935, in St. John, KS, the son of Henry and Florence Wright Blackwood. Dale graduated from Denison Rural High School and was a farmer and dairyman in the Denison community for most of his...
