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....
Emma B. Newman
Oct 7, 2014
Emma B. Newman, 94, of Topeka formerly of Holton passed away October 7, 2014 at Presbyterian Manor in Topeka. She was born March 14, 1920 in Savanna, IL the daughter of George and Phoebe (Coates) Thompson. Emma married Glen Newman of Centralia, KS on April 18, 1942. He preceded her in death on September 3, 1988. Emma lived most of...
Elinor Contillo
Oct 6, 2014
Elinor Worth Contillo, 92, of Hallandale Beach, Florida passed away October 6, 2014 at her home. She was born January 6, 1922 in Soldier, KS the daughter of Thomas and Dollye (Harris) Rawlings. Elinor was a professional dancer and dance instructor in New York and Florida. In the 1970's Elinor and her husband Philp, owned and operated Stardust Ballroom in...
Laura "Maxine" Sanders
Sep 28, 2014
Laura "Maxine" Sanders, 89, of Holton, KS passed away September 28, 2014 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born February 17, 1925 in Havensville, KS the daughter of Charles and Alpha Louise (Coates) Rawlings. Maxine attended Banner and Avoca country schools. She worked for The Creamery in Holton and for Will and Clare Beightel for several years. She later worked...
Ivan L. Meyer
Sep 27, 2014
Ivan Lee Meyer, 80, of Holton, KS passed away September 27, 2014 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born December 27, 1933 in Effingham, KS the son of John Antone and Mabel Mary (Eckert) Meyer. Ivan graduated from Holton High School in 1951. He worked as an over-the-road truck driver for Keim Trucking, construction for local companies and he worked...
Carol M. Chapman
Sep 23, 2014
Carol Mae Chapman, resident of The Forum in Overland Park, KS, died quickly and painlessly at home on September 23, 2014 at the age of 97. She was born August 10, 1917 to John & Mary Harszy in St. Louis, MO. Younger sister of Virginia (who predeceased her), she graduated from Cupples Elementary School, Soldan High School and Rubicam Business...
Gene O'Neill
Sep 22, 2014
Lawrence Gene O'Neill, 86, Winchester, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center in Winchester. He was born March 27, 1928, at Winchester, the son of Frank Edwin and Lura Alberta Hensleigh O'Neill. He graduated from Winchester High School and Kansas State Agricultural College. He served in the USAF during WW II. Gene was a farmer-stockman...
David L. Matheny
Sep 21, 2014
TEXAS- David Leon Matheny, 82, of Surfside Beach, TX, passed September 21, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born October 15, 1931 in El Reno, OK the son of Louis Leon and Ruby J. (Hayward) Matheny. After college graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict, stationed at the Panama Canal...
Nedra J. Boyce
Sep 21, 2014
Nedra J. Boyce, 49, Valley Falls, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at the Holton Community Hospital. She was born on Aug. 11, 1965, at Holton, the daughter of Roy Jay and Mary L. Cox Maxfield. She graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1983. Nedra was a homemaker and caretaker for her family. She had worked in...
Paul "Kee-O-Kuk" A. Lawrence
Sep 21, 2014
Paul Abraham Lawrence, 46, of Topeka, KS passed away September 21, 2014 at Midland Hospice House. He was born September 21, 1968 in Topeka the son of John Pasley and Myra Matchie. He was adopted as an infant by Donald Lawrence and Charlotte (Nation) Lawrence. Paul worked as a painter and concrete construction. He was a member of the Prairie...
