Mary "No-Zhack-Ko-Quah" E. Delg
Jan 20, 2014
Mary E. "No-zhack-ko-quah" Wishkeno Delg, 93, of Lawrence, KS passed away January 20, 2014 at her home. She was born March 4, 1920 in Lincoln Township, KS the daughter of Arthur "Sa-sa-wa-ash-kuck" and Sarah "Wap-pi-son-iah" (Wapp) Wishkeno. Mary attended Chilocco Indian Boarding School. She was an electrical engineer for Lockheed. Mary was a member of the Drum Religion and Prairie...
Elsie G. Braum
Jan 19, 2014
Elsie G. Braum, 82, Ft. Collins CO, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. She was born August 8, 1931, in Iola, KS, to Daniel M. & Roberta Myers Braum. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., in 1950, and later graduated from Montgomery Junior College at Tacoma Park, MD. Elsie served as the Microbiology Laboratory Supervisor at Colorado...
Roy "Everett" Frazier
Jan 16, 2014
Roy Everett Frazier Jr., 90, of Holton, KS passed away January 16, 2014 at his residence at The Pines of Holton. He was born January 10, 1924 in Mayetta, KS the son of Roy Everett and Nellie (Crouse) Frazier. Everett graduated from Mayetta High School in 1942 and had lived in the Mayetta and Denison communities all of his life....
Edna May Coleman
Jan 16, 2014
Edna May Coleman, 101, Valley Falls, formerly of Denison, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Midland Care Linnwood Park Assisted Living at Valley Falls. She was born on May 23, 1912, at Birmingham, KS, the daughter of George W. and Annabelle Longenecker Decker. She graduated from Denison Rural High School and then received a BA from Kansas State Agricultural College...
Gary D Messersmith
Jan 15, 2014
Gary D. Messersmith, 64, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at the Colmery O'Neil Veterans Administration Medical Center in Topeka. He was born on July 16, 1949, at Great Bend, the son of John and Cecilia Dean Messersmith. He graduated from San Jose, CA High School. Gary served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He later joined...
Carl F. Nelson
Jan 12, 2014
Carl F. Nelson, 85, of Mayetta, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He retired in 1984 from full time duty with the Kansas Army National Guard where he had attained the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Four. His duties in the guard ranged from wrecker operator and mechanic to Quality Control Supervisor and then...
Blanche Elizabeth Eisenbarth
Jan 10, 2014
Blanche Elizabeth Eisenbarth, 89, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Vintage Park Assisted Living in Holton. Blanche was born in Topeka, KS on March 15, 1924, the daughter of Charles James and Elizabeth Katherine (Nissen) Love. She lived most of her life in the Wetmore community. She graduated in 1942 from Wetmore schools. Blanche attended...
Carly Suzanne Wright
Jan 6, 2014
Carly Suzanne Wright, a 17 year-old senior at Mayde Creek High School in Katy, Texas, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 after a five-month battle with osteosarcoma. Carly is survived by her parents; Melissa Wright of Houston, Texas; Stacy Wright and wife, Becky, Paige and Nick of Farmington, Arkansas; her brother, Tyler Wright of Arkansas; her paternal grandparents, Ray and...
Lauretta H. Vance
Jan 5, 2014
Lauretta Henrietta (Haag) Vance, 93, of Topeka, KS, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014 at her home. Born to Henry John and Laura Susanna (Schirmer) Haag, she, along with her twin brother, Lloyd Henry Haag, was born April 3, 1920 on the family farm northeast of Holton, KS. The twins arrived during a Kansas snow blizzard. A storm so bad...
Marguerite Claire Dennison
Jan 5, 2014
Marguerite Claire Dennison, 91, Winchester, formerly of Kansas City, KS, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at the Senior Living Center at the F.W. Huston Medical Center at Winchester. She was born on Jan. 2, 1923, at Merriam, KS, the daughter of Ralph and Jewel Hamilton Dennison. She graduated from Wyandotte High School and attended Kansas City Kansas Community College. Claire...
Charles "Charlie" J. Levier
Jan 4, 2014
Charles John "Charlie" Levier, 77, of Wamego, KS passed away January 4, 2014 at Westy Community Care Center. He was born May 22, 1936 on the Potawatomi Reservation, where he was raised, the son of Cecelia (Aitkens) Levier and step-son of Joseph P. Levier. Charlie attended Marty Indian School in South Dakota. He was a member of the Prairie Band...
Le'Roy F. Hall, Jr.
Jan 3, 2014
Le'Roy F. Hall, Jr., 31, of Denison, KS passed away unexpectedly January 3, 2014 at Holton Hospital. He was born September 4, 1982 in Tacoma, WA the son of Le'Roy F. Hall, Sr. and Mary (Cobb) Hall. Le'Roy graduated from high school and had attended some college. He was currently a stay at home dad and had previously worked as...
Mary Frances Valley
Jan 3, 2014
Mary Frances Valley, 86, lifelong resident of Topeka, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at a Topeka hospital. She was born on May 5, 1927, in Marysville, the daughter of Harry James and Zelma May (Norris) Artman. She was the granddaughter of Charles & Rose Norris, lifelong residents of Valley Falls. She attended Stevens College in Columbia, Missouri, majoring in art....
Louis Peterson
Dec 27, 2013
Louis "Buzz" Peterson, 93, of Arrington, KS passed away Friday, December 27, 2013 at Tri-County Manor in Horton. He was born July 9, 1920 on a farm northwest of Horton, Kansas, the son of Christian Julius and Viola Jane Torson Peterson. Buzz was a farmer and stockman all of his life and had moved to Arrington from Doniphan in 1965....
Eldon D. Ferrell
Dec 27, 2013
Eldon D. Ferrell, 79, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Friday, December 27, 2013, at Snowflake, AZ. He was born on Nov. 27, 1934, at Muscotah, the son of Larkin E. and Ida Geneva Ray Ferrell. He graduated from Valley Falls High School. He served in the US Army. Eldon had worked in the landscaping department at the University of...
Wilda June De Barge
Dec 27, 2013
Wilda June De Barge, 83, of Topeka, KS passed away December 27, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born June 24, 1930 in Mayetta, KS, the daughter of Ted and Lucy (Walder) Scheidegger. June graduated from Holton High School. She had lived in the Topeka community for 36 years and had previously lived in Holton for 47...
Cleo M. Botkin Carson
Dec 25, 2013
Cleo M. Botkin Carson, 97, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, at the home of her son at Valley Falls. She was born on Aug. 19, 1916, at Imperial, NE, the daughter of Robert and Gladys Wonderly Malcolm. She graduated from Imperial High School and taught in rural schools. Cleo was a clerk at the Kansas State Department of...
Brenda Sue Lassiter Buel
Dec 24, 2013
Brenda Sue Lassiter Buel, 56, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at her home. She was born on June 24, 1957, at Holton, the daughter of Jack M and Artith Cain Lassiter. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1975. Brenda was a CNA and had worked at LinnWood Place in Valley Falls. She had...
Webster Lowell Fields
Dec 20, 2013
Webster Lowell Fields, 88, Winchester, formerly of Ogdensburg, NY, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, at the Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born on Aug. 25, 1925, at Lisbon, NY, the son of Everett and Ethel Bowden Fields. He graduated from high school at the Ogdensburg Free Academy. He had lived in Winchester since June of 2010. Web was a...
Francis A Young
Dec 19, 2013
Francis A Young, 87, of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013 in Holton. He was born November 5, 1926 in Beattie, KS the son of Joseph and Elmie (Miller) Young. Francis graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1944. He retired from Flexel in Tecumseh. Francis was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Banner Grange and had...
