Elva Ellen Douthat
Dec 17, 2013
A Graveside Memorial Service for Elva Ellen Douthat, 95, Bella Vista, AR, will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Valley Falls Cemetery. Elva died on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at her home in Bella Vista. She was born on November 27, 1918 in Newkirk, OK, the daughter of Roy Pratt and Esther Towell Pratt. She graduated...
John C. Armintrout
Dec 17, 2013
John Cecil Armintrout, 65, of Bee Branch, Arkansas passed away December 17, 2013 due to injuries sustained in a car accident near Emporia, Kansas. He was born May 6, 1948 in Denver, Colorado. He had worked as a counselor at a Boys Ranch in Colorado and Union Pacific Railroad. He is preceded in death by his parents Cecil H. Armintrout...
Esther L. Larson
Dec 15, 2013
Esther Louise Larson, 101, of Holton, Kansas passed away Sunday December 15, 2013 at Deseret Health and Rehab in Onaga, Kansas. Esther was born June 21, 1912 to August and Louise (Lundeman) Weber in Shady Brock, Kansas. On May 20, 1941, Esther married Algert H. (Bud) Larson and was with him until the time of his passing on August 26,...
Joe Edward White
Dec 13, 2013
Joe White, 79, of Denison passed away Friday, December 13th, 2013 in Topeka. He was born February 3, 1934 in Brawley, California the son of Joe W. and Alice (Robbins) White. When Joe was two years old his mother passed away and he went to live with his grandparents on their ranch in Brawley. He learned to ride horses before...
Jeffrey W. Johnston
Dec 8, 2013
Jeffrey Wayne Johnston, 45, of Topeka, KS passed away December 8, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. He was born March 24, 1968 in Girard, KS the son of John and Marilyn (DeFrance) Johnston. Jeff was self-employed and owned and operated a custom auto body and paint shop. Most recently he had worked for Midwest Custom Cycles. He married Charity Green...
Harry T. Bottle
Dec 4, 2013
Harry Thomas Bottle, 94, of Holton, KS passed away December 4, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born April 3, 1919 in Tacoma, WA the son of Raymond F. and Nina (Wells) Bottle. Harry graduated from high school in Elbe, WA. After graduation he was drafted into the United States Army and proudly served his country from 1941 -1945...
Dennis Hayes
Dec 3, 2013
Dennis Lynn Hayes, 62, of Topeka died December 3, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. Dennis was born April 12, 1951 in Holton, KS, the son of Charlie & Edna (Conger) Hayes. Dennis graduated from Wetmore High and served in the Army National Guard. Dennis was a heavy equipment operator and belonged to Operating Engineers Local Union 101. He married Kinta...
Ben Ames Huey
Nov 24, 2013
Ben Ames Huey, 78, Valley Falls, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at Valley Health Care Center in Valley Falls. He was born on Jan. 4, 1935, at Norman, OK, the son of Benjamin and Irene Oakley Huey. He graduated from Norman High School and the University of Oklahoma. He later attended Yale Divinity School. Ben served as a paratrooper in...
Mildred Tangeman
Nov 23, 2013
Mildred Tangeman, 91, of Holton passed away Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 at Jackson County Medicalodge. She was born June 11, 1922 in Denison the daughter of George "Jack" and Elsie (Ricketts) Massey. On August 14, 1976, she married Lawrence Fred Tangeman in Valley Falls. He preceded her in death on October 29, 1994. Mildred was a homemaker and farm wife...
Ruth L Lentz
Nov 22, 2013
Ruth L. Lentz, 84, Valley Falls, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, at the home of her son, Jerry Lentz. She was born on May 14, 1929, at Higginsville, MO, the daughter of Maury and Mary Ann Carson Brown Sr. Ruth had worked as a CNA at Village Villa Care Center in Nortonville for 16 years. Prior to that she had...
Alberta Tuck
Nov 21, 2013
Alberta Tuck, 82, of Hoyt, KS passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at her home. She was born November 22, 1930, the daughter of Arthur and Olive Piper at Newcastle, Wyoming. She spent her early years in Topeka, KS where she graduated from Topeka High School in 1948. Alberta was married November 28, 1948 in Topeka, KS to Dean Tuck....
Geraldine L. Amon
Nov 19, 2013
Geraldine Buehler Amon, 74, of Netawaka, KS passed away November 19, 2013 at The Pines in Holton, KS. Gerry was born in the early morning of September 14, 1939 at Dr. Forest H. Kendall's hospital to Harvey Buehler and Isabell Harris Buehler. She was a lifelong resident of Jackson County, KS. Gerry grew up in the vicinity of Birmingham and...
Joyce M. Koch
Nov 4, 2013
Joyce Marie Koch, 86, of Holton, KS passed away November 4, 2013 at The Pines in Holton. She was born April 30, 1927 in Valley Falls, KS the daughter of Laurence E. and Gladys L. (Cline) Perrigo. Joyce graduated from Denison High School in 1944. After high school she worked at the Holton Recorder. She was a teller at American...
Nadine Will
Nov 4, 2013
Neita Nadine Will, 82, of Denison, KS was called home to her Savior November 4, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Nadine was devoted to her family, church and Lord. A farmwife, she served at Denison Bible Church as a Sunday school and VBS teacher, organist, Awana leader and youth leader. In her last years, a great joy was...
Ella L. Ledoux
Nov 3, 2013
Ella L. LeDoux, 95, of Holton, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Vintage Park in Holton. She was born on May 29, 1918 near Carthage, Missouri, the daughter of Trent O. and Jessie Webb Johnston Piercy. Ella graduated from Carthage High School. She was a devoted homemaker and beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Ella married Clifford K. LeDoux...
Fred J. Zirger
Nov 1, 2013
Fred Jacob Zirger, 76, of Topeka, formerly of Mayetta, KS, passed away, Friday, November 1, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born March 12, 1937 in Circleville, KS, the son of Carl Fredrich and Hazel B. Frost Zirger. Fred graduated from Mayetta High School in 1955. He proudly served in the United States Army from 1959 to...
Rev. Martin L. Schlossman, Sr.
Nov 1, 2013
The Lord Jesus called His good and faithful servant, the Rev. Martin L. Schlossman, Sr., to his eternal home on Friday, November 1, 2013. He was born April 6, 1939 in Chicago, IL, the son of Leon and Anne Lee (Edwards) Schlossman. He graduated from St. Stephens Lutheran Grammar School and later graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy in Chicago....
Martha Eisele
Oct 30, 2013
Martha Eisele, 93, Lawrence, formerly of Valley Falls, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence. She was born on June 20, 1920, at Riverton, WY, the daughter of George and Maria Katrina Foos Ruff. She served as a Seaman 1st Class in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the US Navy during WW II....
Marvin L. Starr
Oct 20, 2013
Marvin L. Starr, 86, of Holton, KS passed away October 20, 2013 at Holton Community Hospital. He was born April 15, 1927 in Soldier, KS the son of Charles D. and Emma D. (Pollock) Starr. Marvin attended Cedar Hill Grade School and Soldier High School. He proudly served in the United States Merchant Marines during WWII. He was a dairy...
Doris I. Bontrager
Oct 19, 2013
Doris I. Bontrager, 78, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born April 5, 1935 in Wetmore, KS the daughter of Donald and Helen M. (Meers) Bontrager. Doris graduated from Holton High School in 1953. She had worked many years for the family business, Craig's IGA, until it sold. Doris then worked...
