Obituary Listing

Feb 25, 2014

Elmore L. "Bud" Chambers, 88, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at his home. He was born on Sept. 3, 1925, near Alta Vista, the son of Arthur and Alvena Reineke Pape Chambers . He served in the US Navy. Bud farmed north of Valley Falls. He had worked in the Maintenance Department at the Topeka Post Office. He...

Feb 23, 2014

Wanda Lee Fernkopf, 87, formerly of Circleville, KS passed away February 23, 2014 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born January 22, 1927 in Soldier, KS the daughter of General Jackson "Jack" and Vinnie Lee (Shupe) Chrisman. Wanda was a lifelong member of the Circleville and Holton Communities. She attended country schools. Wanda retired after 30 years from the State...

Feb 20, 2014

Arlene G. Eagle Rascon, 80, of Oklahoma City, OK, formerly of Mayetta, KS passed away February 20, 2014 in Oklahoma City. She was born January 9, 1934 in Tama, IA the daughter of Frank and Blanche (O'Bennick) Eagle. She was raised in Mayetta, Kansas and was a member of the Sac & Fox Tribe of Meskwaki Nation. Arlene attended the...

Feb 16, 2014

Estelline H. "Estie" Brandon, 85, of Topeka passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Rolling Hills Retirement Community in Topeka. She was born June 2, 1928 in Wilson, TX the daughter of Calvin and Ruth Pearl (Wilson) Fine. Estie had previously lived in the Mayetta community for 26 years and had resided in Topeka since 2000. She was employed by...

Feb 15, 2014

Maxine L. Helton, 97, of Holton, KS passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the Onaga Hospital. She was born February 1, 1917, the daughter of Tom and Katie (McKinsey) Bottom, in the Bucks Grove Community southwest of Soldier, Kansas. She attended Bucks Grove Grade School. Maxine married Wesley Helton on January 28, 1932 in Leavenworth, KS. She had lived...

Feb 14, 2014

Alvin Gene Gaut, 79, Pleasant Valley, MO, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at his home. He was born on June 30, 1934, at Valley Falls, KS, the son of Clarence W. and Trilby Blanche Manchester Gaut. He graduated from Valley Falls High School. Gene served in the US Navy as a Fire Technician during the Korean War and sailed in...

Feb 12, 2014

Margaret E. Eubanks, 93, of Topeka, formerly of Holton, passed away the morning of Wednesday, February 12, 2014.

She was born on April 6, 1920, at Idana, KS, the daughter of James Warren and Carrie Mary Carpenter Isensee.

Margaret received normal-training at Clay Center High School to be a teacher. She taught in one room...

Feb 9, 2014

Delman Gooderl, 90, of Hoyt, KS passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Jackson County Medicalodges in Holton, KS. Delman was born June 1, 1923 in Jackson County, the son of Scott and Anna May (Akers) Gooderl. He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1941 and worked as a farmer his entire life. Delman married Mazie McClain on July 27,...

Feb 9, 2014

Patricia A. "Nog-ge-quah"Matchie, 68, of Mayetta, passed away Sunday February 9th, 2014 at Jackson County Medicalodges in Holton. She was born December 9, 1945 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of George and Marcella (Nozhackum) Hernandez. She was employed for several years in the central supply department at Stormont-Vail. Pat was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and was...

Feb 7, 2014

William Richard Stewart, 69, Valley Falls, died Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at his home near Valley Falls. He was born on Oct. 27, 1944, at Tucson, AZ, the son of William H. and Marion Gail Harper Stewart. He graduated from Friendship High School in Lubbock, TX, and received both a B.S degree and a Masters in Statistics from Kansas State...

Feb 6, 2014

Marvin Wayne Adams, 81, of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Medicalodges Jackson County. He was born October 12, 1932 in Delia, KS the son of Irvin F. and Edith E. (Segrist) Adams. Marvin graduated from Mayetta High School. After high school, he was drafted into the United States Army serving during the Korean War. Marvin was...

Feb 1, 2014

Betty Maude Stahl, 90, of Holton, KS passed away February 1, 2014 at The Pines in Holton. She was born October 10, 1923 in Omaha, NE the daughter of William H. and Maude (Clark) Moore. Betty had lived in the Holton community since 1984 and had previously lived in California. She was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary Post #1367...

Jan 24, 2014

Howard Everett Day, 69, of Hoyt, KS passed away January 24, 2014 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born January 20, 1945 in Topeka, KS the son of Samuel H. and Carolyn J. (Brown) Day. He had a step-father, John Hainline, who he thought the world of. Howard graduated from Hoyt High School in 1963 and was a...

Jan 21, 2014

Earnest Chester Cropper, 70, Iola, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Iola Nursing Center. He was born on Nov. 27, 1943, at Winchester, the son of Marron John and Mildred Thorp Cropper. He attended Valley Falls High School. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Edward Lee Cropper, and two sisters, Delores Ann Nieman and Elsie...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...