Josephine M. Meyer
May 25, 2013
Josephine M. Meyer, 96, of Holton, KS formerly of Wetmore, passed away May 25, 2013 at Vintage Park in Holton. She was born August 2, 1916 in Wetmore the daughter of Melvin and Ida (Fuhrer) Spiker. Josephine had lived in the Wetmore community since 1976 and previously lived on a farm south of Sabetha. She worked as a cook at...
Madaline M. Tincher
May 24, 2013
Madaline M. Tincher, 83, passed away May 24, 2013 in Newport Beach, CA. She was born November 11, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Roger W. and Doris M. (Jones) Currier. She graduated from Topeka High School and later attended Washburn University where she was a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority. Madaline earned a Ph.D. and worked as...
Duane A. Klahr
May 21, 2013
Duane Arthur Klahr, 67, of Holton, KS passed away May 21, 2013 at his home after a long, courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 12, 1946 in Holton, the son of Arthur F. and Wilma Hannah Alvina (Rannebeck) Klahr. Duane graduated from Netawaka High School in 1964. He then proudly served in the Army National Guard beginning in...
Josephine Elizabeth Beerbower
May 16, 2013
Josephine Elizabeth Beerbower, 84, Olathe, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the Evergreen Care Center in Olathe. She was born on Nov. 29, 1928, at Valley Falls, KS, the daughter of James Walter and Kelley Grace Fisk Beerbower. Josephine had lived at the Evergreen Care Center for the past 30 years. Prior to that she had lived at Lawrence for...
Tasha R. Arketa
May 12, 2013
Tasha Rochelle Arketa, 29, passed away May 12, 2013 in Carbondale, KS as a result of a car accident. She was born December 17, 1983 in Santa Rosa, CA the daughter of Ronald L. Arketa and Brenda S. Shores. Tasha had lived in the Holton community for 4 years and had previously lived in Washington. She received her CNA at...
Margie L. Griffin
May 10, 2013
Margie L. Griffin, 71, Holton, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Onaga Community Hospital. She was born on May 16, 1941, in California. She had married Stephen Griffin. Margie had lived at Whiting before moving to Medicalodge Jackson County in 2008. The Memorial Graveside Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Holton Cemetery. Memorial...
Wanda L. Nott
May 8, 2013
Wanda L. Nott, 73, of Holton, KS passed away May 8, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born December 26, 1939 in Holton the daughter of Henry Albert, Sr. and Martha Elizabeth (Pifer) Frost. Wanda graduated from Circleville High School in 1957. She worked at Slimaker Dress Factory. Wanda owned and operated with her husband, Tommie, Nott's...
Walter Joe Sayers Sr.
May 7, 2013
Walter Joe Sayers, Sr., 84, Valley Falls, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at his home. He had battled cancer for seven months. He was born on March 12, 1929, at Kansas City, KS, the youngest of five children of Aerial Everett "Joe" and Katie Metzger Sayers. He was a corporal in the...
Chug Theodore Butler
May 6, 2013
SAN JOSE, CA- "Chug" Theodore Duane Butler, 55, of San Jose, CA formerly of Mayetta, KS passed away May 6, 2013 on the job site. He was born October 27, 1957 in Holton, KS, the son of Donald Butler and Florence L. (Wahwassuck) Ross. Chug finished Concho Indian Boarding School in Concho, OK until the 8th grade and then attended...
Bernadine F. Maxwell
May 5, 2013
Bernadine Maxwell, 92, Holton, passed away on May 5, 2013, at The Pines in Holton, KS. She was born on July 20, 1920, on the family farmstead in southern Jackson County, the daughter of Harry and Katie Flynn Argo. She graduated from Whiting High School in 1938. Bernadine was a homemaker and a hard working farmwife. She was a member...
Gerald "Jerry" Eugene Boldra
May 1, 2013
Gerald "Jerry" Eugene Boldra, 75, Valley Falls, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at his home. He was born on April 5, 1938, at Topeka, the son of Carl Sterling and Thelma Carson Boldra. He attended Highland Park Elementary School, Six Mile School and graduated from Auburn High School in 1956. He served seven and one-half years in the Kansas...
Ruth N. Long
Apr 29, 2013
Ruth Nadine Long, eldest daughter of Dean and Edna (Burns) Place passed away April 29, 2013 at the Holton Community Hospital at the age of 79. She was born March 25, 1934 on a farm near Mayetta, KS and spent most of her life around the Holton area except for the twenty years that she traveled with her husband while...
Delores Roxanne Smith
Apr 23, 2013
Delores Roxanne Smith, MA, RN, 79, of Centralia, KS formerly of Reston, VA and Sioux Rapids, IA passed away April 23, 2013 at Eastridge Nursing Home in Centralia, KS. She was born October 15, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN the daughter of Harold and Doris (Knudson) Arnold. Delores graduated from high school in Sioux Rapids, IA and graduated from nursing school...
Lucille Cisler
Apr 19, 2013
Lucille Cisler, 87, Auburn, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born on March 25, 1926, at Central City, KY, the daughter of Charles S. and Nellie Barrow Craker. Lucille had worked as supervisor at Forward Industries had been a waitress at the Golden Buffet Restaurant, both in Kansas City, MO. She married Claude...
Sharon Kay Hartman
Apr 17, 2013
Sharon Kay Hartman, 72, of Wichita, KS formerly of Sabetha and Holton, KS passed away April 17, 2013 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita. She was born January 15, 1941 in Holton, KS the daughter of Elmer "Joe" G. Hartman and Nellie (Stewart) Hartman Collins. At the age of 3 years old, Sharon was very ill with measles...
Lena "Mae" Ketter
Apr 13, 2013
Lena "Mae" Ketter, 99, of Holton, KS, formerly of Wetmore and Meriden, KS passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013 at a care home in Topeka. She was born August 7, 1913 on a farm near Bancroft, KS the daughter of William E. and Clara (Frederikson) Geren. Mae attended Bancroft Schools until she transferred to Wetmore her junior year of high...
Margaret J. Gardiner
Apr 8, 2013
Our beloved and loving mother and retired homemaker, Margaret Gardiner, Topeka, passed away gently on Monday, April 8, 2013 at Midland Hospice Care Center after a very brief illness. She was 85. Margaret was born in The Royal Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, a city in which her father's ancestors had been associated for 250 years. Her father, James Grant,...
Datha D. Sadler
Apr 6, 2013
Datha Dawn Sadler, 66, of Holton, KS passed away April 6, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born September 3, 1946 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Dean Carl and Dorothy Helen (Nussbeck) Stranberg. Datha graduated from Topeka West High School in 1964 and had attended Clark's Business College in Topeka. She was a homemaker while her children were...
Rodney W. Brenner
Apr 3, 2013
Rodney Warren Brenner, 65, of Soldier, KS passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at a care home in Nortonville, KS. He was born June 7, 1947 in Holton, KS the son of Calvin W. and Marilyn H. (DeBusk) Brenner. Rodney graduated from Seaman High School in 1965. After graduation he proudly served in the United States Air Force and Air...
Anita M. Seeley
Apr 2, 2013
Anita M. (Kuhn) Seeley, 77, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at The Pines in Holton. She was born February 12, 1936 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of Albert S. and Anna K. (Mayer) Kuhn. Anita grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Neptune High School in 1954. She then attended Monmouth Community College. She...
