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...
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...
