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...
Robert Stous, Jr.
Oct 15, 2013
Robert Stous, Jr., 97, of Holton, KS passed away October 15, 2013 at his home. He was born August 17, 1916 in Holton, the son of Robert, Sr. and Leona (McComas) Stous. Bob graduated from Holton High School in 1934. He was a farmer and stockman. Bob was a long-time member of the Evangel United Methodist Church, but currently a...
John R. Russell
Oct 12, 2013
John R. Russell, 47, of Hiawatha, passed away October 12, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born August 19, 1966 in Topeka, the son of Huey and Esther L. (Kesselring) Russell. Survivors include: his sister Erin Russell (Dan) of Whiting, KS; his brother James Russell of Muscotah, KS and his half-brother Doug Stout of Holton, KS. He...
Dorothy E Sullivan
Oct 12, 2013
Dorothy E. Sullivan, 93, Valley Falls, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at the F.W. Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester. She was born on Sept. 26, 1920, in the Rock Creek area in Jefferson County, the daughter of Fred A. and Vinus Eshom Laird. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1939. Dorothy had worked as a nurse's...
Leonard E. Nissen
Oct 12, 2013
Leonard Nissen, 84, of Wetmore passed away at Stormont-Vail Hospital Saturday, October 12th, 2013. He was born September 10, 1929 in Wetmore the son of Fritz and Lillian (Moore) Nissen. He attended Social Hill Grade School #72 and graduated from Wetmore High School in 1947. Leonard had worked at Independent Communications and retired in 1990. He also worked at Nemaha...
Rhonda G. Edwards
Oct 10, 2013
Rhonda Gail Edwards, 60, of Holton, KS passed away October 10, 2013 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born February 21, 1953 in Miami, FL, the daughter of Harvey D. and Thelma L. (Bass) Carter. Rhonda graduated from North Miami High School in 1971. She had lived in the Holton community since 1996. Rhonda was a member of the Trinity...
Edward A. Subjack
Oct 9, 2013
Edward A. "Bud" Subjack, 84, of Holton, KS formerly of Overbrook, passed away October 9, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born December 2, 1928 in Northfield, OH the son of Andrew and Ann (Kamilovic) Subjack. He proudly served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. Edward had lived in Holton since April of 2013....
