Beulah "Gwendola" Curtis
Apr 2, 2013
Beulah "Gwendola" Curtis, 92, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Vintage Park in Holton. She was born May 25, 1920 in Falls City, NE the daughter of George M. and Carrie E. (Boop) Scheidegger. Gwendola attended school in Holton. She lived in Arrington from 1949 -1975, Everest from 1975-1998 and in Holton from 1998 to present....
Katherine Spiker
Mar 25, 2013
Katherine (Smith) Spiker, 94, of Holton, KS passed away March 25, 2013 at Lexington Park in Topeka. She was born May 30, 1918 in Whiting, KS the only daughter of Simon and Birdie E.V. (Rhyerd) Smith; she had 10 brothers. Katherine graduated from Whiting High School in 1932. She and her husband Leonard lived in Los Angeles, CA and Tulsa,...
Leon Jesse Heineken
Mar 25, 2013
Leon Jesse Heineken, 71, Holton, died Monday, March 25, 2013, at a Topeka hospital. He was born on Dec. 19, 1941, north of Valley Falls, the son of Earl J. and Edna F. Hamon Heineken. He graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1959. Leon retired as Supervisor of the Sand Department at Rockwell International and Atchison Casting in...
Matthew Daubon
Mar 24, 2013
Matthew Daubon, 83, of the Potawatomi Reservation, passed away the evening of March 24, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born November 10, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI the son of Alice Daubon. Matthew was a member and Elder of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. His pride and joy was his grandson, David Lee Daubon. Survivors include 4 sons, Matthew...
Oran W. "Woody" Wood
Mar 19, 2013
Oran Wayne "Woody" Wood, 81, Topeka, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born on March 2, 1932, at Mayetta, the son of Harry Eastman and Sadie Adeline Ray Wood. He graduated from Mayetta High School. He joined the US Army and served in the Korean Conflict. Woody worked at Goodyear Tire &...
Anita L. Davis
Mar 15, 2013
Anita L. Davis, 75, of Wetmore passed away Friday March 15, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born June 12, 1937 in Circleville, the daughter of Clifford and Winifred (Brown) Brownfield. After graduating from Circleville High School in 1955 she married Russel Pickett, Sr. The couple divorced. She later married Dale Davis in Oklahoma. He preceded her...
Alice L. Slater
Mar 14, 2013
Alice Louise (Vawter) Slater, 99, of Holton, KS passed away March 14, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born October 14, 1913 in Wakarusa, KS the daughter of Clarence D. and Leola Pearl (Bixby) Vawter. Mrs. Slater had lived in the Holton community since 1936. She owned and operated with her husband Slater Shoe Repair. She also worked for...
Clyde Simon Smith
Mar 2, 2013
Clyde Simon Smith, 88, Olathe, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Olathe Medical Center. He was born on April 1, 1924, at Valley Falls, KS, the son of Carl and Mattie O'Neal Smith. He graduated from Winchester High School. Clyde was a sheet metal worker and had owned and operated Smitty's Heating and Cooling in Olathe for 26 years....
Albert Lee Olds
Mar 2, 2013
Albert Lee Olds, Jr., 46, of Holton, KS passed away March 2, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born March 23, 1966 in Holton the son of Albert Lee, Sr. and Betty Ann Lucille (Farley) Olds. Albert graduated from Holton High School in 1985. He lived most of his life in the...
Doris I. Baldwin
Feb 25, 2013
Doris I. Baldwin, 74, of Topeka, KS passed away February 25, 2013 at her home. She was born July 25, 1938 in Topeka the daughter of Albert Leland and Delia Ellen (May) Hayes. Doris attended grade school and junior high school in Holton, later attended Highland Park High School. She lived most of her life in Topeka. Doris worked 10...
Laura Lea Barker
Feb 16, 2013
Laura Lea Barker, 34, Valley Falls, died unexpectedly Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born on March 24, 1978, at Topeka, the daughter of William Menzies and Sharon Layton Barker. She attended Valley Falls schools and later attended Benedictine College in Atchison. Laura worked as a CNA at LinnWood Park Assisted Living in...
Andrew "Andy" S. Piazza
Feb 10, 2013
HAVENSVILLE- Andrew "Andy" Salvatore Piazza, 70, of Havensville, KS passed away February 10, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born October 12, 1942 in Chicago, IL the son of Angelo and Mary (Cinquegrani) Piazza. Andy graduated from high school in Chicago. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army. He worked as a supervisor for International Harvester. Survivors...
Eldon L. Buehler
Feb 10, 2013
Eldon Leroy Buehler, 87, of Holton, KS passed away February 10, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born August 6, 1925 at home in Jackson County, KS the son of Charles Leonard and Edna Estella (Crozier) Buehler. Eldon lived in the Holton, Denison and Mayetta communities for most of his life. After school he enlisted with the United States...
Nelda Yvonne Teal
Feb 10, 2013
Nelda Yvonne Teal, 84, of Holton, KS passed away February 10, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born February 12, 1928 in Whiting, KS the daughter of Otto Henry and Violet (Barker) Lamberson. Nelda was a homemaker, worked as a salad chef for many Ramada Inns in Iowa and worked with her son, Calvin, at Travelodge and...
James G. Ackeret
Feb 5, 2013
James G. Ackeret, 69, of Charlotte, North Carolina, formerly of Holton and Soldier, died peacefully in his sleep due to a brain tumor on February 5, 2013 in Charlotte, NC. James, better known as Jim, Bud or Uncle Buddy, was born in Holton on April 15, 1943 the son of John A. and Nancy Caroline Ackeret. He was attending Kansas...
Eric D. Spaar
Feb 4, 2013
Eric Dean Spaar, 51, of Holton, KS passed away February 4, 2013 north of Burlington, KS due to an accident at his construction work site. He was born October 30, 1961 in Peoria, IL the son of Richard V. and Ruby P. (Taylor) Spaar. Eric graduated from Holton High School in 1980 and had lived most of his life in...
Virginia J. Smith
Feb 3, 2013
Virginia June Smith, 87, of Wetmore, KS passed away February 3, 2013 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born May 4, 1925 in Powhattan, KS, the daughter of Homer and Esther (Wenger) Krebs. Virginia graduated from Powhattan High School. She was a homemaker and helped her husband on the family farm. She attended both the Wetmore and...
Joseph E Tickles
Feb 3, 2013
Joseph E. Tickles, 93, Valley Falls, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at Village Villa Care Center in Nortonville. He was born on Nov. 19, 1919, at Independence, LA, the son of Tom and Havana Green. He had worked as a custodian at the US Customs and Postal Building at Denver, CO for many years. He served in the US Army...
Donald Lee Whitesell
Feb 3, 2013
Donald Lee Whitesell, 80, of Holton, KS passed away February 3, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born October 6, 1932 near Circleville, KS the son of Lawrence LeRoy and Rosa Ellen (Spicher) Whitesell. Don attended upper and lower Banner schools in Jackson County and Holton High School. He served in the United States Army from 1951 – 1953...
Jesse Boy James
Feb 2, 2013
Jesse Boy James, 90, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at his home. He was born on Nov. 2, 1922, at Wichita, the son of Claude and Carrie Nichols James. He attended schools in Kansas City, MO. He served stateside in the US Army during WW II. Jesse had retired from being a corrections officer at the Lansing State...
