Charles A. Farley
Dec 11, 2012
Charles A. Farley, 58, of Hiawatha went missing in April 2011 and was found in December 2011 after an extensive statewide and connecting states search. He was positively identified December 11, 2012 in Longview, Washington. Charles, also known as "Chuck" or "Charley" was born June 2, 1954 in Onaga, Kansas the son of Wilbur and Joyce (Coverdale) Farley. After graduating...
Frank D Green Jr.
Dec 10, 2012
Frank D. Green Jr., 75, Valley Falls, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at his home. Frank was born on Jan. 26, 1937, at Topeka. He was raised by Frank D. and Deila Green and attended schools in Topeka. Frank worked at several dairies in Topeka, including as a driver for Meadow Gold Dairy. He later was a mechanic in Valley...
Jennie J. Barnes
Dec 7, 2012
Jennie Jane Barnes, 82, of Topeka passed away Friday December 7, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital. Jennie was born July 1, 1930 in Corning, Kansas the daughter of Percy W. and Bessie V. (Clark) Mack. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1947. She was the receptionist at Belmont Funeral Home in Chicago and later worked at the V.A. Hospital...
Gaynell Lowry
Dec 6, 2012
Gaynell (Nell) Lowry, 94, formerly of Holton, passed away Thursday evening December 6th, 2012 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Gaynell was born December 17, 1917 in Union City, Tennessee, the daughter of Jessie H. and Idella (Smith) McKenzie. Nell attended Reel Foot School in Calton, Tennessee. When she was 15 the family moved to Graves County, Kentucky....
Leslie O. "Red" Farr
Dec 1, 2012
Leslie O. "Red" Farr, 88, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, surrounded by his loving family, at his home. He was born on Aug. 4, 1924, at Oskaloosa, the son of Guy S. and Carmen Vanderpool Farr. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1942. Red was a master carpenter and was a member of Carpenter's Union Local 1445....
Janis Lynne Tapley
Dec 1, 2012
Janis Lynne Tapley, 58, of Holton, KS passed away December 1, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born September 14, 1954 in Holton, KS the daughter of Albert "Duane" and Betty (Scheidegger) Moore. Janis graduated from Holton High School in 1972 and received her Certified Nurse's Aide at Kaw V alley Vo-Tech in Topeka. She worked as a CNA...
Mike Daniel Flewelling
Dec 1, 2012
Mike Daniel Flewelling, 20, formerly of Goff, KS passed away December 1, 2012 as a result of an automobile accident. He was born December 1, 1992 in Holton, KS the son of Robin Flewelling and Ute (Schwarz) Cashman. Mike attended Wetmore Academic Center and had recently earned his high school diploma from Lawrence Gardner High School of Topeka. He had...
Irma M Steinmetz
Nov 29, 2012
Irma M. Steinmetz, 87, Overland Park, formerly of Valley Falls, KS, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at Sweet Life at Brookdale Place. She was born on April 17, 1925, at Valley Falls, the daughter of Peter A. and Anna J. Sisk Stein. She graduated from Valley Falls High School. She married Virgil M. Steinmetz on February 12, 1945, at Midland,...
Edna Lorraine Fields
Nov 29, 2012
Edna Lorraine Fields, 84, Winchester, formerly of Ogdensburg N.Y., died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at the Senior Living Center at the FW Huston Medical Center at Winchester. She was born on April 30, 1928, at Iroquois, Ontario, the daughter of William and Mae Millar Simms. She graduated from the Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1945 and from Wallace Secretarial school in...
Claude Melvin Langston Jr.
Nov 28, 2012
Claude Melvin Langston Jr., 88, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, at Hickory Pointe Care Center in Oskaloosa. He was born on March 4, 1924, at Valley Falls, the son of Claude Melvin and Clara Mae Stewart Langston. He attended schools in Valley Falls. Mel was a farmer and raised livestock east of Valley Falls. He also drove a...
Velma Ilene Kruse
Nov 25, 2012
Velma Ilene Kruse, 78, of Holton, KS passed away November 25, 2012 at her home after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was born August 19, 1934 in Hoyt, KS the daughter of Dewey C. and Bertha W. (Damme) Colhouer. Velma graduated from Mayetta High School in 1952. She had lived in Holton since 2005 and had previously lived...
Robert William Kottman
Nov 22, 2012
Robert William Kottman, 85, of Holton passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012, in Neosho, MO. He was born July 22, 1927 in Falls City, NE, the son David O. and Carol Hern Kottman. Bob graduated from Atchison High School and attended Benedictine College. Bob was a retired executive with Ford Motor Company. Bob served in the US Navy during WWII...
Margaret "Marge" L. Taylor
Nov 21, 2012
Margaret (Marge) Taylor, 89, of Holton, KS passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka from cholangiocarcinoma. She was born June 7, 1923, on a farm, northeast of Mayetta, to Lula Sarah Adkins and James Franklin Jones. She graduated from Mayetta High School in 1941 and immediately began working at the Kansas Department of Revenue in...
Helen M. Coe
Nov 18, 2012
Helen M. Coe, 90, of Soldier, KS passed away November 18, 2012 at the Onaga Community Hospital. She was born May 14, 1922 north of Soldier, KS the daughter of Andrew and Rosa (Staehli) Aeschliman. Helen graduated from Corning High School in 1940 and completed normal teacher's training. She taught at a country school in Nemaha County for a couple...
Amy M. Gilleece Cummings
Nov 15, 2012
Amy M. Gilleece Cummings, 31, Valley Falls, died unexpectedly, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born on July 6, 1981, the daughter of Delbert R. Gilleece. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 2000. She was a member of the Valley Falls Christian Church and the Valley Falls Saddle Club. Amy worked...
Donald C Tosh
Nov 6, 2012
Donald C. Tosh, 87, Valley Falls, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka surrounded by his family who loved him very much. He was born June 25, 1925, at Valley Falls, the son of Cecil and Luella (White) Tosh. Don attended schools in Valley Falls and was a farmer and stockman his entire life....
Johna Alyn Coker
Nov 3, 2012
Johna Alyn Coker, infant daughter of Alan M. and Kristy R. Behring Coker, Valley Falls, passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. In addition to her parents she is survived by two sisters, Courtney L. Coker, Corpus Christi, TX, and Karlie R. Coker, of the home; paternal grandmother, Gail Coker-Carr, and paternal step-grandfather, Charles Carr, Hiawatha;...
Carol Jean Church
Nov 3, 2012
Carol Jean Church, 65, Valley Falls, KS died Saturday, November 3, 2012 at her home. She was born December 4, 1946, in Lawrence, the daughter of William L. "Pete" and Pearl Vogler Abel. Carol was a CNA for Aldersgate Village in Topeka and Valley Health Care in Valley Falls. She had worked as a custodian for USD #338 Valley Falls...
Melvin Frederick Breitsprecher
Nov 2, 2012
Melvin Frederick "Mel" Breitsprecher, 78, of Valley Falls died Friday, November 2, 2012 at his home. He was born May 16, 1934 in Cresco, IA the son of Frederick Carl and Stella Voves Breitsprecher. Mel graduated from Winchester High School in 1953. He was an appliance repairman for List Appliance in Valley Falls and Ruralgas in Nortonville. He also worked...
Carol J. Kitchkommie
Nov 1, 2012
Carol Jean Kitchkommie, 68, of Mayetta, KS passed away November 1, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born December 20, 1943 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Joseph and Lucille (LaClair) Kabance. Carol had lived most of her life in Kansas. She was a homemaker and housewife. She was attending Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and was...
