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...
Alice A. Frakes
Feb 1, 2013
Alice A. Frakes, 74, Valley Falls, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at her home. She was born on Feb. 14, 1938, at Seneca, the daughter of Paul F. and Helen B. Gudenkauf Grollmes. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1955. Alice was a homemaker. She had worked at Southwestern Bell in Topeka for two years and had been...
Angela "Beth" Bohannon
Feb 1, 2013
Angela "Beth" Bohannon, 86, of Holton, KS passed away February 1, 2013 at her home. She was born January 30, 1927 in Wetmore, KS the daughter of Harry August and Dorothea Jane (Mahler) Scott. Beth graduated from Wetmore High School in 1944.She committed to the United States Cadet Nurse Corp in 1944 and graduated as Senior Cadet in 1947. She...
Lela Leane Ray
Jan 30, 2013
Lela Leane Ray, 93, of Mayetta, KS passed away January 30, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born October 4, 1919 in Netawaka, KS the daughter of Hans C. and Mary E. (Tietgen) Christensen. Leane attended Netawaka Country School and graduated from Fairview High School. Before she had her two daughters, she worked for John Morrell meat packaging plant...
Leroy Gene "Wahzockeeya" Maines
Jan 24, 2013
LeRoy Gene "Wahzockeeya" Maines, 60, of Mayetta, KS passed away unexpectedly Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born October 21, 1952 in Holton, KS the son of Frank E. and Elizabeth (Rice) Maines. LeRoy graduated from Mayetta High School. He also graduated from ITT Tech in Kansas City, KS where he earned the highest...
Roberta L Hobbs
Jan 23, 2013
Roberta L. Hobbs, 68, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2012, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born on June 29, 1944, at El Centro, CA, the daughter of Rex and Lucile Berryman Brown. Bobbi had worked in housekeeping most of her life. She had been a member of the Bible Holiness Church at Nortonville. She married...
Lois M. Sloop
Jan 23, 2013
Lois Maxine Sloop, 85, of Holton, KS passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born July 25, 1927 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Ora Alpheus and Isla Victoria (Goodman) Graves. Lois attended Wheaton High School. She had lived in the Wheaton, Onaga and Holton communities for most of her life. Lois worked for...
Florence Hutchins
Jan 23, 2013
Aletha "Florence" Hutchins, 87, of Holton, KS passed away January 23, 2013. She was born February 28, 1925 in Jackson County, KS the daughter of Charles and Edith (Coleman) Barrow. Florence lived in the Holton community for over 30 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. She married Robert H. Hutchins January 8, 1945...
Geneva I. Lonard
Jan 18, 2013
Geneva I. Lonard, 91, Valley Falls, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born on Oct. 4, 1921, east of Valley Falls, the daughter of George and Mary Fulton Koons. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1939. Geneva retired in 1987 from the Kansas State Highway Planning Commission. She was...
Virginia L. Davis
Jan 13, 2013
Virginia Lee "Jean" Davis, 84, of Holton, KS passed away January 13, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born November 17, 1928 in Kansas City, KS the daughter of Howard Thomas and Ora (Reed) Davis. Jean lived in the Holton community since 1977 and had previously lived in Oklahoma and Arizona. She was a retired factory worker and certified...
Doris Elizabeth Rose
Jan 12, 2013
Doris Elizabeth (Highfill) Rose, 94, of Junction City, KS formerly of Holton, KS passed away Saturday January 12, 2013 at Chapman Valley Manor, Chapman, KS. She was born February 18, 1918 in El Dorado, KS the oldest of 2 daughters of Sam and Edyth (Braden) Highfill. She moved with her parents when she was 5 years old to Winfield, KS....
Donald Francis Cannon
Jan 8, 2013
Donald Francis Cannon, 84, of Goff, KS passed away January 8, 2013 at his home. He was born March 31, 1928 in Wetmore, KS the son of Dave and Norma (Hafeley) Cannon. Donald lived most of his life in the Goff and Wetmore communities. He worked many years for John Deere Tractor in Holton. He delivered and assembled the tractors...
Dorothy L Boyd
Jan 6, 2013
Dorothy L. Boyd, 88, Valley Falls, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at LinnWood Park care facility at Meriden. She was born on April 16, 1924, at Valley Falls, the daughter of LeRoy Samuel and Clara Edith Kneedy Gentry. She graduated from Valley Falls High School. Dorothy worked at Nellis Funeral Home and later Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. She...
John S. Marr, Sr.
Jan 5, 2013
John Stanley Marr, Sr., 87, of Hoyt, KS passed away January 5, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born January 4, 1926 in Luray, KS, the son of Edward Stanley and Nora Martha (Linder) Marr. John graduated from Natoma High School in Natoma, KS. John was drafted into the United States Army directly out of high school....
Emery A. Bradford
Dec 27, 2012
Emery A. Bradford, 67, of Topeka passed away Thursday December 27, 2012 at Horton Community Hospital. He was born August 8, 1945 in Mayetta, Kansas the son of James M. and Josephine M. (Lewis) Bradford. Emery enlisted with the United States Army and proudly served his country. He was a member of the Citizen Band Potawatomi Nation. He is survived...
Wilbur Gene Wilson
Dec 23, 2012
Wilbur Gene Wilson, 63, of Holton, KS passed away December 23, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton. He was born July 11, 1949 in Holton, the son of Wilmer "Hack" Ross and Edith Ida (Thornton) Wilson. Wilbur graduated from Holton High School in 1967. He worked repairing and refinishing furniture in Holton for all of his life mostly at...
Eldon L. Shafer
Dec 23, 2012
Eldon L. Shafer, 83, of Bella Vista, AR, formerly of Holton and Mayetta, KS, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Concordia Healthcare in Bella Vista, AR. Eldon was born April 4, 1929 in Holton, KS, the son of Fred and Tressie (Shores) Shafer. He graduated from Holton High School in 1947. He was a US Army veteran of the...
Bernice D. Knox
Dec 22, 2012
Bernice D. Knox, 91, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at a care facility in Manhattan. She was born on Nov. 22, 1921, at Lawrence, the daughter of James Blaine and Hattie (Rose) Wiggins. She graduated from Lawrence High School in 1939 and attended Kansas State Agricultural College. Bernice was very active in her youth in her local 4-H...
