Mildred Viola Wissinger
Oct 31, 2012
Mildred Viola Wissinger, 95, of Holton, formerly of Springfield, Missouri passed away peacefully with her family by her side Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County. She was born July 4, 1917 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania the daughter of Charles Avery and Minnie Rebecca (Hassel) Day. She graduated from Johnstown High School. Mildred was a comptometer operator for Spear's Automotive...
Larry Mik-Se-Ni Berryhill
Oct 28, 2012
Larry "Mik-se-ni" Berryhill, 70, of Circleville, formerly of San Jose, CA, passed away Sunday October 28, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Larry was born November 23, 1941 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Marie Rice. Larry grew up on the Potawatomi Reservation and attended Haskell School. He served in The US Army and was a member of...
Shirley Ann Mick
Oct 26, 2012
Shirley Ann Mick, 75, of Holton, KS passed away October 26, 2012 at her home. She was born May 17, 1937 in Holton the daughter of Kermit Robert and Rheva Lucille (Johnson) Mick. Shirley had attended Philo and Denison schools. She was a lifelong member of the Holton community. Shirley worked a short time for Slimaker Dress Factory, 4 years...
Laverna E. Slimmer
Oct 25, 2012
LaVerna Emma Slimmer of Holton passed away October 25, 2012. She was born December 1, 1922 in Holton, the daughter of Max K. Drechsler and Emma Wahl Drechsler, deceased. LaVerna attended school in Holton, graduating in 1940. In 1941she married Lawrence Slimmer in Little Rock, Arkansas. He preceded her in death March of 1997. LaVerna worked for United Telephone as...
Fred White, Jr.
Oct 21, 2012
Fred White, Jr., 95, of Holton passed away October 21, 2012 at The Pines in Holton. He was born March 15, 1917 in Holton the son of Fred White, Sr. and Bessie L. Marshall. Fred graduated from Lansing High School in 1934. He served in the United States Army during WWII in the 147th General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii and...
Elmer Paul Kuglin
Oct 20, 2012
Elmer Paul Kuglin, 90, of Holton, KS passed away October 20, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born January 2, 1922 west of Holton the son of Paul and Elsie (Dick) Kuglin. Elmer was a life-long member of the Holton community. He graduated from Holton High School in 1940. Elmer was a farmer on the family farm west of...
Helen Katherine Latta
Oct 20, 2012
Helen Katherine Latta, 100, died Saturday, October 20, 2012 in Topeka, KS. She was born October 21, 1911 in Holton, the daughter of Edgar C. and Ruth Tudor Latta. Helen graduated from Holton High School in 1929 and received her BS in Home Economics from Kansas State University. She worked as a Dietician for several St. Louis, MO hospitals. She...
Karen A. O'Dell
Oct 19, 2012
Karen A. O'Dell, 66, of Holton, KS died Friday, October 19, 2012 after a battle with cancer. Karen was born December 16, 1945 in Kansas City, MO. She was the daughter of Louis A. and Beula B. Haslar. She graduated from Shawnee Mission High School. She had previously lived in Tonganoxie, KS and Rockaway Beach, MO. Karen was a homemaker...
Mabel "Grace" Johnson
Oct 19, 2012
Mabel "Grace" Johnson, 93, of Overland Park, KS passed away October 19, 2012 at Comfort Care Homes of Kansas City. She was born June 29, 1919 in Soldier, KS the daughter of George Milton and Nellie Ann (Needham) Hamilton. Grace graduated from Soldier High School in 1937 and from St. Francis School of Nursing in 1941 as a registered nurse....
Glenda L. Stenger
Oct 12, 2012
Glenda L. Stenger, 69, of Holton, KS passed away October 12, 2012 at her home after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born November 30, 1942 in Pryor, OK the daughter of Dewey and Virginia (Powell) Collins. Glenda attended Hoyt, Mayetta, Holton schools and graduated from Topeka High School in 1961. She graduated from Joseph's Continental cosmetology college...
Fern H. Rice
Oct 11, 2012
EMMETT- Fern H. Rice, 88, of Emmett, KS passed away October 11, 2012 at Crestview Manor in Seneca, KS. She was born June 11, 1924 in Butler, MO the daughter of Wilson and Rinda (Robbins) Hinkle. Fern had lived in the Emmett community since 1954 as a farmwife. She married Maurice E. Rice on October 10, 1954 in Parsons, KS....
James Dale Boyce
Oct 10, 2012
James Dale Boyce, 61, Nortonville, formerly of Wichita, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at a Topeka hospital. He was born on July 15, 1951, at Atlanta, GA, the son of James Donald and Frances E. "Jean" Pennington Boyce. Jim received both a B.A. and a J.D. degree from Wichita State University. At Wichita State he was a member of the...
Philip "Phil" Harry Gosling
Oct 10, 2012
GOFF- Philip Harry Gosling, 71, of Goff, KS went to be with the Lord October 10, 2012 at the Sabetha Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born July 25, 1941 in Kalkaska, MI the son of Harry Philip and Phyllis H. (Hendricks) Gosling. Phil graduated from Kalkaska High School in 1959. He served in the United States...
Michael "Mike" C. Mccrory
Oct 8, 2012
HOLTON- Michael "Mike" C. McCrory, 35, of Holton, KS passed away October 8, 2012 as the result of a vehicle accident. He was born September 16, 1977 in Topeka, KS the son of Clifford E. McCrory and Georgina Lynn (Gibson) Dodd. Mike graduated from Holton High School in 1997. He worked for Oldhams in Holton for a few years and...
Rita A. Ford
Oct 4, 2012
Rita A. Ford, 66, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at a Topeka care facility. She was born on July 13, 1946, at Lawrence, the daughter of Lt. Col. Barnett Leon and Bernadine Holeman Bales. Rita had worked as a CNA at the Cottonwood Care Facility in Lawrence. She was a member of the Baptist Church....
Joyce H Dollen
Sep 25, 2012
Joyce H. Dollen, 81, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at her home in Valley Falls. She was born on Aug. 28, 1931, in Valley Falls, the daughter of Herman and Helen Post Lonard. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1949. Joyce was a homemaker. She was a member of the Valley Falls United Methodist Church, the...
Lucy Lucille Greemore
Sep 24, 2012
Lucy Lucille Greemore, 83, of Holton died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Golden Acres Nursing Center in Onaga, KS. She was born April 20, 1929 in Delia, KS. Lucy was the daughter of Andrew and Clara Duesenberry Hedrick. Lucy was a homemaker and worked as a desk clerk for several motels. She had lived in Topeka before moving to Holton...
Lucile Smerchek
Sep 17, 2012
Dorotha Lucile Smerchek, 96, Valley Falls, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at LinnWood Park Assisted Living in Valley Falls, KS. She was born on Oct. 31, 1915, in the Walnut Township area of Phillips County, Kansas, the daughter of Ezra P. and Ruby Allen Fellers. Lucile graduated from Axtell High School in 1932, received her teaching certificate and then taught...
Gale F. Haag
Sep 17, 2012
Gale F. Haag, 74 of Holton, died Monday, September 17, 2012 at Medicalodge Jackson County in Holton. Gale was the son of Milton S. and Irma Higley Haag. He grew up on a farm near Holton and graduated from Holton High School in 1956. Gale won the 1st Harry Fortune Award for outstanding athlete at Holton High School. He earned...
Beulah Fisher
Sep 16, 2012
Mrs. Beulah Fisher, 97, died September 16, 2012, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, where she had lived for 11 years. Mrs. Fisher was formerly of Holton. Mrs. Fisher was a retired school teacher, having taught 33 years in the Kansas school systems of Barnes, Marysville and Holton. Most important to her; she was a homemaker, a mother and a friend....
