Andrew "Andy" Mitchell
Jun 30, 2013
Andrew "Andy" Mitchell, E ttweh i, 86, of Mayetta, KS passed away June 30, 2013 at the Holton Community Hospital. He was born April 6, 1927 on the Potawatomi Reservation the son of Joe and Angeline (Battese) Mitchell. He was born and raised on his family's original allotment where he has lived his entire life. Andy attended Chilocco Indian School...
Adrian C. Barber
Jun 29, 2013
Adrian C. Barber, 21, of Rossville died Saturday, June 29th in Topeka, due to injuries sustained in an ATV accident. He was born October 16, 1991 in Topeka, KS the son of Dwayne Barber and Charlene Wilson. He graduated from Rossville High School and had previously lived in Delia. He is survived by: his parents, Dwayne Barber and Charlene Wilson...
Doris L. Bontrager
Jun 28, 2013
Doris L. Bontrager, 95, of Holton, KS passed away Friday, June 28, 2013 at Holton Community Hospital. She was born May 25, 1918 in Fairview, KS the daughter of John Herman and Malinda (Gildhouse) Bohnenkemper. Doris attended Lone Star Country School and Netawaka schools. She was a homemaker and farmwife. Doris was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in...
Glen W. Rogers
Jun 27, 2013
Glen W. Rogers, 85, of Holton, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 27, 2013, at Medicalodges Jackson County. He was born on April 27, 1928, in Greenleaf, Kansas, the son of Erie A. and Gladys M. (Johnson) Rogers. He graduated from Washington High School, Washington, Kansas, in 1945. He joined the United States Navy in 1946 and served until honorably discharged...
Gail L. Washburn
Jun 24, 2013
Gail L. Washburn, 91, of Whiting, passed away Monday, June 24, 2013 in Topeka at McCrite Plaza. She was born November 23, 1921 in Onaga, KS the daughter of Charles Walter and Lena May (Andrick) Clark. Gail graduated from Whiting High School in 1940 and had lived most of her life in the Whiting community. She was a homemaker and...
Charles A. Mannell
Jun 24, 2013
Charles A. Mannell, 80, of Holton, KS passed away Monday, June 24, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born February 22, 1933 north of Holton the son of Charles Henry and Lena Esther (Prinz) Mannell. Charles graduated from Holton High School in 1950. After graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955 during the...
Eugene Breitsprecher
Jun 18, 2013
Eugene Breitsprecher, 84, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at a Topeka care facility. He was born on Jan. 7, 1929, at Cresco, IA, the son of Frederick Carl and Stella Voves Breitsprecher. He graduated from Valley Falls High School. Gene was a television technician at Steinmetz Service in Valley Falls. He had worked at the Rio Theater as...
Roger E. Eubanks
Jun 18, 2013
Roger Eugene Eubanks, 92, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital surrounded by his family. Roger was born October 2, 1920 in rural Holton, the son of Ralph and Alice (Glenn) Eubanks. He graduated in 1938 from Holton High School. On February 14, 1943 he married Margaret Ellen Isensee at Idana, KS. They celebrated...
Erma E. Beam
Jun 13, 2013
Erma Elizabeth Beam, 99, of Holton, KS formerly of Netawaka, passed away June 13, 2013 at Holton Community Hospital, eight days short of her 100th birthday. She was born in Pleasant Grove community northwest of Holton on June 21, 1913, the daughter of Dwight Martin and Sarah Etta (Jones) Johnson. Erma attended Pleasant Grove School and graduated from Wetmore High...
Wilma M. Welch
Jun 9, 2013
Wilma Marie Welch, 84, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Lincoln, NE at her son's home. She was born on August 30, 1928 in Moran, KS the daughter of Harry L. and Effie M. (Myers) Young. She married Lyle B. Welch on July 20, 1948. He survives. Wilma graduated from Manhattan High School. She had lived in Holton,...
Staci Shughart-Sieve
Jun 9, 2013
Staci Shughart-Sieve, 33, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died unexpectedly early Sunday morning, June 9, 2013, at the Stormont-Vail ER in Topeka. She was born on April 10, 1980, at Atchison, the daughter of Gary L. and DiAnn R. Kinney Shughart. She attended Atchison County Community High School in Effingham and later earned her GED. She received her LPN degree...
Therll Heiselman
Jun 9, 2013
Therll Heiselman, 88, of Holton, KS, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Medicalodge Jackson County. He was born May 31, 1925 at the family home northeast of Holton, KS, the son of Clarence E. and Agnes Velma (Shingelton) Heiselman. He was preceded in death by his twin sister who died at birth and his sisters, Geraldine Luscombe of Holton...
Roger N. Jones
May 31, 2013
Roger N. Jones, 70, of Holton, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born August 10, 1942 in St. Joseph, Missouri the son of Nicholas G. and Gladys M. (Lowry) Jones. He graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1961. Roger had worked at Grundeman Construction from 1962-1978, Holton Ready Mix from...
Anna I. Clowe
May 26, 2013
Anna Irene McAsey Clowe, 104, of Topeka, KS passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born October 29, 1908 in Holton, KS the daughter of Michael and Mary McIntyre McAsey. Anna was married to Floyd O. Clowe on September 22, 1945 in Holton. He preceded her in death in 1998. She was...
Josephine M. Meyer
May 25, 2013
Josephine M. Meyer, 96, of Holton, KS formerly of Wetmore, passed away May 25, 2013 at Vintage Park in Holton. She was born August 2, 1916 in Wetmore the daughter of Melvin and Ida (Fuhrer) Spiker. Josephine had lived in the Wetmore community since 1976 and previously lived on a farm south of Sabetha. She worked as a cook at...
Madaline M. Tincher
May 24, 2013
Madaline M. Tincher, 83, passed away May 24, 2013 in Newport Beach, CA. She was born November 11, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Roger W. and Doris M. (Jones) Currier. She graduated from Topeka High School and later attended Washburn University where she was a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority. Madaline earned a Ph.D. and worked as...
Duane A. Klahr
May 21, 2013
Duane Arthur Klahr, 67, of Holton, KS passed away May 21, 2013 at his home after a long, courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 12, 1946 in Holton, the son of Arthur F. and Wilma Hannah Alvina (Rannebeck) Klahr. Duane graduated from Netawaka High School in 1964. He then proudly served in the Army National Guard beginning in...
Josephine Elizabeth Beerbower
May 16, 2013
Josephine Elizabeth Beerbower, 84, Olathe, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the Evergreen Care Center in Olathe. She was born on Nov. 29, 1928, at Valley Falls, KS, the daughter of James Walter and Kelley Grace Fisk Beerbower. Josephine had lived at the Evergreen Care Center for the past 30 years. Prior to that she had lived at Lawrence for...
Tasha R. Arketa
May 12, 2013
Tasha Rochelle Arketa, 29, passed away May 12, 2013 in Carbondale, KS as a result of a car accident. She was born December 17, 1983 in Santa Rosa, CA the daughter of Ronald L. Arketa and Brenda S. Shores. Tasha had lived in the Holton community for 4 years and had previously lived in Washington. She received her CNA at...
Margie L. Griffin
May 10, 2013
Margie L. Griffin, 71, Holton, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Onaga Community Hospital. She was born on May 16, 1941, in California. She had married Stephen Griffin. Margie had lived at Whiting before moving to Medicalodge Jackson County in 2008. The Memorial Graveside Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Holton Cemetery. Memorial...
