Obituaries
Annie Troxel
Nov 11, 2021
Annie Martha Woffenden Troxel, 94, died Thursday (November 11, 2021) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She was born on June 25, 1927 in Chester, Arkansas, the daughter of George Henry and Carrie Viola Sills Woffenden. Annie was the fifth child of eight. The family came to Newton on the train in 1937 when she was 10 years old. The...
Mary Rodriguez
Nov 8, 2021
Mary Rodriguez, 77, died Monday (November 8, 2021) at NMC Health in Newton.
She was born on December 9, 1943 in Goessel, Kansas, the daughter of George and Martha Schmidt Janzen, Sr. Mary’s mother died on August 12, 1946 and her father would later marry Agnes Funk. The family moved from Goessel to Hillsboro where Mary graduated from high...
Bentley Phillips
Nov 8, 2021
Bentley T. Phillips, 85, died Monday (November 8, 2021) at the South Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri.
He was born on October 14, 1936 in St. Joseph, Arkansas, the son of Johnny Hardy and Lois Turney Phillips. While growing up the family lived in several communities, he graduated from Wichita North High School.
Bentley married Loyce K. Webb...
Sandra Harms
Nov 8, 2021
Sandra “Sandy” Lindell Harms, 56, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, November 8, 2021, after a short, hard-fought battle with cancer.
Sandy was born December 2, 1964, in Jacksonville, Illinois to Dr. Vernon and Carolyn (Bunting) Lindell. She married Lonnie Harms on April 23, 1988, and he survives.
Growing up in Jacksonville, Illinois, she was active in 4-H showing horses and...
Sanford Rogers
Oct 31, 2021
Sanford (Sandy) C. Rogers was born on June 5, 1941 to his parents Marvin Sanford Rogers and Ollie Opal (Fitzgerald) Rogers. Although he was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, he grew up in the beautiful states of Kentucky and West Virginia.
He graduated from High School in Barboursville, West Virginia and then enlisted in the Marine Corp. It wasn’t long...
Donald Botterweck
Oct 29, 2021
Donald Botterweck, 95, died Friday (October 29, 2021) at Kidron Bethel in North Newton.
He was born on April 10, 1926 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Augusta Boehnke Botterweck. Don was raised and attended schools in Newton. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 17 years old.
Upon being discharged from the military in...
Ana Vargas
Oct 24, 2021
Ana Maria Vargas, 85, died Sunday (October 24, 2021) at the Ascension Via Christi Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
She was born on July 10, 1936 in St. Antonio de Horta, Guanajuato, Mexico, the daughter of Ricardo Castillo Yepez and Filomena Yepez. She moved to Newton in 1994.
Among her survivors are her children, Ricardo, Emelia, Jose Luis, Antonio,...
Sebastian Duarte Felix
Oct 24, 2021
Sebastian Duarte Felix, the son of Maria Felix Carrillo and Alfredo Duarte, fell asleep in the arms of Jesus, on Sunday (October 24, 2021) at his home in Wichita.
Sebastian was born on September 18, 2021 in Newton, Kansas.
His brief time was enjoyed by his brothers Daniel Duarte Felix and Julian Duarte Felix of the home; along with...
Otis Dean Tatum
Oct 24, 2021
Otis Dean Tatum, 66, died Sunday, October 24, 2021, at his home in Newton, KS.
He was born on June 24, 1955, in Nowata, OK, the son of Jimmie Don and Twila (Anderson) Tatum. The family moved from Nowata to Newton when Dean was in grade school and graduated from Newton High School in 1973.
Dean married his high...
Refugia Gonzalez
Oct 23, 2021
Refugia “Cookie” Gonzalez, 91, died Saturday (October 23, 2021) at Kidron Bethel in North Newton, Ks.
She was born on July 14, 1930 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Juanita and Jose Lopez Leal. Her mother died when she was five years old and her father later married Juanita Solis.
“Cookie” moved to Newton in the early 1950’s. She...
Jerry D. Nickel
Oct 21, 2021
Jerry Dean Nickel was born at Bethel Hospital on May 6, 1937, to Gerhard and Alice (Reimer) Nickel. He grew up on a farm near Elbing and enjoyed raising cattle for 4-H. He attended Elbing Elementary and then Foster, a one-room schoolhouse. He and his family attended Grace Hill Church, where he was baptized.
He went to Newton High School...
Larry Hanes
Oct 19, 2021
Larry Neal Hanes, 75, of Newton, died Tuesday (October 19, 2021) at the Newton Medical Center.
He was born on February 8, 1946 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Millard and Velma Mize Hanes. Larry graduated from high school in Florence, Kansas in 1964.
He married Peggy Ann Gaul on July 25, 1969 in El Dorado, Kansas.
Through the years...
Mary West
Oct 15, 2021
On October 15, 2021, Mary Irene West passed peacefully at Newton Presbyterian Manor at approximately 7:00 am. She was 72 years old.
Mary Irene Topping was born on July 16, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri. She travelled home with her parents Richard Topping and Genevieve Palmer, to be reared with her brother, John Topping, on their family farm in Lawrence,...
Naomi Remer
Oct 15, 2021
Naomi Irene Remer, 82, died Friday (October 15, 2021) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Ks.
She was born on October 3, 1939 in rural Miami, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ted and Edna Donahue Helphingstine. Naomi was raised in the Cedar Vale, Kansas area where she graduated from high school. She then attended Southwestern College and went through...
Barbara Reimer
Oct 5, 2021
Barbara J. Reimer passed away on Tuesday (October 5, 2021). She died peacefully at home with her children by her side at the age 86.
She was born on February 6, 1935, in Newton, Kansas, to Lester and Lorene (Williams) Wagner.
She married Edward Reimer on June 26, 1955, in the Walton United Methodist Church in Walton, Kansas. She...
Louise Janzen
Oct 5, 2021
Louise A. Janzen, 95, was born August 24, 1926 in Walton, Ks., to Frank and Olga Hiebert. She passed away Tuesday (October 5, 2021) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She graduated from Walton High School. Louise married Art on July 23, 1944. She was an active member of the First Mennonite Church most of her adult life. She worked...
Shelton Bartley
Oct 1, 2021
Shelton (Red) Benjamin Bartley, 93, of Newton Kansas passed away Friday, October 1, 2021.
Red was born on March 14, 1928 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Albert L. Bartley and Mary Lue Sparks Bartley. He attended school in Caney, KS and joined the Army on October 18, 1950. Red served his country honorably, awarded the bronze star in the Korean...
Doris Smith
Sep 28, 2021
WICHITA:
Doris Ann Smith, 77, died Tuesday (September 28, 2021) at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Ks.
She was born on July 2, 1944 in Oklahoma, the daughter of Floyd Ozrowe and Edna Mae Scrimpsher McDaniel.
Doris married Orville Eugene Smith on January 14, 1980 in Wichita. They lived in Park City for a short time before moving to...
Eleanor Mosqueda
Sep 19, 2021
Eleanor Cecilia Mosqueda, 94, died Sunday (September 19, 2021) at her home in Newton.
She was born on November 22, 1926 in San Bernadino, California where she was raised and graduated high school.
Eleanor married Michael Bernard Mosqueda in Las Vegas, Nevada. With Michael serving in the U.S. Armed Forces for 22 years, the lived in several places. Moving to...
Abelardo Ayala
Sep 16, 2021
Abelardo “Larry” Ayala, 83, died Thursday (September 16, 2021) at his home in Sedgwick, Kansas.
The Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be at 9:30 A.M., Monday September 27, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 A.M., both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Halstead, Kansas. Interment will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Sedgwick, Kansas.
Larry was...
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