Obituaries
Frances Hubman
Feb 10, 2021
B. Frances Hubman, 93, died Wednesday (February 10, 2021) at the Comfort Care Home of Newton.
She was born on June 7, 1927 in Alva, Oklahoma, the daughter of Leo and Mable Hullet. Frances was raised in the Wakita area where she graduated from high school in 1945 as her class Salutatorian. She later received a Bachelor’s Degree of...
Rafael Lizcano
Feb 5, 2021
Rafael Lizcano, 66, died Friday (February 5, 2021) at the Newton Medical Center.
He was born on August 18, 1954 in Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Manuel Lizcano and Augustina Acosta. Rafael married Eloisa Cisneros on September 9, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico.
He moved to Newton in April, 2001 and most recently had worked at White Wing Construction.
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Michael Seeney
Feb 2, 2021
Michael B. Seeney, 60, died Tuesday (February 2, 2021) at the Newton Medical Center.
He was born on February 27, 1960 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Raymond E. and Florence Maurine Hawk Seeney. His mother died on December 25, 1967 and his father later married Anita Salas on January 19, 1969.
Mike graduated from Newton High School in...
Gay Ann West
Jan 21, 2021
Gay S. West, 90, of Newton, passed away into her Heavenly home on Thursday (January 21, 2021) at Ascension Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus in Wichita.
She was born on November 10, 1930 in Stillions, Arkansas, the daughter of George C. and Frances Brower Stillions. As a child, the family moved to Mississippi and later to Houston, Texas...
Donald Snapp
Jan 15, 2021
Donald (“Don”) Raymond Snapp, 68, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family at Newton Medical Center on Friday, January 15, 2021.
Don was born on September 9, 1952, at St. Mary Parkview Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, and he was proud to be the oldest of five children to Harvey and Marguerite Snapp. Don had an active intellect, and he...
Tara Rogers
Jan 12, 2021
Tara Marie Rogers, 42, died Tuesday (January 12, 2021) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Ks.
She was born on November 15, 1978 in Newton, the daughter of George and Rita Guhr Rogers, III. Tara was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School. Through the years she had been a medical transcriptionist.
Tara’s brave battle against...
Dorothy Kennedy
Jan 11, 2021
Dorothy L. Kennedy, 88, died Monday (January 11, 2021) at the Homestead of Halstead.
She was born on March 20, 1932 in Hallowell, Cherokee County, Kansas, the daughter of Opal Elizabeth (Norris) and Raymon Theodore Wilson.
Dorothy was a graduate of Columbus High School, Columbus, Kanas and Mt. Carmel School of Nursing in 1953.
On May 21, 1953 she...
Loretta Sadowsky
Jan 1, 2021
Loretta Marie Sadowsky, 80, died Friday (January 1, 2021) at her home in Derby. She was born on October 8, 1940 in Wichita. Loretta was raised in Newton where she also attended schools. She married Bruce Edward Sadowsky, Sr. on July 16, 1963 in El Dorado, Ks. They lived in Newton. She was a machinist at Agco, Inc., in...
Sharon Werner
Dec 29, 2020
Sharon Ruth Werner, 81, died Tuesday (December 29, 2020) at Grace Cottage in Wichita, Ks.
She was born on December 4, 1939 in Jamestown, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest Edgar and Edith Irene Thomas VanBeber. Sharon was raised in El Dorado, Kansas.
She married Ronald Jay Werner on July 27, 1977 in Miami, Oklahoma. They lived in Newton until...
Ethel Wetschensky
Dec 25, 2020
Ethel Elizabeth Wetschensky, 101 years old, died Friday (December 25, 2020) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
She was born on July 8, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Edward Everett and Elizabeth Berg Bruner. The family moved to Newton when Ethel was a child where she attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and Newton High School.
After high...
Glenn Murphy
Dec 21, 2020
Glenn L. Murphy, 83, died Monday (December 21, 2020) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
He was born on September 25, 1937 in Altoona, Kansas, the son of Anthony Peter and Pauline Hayes Murphy. The family moved to Wichita when Glenn was in grade school, he graduated from Wichita West High School.
He married Ruth Ann Smith on October 15,...
Robert Brandewiede
Dec 21, 2020
Robert F. Brandewiede, 93, longtime Newton area resident, died Monday (December 21, 2020) at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson, Ks.
He was born on the family farm outside of Newton on December 11, 1927, the son of Frank Joseph and Gertrude (Reilman) Brandewiede. Robert was raised on the farm and graduated from Walton High School.
He married...
Francisco Gonzalez
Dec 18, 2020
Francisco Gonzalez, 68, of Newton, died Friday (December 18, 2020) at the Salem Home in Hillsboro, Ks.
Services are pending and will be announced by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton, Ks.
Sasha Jean Kosminski
Dec 16, 2020
Sasha Jean Brooks Kosminski, age 36, passed away December 16th, 2020. Sasha was born in Wichita, Kansas at Wesley Medical Center on August 24th, 1984. Sasha was a lifelong resident of Newton, Kansas where she grew up with her brother Daniel and attended school from kindergarten through high school. Sasha was always known to be a very quiet, shy and...
Diana Desmond
Dec 11, 2020
Diana K. Desmond, 71, entered the arms of her Lord on Friday (December 11, 2020) at the Newton Medical Center.
She was born on February 5, 1949 in Halstead, Kansas. She was the youngest daughter of Marvin and Bertha Gehring Schrag. Diana grew up in the Moundridge area and attended schools there.
Diana was a member of the Meridian...
Ruben Gonzalez
Dec 10, 2020
Ruben Jose Gonzalez, 48, died Thursday (December 10, 2020) at his home in Newton.
He was born on May 21, 1972 in Newton, the son of Raymond and Hope Esperanza Terrones Gonzalez. Ruben was a life long resident of Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1990.
He married Jamie Estrada on October 5, 1996 at Our Lady of...
Eldena Friesen
Dec 9, 2020
Eldena F. Friesen, 92, entered her heavenly home on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kansas.
Eldena was born in Texas County Oklahoma, at home to David and Elizabeth Schroeder. At the time she had an older brother and sister, eventually there were 8 of them. Eldena went through high school in Adams, Oklahoma, where...
Beverly Evans
Dec 8, 2020
Beverly Ann Evans, 73, died Tuesday (December 8, 2020) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Ks.
She was born on March 31, 1947 in Newton, the daughter of Bill Partridge and Phyllis White. Beverly was raised and attended schools in Newton.
She had worked in Newton at Hehr International later moving to Canton where she has lived for...
Laura LeForce
Dec 6, 2020
Laura "Peanut" LeForce, 57, died Sunday (December 6, 2020) at her home in Newton.
She was born on December 30, 1962 in Newton, KS, the daughter of Harold and Dorothy Smith Berg. Her dad gave Laura the nickname Peanut when she was just a little girl, and the nickname stayed with her.
Laura was raised in the Newton area and...
Emerson Gillett
Dec 4, 2020
The youngest of four sons, Emerson “Ike” Clay Gillett, was born to Claude Wallace and Mae Emily McNutt Gillett at the Kiowa Indian Hospital at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on April 5, 1929. He died on Friday, December 4, 2020 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, KS.
He grew up at the Kiowa Indian Agency in Anadarko, OK where his...
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