Obituaries
Carolyn Vermilyea
Jun 12, 2021
Carolyn Ann Vermilyea, 83, died Saturday (June 12, 2021) at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks.
She was born on March 16, 1938 in Hiawatha, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Anna Keup Duesing. Carolyn was the Valedictorian of her graduating class of Hamlin High School.
As a single mother, she moved to Newton in 1968 and worked very...
Jonathan Hochstetler
Jun 8, 2021
Jonathan Paul Hochstetler, 42, died Tuesday (June 8, 2021) at his home.
He was born on November 17, 1978 in Elkhart, Indiana, the son of Walter Edwin and Frances Kay Zerger Hochstetler. In 1996, Jon graduated from high school in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, shortly after which he moved to the Wichita area.
While working at the Pizza Hut in Park...
John Fiene
May 15, 2021
Irvin John Fiene, 98, passed away on Saturday, May 15th, 2021 at Paramount “Asbury Park” Community Living Center in Newton, Kansas.
John was born on April 1, 1923 in Bluff City, Kansas to Anna M. Stork and Frederick G. Fiene.
John married Elizabeth ‘Bea’ Fiene on December 22, 1957 in Wichita, Kansas. They moved to Newton in 1958 and later...
Gerald L. Greene
May 12, 2021
Gerald L. Greene passed away on May 12, 2021, at the Comfort Care Home, Newton, Kansas, surrounded by his loving family.
Gerald was born July 7, 1937, on the family farm East of Jewell, Kansas, to Niles & Mary Chilcott Greene. He was welcomed to the family by his brother, Norman, and sister, Marjorie Anne. He had a love for the...
Sheila Trower
May 4, 2021
Sheila Marie Trower, 57, died Tuesday (May 4, 2021) in Wichita, Kansas.
She was born on June 2, 1963 in Atchison, Kansas, the daughter of John and Bonnie (Hatchell) Trower. Sheila was raised in Atchison attended Atchison Sr. High School.
As a child, she loved playing and swimming in the pond with her family and friends. As an adult, she...
Robert Adams
May 2, 2021
Robert Keith Adams, 53, was born on August 21, 1967, to Gerold and Dorothy Adams and grew up in Winfield, Kansas.
Robert made his home in Newton, where he was united in marriage with Brenda Kay Castleberry on June 2, 2005. In joining Brenda, he gained four children whom he loved dearly.
Robert passed away peacefully at St. Francis...
Delmar Nash
Apr 29, 2021
Delmar Lynn Nash, 70, died Thursday (April 29, 2021) at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks.
Delmar was born on April 20th, 1951 in Lewellen, Nebraska to Herbert and Zella (Rittenhouse) Nash. Delmar was raised on their family farm in Lewellen, Nebraska and attended grade school there until his father needed to move to warmer climate because of his heart...
David Brock
Apr 28, 2021
David L. Brock, 64, died Wednesday (April 28, 2021) at his home in Newton.
Services are pending and will be announced by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton, Ks.
John W. Peregoy
Apr 24, 2021
John Peregoy, better known as Jack, passed away on Saturday (April 24, 2021) in Newton, Kansas at the age of 96.
Jack was born December 29, 1924 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Jack and Kathryn Underwood Peregoy. Jack’s mother passed away when Jack was four years old. As a result, he spent a very happy childhood with his...
Beverly Grochowsky
Apr 21, 2021
Beverly M. Grochowsky, 93, died Wednesday (April 21, 2021) at the Greenhouse of Asbury/Paramount Community in Newton.
Born August 23, 1927 to Carroll F. Holmberg and Estella M. Schmitt Holmberg in Strong City, KS.
She graduated from Strong City Rural High School in 1945 and married William J. (Bill) Grochowsky November 20, 1951 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in...
Gertrude Taylor
Apr 21, 2021
Gertrude Lanore Taylor was born on July 2, 1933, in Cotter, Arkansas. She died on April 21, 2021, in Newton, Kansas, at the age of 87.
She was preceded in death by her Husband Emmett “Dutch” Taylor, Daughter Vicky Hambek, her parents, Clifford Fleming, Dorthea “Dot” Fleming, and siblings Mildred “Midge” Vogt, Leroy “Buddy” Fleming.
She is survived by...
Billy Borgmeyer
Apr 2, 2021
Billy Ambrose Borgmeyer, 73, died Friday (April 2, 2021) at his home in Newton, Ks.
He was born on November 13, 1947 in Elgin, Nebraska, the son of Ambrose and Ruth Broberg Borgmeyer. Bill graduated from Page, Nebraska High School in 1966. He married Linda Elaine Alberts on October 21, 1966 in Fremont, Nebraska.
Bill was drafted into the...
Marsha Cox
Mar 22, 2021
Marsha D. Cox, 79, died Monday (March 22, 2021) at the Ascension Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
She was born on May 24, 1941 in Wichita, the daughter of Dillon and Dorothy Prouty Crandall.
When she was a child, the family moved to Rifle, Colorado where her father operated a leather craft business. They later...
Lorene Loop
Mar 20, 2021
Lorene Doris Loop, 93, died Saturday (March 20, 2021) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of the Ascension Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks.
She was born in Republic, Kansas on December 22, 1927, the daughter of Harry Vernon and Hester Mae Mahagan Stenson. Lorene graduated from high school in Hardy, Nebraska in 1945. She...
Charlene Hill
Mar 14, 2021
Charlene M. (Casey) Hill died peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Newton, KS.
Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be said at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, May 22, 2021 followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 A.M., both at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton. Inurnment will be in...
Larry Embry
Mar 13, 2021
Larry Lavell Embry, 78, died Saturday (March 13, 2021) at his daughter’s home in Derby.
He was born on October 1, 1942 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Larry graduated from high school in Cherryvale, Kansas where he was very active in sports and he still holds a school track record.
He married Karon Louise Cromwell on August 3, 1962 in Hoisington,...
Mary Higgins
Mar 9, 2021
Mary Elaine Higgins, 77, died Tuesday (March 9, 2021) at the Newton Medical Center.
She was born on February 2, 1944 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Ervin B. and Agatha Friesen Goering. Mary was raised in the Moundridge area where she graduated from Moundridge High School.
She married Howard Eugene Higgins, Jr., on January 22, 1966 in Inman,...
Clarence Troxel
Mar 8, 2021
Clarence L. Troxel, 96, died Monday (March 8, 2021) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
He was born on September 1, 1924 in Gas City, Kansas, the son of William Franklin and Dorothy Edwards Troxel. Clarence was raised and attended schools in Newton.
He married Annie Martha Woffenden on December 31, 1950 in Newton. They lived in Moran, Kansas for...
Emersyn Brandewiede
Mar 2, 2021
Emersyn Michelle Brandewiede, the daughter of Kendall and Emily Michelle Littlejohn Brandewiede, was born sleeping on Tuesday (March 2, 2021) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Ks.
Other family members are her siblings, Riley Brandewiede, Tymberlynn and Grayson Darbe; grandparents James and Cheryl Brandewiede of Hesston, Brandie and Michael Spragg of Walton; great grandparents Deborah and Cloys Bayless of...
Charlcenna Walton
Mar 1, 2021
Charlcenna Delores Walton, 57, died Monday (March 1, 2021) at her home in Newton, Ks.
Following cremation, services will be held in Washington, D.C.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton, Ks.
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