Obituaries
Stacy Kurr
Jun 10, 2020
Stacy Diane Kurr, 53, died Wednesday (June 10, 2020) at her home in Wichita.
She was born on November 9, 1966 in Sauk Center, Minnesota, the family later moved to Amarillo, Texas. Stacy moved to Wichita in 1986.
Stacy married David Alan Kurr on April 20, 2008 in Newton, Kansas. He died on December 21, 2018.
Stacy loved visiting...
Jacob Friesen
Jun 6, 2020
Jacob T. Friesen died June 6, 2020, at Kidron Bethel Village, North Newton, KS.
Born on December 30, 1919, to Jacob L. and Helena Toews Friesen, Mountain Lake, MN, he was the fourth of five children and lived on the family farm until he was 21. After completing country school, Mountain Lake High School and winter-months local Bible school, he...
Terrence Rogers
Jun 3, 2020
Terrence “Terry” Michael Rogers, 63, died Wednesday (June 3, 2020) at his home in Newton.
He was born on December 18, 1956 in Colby, Kansas, the son of Carl and Margaret Schuhart Rogers. As a child, the family moved to Hutchinson, Kansas where he was raised and attended Trinity High School.
After being discharged from the U.S. Army, Terry returned...
Judi Burkett
May 21, 2020
Judi Lynne Burkett, 73, died Thursday (May 21, 2020) at the Newton Medical Center.
She was born on March 11, 1947 in Wichita, Ks., the daughter of James and Doris Marcum Helfer. Judi was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1965. She married David L. Burkett on June 24, 1966 in Newton.
Judi was a stay...
Harry Kasitz
May 16, 2020
Harry William Kasitz, 99, died Saturday (May 16, 2020) at the Newton Medical Center.
He was born on November 2, 1920 at the Axtell Hospital in Newton, Kansas the son of William F. and Elsie Gut Kasitz. He was the only one of their sons to be born in a hospital. Harry was raised in the Elbing, Newton and...
Marvin Larsen
May 12, 2020
Marvin Diehl Larsen, 97, of rural Peabody, Kansas, died May 12, 2020 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 7, 1923 in Hillsboro, Kansas to Roy M. Larsen and Clara Rosela Bertha Matz. He attended country grade schools near the family home and graduated from Peabody High School in 1942. Marvin was an only child...
Felipe Lopez
May 5, 2020
Felipe Lopez, 59, died Monday (May 4, 2020) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
He was born on May 28, 1960 in Yurecuaro Michoacan Mexico, the son of Juan Lopez and Maria Bravo.
Felipe has been in Newton since 1985. He worked for the Ludeman Insulation Supply in Wichita.
Among his survivors is his wife Maria Parra. They were...
James D. Hampton
Apr 30, 2020
James David Hampton, 91, died Thursday (April 30, 2020) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
He was born on March 4, 1929 in Newton, the son of Floyd and Gladys E. Manahan Hampton.
J.D. was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1947.
During the Korean Conflict, he served in the U.S. Army. J.D. married Nancy Chapman in...
Johnnie Fink
Apr 29, 2020
Johnnie Harrison Fink, 96, passed away quietly at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton on Wednesday (April 29, 2020) in his sleep.
Dad was born November 21, 1923 in a sod house built into the side of hill on his parent’s homestead near Monument, Kansas. He was the fourth of five children born to George Harrison and Bertha Helen...
Marjorie Schrag
Apr 28, 2020
Marjorie Lea Schrag, 86, passed away on Tuesday (April 28, 2020) at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks.
She was born on September 25th, 1933 in Lenexa, KS – adopted at six weeks by Arthur and Edna Waltner of Pretty Prairie (Hutchinson), KS. She attended a one-room school house outside of Pretty Prairie and spoke English and German fluently as...
Richard Sanders
Apr 22, 2020
Richard William Sanders, 71, passed away April 22, 2020 in Derby, Ks. He was born August 30, 1948 in Wichita, to Donald Richard and Hazel Jeanne Hendrixson Sanders. He attended Wichita West High School and Friends University. He had been the activities director at Larksfield Place for several years. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death...
Mary Watts
Apr 17, 2020
Mary Aldeen Armstrong Watts, 82, died Friday (April 17, 2020) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Unit of the Ascension Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks.
She was born on June 17, 1937 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Kenneth and Esther Viola Brainard Armstrong. Mary was united in marriage to Larry O. Watts...
LouAnn Braught
Apr 16, 2020
Chenita LouAnn Sparks Braught 65, of Newton, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 16th, 2020 at Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas.
Graveside services will be Friday, May 22th, at 3:00 PM at the Hesston Cemetery in Hesston, Kansas.
LouAnn was born August 31st, 1954 in Hutchinson Kansas, the daughter of Irvin and Ruby Catlin Sparks. She went to Buhler High...
Sheila Kinsey Shaw
Apr 12, 2020
Sheila Rene Kinsey Shaw, 54, passed away on Sunday (April 12, 2020) at her home in Newton with family around her.
She was born on October 19, 1965 in Halstead, Ks., the daughter of Ray and Helen Kinsey. Sheila attended school in Palco/Damar/Zurich and high school in Great Bend, Ks.
On December 4, 2018, she married Steven Shaw, Sr. in...
Norma Ford
Apr 10, 2020
Norma Jean Ford, 72, died on Good Friday (April 10, 2020) at the home of her daughter outside of Langdon, Kansas.
She was born on May 18, 1947 in Newton, the daughter of Cornelius and Mary Lee Kelly Sieg.
Norma Jean graduated from Newton High School in 1965. The majority of her life was spent living on the family...
Sherri Weldon
Apr 7, 2020
Sherri Leann Weldon, 61, died Tuesday (April 7, 2020) at her home in Newton.
She was born on December 27, 1958 in Newton, the daughter of Kenneth B. and Connie Moyle Lord. Sherri was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1977.
Sometime after high school Sherri married Beau Dussault in Newton. She later married Joseph Gregory...
Debra Murry
Apr 5, 2020
Debra Renae Murry, 50, died Sunday (April 5, 2020) at her home in Newton.
She was born on February 9, 1970 in Newton, the daughter of Harvey Wilson and Helen Joy Schrag Wehry, Jr. She married Steve Murry at the Faith Mennonite Church in Newton in 1998.
Debbie attended local schools, graduating from Newton High School in 1988. After...
Stella Miller
Mar 26, 2020
Stella Regina Herrman Miller was born December 14, 1920, in Liebenthal, KS, to Adam and Pauline (Diehl) Herrman. She passed away by natural causes on March 26, 2020, at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. Stella graduated from LaCrosse High School and attended Wichita Business College. She was a bookkeeper and ~always balanced the books and cash drawer to...
Lois Ward
Mar 18, 2020
Lois M. Ward, 95, died Wednesday (March 18, 2020) at The Oxford Grand in Wichita, Ks.
She was born on January 19, 1925 on a farm Southeast of Conway Springs, Kansas, which was know to many in the area as, the Biggs place. Lois graduated from Conway Springs High School in 1941 and received her Bachelor’s Degree from Kansas State...
Rosa Lee Greer
Mar 12, 2020
Rosa Lee Greer, 96, died Thursday (March 12, 2020) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
In the city of Mulvane, Kansas, on September 3, 1923, Erwin “Lee” and Clovia Maples became the parents of a baby girl, whom they named Rosa Lee. When Rosa Lee was three years old her parents separated and she moved with her mother...
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