Obituaries
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...
Clara Penner
Nov 29, 2020
Clara Unruh Penner, 95, died at Bethesda Home, Goessel, KS, November 29, 2020.
Clara was born October 17, 1925, the 16th child of Cornelius and Adena (Becker) Unruh, Halstead, KS. A child had died in infancy earlier in the family and the 17th child born to the family died in infancy, leaving Clara the youngest of 15 living children. ...
Ingeborg Henry
Nov 23, 2020
Ingeborg Henry, 94, died Monday (November 24, 2020) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
No services will be held.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton, Ks.
Cheryl Warashina
Nov 16, 2020
Cheryl Mitchell Warashina, 63, died Monday (November 16, 2020) at her home in Wichita.
She was born on April 3, 1957 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Harley D. and Violet Creglow Mitchell. After graduating from Newton High School, Cheryl moved to Maine where she attended college.
She moved back to Newton and worked at Hesston Corp. as a...
Paula Delmez
Nov 15, 2020
Paula Frances Delmez, 91, of Newton, KS, passed away peacefully at home, Sunday, November 15, with her husband and sons by her side.
A rosary will be prayed at 7 pm on Thursday, November 19 at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home. The casket will be open at the funeral home after 1pm on Thursday.
Mass of Christian burial will be at...
William Regier
Nov 13, 2020
William H. Regier, 91, entered heaven on Friday, November 13, 2020.
He was born on November 8, 1929 to George and Mary Regier on a farm near Inola, Oklahoma. During his childhood years Bill’s father was pastor of the Eden Mennonite Church . Bill quickly learned the privileges and sacrifices that came with ministry! If there was a...
Adolf Guhr
Nov 12, 2020
Adolf B. Guhr, 93, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday (November 12, 2020) at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks.
He was born on August 1, 1927 in Marion County, Kansas, the son of Birkholz and Eva Goertz Guhr. They lived Southeast of Tabor Church until 1941 when the family moved to rural Potwin, Kansas.
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John Gaeddert
Nov 12, 2020
John W. Gaeddert died on November 12, 2020 at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Kansas. He was 96.
John Wesley Gaeddert was born February 7, 1924, in Nowata County, Oklahoma, the son of Peter R. and Lena (Janzen) Gaeddert. The Gaeddert family had moved to Oklahoma from Kansas in search of improved farming prospects. Instead they found land...
Phyllis Prouty
Nov 11, 2020
Phyllis Prouty went home to the Lord on Wednesday, November 11, 2020.
She was born in Garden City, Kansas on April 9, 1935, the oldest of 6 children born to Admer and Marceline (Bombardier) Lefort.
Born in the height of the dust bowl, Phyllis told many stories of her youth during the post-depression years. She met and married Ted Prouty...
Joyce Jordan
Nov 9, 2020
Joyce Rena Jordan, 61, died Monday (November 9, 2020) at her home in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was born on February 13, 1959 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Emmett S. and Katherine Wade Jordan. Joyce was raised in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1977.
She later moved to Missouri, working for General Electric in Springfield for...
Donald M. Epp
Nov 3, 2020
Donald Mark Epp was born on December 22, 1959 to Willard and Elsie Epp in Freeman, South Dakota. Donald grew up on the farm near Marion, the first of six siblings.
The Epp children loved playing together on the farm on the hill above the West Vermillion River. Fishing was a favorite activity.
Donald’s first three...
Martina Chavez
Oct 29, 2020
Martina B. Chavez, 96, died Thursday (October 29, 2020) in Sedgwick.
She was born on January 30, 1924 in Mulvane, Kansas, the daughter of Meliton and Josefa Bonilla Chavez. Martina was raised in Wichita and attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School.
For over 40 years she had work at the Woolsworth Store in Wichita as a window decorator....
Billie Chard, Jr.
Oct 29, 2020
Billie “Bill” Chard, Jr., 89, passed away Thursday (Oct. 29, 2020) in Wichita, Ks.
Bill was born on March 28, 1931 to William and Docia Chard. Bill joined the Army when he was barely 17 years old and served in the Korean War from 1949 until 1951. He was one of the very proud veterans to on the on...
Clayton Harms
Oct 26, 2020
Clayton L. Harms, 85, died Monday (October 26, 2020) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
He was born on November 18, 1934 in Newton, Ks., the son of Waldo and Hilda Nachtigal Harms. Clayton graduated from Newton High School.
He married Virginia Williamson on October 25, 1958 in Osawatomie, Ks. They moved to a farm between Elbing and...
Carolyn Graves
Oct 20, 2020
Carolyn Ann Graves, 69, died Tuesday (October 20, 2020) at her home in Hesston.
She was born on June 9, 1951 in Sedan, Ks., the daughter of Harold and Alta Finney Kirchner. Carolyn graduated from Sedan High School in 1969.
She married Ed Graves on May 12, 1973 in Sedan. They lived in Wichita for a short time before...
Walter Penner
Oct 19, 2020
Walter D. Penner, 96, passed away Monday (October 19, 2020) at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Kansas.
He was born February 17, 1924, near Henderson, Nebraska, to Gerhard F. Penner and Marie H. (Wall) Penner. They preceded him in death. Walter was raised on a farm near Henderson, Nebraska. He married Elizabeth Z. Friesen on August 4, 1946, in...
Hildo Villar
Oct 18, 2020
Hildo Villar, 84, died Sunday (October 18, 2020) at the Newton Medical Center.
He was born on April 12, 1936 the son of Gerardo and Florentina Mata Villar.
After graduating from the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kansas, Hildo went to work for Hesston Hay & Forage where he was machinist for 30 years.
He is...
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