Obituaries
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...
Dr. Charles Isaac
Feb 27, 2020
Charles Arnold Isaac, M.D. died Thursday (February 27, 2020) at the Newton Medical Center.
Dr. Isaac was born June 11, 1925 in Santa Barbara, California to Arnold Gerhard Isaac, M.D. and Alice Kizler Isaac.
He grew up in Kansas from the age of two and attended the Goessel and Newton schools, then later from the age of eight. He...
Josephine Murphy
Feb 24, 2020
Josephine Rowland Murphy, 93, died Monday (February 24, 2020) at Asbury Park in Newton.
She was born on March 8, 1926 in Newton, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude Thomas Rowland. Josephine was raised and attended schools in Newton.
She moved to Pueblo, Colorado where she married Jeremiah Murphy on July 8, 1965. He died on August 9, 1995.
Josephine...
Richard Brandon
Feb 16, 2020
Richard Elsworth Brandon, 88, formerly of Newton, died Sunday (February 16, 2020) at the Halstead Health and Rehab Center in Halstead, Kansas.
He was born on July 16, 1931 in Darke County, Ohio. His mother Rachel Elizabeth Brandon-Hartley died when Richard was three years old. He was raised by his dad, Wilbur Hartley and step-mother, Goldie Marie Hartley.
In 1949,...
John H. Schmidt
Feb 15, 2020
John Henry Schmidt, 85, died Saturday (February 15, 2020) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
He was born on January 17, 1935 in Goessel, Kansas, the son of Peter B. and Susie Goertz Schmidt, Sr. The family on a small farm between Goessel and Canton. While growing up, he helped his mother in the kitchen and her garden until his...
Michael Horn
Feb 13, 2020
Michael Christopher Horn, 40, died Thursday (February 13, 2020) in Newton.
He was born on June 6, 1979 in Newton, Kansas where he attended local schools and graduated from Newton High School in 1997.
Through the years Michael had worked at the Old Mill Restaurant in Newton, Wichita Greyhound Park, and the Newton McDonald’s Restaurant.
He was loved going...
Dr. Carol Kuhlman
Feb 11, 2020
Dr. Carol Jean Leichliter Kuhlman born on January 15, 1939 in Stafford, KS. She passed away on February 11, 2020.
She was the daughter of Dale & Mary Leichliter of Nickerson and married to Harold Keith Kuhlman August 30, 1958. She attained her bachelor of music from Ft. Hays, masters of education from WSU, & doctor of education from KU.
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Oma Cooper
Feb 8, 2020
Oma Mae Cooper, 94, died Saturday (February 8, 2020) at her home in Wichita.
She was born on January 16, 1926 in Remmel, Arkansas, the daughter of Richard and Clara Koettel Christal. Oma was raised and attended schools in the Remmel area.
Oma married James Quentien Cooper on May 3, 1944 in Burlington, Kansas. With James working for the...
Neva Nelson
Feb 6, 2020
Neva Ann Nelson, 93, died Thursday (February 6, 2020) at Asbury Park in Newton.
She was born on April 24, 1926 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel George and Augusta K. Kater Mull. Neva was raised on a farm outside of Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1944. Shortly after graduating from high school, she went to...
Arlie Funk
Jan 27, 2020
Arlie Virgil Funk, 97, went to meet his Lord on Monday (January 27, 2020) from the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks.
He was born on January 12, 1923 to Adolf and Anna (Enns) Funk in Wolf Point, Montana, the second of seven children.
Times were very rough in Montana so Arlie’s dad decided to move the family and make the...
Dwight Nathaniel Eells Jr.
Jan 14, 2020
Dwight Nathaniel Eells Jr., 87, of Topeka, passed away (January 14, 2020) at Midland Care Hospice in Topeka, KS.
He was born on March 30, 1932 in Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dwight Nathaniel and Elizabeth F. Eells Sr. The family moved to Newton, Kansas where he graduated from Newton High School in 1950 and graduated from Kansas...
Sherry Boese
Jan 11, 2020
Sherry Mae (Heginbottom) Boese, was from New Melle, Missouri and lived in Cameron, Texas until moving into The Heritage at Twin Creeks Memory Care, Allen, Texas in 2017. Surrounded by her loving family, she was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus on Saturday, January 11, 2020. With the onset of dementia, Sherry moved closer to her daughters and...
Rudolph Newfield
Dec 29, 2019
Rudolph Gene Newfield, 87, of Peabody, died Sunday (December 29, 2019) at the Robert J. Dole V.A. Medical Center in Wichita, Ks.
He was born on September 14, 1932 in McPherson, Kansas, the son of Peter Buller and Marie Nora Foth Newfield. Rudy attended schools in Peabody, Ks., until he was 16 years old. In 2004, he received an honorary...
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