Obituaries

Dr. Charles Isaac

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Larry Winter

Larry Winter

Dec 9, 2019

 

Larry H. Winter, 74, died Monday (December 9, 2019) at the Newton Medical Center.

He was part of a set of triplets born to Herbert William and Opal Eileen Converse on December 14, 1944 in Marion, Kansas. Larry was raised in the Peabody and Marion areas, graduating from Peabody High School.

Larry served in the U.S. Navy for three...

Mary Jane Ward

Mary Jane Ward

Nov 25, 2019

Mary Jane Ward went home on November 25, 2019 at the age of 98.

She was born April 10, 1921 to John and Lusta Connell in Wichita, Kansas. Mary Jane attended schools in Wichita.

She married Gail R. Ward, November 14, 1940 in Wichita, Kansas. They owned and operated Gail Ward Motors in Newton from 1952 until 1979. He preceded...

Ronald E. Calbert

Ronald E. Calbert

Nov 25, 2019

 

Ronald E. Calbert, 87, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, surrounded by family, at his home in Newton.

He was born in 1932 to parents Sid and Charlotte Calbert. In 1942, the family moved from Medora, Kansas to Newton. Ron graduated from Newton High School in 1950.

After graduating, he went to work at Beech Aircraft in Wichita. In 1953,...

Lola Friesen

Lola Friesen

Nov 21, 2019

Lola Mae Regier Wiebe Friesen, at the age of ninety-four, went to be with her Lord on November 21, 2019, with family present at her bedside at Kidron Bethel Health Care Center.

Lola is survived by husband Jacob Toews Friesen; children Ruth Tanner, Mark Wiebe, Mary Patten, and Lois Koulouris, and brother Robert Regier. She is also survived by stepchildren,...

Luberta Ann McCulloch

Luberta Ann McCulloch

Nov 19, 2019

Luberta Ann McCulloch, 86, died Tuesday (November 19, 2019) in Newton.

 She was born August 29, 1933 to William J. and Fern (Behm) Unruh at Axtell Hospital in Newton, KS. Luberta graduated from Newton High School in 1951.

She married Adrian McCulloch on September 16, 1951 in Newton, KS.

Luberta loved to travel and travelled to all 50 states, most...

Robert Schneider

Robert Schneider

Nov 10, 2019

Robert Hilton Schneider, 84, died Sunday (November 10, 2019) at the Ascension Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus in Wichita.

He was born in Abilene, Kansas on April 20, 1935, the son of John Martin and Laura Middleton Schneider. Bob graduated from high school in Abilene, Kansas.

He married LaDonna Reinhart Hudson on October 10, 1975 in Wichita, Ks.

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Lawrence Trumble, Jr.

Lawrence Trumble, Jr.

Nov 9, 2019

 

Lawrence G. Trumble, Jr., 78, died Saturday (November 9, 2019) at the Pleasant View Home in Inman, Kansas.

He was born on December 13, 1940 in Alexandria, Va., the son of Lawrence G. and Irma Mae Steel Trumble, Sr. He attended high school in Fairfax, Virginia.  

Lawrence served in the U.S. Army for 13 years. After being discharged...

Beryl Laswell

Beryl Laswell

Nov 4, 2019

Beryl N. Laswell, 101, passed away November 4, 2019 at Newton Presbyterian Manor. 

She was born on September 24, 1918 to Albert and Bertha Meisterhans Rutschman in rural Whitewater, Kansas.   In her early years she attended the Swiss Mennonite Church in Whitewater and in the 1940’s she became a member of the EUB Church in Newton which eventually became Salem...