Obituaries
Elda Guhr
Apr 24, 2018
Elda Lina (Roupp) Guhr, 88, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks
She was born on the family farm near Hesston to John and Lillie (Balmer) Roupp on December 8, 1929.
Elda graduated from Hesston Academy and attended Hesston College. On December 27, 1951 she married...
Janice Koehn
Apr 22, 2018
Janice K. Koehn, 78, died Sunday (April 22, 2018) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She was born on May 24, 1939 in Newton. A lifelong Newton area resident, Janice attended local schools. She married Wilber Koehn on November 13, 1955 in Newton.
Janice had been a nurse’s aide, having worked at both Bethel Deaconess Hospital and Newton Medical Center. She...
Rosie Camargo
Apr 20, 2018
Rosa “Rosie” Palacioz Camargo, 90, went peacefully to her heavenly home on April 20, 2018 at Kidron Bethel Village, North Newton, Kansas.
Rosie was born August 30, 1927 in Florence Kansas to Alejandro Palacioz and Lucia Enriquez. She graduated from Florence High School in 1946. After high school, Rosie ventured to Newton in search for employment where she began her...
Ruben Rodriguez
Apr 20, 2018
Ruben Rodriguez, 79, beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-grandfather, and Godfather died Friday (April 20, 2018) at his home in Newton.
He was born on June 1, 1938 in Newton, the son of Sebero and Teresa Rodriguez. He graduated from Newton High School. He served in the U. S. Army infantry as an airborne ranger and was assigned on the DMZ.
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Victoria Crump
Apr 14, 2018
Victoria Arlene Crump, 52, died Saturday (April 14, 2018) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
She was born on December 4, 1965 in Newton, the daughter of Wiley and Arlene Crump. Victoria was a lifelong resident of Newton, graduating from Newton High School.
She was a longtime member...
Don Busenitz
Apr 13, 2018
Donald Wayne Busenitz, 81, died Friday (April 13, 2018) in Newton.
He was born on December 27, 1936 at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton, Ks., the son of Edward and Hilda Entz Busenitz. Don graduated from Berean Academy in 1955.
He married Judy Elaine Claassen on October 20, 1963. She died on August 19, 2009.
Don was a...
Joseph Penner
Apr 9, 2018
Joseph D. Penner, 90, died Monday, April 9, 2018, at Kidron Bethel in North Newton.
He was born on August 11, 1927, in Newton, Ks., the son of Daniel and Marie Boese Penner. Joseph was raised in the Burrton, Ks area and graduated from Bethel Academy.
He married Florene Viola Riesen on September 15, 1949 at the Grace Hill Mennonite...
Orville Schmidt
Apr 9, 2018
Orville A. Schmidt, 77, died Monday (April 9, 2018) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita following an automobile accident.
He was born on November 5, 1940 in Goessel, Ks., the son of Arnold T. and Marie Flaming. Orville attended Greenville School in West Branch Township and graduated from Goessel High School.
He married Nancy Ann Franz...
Robert "Bob" Reinhardt, Sr.
Apr 8, 2018
Robert D. Reinhardt, Sr. passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday, April 8, 2018, at Schowalter Villa, Hesston, KS. He was born the third of seven children to Victor and Hazel Cowell Reinhardt on February 25, 1930, in Chicago, IL. He married Shirley Davis on August 12, 1950, in Chicago. They celebrated 50 years of marriage before her...
William L. Mourey
Mar 24, 2018
William L. "Bill" Mourey, 78, of Newton, the husband of Donna Tanner, died Saturday (March 24, 2018) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday (March 31, 2018) at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in Newton. A memorial has been established with Respite Care of Trinity Heights and Caring Hands Humane Society....
Clifford Carroll
Mar 16, 2018
Clifford E. Carroll, 81, died Friday (March 16, 2018) at Evergreen Community in Olathe, Ks.
He was born January 12, 1937 in Willow Springs, MO to John and Roxie (York) Carroll. He married Bridgette (Overton) Lee and together they had one child, Lorraine. He later married “his sweetheart” Ruth (Potterf) Carroll and were blessed with thirty-two years of marriage. She...
Patrick McGee
Mar 13, 2018
Patrick McGee, 68, of Lakewood, CO, passed away on March 13, 2018 in the presence of his wife of 46 years and three children.The Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be at 7:00 P.M., Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton, KS.The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, June 2, 2018 at...
Richard Domme
Mar 9, 2018
Richard Loren Domme, 74, of Newton, died Friday (March 9, 2018) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
He was born on October 2, 1943 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Helen Snyder Domme. Richard graduated from Silver Lake High School, after which he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force.
After being discharged from...
Raymond R. Hiebert
Mar 5, 2018
Raymond R. Hiebert was born on July 4, 1927 to Albert and Eva Hiebert. He married Elsie Dieck on March 14, 1952. Raymond died on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas at the age of 90.Ray was a loving husband to his wife Elsie of Hesston; father of three daughters, Janet Kennedy of Overland Park, Patricia...
Esperanza "Hope" Sandoval
Feb 23, 2018
Esperanza “Hope” Sandoval, 92, died Friday (February 23, 2018) at the Greenhouse of Asbury Park in Newton.
She was born in Hutchinson, Ks., the daughter of Rosalio and Consuelo Herrera Marquez. Hope was raised in Hutchinson.
She married Billie Sifuentez Lujano on June 28, 1941 in Newton. They later divorced. She later married Robert Sandoval, Sr. on August 8,...
John Patrick
Feb 13, 2018
John Edison Patrick, 65, died Tuesday (February 13, 2018) at his home in Wichita. He was born on July 31, 1952 in Wichita. John had been a truck driver for several years. Survivors include his wife, Sue Ellen Aiken Patrick, who he married on April 10, 1976 in Maize, Ks.; son John E. Patrick, II of Wichita; daughter Kaleena Sue...
Tom Collier
Feb 8, 2018
Thomas David Collier, 67, lifelong Newton resident, passed away in his sleep on Thursday (February 8, 2018) while on vacation with his wife, Mary, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Tom was born on February 14, 1950 in Newton, the son of Walter and Marilynn Lehr Collier. He graduated from Newton High School in 1968. He married Mary Wetschensky on November...
Harry Hinton, Jr.
Feb 8, 2018
Harry Donald Hinton, Jr., 76, died Thursday (February 8, 2018) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks. He was born on November 9, 1941 in Newton, Ks., the son of Harry Dodson and Agnes Zarnowski Hinton, Sr. Harry was a lifelong resident of the Newton area. For 25 years he had worked at Cargill/Horizon Milling in Newton as a Cereal Chemist,...
Pearl D. Brandewiede
Jan 17, 2018
Pearl Delores Brandewiede, 86, died Wednesday (January 17, 2018) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on August 14, 1931 in Durham, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Mary Fisher Hein. Pearl was raised in the Durham area, graduating from Durham High School. She married Robert Frank...
Bill Kasitz
Jan 16, 2018
William “Bill” R. Kasitz, 91, died Tuesday (January 16, 2018) in Peabody, Kansas. Bill was born on April 4, 1926 on a snow blizzard day on the family farm in Walton, Ks., to William F. and Elsie (Gut) Kasitz, the doctor came across the field in a horse and buggy to deliver him. He became the younger brother to Harry...