Obituaries
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...
Jim McFarlane
Jan 15, 2018
Walter James “Jim” McFarlane, 80, died Monday (January 15, 2018) at his home. He was born on April 22, 1937 in Newton, Ks., the son of Cecil D. and Hazel Irene Coulson McFarlane. Jim graduated from Newton High School in 1955. He married Nancy Ann Hogan on January 24, 1956 in Newton. Jim went to work for the City of...
Angel Juarez
Jan 9, 2018
Angel Jose Juarez, 90, died Tuesday (January 9, 2018) at his home in Newton. Angel was born on October 2, 1927 in Freedom, Wisconsin, the son of Victoriano and Engracia Reza Juarez. As a child his family moved to the Strong City-Elmdale area until moving to Newton. Angel married Juanita Moralez on June 2, 1951 in Newton. He retired in...
Clara Wance
Jan 8, 2018
Clara Lucille Wance, 93, died Monday (January 8, 2018) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. Clara was born on January 17, 1924 in McPherson, KS to Adam and Agnes Unruh Ratzlaff. She and her twin brother, Clinton were the youngest of 5 children and grew up on a farm near Durham, KS. Clara attended the one-room Columbia District 116 School through...
Norma Urbanek
Jan 7, 2018
Norma Regina Urbanek, 91, died Sunday (January 7, 2018) at the McPherson Health and Rehabilitation Center in McPherson. She was born on March 7, 1926 in Andale, Ks., the daughter of Leo and Elnora Winter Hecht. Norma was raised in the Andale area, after graduating from high school she moved to Wichita. She married William J. Urbanek on June 3,...
Victor Solis
Jan 4, 2018
Victor Andrew Solis, 56, died Thursday (January 4, 2018) at this home in Newton. He was born in Newton, Ks. on October 19, 1961 the son of John Reyes and Adelaida Rangel Solis. A lifelong resident, Victor graduated from Newton High School in 1979. Through the years Victor had worked at several area restaurants. He enjoyed spending time with his...
Adrian Diaz
Jan 2, 2018
Adrian Diaz Ortiz, 44, died Tuesday (January 2, 2018) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on June 25, 1973 in Yurecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Adrian married Marcia Garcia in 1990. He moved to Newton in 2001, later moving his wife and son, Cristian, to Newton in 2004. He had worked in the shipping department at Hehr International in Newton...
Marguerite Perfett
Dec 24, 2017
Marguerite N. Smith-Perfett, 89, died Sunday,(December 24, 2017) at the Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton. She was born on December 6, 1928 in Yale, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jack B. and Hortense Rankin Smith. Marguerite attended Hays High School, graduated from Hutchinson High School, and later attended the Oklahoma College for Women, Hutchinson Community College and Wichita State University....
Pamela Wedel
Dec 23, 2017
Pamela Cay Wedel, 69 of Newton, KS passed away surrounded by family Saturday, December 23, 2017, in Newton from complications due to cancer. Her family would like to thank the medical staff at Wesley Hospital and caregivers at Asbury Park in Newton, for their kind and compassionate friendship during the past few months. Pam was born on July 14, 1948...
Carol Poil
Dec 15, 2017
Carol Yvonne McBroom Poil, 87, died Friday (Dec. 15, 2017) at the Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Ks. She was born on November 1, 1930 in Kalispell, Montana. Carol married Clarence Wilton Lininger in 1948, they had three daughters. Wilton died from cancer in 1958. Carol later married Robert Poil in 1989. He died in 1999. Survivors include two...
Jerry Hiebert
Dec 14, 2017
Jerry D. Hiebert, 73, died Thursday (December 14, 2017) at the Wesley Woodlawn Hospital in Wichita, Ks. He was born on May 6, 1944 in Newton, Ks., the son of Leonard and Bertha S. Janzen Hiebert. Jerry was raised in the Walton area, graduating from Walton High School. Jerry was united in marriage to Carol Joan Siemens on January 19,...
Jerry Brockman
Nov 30, 2017
Jerry Lee Brockman, the son of Raymond and Evelyn Vaughn Brockman, was born on April 16, 1944 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Jerry died on Thursday (November 30, 2017) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas at the age of 73. The family moved to Wichita where Jerry was raised and attended schools. In 1962 he enlisted in the U.S....
Natalie Peregoy
Nov 26, 2017
Natalie Heine Peregoy of Newton, Kansas passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017. Natalie was born on March 16, 1927 in Bemidji, Minnesota to the Rev. Martin and Frederica Heine. She grew up in Hibbing, MN, where her father was the Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Natalie graduated with a RHD degree from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry...