Obituaries

David Jordan

David Jordan

Aug 8, 2017

David James Jordan, 85, of Newton, died Tuesday (August 8, 2017) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on November 21, 1931 in Economy, Indiana, the son of Raymond Ward and Jennie Juanita Atkinson Jordan. He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. degree in Agriculture Economics. David married Donna Wilson on October 10, 1953 in Cambridge City, Indiana....

Evelyn M. Sidener

Evelyn M. Sidener

Aug 7, 2017

Evelyn M. Sidener, 90, longtime Burns area resident, died Monday (August 7, 2017) at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born on July 20, 1927 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of John and Ruby Weigand Kirkpatrick. Her childhood years were spent in the Newton area until they moved to rural Burns where she graduated from high school in 1945. Evelyn...

Wayne Kemp

Wayne Kemp

Aug 5, 2017

On Saturday, August 5, 2017, the world lost an incredible soul and Heaven gained an angel as Wayne Kemp took his final motorcycle ride off to eternity. He was born Lowell Wayne Kemp on February 12, 1972 in Newton, Ks., the son of Lowell and Jean Bornowsky Kemp. He was raised in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1990....

Charlie Smith

Charlie Smith

Aug 3, 2017

Charlie Smith, 80, died Thursday (August 3, 2017) at his home in Newton surrounded by members of his family. He was born on March 11, 1937 in Washington, Louisiana, the son of Bae and Mattie Chaney Campbell. Charlie was raised and attended schools in Louisiana. He married Mary Catherine Edwards on December 26, 1962 in Rosa, Louisiana. They moved to...

Donald E. Blades

Donald E. Blades

Jul 15, 2017

Donald Eugene Blades, 78, of Andover, died Saturday (July 15, 2017) at Asbury Park in Newton, Ks. He was born on January 26, 1939 in Cherryvale, Ks., the son of Ralph Cleek and Mary Valinda Nicholson Blades, Sr. Don was raised in Cherryvale, where he graduated in 1957. He later graduated from Baker University. During the View Nam conflict, Don...

Betty J. Mustoe

Betty J. Mustoe

Jun 21, 2017

Betty J. Almond Mustoe, 80, of Newton, died Wednesday (June 21, 2017) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on November 11, 1936 in Edna, Kansas, the daughter of Robert E. and Wathena Bryant Tilton. Betty was raised in the Altoona, Kansas area, graduating from Chetopa High School. Shortly after, she moved to...

Norma H. Martinez

Norma H. Martinez

Jun 15, 2017

Norma Voth Martinez of Goessel, KS, formerly of Aurora, IL and Payson, AZ, passed away on June 15, 2017 at the Bethesda Home in Goessel. She was born on August 9, 1924, to the late Henry F. and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Voth of Goessel. A graduate of Grace Memorial Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas, Norma worked as a registered nurse for more than...

Carol Sooby

Carol Sooby

Jun 11, 2017

Carol Nadine (Schmidt) Sooby, 77, passed away peacefully at her home in Newton on Sunday (June 11, 2017) with her husband Donald by her bedside. She was born on June 12, 1939 in Walton, Ks., the daughter of Charles W. and Edna Berg Schmidt. Spending her early life on a farm near Walton, Carol attended Walton schools and graduated from...

Becky Magee

Becky Magee

Jun 9, 2017

Becky Ann Magee, 64, died Friday (June 9, 2017) at her home. She was born on November 2, 1952 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Glenn D. and Wilma Baker Thomas Magee. As a child, she and her family moved to Newton where she was raised and attended school. Becky graduated from Newton High School in 1970. She later...

Ruth Robbins Huebert

Ruth Robbins Huebert

Jun 9, 2017

Ruth B. Robbins Huebert, 87, of Newton, died Friday (June 9, 2017) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on October 19, 1929 in Newton, the daughter of Philip William and Pearl Vidella Leech Gibbens. Ruth attended schools in Newton. She married Robert C. Robbins on October 12, 1947 in Newton. They lived in Arizona for a...

Robert Stamps, III

Robert Stamps, III

Jun 3, 2017

Robert B. Stamps, III, 85, died Saturday (June 3, 2017) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on October 20, 1931 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Gwendolyn (Jones) and Robert B. Stamps, Jr. He was raised in Shawnee and graduated from high school there in 1949....

Marc Young

Marc Young

May 30, 2017

Hiram Marc Young, 47, died Tuesday (May 30, 2017) at his home in McPherson, Ks. He was born on November 28, 1969 in Newton, Ks., the son of Hiram Milton and Charmaine Zerger Young. Marc attended schools in McPherson. Marc had worked for Asplundh Tree Service for several years until an automobile accident left him disabled. He married Cynthia Lyn...

Albert Higgins

Albert Higgins

May 26, 2017

Albert R. Higgins, 76, of Newton, died Friday (May 26, 2017) at the Windsor Estates in Salina, Kansas. He was born on August 5, 1940 in Newton, Ks., the son of Albert and Clara Mae Curtiss Higgins. Albert was raised and attended schools in Newton. He went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad when he was 18 years old...

Maria Lemus

Maria Lemus

May 26, 2017

Maria A. Lemus, 92, of Newton, died Friday (May 26, 2017) at her home in Newton. She was born on February 13, 1925 in Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador. The daughter of Rafael Sandoval and Angela Lemus. Maria moved to Newton in the early 80's and became a U.S. Citizen in 2014. Survivors include her son Oscar Avila and his...

Margarito Gomez

Margarito Gomez

May 20, 2017

Margarito J. Gomez, 93, passed away on Saturday (May 20, 2017) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born December 15, 1923, in Newton, Kansas to Antonio and Irene Pedrosa Gomez, the second oldest of ten children. He started working for the Santa Fe Railroad at the age...

Sylvia M. Butcher

Sylvia M. Butcher

May 13, 2017

Sylvia Mae Butcher, 87, died Saturday (May 13, 2017) at her home in Newton. She was born on August 20, 1929 in Kiowa, Kansas, the daughter of Royal I and Daissie M. Brown Johnson. Sylvia attended Washington Grade School and graduated from Newton High School. She married Gerald R. “Jerry” Butcher on November 8, 1953 in Newton. He died on...

Ramiro "Ron" A. Montano

Ramiro "Ron" A. Montano

Apr 22, 2017

Newton Ramiro “Ron” Angel Montano, 89, died on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the Kansas Christian Home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on October 1, 1927, in Chase County, the son of Juana (Camarena) and Juan Montano. Ron was a member of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, both of Newton,...

Shirley "Lee" J. Elliott

Shirley "Lee" J. Elliott

Apr 20, 2017

Shirley “Lee” J. Elliott, 88, died on April 20, 2017 at the Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas. She was born on August 20, 1928 in Newton to Leota B. (Jordan) and Irvin W. Elliott. Shirley graduated from Kansas University with a Master’s degree in Art. She was also a member of the Delta Sigma Theta. Before entering retirement, Shirley was...

Anthony Witkowski

Anthony Witkowski

Apr 12, 2017

Anthony John Witkowski died peacefully on April 12, 2017 in Tooele, Utah. Memorial graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday (June 3, 2017) at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Newton beside of his wife Gail. Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton. Tony was born on July 16, 1927 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of...

Violet E. Mitchell

Violet E. Mitchell

Apr 10, 2017

Violet E. Mitchell, 97, of Newton, died Monday (April 10, 2017) at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born on December 3, 1919 in Newton, the daughter of E. Warren and Flora Anderson Creglow. A lifelong resident of Newton, Violet graduated from Newton High School. Violet married Harley Mitchell on September 17, 1950 in Newton. He died on April 16,...