Obituaries
Richard C Robb
Nov 24, 2015
Richard Charles Robb, born on November 20, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois went home to be with his Lord on November 24, 2015 from Bethesda Home in Goessel, Kansas. The world is poorer today for the loss of Richard Charles Robb. Dick was a loving husband and father, who typically kept his family rolling with his fabulous sense of humor. He...
Gladys Smith
Nov 22, 2015
Gladys Maxine Smith, born November 10, 1921, at home in rural Butler County, the daughter of Orson H. and Lura Bacon, died on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Kidron Bethel, in North Newton, Kansas. Gladys married Frank Leo Smith in Grayville, Illinois in 1940. He preceded her in death in 2001. Also preceding her in death was her mother and...
Bertha C. Linnens
Nov 18, 2015
Bertha Marie Cain Linnens was born March 23, 1921 to Russell and Alma Cain on a farm south of Cedar Point, Kansas. She died on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was the oldest of five children - three sisters, Roberta West, deceased, Eula Williams of Loveland, Colorado; and Willa Mae Laughlin of Eagle,...
Peter W. Voran
Nov 14, 2015
Peter Willard Voran, 3rd child of Carl and Martha Voran, was born on August 19, 1923, on a farm near Castleton, Kansas. He attended Zion Grade School and graduated from Castleton High School in 1941. Upon his confession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ he was baptized in the Mennonite Church in Arlington. In 1946 he attended Grace Bible...
Zada M. England
Nov 13, 2015
Zada Carlson England, 93, died Friday (November 13, 2015) at Kidron Bethel in North Newton, Ks. She was born on March 22, 1922 in Halstead, Ks., the daughter of Albert and Lina Artz Carlson. Zada grew up in Halstead during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl days. She graduated from Halstead High School and Chillicothe College in Missouri. During World...
Betty V. Decker
Oct 22, 2015
Halstead Betty V. Decker died on October 22, 2015 at the Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on June 27, 1928 to Matilda (Eck) and Ben Decker in rural Kansas. Betty was employed many years for Wesley Hospital as a medical transcriptionist. Upon her retirement she enjoyed garage sale, thrift shops, health stores and her cats. Betty also...
Lowell Tucker
Oct 14, 2015
Lowell T. Tucker, 78,of Sedgwick, Kansas, died Wednesday (Oct. 14, 2015)at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday (October 19, 2015) at the Greenwood Cemetery in Eureka, Ks. He was born on July 5, 1937 in Eureka, Ks., the son of John Walter and Mildred Duncan Tucker. Lowell...
Bernell Baldwin
Sep 13, 2015
Uriel Bernell Baldwin was born April 10, 1922, to Rev. William and Gertrude Wells McNeill in Upper Tract, West Virginia. She passed away September 13, 2015, in Wichita, KS. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Dr. William J. Baldwin and grandson, David Schaeffer. . Bernell is survived by her children, Janice (Don) Schaeffer, Ozawkie, KS,...
Ronald "Ron" L. Soller, Sr.
Sep 9, 2015
Ronald “Ron” L. Soller, Sr., 84, died on September 9, 2015 at the Via Christi St. Francis, Harry Hynes campus in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on June 27, 1931 the son of Lorene (Byrne) and Albert Soller in Florence, Kansas. Ron married Catherine “Kay” Carpenzano-Dikin on September 30, 1960 in Denver, CO. She died on August 3, 2006. Ron...
Dorothy Stubby
Aug 31, 2015
Dorothy Louise Stubby, 83, passed away on Sunday (August 30, 2015) at Touchmark in Helena, Montana. She was born Dorothy Louise McCarty, daughter of Gene and Vera McCarty in Marion, Ks., on November 10, 1931. Dorothy was the second oldest of five McCarty siblings. Dorothy married Gilmer Stubby, the love of her life, on February 18, 1951. They had two...
Gene Dugan
Aug 26, 2015
Wallace Eugene “Gene” Dugan, 88, died Wednesday (August 26, 2015) at the Via Christi Village-Ridge Plaza in Wichita. He was born on July 3, 1927 in Gowen, Oklahoma, the son of George Wallace and Ida Patrick Dugan. The family moved to Southeastern Oklahoma where Gene was raised and graduated from Haleyville High School. During World War II, Gene served in...
Edna Hiebert
Aug 16, 2015
Edna S. Hiebert, 95, died Sunday (August 16, 2015) at Kidron Bethel in N. Newton, KS. She was born on January 12, 1920 on a farm near Walton, KS, the ninth of ten children born to Jacob and Susie Goossen Hiebert. Edna spent her youth on the farm and attended Walton Public School. On April 7, 1940, Edna married Wilhard...
Rose Flaming
Aug 10, 2015
Rose Flaming was born October 27, 1921 to Birkholtz and Eva Goertz Guhr. She used her “ticket” to Heaven on Monday, August 10, 2015, and it would be her sincere desire to see all of you there too! Along with her brothers she attended Sandcreek country school for 8 years. The school room was heated with wood and then coal....
Elaine Kasitz
Jul 26, 2015
Elaine Kasitz died on July 26, 2015, surrounded by her loving family, at her home in Newton, Kansas. She was born on June 15, 1936 to Lester and Lorene (Williams) Wagner. On May 21, 1955 she married Richard Kasitz in Walton, Kansas. This year they celebrated 60 wonderful years of marriage. Elaine was a member of the 1st United Church...
Roselyn Villarreal
Jul 23, 2015
Roselyn M. Villarreal, 81, of Newton, died Thursday (July 23, 2015) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on May 24, 1934 in Newton, the daughter of Theodore L. and Mattie Jordan Rickman. Roselyn was raised in Newton, the family later moved to Sylvia, Kansas where she graduated from high school. She later attended college in Hastings, Nebraska and...
Donald Robert Gfeller
Jul 23, 2015
Donald (Don) Robert Gfeller, 83, died at his home in Newton, Kansas on July 23, 2015. He was born on August 19, 1931 in Newton to Alice (Brenzikofer) and Arnold Gfeller. On June 10, 1951, Don married his high school sweetheart, Marjorie Parsons, in the Burns Methodist Church. They were married 63 years before Marjorie preceded him in death on...
Sebastian Garcia
Jul 17, 2015
Sebastian Garcia, 96, died Friday (July 17, 2015) at the Wheat State Manor in Whitewater, Ks. He was born on January 7, 1919 in Newton, Ks., the son of Joseph and Felipa Hernandez Garcia. He attended schools in Newton and was a longtime member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Sebastian served in the U.S. Army during World War...
Mona R. Abney
Jul 14, 2015
Mona R. Abney, 59, went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2015. She entered this world on June 11, 1956 to her parents Pat (Kelly) and Orville Jones. Mona was born in Sterling, Kansas, and raised in Newton, Kansas. She graduated from Newton High School and later in life went on to achieve her real estate license. Mona...
Raymond R. Gonzalez
Jul 12, 2015
Newton Raymond R. Gonzalez, 84, died at Via Christi St. Francis on July 12, 2015. He was born on February 25, 1931 in Newton to Ylaria (Rincon) and Jose Gonzalez. On July 2, 1955 he was united in marriage to Hope Esperanza Gonzalez at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Newton, KS. She precedes him in death. Raymond graduated...
Margaret Corona
Jul 7, 2015
MARGARET CORONA, 91, of Newton, died Tuesday (July 7, 2015) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born on February 22, 1924 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Leonardo J. and Delores Vasquez Estrada. Margaret attended schools in Newton. During WWII, she worked in Wichita at Boeing Aircraft as a “Rosie the Riveter”. She married Gavino “Gabby” Corona on October...