Obituaries

Robert Stanford Kreider

Robert Stanford Kreider

Dec 27, 2015

Robert Stanford Kreider January 2, 1919-December 27, 2015 Robert Stanford Kreider died on December 27, 2015 at his home in North Newton, Kansas. Robert was born January 2, 1919, in Sterling, Illinois, son of Amos and Stella (Shoemaker) Kreider. In 1921, the family moved to Goshen, Indiana, and in 1926 to Bluffton, Ohio. In 1929, Robert was baptized in the...

Clarice Titus

Clarice Titus

Dec 23, 2015

Clarice E. (Penner) Titus passed away peacefully on Wednesday (December 23, 2015) at the age of 86 in Wichita. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday (December 30, 2015) at the First Presbyterian Church in Newton. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday 1pm til 8pm where the family...

Stephen J. Adkins

Stephen J. Adkins

Dec 20, 2015

Stephen John Adkins, 74, died Sunday (December 20, 2015) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on December 4, 1941 in San Diego, California. During the Viet Nam Conflict he served in the U. S. Air Force. Stephen received a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the National University in San Diego. Stephen served on the police department in...

Richard B. Martin

Richard B. Martin

Dec 20, 2015

Richard B. Martin, 74, died Sunday (December 20, 2015) at his home. He was born on August 22, 1941 in Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of Everett Woodrow and Ruth May (Ray) Martin. Richard was raised in Arkansas City where he was very active in athletics, graduating from Arkansas City High School in 1960. Shortly after graduating he enlisted in...

Wanda Beebe

Wanda Beebe

Dec 11, 2015

Wanda Louise Beebe, 70, of Hesston, died Friday (December 11, 2015) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on July 7, 1945 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Wanda graduated from Wellsville High School in 1967. She was married to Edward L. Beebe. They lived in Washington state for a time being where Wanda worked in apple and cherry orchids. They later...

Melvin O'Keefe

Melvin O'Keefe

Dec 5, 2015

Melvin R. O’Keefe, 90, of Newton, died Saturday (December 5, 2015) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on December 6, 1924 in Newton, the son of John Patrick and Clara Vetter O’Keefe. Melvin was raised in rural Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1942. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S....

Estela Chavez

Estela Chavez

Dec 2, 2015

Estela Rosario Chavez, 93, died Wednesday (December 2, 2015) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus. She was born on July 1, 1922 in Chihuahua, Mexico, the second oldest child of Sebero and Teresa Grajeda Rodriguez. The family moved to Newton when Estela was an infant. She was raised and attended school in Newton. Estela married Juan Chavez,...

Clinton C. Koppes

Clinton C. Koppes

Nov 25, 2015

Clinton C. Koppes, of North Newton, Kansas, died on November 25 at age 96. The son of Daniel Atlee and Melinda Koppes, he was born on September 10, 1919, in Newton, Kansas. He is survived by his brother, Dean and wife Linda, three children, Clayton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Barbara Beal, of Glen Carbon, Illinois, and Duane, of Newton, Kansas, and...

Richard C Robb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...