Obituaries
Carl Gus Sangals
Mar 10, 2015
Carl G Sangals, retired CSM (US Army Reserve) passed away on 03-10-15 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita KS. He was born on May 3, 1930 In Moundridge KS to Gustav and Margaret (Winsinger) Sangals. He graduated from Newton High School in 1947 and he went to work as a carpenter for Walt Broadhagen Construction. He joined the US...
James Hosie
Mar 9, 2015
James Lee Hosie, 53, died Monday (March 9, 2015) at his home in Newton. He was born on March 23, 1961 in Abilene, Ks., the son of Robert and Joyce Provance Hosie. He was raised South of Abilene and graduated from Chapman High School, he later attended the Vo-Tech school in Salina. James owned and operated a body shop in...
Vince Garcia
Feb 25, 2015
NEWTON: Vincent Julian Garcia, 58, died Wednesday (February 25, 2015) at his home in Newton after a short battle with A.L.S. He was born on February 15, 1957 in San Fernando, California, the son of Julian and Elesa Garcia. They moved back to Newton in 1958. Vince graduated from Newton High School in 1975 and later attended Bethel College and...
Mary Smith
Feb 24, 2015
Mary M. Smith, 61, of Newton, died Tuesday (February 24, 2015) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on April 14, 1953 in El Dorado, Ks., the daughter of Ben L. and Doris A. Long Smith. Mary was raised in the Potwin area and graduated from Fredrick Remington High School in 1971. After graduating, she moved to...
Floyd Wright
Feb 16, 2015
Floyd Eugene Wright, 82, died Monday (February 16, 2015) at the Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Ks. He was born on May 4, 1932 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Jack and Edith Anderson Wright. As a child, the family moved to Newton where he attended schools. Floyd married Alberta McClellan on October 5, 1956 in Ponca City, Oklahoma....
Thelma M. Umholtz
Feb 11, 2015
Thelma Marie (Dreier) Umholtz, 92, died on February 11, 2015 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. She was born on July 22, 1922, to Lulu Barbara (Vesper) and Louis Dreier in Newton, Kansas. On January 17, 1954, she married Max E. Umholtz . Together, they farmed the homestead in Zimmerdale until 2002. He preceded her in death on August 4,...
Thelma Bartel
Feb 10, 2015
Thelma May Bartel, 82, died February 10, 2015 at Kidron Bethel in North Newton. She was born May 2, 1932 to Albert C. and Rosina (Gaeddert) Bartel in Hillsboro, Kansas. Thelma graduated from Newton High School in 1950. She was a campus kid and felt it a privilege and a joy. Her father was a builder at Bethel College and...
Rachel Minor
Feb 7, 2015
Rachel Minor, 98, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 7, 2015 in Newton, KS. Rachel, a long time Newton resident, was born May 21, 1916 in Richards, MO the daughter of John and Alberta Zimmerman. Rachel and Robert Minor were married in Nevada, MO in 1941 and celebrated 67 years of marriage before his passing in 2009. She was preceded...
Esther Beard
Feb 5, 2015
Esther Elvira (Pitts) Beard, 93, homemaker, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday (February 5, 2015) at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks. A lifelong Newton resident, she was born on September 27, 1921 to Wilbur and Gertrude Pitts in Manhattan, Ks. Esther lived a short while in Emporia, Ks., before moving to Newton where she met married...
Richard Wayne Stephey
Feb 2, 2015
Richard Wayne Stephey, 62, died on February 22, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 9, 1952 to Barbara Maurine McCabe and Richard Lynn Stephey in Arkansas City, Kansas. Richard worked for the railroad as a conductor, retiring after 42 years of service with BNSF. He loved his grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with them and...
Lucy Reyes
Jan 27, 2015
Lucy Reyes, 90, died Tuesday (January 27, 2015) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born on January 9, 1925 in Newton, the daughter of Jesus and Rafaela Pena Monares. Lucy married Felix A. Reyes on November 8, 1944 at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton. He died in May 1984. Lucy was a longtime member of...
Carol J. Munger
Jan 25, 2015
Carol J. Munger, 70, died Sunday (January 25, 2015) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Unit of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on October 16, 1944 in Oketo, Ks., the daughter of Francis and Catherine Latus Brockman. The family moved to Oakland, Iowa where she graduated from high school in 1962. Carol married...
Ronnie Montano
Jan 20, 2015
Ramiro Juan “Ronnie” Montano, 67, died Tuesday (January 20, 2015) at his home. He was born on August 29, 1947 in Newton, the son Armando and Martina Estrada Montano. Ronnie was raised and attended schools in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1966. Ronnie married Terry S. Bocock on December 31, 1981 in Newton. He had worked at Norcraft...
Ventura Campa
Jan 19, 2015
Ventura Campa, 93, of Newton, died Monday (January 19, 2015) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She was born on July 14, 1921 in Newton, the daughter of Thomas and Clara Landine Terrones. Ventura was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1940. During World War II she worked at Hurse Products. Ventura married Diego Mendoza Campa...
Walter Shacklett
Jan 18, 2015
Walter P. Shacklett, 72, died Sunday (January 18, 2015) at the Newton Medical Center. Services are pending and will be announced by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
David Winter
Jan 16, 2015
Newton David Winter, 83 died on January 16, 2015 at his home, after a four year bout with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family. David was born the son of David and Fay Winter. They precede him in death. He was a former teacher and coach in Newton. In 1955, he married Maureen Burt, and together they raised...
Peggy Jean Bell
Jan 16, 2015
Memorial Graveside Services will be held. Date and time to be announced.
Bert A. Fox
Jan 12, 2015
Bert Alan Fox, 56, of Newton, died Monday (January 12, 2015) at his home. He was born on December 14, 1958 in Wichita, Ks., the son of Bert Calvin and Alice Faye Noble Fox. Bert attended schools in Wichita and graduated from Clearwater High School in 1976. Bert married Carolyn Langston, they had one son Landon. He later married Becky...
Mildred E. Zuercher
Jan 9, 2015
Mildred Ellen Zuercher, 100, formerly of Whitewater, died Friday (January 9, 2015) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on November 4, 1914 on the family farm near Whitewater, Ks., the daughter of Ida (Roth) and Arnold Zuercher. She had been a school teacher for 41 years in Wichita school district. Mildred loved gardening, playing the piano and organ,...
Doris J. Wedel
Jan 8, 2015
Doris Jeannette Wedel died on January 8, 2015, in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on May 8, 1929 at the former Bethel Hospital, in Newton, Kansas to Augusta (Kater) and Geo Samuel “George” Mull. Doris married Harold Wedel on September 30th, 1950, at the Goessel Mennonite Church in Goessel, Kansas. She held church membership with the Baptist Evangelical Free...
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