Obituaries
Leola Mae Foiles
Jan 5, 2015
Leola Mae (Troxel) Foiles, 72 died on January 5, 2015 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on November 8, 1942 in Newton to, William Franklin “Frank” and Leora Stella (Johnson) Troxel. Leola spent the first six weeks of her life in the Newton community and then her family spent time in the Iola, LaHarpe and...
Phyllis Gay Slater
Jan 1, 2015
Phyllis Gay Slater, 76, died on January 1, 2015, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on October 6, 1938 to Elizabeth Antoinette (Downey) and Melvin Arthur Clore, in Herington, Kansas. On November 21, 1975 she married Robert J. Slater in Herington, Kansas. Together Phyllis and Robert enjoyed life to the fullest. They enjoyed dancing and traveling....
Rudolph Claassen
Dec 31, 2014
Rudolph (“Ruddie”) Christopher Claassen, also known as “Pop,” was born on May 11, 1916, to Rudolph R. and Allie H. Claassen in Newton. He married Velma Schmidt on August 22, 1940. They had been married for 70 years when Velma passed away in 2010. Ruddie met the Lord on December 31, 2014, at the age of 98. Ruddie was baptized...
Anna Marie Hanson
Dec 29, 2014
Anna Marie Hanson, 84, died on Monday, December 29, 2014 at her home in Peabody, Kansas. She was born on June 1, 1930 to Alfred and Eunice (Dowell) Hansen in Peabody, Kansas. She married Leo K. Hanson June 7, 1957 in Peabody. He died on January 14, 1990. Anna was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Peabody. She...
Florencio Toribio, Sr.
Dec 21, 2014
Florencio Toribio,Sr., 63, of Newton, died Sunday (December 21, 2014) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on July 14, 1951 in Loreto, Jalisco, Mexico. Florencio moved to Newton in the late 1980’s and has worked at the Norcraft Company in Newton for several years. Survivors include his wife Maria G. Cabrera of Mexico; mother Guadalupe Santiago Echeverria of...
Gilbert Dwight Jones
Dec 18, 2014
Gilbert Dwight Jones, 39, died at his home in Valley Center, Kansas. He was born on March 23, 1975 to Lydia J. (Rodriguez) and Charles E. Jones in Newton, Kansas. Gilbert held a church membership with Our Lady of Guadalupe. Attending Newton High School, he was a 1993 graduate. He then went on and attended Wichita State for several years,...
Christena Bowen
Dec 17, 2014
Christena Clarabel Bowen was born on October 11, 1917 to Charles Ernest Bowen and Christina Ruthi Bowen in the family home in Kill Creek Township, Osborne County Kansas. She passed from this life to her Heavenly home on December 17, 2014 after a life of service to others. She attended grade school at the Kill Creek School (District 125), as...
Lois J. Voran
Dec 15, 2014
Lois June (Geiger) Voran, second child of Monroe and Anna Geiger, was born on June 23, 1926, on a farm near Pandora, Ohio. She attended Pandora public school and graduated in 1944. Upon her confession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, she was baptized at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora. In 1949 she graduated from Grace Bible Institute, Omaha,...
Doug McQuistan
Dec 13, 2014
Douglas S. McQuistan, a resident at Kansas Christian Home, went home to his Lord on Saturday December 13, 2014. Doug was born on March 9, 1924 to Roland and Winifred (Bressler) McQuistan in Pender, Nebraska. He was raised on a farm near Pender. He attended high school in Wakefield Nebraska where he met his bride, Bonnie (Heydon) McQuistan. They were...
Roberto Sandoval
Dec 12, 2014
Roberto A. Sandoval, 56, of Newton, died Friday (December 12, 2014) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on August 28, 1958 in El Salvador, the son of Jose Eulalio Avila and Maria Angelina Lemus. Roberto moved to Newton in 1981. He had worked at Hehr International in Newton for many years. Survivors include his mother Maria Lemus of...
Katherine Jordan
Dec 3, 2014
Katherine Jordan, 98, of Newton, died Wednesday (December 3, 2014) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on September 17, 1916 in Newton, the daughter of Lesco and Octavia Cochran Wade, Jr. Katherine attended local schools and was a lifelong resident of Newton. She married Emmett S. Jordan on April 13, 1941 in Newton. During World War II, Katherine...
Charles Windsor Corbitt, Jr.
Dec 3, 2014
Charles Windsor (“Chuck”) Corbitt, Junior, passed away in Newton, KS on December 3, 2014, at the age of 70. He was born on April 5, 1944 in Flushing, Queens, New York, NY to Charles W. and Claire (Tait) Corbitt. His father was a native of Geneva, NE, his mother was born in Canada but raised in Miami, FL. Chuck had...
Florene Penner
Nov 29, 2014
North Newton Florene (Riesen) Penner, died on November 29, 2014, at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, KS. She was born on January 16, 1928 to Amelia (Harms) and Arthur N. Riesen in Newton, KS. On, September 15, 1949 she married Joseph Penner at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church, Rural Newton, KS. She worked for many years as a receptionist...
Hanns White
Nov 27, 2014
Hanns Conle White, 80, of Newton, died Thursday (November 27, 2014) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on January 31, 1934 in Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Hannibal and Connie Leola Anderson White. The family moved to Newton in the early 1940’s. Hanns graduated from Newton High School, attended Bethel College...
Eldrid J. Busenitz
Nov 24, 2014
Busenitz, Eldrid James, age 63, died Monday, November 24, 2014 of cancer. He was born in Newton to Karl and Anna Busenitz and remained a farmer in Newton until his death. Eldrid married Faith (Schrag) Busenitz on February 12, 1977. He is survived by his wife and sons Nathan (Melissa) and their daughter Olivia, Ben (Bethany), and Tim; and his...
Karen L. Dreier
Nov 22, 2014
Karen L. Dreier, 62, of Hesston, died Saturday (November 22, 2014) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on June 21, 1952 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of George T. and Donzella Moore Meires. Karen was raised in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1970. She married Robert E. Dreier on January...
Charles D. Cooper
Nov 17, 2014
Charles D. Cooper, 83, of Newton, Kansas, died following a short illness at the Newton Medical Center on Monday (November 17, 2014). He was born in Oklahoma City, Ok., the son of Loren T. Cooper and Lela Cooper. The family lived in Southeast Kansas and Wichita before moving to Newton when Charles was nine years old. He entered the Newton...
Dorothy J. Staley
Nov 17, 2014
Dorothy Jean (King) Norris Staley passed away on Monday, November 17, 2014 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. She was born on August 21, 1923 at home in Stevens County, KS to Purdie and Bernice(Swafford) King. On April 11, 1939, she married Kreston Norris. He died in September 1970. To their union six children were born. On June, 1972, she...
Jimmy Badart
Nov 17, 2014
Jimmy Dean Badart, the son of Oscar and Hazel Slaughter Badart, was born on August 18, 1955. He died at his home in Newton, Kansas on November 17, 2014 at the age of 59. Jimmy had lived in the Pittsburg, Kansas area for many years. Among his survivors are his brother Johnny Badart of Pittsburg and sister Marilyn Horn of...
Orva I. Hargett
Nov 8, 2014
Orva Irene (Yutzy) Hargett died Saturday, November 8, 2014 in Newton, Kansas as a result of ALS. She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on September 21, 1936 to Joseph N and Fanny (Helmuth) Yutzy. Orva married Ronald Dean Hargett, son of Helen Irene Hargett of Roswell, New Mexico, on May 24, 1963. Together they shared 51 years of marriage, three...
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