Obituaries
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...
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...
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