Obituaries
Jack Cannon
Aug 19, 2014
Newton resident (formerly of Dallas, Texas), Jack R. Cannon, 86, died on Tuesday (August 19, 2014) at Kansas Christian Home, Newton, Kansas. Cannon was co-owner of the Draper-Cannon Funeral Home from 1970 – 1988. He was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 30, 1928, the son of Roy and Mary (Magathan) Cannon. A graduate of Emporia High School in 1945,...
Charles F Sadowsky
Aug 19, 2014
Charles F. “Charlie” Sadowsky, 67, died August 19, 2014, at his home in Newton, Kansas. He was born on June 22, 1947, in Newton, Kansas to Sydney (Gwinn) and John Sadowsky. He graduated from Newton High School and enlisted in the Army in September, 1968. While stationed at Ft. Myer, VA he was active with the Honor Guard. Charlie volunteered...
Cindy Holcom
Aug 13, 2014
Cynthia (Cindy) Marie (Sandate) Holcom, age 48 died peacefully on August 13, 2014 in Glendale, AZ, after an eight year struggle with cancer. Cindy was born in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Celio F. and Betty J. (Rogers) Sandate. Cindy is survived by her husband Melvin Holcom, son Matthew (Amanda) of Anna, TX, and daughter Morgan of the home in...
Vernon R. Hazeltine
Aug 12, 2014
Vernon Richard Hazeltine, 97, died Tuesday (August 12, 2014) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on July 14, 1917 in St. Joseph, Mo., the son of Frank Roger and Della Mae Haury Hazeltine. The family lived on a farm near Wetmore, Ks., when Vernon was a teenager, they moved to Newton where he graduated from Newton High School....
Donald R Anderson
Aug 11, 2014
Donald R. Anderson, 81, died at his home in Newton, on August 11, 2014, surrounded by his family. He was born on June 29, 1933, in Newton, Kansas to Pearl L. (Jones) and Joy D. Anderson. Don was born and raised in Newton, Kansas where he attended elementary school, and then went on to graduate from Newton High School. He...
George Liggett
Aug 7, 2014
George Allen Liggett, 51, of Newton died Thursday (August 7, 2014) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on June 8, 1963 in Newton. George attended Berean Academy and Newton High School. He served a short time in the U. S. Army. George had worked in Custom Cutting and was a truck driver. Through the years he hunted and...
Hector Mosqueda
Aug 4, 2014
Hector Ricardo Mosqueda, 60, died Monday (August 4, 2014) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on May 29, 1954 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Julio Antonio and Emelia Rincon Mosqueda. Hector attended Newton High School. He and his brothers operated a construction company for a few years. Hector was the maintenance supervisor for several years...
Carla Holloway Rowse
Aug 2, 2014
Carla Holloway Rowse died at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, KS, on Saturday, August 2, 2014 following cardio- and kidney complications from diabetes. She is survived by her husband, Kevin, of their home in Wichita; her daughter Melissa (Rowse) Alderman, son-in-law JJ Alderman, and granddaughters Mia and Aubrey, who are missionaries in Togo, West Africa. Carla...
Ruth Rediger Reimer
Jul 30, 2014
Goessel Ruth Rediger Reimer, 90, of Goessel, Kans., died July 30 at Bethesda Home in Goessel, KS. She was born January 8, 1924 in Wayland, Iowa, to Samuel and Minnie Sutter. Ruth lived in Wayland most of her life. She married Dallas Rediger of Milford, NE., in 1944, and they lived on the family farm outside of Wayland and shared...
Patrick Zellner
Jul 30, 2014
Patrick Zellner, 69, of North Newton, died Wednesday (July 30, 2014) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center- St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Services are pending and will be announced by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
Bob Frantz
Jul 23, 2014
ROBERT LEE “BOB” FRANTZ, 66, of Newton, died Wednesday (July 23, 2014) at his home. He was born on January 29, 1948 in McPherson, Kansas the son of Cornelius B. and Dena Boehs Frantz. Bob was raised on a dairy farm in the Tampa/Durham area, he attended the Central Heights Grade School and graduated from Durham High School. Bob served...
Patrick J. Sauceda
Jul 19, 2014
Patrick Jay Sauceda, 55, of Newton, died Saturday (July 19, 2014) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on February 28, 1959 in Newton, the son of Nicholas P. and Carmen Llamas Sauceda. A lifelong resident of Newton, Patrick graduated from Newton High School in 1977. He married Bobbi Breon on August 12, 1983 in North Newton,...
Eileen Janzen
Jul 10, 2014
Eileen Doris Epp Janzen, 91, died in her home at Kidron Bethel Village on July 10, 2014. She was born to Dietrich G. and Marie Dueck Epp on November 4, 1922 on a farm near Lushton, Nebraska. When she was 5 years old, she began going to school in a small one-room country school where she learned to speak English....
Kenneth Akers
Jul 9, 2014
Kenneth W. Akers, died Wednesday (July 9, 2014) at his home in Walton. He was born on January 29, 1943 in Newton, the son of Lawrence and Evelyn Marsh Akers. Kenneth graduated from Newton High School in 1961, he attended Emporia State College for one year before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. Kenneth married Victoria Hein in 1968 in Newton,...
Stan Briar
Jul 3, 2014
HESSTON Stan Briar, 64, died at his home on July 3,2014. He was born on July 2, 1950, in Newton, Kansas, the son of Norman N. and Maurine (Dreier) Briar. On October 5, 2002 Stan married Switlana Korobka at the Highland Trinity United Church of Christ. Stan was a 1968 graduate from Newton High School. He then went on the...
Ronnie Baxter, Jr.
Jun 28, 2014
Ronald “Ronnie” Clyde Baxter, Jr., of Newton, died Saturday (June 28, 2014) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Ks. He was born on August 24, 1971 in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Ronald Clyde and Carol Forrester Baxter, Jr. Ronnie was raised in Sand Springs, Oklahoma and graduated from high school in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Ronnie married Tisha Jean...
Phyllis Zellers
Jun 27, 2014
Phyllis L. Zellers, 92, went to her home in Heaven, Friday (June 27, 2014) from her home in Newton. She was born on June 16, 1922 in Peabody, Ks., to Irvin and Irene Draper. Phyllis graduated from high school in Florence, Ks. She married Orville A. Zellers on July 6, 1942 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Peabody. Orville...
Terry Wrench
Jun 24, 2014
Terry Lee Wrench, 66, died Tuesday (June 24, 2014) at his home in Newton. He was born on December 26, 1947 in Wellington. Terry was raised in Wichita and graduated from Wichita South High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam Conflict. After being discharged he returned to Kansas, moving to Newton in 1969 at which...
Deborah Hazeltine
Jun 24, 2014
Deborah Ann Hazeltine, 59, died Tuesday (June 24, 2014) at her home in Newton. She was born on September 27, 1954 in Wichita, Ks., the daughter of Vernon Richard and Betty Lou Dooley Hazeltine. Despite having been born handicapped, Deborah enjoyed life. The Hazeltine’s had lived in Wichita for many years, moving to Newton in the late 1980’s. Deborah enjoyed...
Rebecca Romero
Jun 8, 2014
Rebecca Romero, 84, died Sunday (June 8, 2014) at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born on July 19, 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Ramon and Maria Partida Ayala. She was raised in Omaha along with her two brothers John and Raymond. Rebecca married Theodore Romero on January 30, 1946 in Omaha, to which eight children were born....