Obituaries
Ruby Morrison
Sep 19, 2014
Ruby N. Morrison, 89, of Newton, died Friday (September 19, 2014) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born on August 16, 1925 in Newton, the daughter of Henry Allen and Harriet May Cowan Roadenbaugh, Sr. Ruby attended local schools. After graduating from Newton High School she went to work for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita. She married Francis...
Warren Regier
Sep 8, 2014
Warren T. Regier, 50, of Goessel, died Monday (September 8, 2014) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Ks. He was born on February 11, 1964 in Newton, the son of Maurice Lee and Helga Schaefer Regier. Warren attended the Berean Academy and graduated from Newton High School in 1982. Through the years he had worked at Bunting Magnetics, Manufacturing...
Marjorie Lee Gfeller
Sep 7, 2014
Marjorie Lee Gfeller, 83, died on September 7, 2014 at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. She was born on September 4, 1931 in Rural Burns, to Madeline (Abplanalp) and Guy R. Parsons. On June 10, 1951, she married her husband of 63 years, Don R. Gfeller in Burns, Kansas. Marjorie was very active and involved in the Ebenezer...
Isabelle Gonzalez
Aug 28, 2014
Isabelle “Chavela” Gonzalez, 86, of Newton, passed away in her sleep on Thursday (August 28, 2014) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born on October 8, 1927 in Florence, Kansas, the daughter of Francisco and Juana Puentes Gomez. Isabelle’s parents, three brothers Mitch, Trinidad and Albert, and her sister Mercedes preceded her in death. She is survived her husband...
Carmen Vega
Aug 20, 2014
Carmen Vega, 95, finished her journey on earth, on August 20, 2014, at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kansas. She was born on September 22, 1918 in Peabody, Kansas to Manuela (Melendez) and Jesus Torres. On June 29, 1940 she married Epifanio G. “Elmer” Vega at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Florence, Kansas. He preceded her in death on February...
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...