Obituaries
Olivian Raya
Oct 8, 2013
Olivian Raya, 73, died Tuesday (October 8, 2013) at the Presbyterian Manor. She was born July 24, 1940 in Newton, the son of Locadio and Maria Reyes Monares. “Ollie” graduated from Newton High School in 1958. Shortly after graduating she moved to Hutchinson where she graduated from the Salt City Business College. In 1976, “Ollie” went to work as an...
Wilma Ann Mitchell
Oct 6, 2013
Wilma Ann Mitchell, 86, lifelong resident of Newton, went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 6, 2013, at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on April 25, 1927 in Newton, the daughter of Zelphia Louise (Ridley) and William F. Phillips. Wilma graduated from Newton High School in 1945. She attended Emporia State and Wichita Area Vocational...
Roland Funk
Sep 28, 2013
Roland "Rollie" D. Funk, 81, passed away Saturday, September 28, at Bethesda Home in Goessel, KS, where he had resided since June. Roland was born February 19, 1932 in Goessel, KS, the only son of George and Marie Hiebert Funk. He had two older sisters, Luella and Francis, and one younger sister, Phyllis. He graduated from Goessel High School in...
Matilda "Tillie" Ekeland
Sep 24, 2013
Matilda (Tillie) Ekeland, 83, died on September 24, 2013 at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. She was born on September 13, 1930 to Katie(Koehn) and Cornelius B. Unruh in Enid, OK. On September 9, 1956, she married Joseph (Joe) Ekeland in Wichita, KS. He died on April 4, 1986. Tillie graduated from Grace Bible Institute and also earned...
Rex Heald
Sep 9, 2013
Rex E. Heald, 87, died Monday (September 9, 2013) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice center of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on September 9, 1926 on the family farm in Ottawa County, Kansas, the son of Harry and Glenna Windhorst Heald. Rex graduated from high school in Minneapolis, Kansas and later attended...
Jack B. Orpin
Sep 3, 2013
ORPIN, JACK B. Jack Bernard Orpin, 86, went to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, during the early morning hours of Tuesday September 3, 2013. He peacefully passed away in the home of his son-in-law and daughter, James and Martha (Orpin) Pajl in Yankton, South Dakota while listening to beautiful Christian harp music. Jack was born May 22, 1927...
Cecilia Pankiewicz
Aug 24, 2013
Cecilia Pankiewicz, 50, died on August 24, 2013 at Harry Hynes Hospice, St.Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on August 22, 1963 to Lucille (Staggenborg) and Charles E. Pankiewicz in Kansas City, Kansas. Cecilia was very active in her life. She loved dancing, shopping, bowling, going to drive in movies, working on arts & crafts, and spending time...
F. Maxine Watkins
Aug 24, 2013
F. Maxine (Manion) Watkins, 88, died on August 23, 2013 at her daughters’ home in Augusta, Kansas. She was born on March 15, 1925 to Clara ( Rieschman ) and John F. Manion in Merriam, Kansas. On September 5, 1942 she married James Watkins in South Park, Kansas. James passed away on November 8, 1997. Maxine had many hobbies including,...
Marion Nickel
Aug 22, 2013
Marion Utz Nickel, 88, died Thursday (August 22, 2013) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. Marion was born on May 9, 1925 to Everett Cecil Utz and Inez Azelia (Kinnear) Utz in Newton, Kansas. The family lived on E. 6th St. in Newton at that time. Marion was approximately 5 years younger than her sister, Myra (also known as “Tootie”)...
Delia M. Graber
Aug 21, 2013
Delia Mae Goering Graber, 90, died Wednesday (August 21, 2013) at the Larksfield Place Health Care Center in Wichita. She was born December 11, 1922 in Moundridge, Ks., the daughter of Christian Samuel and Maria Frances Kaufman Goering. Delia graduated from Moundridge High School and later Bethel College in North Newton, Ks. She married Verne Graber on August 11, 1947...
Vern Miller
Aug 17, 2013
Vernal LeRoy Miller, 75, of Newton, died Saturday, August 17, 2013. Vern was born October 1, 1937 in Newton, the son of Clark and Elsie (Kimball) Miller. He graduated from Newton High School in 1955 and from Wichita University with an Engineering degree in 1960. Vern worked as an Engineer in the heating and air conditioning industry for over 50...
Lucy McCurdy
Aug 9, 2013
Doris “Lucy” McCurdy, 69, of Newton, died Friday (August 9, 2013) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born in Iowa on February 21, 1944. The family later moved to the Peabody/Walton area. Lucy married Tony P. McCurdy, Sr. in August 1966 in Kingman, Kansas. Lucy had worked at Hehr International, Norcraft and Wal...
Grant Elder
Aug 8, 2013
D. Grant Elder, 67, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. He was born April 30, 1946, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of A. Lee Elder and Duana Berneice Grant Elder. He attended schools in Ark City, graduating from Arkansas City High School in 1964. Shortly after graduating, Grant joined the Kansas...
Dow "Red" Hartley, Jr.
Jul 30, 2013
Dow (Red) Hartley Jr passed away Tuesday July 30th after an extended illness and fighting the “Big Fight” at the age of 78. He was born on August 21st 1934. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Judy, Dow & Quida Hartley (Father and Mother) , Robert (Brother) and Billie & Helen Faye (Sisters). He is survived by...
Mike Huntley
Jul 22, 2013
Harold Michael “Mike” Huntley, 69, of Newton, died Monday (July 22, 2013) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on May 7, 1944 in Marion County, Ks., the son of Harold M. “Buster” and Lois Marie Weyand Huntley. Mike attended school in Florence where he graduated from high school. After being discharged from the U.S. Army, Mike moved to...
Marguerite Fink
Jul 17, 2013
Marguerite Fink passed into the presence of her Savior surrounded by her family on July 17, 2013 at Newton Medical Center. Marguerite Rose McAtee was the third daughter born into a family of seven –4 girls and 3 boys (including twins) – on March 2, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri. She has survived all but her youngest brother. Marguerite became...
Patricia Allegretto
Jul 12, 2013
Patricia A. Allegretto, 70, died Friday (July 12, 2013) at the home of her daughter in Newton, Kansas. She was born on September 28, 1942 in Roscoe, N.Y., the daughter of Hirman and Mary A. Hannold VanGuilder. Patricia had lived in the Kane, Pa., area for over 40 years. She operated the Clarion Kitchen in Wilcox, Pa., and the Sheffield...
Gilmer Stubby
Jul 9, 2013
Gilmer Stubby, 82, passed away unexpectedly on July 9, 2013 in Wichita, Ks. He was born in Durham, Kansas on November 15, 1930 to Jacob and Edna Stubby, the third oldest of nine children. He graduated from Lehigh Rural High School in 1948, and then went to work as a lineman for SouthWestern Bell. He married Dorothy McCarty, the love...
Julian Garcia
Jul 5, 2013
Julian Garcia, 75, of Newton, died Friday (July 5, 2013) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born in Newton on January 9, 1938, the son of Nicolas and Guadalupe Garcia. He attended local schools, graduating from Newton High School. Julian married Elesa Simons in 1956 in Newhall, Calif. Julian worked for Kinder Congoleum for over 30 years where he...
Norma Leigh Banman
Jul 2, 2013
Norma Leigh (Ashcraft) Banman died on July 2, 2013 at Schowalter Villa, Hesston, Kansas. She was born on June 6, 1928 in Strong City, Kansas, the daughter of Willard and Ruthe (Orr) Ashcraft. Norma is survived by her husband Sam Banman, Hesston; daughter, Sheryl and Jim Kelso, Dalhart, Texas, Daughter, Glenda and Steve Cardwell, Whitby, Ontario, Canada; son, Roy Max...
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