Obituaries
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...
Barbara Dubois
Jun 28, 2013
Barbara Louise Prather DuBois, 96, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on June 28, 2013 at the Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born Nov. 8, 1916, the second of three girls, to John and Anna Prather. She graduated from Newton High School in 1935 and attended Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. After receiving her teaching certificate,...
Myra Utz
Jun 28, 2013
Myra Utz, 82, died June 28, 2013 at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kansas. She was born on July 5, 1920, in Newton, Kansas the daughter of Inez (Kinnear) and Everet Utz. She was a former member of the Eastern Star. During her lifetime, she worked in the reception office for Sizemore, Burns & Gilmore. Retiring from there with over...
William Donald Wieberg
Jun 27, 2013
William Donald Wieberg, Sr., 65, of Newton, died Thursday (June 27, 2013) at his home. He was born on May 15, 1948 in Bemidji, Minnesota, the son of William and Beverly Watson Wieberg. He graduated from Central High School in Grand Junction, Colo. He served over 20 years in the U.S. Army. William married Doris Jean Flowers on July 18,...
Dorothy L. Miller
Jun 24, 2013
Dorothy Louise Miller, 93, died Monday (June 24, 2013) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, KS. She was born February 13, 1920 in Aberdeen, Idaho, the daughter of Herman J. and Susie Neuman Toevs. Her father died while Dorothy was a child. Dorothy married Lester R. Miller on March 26, 1951 at First Mennonite Church in Newton. He died on June...
Lester "Gooch" G. Unruh
Jun 20, 2013
Lester G. Unruh, 77, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at his home, surrounded by his family. Lester was born on November 27, 1935 the son of William J. and B. Fern (Behm) Unruh. He attended Lincoln Elementary School and Newton Junior and Senior High School. While in high school his classmates asked about his middle initial and laughingly...
Bobby Abplanalp
Jun 18, 2013
Bobby R. Abplanalp, 83, of North Newton, died Tuesday (June 18, 2013) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on December 28, 1929 in Newton, the son of Walter and Hattie Goodrich Abplanalp. He served in the U.S. Navy. Bobby married Eleanor Shockley on January 30, 1953 in Potwin, Ks. Bobby had worked...
"Pete" McCloud
Jun 17, 2013
Leason Horton "Pete" McCloud peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Monday (June 17, 2013) at Newton Medical Center. Pete was born Dec. 29, 1918, to Sidney and Elizabeth McCloud in Neosho, Mo. He was number six of eight boys. The family moved to Newton in 1927, where he graduated from Newton High School. It was in high...
"Gabby" Corona
Jun 13, 2013
Gavino “Gabby” Corona, 89, of Newton, died Thursday (June 13, 2013) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on January 13, 1924 in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Gertrudes and Casimira Gutierrez Corona. The family moved to Newton when Gabby was a teenager. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Gavino married Margaret Estrada on October...
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