Obituaries
Stephen "Pops" Berry
Dec 31, 2013
Stephen B. “Pops” Berry, 66, died Tuesday (December 31, 2013) at his home in Walton. He was born on December 27, 1947 in El Dorado, Kansas. Stephen was raised in the Peabody Burns area, graduating from Peabody High School. He later attended Pratt Jr. College on a football scholarship. Stephen served in the U.S. Navy during the Viet Nam Conflict,...
Monica Hankins
Dec 28, 2013
Monica Hankins, 51, of Newton, died Saturday (December 28, 2013) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on June 2, 1962 in Newton, Ks. She was raised and attended schools in Newton. Monica had worked in the housekeeping department of Newton Medical Center and later at Wal Mart. She married Terrence Hankins on October 24, 1998 in Newton. Survivors...
Marlin L. Frey
Dec 16, 2013
Marlin Lee Frey, 80, died Monday (December 16, 2013) at the Asbury Park Greenhouse in Newton. He was born on March 14, 1933 in Goessel, Ks., the son of Edward H. and Augusta Neufeld Frey. Marlin graduated from Goessel High School in 1952, he later graduated from Bethel College and received his Master’s Degree from Emporia State College. Marlin married...
Carol A. Frary
Dec 15, 2013
Carol Atys Frary, 78, died Sunday (December 15, 2013) at her home in Newton. She was born on February 1, 1935 in Bellaire, Ohio, the daughter of Charles Allison and Roxie Dell Weidman Boyd. She married William Leslie Frary. During his time in the military they made the home across the country. For several years they lived in Colorado where...
Dallas Matzenbacher
Dec 9, 2013
Dallas Kaye Matzenbacher, 59, died Monday (December 9, 2013) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on October 15, 1954 in Newton. Dallas was raised and attended schools in Newton, after which he spent time in the military. He married Debra Lee Schultz in December 6, 1985 in Newton. They lived in Tulsa for several years where Dallas had...
Richard S. Lujano
Nov 26, 2013
Richard Steven Lujano, 64, died Tuesday (November 26, 2013) at his home in Newton. He was born on July 9, 1949 in Newton, Ks., the son of Billie Sifeuntez and Hope Marquez Lujano. He attended local schools, graduating from Newton High School in 1967. Richard enlisted on March 24, 1969 in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam Conflict. After...
Mary Ann Biggerstaff
Nov 15, 2013
Mary Ann Biggerstaff, 87, passed away peacefully at home on Friday (November 15th, 2013) surrounded by her loving family. Mary Ann was born June 14, 1926 in Salina, Kansas to Art Wilson Sr. and Maxine Harrison Wilson who have preceded her in death. She was raised in Salina. Mary Ann married George Schwartz who passed away during WWII. She later...
Ricky Becker
Nov 10, 2013
Ricky Dean Becker, 55, died Sunday (Nov. 10, 2013) at his home in Goessel,Ks. He was born on August 2, 1958 in Goessel, the son of Bert and Lovella Nickel Becker. Ricky graduated from Goessel High School in 1977. He had lived in the Goessel area. Rick had been a Class A welder at Agco in Hesston for the last...
Melvin Pankratz
Nov 3, 2013
Melvin D. Pankratz, 81, died Sunday (November 3, 2013) at Asbury Park in Newton. He was born on December 22, 1931 in Newton, Ks., the son of Roland and Alice (Schroeder) Pankratz. Melvin graduated from Newton High School in 1949. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. After being discharged from the military Melvin graduated with a...
Jordan T. Thorp
Nov 2, 2013
Jordan T. Thorp Pretty Prairie - Jordan "J.T." Thorp, 31, passed away November 2, 2013 at his home. He was born October 2, 1982 in Wichita, KS, to Ray Thorp and Kris Naylor Thorp. He is survived by his wife and their four children, his parents; sisters, Ashley and Lauren; fraternal grand parents, Don and Donna Thorp, Kismet, maternal grandparents,...
Greg Sadowski
Oct 25, 2013
Gregory Alan Sadowski, 57, died Friday (Oct. 25, 2013) at his home in Wichita Falls, Texas after a lengthy illness. Greg was born on April 24, 1956 in Newton, the son of Clayton and Rita Cooke Sadowski. He graduated from Newton High School in 1974 and later attended Emporia State College. After college, Greg worked for several years in the...
Rosalee Lindsay
Oct 23, 2013
Rosalee I. Lindsay, 62, passed away on Wednesday (October 23, 2013) at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on January 24, 1951 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Lee and Julia Gomez Pina. Rosalee graduated from Newton High School in 1969 and from Bethel College’s School of Nursing in...
Donald "Bud" Fischer
Oct 14, 2013
Donald Edward “Bud” Fischer, 87, of Newton, passed away on Monday (Oct. 14, 2013) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. He was born December 29, 1925 in Boone County, Nebraska, the son of William “Farmer” and Marie Meyer Fischer. After graduating from high school, Bud farmed until his was 18 years old, then he enlisted into the U.S. Air Force. After...
Robert. I. Williams
Oct 14, 2013
Robert I. Williams, 86, of Newton, died Monday (October 14, 2013) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on May 24, 1927 in Argonia, Ks., the son of Ward and Nettie King Williams. Robert was raised in the Argonia area, after the death of his father the family moved to Newton where he graduated from Newton High School in...
Mary Moore
Oct 13, 2013
Mary Ann Moore, 83, of Newton, died Sunday (October 13, 2013) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on May 25, 1930 near Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Blanche Reddick Armstrong; Mary graduated from Mulvane High School. Mary moved to the Walton area in 1949 and to Newton in 1965. She had been a cook and...
Grace Combs
Oct 10, 2013
Grace A. Combs, 91, gently left this earth to be with her Heavenly Father the afternoon of October 10, 2013. Grace was born on August 27, 1922 in Kansas City, MO. She married James E. Combs Jr. on July 25, 1940. They were married for 72 years. In Jim’s words “they were born married”. Her parents were Walter and Eva...
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...
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