Obituaries
Iva M. Johnson
Oct 10, 2012
Iva M. Johnson, 76, of Newton died Wednesday (October 10, 2012) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born on September 14, 1926 and lived her entire life in the Newton area. Iva was a member of the First Christian Church. She is survived by a sister, Diane Balder of Bellevue, Washington; and sister-in-law Clara Johnson of Rapid...
Geesje Goodwin
Sep 23, 2012
Geesje Goodwin died on September 23rd, at 1:40 p.m. after a long illness. She was born on February 23, 1949 to Hendrick (Henry) and Antje (Annie) Bouma Pyl in Grouw, Friesland, Netherlands. Annie preceded her in death in July 2002. The family immigrated to Newton in January 1960. She married Terryl (Terry) Jack Goodwin on October 7, 1966. He preceded...
Gerhard Nickel, Jr.
Sep 20, 2012
Gerhard Nickel, Jr., 84, of Newton, died Thursday (Sept. 20, 2012) at Asbury Park Greenhouse in Newton. He was born June 9, 1928 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, the son of Gerhard T. and Helena Wall Nickel, Sr. He graduated from high school in Mountain Lake, later Grace Bible Institute in Omaha and Emporia State Teachers College. Gerhard married Norma Elva...
Shirley Sadowski
Sep 19, 2012
Shirley Jean Holmes Sadowski, died Wednesday (Sept. 19, 2012) at her home at Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She was born on February 16, 1930 in Hutchinson, Ks, the daughter of Gerald S. and Coyla I. Stuckey Holmes. Shirley graduated from Newton High School in 1948. Shirley married Richard E. Sadowski on May 23, 1948 at the First United Methodist Church...
Bea Fiene
Sep 14, 2012
Elizabeth “Bea” Fiene, 92, passed away Friday, September 14, 2012 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. Bea was born on November 15, 1919 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Joseph Calvin and Elizabeth May Miller Wood. Bea and her family lived on a ranch in Lookout, Oklahoma. She graduated from high school in Freedom, Oklahoma. She and her husband, Irvin John Fiene...
Mary Z. Parks
Sep 9, 2012
Mary Z. Parks, 84, of Newton, died Sunday (September 9, 2012) at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born on April 23, 1928 in Hamilton, Kansas, the daughter of Max Henry and Elsie Smith Casto. Mary attended schools in the Hamilton and Eureka area. She married Alvin A. Parks in Eureka. Alvin’s work took them several places including El Dorado...
Mike Roth
Aug 28, 2012
Theodore Michael Roth, affectionately known as Mike, was born May 9, 1949, at the Bethel Hospital in Newton, Kansas, and lost his battle with cancer on August 28, 2012, at the age of 63 years, 3 months, and 19 days. Mike was the son of Theodore E. Roth, Jr. and Lois Maxine Wilson Roth. Mike had a wonderful childhood growing...
Arliss V. Kater
Aug 26, 2012
Emporia Arliss Virginia (Akers) Kater, 79, of Emporia, KS, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012. Arliss had entered Holiday Resort of Emporia in August following a lengthy illness. Arliss Akers was one of the Newton-Harvey County New Year Babies born on January 1, 1933, to Henry James Akers and Mary Eva Ellen (Reed) Akers. She attended elementary school in Newton...
Bettie Bradley
Aug 26, 2012
Bettie Joaquin Bradley went home on Sunday (August 26, 2012) at the age of 77. She was born on November 11, 1934 in Monet, Missouri, the daughter of Walter Benjamin and Mattie Naomi Kennedy Bradley. Bettie graduated from high school in Monet in 1952. Bettie had traveled extensively abroad while living in Germany. She moved from Purdy, Missouri to Newton...
Lucile Cies
Aug 21, 2012
EVA LUCILE CIES left this earth from Asbury Park in Newton, singing praises for church, loving family, caring friends and the beauty of the earth that had sustained her for 96 years on Tuesday (August 21, 2012) Born to the Rev. S.D. and Ethel (Kemp) Hower in Hiawatha, Kansas on June 7, 1916. Following her father’s ministry, Lucile received her...
Elizabeth M Erwin-Heath-Bonham
Aug 18, 2012
Elizabeth M. Erwin-Heath-Bonham, 72, died on August 18, 2012 in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on January 14, 1940 in Wellington, Kansas to Thelma Rilla Burden Erwin Davis and Artie Douglas Erwin. Elizabeth held a membership with the Liberty Baptist Church, Newton, Kansas. Upon graduating high school, Elizabeth attended college earning her L.P.N. license. Later in life she drove a...
Alberta (Alicia) Hughes-Jones
Aug 17, 2012
Alberta (Alicia) Hughes-Jones, died on August 17, 2012, at the Via Christi Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on January 27, 1941 in Walnut, Mississippi to Lenora A. (Jones) and Charles R. Jones. On August 20, 1977, she married David T. Hughes in Norman, OK. Alicia held a PhD in Human Ecology and Environmental Health from the University of...
Floyd A. "Tony" Walters, JR
Aug 7, 2012
FLOYD A. “TONY” WALTERS, JR., 55, of Newton, died Tuesday (Aug. 7, 2012) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on January 3, 1957 in Newton, the son of Floyd A. and Ruth E. Marsh Walters, Sr. Tony attended schools in Newton. For many years he had been a plumber while the last few years he has...
Charlyn Sill
Aug 6, 2012
Charlyn Alice Adams Sill, age 93, died on Monday August 6, 2012 in North Newton Kansas, her residence of the past 10 years. She was born to Florence and Thomas Adams, DDS in Parkersburg, West Virginia where she was raised the eldest of three children. Charlyn was preceded in death by her beloved husband Dr. Webster H. Sill Jr., parents...
Sadie Moulds
Aug 3, 2012
Sadie J. Moulds, 87, of Carbondale, Illinois, passed away at 7 a.m. Friday, August 3, 2012, at the Carbondale Rehab and Nursing Center in Carbondale, Illinois. Sadie was born on September 28, 1924, in McPherson, Kansas, to William T. Becker and Elizabeth (Seibrandt) Becker. Mrs. Moulds was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Murphysboro, Illinois. She was a...
Anette McNeill
Aug 2, 2012
Anette M. McNeill, 50, of Newton, died Thursday (August 2, 2012) at her home. She was born on November 18, 1961 in Newton, the daughter of Glenn and Vivian Whittle McNeill. Anette had attended local schools and worked at Friendly Acres. Survivors include two sisters Glenna McNeill of Newton and Amy Moser of Winsor, Mo.; nieces and nephews Derick Duncan,...
James E. Combs, Jr.
Jul 22, 2012
James E. Combs, Jr., 91, gently left this earth to be with his heavenly father on the morning of July 22, 2012. Jim was born to James and Alice Prior Combs on November 9, 1920 in Kansas City, Ks. He was an Eagle Scout and an Altar Server at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, graduating from Wyandotte High...
Daniel D. Rowlands
Jul 21, 2012
Daniel D. Rowlands, 41, died on Sat. July, 21, 2012 in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on March 24, 1971 in Indiana. His parents are Doris (Schlageter) and Jerry Rowlands. Daniel was survived by his mother, Doris; 2 children, Sadie and Austin Rowlands, Newton; brother, Tony Rowlands and wife Ruth; sister Donna Rowlands (Manhatten); 1 neice, Brittany and 3 nephews,...
Richard D. Smith
Jul 18, 2012
RICHARD D. SMITH, 59, died Wednesday (July 18, 2012) at his home in Newton. He was born on October 9, 1952 in Shreveport, Louisiana, the son of James Lee and Lucille Weeks Smith. He attended high school in Atlanta, Louisiana, moving to Anchorage, Alaska where he graduated from high school. Shortly after which, Richard enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Richard...
Sage Sutherland
Jul 17, 2012
Sage F. Sutherland, 21, of Newton, died Tuesday (July 17, 2012) at the K.U. Medical Center in Kansas City, Ks. She was born on July 24, 1990 in Newton, the daughter of Michael and Jody Fields Sutherland. Sage was raised and attended schools in Newton where she played in the school band. For several years Sage played the trumpet in...
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