Obituaries
Sherry V. Anspaugh
Dec 17, 2011
Sherry V. Anspaugh, 67, of Newton, died at her home on Saturday (Dec. 17, 2011). She was born on February 15, 1944 in Roswell, N.M., the daughter of Phil and Lawida Finkenbinder Ramsey. Sherry lived in the Russell County, Kansas area for many years. She had worked for Graves Truck Line in Salina. Sherry was a waitress for many years...
Marie A, Swoyer
Dec 12, 2011
Marie A. Swoyer, 54 of Newton, went home to her Lord and Savior, on Monday (Dec. 12, 2011). She was born on February 24, 1957 in Topeka, Ks., the daughter of Donald D. and Grace E. McEvoy Swoyer. As a child, the family moved to Elm, Washington. Marie attended school in Olympia, Washington until the family moved to Newton in...
Lowell L. Biesterfeld
Dec 4, 2011
Lowell L. “Biss” Biesterfeld, 86, of Newton, died Sunday (Dec. 4, 2011) at the Robert J. Dole Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on November 7, 1925 in Newton, the son of George A. and Katherine Hill Biesterfeld. Lowell attended Newton schools. He joined the Merchant Marines and later served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Lowell enjoyed watching sports...
Chuck Spencer
Dec 1, 2011
Charles Edward “Chuck” Spencer, 65, of Newton, died Thursday (Dec. 1, 2011) at his home. He was born on November 23, 1946 in Wichita, the son of Myron Ted and Martha Kannapel Spencer, and was a lifelong resident of Newton. Chuck and his brother, David owned and operated Spencer’s House in Newton for several years. Chuck worked for nearly 40...
Louis F. DeMont
Dec 1, 2011
Louis F. DeMont, 64, of Newton, Ks., died Thursday (Dec. 1, 2011) at his home. He was born on January 23, 1947 in New Orleans, La., the son of Fredrick Louis and Clarabelle Thibodeaux DeMont. He graduated from high school in Mandeville, La. After graduation, he proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Viet Nam War. Following being...
Claudia Jaso
Nov 27, 2011
Claudia Gloria Estrada-Jaso, Newton, Kansas, 91, Nursing Home Aid and Waitress passed away Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, of Alzheimer’s disease at Asbury Park in Newton. Claudia was born October 30, 1920, in Newton, KS. She married Ralph Vega in 1943 in Wichita, Ks., he died in January, 1977. She later married Nick Jaso in 1989 in Newton, he died January...
Irene A. Schmidt
Nov 27, 2011
Irene Annie Schmidt, 84, of Newton, died Sunday (Nov. 27, 2011) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She was born on August 14, 1927 in Peabody, Ks., the daughter of Ben and Leah Weber Larsen. Irene attended school in Peabody and enjoyed collecting newspaper clippings of the old radio songs and poems. On May 18, 1948, she married Walter D....
Paul Androes
Nov 26, 2011
PAUL P. ANDROES, 86, of Newton died Saturday (Nov. 26, 2011) at his home. He was born on July 15, 1925 in Nowata, Okla., the son of Peter and Marie Pauls Androes. He was raised in the Elbing, Kansas area. Shortly after graduating from Whitewater High School, Paul enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he served on the USS Radford....
Stephanie D. Reimer
Nov 26, 2011
Stephanie Reimer, 67, died in the company of her daughters on the morning of Saturday, November 26, 2011, in Newton, Ks., after a prolonged illness. Born Stephanie Donice Fortney to Don and Naomi (Davis) Fortney on August 11, 1944, Stephanie graduated from Wichita North High School in 1962. She attended college in Houston and graduated as a Registered Nurse, a...
Johnny C. Lujan, Jr.
Nov 18, 2011
JOHNNY CHRIS LUJAN, JR., 48, of Newton, died Friday (Nov. 18, 2011) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Ks. He was born on February 21, 1963 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He attended schools in Lamar, Colo. They family moved to McPherson, Ks., where they lived for eight years until moving to Newton ten years ago. Johnny’s life was filled...
Pauline Bartley
Nov 9, 2011
Pauline Bartley 73 of Newton died Wednesday (November 9, 2011) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. Pauline was born on July 24, 1938 to Cole and Laura Pippin White in Alden, Ks. On July 31, 1954 she married Shelton Bartley in Sedan, Kansas. Pauline had worked in the Food Service Dept at Bethel College and the Bakery at North...
Carrol Kay Stevens
Nov 3, 2011
CARROL “KAY” STEVENS, 77, of Newton, died Thursday (Nov. 3, 2011) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita as the result of an automobile accident in Newton on Oct. 28th at the corner of Broadway & Columbus. She was born on April 15, 1934 in Newton, the daughter of Clayton Henry and Neva Irene Porter Sooby. She...
Harold E. Kilgore
Nov 1, 2011
Harold E. Kilgore, 81, of Newton, died Tuesday (Nov. 1, 2011) at the Newton Medical Cetner. He was born on April 13, 1930 in Mullinville, Kansas, the son of John and Ruth Burnett Kilgore. Harold graduated from high school in Mullinville. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Harold married LaVona Mae Schmidt on June 10,...
Steve E. Johnson
Oct 25, 2011
Steven Edwin Johnson, 56, of Hesston, died Tuesday (Oct. 25, 2011) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on October 30, 1954 in Kansas City, Ks., the son of Benjamin Wesley and Jeanette Alberto Holden Johnson. Steven served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Steven married Michele Tipton in Hutchinson, Ks. on August 30, 1989....
Leo A. Arnold
Oct 24, 2011
Leo Anthony “Barney” Arnold, 105, of Newton, died Monday (Oct. 24, 2011) at Asbury Park in Newton. He was born on November 5, 1905 in Wamego Ks., the son of Louis and Magdelena Zeigler Arnold. Barney attended Wamego High School, where he was active in football, basketball and track, his high school Mile Relay team set a record at the...
Loyd E. Dighero
Oct 18, 2011
Loyd Eugene Dighero,87, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011 ath the Galacia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Ks. Services will be held on Monday, October 24, at 10:00 A.M., at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home. The family will receive friends prior to service time. Graveside services and interment will be held at the National Cemetery, Fort Scott, KS, at 2:30 PM. Loyd...
Gladys E. Ruff
Oct 14, 2011
Gladys Eileen (Oblander) Ruff passed away and joined her husband, Ike, in heaven on October 14, 2011. She was born May 7, 1926 in Hillsboro, Kansas to George and Anna (Shulz) Oblander. Gladys was baptized & confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church of Durham, Ks.. She grew up on a farm in Lehigh, Kansas and after high school moved to...
Robert E. Conner
Oct 9, 2011
Robert E. Conner, 53, died Sunday (October 9, 2011) in Newton. He was born on August 17, 1958 in Huntington Park, Calif., the son of Arlen and Barbara Dietz Conner. He graduated from high school in Fullerton, Calif. Robert served in the U.S. Army from 1976 til 1980, moving to El Dorado, Ks., shortly after that. He married Pamela K....
Angel Charles Wooley
Sep 26, 2011
Angel Charles Wooley, the son of Stanley Wayne Wooley, Jr. and Teresa Chandler Wooley, was greeted by the angels on Monday, September 26, 2011 at the Newton Medical Center in Newton,Ks. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 A.M., Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Arrangements...
Catharina Reimer
Sep 25, 2011
Catharina Peters Reimer passed away peacefully at the age of 89 at Newton Medical Center Sunday morning, September 25, 2011. Tina was born in Greenland, Manitoba, Canada, on November 21, 1921, to Jacob H. and Maria Wieler Peters. She was the second of ten children. She attended a local grade school through grade 8 as often as she was able,...

